Godzilla Roundtable

On this episode the gang are joined by Jake Tucker from Ghoulish Media where they discuss the 2nd Toho King Kong film, King Kong Escapes! They discuss its influences from the Rankin-Bass Cartoon, the political intrigue of Good Asia vs Bad Asia, and go into a civil war over Gorosaurus.

Logo by Dan Hartles

In this episode the gang discuss the very quickly made sequel to 1933's King Kong, Son of Kong! They go into the differences between Kong 33 and Son of Kong, the pacing issues, and the amazingness of salacious seals and dancing monkeys.

On this episode the gang are joined by the duo from Monsters vs Men to discuss the first Jun Fukuda Godzilla film, Ebirah Horror of The Deep! They discuss Jun Fukuda's later disdain for the series, the introduction of a wackier tone, and plenty of MvM in-jokes. NOTE: This episode unfortunately has audio issues so the audio quality will be a bit lacking. We apologize for this and pledge that future episodes will avoid this. Thank you.

Starting off early to coincide with the release of Godzilla vs Kong, this series has been recorded after the conclusion of the Godzilla Roundtable. On this first episode the gang discuss their initial experiences with Kong, the less well aged elements, and how the iconic film has still managed despite that to remain iconic.

On this episode the gang discuss the 1965 film, Invasion of Astro-Monster! They get into the return of King Ghidorah, the heavy symbolism and themes possibly present in the film, and the iconic yet infamous dance scene. Banner by Dan Hartles.

On this episode the gang explore the feature film debut of Godzilla's archenemy, King Ghidorah and the Godzilla series debut of one of his biggest allies, Rodan. Here they discuss why King Ghidorah has stuck around so long and become so iconic, the potential allegories and themes of the film, and the hilarity of the final fight.

NOTE: This episode might have some audio issues as a result of unfortunate complications during recording, please understand.

On this Christmas Special the gang discuss the fascinating banned Toho film (which also happens to be their first non-Godzilla kaiju film), Half-Human from 1955. They discuss why the film was banned, the slow pacing, and the best character of all Quarter-Human.

On this episode the gang are joined by their first ever guest, Dan Hartles otherwise known as Bisexual Godzilla on twitter. Together with their new guest, they discuss Mothra vs Godzilla's criticism of capitalism, its exploration of how natives were exploited by nuclear testing, and how disgusting the Mothra Larvae look. Logo art by Dan Hartles.

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Wikizilla video on the UK's history with Kaiju films-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIFjX7ITSNw

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On this Thanksgiving Special, the gang discuss the infamous 1957 American monster film, The Giant Claw! In it they get into the differences between American monster films and Japanese monster films, the infamy of this particular film, and answer in their own opinions on if it's deserved or not.

In this episode the trio discuss the 1962 film, King Kong vs Godzilla including its portrayal of natives, the complex history of the film, why King Kong looks so goofy and why Universal sucks. Logo art by Dan Hartles, thumbnail by Crashfan1ooo.

Wikizilla's King Kong vs Godzilla video- https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Wikizilla:YouTube/The_Story_of_King_Kong_vs._Godzilla