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[-] Addition@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago

Fuck King Kong. I want to see Godzilla vs. Paul Bunion.

[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 10 points 1 year ago

Kaiju vs. Gaijin

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Turn it into a metaphor for WW2, ride the hype wave from Oppenheimer all the way to the bank

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

It was Babe that was the kaiju :)

[-] skulblaka@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

According to this well made video titled Paul Bunyan : America's Forgotten Kaiju I'd say probably yeah, seems like he fits the bill.

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well the official song only puts him at 6'3"

So I'm going to take that to mean that the myth was started by a well versed short king

Edit, after double checking the Lyrics of Disney's "Hey Paul", the line actually says "63 axe handles high"

[-] abeojeht@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 1 year ago

If you measure axe handles by girth, that's still about 6'3"

[-] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Short King Lumberjack theory confirmed!

[-] OmenAtom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Googling the average axe handle length I got 35 inches, which puts him at 183 ft nd 9 inches tall

[-] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Jolly Green Giant is a Jolly Green Kaiju

[-] sirxdaemon@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

Little known fact: his legal name is just "Bu."

[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

sounds like a kpop star. Pal Ban-Joon

[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Is there not a distinct mythos for giant humans with its own term? If not, Kaiju Bunyan stands, and even if there is, Kaiju Bunyan would manifest as the mirror opposition.

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago
[-] ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, sorry, I'd meant like in Asian mythos specifically.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Giants or Eoten usually, Titan usually has specific context to greek mythos gods who existed before the olympians replaced them.

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, but he'd kick the shit out of one

Could someone make this movie please?

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

No he's just a French Canadian lumberjack that moved south of the border. Some say his original name was Jos Montferrand and he was originally from Montreal.

[-] Sway_Chameleon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

A pipsqueak relative to my ancestor, the great Nova Scotian Angus "The Giant" MacAskill.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_MacAskill

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago

Taking it literally, I am technically a Kaiju, since it means "strange beast."

[-] virtueisdead@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

kaiju no. 16

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