Please also remember that 20 years before that the id monster manifested as just an energy beam.... And the Belerephon?
- Vaporized... as the three remaining survivors tried tried to take her off.
The id monster is actually just Morbius' subconscious mind, given physical form and effect. It takes on many forms in the film...…varies with his anger level. Remember the ship's first encounter with the monster?......it It walks up the steps raises the heavy duty hatch, sabotages valuable government property...and latches it back.....the steps don't bend under it'sits weight. When it attacks the second time, it leaves footprints and bends the steps with it'sits weight...murders Quinn....Morbius' increasing anger is fleshing out the monster. The
The scene in the Krell lab seems to be an explanation of how all this works... Simply a three-dimensional image, Commander. But it's alive! Because my daughter is alive in my brain from from microsecond to microsecond...
andAnd reiterated by the Dr. in theorizing about the monster It must have been renewing its molecular structure.. from one microsecond to the next.