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Shin Godzilla - w/ Monster Island Film Vault on 3/11 and Existential Titan Horror


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Nate Marchand, host of several podcasts, joins Melvin in discussing Hideaki Anno's bizarre entry to the Godzilla film-canon: Shin Godzilla! This film has it all: satire, comedy, tragedy, horror, and social commentary! This podcast? Equally so! Tune in now!

Topics:

  • (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 73-minutes discussing the 5 MonsterVerse films from Godzilla (2014)'s grounded nature, Kong: Skull Island still probably being the best film in the series, Godzilla: King of the Monsters contested quality, and a combined look on both Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
  • Self-described "content machine" Nate Marchand shares about his several creative endeavors.
  • Shin Godzilla is weird. Not necessarily as weird as Hideaki Anno's previous work, but definitely weird when compared to previous Godzilla material.
  • At its face value, there's a lot to appreciate about the film. However, it's best understood in the light of modern Japanese history; most notably, the 3/11 disaster.
  • Shin Godzilla is baked in Japanese culture almost to a fault, in that it makes a lot of the rich nuance of the film hard to engage as foreigners. Nate shares insight into some of these cultural hurdles.
  • Getting into the atomic breath scene because it would be a mistake if they didn't.
  • Shinji Higuchi was asked about the film's mysterious ending. In response, paraphrased: "I don't know. And the only person who does is Anno. And he's not talking."

Recommendations:

  • Godzilla (1954) (Movie)
  • Godzilla Minus One (2023) (Movie)
  • Rebuild of Evangelion Films (2007-2021)
  • Shin Ultra Man (2022) (Movie)
  • Shin Kamen Rider (2023) (Movie)
  • Monsters (2010) (Movie)

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