Why does man always win in science fiction pieces?

In the spirit of celebrating the new Godzilla versus King Kong movie coming out, I thought I would tackle the question on people's mind, especially me and my lovely but weird friends' minds, why does man always win in movies where their enemy is this creature that has destroyed humanity before without any problem. I have always taken these movies in fun and games as they are there for entertainment but is it necessary that humanity always comes out victorious at the end. this essay will explore that idea where I will analyse both sides and provides a final argument.

I had the pleasure of talking to many individuals recently about this topic because it has been up in the old nogging for a few weeks. And the answers I reaped had a similar theme of hope and fear. people see the creatures in the science fiction movies as embodiments of fear which foreshadow that man will win. Many films follow this idea of hope being stronger than fear because it is a known fact and psychologically result in more positive consequences. The humans in these movies are the embodiment of hope which is why they have to win. Mainstream movies have a habit of reinforcing the principles of society and usually do not stray away or cause controversy, this could be one of the reasons why Science fiction movies always end with humanity winning as it promotes the principle and restores hope in its viewers.

but this has not always proven to be true in literature. I have had the ample opportunity of reading many books about monsters and ancient gods that are often portrayed in movies. One of the most famous books I read was the 'Call of Cthulhu' by H.P. Lovecraft. Some of you have immediately have a visual of the tale as well as the story of the ancient god. In this book, there is a lot of evidence that points toward human's insignificance especially when confronted by Cthulhu, who represents ideas of infinity. The ideas of infinity transgress against the natural embodiment of human beings who are known to be mortal and have a temporary presence in the world. Lovecraft also seems to agree with this idea as in the book, there is a quote which goes "the most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all of its contents". the Quotes specifically refers to the insignificance of humans as ignorance is the only way we can progress as individuals. If we were to understand all the contents within the world, we would not be able to progress as beings because we would not be able to comprehend it. The 'Call of Cthulhu' is a piece that has shown that those who are superior to us have no interest in us as we are not powerful enough to be given significant attention to. Similarly, in the sci fi movies, the creatures are always superior to us whether it be intellectually or physically. but why is it that in these movies, the humans are able to take down a creature that is superior to them. While I was rewatching Kong Island, I thought of different ideas why this would be.

If in a film set world, we were confronted by a monster who was superior in nature, we would lose because we would be viewed as prey. That is the general idea that the movies follow. films have always painted sci fi monsters to be a risk to humanity which is not necessarily true. An example would be the movie 'Arrival' starring Jeremy Renner and Amy Adams and directed by Denis Villeneuve. This movie flipped the norms of the genre and still provided individuals with a good movie. This movie was more focused on the communication between an outwardly force rather than the danger they bring to earth. The movie was trying to show a different perspective of an alien invasion, one that was not apocalyptic, one that was mutually accepted from both sides. This movie was more likely to fall into the footsteps of literature than other sci fi movies.it just shows that film industry can move away from the catastrophic invasions from creatures to something more subtle and realistic in terms of invasion. I believe that sci fi movies are just a scenario of invasions capitalised for entertainment. I have talked about the aftereffects, the tropes we see in movies and even literary background in monsters and their view on humans, but this all does not fully cover why humans are the ones winning at the end of every sci fi movie.

Let us take a trip to the history of humanity which has been around for quite a while. Humans have always shown an avid interest in conquering things that are bigger than us. we do not have to look further than Greek Mythology and Jewish Theology. One of the most famous stories within Greek mythology is the battle between Arachne and Goddess Athena. The story is a prime example of humans challenging those superior to them in order to prove their own supremacy. the Jewish theology also has examples of humans challenging gods as Moses had defeated Yahweh, the god, in a battle of intellectuality that was scribed into Exodus 32. there have been many psychology studies that explain man's need to be superior. we have always tried to overpower those above us as that is our natural instinct.

But there is a thing to consider which is, do humans feel like the can win because of our technological advances compared to the ancient gods and demons. I had to do research in studying gods and demons who wield weapons and are known for those weapons. as the nature of God is benevolent, it was hard to find gods with weapons until I stumbled onto Hindu mythology, Greek, and roman mythology. In Hindu mythology, the god Vishnu is known to possess a weapon called Vaishnav Astra. this weapon is the deadliest weapon to be possessed by a god. it is able to fire a powerful tirade of millions of deadly missiles simultaneously. the intensity of the missile shower increases when met with resistance. The only downfall of this weapon is that it can only be used once in a war. similarly in Greek mythology, Ares is portrayed to have shield and spear that has allowed the God to win in many wars. Looking at the different weapons gods possess; it is not farfetched to consider that superior beings are able to fight against the technological advancements of humanity. this makes sense as superiority of the beings always put them in an advantage no matter how advanced humanity will become. That means that even if humans believe that they can conquer, it is more likely that there is a chance that humans would succeed in defeating superior beings and also not being able to defeat the superior being.

Then how would humans react if a superior being were to awaken. First, people would panic and try to hoard things that might be useful. Humans would cause more damage than the actual superior as literature shows that humans are insignificant to the superior beings. but if the monster is a danger to the human race, there will be a discharge of military weapons and personnel to try to kill the being. Realistically speaking, there would be high concentrations of human lives lost and also there would be less success rate than the one shown in movies. If we are talking truthfully, then it is more likely that humanity would not survive the attack and cause the human race to restart.

Gosh, that was a grim ending. But I ask you the same thing. Why does the man always win in the science fiction movies?

hope/fear

happy endings

Call of Cthulhu- Are humans significant enough?

Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Man's history of trying to be the most superior individual.

Does weaponry make us more dangerous than a giant creature?

is it possible that is this occurs in a realistic situation, would human be able to fend for themselves?