Following the random selection and then explicit demand of AJ from the Cult Popture podcast, we’re dipping back into the Showa-era Godzilla films, with Jun Fukuda’s Son of Godzilla.  We’re joined by longtime friend and Godzilla-expert Angie to help us make sense of this eighth(!) entry into the franchise.  

This time, there’s a baby Godzilla, a remote weather experiment station on a pacific island, a lady who has been hiding in a cave for some reason, and zero stakes.  So it’s a pretty distant echo of the original 1954 masterpiece.  Still, there’s something in it’s 60s color palette, modified environmental message, and Gilligan’s Island-like hijinks that make it a must-watch for the Godzilla completist. 

If you’d like to watch ahead for next week’s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Charlie Chaplin’s The Great Dictator (1940) with Kevin Allison (of Risk! The Podcast and The State).