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I posted my explanation for Space Titanium on the Godzilla subreddit and one nimrod told me ''It's just a kids movie my dude, they were having fun.'' And I'm like ''So what?''. Learning real science can be fun too, and especially in a kids' film.
The basics of allotropes is simple physics that can easily be taught at the Bill-Nye level. I'm a STEM-major and both my mother and my sister are child-educators. I think I know where I'm coming from. Is it asking a bit too much that a prominent sci-fi franchise
like Godzilla occasionally takes the time to use a little bit of dialogue to help educate people on scientific principles while also ''having fun?'' I mean, why else would you use something as wonderful as science as the basis of you're series, but not capitalize on
Its creative capacity to educate people on something real, which is easier to do with than pure-magic-based fiction? Use science to your advantage writers! Because let me tell you, one of the greatest things I learned from Godzilla as a kid was magnetoreception in G-1984!
Which is a real principle in animal navigation, that kept me enraptured with that movie! I've heard of other pulp and sci-fi franchises that inspired children to enter STEM as children like Star Trek, so why can't Godzilla do that as well? Cause you know what's also ''fun''?
If a kid in 1974 first learned what allotropes were from Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla and was interested in it. They then become a STEM major in school. That person studies that manipulation of metallic structures and forms a REAL form of ''Space Titanium'' that benefits the world.
That person wins a Nobel Prize, gives a speech, and says ''It all started with Godzilla.'' And people start to treat the franchise with a greater modicum of respect, like Star Trek or Jurassic Park. I mean guys, we can't complain about not enough people
respecting this franchise, while also never suggesting that maybe if these movies could have handled things better in very simple ways. I proved to the guy my point by integrating my explanation in a quick dialogue exchange early in the movie.
I'm not saying GvsMG was bad for not giving an explanation for Space Titanium, but wouldn't this simple dialogue change have potentially left people with a stronger impression of this movie instead of just saying ''It's Space Titanium'' and forcing the audience to just shrug
their shoulders and accept it? Don't even get me started on how this could potentially tie-in to the current issue of how uneducated the wider population is, especially with science-based matters. But that's for another day.
I'm sorry to vent guys, that comment, as you may have guessed, hit home to me a bit personally. I wanted to vent. Because that redditor was someone I've interacted with before that on the subreddit who was otherwise pretty alright with me. Also, sorry if my stance makes me
come off as elitist. A lot of my own personal experience is feeding into this. This may have been my first step in laying off that r/Godzilla. @KaijuApostlePod asked in BaB #4 if I ever felt single-out as an ethnic minority. If anything, I've felt singled-out as a
STEM-focused guy, which disappointed me in a supposed science-fiction franchise. It just feels hypocritical at times when so many fans are ready to seriously discuss politics, history, filmmaking, and philosophy in this franchise, but rarely ever science.
If I'm moving forward in this franchise, I want to celebrate the science that already exists in this franchise, because I personally feel the aforementioned topics in the franchise have been discussed to death and there's room to add a new dimension for our conversations.
That's why I do the research I do in my articles, to educate my readers, to make them feel like they're actually getting a lot out of the 3000-4000 words I type up. I've rarely seen deep discussions about the science pertaining to these movies, and I want to be the fan that paves
the way for that someday, the Godzilla franchise can be accredited for being responsible for giving our society our brightest contributing minds!
This has been my Ted Talk. Good night.
This has been my Ted Talk. Good night.
