Godzilla's beam

[Godzilla165]

If you could give an exact temperature on how hot his beam would be... What would it be?

[Mitchal]

As hot as the plot needs it to be.

Applying science to kaiju movies is pointless. They're not meant to be realistic

[Kaiju-King42]

Hotter than the sun.

... Hey, it burned through Mothra's wing. The same Mothra that withstood beams said to be as hot as the sun, and required nearby people to wear special glasses.

[Living Corpse]

Only two more years. Though I have a feeling the last two years are gonna be the longest.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

^ Uh...hm.

Wrong thread? Or was that actually related to the "Godzilla's beam" topic, and I'm just too tired to get it?

[Mincecraft]

I would have to say what was said above, hotter than the sun, considering the concentration of the beam as one thin ray.

[Gojira1963]

I don't think of the beam in terms of heat more of its destructive power.

[Reaper Man]

Over 9,000,000,000,000,000 degrees.

[edgaguirus]

Steel will soften at 1000 F, like we see in GKoTM when the electric towers bend over. Steel melts at 2500 F. It's probably between the two, but closer to 2500 F. I know movie science and real science don't always mesh, but some real science gives us a rough idea how hot it is.

[Shadow]

IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!

[Mincecraft]

IT'S OVER NINE THOUSAND!

I knew that would come up!

[Gyaos]

Well lets look at it this way: The hottest part of the flame is the blue/white area, and Godzilla's breath is blue/white. Stars glow white hot and I beleive uranium in nuclear reactors turns white hot.

[Living Corpse]

The flame color thing doesn't really work with Godzilla cause he isn't shooting fire, he's shooting some kind of energy like a laser or plasma. Cause if he was shooting fire then logically the red spiral beam should be weaker then the blue, not stronger. The fact a lighting bolt is spiraling around the red beam and the fins glow before firing further shows he's shooting some sort of nuclear powered death ray and not just fire.

[Ethan]

Godzilla is shooting fire. It's radioactive fire, to be precise.

[Living Corpse]

Godzilla is shooting fire. It's radioactive fire, to be precise.

No this a misconception that has persisted for a long time. It's not fire, it's pure nuclear energy. People just say atomic fire cause it sounds cooler then saying atomic breath.

[Godzilla165]

Question: Can he also lower the temperature somehow, and control how destructive, and forceful he wants it to be?

[Living Corpse]

I don't know, maybe sitting down and watching the movies instead of asking might give better results.

[Ethan]

Godzilla is shooting fire. It's radioactive fire, to be precise.

No this a misconception that has persisted for a long time. It's not fire, it's pure nuclear energy. People just say atomic fire cause it sounds cooler then saying atomic breath.

Oh no no, it's a misconception that Godzilla fires a beam. It has been refered as fire in the films, documentaries, comic books, interviews, etc. Things caught in Godzilla's fire are set ablaze, melted or vaporized; the exact effect of an extremely hot fire. A beam is a projection of light, its effects are far more surgical.

[Godzilla165]

I don't know, maybe sitting down and watching the movies instead of asking might give better results.

Yeah, I've done that before . This is not meant to be a "lets sit down at a large round table, and talk about Godzilla", this is for a bunch a fans to share their own opinions, and have a laid back discussion.

[Gyaos]

Godzilla is shooting fire. It's radioactive fire, to be precise.

No this a misconception that has persisted for a long time. It's not fire, it's pure nuclear energy. People just say atomic fire cause it sounds cooler then saying atomic breath.

Oh no no, it's a misconception that Godzilla fires a beam. It has been refered as fire in the films, documentaries, comic books, interviews, etc. Things caught in Godzilla's fire are set ablaze, melted or vaporized; the exact effect of an extremely hot fire. A beam is a projection of light, its effects are far more surgical.

Exactly.

In regards to the Spiral Ray argument, you have a good point LC. I honestly dont have anything to counter that

Although I will say, lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun, and as you say it spirals around the ray and his spines. Maybe thats what powers it? Just spitballing.