Is that realistic? Do ants see us like that?
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The issue is perspective. Big things in movies look like small things you have seen before. It looks strange when it’s moving so ‘slow’ but it’s actually moving the correct speed for its size, it’s just moving a lot further with each ‘slow’ movement.
Take for example a 100 yard long football field, and the goal is to move from one end to the other in 5 seconds.
If you had a 6ft tall man try to run it, each one of his steps may take him 1 yard at a time. He would need to average 20 steps per second, which on a person would look ludicrously fast to have your legs moving that quickly. In fact that’s about twice as fast as the fastest man in the world, it just wouldn’t be possible to have your legs move that fast.
If you had a 600ft tall man who could move 100 yards per step, all he has to do is make one stride. Keep in mind, we are still going to allow him 5 full seconds, which is twice as fast as the fastest normal sized man. If a person takes 5 seconds to take 1 step it would look silly and slow, almost like they are walking in slow motion. We just aren’t used to seeing someone move like that, even though they are moving incredibly fast.
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