Zorba might have more experience in naval affairs, but the Professor has a lot more experience in being a movie character, so his prediction naturally proved accurate. The Dunkleosteus’ return wasn’t that hard to predict, anyway - given the large part it originally played in the plot, it was incapacitated way too early to be gone for good. B-movies might forget crucial plot points every now and then, but only when they’re subtle - the big, splashy, SFX-heavy plot points are never overlooked.

And of course, the new incarnation of the monster fish needs to be visibly more threatening than the original version, that’s a given. If it had been a real fish, it would be returning as a cyborg now, but since the thing already started out being a robot, it returns as a half-rocket instead. ._. Half robotic fish, half rocket. I’m sure they have something like that in Greek mythology, anyway - it’s generally full of halfthishalfthat stuff. And I’ve added a Gatling gun for good measure, and Gamera’s dentures. You should never skimp on that sort of stuff, more is always better.

Zorba’s point about the Dunkleosteus looking months away from completion earlier is easily countered: the robots in Captain Emo’s hideout are unionized, so they get coffee breaks. Our friends happened upon the fish under repair when all of the robots save one were in the breakroom, that’s why work seemed to proceed so slowly. Had they come even 10 minutes later, they would have found the fish surrounded by dozens of repair robots working at full steam. Trust me, I wouldn’t lie about something like that.

More on Monday.