Sixty-two years after Japan’s most famous monster first shocked audiences, Godzilla is again packing movie theaters with its latest incarnation in Shin Godzilla (titled Godzilla: Resurgence in the U.S.). Now, I’m not a science fiction fan and I don’t watch a lot of movies. So why am I enthused about this one? Ironically, I only decided to see it after several friends in government and politics strongly urged me to go. The reason is it has a great takeaway: in my mind, the entire film can be interpreted as a parable for fighting hackers.
Essentially, it’s all about threat preparedness and response – or lack thereof (warning: this post contains spoilers). The focus of this film is not the battles with Godzilla itself, but the battles within the powerful bureaucracy that runs Tokyo and all of Japan. Civil servants in the movie are seen jockeying for position when things look promising and then ducking responsibility when events take a turn for the worse. They try to skirt jobs and roles that seem difficult and, initially, various overlapping agencies fail to work together. They’re also distrustful of foreign governments when they should be collaborating with them to fight back. For the full article click here
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