08.23.2016: Rifftrax’ Mothra

Martin, Gretch, Clany and Kyle talk about the experience of watching Mothra in the theater thank to the Rifftrax treatment!

Martin, Gretchen, Clancy & Kyle talk about the experience of watching Mothra in the theater thank to the Rifftrax treatment!

This episode was (mostly) recorded after checking out the Rifftrax Mothra riffing on August 18th. I thought it would be fun to get a bunch of kaiju fans together to chat about the event. While we had a group of eight at the theater, only about half of us could hang out afterwards and discuss the film.

We also introduce a new voice in this episode – I’m not sure if she’ll be part of the show in the future, but my friend Gretchen joined us for the movie and the discussion. Huzzah for more ladies on the podcast!!

A word of warning, the discussion was recorded in a bar, very far from my audio safe space (aka the studio) so I did the best I could with that segment of the episode. Gomenasai!

MOTHRA MUSIC:
1. Main Titles by Yuji Koseki from Mothra (1961)
2. Mothra by Atomship from The Crash of ’47 (2004)

SUGGESTED VIEWING:
Shin Godzilla’s Japanese Box Office results looks good!
Shin Godzilla becomes the highest grossing Godzilla film
Will Shin Godzilla kick off in North American theaters on Oct 11th?
Hideaki Anno Attends Special Screening of Shin Godzilla
Toho Announces Godzilla Animated Feature [& via Nerdist]
Kingdom of Great Special Effects Exhibit in Yokohama
New York Japan Society’s Godzilla Legend—Music of Akira Ifukube

CATASTROPHIC EVENTS:
9/7 – 9/12 Horrible Imaginings Film Festival in San Diego, CA — Showing Hail to the King: 60 Years of Destruction on Thursday!

9/10 – 9/11 – Rose City Comic Con in Portland, OR
— Come check out our Kaiju Oddities panel Saturday the 10th @ 2pm
— Stay tuned – we will be organizing another listener party!

10/28 – 10/30 Alien Con in Santa Clara, CA w/ Haruo Nakajima, Kenpachiro Satsuma & Tsutomu Kitagawa