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.
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.
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Addition@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 2y
Fuck King Kong. I want to see Godzilla vs. Paul Bunion.
mctoasterson@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 2y
Kaiju vs. Gaijin
BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Turn it into a metaphor for WW2, ride the hype wave from Oppenheimer all the way to the bank
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 2y
It was Babe that was the kaiju :)
skulblaka@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
If you measure axe handles by girth, that's still about 6'3"
PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
Short King Lumberjack theory confirmed!
OmenAtom@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Googling the average axe handle length I got 35 inches, which puts him at 183 ft nd 9 inches tall
GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Jolly Green Giant is a Jolly Green Kaiju
sirxdaemon@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y
Little known fact: his legal name is just "Bu."
DavidGarcia@feddit.nl · 6 pts · 2y
sounds like a kpop star. Pal Ban-Joon
Godric@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
No, but he'd kick the shit out of one
The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website · 1 pts · 2y
Could someone make this movie please?
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
Titans, Giants, etc?
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Ah, sorry, I'd meant like in Asian mythos specifically.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y
Giants or Eoten usually, Titan usually has specific context to greek mythos gods who existed before the olympians replaced them.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 3 pts · 2y
Taking it literally, I am technically a Kaiju, since it means "strange beast."
cyborganism@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
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 pts · 2y
A pipsqueak relative to my ancestor, the great Nova Scotian Angus "The Giant" MacAskill.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_MacAskill
virtueisdead@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
kaiju no. 16
DeepGradientAscent@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y