Well, if we’re doing “Oh No! A Giant Monster!” as a series, there is no way we can ignore the King of Monsters, Godzilla (or Gojira, if you’re a purist). Godzilla: seventy years of squashing Tokyo under his belt and he shows no signs of slowing down. But which movie to choose? There are so many, both Japanese and American. Wow, this is tough . . . I know! How about a Godzilla movie with the smallest amount of Godzilla possible in it?! Sure! How about he gets frozen in a block of ice at the beginning and then we don’t see him for almost an hour? Genius! But have no fear, there’s plenty of other giant monsters to run screaming from . . . in fact, there’s almost all of them . . . briefly, anyway. And if that’s not enough for you, we’ve got aliens who dress like Matrix extras! And mutants whose mutations seem to mainly involve having really great hair. Truly this is an age of wonders! Not enough for you? How about rip-offs, I mean, tributes to “Independence Day” and several “Matrix” movies! Still not enough? How about marital arts fights? How about martial arts fights on motorcycles? How about scenes evocative of various Power Rangers shows? Yes, this movie truly does have it all . . . all of what? Well, give a listen and see if we can make any sort of sense out of this . . . or if we even need to!
Poll question: who is your favorite, most fun kaiju (giant monster)? Leave a comment or call our “I ❤️Godzilla” Hotline at 617-398-7266. Who knows? The Big G himself might answer (spoiler: he won’t answer).
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Well this was exactly how I was hoping this podcast would go! I would have mentioned more of the over the top performance of the bad guy which had me in stitches.
I have to say Gamera is the most fun because of my association of him and my mom who would always scream at anyone who didn’t know who was “But he is the friend of the children!”.
Hey! My comment never appeared! This was a fun episode!
Gamera is the most fun, my mom’s fave. If someone didn’t know who Gamera was, she would yell indignantly… “He is the friend of the children!”