And then there are the tropes that persist through the dozens of movies. The very first Godzilla (Gojira) used radio announcers and scientists talking to reporters as exposition. It was repeated constantly in so many movies even today.
Much of the Godzilla movies in the 1990s are watching destruction on closed-circuit television in a control room. Can’t fathom why a fight is happening? They’ll be sure to tell you back at HQ.