Shelf Examination Podcast

Can't get enough Kaiju? That's great because your local library has a selection of monster books and movies for all ages. Here's a selection from our local library.

The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

00:00 Intro

03:22 Haiku Kaiju Ah-Choo

5:13 Anzu the Great Kaiju

6:53 Rescue Bots Attack of the Movie Monsters

7:56 Godzilla Greatest movie Monster

8:54 Goosebumps: The Blob that ate Everyone

12:21 Kaiju Number 8

14:45 Kaiju Girl Caramelise

19:26 Kaijumax

27:02 DandaDan

29:18 One Punch Man

33:49 Asadora

35:16 Godzilla Aftershock

37:03 The kaiju Preservation Society

38:52 The Meg Series

43:22 Here Beside the Rising Tide

45:39 Relic

47:32 Apes of Wrath

49:24 Kraken

52:37 The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth

55:18 Attack on Titan

57:10 DARLING in the FRANXX

58:06 Digimon Adventure the movie

01:00:29 Evangellion

01:00:24 Genlock

01:06:51 Leviathan

01:07:37 Heroic Age

01:08:22 Nausicaa

01:08:56 RahXephon

01:11:30 Utawarerumono

Is Rampage even a Kaiju movie? It's got big monsters with personality, so it probably counts. But are Transformers Kaiju? What about Unicron? And let's tangent about Orson Wells for a bit. We promise we'll get to the unique video game adaptation that is Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Rampage.

The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at:

https://library.washco.utah.gov/

0:08 What is a Kaiju Movie13:32 Rampage the Game

14:39 Crude Humor and 80s Trauma

22:30 The Human Element

24:26 Movie Recap

42:54 Pitching a Redo

45:01 Ranking

55:52 The end of Kaiju Review?

The Kaiju review comes to a close with the latest Godzilla movie, Godzilla Minus One. After the mess than was Shin Godzilla, does Toho still have it in them to make a decent Godzilla? Turns out, yes! Let's talk about it.The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

Godzilla X Kong: New Empire. What happens when you've got so much Kong in your movie that there's no room for Godzilla? You get pink Godzilla. Between obvious sound stages, a lack of scale, and side lining Godzilla, how will this movie survive the ranking?The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

In this episode we return the our Kaiju Review with a movie that proves that Kong is still the peanut butter to Godzilla's chocolate, even in the Monsterverse. Along the way we tangent through conspiracy theorists, the anonymity of podcasters, signing monkeys, The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

In this episode of the Kaiju Review we are looking at 2019's Godzilla King of the Monsters. A solid addition to the Monsterverse. Beware of tangents about appropriate mother's day gifts, demonizing ecologists, the return of Top Gun vs the Nuclear Turkey, and the Asian aging curve.The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

It's a Kaiju movie, without enough Kaiju. It's a sequel that doesn't live up to it's predecessor. It's a star showcase that may have killed the stars career. But is it bad enough to beat the worst on our big ranking of Kaiju movies?The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

In this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast we continue our Kaiju Review with 2017's Kong Skull Island. With half the Marvel cast being reused, is there any way this isn't a good time? But can it beat it's grand pappy in the rankings?The shelf examination podcast is a service of the Libraries in Southern Utah.

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Godzilla the Series continues into it's second season with eco terrorists, Kaiju heartbreak, and more monster action. Does Zilla's second series live up to the first? Find out on this episode of the Kaiju Review as we do some Shelf Examination.

The Shelf Examination Podcast is created by the Libraries in Southern Utah.https://library.washco.utah.gov/

Godzilla the series is to the Matthew Brodrick's 1998 Godzilla movie what a national guard/doordash strategic alliance is to a drowning person. That is to say, it not only saves it, but it also feeds it. And in this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast we're going to take a look at the first season of Godzilla the series.

Shelf Examination is a podcast by the libraries in the Washington County Libraries in Southern Utah. You can find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/