No Gods, No Monsters

We discuss the first half of the new Monsterverse series, including its world-building of a society in the aftermath of kaiju, the portrayal of Monarch and its parallels with the non-profit industrial complex, and of course the characters and new Titans.

Episode 1! Charlie talks about movies he watched recently. Barto and Rabbit hang out too.

New Godzilla!! We discuss how the latest Toho film handles its portrayal of the Japanese government during WWII, its theme of survivors guilt, what Godzilla represents in this new imagining, and of course the powerful use of effects. 

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In this episode we share our thoughts on the first full trailer for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. We make some predictions for the movie, give thoughts on the style, and read out some Youtube comments. Enjoy the dialectic struggle between hype machines and anti-hype machines!

We're joined by merritt k as we continue through the Heisei series in this bananas time traveling kaiju flick. Is the film an attempt to push Japanese nationalism or a warning about the country's late '80s financial bubble? Are the eco-terrorists a force for good or evil? Is this the best Ghidorah yet, or is he mid?

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We continue or UFO movie streak with this Spielberg classic. Our discussion revolves around the somewhat contradictory nature of the film's liberal message, and touches on themes of misogyny, family, the false promises of technology, authority and fascism, secular gods, translation, and lines of flight. 

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A kaiju movie brimming with '80s anxieties, this film splices together fears of genetic engineering, international oil conflicts, environmental destruction, the cold war, psychic powers, and bioweapons into one grotesquely beautiful adversary. 

We discuss this practical effects-driven British alien film and how it plays with ideas of identity, parenting, and gender, mostly in ways that involve eggs. 

Things get slimy, things get Oedipal. 

We decide this is probably the least racist Kong movie and Barto tries to make the case that it's also the most biblical. 

We interrupt our scheduled programming to discuss the brand new Gamera anime! We talk QAnon conspiracies, paranormal phenomena and homages to kaiju history, while we attempt to tease out a coherent stance on authority from the show.