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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MIFV 3rd Anniversary Livestream - The War in Space | Ft. Jimmy From NASA
Hello, kaiju lovers! This is the audio from a special livestream Nate held to celebrate three years of podcasting on Monster Island. So, of course, his guest co-host had to be his intrepid producer, Jimmy From NASA. And also, of course, their topic had to be 1977’s The War in Space (aka “The Jimmy From NASA Story”). Unfortunately, while Jimmy’s mic worked (he doesn’t sound like a droid!), his camera didn’t. Oh, well. Amidst an info dump on Toho’s attempt at Star Wars, Nate and Jimmy play an MIFV trivia game to give away fabulous prizes to fans in the chat—including one where they give their best “how did Jimmy survive the War in Space?” theories. Also, Jimmy faces his PTSD demons. It was…emotional, to say the least.
Watch the full video on the MIFV YouTube channel.
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, and Brad “Batman” Eddelman! Thanks for your support!
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Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org.
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
- Johnson, Teddy. “When Roman Centurions Attack: The War in Space – A Retrospective.” G-Fan #54.
- LeMay, John. The Big Book of Japanese Giant Monster Movies, Vol. 1.
- Romero, Anthony. “Review: The War in Space (1977). Toho Kingdom. (https://www.tohokingdom.com/reviews/romero/war_in_space.htm).
- “The War in Space - Missing Dubbed Dialogue.” YouTube. Uploaded by SpaceHunterM: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqRvsiDSl3w).
- “War in Space, The (1977).” Toho Kingdom. (https://www.tohokingdom.com/movies/war_in_space.htm).
“War in Space, The.” Wikizilla. (https://wikizilla.org/wiki/The_War_in_Space).