Alter_Id ( @Alter_Id@kbin.social ) 64•8 months agoI’ve been a fan of the Godzilla franchise for a long time. I’m absolutely stunned to learn that the films don’t hold up to scientific scrutiny. I feel lied to, and betrayed. How could they do this‽ Everything is ruined.
Luft ( @Luft@lemm.ee ) English48•8 months agoGodzila for one is powered by ✨nuclear energy ✨
NaibofTabr ( @NaibofTabr@infosec.pub ) English15•8 months agoDoes he eat nuclear energy? Or does he like chow down on some humpbacks every day?
Is Godzilla the real reason the Japanese whaling fleet won’t stop?
Luft ( @Luft@lemm.ee ) English12•8 months agoTheir whaling fleet is a cover for his late night snacks. As near apex predators they have the highest concentration of radiation from Fukushima Daichi. Kinda like DDT and bald eagles.
But luckily we have Gojiro which is a natural sink for radiation 🥳👌🏽✨
oce 🐆 ( @oce@jlai.lu ) English6•8 months agoHe does neutrosynthesis kinda like plants do photosynthesis but different.
lightnsfw ( @lightnsfw@reddthat.com ) English17•8 months agoThey literally show the ecosystem in the movie… This meme sucks.
zagaberoo ( @zagaberoo@beehaw.org ) English4•8 months agoMy question is how are these boats so buoyant, rigid, and stable!?
DarkGamer ( @DarkGamer@kbin.social ) 15•8 months agoStrength squares as you scale up but mass cubes; creatures this large wouldn’t be able to move their own body weight.
ivanafterall ( @ivanafterall@kbin.social ) 18•8 months agoIf you stop just before immobility, you’d have gargantuan fights at a glacial pace. Would be a terrible movie, but maybe a cool story or book.
jmcs ( @jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de ) English13•8 months agoGodzilla is nuclear powered so he’s not limited by biological energy sources. There’s still the entire issue of the form factor, but for that I like John Scalzy’s take on the Kaiju Preservation Society.
dope ( @dope@lemm.ee ) English10•8 months agoGodzilla is nuclear powered. Fusion in special cells.
Kong is powered by plot magic.
qyron ( @qyron@sopuli.xyz ) English8•8 months agoThe most “scientifically feasable” of all Godzillas, in my opinion, was from the 1998 film.
One single individual, born out of the radion from nuclear tests. This implies it took decades to fully grow and mature.
Although gigantic, one animal would be sustainable by the ocean.
The film ends with the animal being killed, so, for a change, humans eliminated a bigger global ecological threat.
pinkdrunkenelephants ( @pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe ) English5•8 months agoMore like Earth’s gravity prevents living creatures of their size without serious changes to their skeletal structure.
Also, how the fuck do they eat enough to live?