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Why did Seth become so strong after the teletransportation?

posted 8 years ago by mikerinos2
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I think he should have become weaker like a fly is...

[–] Fluke_Skywalker 8 years ago

Strength is relative. An average housefly can lift approximately 1.6 times its own weight, so imagine if that housefly were about 6'3 and weighed 180lbs.

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[–] mikerinos2 8 years ago

I can't imagine a fly lifting anything...

Another question: why did Seth's body become a fly if it was the fusion of a human being and s fly? And a fly is much smaller than a human body...

[–] PreachCaleb 8 years ago

The movie makes it explicitly clear.

He's not turning into a fly. He's turning into a mutation of a fly and human. Something that's never existed before.

Yes, a fly is smaller than a human. But Brundlefly is human sized.

Let's be bad guys.

[–] hare-guu 8 years ago

Aren't you confusing flies with ants now? Never heard of flies lifting anything.

[–] Danimalzx (63) 3 years ago

Jeff Goldblum was 6'4"-6'5" and 185 pounds in this movie.

[–] CasseroleWorshipper 8 years ago

I always liked to flirt with the idea that his strength and vitality could have been a result of the teleportation process itself and would've happened even if a fly hadn't been in the telepod.

[–] montrossboc-1 8 years ago

Well, that's what Seth thought at first.

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[–] TampaOutlaw84 8 years ago

He borrow some steroids from a baseball player. You musta missed that scene when he went to the yankees training camp.

[–] lazarust800 8 years ago

You have no idea how strong insects are.

[–] hurricanehorton 8 years ago

As said above, it's relative strength.

So a lot of insects can lift a higher amount proportionate to their body size. Ants being proportionately stronger than any other animals.