A podcast seeking entertainment and enlightenment through tokusatsu. Origin Story: After vacationing on the Monsterland Resort, professional writer/raging nerd Nathan Marchand got a job as the curator of the Vault containing the films about Monster Island’s many kaiju residents. Now he and his intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA (who miraculously survived the infamous War in Space), record a bi-weekly podcast critically and academically examining each of the films in the prestigious Vault with one to four guest hosts chosen from Monster Island’s many tourists. Philosophy: Kaiju and/or tokusatsu fans will tell you these genres are undeniably fun. What’s often missed, though, are the deeper meanings below the sensational surface. Meanings entrenched in the story’s original historical and cultural context. That’s why this podcast believes in film appreciation. What’s that? It’s studying a movie’s script, direction, cinematography, and other aspects of filmmaking. It’s learning how and why it was created since movies aren’t made in a vacuum. This is especially true with foreign films. Non-native audiences are separated by both time and culture with them...
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Episode 77: ‘Dinosaucers’ (Ft. Michael Hamilton and Daniel DiManna)
Hello, Kaiju Lovers! MIFV MAX members Michael “The Man of Many Nicknames” Hamilton and Daniel “Godzilla Novelization Project” DiManna sponsored this Patreon episode on the semi-obscure ‘80s cartoon Dinosaucers, a comedy-action series about anthropomorphic alien dinosaurs battling each other. Sadly, Nate doesn’t find it as cool as that description sounds, much to his guests’ chagrin. The nostalgic Michael and ever-positive Danny make valiant defenses of the show—even when it gets culturally insensitive and a bit cringey. But then it has flashes of brilliance like when the characters travel to Japan and get in a pseudo-Godzilla movie and play a workout video from Chuck No-Wrist. You read that right! Episodes covered: “Dinosaur Valley,” “Sleeping Booty,” “The Truth about Dragons,” “Age of Aquariums,” and “Karatesaurus Wrecks.”
Beforehand, Nate tries—and fails—to sneak past a Space Beastman to acquire the rare scotch for WHG3 and enlists H.E.A.T.’s super-spy, Monique Dupre, for help. Afterward, he and Jet Jaguar take the scotch to Nessie’s Brasserie, where they meet an overeager Bonnie and H.E.A.T.’s techie, Randy Hernandez, and acquire a micro-SD card with evidence against Winter—that requires a password to avoid deleting the data!
This episode was edited by Christopher Riner and Nathan Marchand.
The prologue and epilogue, “Hijinks,” was written by Nathan Marchand with Michael Hamilton.
Guest Cast
- Dani Cruz as Monique Dupre
- Olivia Reed as Bonnie Lass
- Daniel DiManna as N.I.G.E.L./Jet Jaguar
- Michael Hamilton as William H. George III
- Introducing Nelson Abrego as Randy Hernandez (Twitter: @NelsonAbregoVA)
Additional music:
- “Controlled Jazz” by Mustin, Scott Peeples
- “Dinosaucers Theme” by Haim Saban and Shuki Levi
- “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endo
- “Bonnie Dundee” by Nesrality
- “Bonnie Mary Hay” by Newrality
- “Oh, Charlie Is My Darling” by Nesrality
- “Contravirt” by Jake Kaufman
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org, including those by InspectorJ.
Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip.
Read Kaiju Ramen Magazine (https://kaijuramenmedia.com/).
We’d like to give a shout-out to our MIFV MAX patrons Travis Alexander; 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, Ted Williams, Wynja the Ninja, Brad “Batman” Eddleman, Christopher Riner, The Indiscrite One, Jake Hambrick, Edwin Gonzalez, and Matthew Walsh! Thanks for your support!
You, too, can join MIFV MAX on Patreon to get this and other perks starting at only $3 a month! (https://www.patreon.com/monsterislandfilmvault)
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This episode is approved by Cameron Winter and the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Prologue: 0:00-9:15
- Intro: 9:15-38:22
- Main Discussion: 38:22-2:25:08
- Episode 1: 38:25-1:01:36
- Episode 11: 1:01:36-1:21:26
- Episode 21: 1:21:26-1:34:57
- Episode 33: 1:34:57-1:54:31
- Episode 42: 1:54:31-2:25:08
- Housekeeping & Outro: 2:25:08-2:46:04
- Epilogue: 2:46:04-end
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Dinosaucers Wiki. (https://dinosaucers.fandom.com/wiki/Dinosaucers_Wiki).
- “Dinosaucers.” IMDb. (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0213341/).
- “Dinosaucers.” Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaucers).
- “History of Dinosaucers & Its Surprising Batman Connection, The.” YouTube. Uploaded by Secret Galaxy. (https://youtu.be/hCXt1NqErrA).
- “Western Animation / Dinosaucers.” TV Tropes. (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/Dinosaucers).