Our boys are back with the first in person podcast in over a year with Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956).  A highly edited and recut version of the 54 Toho film, this version features Raymond Buff portraying Steve Martin, a banjo playing comedian...excuse me, a reporter for the World News in Chicago and college pal of Dr. Serizawa.  He stops in Japan on his way to India but quickly finds his weekend getaway was much more than he bargained for.  Find out if we liked this version or if it belongs in the bin. 

We also talk figure puchases - this week headlined by the Bandai GvK MechaGodzilla.

Finally we cap things off with big happenings in the OIWF, our fig fed, where we crowned a new Mid-Atlantic Champion (Bandai Shin Godzilla) and our IK Champion (Neca GMK) has become the work horse.

The Chris's are joined by Matt from The Atomic Turtle Podcast, links below.  We joined his podcast last episode so now he's here discussing his first Godzilla experience, Son of Godzilla.  We talk suits, sets, background, production, soundtrack, and more in this absolute banger of an episode.  Matt's a good dude and you should support his Gamera pod.  

The Chris's are joined by Matt for our fig purchases segment and we cap everything off with some BIG OIWF news, which as always is tucked away at the end like the dirty secret it is.  

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The boys on the Island are taking a short, as in one episode, break from Godzilla movies to talk about the 1961 cult classic Gorgo, an ambitious western take on the Japanese monster films. A giant creature awakened by an earthquake is captured to be put on display in a London zoo.  However, it is soon revealed that this creature may not be alone.  Chris and Chris talk the history of this movie as well as give our thoughts on the movie and it's impact on pop culture.  Where does it rank in our Jobber - Main-Eventer ranking system? 

If that wasn't enough for you we also talk about Ape vs Monster for about 5 minutes.  It breaks our ranking system in the exact way you think it does.

Rounding things out we have our figure purchases and OIWF breakdown.  Big news all around and we have a new championship on the way! Check out our twitter at @OdoIslandPod for more.

Next episode we have Matt from The Atomic Turtle Podcast joining us for our final Toho Godzilla movie review, Son Of Godzilla!

We're discussing the final film made in the Toho Showa era, Terror of Mechagodzilla.  The Odo Island boys talk the movie's plot, the human and not so human characters, the monsters, the fights, and overall tone of this movie compared to others in this era.  How does Terror stack up against other Mechagodzilla movies?  All that and more.

We're also discussing recent purchases, including the Godzilla GvK prequel comic, the Playmates Burning Godzilla figure, as well as the Hong Kong Battle Godzilla figure.  We also cap things off with OIWF fig fed happenings.

We're shaking things up here on the Island.  For the first time we're not covering a Godzilla movie but rather the Trendmasters Godzilla Figures line.  We've even brought back Shin Robjira due to his expertise with figures for the discussion.  We do a deep dive into the entire figure line, what makes them stand out, our memories of these figures growing up, and how we perceive them now.  Go check out Shin Robjira's youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCocWS6UOb16vs_wUEJ72oyA

We also talk about a few things we missed in Godzilla vs Kong, we fantasy book the continuation of the Monsterverse, and as always we have our recent figure purchases as well as some MAJOR OIWF news.  

And if figures and collectibles aren't your thing don't worry. We're back to movies in 2 weeks with Terror Of Mechagodzilla.

The Chris's stayed up to 5am EST to watch this movie at 3am when it was released on HBO Max.  Godzilla vs Kong is a big, dumb, wonderful embrace of the American Kaiju movie.  This is not high art.  This is a shut off your brain and gawk at the shiny things kind of movie.  This movie doesn't skimp on the monster stuff at all.  How did we feel about it overall? One of us might surprise you.

We also talk figures, Slick of course got all the figures ever while Smooth got a few.  And in OIWF news, some big changes are coming.  Stick around to the end and as always, follow us on Twitter @OdoIslandPod

Our Island boys are back finishing off the trilogy of Legendary Monsterverse movies leading up to Godzilla vs Kong, Godzilla KOTM.  We talk the anticipation for this, the background, the trailers, the characters, the movies, and how this movie was a really big GET for Boston and what it meant to us having grown up 10 miles away.  We also talk Pacific Rim: The Black and how much we really enjoyed this animated series.  We also talk figs, new arrivals and upcoming Playmates Hong Kong battle figures.  We cap it off with all the happenings in the OIWF which can find out more about on Twitter @OdoIslandPod

We're onto part two of our take on the Legendary Monsterverse with Kong: Skull Island.  So soon after we rinsed the taste of Peter Jackson's Kong out of our mouths, are we ready for more Kong? Do we even like this one?  Find out by listening, ya dummy.  For your health! We touch on the humans, the monsters, the fights, and the history of this one.  We also discuss the avalanche of GvK and Singular Point new footage.  There was so much that we forgot to mention Pacific Rim Black, but that looks awesome too.  And as always, stay tuned to the end for our figures and OIWF news, which you can learn more about on Twitter @OdoIslanPod.

After 40 Episodes, The Chris's are finally ready to tackle the Legendary Monsterverse.  But first, we have a Nick Adams Cup winner! We also talk about the OIWF Championship situation between Playmates Gigan and Bandai Titanosaurus and we add a special referee to the mix to make sure it's called right down the middle.  Sorry to cut away from the episode description for OIWF stuff. For more on the OIWF follow us on twitter @OdoIslandPod

Anyways, Godzilla 2014 follows the members of the Brody family who survived a nuclear plant collapsing and how they are managing 15 years later.  Ford travels back to Japan to find his father, Joe, still hopelessly clinging to what happened that day. But not all is what it seems. 

Lets cut away now from the episode description to talk about other things.  Chris and Chris also talk about the Japanese GvK trailer, Pacific Rim Black, and we go into our weekly fig purchases!

Now, where was I? Oh yes right, Godzilla 2014.  So anyways, Bryan Cranston, Ken Watanabe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Elizabeth Olsen lead an ensemble cast on this adven...

I remixed my Godzilla theme cover using some new plugins for this episode, check it out!

Chris and Chris are JACKED UP (sorry for yelling) about the GvK trailer.  We do a way too deep of a dive into it without spoiling anything and talk about what we think will happen.  We also discuss Shin Ultraman and give a brief trailer reaction to that.  Eventually we talk Frankenstein Conquers The World but let's be honest, the other stuff is way more interesting.  We also have some OIWF business as well as weekly purchases.