21 Monstrously Stupid Pieces Of Writing In Godzilla

7. 5 Guys Are Going To Lift A Bomb Down To The Pier?

This same bomb that was so big and heavy it had to be loaded onto a train was to be carried down to the pier by 5 dudes. Now, realistically, that€™s not entirely implausible. The actual warhead of a nuclear bomb isn€™t that big. What didn€™t make sense was why it needed a whole freight train to carry it in the first place or why they took the missile portion at all. €œAim the pointy end at the bad guy€ was the line from the grunt, except there was no intention of firing the missile at anything, it was to be set to explode on a timer. So you take the smallest possible portion to keep weight down, not something that looks to be the size of a Saturn V rocket.

6. Physics Of Flight

There is no way that creatures that size could even live in our current atmosphere. Millions of years ago when there was far more oxygen in the atmosphere, yes, but now they would just die of asphyxiation. But let€™s ignore that for now since it€™s a Godzilla movie and go to the truly impossible part. There is a not a chance they could have taken to the air. The downbeat of one wing would have been enough to level buildings never mind that the weight of the creature is clearly enough to crumble skyscrapers. It just wouldn€™t get off the ground. The largest prehistoric creature to fly had a wingspan of about 12 metres and were mainly gliders, but these things are far bigger than that and have powered flight. Even if it was made of carbon fibre there€™s no way it could take off from a standing start. You canna change the laws of physics captain.
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