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This podcast is a chronological crash course of Kaiju cinema history with hosts Myles and Patrick. We examine the production, reception and legacy of every single giant monster movie ever created to finally see who wins the battle of Kaiju Vs. History!
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We get another extension of the Mosnterverse this week with the 5th official film entry into the Titanic series. Can a more vibrantly colored and Kong heavy story swing through theaters to box office glory, or will this Showa era excursion into the center of the earth land flat on its face? We take a long and loving look at the second film in the titan team up this week with 2024's "Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire"
The Monsterverse continues on the streaming screen as we get a prequel to the King of the Monsters and a look back at the creation of the Monarch organization. Can a more human-centric story survive in a universe dominated by giant kaiju battles? We will chat Legendary films and Apple TV adaptations this week as we take a peek at 2023's "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters"
A new Godzilla film from Japan has emerged, with a historical setting an a dark and gritty look at post-war Japan, where Tokyo has been fire-bombed to ashes, but the will of the people remains strong. Can hope survive though when a kaiju threat emerges from the ocean to take our Nuclear family below zero? Find out in this academy award winning drama as we watch 2023's "Godzilla Minus One"!!!
We take a look at a new historical kaiju film from director Hiroto Yokokawa as he takes a look at the Heisei era instead of his previous Showa-loving flicks. Can the celebration of actress Megumi Odaka and other Heisei actors make up for the short script and micro budget? Find out along with us as we take a retrospective look as this amazingly respectful 2023 film "Hoshi 35"
What do you get when you add stock footage to vignettes filmed in the local park on top of 20 minutes of credits? You get a film that makes me feel like I owe an apology to Ape Vs Monster. Can Tom Sizemore's 60 second cameo save this film from one of the worst scores in this podcast's history? Find out on this week's examination of "Mega Ape"
This week we take a look at the first Gamera project in over 18 years as Netflix expands its already impressive animated Kaiju offerings. Can this short series make up for the lack of live action or will it go down like the animated Godzilla films as forgettable streaming crap? Find out as we watch the 2023 series "Gamera: Rebirth"
Jason Statham is back for another underwater romp with CGI sharks this week, as Hollywood and China team up for another oceanic action flick. Will this movie with its greater reliance on creature feature tropes measure up or repeat the cycle of megalodon monster mashes and fail to deliver? Find out with us this week as we watch 2023's "Meg 2: The Trench"
A film that has been in development for nearly 60 years finally gets a 2023 release decades after the director's death. Can 1990's Stop motion animation with modern techniques work to tell a Lost World style or should this movie remain buried in the past? Find out with us as we finally get our hands on "The Primevals"
Netflix tries their hand at more animated Kaiju series, this time with a technical tie-in with the Legendary Monsterverse. But can this series with no Monarch references work to enhance the connected world? Find out along with us for a quick conversation about the 2023 series "Skull Island"
You know the drill, the Asylum makes mockbusters to confuse grandma buying DVDs for their grandchildren (see Armageddon 2025) and this week they are taking another shot at 2021's Godzilla vs. Kong. Can getting rid of the Godzilla character work with additional Monkey business? The answer is no but you should still listen to this weeks episode, because we had to talk about 2023's "Ape Vs Mecha Ape"
What if The Asylum decided to cash in on the Avengers film mega crossover genre by taking their most well known properties and reusing digital assets from each for another terrible film? That's our mission this week as we travel 3 years into the future from this films release to look at 2022's "2025 Armageddon"
We head to the frozen mountains and thick forests of Norway to peep the magical creatures known as Trolls. Can these mountain dwelling malcontents carve their place in the kaiju universe or will Netflix drop the ball on another kaiju project? Find out along with us as we explore 2022's "Troll"
This week as an X-mas "Present" we look at a host of terrible B-movie Giantess films created over the last 30 years. While awfully tangential to kaiju cinema, we talk about if any of these softcore cinema flicks are worth your time or worth never thinking about again. So join us for our holiday follies this yeas in the 2025
We head back overseas to Japan to check out the next film from director and special effects enthusiast Yoshikazu Ishii. Will this look at Japan's rough Covid years and office hijinks be a hit or will we be social distancing ourselves from this film? Find out along with us as we watch 2022's "Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo".
Jordan Peele throws a curveball at audiences who believed they were getting a UFO film when in reality he was making the oddest kaiju in cinema history since 1964's Dogora. Will this horror adjacent monster flick score top points as a daikaiju or be relegated to a mish mash of monster genres? Find out along with us we look at 2022's "Nope"
We are finally back to another film in the Shin series of reimagined Japanese classics by producer Hideaki Anno. After rebuilding his Evangelion series and putting a fresh spin on Godzilla where can he go with the famed Ultraman series from Tsubaraya? We will dive into this instant classic throwback film to talk all things Tokusatsu this week while watching "Shin Ultraman"
We head to Thailand this week for an shoreside monster mash with families all searching for missing relatives. Will this first time kaiju company be able to mix practical effects and the countries rains? Will the homages to Korean films become too much? Answers these questions and more as we look into 2022's "The Lake"
What happens after the credits roll on a normal kaiju movie and the heroes are left with the rotting remains of a defeated daikaiju? That's where this week's japanese comedy picks up and we look to government leadership in how to clean up a colossal corpse? But with the infamous comedic language barrier be breached with this film or will we die from NOT laughing? Find out along with us as we watch for the first time 2022's "What to do with the Dead Kaiju?"
Netflix is fast becoming the go-to streaming platform for animated Kaiju content, and this week's big budget 3d Animated feature cements that idea. Will an all star cast and super solid particle physics be enough to elevate this children's movie or is it a Kaiju adjacent that's more mythical than monstrous? Find out with us as we watch the first kaiju of 2022 in "The Sea Beast"
What if Kaiju joined up into the world of Professional Wrestling? Thankfully this question that has haunted scientists for generations can now be answered as this week we are looking at the 2021 animated movie "Rumble"!
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