027 – Zero Killed the Radio Beatstar (Ultraman Zero Side Story: Killer the Beatstar | Ft. Jack “GMan” Hudgens and J.R. Villers

01/18/22 • 91 min

With Travis still on his much-needed “pod-cation,” Nathan brings on Jack “GMan” Hudgens and J.R. Villers from The Drift Space podcast to discuss the second of the “duology” of Ultraman Zero specials. This one, Killer the Beatstar (which would be the best DJ name ever), was released as a tie-in with Ultarman Saga (2012), but for Jack in particular, this special doesn’t live up to the pinnacle of the previous special Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero or the film Ultraman Zero: The Revenge of Belial. While this one has plenty of beloved characters—both human and Ultra—a great villain, and lots of fascinating ideas, it doesn’t do enough with any of them. Then it’s brought down by a weeping robot crying the Matrix code. Get ready for an episode that tangents into a bizarre fusion of Ultraman and Star Trek! (“Toku Trek”? That’s a great podcast title!)

Ultraman Zero Side Story: Killer the Beatstar is available as part of The Ultraman Zero Collection blu-ray set released by Mill Creek Entertainment.

Listen to Jack and J.R.’s previous appearance on Henshin Men.

Follow Henshin Men on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod.

Listen to Travis’s main podcast, Kaiju Weekly, and Nathan’s podcasts, The Monster Island Film Vault and The Power Trip.

Check out Jack and J.R. on The Drift Space.

MUSIC:

-“Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle (Opening Theme) Cover ウルトラマンゼロ” by It Takes 2 to Toku

-“Not Your Above-Average Joe [Standing Ovation]” by Ivan Hakštok

Ultraman Zero Side Story: Killer the Beatstar is available as part of The Ultraman Zero Collection blu-ray set released by Mill Creek Entertainment.

Listen to Jack and J.R.’s previous appearance on Henshin Men.

Follow Henshin Men on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod.

Listen to Travis’s main podcast, Kaiju Weekly, and Nathan’s podcasts, The Monster Island Film Vault and The Power Trip.

Check out Jack and J.R. on The Drift Space.

MUSIC:

-“Ultraman Zero: The Chronicle (Opening Theme) Cover ウルトラマンゼロ” by It Takes 2 to Toku

-“Not Your Above-Average Joe [Standing Ovation]” by Ivan Hakštok

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026 – Unto Us an Ultra-Child is Born (The Birth of Ultraman Stage Show) | Feat. Michael Hamilton | Kaiju Weekly

Travis needed time off for a family emergency, so Nathan brought in their co-host in “kamen” (ba-dum-tsh!), Michael Hamilton, to discuss The Birth of Ultraman Stage Show. Sorta. What you’re about to hear is actually an episode of Kaiju Weekly (Travis’s main podcast, which he co-hosts with Michael) that featured Michael and Nathan discussing this unique beginning for one of the greatest henshin heroes. It features new bookends recorded for you, Heroes of the Internet, where Nathan and his guest give Henshin Men’s trademark awards to the pseudo-pilot episode of Ultraman (1966).

From the Kaiju Weekly episode description: This week we cover the Birth of Ultraman Stage Show from 1966 with returning guest, Nathan Marchand of the Monster Island Film Vault Podcast and Henshin Men Podcast. We also cover a little bit of news and have some ULTRA-FUN along the way!

The Birth of Ultraman is available on blu-ray from Mill Creek on Amazon and Deep Discount. It can also be purchased for streaming on MovieSpree.

Follow Henshin Men on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod.

Listen to Travis and Michael’s main podcast, Kaiju Weekly, and Nathan’s podcasts, The Monster Island Film Vault and The Power Trip (which he co-hosts with Michael)

MUSIC:

-“Ultraman Theme Song” by Davin

-“Not Your Above-Average Joe [Standing Ovation]” by Ivan Hakštok

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028 – WTH: The Movie (Super Inframan) | Ft. Chris Cooke

With Travis still on break, Nathan brings on his friend Chris Cooke of One Cross Radio and Radio Arcade to see, as he puts it, “Power Rangers on Crack”—aka Super Inframan. If you’re thinking, “That’s from Hong Kong, not Japan! It can’t be on Henshin Men!” you’re wrong. It was made to tap into the “Henshin Boom” of the 1970s, and it had Japanese crewmembers who worked on Ultraman and Kamen Rider, among other tokusatsu. In an episode almost as energetic and crazy as the movie, Nathan and Chris muse about what a thrash metal band and album inspired by this movie would sound like, trademark every silly nickname they give to everything in the movie, and Chris goes on the biggest rant of his podcasting career. Welcome to the zany world of Inframan and Henshin Men!

Super Inframan is available on DVD from Image Entertainment and to stream on YouTube.

Check out Chris’s OCR website, YouTube channel, Instagram, and his other podcast, Radio Arcade.

Henshin Men is a proud member of the Kaiju Ramen Media Podcast Network.

Follow Henshin Men on Twitter: @HenshinMenPod. Join the official Facebook fan page for this and The Monster Island Film Vault, The Markalite Lounge.

Listen to Travis’s main podcast, Kaiju Weekly, and Nathan’s podcasts, The Monster Island Film Vault and The Power Trip.

MUSIC:

-“Inframan Theme: Original Version” by Frankie Chan

-“Not Your Above-Average Joe [Standing Ovation]” by Ivan Hakštok