Castle Bravo: A Godzillaverse Retrospective

It's the finale of Season One, and we're here with a movie that defined a franchise and gave us Godzilla's first turn from villain to hero. If King Kong vs Godzilla introduced the giant monster wrestling match, and Mothra vs Godzilla set the tone, then it's Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster that finalized the formula that would define the series for the next 20 years.

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Return of Godzilla was a critical and commercial success, so Toho wanted to strike while the iron was hot. The best way to do this? Find a talented director and force him to work with a script you got in a contest. A tumultuous behind-the-scenes story led us to a movie wildly beloved by fans: Godzilla vs Biollante. Starring a guest appearance by infamous Dragon Quest series composer Koichi Sugiyama.

We're joined this week by Dr MJ Cali, writer and actual geneticist. MJ's not as active on social media anymore since the whole "doctor" thing, but they made time to be on this episode to weigh in and let us pretend we're a legitimate show.

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We're back with a brand new season! After an almost 10 year break, Toho would attempt to go back to the franchise's roots with a new direct sequel to the original 1954 film, ignoring everything since and attempting to hew closer to its darker and more political tone. The end result is arguably the best movie in the franchise since its first outing.

We're joined once again this week by fellow Super Deluxe GamesCast cohost Brittney aka Peachia. Honestly, after the whole vagina eyes debacle of Godzilla vs Hedorah, we kinda owed her a good movie to wash the sludge out.

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The Showa era of Godzilla comes to a powerful close with the immediate return of Mechagodzilla and the unexpected return of director Ishiro Honda and composer Akira Ifukube. It's Honda's last time in the director's seat ever, and he makes the most of it with several writing choices and production elements we've never seen in a Godzilla film before.

We're joined this week by the final sibling, Bradley Van Dyke. While originally planned as the third host, other obligations have kept him too busy to be a permanent fixture of the show... but he's here to help close out the second season and witness the end of an era. Check out his band Artica when you have the chance.

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The last of the big five, and arguably Godzilla's most famous enemy, arrives on the scene! We say farewell to director Jun Fukuda with the strange, endearing, ass-kicking movie that introduced the first incarnation of the infamous Mechagodzilla.

We're joined this week by writer and friend of the show Andréa Mason, who came uniquely prepared to talk about the inspiration this movie took from Italian cinema.

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