Episode 43: 'Godzilla' (1954) (feat. The Tourists) | Godzilla Redux

Published: June 23, 2021, 7 a.m.

b'Hello, kaiju lovers!\\nBy popular (and Godzilla\\u2019s) demand, MIFV is starting a new series on episodes on the Godzilla franchise called \\u201cGodzilla Redux\\u201d! 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\\u2019ve been a cool anime character, among other subjects related to this film.\\xa0\\nCheck out Nick and Tim\\u2019s podcast, Derailed Trains of Thought!\\nAdditional music:\\n\\u201cChant My Name!\\u201d by Masaaki Endo\\n\\xa0\\nWe\\u2019d 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!\\nYou, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!\\nBuy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!\\nThis episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.\\nTimestamps:Prologue: 0:00-1:11Intro: 1:11-3:55Main Discussion: 3:55-1:17:36Housekeeping & Outro: 1:17:36-end\\nPodcast Links:TwitterFacebookInstagramYouTubeTikTok\\nFollow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmyFollow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBODFollow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeamFollow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1\\nwww.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com\\n#JimmyFromNASALives \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #MonsterIslandFilmVault\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #Godzilla\\n\\xa9 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\nBarr, Jason. The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema\\u2019s Biggest Monsters.\\nBrothers, Peter H. Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda.\\nBrothers, Peter H. \\u201cWithout Raymond Burr: Godzilla at the Egyptian.\\u201d G-Fan, no. 50, March/April 2001.\\nGalbraith IV, Stuart. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.\\nGlownia, Dawid. \\u201cSocio-Political Aspects of Kaij\\u016b Eiga Genre: A Case Study of the Original Godzilla.\\u201d Silva Iaponicarum, vol. 37.\\nGodzilla Commentary by David Kalat (Criterion Blu-Ray).\\nGodzilla 2011 Criterion Blu-Ray Special Features.\\nGojira Commentary by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski (Classic Media DVD).\\nGojira Classic Media DVD Special Features.\\nHein, Laura. \\u201cRevisiting America\\u2019s Occupation of Japan.\\u201d Cold War History, Vol. 11, No. 4, November 2011, 579\\u2013599.\\nHoberman, J. \\u201cPoetry After the A-Bomb\\u201d (2011 Criterion Blu-Ray booklet).\\nKaijuvision Radio, Episode 2: Godzilla Origins: King Kong (1933) and The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)\\nKaijuvision Radio, Episode 3: Gojira (1954) (The Occupation of Japan Part 1: Castle Bravo Test, Cold War, Democracy)\\nKalat, David. A Critical History and Filmography of Toho\\u2019s Godzilla Series, 2nd\\nLeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 1: 1954-1982.\\nLeMay, John. Writing Giant Monsters.\\nMiwa, Yosjiro, and J. Mark Ramseyer. \\u201cThe Good Occupation? Law in the Allied Occupation of Japan.\\u201d Washington University Global Studies Law Review, vol. 8, no. 2. 2009.\\nNapier, Susan J. \\u201cPanic Sites: The Japanese Imagination of Disaster from Godzilla to Akira.\\u201d The Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Summer, 1993), pp. 327-351. Published by: The Society for Japanese Studies.\\nNoriega, Chon. \\u201cGodzilla and the Japanese Nightmare: When \\u2018Them!\\u2019 Is U.S.\\u201d Cinema Journal, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Autumn, 1987), pp. 63-77. Published by Universi'