Godziller

Watch the trailer and tell me that Godzilla hasn’t become Godziller. Now I have proof.

One “Dr. M” observes that he’s tripled in size since he was first sited in a movie theater near you: “In 1954 Godzilla was a mere 50 meters (164 ft). In the newest movie, Godzilla is estimated to be 150 meters (492 ft). For comparison the Empire State Building in New York City stands at 381 meters (1250 ft).”

And Dr. M is worried that it will only continue: “Incarnations of Godzilla went from 13% of the height of the Empire State Building to nearly 40% of the height in just 60 years. It took cetaceans 55 million years to go from 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) to 30 meters (98 ft) in length.”

We’re to blame. The bigger our skyscrapers, the bigger Godzilla has to be to knock them down. Dr. M speculates that “toppling buildings is a sexual display that sexual partners cue on.” Which only deepens the worry: They reproduce.