Episode 56: The Omni Viewer vs. The Lost World (1925)

Published: Jan. 13, 2022, 12:15 a.m.

b"Hello, Kaiju Lovers! And welcome to season three of The Monster Island Film Vault! We begin 2022 with a brand new series focusing on giant monster films from the U.S.A., \\u201cAmeri-kaiju.\\u201d To launch this special occasion, Nate is joined by returning guest/YouTuber/author Ryan \\u201cThe Omni Viewer\\u201d Collins (and his kaiju-muppet-thing sidekick, Snazzy, who butts heads with Nate\\u2019s sidekick, the intrepid producer Jimmy From NASA) to discuss the prototypical kaiju film, The Lost World (1925). You\\u2019re about to hear one of the most MIFV of MIFV episodes: literary analysis, film appreciation, witty banter, hilarious puns, and wild history. What more could you want?\\nBefore the broadcast, Nate meets Dr. Nick Tatopoulos, the leader of H.E.A.T., in the KIJU breakroom (and pronounces the man\\u2019s name correctly) while fighting with the coffeemaker. Nick talks about his hostile history with the Island\\u2019s new boss, Cameron Winter\\u2014and then the crooked tycoon calls them on Nate\\u2019s phone!\\nThe Omni Viewer\\u2019s YouTube channel.\\nRead Jimmy's Notes on this episode.\\nThis episode\\u2019s prologue, \\u201cDr. Tatopoulos, I Presume,\\u201d was written by Nathan Marchand.\\nGuest stars:\\nR. Villers as Nick Tatopoulos\\nJack \\u201cGMan\\u201d Hudgens as Cameron Winter\\nAdditional music:\\n\\u201cStomp the World\\u201d by Jim Latham\\n\\u201cPacific Rim\\u201d by Niall Stenson\\nSound effects sourced from Freesound.org.\\nCheck out Nathan\\u2019s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip.\\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, Eric Anderson of Nerd Chapel, and Ted Williams! 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!\\nTimestamps:\\nPrologue: 0:00-6:21\\nIntro: 6:21-16:19\\nEntertaining Info Dump: 16:19-24:53\\nToku Talk: 24:53-1:40:30\\nPromo: 1:40:30-1:41:56\\nToku Topic: 1:41:56-2:13:06\\nHousekeeping & Outro: 2:13:06-end\\nThis episode is approved by Cameron Winter and the Monster Island Board of Directors.\\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\\nFollow Dr. Dourif on Twitter: @DrDorif\\nwww.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com\\n#JimmyFromNASALives \\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #MonsterIslandFilmVault\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 #Amerikaiju\\n\\xa9 2022 Moonlighting Ninjas Media\\nBibliography/Further Reading:\\n\\u201cBone Wars.\\u201d Wikipedia.\\nBromberg, Serge. \\u201cThe Lost World: Secrets of the Restoration,\\u201d and other essays in the Flicker Alley blu-ray booklet.\\nByrd, Kyle. \\u201cThe Road to Kong: Making the Lost World.\\u201d Kong Unmade: The Lost Films of Skull Island by John LeMay, p. 353-363.\\nCiccone, Nicholas. Commentary on The Lost World. (Flicker Alley blu-ray).\\nHunt, Kristen. \\u201cThe 1925 Dinosaur Movie That Paved the Way for King Kong.\\u201d JSTOR Daily. 10 October 2019.\\n\\u201cO.C. Marsh and E.D. Cope: A Rivalry.\\u201d American Experience. (PBS.org).\\nStrauss, Bob. \\u201cThe 20-Year Bone Wars That Changed History.\\u201d 26 January 2020.\\nSwitek, Brian. \\u201cThe Bone Wars: how a bitter rivalry drove progress in palaeontology.\\u201d Science Focus. 22 March 2020.\\nWiki articles on The Lost World (1925):\\nIMDB\\nMoviepedia\\nWikipedia"