Godzilla Minus One is an OPPENHEIMER Sequel 

Hey everyone! The next video in the series just came out, and we'll explore the idea that some of you suggested in the comments- "What if Christopher Nolan made a Godzilla movie?" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8JfmK2GHJCE.html

He thought he had become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds. But instead… *He created it.*

As a Japanese raised in the U.S., I have some deep feeling to see such an historical films born in both countries focusing on Atomic bomb from each end. I feel both titles add up and makes one message for human beings against nuke weopons. For me, these two titles are collaboration of U.S and Japan on a same issue. People can create horror, but they also can overcome. People make mistake over and over, but need to go on.

I think it's safe to say that Oppenheimer is responsible for the creation of Godzilla lol

A critic once opined that Nolan did not include Japan’s reaction in Oppenheimer. We got that in Godzilla Minus One from Japan.

I mean, technically the events in Oppenheimer had to have happened in the canon of every Godzilla movie ever made since Goji's always affected by the bomb. So, in that regard, Minus One really is a canonical sequel to Oppenheimer. The Oppenheimer movie actually happened before the events in Minus One which is wild to think about.

I can’t say that Oppenheimer is canon to not only Minus One but in any other Godzilla saga, but in my book, it is.

As crazy as all this sounds, I really like the idea of Oppenheimer and Godzilla: Minus One being connected. It's interesting, because it takes that final scene of Oppenheimer pondering the horrors his invention would bring in a real world scenario and switches it over to something that's out of this world but also apt, considering Godzilla's origins.

"All we ask is a simple question, Robert. Did you accidentally create Godzilla or not?"

The scariest thing is that when Oppenheimer mentioned the chain reaction, he was referring to the idea of humanity's weaponry outpacing what it's capable of surviving. But the 'chain reaction' was instead, what would lead to Gojira, a being of pure hatred and rage with the power the slaughter mankind, for whom not even death can stop. No matter what happens, no matter what we do, without some kind of intervention from a being of equal power and will, we are doomed beyond all repair. He did not become Death. He created it. Horrifying.

Glad to hear somebody using the word myth properly, as a timeless story.

Forget Barbenheimer. It's Oppenzilla! Yes! Now I want to see them both again... back to back!!!

The fact that the atomic breath damaged Godzilla is really interesting because you could interpret it as saying that, not only does the atomic bomb devastate those it is used on, but it also takes a toll on the user, just like it did to Oppenheimer

As far as I’m concerned, “Godzilla Minus One” is a sequel to “Oppenheimer” as “Raiders of the Lost Ark” is a sequel to “The Ten Commandments (1956).”

While watching Oppenheimer, all I could think about is " I can't wait until Godzilla minus one!" If they were shown in the movie theater back to back, I would surely go.

ゴジラマイナスワンはオッペンハイマーの続編である。素晴らしい考察。外国人でこれに触れたのはこの人が初めてな気がする。 I saw the comment by Japanese,”Godzilla minus one is the answer from Japan to Oppenheimer in the US “. I’m so happy as Japanese because you’re the first foreign person who mentions the relationships between Oppenheimer and Godzilla minus one. The Oppenheimer movie has been temporarily canceled screening in Japan, but it is supposed to screen next year. Your thoughtful opinion makes me go watch Oppenheimer.

Oppenheimer could be implemented in the MinusOne sequel especially if they base it off the 1954 Godzilla. I could see them doing a more "Oppenheimer" approach to Dr.Serizawa's Oxygen Destroyer and maybe even enlisting the real life Oppenheimer for help with the moral decisions weighing on the characters. Hell just get Cillian Murphy to reprise his role and cameo that shit😂

Oppenhimer: Detonates a bomb Godzilla minus one: Now look watch you've done!

Actually... it's kind of a trilogy. Nerdstalgic posted a video comparing "Oppenheimer" with Hayao Miyazaki's "The Wind Rises," which tells the story of the Japanese man who designed the Zero fighter plane, another man who's obsession for his goal blinded him to the consequences of his own creation. So, it's possible there is an interesting narrative line from "The Wind Rises," a studio Ghibli animated film, through Christopher Nolan's historical drama "Oppenheimer" culminating in the allegorical "Godzilla Minus One." That would be quite a movie marathon that's for sure.

「オッペンハイマー」は来年日本でも公開されるようです。 広島で生まれ育った者として観に行くつもりです。

Each one of us have the right to make the dots connect. Both movies are really good. A bit like some people think that human drama in Godzilla minus one is boring. Far from it. It is the soul of the movie. Without it Godzilla just become another big monster movie. The connexion between the two movies is a bit far fetched. The drama side of both of them is what made them special. Oppenheimer, Godzilla minus one and killers of the flower moon are the three best movies of 2023. Moving us into human drama, hopefully there will be more in 2024 instead of the empty super heroes movies.

I agree, both godzilla minus one and oppenheimer are incredible movies that works so well together, and watching godzilla minus one after oppenheimer really makes it feel like a direct sequel, great video.

When people talk about how Oppenheimer is raising awareness about atomic weapons but a Japanese movie did that 69 years earlier: *sad Godzilla noises*

Someone needs to do a super cut edit putting each Oppenheimer and Godzilla Minus One scenes in chronological order, would be interesting. The movie would begin with most of Oppenheimer pre-war timeline, then go to Godzilla, interchanging scenes with Oppenheimer post-war scenes, then ending with Oppenheimer Cold War timeline, with Oppenheimer final scene where they talk about the chain reaction that would end the world, interchanging with Godzilla's heart regenerating at the end. Would be DOPE.

This certainly is an interesting "What If..." I cannot imagine what Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors felt when they saw the original 1954 Gojira or if any survivors alive today would think of Oppenheimer or Godzilla Minus One.

I saw Oppenheimer the first week it was out and I just saw Godzilla -1 and had the same thought that these movies were complementary. Their themes overlap beautifully as mirrors. Just my thoughts: they’re both about the profound consequences of choice. Oppenheimer chose death/destruction and the movie wasn’t just about the making of the atomic bomb - it was profoundly about how it was a mistake and a choice that leads destruction of everything he loves (and destroying life that could be). Oppenheimer watched his life fall apart and his significance fade. In Godzilla -1, Koichi struggles with his choice for life and it’s about accepting that choice in the face of the horrors he witnessed and loss he went through. Choosing life isn’t a mistake - In the end, his choice to live gave him love and significance. They are both beautifully done and anti-war films that I highly recommend seeing back-to-back.

It's already the sequel in my mind. I love this so much. Godzilla was created from the Atomic age wasn't he. All these movies of the west under Nuclear attack, the day after and threads. Well Japan lived through it for real, and their horror became Godzilla.

Bro I literally told my brother that Godzilla minus one was a Oppenheimer sequel like a few days ago

I've thought of this the second I saw the Minus One trailer. It fits perfectly. And I'm glad you put in ways more succinctly than I could. Great video.

Been thinking Jaws could be connected too. Godzilla could’ve brought Jaws a megalodon up with the other deep sea ancient creatures after he got irradiated and jaws could have got forced to go towards amity island. Quint was even apart of the team that brought the bomb to Japan and his ship got attacked by kamikaze.

Such a thoughtful and brilliant idea. I was thinking about it too with my younger brother after watching Minus One. If you think about it, Oppenheimer created the atom bomb, which led to Godzilla’s creation. A cycle of terror that humans created…

This whole video reminds me of how the leaked Comicon teaser for the 2014 film had the audio of Oppenheimer's monologue playing over it, When it gets to the infamous "I am become death, destroyer of worlds" line, it first plays Godzilla's roar and gives it space before the line itself I think a fitting fan edit to tie the two films together should be closer to that. Instead of literal visions of Godzilla and his wrath, the tie in should be that that Oppenheimer's visions are punctuated by Minus One's rendition of Godzilla's roar, which is a slight edit of the original 1954 recordings The roar of the original film is often meant to convey a few things. Anger, pain, sadness, and loss. It is often used to punctuate, or overpower moments of sobering silence. Godzilla Minus One takes those same recordings and mixes them to be the loudest thing in the film in a certain scene (you know the one), demanding attention. You don't get the time to process what happens prior, all you can focus on is the deep,, reverberating, and violent cry of the creature, much like how a bomb does not give you the chance to process what has or will happen, commanding all of your focus on singlular, terrible present I think having it there would be a perfect representation of Oppenheimer's fears and guilt, and how heavily they clearly weighed on him when you see footage of the man himself

I want a comic centered around Oppenheimer during the events of Godzilla.

Imagine if they did a double bill re-release for Oscar season of Oppenheimer & Godzilla -1 Oppenzilla

absolutely agree! I never really thought of minus one as an answer to Oppenheimer's questions!

Does anyone know if J Robert Oppenheimer saw Godzilla? Like the original came out in 1954 so it's really possible he watched it or at least heard about it. If so, I wonder how he reacted and what he thought about it. That the japanese basically made a movie about a fleshly reincarnation of his deadly creation, as a giant, destructive creature. Id like to know that as much, as Id love to see a movie-Oppenheimer being confronted with Godzilla.

Forget becomeing death, Oppenheimer created death. I freaking love this idea. I am still waiting for an edit, splicing the two films into a video.

Heck yes! I was just thinking how incredible it was that both of these movies came out in the same year, in fact I had thought with the Barbenheimer event this summer; I couldn't help but imagine an alternate 2023 summer movie blockbuster line-up and instead it would've been "GODDENHEIMER" or "OPPENZILLA" (mash-up title is w.i.p.) How incredible that would've been to have Godzilla Minus One hyped up as much as Barbie was and it would've gotten the massive attention it deserved but more importantly the reminder of the destruction that Oppenheimer's creation caused (beyond just the 6:50 scene) Anyway, thanks for making this video and glad to know you were thinking this!!

Yes after watching minus one i just felt the same. Godzilla -1 is really like a spiritual sequel of Oppenheimer and shows the nuclear horror from the Japanese point of view... Thanks for making this great Video!!!!

I'mma have to do a double-feature at home some day, Oppenzilla! Maybe with that monochrome version of Minus One

Good vid. Minus One is an Oppenheimer sequel; been saying it since September. One thing to add: while Minus One is more optimistic than Oppenheimer, the ending shows Noriko seemingly infected by Godzilla sickness, or something of the sort, & Big-G himself alive (dead flesh doesn't grow & heal). It shows that while we have our victories, terror & horror are always around the corner. Oppenheimer was good, but Minus One was great. Both were striking horror films (horror being about evil, not "sp00ky"). Godzenheimer, baby!

The fact that you’re making this theory makes me laugh 😂 I just saw both movies for the first time this last Sunday on Christmas Eve. At 10:30am I saw Godzilla minus one at my local movie theater. At 5pm I rented Oppenheimer and saw it on the Apple + App I would never had thought of making a connection between both. But I will admit, there is a nuclear ☢️ connection between both 🦖 😂 of them. Even though both movies are classified differently, I throughly enjoyed both storylines.

Well we know it’s not a sequel to Oppenheimer, but it’s to fun and dare I say extremely significant to consider it as such.

I will admit, I'm tempted to make an edit that has Minus One's mutation scene play right after Oppenheimer's final quote. Good work.

The transition from historical to surreal is a very great idea, especially one which conveys the same message but in a more myth form. An example which comes to mind is Call of Duty World at War, after you finish the singleplayer story through various costly battles of World War 2, you end the historical WW2 segment of the game and it puts you into a destroyed building, with undead German soldiers coming towards you, but weirdly enough it is no scarier than the events you had already played through in the singleplayer, both the zombies and the story missions are horrifying, the only difference is that the story missions were based on reality.

No lie, i got hyped for minus one because of Oppenheimer. It's so cool to hear someone else had the same thought

In terms of continuity yes! Godzilla minus one IS A DIRECT SEQUEL! In the movie the bomb testings literally transform Godzilla in the movie after the encounter on Odo Island. Openhimer is the father of two monsters, the bomb and Godzilla: and living as the embodiment of moral confliction, while revealing how wicked and sinful humans are. But the ending of Godzilla minus one is also about redemption. I can go on about this too, I said immeditly when this movie was releasing trailers, this was the direct sequel. Did Christopher Nolan do this on purpose with the way he directed Openhemie with coordinating with Toho ?

To be fair. I considered this as what Bob Ross said “A Little Happy Accident” where it is very coincidence that Oppenheimer release few months before Godzilla Minus One Release. Both movies set identical time stream so the theme is not very far off. Plus both are talking about nuclear stuff. Oppenheimer talks about the Atomic Bomb while Godzilla Minus One talks about this Atomic Creature. It’s kinda funny when you think about it. We just finished watching Oppenheimer which is a goat movie and then we got another Goat movie like Godzilla Minus One. It felt like we got a quick sequel of Oppenheimer movie.

I really like your explanations of archetypal myth with the zip folder analogy and decompression of meaning over time. Great essay!

Well he did make the bomb that made Godzilla I dont know if the movies are in the same universe But he proably exists in the Godzilla minus one universe too

Why did I just think this idea was my only idea in the world and yet I see someone made a video about that same idea eight days ago!

Forget "Barbenheimer". The perfect double feature is "OppenZilla MinusHeimer"!

Godzilla: Hollow father Oppenheimer: Hollow son.

honestly, if we get like, a documentary about the production of the very first godzilla movie, i would be totally down with that!

That's funny, when my homie and I left the theater the first thing I jokingly said was "So that was the sequel to Oppenheimer?"

As a Lifelong Godzilla fan I gotta say not knowing your history with the franchise you really understand the themes of what Godzilla is

Thank you for saying the very thing I said in theaters as I was watching Godzilla Minus One. IT’S SUCH POETRY REALLY!!

Been trying to convince my family of this for about three weeks. They’re tired of hearing it 😂

I joked about this a few months back when the trailer first aired, but after watching the film, this is pretty much true lol

It’s crazy we got both movies in the same year 😂

Could oppenheimer not connect to litteraly any godzilla movie? That's just his origin story except for like shin, or maybe showa era

Ive been saying that since the movie dropped. I copied and pasted the exact same comment in at least 50 different GMO reviews. (Not yhis comment) I was going to do a video like this myself. You beat me to it. But ABSOLUTELY they are extreme companion films. Having said that, is Oppenheimer the father of two atomic weapons? One made of steel, the other made of flesh? Those movie would have been a better marketing strategy being promoted together than Barbie.

Both absolutely the two greatest films of the year.

3:23 to 3:55 - Okay, now I REALLY wanna see someone post an edit of that idea on RU-vid! I can definitely see that edit being pretty effective, in the same vein as the “Obi-Wan has PTSD” video.

It really solidifies the idea because the overall political tone and especially color palette of the two movies are so similar.

I Agree with you... After watch oppenhaimer, it's perfect to watch Godzilla Minue One

Oppenheimer = father of the atomic bomb Godzilla minus one = son of the atomic bomb

Is it weird that I listen to this before I sleep? it’s kinda relaxing hearing you talk about your views on both movies🙂

The 2am thoughts 😂😂😂

Oppenheimer 2: Atomic Boogaloo

"I have become death.....destroyer of worlds" ....*Godzilla roars*

Went to see Minus One a few hours ago… fucking amazing.

Godzilla is the Son of the Atomic Bomb. Oppenheimer is the Father of the Atomic Bomb. Oppenheimer is technically Godzilla’s grandfather through their connection to the Bomb.

Personally, I cannot think of Godzilla minus one as a sequel to Oppenheimer, however I do agree that they are both telling a similar story from different points of view and with different techniques and both belong in the same conversation.

I agree. Just because godzilla isn't a real monster it doesn't mean that these two movies don't directly relate to one another and carry on the same story

i was thinking this in the movie theater watching minus one lol

Godzilla sees oppenheimer and is like "Dad?"

It's not. Oppenheimer is still banned here in Japan. Well it's technically not banned, but it won't be released in theaters until early or mid 2024

The best movies of the year hands down and it's wild how similar they are in themes and tone. Guess given the worldwide fear of nuclear war under current international tensions the times are eerily propitious to such entertainment.

素晴らしい考察！残念ながら日本ではまだオッペンハイマーが公開されていません。是非公開されれば観てみたい。人間として二つの映画から学ぶことが沢山ありますね。ありがとう

Like that kid in Heavyweights said, “This pleases me”

Godzilla minus one probably makes a fantastic sci-fi sequel to Oppenheimer

Since people call Oppenheimer the father of the atomic bomb and I heard that Godzilla is the son of the atomic bomb would that mean Oppenheimer is the grandfather of Godzilla

Nolan could've done the craziest meta thing imaginable in the movie Oppenheimer, where he could've actually shot a scene of Oppie watching the godzilla movie in theatres.

The way you discuss this I almost have to agree with the title of this video. And it certainly would be great if Christopher Nolan followed up "Oppenheimer" with a Godzilla movie. That probably won't happen but Nolan did such great storytelling with "Oppenheimer", I can just imagine the serious tone that would grace a Godzilla movie under his direction, making it as if it was a true event. If you have a PS4/PS5 you should play "Shadow Of The Colossus". I'd really like to hear your thoughts & discussion after completing it.

The original black and white Japanese 1954 Godizilla movie was a true Sci-Fi movie. Real Sci - Fi (whether in paperback books or movies) takes an event or trend that has happened in the real physical world as its launching off point. It then asks "If this is so - what if this could result from that? I believe the "background story" was changed due to pressure from the US weapons industry (and its investors) to Hollywood 1. The Karma of man's horrific weapons creation coming to give just as a horrific payback to humanity in the form of Godzilla - who forces us to look in the mirror because we are the monster - - - -> 2. Oh, these are a bunch of creatures sleeping deep underground for thousands of years that you guys did something to wake up

I had the lucky of being able to see Oppenheimer when I returned back to the States during the Summer. I currently live in Japan. And since the movie was banned, I had to go see it. Not just for that reason, but for historical observations. I live in Osaka but have lived in Hiroshima for sometime. There is no way I wanted to miss that opportunity. Especially in theaters. I was floored of course. So, when I saw the trailer for Godzilla, I knew it would be the counter perspective. It reminded me of Letters from Iwo Jima. I especially needed to see this because of the rising tensions going on globally. There is one thing though! I am wondering if there is a difference between the Japanese release and the one overseas. The version I saw didnt have the beach scene with the American soldiers. If im talking about the right movie, then it was a brilliant decision. Because this story is better off told tightly from the Japanese perspective. For example, (without giving too much), there was a scene with some ships that came in clutch. My first reaction was that it must be the American military lol. I loved how that part of my brain got shut down. Brilliant

fun fact ,most weapons that godzilla fights in g-1.0 are ww2 era japanise military tech from the tanks to the ships while in the original gojira the tanks that ataked godzilla were american m24 chaffee light recon tanks in g-1.0 the tanks that atack godzilla in the city sections when they are prezent are japanise tipe 97 chi ha tanks

In the Godzilla universe the Japanese people would want Oppenheimer's head for creating Godzilla.

Oppenheimer is the bomb and Godzilla is the aftermath.

I am struggling with this science fiction film being a sequel to a historical biopic. Both movies arguably are complimentary in the respect that they both arise from a similar archetypal space. But viewed as sequels, I feel like that diminishes the individual greatness of both films. To me, it would be like having Batman Begins as a sequel to L.A. Confidential.

I won’t be surprised if Godzilla and Oppenheimer would crossover because it would be cool seeing Oppenheimer battle Godzilla, and maybe even drops a much more powerful weapon that’s capable of killing Godzilla inside of his body

0:21 Oppenheimer’s reaction not only he created world’s deadliest weapon that killed 100k people, he also made most powerful creature 😂

Oppenheimer and Godzilla-1 are similar but G-1 is meant to represent the devastation of WW2 as a whole, while Oppenheimer is basically just about the atom bombs. G-1 kind of avoided the subject of the atom bombs, except when Godzilla was awakened.

Now I want to see a Fan Edit of these two movies together as one.

I came up with this theory as a joke... Then I saw this video in my feed

Reaons why Oppenheimer & Godzilla Minus One are the same The Lighting The CGI The Message The Acting The Vibe

Both movies are great films, but sometimes movies are better left as individual stories. Especially ones not written with each other in mind. We don’t need an Oppenzilla verse, but it is an interesting way to see mythology from different ends of the world.

Wow, what an easy sub for me. This video is excellent!! 12:47 is one of the greatest statements on this movie I have seen yet

I know this is out of nowhere but I want christopher nolans next film to be here me out "the never ending story"