Here, Kirby the prophet asks us to consider the power of nature. What do you do with a problem that is too big for mankind's usual responses? Answer: find its natural needs (in this case, chasing things) and work with those, not against them.
Titano, the unstoppable force of nature, works as a metaphor for global warming. We have to look at what motivates our desires, rather than shooting some new carbon-beating missile at it. Note the ending: as long as the ice caps are frozen, mankind is safe. But if those ice caps completely melt then we are in big trouble.
And note the historical touch: Titano, the unstoppable, ends by hitting an iceberg.
The ending may seem unrealistic after such a superbly realistic beginning. But we must remember that Kirby is presenting a dramatised story. The final frames, tricking the creature into becoming trapped in ice, can be seen as a summary of a much longer and slower process. Nuclear submarines were famous for being able to navigate beneath arctic ice for long periods, so an obvious solution to the giant crab problem was to lure it there. Crustaceans are cold blooded, so if they could persuade it to follow them for a week or so then it would cool down so much that it lacked the energy to escape. The reduced fish stocks would prevent it from gaining energy from food. Eventually its metabolism would just shut down.
Titano, the unstoppable force of nature, works as a metaphor for global warming. We have to look at what motivates our desires, rather than shooting some new carbon-beating missile at it. Note the ending: as long as the ice caps are frozen, mankind is safe. But if those ice caps completely melt then we are in big trouble.
And note the historical touch: Titano, the unstoppable, ends by hitting an iceberg.
The ending may seem unrealistic after such a superbly realistic beginning. But we must remember that Kirby is presenting a dramatised story. The final frames, tricking the creature into becoming trapped in ice, can be seen as a summary of a much longer and slower process. Nuclear submarines were famous for being able to navigate beneath arctic ice for long periods, so an obvious solution to the giant crab problem was to lure it there. Crustaceans are cold blooded, so if they could persuade it to follow them for a week or so then it would cool down so much that it lacked the energy to escape. The reduced fish stocks would prevent it from gaining energy from food. Eventually its metabolism would just shut down.
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