http://danlives.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/do-giant-monster-movies-represent-social-upheaval/

Godzilla was Japan's answer to America and the Atomic Bomb and ever since, monster movies have been America's answer to the Cold War and Terrorism. But do monster movies naturally inspire us to face seemingly impossible odds?

On a sidenote, do you feel comic books and comic book movies exist for the same reason or more specifically to be outstanding in the face of social responsibility?