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b'Hello, kaiju lovers!\\n\\n\\n\\nThis week\\u2019s episode is a \\u201ctraditional\\u201d mini-analysis of Latitude Zero, an almost obscure 1969 Toho science fiction film directed by Ishiro Honda, who probably had to take a dip in the \\u201cBath of Immunity\\u201d to endure the stress of making it. To say it was harrowing would be an understatement. This strange American/Japanese co-production has a troubled history full of clashing sensibilities and creative differences (which you can hear more about in MIFV episode six). However, the main topic of the episode is the concept of utopia because Latitude Zero seems to be a rare example in fiction of a successful one. Spoiler warning: Nathan doesn\\u2019t buy it. \\n\\n\\n\\nAfterward, Nathan and Jimmy are visited by the Monster Island Board of Directors\\u2019 executive assistant, Ms. Perkins, who is the Island\\u2019s head of PR. She wanted to discuss recent \\u201cfake news\\u201d being spread by Jimmy From NASA and also announce the Board\\u2019s decision on Nathan\\u2019s proposals for season two of MIFV. All this plus listener feedback! \\n\\n\\n\\nThis episode features Celeste Mora as Ms. Perkins (Twitter: @VOCelesteMora).\\n\\n\\n\\nThe song heard in the episode is \\u201cOpening the Way\\u201d by Pablo Coma, which is a remix from the video game Shadow of the Colossus. It is from the OCRemix album, BadAss Boss Themes: Volume III.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe episode thumbnail was created by Michael Hamilton.\\n\\n\\n\\nWe\\u2019d like to give a shout-out to our Patreon 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), and Bex from Redeemed Otaku! Thanks for your support!\\n\\n\\n\\nYou, too, can support us on Patreon and get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!\\n\\n\\n\\nThis episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.\\n\\n\\n\\nRead Jimmy\\u2019s Notes on this episode.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nPodcast Social Media:TwitterFacebookInstagram\\n\\n\\n\\nFollow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmyFollow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD\\n\\n\\n\\n#JimmyFromNASALives #MonsterIslandFilmVault\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa9 2020 Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\n\\n\\n\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\n\\n\\n\\n\\u201cThe Ambiguous Necessity of Utopia: Post-Colonial Literatures and the Persistence of Hope\\u201d by Bill Ashcroft (Social Alternatives, Vol. 28 No.3, 2009)The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982 by John LeMayThe Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films (Mutated Edition) by John LeMay\\u201cDystopia: Who Needs It?\\u201d by Adrian Mourby (History Today; Dec 2003; 53, 12; ProQuest Research Library, pg. 16)Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa by Steve Ryfle and Ed GodzisewskiJapanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992 by Stuart Galbraith IVKaijuvision Radio \\u2013 Episode 52: Latitude Zero (1969) (The South China Sea Disputes)Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda by Peter H. Brothers\\u201cNews from Somewhere: Enhanced Sociability and the Composite Definition of Utopia and Dystopia\\u201d by Gregory Claeys (The Journal of the Historical Association)\\u201cPragmatism, Utopia and Anti-Utopia\\u201d by Ruth Levitas (Critical Horizons: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory 9.1, May 2008, 42\\u201359)\\u201cThe problem with utopia\\u201d by Michael Shermer (This Week and Aeon)Utopia by Thomas More\\u201cUtopia isn\\u2019t just idealistic fantasy \\u2013 it inspires people to change the world\\u201d by Heather Alberro (The Conversation)\\u201cUtopian Fiction as Moral Philosophy; Imagination and Critique\\u201d by Roger J. H. King (Utopian Studies, No. 3 (1991), pp. 72-78)Writing Giant Monsters by John LeMayThe post Episode 30: \\u2018Latitude Zero\\u2019 (Mini-Analysis) appeared first on The Monster Island Film Vault.'