Board Thread:Movie Discussions/@comment-3367060-20140814193129/@comment-26155014-20150424211535

Titanollante wrote: Well, Gareth Edwards apparently cares for at least some of it, because doing something as basic as making Ghidorah an alien will destroy all realism! Edwards said he wanted to make it realistic! Making Ghidorah an alien is not the route to go then! Simple as that! It really is that simple.

Wormholes are only theoretical [bringing this into science fiction and destroying the realism once again], and a meteor carrying Ghidorah would make no sense because... how would Ghidorah encase itself into a meteor and fly to Earth? That makes less sense than him flying through space by himself! Ghidorah being an alien really is not a possibility worth discussing if Edwards wants to continue a realistic universe. If he throws a curveball and makes Ghidorah an alien, well then, why not bring in the Shobijin, a talking Minilla, and a flying Godzilla while he's at it? The only big thing Legendary didn't follow with Godzilla and the MUTOs is the square cube law, which can be fixed if Godzilla's bones are made of something OTHER than bones or cartilage. Legendary didn't defy things like creatures can't fly through space for billions of years without dying or anything and just happening to land on Earth law. Atomic breath is more realistic than everyone gives it credit, and EMP isn't all that unlikely either. See, making Ghidorah an alien wouldn't just be "not strictly following scientific fact," it would be complete realism-breaking science fiction. It isn't "beyond human comprehension." It's just complete science fiction that cannot happen, no matter what universe you live in. Animals need some kind of energy to exist, doesn't matter if it's solar energy, thermal energy, energy from consuming other organisms, everything needs energy. Flying through space for billions of years, you will not have any energy to survive. And just falling dormant out in space? What the heck are the odds of just coming across Earth by chance with no intentions whatsoever? You're more likely to win every lottery in the world every day for the rest of your life than to have that happen. It just murders realism! All odds are stacked against that!

And there is no such thing as "unrealistic amount of realism," especially in a GODZILLA movie! See, there's this thing called "suspension of disbelief." It means the audience is willing to suspend disbelief (e.g. "that's so fake"). Doing something like making Ghidorah an alien or giving Mothra telepathic, tiny humans that speak for and translate what monsters say breaks that suspension of disbelief. Today's audience has a quite thin suspension of disbelief, especially if you're trying to make something realistic, which Edwards is with this trilogy! That's the point of Edwards' trilogy, isn't it? Making Godzilla realistic? That's the entire point, he said it multiple times, and doing something as extremely improbable as Ghidorah being an alien will throw that all out!

What if Edwards decides he doesn't care about making Godzilla realistic anymore? Simple, he'll make Ghidorah an alien, that's it! I'm just saying that if he is going to continue building a realistic universe, don't expect an alien Ghidorah whatsoever. then if he will most likely not be an alien, what kind of origin story you could see happening?