Spielberg
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Major Spielberg (スピルバーグ少佐 Supirubāgu Shōsa) is an army officer character created by Toho who appeared in the 1991 Godzilla film, Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. He is implied to be the father of real-life filmmaker Steven Spielberg.
History
Heisei Series
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Major Spielberg was stationed in the Marshall Islands during the Pacific War in 1944. When the Futurian time machine KIDS arrived from 1992, rocketing towards Lagos Island, he and his commanding officer concluded that it was extraterrestrial in origin. Major Spielberg offered to report the sighting, but his commanding officer persuaded him not to, saying, "You can tell your son about it when he's born."
The following day, American troops battling a Japanese garrison on Lagos Island were attacked by a Godzillasaurus. Once the dinosaur reached the beach, Spielberg relayed the order for naval forces to open fire on him. Though badly injured, the dinosaur managed to kill the rest of the landing party before retreating into the jungle. While Spielberg wanted to continue the operation, his commanding officer ordered the U.S. to withdraw, believing the Godzillasaurus would soon do their job for them.
Trivia
- While Steven Spielberg's father Arnold did enlist in the United States military during World War II, he served in the Air Corps, not the Army, and was stationed in India. Steven himself was not born until 1946.
External Links
- Daniel Kahl interviewed by Brett Homenick in 2012
- Arnold Spielberg interviewed by Shaun Illingworth and Sandra Stewart Holyoak in 2006
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