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Symbolism and Biology of the Kaiju of 'PACIFIC RIM'

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I couldn’t not do this. Normally, like with Marvel’s The Avengers, I wait until the movie is released on DVD so I can do a closer analysis of the creatures in it.

Go back to see if I missed things and double check all the commentary and bonus material that’s available.

But I just can’t wait.

Everyone and their mother has talked about Pacific Rim to one degree or another, and a lot of people talk as if by seeing Gojira, they’re now experts on kaiju. Or they think that making observations regarding the stresses of biological material on giant monsters or things about the square cube law are new and insightful.


We’ve already gone over that sort of thing quite a bit, so we can skip the average stuff and move to the meat. The things those articles skipped over or forgot.

That and I can remind everyone that kaiju is both singular and plural, because the Japanese Language has no plurals. Remember that next time you hear someone way “kaijus” or “ninjas”.

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