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 78: ’Godzilla vs. Biollante’ | Godzilla Redux | Ft. Kaiju Kim and Daniel DiManna
Hello, Kaiju Lovers! In this impromptu but timely "Godzilla Redux" episode that's technically from the future of the MIFV timeline, Nate sits down and discusses the first true Heisei G-film, Godzilla vs. Biollante, with YouTuber Kaiju Kim and GNP creator/author Daniel DiManna. Why did he move it up and feature them as guests? So they could promote the Kickstarter for their animated tie-in fanfilm! Enjoy this spirited conversation and the best SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION you ever heard on MIFV! In the meantime, you’ll hear about what some fans call the “most poetic” film in the Godzilla franchise; how it was written by a dentist who recycled a script he wrote for Return of Ultraman; how it was the first G-film for writer-director Kazuki Omori and special effects director Koichi Kawakita; how it was affected by both King Kong Lives and Little Shop of Horrors; and how it was the subject of a lawsuit between Toho and Miramax. But all of that is nothing compared to the many crazy unmade scripts to which producer Tomoyuki Tanaka said, “No” (Miki was a cloned sister?! Nate knows that struggle!)
Support “Erika” on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/erikabiollante/erika-an-animated-short-film.
Additional music:
- “Bio Wars” by Koichi Sugiyama
- “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endo
- “Moonlight Sonata” by Ludwig von Beethoven
Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.
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, Matt Walsh (but not that Matt Walsh), and Jonathan Courtright! 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)
Buy official MIFV merch on TeePublic! (https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-monster-island-gift-shop)
This episode is approved by the Monster Island Board of Directors.
Timestamps:
- Intro: 0:00-8:20
- Main Discussion: 8:20-2:22:19
- Housekeeping & Outro: 2:22:19-end
- SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION for the “Erika” Kickstarter: 2:30:15-2:48:48
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Barr, Jason. The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema’s Biggest Monsters.
- “Biollante.” Wikizilla. (https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Biollante)
- “Chanson d'automne.” Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanson_d%27automne)
- Galbraith, Stuart IV. Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992.
- Godzilla vs. Biollante blu-ray special features (Echo Bridge)
- “Behind the Design”
- “Making of GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE”
- “Godzilla vs. Biollante.” Wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante)
- “Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989).” Wikizilla. (https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Godzilla_vs._Biollante)
- Kaijuvision Radio - Episode 23: Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) (Human Genome Project, Ascension of Emperor Akihito) (https://youtu.be/HWc9fnrGMpI)
- Kalat, David. A Critical History and Filmography of Toho’s Godzilla Series, 2nd
- Lees, J.D. and Marc Cerasini. The Official Godzilla Compendium.
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies Volume 2: 1984-2017.
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies: The Lost Films (Mutated Edition).
- LeMay, John. Writing Giant Monsters.
- Rhodes, Sean, and Brooke McCorkle. “Chapter 10: “The Bubble and the Beasts.” Japan’s Green Monsters: Environmental Commentary in Kaiju Cinema.
- Skipper, Graham. Godzilla: The Official Guide to the King of the Monsters.