The Best Nathan Lind Quotes

Nathan: [Godzilla is coming back for Kong after almost drowning him] He's circling back.
Ilene: This won't end until one of them submits.
Nathan: Shut it down.
Ilene: What?
Nathan: All of it. Guns, engines. Shut it down. Right now.
Admiral: If we do that, we're dead.
Nathan: No, we're playing dead.
Ilene: And we're making him think that he's won.

Nathan: [final line as they monitor Kong in his new home in the Hollow Earth; over walkie-talkie] Heads up, guys! He's coming around for his morning walk.

Ilene: [referring to Godzilla after he's beaten Kong out at sea] As soon as we move, he'll be back. How are we supposed to get the rest of the way?
Nathan: How's Kong with heights?

Nathan: This is our only chance. We have to take it. We need Kong. The world needs him to stop what's coming. And this child... she's the only one he'll communicate with.

Nathan: Through the entrance in Antarctica, we could help him find a new home. And he could save ours.

Walter: What really went wrong on your brother's mission?
Nathan: When they tried to enter, they had a gravitational inversion; the whole planet's gravity reversed for a split second: they were crushed in an instant.

Nathan: Looks like round two goes to Kong.

Nathan: [on bringing Kong to Antarctica] We lost our entire fleet getting here, there's no way back, and he can't survive here.

Nathan: [Kong doesn't go into the Hollow Earth entrance] It's not working.
Ilene: Just wait. Wait, wait, wait.
Nathan: What if she tells him there are others down there like him.
Ilene: But you don't know that.
Nathan: We lost our entire fleet getting here. There's no way back for him. And he can't survive here.
Ilene: All right. All right.
[to Jia]
Ilene: Hey.
[In sign language]
Ilene: Tell him... There could be more like him... Inside
Jia: Family?
Ilene: I don't know. I hope so.
Jia: [to Kong bin sign language about the Hollow Earth] Your family might be down there.
[Kong goes through the entrance]

Maia: [about the entrance to Hollow Earth] Are you sure the monkey's gonna survive this?
Nathan: Oh, he'll be fine. It's us I'd worry about. We're about to be launched 1,000 miles in two seconds until gravity
[holds water bottle upside down]
Nathan: inverts itself and spits us into free fall. It'll be the most amazing thing you've ever seen.
[Hands her a barf bag]
Nathan: Here. For the vomit.
Maia: What?

Nathan: Can I help you? If you want an appointment, my office hours are nine to five.
Walter: Please, Dr. Lind.
Nathan: What the f...
Walter: Guys like you and me, we don't do normal hours, do we? I've been fixated on Hollow Earth for as long as you have. Your theory that it's the birthplace of all Titans is fascinating. Your book was very impressive.
Nathan: Oh, yeah? Well, I got about 30 unsold boxes in my apartment if you want some.
Walter: [introducing himself] Walt Simmons.
Nathan: I know who you are, sir. It's an honor.
Walter: No, the honor is mine. As is the urgency. Godzilla has never attacked us unprovoked before. These are dangerous times, Dr. Lind. Allow me to introduce our Apex chief technology officer, Mr. Ren Serizawa. He has an interesting thing to show you.
Ren: Magnetic imaging from one of our new satellites. You know what this is, right?
Nathan: Hollow Earth.
Walter: An ecosystem as vast as any ocean, right beneath our feet.
Nathan: This energy signal is enormous.
Ren: And almost identical to readings from Gojira.
Walter: As our sun fuels the planet's surface, this energy sustains the Hollow Earth, enabling life as powerful as our aggressive Titan friend. If we can harness this life force, we'll have a weapon that can compete with Godzilla. I need your help to find it.
Nathan: I don't know if I'm the right guy for the job. Did you read the reviews? A sci-fi quack trading in fringe physics. Look where they put my office. I'm in the basement right across from flute class. Besides, I'm not with Monarch anymore. And Hollow Earth entry is impossible. We tried.
Walter: I'm sorry about your brother. He was a true pioneer.
Nathan: Thanks.
Walter: See, all of our forward scans suggest a habitable environment down there. So, what really went wrong on your brother's mission?
Nathan: When they tried to enter, they hit a gravitational inversion. A whole planet's worth of gravity reversed in a split second. They were crushed in an instant.
Walter: What if I told you that we, at Apex, have created a phenomenal craft which could sustain such an inversion? The Hollow Earth Aerial Vehicle. HEAV. We can make the journey to Hollow Earth possible, Dr. Lind. But we need you to lead the mission. Help me. Help everyone. Finding this needle in a haystack is our best shot against Godzilla.
Nathan: Well, I, uh, might have an idea. But it's crazy.
Walter: I love crazy ideas. They made me rich.
Nathan: Are you guys familiar with genetic memory? It's a theory that all Titans share a common impulse to return to their evolutionary source.
Ren: Like spawning salmon.
Nathan: Exactly. Or a... Or a homing pigeon. So if this is the Titans' home and this life force sustains them...
Ren: A Titan could show you the way.
Nathan: Yeah. With a little help of an old colleague.

Nathan: [about to jumpstart Kong's heart with a HEAV] Good luck, big fella.

Ilene: [Godzilla is approaching the ships at sea] Did we change course?
Admiral: No. We're nowhere near the areas you flagged.
Nathan: [looking at the radar] It looks like he's coming for us anyway.
Ilene: He's not coming for us.
Maia: [referring to Kong as Godzilla is coming for him] Him? Then dump him. Dump the monkey!
Ilene: How about we throw you off instead, huh?

Nathan: We need Kong to find that power source. The world needs him.