I saw it too. It reminds me how every aspect of American life is divided right down the middle. One branch of the military speaks metric (army), another strictly USC (navy) and a third, split in two (air force). I’m not sure where the marines fit in, unless they follow the army. Industry is the same way where half use metric and the other half don’t and the left hand doesn’t do business with the right hand.
Part of the reason to do this may be to satisfy international audiences who may increasingly be turned off to American films that use units they don’t understand. So, like the Cosmos series there is a confusing mixture. I’m sure though that most of the American audience didn't even pay attention to the measurement muddle. From: Edward Schlesinger Sent: Sunday, 2014-05-18 19:19 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53830] Gojira /Godzilla in new movie. The new Godzilla movie is good. One can sense the fustration in its eyes saving humanity once again and being shot at by the military! What is also noteworthy is no attempt at conversion of units. The movie makers show the US Navy speaking feet and Nautical Miles while the US Army speaks Klicks (km} and meters. Also the audience has to follow along, there is no character or subtitle converting, the units stand alone.However, I can tell just by estimating that Gojira saves humanity megaliters of blood ;) Have fun seeing it. -- Sincerely, Edward B.
