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<blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 6166765" data-attributes="member: 31216"><p><em>Pacific Rim</em> kaiju, Godzilla, the <em>Cloverfield</em> monster, Stay-Puft Marshmellow man, etc. vary quite a bit in size, but generally, a ballpark figure, could be, for the sake of getting on the same scale, about 300 feet/100 meters tall. 30 stories tall. (This is the figure given in <em>Pacific Rim</em>.) And throughout most movies, they seem to have similar power/destructive strength and endurance.</p><p></p><p>My argument is not with the science, but with the position that kaiju *must break* physics, and therefore we can't really discuss what ifs because all physical laws must be tossed out to even imagine such a creature. It's sort of like saying, because a rocket ship can't actually reach the speed of light, we can't really discuss what happens in a rocket ship traveling at the speed of light. Because a rocket ship traveling at lightspeed breaks all physical laws, who knows what could happen in such a situation?</p><p></p><p>And yes, I understand how the science works with ships and buildings, and how they are fundamentally different than kaiju. My point was/is that we, humans, have figured out how to build immense things that were once impossible, but we figured out how to work within physical laws. Can't we imagine, for the sake of a discussion, that maybe mother nature could figure out how to do something like a kaiju while still within physical laws. Mother nature is pretty wiley when it comes to making the impossible possible.</p><p></p><p>Haven't we had discussions on zombies? Without someone saying, well who knows what weapons would work to kill a zombie, because zombies are magical.</p><p></p><p>Bullgrit</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullgrit, post: 6166765, member: 31216"] [i]Pacific Rim[/i] kaiju, Godzilla, the [i]Cloverfield[/i] monster, Stay-Puft Marshmellow man, etc. vary quite a bit in size, but generally, a ballpark figure, could be, for the sake of getting on the same scale, about 300 feet/100 meters tall. 30 stories tall. (This is the figure given in [i]Pacific Rim[/i].) And throughout most movies, they seem to have similar power/destructive strength and endurance. My argument is not with the science, but with the position that kaiju *must break* physics, and therefore we can't really discuss what ifs because all physical laws must be tossed out to even imagine such a creature. It's sort of like saying, because a rocket ship can't actually reach the speed of light, we can't really discuss what happens in a rocket ship traveling at the speed of light. Because a rocket ship traveling at lightspeed breaks all physical laws, who knows what could happen in such a situation? And yes, I understand how the science works with ships and buildings, and how they are fundamentally different than kaiju. My point was/is that we, humans, have figured out how to build immense things that were once impossible, but we figured out how to work within physical laws. Can't we imagine, for the sake of a discussion, that maybe mother nature could figure out how to do something like a kaiju while still within physical laws. Mother nature is pretty wiley when it comes to making the impossible possible. Haven't we had discussions on zombies? Without someone saying, well who knows what weapons would work to kill a zombie, because zombies are magical. Bullgrit [/QUOTE]
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