Episode 47: Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956) (feat. Elijah Thomas)

Published: Aug. 26, 2021, 2 a.m.

b'Hello, kaiju lovers! \\u201cGodzilla Redux\\u201d continues with Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (the original and not the 2019 film covered on MIFV a few months ago). Elijah Thomas (aka \\u201cThe Littlest Gatekeeper\\u201d) from the Kaiju Conversation podcast joins Nate to discuss this Americanized version of the original 1954 kaiju classic. While it\\u2019s often been derided by both fans and critics alike, Nate and Elijah argue that it\\u2019s not only an important time capsule commenting on American-Japanese relations in the mid-1950s, but it just might be more culturally significant than Ishiro Honda\\u2019s original film! You read that right! If it wasn\\u2019t for Raymond Burr playing reporter (not comedian) Steve Martin in this version, the Godzilla franchise may have stalled and faded into the arthouse ether. That\\u2019s just a taste of these boys\\u2019 defense of the film!\\nBefore the broadcast, Nate gets a call from Legal Action Team paralegal Gary, who says he\\u2019s meeting with a private investigator concerning their case against the Board\\u2014just when William H. George III, the Board\\u2019s special envoy, pays Nate a visit to make some veiled threats. After the broadcast, which includes several reports about an escaped Gyaos, Raymund Martin comes demanding to know if Nate has seen Gary that day\\u2014and tells Nate and Jimmy about a tragedy on the Island.\\nListen to Nate and Travis\\u2019s spinoff podcast, The Henshin Men Podcast, on Redcircle.\\nThis episode\\u2019s prologue and epilogue, \\u201cGary and the Gyaos,\\u201d was written by Nathan Marchand with Michael Hamilton and Damon Noyes.\\xa0\\nGuest stars:\\nMichael Hamilton as William H. George III\\nDamon Noyes as Gary & Raymund Martin\\nAdditional music:\\n\\u201cRondeau\\u201d by Jean-Joseph Mouret\\n\\u201cOpening the Way\\u201d by Pablo Coma\\n\\u201cChant My Name!\\u201d by Masaaki Endo\\n\\u201cAbandoned by God\\u201d by RoeTaKa\\nSound effects sourced from Freesound.org.\\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, The Cel Cast, TofuFury, and today\\u2019s guest host, Elijah Thomas! Thanks for your support!\\nYou, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month!\\nCheck out MIFV MAX #4 to learn how you can help make Episode 50\\u2014MIFV\\u2019s second anniversary special\\u2014possible!\\nBuy official MIFV merch on TeePublic!\\nThis episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.\\nTimestamps:\\nPrologue: 0:00-4:37\\nIntro: 4:37-16:30\\nMain Discussion: 16:30-1:28:59\\nListener Feedback, Housekeeping & Outro: 1:28:59-1:39:13\\nEpilogue: 1:39:13-end\\nPodcast Social Media:\\nTwitter\\nFacebook\\nInstagram\\nFollow Jimmy on Twitter: @NasaJimmy\\nFollow the Monster Island Board of Directors on Twitter: @MonsterIslaBOD\\nFollow the Raymund Martin and the MIFV Legal Team on Twitter: @MIFV_LegalTeam\\nFollow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter: @CystalLadyJes1\\nFollow The Henshin Men Podcast on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod\\nwww.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com\\n#JimmyFromNASALives \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #MonsterIslandFilmVault\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #Godzilla\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #GodzillaKingoftheMonsters\\n\\xa9 2021 Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\nBrothers, Peter H. Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda.\\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, King of the Monsters! Commentary by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski (Classic Media DVD)..\\nGodzilla, King of the Monsters! Commentary by David Kalat (Criterion Blu-Ray).\\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).\\n\\u201cInternational Military Tribuna'