A Podcast Seeking Entertainment and Enlightenment through Tokusatsu. Hosted by the ”kaiju academic” himself, Nathan Marchand.
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Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers! After calling in a favor at the last second to get a replacement guest, Nate sits down with Kaiju Weekly’s Travis Alexander and kaiju author Neil Riebe to discuss one of Gamera’s lowest points: Gamera vs. Zigra. Yes, before Jaws, the Friend to All Children battled a giant alien shark who couldn't decide if he wanted to enslave humanity or eat them. Ziggy also has a bad habit of recruiting beautiful ladies as hench-people (your new PC term of the day), but they forget everything they knew before being mind-controlled—like that parading around in nothing but a bikini might not be the most inconspicuous disguise unless you're in an exploitation film for kids. Let's just say, Nate almost loses his mind in this episode. The Toku Topic is Kamogawa Sea World, because this movie is a terrible, overgrown commercial for the resort.
Afterward, Nate has to pull some Board-mandated overtime and is contacted in secret by Gary, Raymund Martin's paralegal. Nate thinks he’s found a new friend in Gary in his quest to out the Board.
Listen to Nate and Travis’s spinoff podcast, The Henshin Men Podcast, on Redcircle.
Check out Neil’s books, I Shall Not Mate and Vistakill.
This episode's epilogue, "A Secret Ally," was written by Nathan Marchand with Michael Hamilton.
Guest stars:
- Damon Noyes as Gary
Additional music:
- “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endo
- “Feena’s Premonition” by Jorito
- “Cross-Examination (Sudden Interjection)” by PrototypeRaptor
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, and The Cel Cast! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Intro: 0:00-12:40
- Entertaining Info Dump: 12:40-19:22
- Toku Talk: 19:22-57:45
- Advertisement: 57:45-58:24
- Toku Topic: 58:24-1:15:05
- Listener Feedback, Housekeeping & Outro: 1:15:05-1:32:26
- Epilogue: 1:32:26-end
Podcast Social Media:
- Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
- Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
- Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
- Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
- Follow The Henshin Men Podcast on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #GameravsZigra #YearofGamera
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Flower, James. “A Guide to English Language Gamera” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Gamera: The Complete Collection, Disc Four Special Features.
- Gamera vs. Zigra Commentary by Sean Rhodes and Brooke McCorkle (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Kamogawa Sea World Official English Language Website.
- “Kamogawa Sea World” (Wikipedia).
- “Kamogawa Seaworld” (Japan Guide).
- Katsumata, Hiroshi. “Kamogawa Sea World at 50: Looking Ahead, More Important than Ever to the Preservation of Japan’s Marine Species” (Japan Forward).
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- Macias, Patrick. “A History of Gamera: Gamera vs. Zigra” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Milner, David. “Interview with Noriaki Yuasa” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Rhodes, Sean, and Brooke McCorkle. “Chapter 9: Gamera vs. Zigra: A Tale of Space Invaders and the Sea.” Japan’s Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema.
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
By our powers combined!
In true Amalgam Comics fashion, The Monster Island Film Vault and Kaiju Weekly have fused to form a super-show (“Kaiju Film Vault Weekly”?) to discuss 2021’s next big tent-pole kaiju release, the Netflix anime Godzilla: Singular Point. Nate, Travis, Michael, and even Jimmy From NASA get into just about everything about this 13-episode series released worldwide June 24, from the characters to the monsters to quantum physics. This series proved to be somewhat divisive in the Godzilla fanbase as it aired weekly in Japan starting in March, and your intrepid hosts were just as divided. Who liked it and who loved it? Listen to learn the answer!
Nate was unable to share his research on quantum mechanics because this broadcast went long, so Jimmy posted it as a bonus Jimmy’s Notes on the MIFV website as a supplement to this episode. Hopefully, it enhances your appreciation of this experimental Godzilla anime.
Additional music:
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, and The Cel Cast! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Intro: 0:00-4:50
- News: 4:50-28:16
- Toku Talk/Main Topic: 28:16-2:16:13
- Housekeeping & Outro: 2:16:13-end
Podcast Links:
- YouTube
- TikTok
- Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
- Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
- Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
- Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #GodzillaSingularPoint
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media and Kaiju Weekly
Bibliography/Further Reading:
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Wednesday Jun 23, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers!
By popular (and Godzilla’s) demand, MIFV is starting a new series on episodes on the Godzilla franchise called “Godzilla Redux”! It starts with the one that started it all, the 1954 classic Godzilla (aka Gojira) starring Akira Takarada, Akihiko Hirata, and Takeshi Shimura, among others, and directed by Ishiro Honda. Of course, such a momentous film and occasion required all four of the original Tourists, Nick Hayden, Timothy Deal, and Joe & Joy Metter. Unfortunately for Nate, there is way, way, WAY too much scholarship on this film, so it was overwhelming to research and difficult to condense it all down. Regardless, the roundtable discusses the U.S. Occupation of Japan, the Lucky Dragon No. 5 incident, and how Dr. Serizawa should’ve been a cool anime character, among other subjects related to this film.
Check out Nick and Tim’s podcast, Derailed Trains of Thought!
Additional music:
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, and The Cel Cast! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
Prologue: 0:00-1:11
Intro: 1:11-3:55
Main Discussion: 3:55-1:17:36
Housekeeping & Outro: 1:17:36-end
Podcast Links:
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Facebook
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YouTube
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Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault #Godzilla
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Barr, Jason. The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema’s Biggest Monsters.
- Brothers, Peter H. Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda.
- Brothers, Peter H. “Without Raymond Burr: Godzilla at the Egyptian.” G-Fan, no. 50, March/April 2001.
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Glownia, Dawid. “Socio-Political Aspects of Kaijū Eiga Genre: A Case Study of the Original Godzilla.” Silva Iaponicarum, vol. 37.
- Godzilla Commentary by David Kalat (Criterion Blu-Ray).
- Godzilla 2011 Criterion Blu-Ray Special Features.
- Gojira Commentary by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski (Classic Media DVD).
- Gojira Classic Media DVD Special Features.
- Hein, Laura. “Revisiting America’s Occupation of Japan.” Cold War History, Vol. 11, No. 4, November 2011, 579–599.
- Hoberman, J. “Poetry After the A-Bomb” (2011 Criterion Blu-Ray booklet).
- Kaijuvision Radio, Episode 2: Godzilla Origins: King Kong (1933) and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
- Kaijuvision Radio, Episode 3: Gojira (1954) (The Occupation of Japan Part 1: Castle Bravo Test, Cold War, Democracy)
- Kalat, David. A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series, 2nd
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- LeMay, John. Writing Giant Monsters.
- Miwa, Yosjiro, and J. Mark Ramseyer. “The Good Occupation? Law in the Allied Occupation of Japan.” Washington University Global Studies Law Review, vol. 8, no. 2. 2009.
- Napier, Susan J. “Panic Sites: The Japanese Imagination of Disaster from Godzilla to Akira.” The Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Summer, 1993), pp. 327-351. Published by: The Society for Japanese Studies.
- Noriega, Chon. “Godzilla and the Japanese Nightmare: When ‘Them!’ Is U.S.” Cinema Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Autumn, 1987), pp. 63-77. Published by University of Texas Press on behalf of the Society for Cinema & MediaStudies.
- “Occupation of Japan” (Wikipedia).
- Ryfle, Steve. “Godzilla’s Footprint” (Classic Media DVD booklet).
- Ryfle, Steve, and Ed Godziszewski. Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa.
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Wednesday Jun 09, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers!
The “Year of Gamera” reaches its midpoint in an episode that’s the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Well, not really. But you will hear Nate and returning guest/multi-podcaster Ben Avery discuss 1970’s Gamera vs. Jiger. This movie, which shockingly opened the year the Japanese film industry crashed, serves as a (sorta) big budget travelogue/commercial for Expo ’70, the first world’s fair held in Asia. Both “Cornjob” and a yellow submarine return, but outer space is replaced with “innerspace” as the Kennys travel inside Gamera to cure him of his “impregnation” by Jiger, an ancient female demon beast. I’m not making this up. It’s a movie that may have anticipated The Exorcist and Alien. The Toku Topic, naturally, is Expo ’70. I mean, what else would it be?
Afterward, Nate and Jimmy get a surprise visit from Monster Island’s resident mad scientist and mushroom enthusiast, Dr. Dante Dourif, who’s been sent on a mission to “stabby-stabby” Nate with a syringe filled with his mushroom-enhanced COVID-19 vaccine. Oh my….
Check out all of Ben’s podcasts:
-Strangers and Aliens
-Welcome to Level 7
-The Comic Book Time Machine
-Supersonic Pod Comics
Guest stars:
- Daniel DiManna as Dr. Dourif
Additional music:
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; Damon Noyes, and The Cel Cast! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00-6:02
Entertaining Info Dump: 6:02-13:07
Toku Talk: 13:07-55:48
Advertisement: 55:48-56:25
Toku Topic: 56:25-1:30:29
Housekeeping & Outro: 1:30:29-1:40:35
Epilogue: 1:40:35-end
Podcast Social Media:
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- “About Expo ’70 in Osaka” (Tower of the Sun Museum)
- “Expo ‘70” (Wikipedia)
- “EXPO '70: 50th ANNIVERSARY” by Kaiju Masterclass (YouTube)
- “Expo 70 Osaka: A Futuristic Experience” (Culture Trip)
- Flower, James. “A Guide to English Language Gamera” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Gamera: The Complete Collection, Disc Four Special Features.
- Gamera vs. Jiger Commentary by Edward L. Holland (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Gardner, William O. “The 1970 Osaka Expo and/as Science Fiction.” Review of Japanese Culture and Society, Vol. 23, Expo '70 and Japanese Art: Dissonant Voices (DECEMBER 2011), pp. 26-43.
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- Macias, Patrick. “A History of Gamera: Gamera vs. Jiger” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- “Metabolism (architecture)” (Wikipedia)
- Uri, John. “50 Years Ago: Moon Sample Rocks Osaka Expo ’70.” (NASA). Edited by Kelli Mars. Updated March 16, 2020.
- Wiki Articles on Gamera vs. Jiger:
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers!
A chapter closes on today’s episode as Nate concludes his “mini-sode” series on the Toho classics he missed out on in his previous podcast life. This week he discusses the almost-forgotten hard sci-fi tokusatsu film from 1984, Sayonara Jupiter (aka Bye Bye Jupiter). It was something of a transitional film for Toho since its cast and crew included players from both the Showa and Heisei eras, including Akihiko Hirata (in his final role), Sakyo Komatsu (author of Submersion of Japan), Koichi Kawakita (FX director for the Heisei Godzilla series), and Koji Hashimoto (director of Return of Godzilla/Godzilla 1985). Unfortunately, the Hollywood-caliber special effects can’t save it from an overstuffed script that has a Jupiter Solarization Project, an eco-cult/terrorist group, and Nazca lines on Mars, among other things. If the film is known for anything, though, it’s the (in)famous zero gravity sex scene (which may or may not be intrepid producer Jimmy From NASA’s favorite part). Yep.
After Nate gets into all of this, he reads some listener feedback in the form of three new Apple Podcasts reviews and then gets a visit from Monster Island’s security chief, Captain Douglas Gordon, who brings along a famous friend he says is upset with Nate. This leads to an important announcement about MIFV’s next episode series.
After the credits, Nate and Jimmy are visited by Jessica, still fresh off of her exploits as magical girl superheroine Crystal Lady. She’s been given some, shall we say, “special” earrings by the nefarious Monster Island Board of Directors. Let’s just say Nate and Jess butt heads more than usual because of them.
Guest stars:
- Sarah Marchand as Jessica Shaw
Epilogue Parts 1-2 (“Introducing Godzilla Redux” and “Influencers”) written by Nathan Marchand.
Additional music:
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org, including one by InspectorJ, and the Toho Foley library.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; and Damon Noyes! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
Intro/Film Analysis: 0:00-15:14
Ad: 15:14-17:09
Listener Feedback: 17:09-22:17
Outro, Epilogue Part 1, and Credits: 22:17-31:31
Epilogue Part 2: 31:31-end
Podcast Social Media:
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Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- “2010: Odyssey Two.” (Wikipedia).
- Gunn, Dr. Alastair. “Could Jupiter become a star?” BBC Science Focus Magazine.
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 2: 1982-2017.
- “Minerva.” (Wikipedia).
- “Nazca Lines.” (Wikipedia).
- Sayonara Jupiter DVD Special Features (released by Discotek Media).
- “Voyager Mission Overview.” (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory).
- “Voyager program.” (Wikipedia).
- Wiki articles on Sayonara Jupiter:
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Wednesday May 19, 2021
Hey there, kaiju lovers! Like I did with the Monster Hunter review I did on the Forever Classic Podcast, I'm re-uploading this episode of Kaiju Weekly for any of you who missed it. While I experimented with a "Special Report" episode on season one of Netflix's Pacific Rim: The Black, I couldn't find time in MIFV's schedule to make to make a proper episode on it. Then I had the chance to sub for Travis Alexander, one of the co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly, on their review of it. So, with their permission, I'm re-sharing it here. I highly recommend listening to Kaiju Weekly because it's a fun and entertaining podcast, and the one in the kaiju community with whom I have the closest ties.
The original show notes:
We continue "Mecha May" with a look at the 2021Netflix anime series, Pacific Rim: The Black featuring returning guest and friend of the podcast, Nathan Marchand of The Monster Island Film Vault.
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Set after Pacific Rim: Uprising, Kaiju have ravaged Australia, two siblings pilot a Jaeger to search for their parents, encountering new creatures, characters, and allies.
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Wednesday May 12, 2021
Wednesday May 12, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers!
We’ve reached the point where the “Year of Gamera” gets even goofier—and where Nate begins to miss seeing the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes even more. He’s joined by returning guest, Earth Destruction Directive host Luke Jaconetti, and newcomer/MSTie Greg Meyer to discuss Gamera vs. Guiron. The “Kennys” get more precocious and useless (Tom is dead inside). The monsters get more outlandish (Guiron is Knifehead, anyone?). And the villains get … shapely jumpsuits? Listen as Nate, Luke, and Greg connect this movie to Chronicles of Narnia and Barbarella, among other things, and muse about their favorite riffs from the MST3K episode. Nate’s descent into madness continues.
The Toku Topic is the First Traffic War in Japan. It may sound like a forgotten Transformers storyline, but it’s actually a time period when car accidents increased dramatically in the Land of the Rising Sun. Hence why Akio is obsessed with making a world “without wars or traffic accidents” in this movie.
Beforehand, Nate is visited by Jessica Shaw, his pseudo-sister clone, and she tells him she’s bringing Luke and Greg with her first tour group, who will then watch their live broadcast. Then afterward, the infamous Terran spacewomen, Flobella and Barbella, come to Earth to kidnap Gamera—but not if Monster Island’s own magical girl superheroine, Crystal Lady (aka Jessica), has anything to say about it!
Luke’s links:
-Earth Destruction Directive on Two True Freaks
-Twitter
Greg’s links:
-Into the Speed Force
-Children of the Wells (book series)
Guest Stars:
-Sarah Marchand as Jessica Shaw/Crystal Lady
-Sparkles Schreck as Flobella
-Hoshiko as Barbella
Prologue and epilogue, “Shine! Crystal Lady! Parts 1-2,” written by Nathan Marchand.
Music:
-“A weird thing” by Chiro
-“Transformation (Sailor Moon Remix)” by Vincent Lee
-“The Aliens’ Plan” by Shunsuke Kikuchi
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org, including some by InspectorJ, and the Toho Foley library.
Special Crystal Lady sound effects created by J.P. Gant. Contact him for commissions on Twitter: @JPGant_UWSD.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; and Damon Noyes! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
Prologue: 0:00-2:32
Intro: 2:32-12:13
Entertaining Info Dump: 12:13-20:04
Toku Talk: 20:04-1:13:13
Advertisement: 1:13:01-1:14:51
Toku Topic: 1:14:51-1:35:14
Listener Feedback, Housekeeping, & Outro: 1:35:42-1:53:32
Epilogue: 1:53:32-end
Podcast Social Media:
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Facebook
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Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- “Causes and Countermeasures for Traffic Congestion in Yangon” (Sustainable Development)
- DiManna, Daniel. “Yellow Caps and Traffic Accidents: A Tragic History Lesson.” (The Newswheel).
- Flower, James. “A Guide to English Language Gamera” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Galvan, Patrick. “Interview: Steve Ryfle: Regarding Ishiro Honda.” (Toho Kingdom).
- Gamera: The Complete Collection, Disc Three Special Features.
- Gamera vs. Guiron Commentary by David Kalat (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Hayahawa, Hiroshi; Fischbeck, Paul S.; Fischhoff. “Traffic accident statistics and risk perceptions in Japan and the United States.” Accident Analysis and Prevention, no. 32 2000, p. 827–835
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- Macias, Patrick. “A History of Gamera: Gamera vs. Barugon” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Milner, David. “Interview with Noriaki Yuasa” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Oguchi, Takashi. “Achieving safe road traffic — the experience in Japan.” IATSS Research, no. 39, 2016, p. 110–116.
- “Planets beyond Neptune” (Wikipedia).
- Wiki Articles on Gamera vs. Guiron:
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Wednesday Apr 28, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers!
In the first of a double-whammy of “Year of Gamera” episodes that continue to chip away at Nate’s sanity, today’s movie is 1968’s Gamera vs. Viras. Nate is joined by returning guest (and Jimmy From NASA nemesis) Jack “GMan” Hudgens and Jack’s friend J.R. Villers from The Drift Space podcast to discuss this outlandish but imaginative kaiju flick. It’s near and dear (haha!) to Jimmy’s heart because, believe it or not, it dramatizes an exciting chapter of his childhood. Yes, MIFV’s intrepid producer is one of the precocious “Kennys”! In order to survive, Nate makes many Star Trek references/comparisons and several puns. The discussion also includes talk about hentai (don’t ask) and how the Rocky films stole the Gamera series’ formula—and it includes Sly Stallone impersonations. The Toku Topic is the Scout Association of Japan since the Gamera kids in this—again, including Jimmy—are both Boy Scouts.
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.
The Drift Space on Podchaser.
The “Deferential Wrath of a Rusting Markalite Cannon” Substack.
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; and Damon Noyes! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00-7:54
Entertaining Info Dump: 7:54-16:06
Toku Talk: 16:06-59:21
Ad: 59:21-59:59
Toku Topic: 59:59-1:22:52
Listener Feedback, Housekeeping, & Outro: 1:22:52-end
Podcast Social Media:
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Follow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy
Follow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD
Follow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam
Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1
www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com
#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault
© 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media
Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Flower, James. “A Guide to English Language Gamera.” (Arrow Video Gamera: The Complete Collection)
- Galbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Gamera: The Complete Collection, Disc Three Special Features.
- Gamera vs. Viras Commentary by Carl Craig and Jim Cirronella (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection)
- “Historical Boys’ Uniforms – Japanese Boy Scouts”
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.
- Macias, Patrick. “A History of Gamera: Gamera vs. Barugon” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Milner, David. “Interview with Noriaki Yuasa” (Arrow Video’s Gamera: The Complete Collection).
- Scout Association of Japan (official English language website)
- “Scout Association of Japan” (ScoutWiki)
- “Scout Association of Japan” (Wikipedia)
- “Scout Oaths, Promises, Mottos, and Slogans – Japan” (U.S. Scouting Service Project)
- “Viras” (Wikizilla)
- “Virasians” (Wikizilla)
- Wiki Articles on Gamera vs. Viras
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Wednesday Apr 14, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers!
Finally, the “Kong Quest” comes to an end! After months of delays due to avoiding competition and COVID-19, Godzilla vs. Kong has been released. It’s not a fever dream—it’s real! Nate is joined by his friend, Nerd Chapel founder Eric Anderson, to discuss the epic rematch nearly 60 years in the making. They host a special premiere for the Legendary film at the newly opened Denham Theater, an event that’s been delayed and rescheduled as often as the film’s release. A cavalcade of special guests attends, including the little Iwi deaf girl Jia. She is the youngest of “Kong’s Queens,” all the surviving ladies who have captivated the Eighth Wonder over the years. Nate and Eric dive deep into the deceptively simple movie, discussing Kong’s “hero’s journey,” the Jules Verne-ian/Edgar Rice Burroughs-ian world-building, and its theme of mankind trying to control forces greater than themselves. You’ll also hear them compare the movie to Conan the Barbarian, Die Hard, and The Lord of the Rings.
The Toku Topic isn’t about the content of the movie itself but a debate raging around it: movie theaters vs. streaming services. Which do you prefer to see a movie for the first time?
Afterward, Nate and company hear that Kong had too much to drink at the after-party and has gone on a drunken rampage. MIFV’s intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA, volunteers to handle the situation the best way he knows how: Mechani-Kong Mk. 2. That goes about as well as you’d expect, so Nate and Eric recruit one of “Kong’s Queens” for help so beauty can save the beast for once.
Prologue and Epilogue written by Nathan Marchand with Eric Anderson.
Music:
-“Here We Go” by Chris Classic
-“Pensacola, Florida (Godzilla Theme” by Junkie XL
-“Skull Island (Kong Theme)” by Junkie XL
-“A New Language” by Junkie XL
-“Main Title” by Moscow Symphony Orchestra, composed by Max Steiner
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org (including some by InspectorJ).
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander and Michael Hamilton (co-hosts of Kaiju Weekly); Danny DiManna (author/creator of the Godzilla Novelization Project); Eli Harris (elizilla13); Chris Cooke (host of One Cross Radio); Bex from Redeemed Otaku; and Damon Noyes! Thanks for your support!
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This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
Intro/Prologue: 0:00-11:40
Entertaining Info Dump: 11:40-22:24
Toku Talk: 22:24-1:46:55
Ad: 1:46:55-1:47:47
Toku Topic: 1:47:47-2:14:12
Housekeeping & Outro: 2:14:12-2:23:16
Epilogue: 2:23:16-end
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Bloom, David. “Insights: Could The Streaming Services Killing Movie Theaters Save Them Instead?”
- Bradshaw, Paul. “Streaming services have saved cinemas, but now they’re kicking them while they’re down” (NME)
- Burtch, Gordon; Cho, Daegon; Liang, Yangfan; and Smith, Michael D. “Will Movie Theaters Survive When Audiences Can Stream New Releases?” (Harvard Business Review)
- Deckelmeier, Joe. “Adam Wingard Interview: Godzilla vs. Kong” (Screenrant)
- Doyne, Shannon. “In the Age of Digital Streaming, Are Movie Theaters Still Relevant?” (The New York Times)
- Garnett, Christina. “A testament to the user experience: movie theaters vs streaming”
- “Godzilla vs. Kong” (Wikipedia)
- “Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)” (Wikizilla)
- Patches, Matt. “Godzilla vs. Kong is more of an Avengers: Endgame than a Monsterverse finale” (Polygon)
- “Preference for watching a movie for the first time at a theater instead of via a streaming service in the United States from November 2018 to June 2020” (Statista)
- Richwine, Lisa. “Cinema vs. streaming: the battle over when and where you can see movies” (Reuters)
- Whitten, Sarah. “Movie theater owners are frustrated about streaming, but their survival depends on studios” (CNBC)
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Friday Apr 09, 2021
Hello, kaiju lovers and Forever Classic Gamers!
This is a re-release of the most recent episode of The Forever Classic Podcast, which is hosted by my GigaGeek Magazine colleague, Alex McCumbers. Given that I’m the “kaiju academic,” as Alex puts it, and he’s as hardcore a gamer as you can get, we figured we’d combine our knowledge and fandoms to review the 2020 Monster Hunter movie starring Mila Jovovich. This secret Toho movie (for real) is based on the monstrously (ba-dum-tssh) popular video game series from Capcom. So, if you wondered what I thought of this film, here you go! I might even start playing the games now!
Alex’s original show notes:
With the release of the Monster Hunter film, Alex employs the expertise of his good friend Nathan Marchand, a Kaiju Academic, Writer, and Podcaster. Does the monumental game Monster Hunter World translate well into film? Not really, but that doesn't stop it from being fun.
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