For our January 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria, Emma puts forward the movie Godzilla Minus One directed by Takashi Yamazaki for Adrian to consider.

Other talking points:

A monstrous regiment of Godzillas

Survivor's Guilt

Redemption arcs

Found boat family

The Unbearable Weightiness of Kaiju

Convenient mattress factories

Godzilla amplification

Media Mentions:

Godzilla (Gojira), movie dir Ishiro Honda

Subsequent Godzilla movies, dir. various

Pacific Rim, movie dir. Guillermo del Toro

Jurassic Park, movie dir. Steven Spielberg

Back to the Future, movie dir. Robert Zemeckis

Oppenheimer, movie dir. Christopher Nolan

Our next regular episode will look at the novel Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith Spark.

Emma's music recommendation: The Killing Moon by Echo and the Bunnymen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWz0JC7afNQ&list=RDLWz0JC7afNQ&start_radio=1

Emma's latest book: The Vengeance https://geni.us/thevengeance

Adrian's most recent book: Starseer's Ruin https://www.blacklibrary.com/all-products/ebook-starseers-ruin-eng-2025.html

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Adrian: @aptshadow.bsky.social and www.adriantchaikovsky.com