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[–] [email protected] 95 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I mean it’s pretty well explained in the movie that there is actually an entire ecosystem of giant life forms living in the center of the planet, and that they sometimes accidentally find tunnels out into our world, duh! -pushes up glasses on face-

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

And they're all nuclear powered.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I can't fucking believe they leaned into that.... Like out of nowhere considering Kong island. And still haven't brought it back up to do anything with it instead of immediately doing a journey to the center of the earth's sun monster mash.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

But being that deep would compound the square-cube problem.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

You would think so intuitively, but once you pass Max q it actually reverses polarity and you become lighter!

Like putting too much air in a balloon!