If Godzilla had been called Gigantis...

[hammysammy59]

Not only is Gigantis a really generic name (I agree, it conjures up images of giant ape-like or mammalian monsters), you just cannot scream it nearly as well as Godzilla or Gojira. I doubt any kid would ever point to an imaginary monster while playing and scream "GIGANTISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!"

[Shadow]

^It does sound pretty stupid, doesn't it?

[kpa]

This thread doesn't even make sense. Toho didn't rename Godzilla "Gigantis" so the third Godzilla film would have been called "King Kong vs Godzilla" no matter what. And who in their right mind would have stuck with a foolish re-naming like that for more than one film?

That's a great point. Toho created the English name "Godzilla" while "Gigantis" was coined by Paul Schreibman, who thought the second film would be more marketable if it starred an "all new" monster. He was wrong, and GIGANTIS THE FIRE MONSTER quickly faded into obscurity. There was absolutely nothing that would have motivated Toho or another American distributor from dropping the name "Godzilla" from future films.

[Chris55]

^It does sound pretty stupid, doesn't it?

It WOULD have been a better name than 'Viagra"

[Shadow]

It WOULD have been a better name than 'Viagra"

Now that is funny, I can imagine it right now... VIAGRA!

[Gojisan866]

Probably nothing at all. Maybe some of the film titles would be a bit awkward, but beyond that...

[Cimmerian Dragon]

I can imagine it right now... VIAGRA!

VIAGRA the Unbelievable!

VIAGRA, Horror of the Deep!


Hm...I think this topic ran its course by the second post.

[Tyler]

Knowing Toho it would be Viagarah.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

^ Yeah. And right now, three or four members would be having a vicious argument about which romanization was correct, likely degenerating into a series of brutal insults regarding the others' age, sexual orientation and maternal pedigree.

[edgaguirus]

May that be avoided here.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

^ What did you say about my mother?

[Tyler]

^ Yeah. And right now, three or four members would be having a vicious argument about which romanization was correct, likely degenerating into a series of brutal insults regarding the others' age, sexual orientation and maternal pedigree.

Wow you really nailed it.

[MaxRebo320]

Can you imagine a song called ''Gigantis'' by Blue Oyster Cult?

[Showa Gyaos]

Can you imagine a song called ''Gigantis'' by Blue Oyster Cult?

"Go go Gigantis!"

I'm not feeling it...

[antovald20]

Then everything will go to hell.

[Tyler]

"Go go Gigantis!"

"What the hell rhymes with this?"

[Malchik]

This thread doesn't even make sense. Toho didn't rename Godzilla "Gigantis" so the third Godzilla film would have been called "King Kong vs Godzilla" no matter what. And who in their right mind would have stuck with a foolish re-naming like that for more than one film?

I think it depends if the domestic distributor wanted to continue calling it Gigantis, they could have.

[The Dark Uniter]

`It would be funny if Toho later coin the Gigantis name for whenever they create a new monster...if they can create a new monster.

[Living Corpse]

`It would be funny if Toho later coin the Gigantis name for whenever they create a new monster...if they can create a new monster.

Toho want's to create new monsters but every time they do they bring in less money then more recognized monsters like Mothra and Mechagodzilla. Or worse their film bombs at the box office.

[Chris55]

I think the name "Gigantis" could have been saved to take place of something else with a terrible name: "Viagra"