Monster Discussion #32: Gigan (Showa)
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I like Gigan because he always is just such a bad-ass. (scuse my language) He actually is the highlight of the Godzilla Vs. Gigan movie because he really gores Angilas and Godzilla. He doesn't really have any special powers though...
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I'm glad they didn't use thunder thigh Gigan in the Hesei series. That design just doesn't look appealing.
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I like how Gigan' design is border-line between believable an ridiculous. The '72 suit is not sloppy; the reason the design works is because the suit was so well designed. The '73 suit, on the other hand...
Although I like FW Gigan, something about the new design just doesn't quite work. I think the problem is that this suit makes Gigan all dark & edgy, whereas part of the original suit's charm is it's outlandishness; you don't quite take him seriously. The FW suit tries to be really cool and serious, but it doesn't quite fit the character.
Although I like FW Gigan, something about the new design just doesn't quite work. I think the problem is that this suit makes Gigan all dark & edgy, whereas part of the original suit's charm is it's outlandishness; you don't quite take him seriously. The FW suit tries to be really cool and serious, but it doesn't quite fit the character.
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Love Gigan! He's completely bonkers looking and acts like how I would imagine a cyborg of his caliber would act (aka ruthless). He's pure entertainment.
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Oh my.Tohosaurus wrote:... naked entertainment.
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I'm with ya on the comparison between the two Showa suits, at least somewhat. I much prefer the first suit. My issue with the FW Gigan is its teeth. It cheapens the look for me, somehow. It would've been nice if he had more fight time, too.Rody wrote: The '73 suit, on the other hand...
Although I like FW Gigan, something about the new design just doesn't quite work.
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That BC figure makes him look worse than he is.
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Showa Gigan has teeth, dude.Tohosaurus wrote: My issue with the FW Gigan is its teeth. It cheapens the look for me, somehow.
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I said I didn't like his teeth, not that I didn't like the fact that he had teeth. They're too big and cheesy for me.TitanoGoji16 wrote: Showa Gigan has teeth, dude.
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^ Idk I feel Gigan Millennium had better dentures, but thats just me. I like Showa Gigan mainly for his uniqueness and nostalgia effect. I feel like Showa Gigan just screams 70's...anyone else think that?
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I dislike Millennium Gigan's big, cartoon-y, triangle teeth. Seem kinda silly. At least Showa Gigan's look like they fit in his mouth.
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Yeah, because his strange appearance fit the defined silliness of the 1970s Godzilla movies.King Caesar wrote:^ Idk I feel Gigan Millennium had better dentures, but thats just me. I like Showa Gigan mainly for his uniqueness and nostalgia effect. I feel like Showa Gigan just screams 70's...anyone else think that?
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Actually, I think Showa Gigan did have some large teeth, but they were all in the back of his mouth, hidden by the mandibles.
FW Gigan's mandibles stick out more; thus they don't cover up the teeth.
FW Gigan's mandibles stick out more; thus they don't cover up the teeth.
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If I remember correctly, there are only a select few shots in the movie that you can see them. One being during his attack on Tokyo; the camera zooms in for a close-up shot of him screeching, and there his teeth are. I think; its been a week or two since I watched it. But I'll take that over the FW version. He was cool, but he seemed too much like a robot, whereas the Showa version looked more like an organism.Rody wrote:Actually, I think Showa Gigan did have some large teeth, but they were all in the back of his mouth, hidden by the mandibles.
FW Gigan's mandibles stick out more; thus they don't cover up the teeth.
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Gigan is easily my favorite G-villan! ( neck and neck with Mecha-G). I love just about everything about this space monster! I LOVE that weird diamond meteor that he hatches from, it really adds to his alien origins. I was SOOO stoked when they brought him back in Final Wars. Also another monster with an AWESOME screeching roar, the Mandibles, the hooked arms, THE BUZZSAW ANND he comes from a place called NEBULA-M-SPACE HUNTER! that is ridiculously cool!
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Frankly, it was good to have Gigan making a big came back at FW, for whatever reason. This is some classic Godzilla enemy that actually works, has an emblematic and distinctive look, and it's unrelated with Godzilla -unlike many of the Heisei monsters-. Designwise, they hit the ball off the park, this guy looks like a surrealist painting in the best possible way.
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Gigan is a boss monster but his first two movies sucked ass. I mean Jun Funkuda did a good job creating Gigan but The movies he was in sucked badly. Final wars finally brought out his badness to the core
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Gigan is hilarous. He really looks like a robot chicken though.
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Then he would done great in the show Robot Chicken.MechaJahgeezilla wrote:Gigan is hilarous. He really looks like a robot chicken though.
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Personally, I've never seen how Gigan resembles a chicken.