Random Ramblings: Giant Amphibious Laser Sharkasauruses

Gather 'round, friends! It's time for another exciting installment of Random Rambling Monday!

Admittedly, it's not the cleverest of concepts.

But I need to fill an entire post, and so far all I have to talk about is the fact that as of today, The Road Goes Ever On and On has reached over 3,000 views! Thank you, loyal fans, for making this first month so successful. I couldn't have done it without you.

But for reals. It doesn't count when I view the page. So I literally couldn't have views without you people reading.

Last night we watched Pacific Rim. It's a very entertaining movie with great special effects, but it does contain some major plot holes. *Warning: spoilers ahead*

The first issue I had with Pacific Rim was the amount of unnecessary violence in the movie. By this I do not mean that I found the amount of violence offensive. I mean it was literally unnecessary. 90% of the fight scenes were comprised of giant metal robots ineffectively punching giant amphibious laser dinosaurs. Even their highly advanced plasma cannons were next to useless against these things. The only thing that seemed to do any real damage was the sword attached to each robot's arm. My question, then, is this: why not lead with that? Why bother punching the thing in the face and shooting it over and over when one good slice is clearly enough to kill a kaiju instantly? The majority of damage to civilian areas would have been averted, and the length of the movie would have been cut in half.

My second issue: if the aliens sending the kaiju were testing Earth's defenses, why not just send like twenty of them instead of one at a time? We would've gotten flattened (especially since we still haven't figured out the intrinsic value of the sword).

The last issue I took with Pacific Rim is something I've decided to call the Star Trek effect. Have you ever noticed how they construct these mile-long, multi-billion dollar starships that are minutes later ripped apart by a single missile? How can that ever be cost-effective? The same occurs in Pacific Rim. The cost of repeatedly repairing a giant robot that's only going to get torn in half in the next fight far outweighs its marginal success as a defense.

 But hey. Giant robots fighting laser-shark lizards. It doesn't get much better than that.

Christopher Robin has 7-layer tortilla dip Combos. They're really good. Pardon me, I need to steal one.

 Nathan Piersma, signing off!

The Road goes ever on and on

Down from the door where it began.

Now far ahead the Road has gone,

And I must follow, if I can,

Pursuing it with eager feet,

Until it joins some larger way

Where many paths and errands meet.

And whither then? I cannot say.