Favorite Screen Couples in the Godzilla Series
G. H. (Gman)
AdminGodzillaJune 18, 2017This may be one of the least talked about topics in the fandom, which is understandable, but it's one worth exploring--Even as a sub-plot device. Love stories have, by and large, been extreme secondaries to Godzilla stories. By the time we get to the Heisei and Millennium eras they're about as crucial to the movies as dial-up internet is to the Federation in Star Trek.
However, that doesn't mean there aren't characters or faces with chemistry we can't enjoy. And even then, some of these love stories really are the driving force for characters who end up saving the day (Namikawa, Ichinose). So lets take a mature moment to look over our favorite couples, why they're our favorites and what they contributed to the movies they were in.
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For me it's no surprise. Glenn & Namikawa are absolutely my favorite screen couple in the Godzilla franchise. For a relationship that isn't thoroughly explored, the chemistry between Adams and Mizuno made up for it. They were on fire. (It probably didn't hurt that Adams was actually in love with Mizuno, either.) My favorite scene between the two is borderline iconic in my mind--I love how Namikawa tries to lure Glenn to become a citizen of Planet X, but he refuses in the most sincere and oddly sensual way. He's outraged, sure, but he clearly loves her. This is of course followed by her execution and Adams' raging anger, "YOU RATS! YOU STINKIN' RATS!" I love his delivery here.
It's Namikawa's love for Glenn that reveals the People of X's weakness, so her death wasn't in vain. The tragedy isn't played up quite like Katsura and Ichinose's relationship in Terror of MechaGodzilla (which is a close second for me as far as the love birds go), but it's effective in its pulp sci-fi style. These two win it out for me, hands down.
