Run! Its Perry Mason!!! No wait, its GODZILLA!!!!! The kaiju have arrived in this episode of The Ratchet Retrocast! While Tokyo is attacked, Q, Strangeway, Ratchet and newcomer Ashley discuss the history of kaiju films and the King of Monsters himself, Godzilla. Joining them is Timothy Price, author of Big in Japan, to talk about his favorite films, his book, and Monsterama. Meanwhile, Brett King of ConTemporal visits for Clockwork Conversations and Ashley takes to MomoCon to find out what everyone’s favorite kaiju film is. So hide your children, hide your wives as we destroy Tokyo yet again(and there goes Pod 6).
Show Notes:
History of Kaiju
King Kong – http://amzn.com/B001KVZ6LQ
Godzilla (1954) – http://amzn.com/B000VXWK86
Secrets of the Dead: World’s Biggest Bomb – http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/70198157?trkid=2361637
Pacific Rim
(Bonus Pac Rim Cosplay of awesome)
Godzilla Final Wars
Giant Robo – http://amzn.com/B0002UB30Y
New Godzilla Film (check out ESO’s review of the movie) – https://esonetwork.com/earth-station-one-episode-215/
Big in Japan
Monsterama
Shatterdome Atlanta – http://www.shatterdomeatl.com/
Reaction Interviews taken at MomoCon
Alabama Phoenix Festival
King of Tokyo
Clockwork Conversations with Brett King of ConTemporal
Contemporal
Mystery Radio Theatre Radio Plays produced by Contemporal
