Putting B-movie monsters to the test
Mothra, without a new set of tracheal tubes, would have suffocated before getting off the ground, says University of Chicago professor Michael LaBarbera.
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The 50-Foot Woman would break a leg if she took a single step, said LaBarbera, the author of "The Biology of B-Movie Monsters."
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Before destroying the Golden Gate Bridge in “It Came From Beneath the Sea,” the giant octopus in the film would have suffered debilitating blood pressure problems.
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"The Incredible Shrinking Man" should use thrust weapons, like a spear, rather than weapons that use momentum, like a hammer.
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King Kong, in the absence of a refigured skeletal system, would have crumpled into a heap before having a chance to crush a single human.
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LaBarbera has difficulty deciding what his favorite monster movie is, but thinks the shoddiest example of the genre is "The Giant Claw,"
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