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b'Hello, kaiju lovers!\\nToday\\u2019s episode is a little different. Think of it as an extended \\u201cmini-analysis.\\u201d It\\u2019s also the first film MIFV has covered that features no kaiju. Luke Jaconetti, the host of the\\xa0Earth Destruction Directive\\xa0podcast (and owner of an impossible-to-spell surname), joins Nathan to discuss the film featuring everyone not working on\\xa0The Three Treasures\\xa0in 1959:\\xa0Battle in Outer Space. The podcast\\u2019s producer, Jimmy From NASA, loves this film because it\\u2019s the second entry in what he calls a \\u201cpseudo-trilogy.\\u201d After Luke recounts his globetrotting adventure getting to Monster Island despite worldwide travel bans, he and Nathan discuss how what this film lacks in character it more than makes up for with showmanship and spectacle. It was a snapshot of the world at the beginning of the Space Race and the Cold War. They connect it to films like\\xa0Invasion of the Body Snatchers,\\xa0Earth vs. the Flying Saucers,\\xa0Star Wars, and even\\xa0Toy Story 2! They also discuss whether or not the invading aliens, the Natal, could be interpreted as an anti-American commentary.\\nAre you stuck in quarantine? Enjoy some quality entertainment and enlightenment through this tokusatsu epic!\\nThis was made as a supplement to this episode of Kaijuvision Radio, which featured\\xa0Danny DiManna\\xa0as Brian Scherschel\\u2019s guest host:\\xa0Episode 42: Battle in Outer Space (1959) (The Space Race between the US and the USSR).\\nPodcast Social Media:TwitterFacebookInstagram\\nFollow Jimmy on Twitter:\\xa0@NasaJimmy\\nwww.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com\\n#JimmyFromNASALives\\n\\xa9 2020 Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\nIshiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa\\xa0by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godzisewski\\nJapanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992\\xa0by Stuart Galbraith IV\\n\\u201cJapanese space program\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\n\\u201cJAXA\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\nThe Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema\\u2019s Biggest Monsters\\xa0by Jason Barr\\nMushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda\\xa0by Peter H. Brothers\\n\\u201cThe Space Race\\u201d (History.com)\\n\\u201cSpace Race\\u201d (Wikipedia)\\nThe post Episode 15: \\u2018Battle in Outer Space\\u2019 (with Luke Jaconetti) appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.'