Jeff, Kyle, Gretchen and Rachel after our presentation at Rose City Comic Con 2019!
Once again, the Kaijucast stomps through Portland’s own pop culture extravaganza, Rose City Comic Con!
This episode serves up the audio from our presentation at the convention: Release the Kaiju with my co-hosts playing the role of Monarch Outpost researchers and scientists… just a little fun with the subject matter. Obviously none of us work for an organization that tracks and studies titans across the world!
After the panel, stick around to find out what other shenanigans the crew was up to during the convention!
Oh, here’s that definitive list of our panels from the life of Rose City Comic Con:
2013 The Kaiju of Pacific Rim
2014 Godzilla vs Everything
2015 GIANT MONSTER HAPPY CHALLENGE Game Show Panel
2016 Monster Oddities
2017 Expanding the Legendary Monsterverse
2018 How Godzilla Got His Groove Back
2019 Release the Kaiju (or Mega Fauna Co-Existence and You)
Hope to see you there next year!
MUSICAL MOMENTS:
1. Welcome to Monarch by Bear McCreary from Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019)
2. Mothra vs. We Are Scientists by We Are Scientists from Safety, Fun, and Learning (in That Order) (2002)
GALLERY Since we had such a great time talking about things you should see from the con, check these photos out!
Motion Capture performer TJ Storm chats with Kyle about his experience in bringing the King of the Monsters to life!
Over the past 65 years, Godzilla has been played by all sorts of awesome people: Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma, Tsutomu “Tom” Kitagawa (just to name a few). Not all Godzilla actors hail from the land of the rising sun, however. We are thrilled to share this conversation with a new kind of Godzilla actor. He doesn’t wear a foam rubber suit in order to play the role of the King of the Monsters; he instead wears a lycra suit covered in ping pong balls. He grapples with other actors in similar lycra suits, and the end result is history’s and Hollywood’s beefiest beast of all, Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla. Our guest for this episode is none other than TJ Storm, the man who has brought life to the CGI Godzilla from Godzilla (2014) and Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019).
Big thanks to Jessica Tseang for helping to arrange the interview and to Bob Johnson and his crew from Bay Area Film Events for the opportunity to steal some of TJ’s time during Godzilla Fest!
Godzilla gets his motivation from actor TJ Storm during the filming of Godzilla King of the Monsters
Please make sure to visit the links below to learn more about our guest and all of the awesome stuff that TJ helps organize!
MOMENTARY MUSICAL MINUTES:
1. Godzilla King of the Monsters “Intimidation Display” TV Spot (2019)
2. Old Rivals by Bear McCreary from Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019)
Michael Dougherty, director of Godzilla King of the Monsters, joins Kyle in this episode of the Kaijucast. [Photo credit: Robert Moreno]
In this episode I sit down to speak with the director of Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019), Michael Dougherty, to discuss his love for the genre, his work on the newest film and even how his world view aligns with some of his characters’ motivations. If you haven’t seen Dougherty’s Godzilla King of the Monsters, you might want to wait until you’ve seen the film.
Consider this an obvious SPOILER WARNING that we talk at length and depth about his film. Also, please take note that I really enjoyed this new entry in the new era of American monster movies.
This guy gets it, kaiju fiends! Also, make sure you keep an ear out for a twitter challenge from Dougherty himself 😉
Major thanks to Bob Johnson, Bay Area Films Events and the Balboa Theatre. Please make sure you check out the show notes below for more information about some of the subjects we chat about during the interview.
Also, thanks to Michael Dougherty for taking the time to speak with me during his time in San Francisco!
MUSICAL MOMENTS:
1. UK TV Spot for Godzilla King of the Monsters (2019)
2. Godzilla King of the Monsters Theme by Artificial Fear (2019)
Kyle and Gretchen cover the latest kaiju news in episode 270 of the Kaijucast!
We cannot ignore the importance of this episode’s news – and if you haven’t heard about it, get in here and listen! Just a heads up, this episode is really nothing but news. Gretchen and Kyle chat about the slew of kaiju-related articles and announcements that have broken headlines and brains over the past month – please make sure to check out the links below!
MUSICAL MONSTER MOMENT:
1. Godzula by MOD from Gross Misconduct (1989)
…and do not forget about GODZILLATHON happening at the Hollywood Theatre! The titles being shown are DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968), GODZILLA ON MONSTER ISLAND (1972 – aka Godzilla vs Gigan)
8/30 – 9/1 GODZILLATHON at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland, OR
Godzilla vs Portland courtesy of the Hollywood Theatre (poster art by Nate Ashley)
Godzilla vs Portland courtesy of the Hollywood Theatre (poster art by Nate Ashley)
Holy smokes, you guys – this is gonna be awesome!! One of my favorite theaters in the Portland area, The Hollywood Theater, is bringing classic Godzilla films back to the big screen at the end of this month!
Below is the information shared via HollywoodTheatre.org
GODZILLATHON STOMPS ITS WAY INTO THE HOLLYWOOD THEATRE!
Four films from the Showa period crash into the Hollywood! An entire weekend of extremely rare 35mm prints of classic Kaiju! Mighty monsters in gargantuan duels on our 50 foot screen!
All four films are dubbed in English.
Poster prints of the GODZILLATHON artwork (by Nate Ashley) will be on sale in the lobby at each screening.
(1968) Aliens have released all of the giant monsters (including Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra) from their imprisonment in Monsterland and are using them to destroy major cities. It is up to the daring crew of the super rocket ship X-2 to infiltrate the alien headquarters before the monsters and the alien King Ghidorah annihilate the planet. Directed b…
(1973) Nuclear testing causes destruction on the undersea kingdom of Seatopia. To exact revenge, Seatopia unleashes Megalon, a gigantic beetle with the ability to fire napalm bombs. Mankind responds by building a flying robot named Jet Jaguar, who teams up with Godzilla to fight back!
(1974) Aliens intend to take over the planet and have built a gigantic, evil robot, Mechagodzilla, to assist them. Earth summons the legendary leonine monster King Caesar to help Godzilla in the gargantuan battle to save the planet!
AKA GODZILLA VS. GIGAN–Part of the GODZILLATHON monster movie weekend!
(1972) Aliens plan to conquer the world (again), this time using the space monsters Gigan and King Ghidorah, which they control from their secret headquarters at a theme park. The only thing that can stop them is the combined efforts of Godzilla and Anguirus.
Kaijucast #273 Release the Kaiju Panel from Rose City Comic Con 2019 [ 1:15:46 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
