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Charles Liu

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527 total appearances

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StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Okay.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

And the eggs hatched, and there were two new Mothras.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

The scientist says knowingly, yes, multiple births are common in the natural world, or the insect world, or whichever world it was he was talking about.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

But that kind of connection between these monsters being representations of nature...

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Something like King Ghidorah, which is the representation of evil and conquest, wound up coming against each other.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

And monsters like Godzilla, which wiped out cities in early episodes or early movies, wound up saving humanity more than once.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Including, ironically, against humans creating a new monster because of environmental degradation.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Not nuclear, but pollution.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Famous movie, Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

The smog monster.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

The smog monster.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

That's right.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

Well, Godzilla's difference from just a big dinosaur is his atomic breath, right?

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

And the physics of the atomic breath have been retconned over and over again.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

How does he breathe fire, right?

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

How does he breathe this terror?

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

That's right, that's right.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

And so the idea that this fire comes from that is very important and it's atomic in nature.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

But Gamera, that turtle guy that I was referring to earlier.

StarTalk Radio
The Science of Godzilla, Zombies & Other Monsters, with Charles Liu

And Master Oogway from Kung Fu Panda.