pet peeve of the day aka me being a bitch real quick,
it annoys me sm how whenever g/t related stuff like shrinking rays or giants or whatever show up in mainstream media theres always people complaining "well that doesn't make any sense, it wouldnt be scientifically possible". bc no shit, its a fantastical element so its very existence in a piece of media suggests the media is including fantastical elements and thus not rooting itself firmly in real world science.
I stg i see it EVERY time (when antman entered the mcu, about every old timey giant monster movie, most recently about The Miniature Wife in facebook comment sections) and its also given sometimes as a reason to why there cant be more non comedy/kids media involving said size shenanigans "bc no one would take it seriously".
I feel like it has to be some form of media illiteracy bc a good chunk of the time itll be in a show that's already very clearly not rooting itself in real world science (like the MCU) and even when it isn't, again, its very existence in a story should automatically cue people in that perhaps the story isn't aiming for scientific realism. One doesn't sit down to watch a movie about vampires and go "yknow what the problem with this is? vampires don't exist in real life, this doesn't make any sense!" that'd be ridiculous to do.
side note: im all for a speculative "ooh would this be possible?" or "how could this be possible?" take like you see with superpowers or sci-fi tech, that is distinct in my mind from complaining about a piece being unrealistic bc it includes purposefully fantastical, unrealistic elements. I feel like it also sometimes has a vibe of "I Am Very Smart" in pointing out sci-fi (emphasis on the fi) happenings aren't possible as if no one else had considered that