60 YEARS OF GODZILLA

Godzilla was born in a post-war Japan. The name "Godzilla" is a translation of Gojira (ゴジラ), a combination of two Japanese words: gorira (ゴリラ), meaning gorilla, and kujira (鯨or クジラ), meaning whale. Whale represents the aquatic and bulk of his life. The Gorilla represents the sheer strength and strategic thinking he does when fighting against other monsters (source: http://godzilla.wikia.com).
 

The rights of the giant reptile is still owned by the Japanese studio Toho which Hollywood adapted since 1998. Here is Harou Nakajima who had been the man inside the suit for 23 years strong.

Since 1954, Toho has produced 28 Godzilla films with  mostly modest special effects.

Godzilla: The Art of Destruction

The giant monster has grown dramatically since since his debut in 1954.

Godzilla's appearance also has changed between films over the years, but many defining details have endured. In the Japanese films, Godzilla is depicted as a gigantic dinosaur with rough, bumpy, usually charcoal gray scales, a long powerful tail, and generally bone-white scutes

Gareth Edwards who also made the independent sc-fi flick Monsters (2010) was quoted saying "Its kind of te job of these kinds of movies to reflect the times and the problems. We've opened this Pandora's box of nuclear power, and cant put it back in.