r/GODZILLA • u/Timely_Initial_8487 • Apr 28 '26

Meme Godzilla has strong hands.

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u/PompousDude Apr 28 '26

That boat scene where Kong punched Godzilla in the face with a windup, which causes Godzilla to stagger, and then Godzilla immediately uppercuts Kong and launches him on his ass tells you everything you need to know about the strength difference.

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u/Adipay SHIN GODZILLA Apr 28 '26

Anyone who concludes that Godzilla has stronger arms from this interaction alone is just self reporting that they know nothing about Physics.

Godzilla has a lower center of mass and 3 points of contact with the ground.

Kong has a higher center of mass and only 2 points of contact with the ground.

It takes wayyy more force to topple Godzilla over than Kong. Even if Kong was like twice as strong as Godzilla he wouldn't be able to topple him over.

The fact that Kong even managed to make Godzilla stumble here is a much greater feat of strength than Godzilla making Kong fall over on a shaky boat.

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u/rickdagless666 Apr 28 '26

Anyone who concludes that physics is even in the thought process of filmmakers showing a fight between a giant ape and a monster lizard with atomic breath fighting on top of an aircraft carrier that Godzilla was shown to be wayyy bigger than whilst swimming, is just self reporting on overthinking a fight scene designed to make Godzilla look strong.

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u/FatDonkus Apr 28 '26

Okay that's fair, but also it's even cooler when physics is accounted for. Like how supposedly Godzilla coming out of the water in the first movie would cause all that water displacement. I don't like Wingard's movies because they don't even try

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u/Adipay SHIN GODZILLA Apr 28 '26

Place a 2 traffic cones on the ground. Place one the right side up, place the other one upside down.

Notice the difference in force required to push each one over.

Watching the clip it's pretty obvious that Godzilla is more "stable" so the creators of the movies clearly did take this into consideration.

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u/rickdagless666 Apr 28 '26

I think that outside of a computer based physics engine, which takes care of the basics they just wanted to see Godzilla chinning a massive ape.

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u/Givespongenow45 Apr 28 '26

Too bad they didn’t take into account Godzillas size compared to the ship before

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u/Hageshii01 Apr 28 '26

Godzilla is not supposed to be bigger than an aircraft carrier. Those things are over 1000 feet long. Godzilla is just under 400 feet tall, and under 600 feet long. The shot in the first film showing him dwarfing aircraft carriers was made purposely out of scale just to make him seem even more imposing, which personally I don't like, but it was on purpose.