Kaijucast Commentaries

Here it is, folks! The commentary that August Ragone and I recorded at G-Fest XXII is now available to download. So basically, I wanted to do something special and different for my favorite movie, Toho’s 1965 epic creation: Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (Kaiju Daisenso) . And during his last visit, well-known kaiju historian and author of Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters, August chatted with me about what we could do as a future collaboration. This is one of those crazy ideas we came up with and I am very glad that G-Fest accepted the panel. After a long day of prep and panelling at the convention, this was the last piece of the convention’s programming of the day. I was wiped out, but it was fantastic to sit down and talk about my favorite Godzilla film with my friend August.

Just a word of warning on the audio quality: I didn’t have the control I normally do; so the actual film audio is pretty loud. so you may have a little more trouble discerning between us and the film. Anyway, big thanks go out to August for agreeing to be part of this panel Hopefully it’s an entertaining listen!

And and one more word on the commentary itself. This was a much more laid back recording – I can pretty much guarantee that we’ll be revisiting Planet X with the Kaijucast crew in the future!

The first commentary has arrived, folks! This one features myself (Kyle), Martin Vavra and Jeff Dean talking about one of my favorite Godzilla films, Godzilla · Mothra · King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack. Because this is the very first release, please cut us some slack. We talked a LOT, but quite honestly didn’t fill the entire time with talking. Hope you all like it!

Jeff, Bryan, Rachel and I sat down to record a commentary for what I’m saying (right now) is my favorite Godzilla film from the 1970s, Godzilla vs. Gigan (Chikyū Kogeki Meirei: Godzilla tai Gigan). In addition to everyone coming over before hand to watch the film together, I opted to read a few things instead of trying to rely on my faulty memory. I think the result is a pretty damned entertaining and informative 90 minutes.

Also, since I was unable to keep up with the score’s commentary, here is a...

Guide to Stock Music Used on GODZILLA VS. GIGAN

1. The “Main Title” is actually edited together from three sources:

a) THE BIG BOSS – Cue M12T2 (title unknown)

b) GODZILLA VS. THE THING – brief excerpt from “Destruction of the Hamikaze Hotel” (M20)

c) BIRTH OF THE JAPANESE ISLANDS – shortened edit of “Volcano” (M3)

2. A LIFETIME OF BUSINESS SAVVY – THE TOUGHEST GUY AROUND (Japanese title, “Shokon Ichidai Tenka No Abarenbo”) – “The Meiji Restoration”(M4)

3. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS – brief excerpt from “Monster Land” (M3)

4. ATRAGON – “The Film That Was Sent” (M5)

5. FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD – excerpt from “Main Title” (M1)

6. THE BIG BOSS – Cue M15B (title unknown)

7. ATRAGON – “The Submarine Returns to Port” (M11)

8. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS – excerpt from “Monster Land” (M3)

9. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS – excerpt from “Monster Land” (M3)

10. LATITUDE ZERO – “Mariku and Dr. Okada” (M21)

11. FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD – excerpt from “Search March” (M21)

12. FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD – “Encounter in the Rain” (M6)

13. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS – “SY-3 Sortie” (M20)

14. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS – “Escape From Monster Land” (M10)

15. ATRAGON – “The Film That Was Sent” (M5)

16. FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD – “The Whereabouts of the Wrist”(M19)

17. BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE – edit of “Opening” (M1)

18. BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE – “Main Title” (M2)

19. FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD – “The Whereabouts of the Wrist”(M19)

20. FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD – “Search in the Fog” (M26)

21. GHIDRAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER – “Discovery of the Meteor” (M6 – played twice)

22. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS – edit of “Fire Dragon Pursuit” (M28)

23. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS – “Major Battle at Fuji I” (M25)

24. GODZILLA VS. THE THING – edits together “Godzilla and Nagoya” (M14) and “Plan B: Electrocution” (M23)

25. GODZILLA VS. THE THING – excerpt from “Destruction of the Hamakaze Hotel” (M20)

26. GHIDRAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER – “Godzilla Attacks Radon” (M19)

27. GHIDRAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER – edits together “The Two Monsters Appear in Yokohama” (M11) and “The Fury of the Gravity Beam” (M15)

28. FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD – “The Strange Person in the Cage” (M11)

29. Not a stock cue – original pop song written for the film

(Vocal:Ishikawa Susumu Lyrics: Sekizawa Shinichi Music: Miyaguchi Danro)

30. EXPO ’70 Mitsubishi exhibit – extended edit of “Storm” (M2)

31. EXPO ’70 Mitsubishi exhibit – extended edit of “Volcano” (M3)

32. DESTROY ALL MONSTERS – “Ending” (M29)

33. Film version of “Main Title”, edited together from three sources:

a) THE BIG BOSS – Cue M12T2 (title unknown)

b) GODZILLA VS. THE THING – brief excerpt from “Destruction of the

Hamikaze Hotel” (M20)

c) EXPO ’70 Mitsubishi exhibit – shortened edit of “Volcano” (M3)

34. Godzilla March (Vocal: Ishikawa Susumu/Lyrics: Sekizawa Shinichi Music:Miyaguchi Danro)

*If listeners really want me to detail what’s happening in the film when these cues happen, I will add that information after G-Fest.

Just a heads up for this long-overdue posting, you won’t hear your Kaijucast Crew on this commentary. A lot of people have contacted us after hearing this commentary mentioned on the podcast so I thought it was a good idea to post it since it’s been available on some back road channels since March of last year. If you’ve ever heard me speak to the virtues of Classic Media’s Godzilla Raids Again commentary, you’ll know why I felt that the Godzilla vs. Megalon commentary needed to be shared. The voices you’ll hear are the same and the results are even better. And if you want to know more about why this commentary was never included on the official releases, you might want to listen to episode 92 and 107 of the Kaijucast.

Let’s get this out of the way first. This is a DRUNKEN commentary and it is NOT CLEAN. That is to say, it’s explicit and not for the sensitive ears of our listeners that cannot handle f-bombs (in addition to a bunch of other bombs). Ok, now that we’ve said that...

That’s right....we’ve done it now, folks. We created a drinking game, sat down with some good old fashioned booze and watched the 1998 American abomination poorly titled Godzilla. Or as fans around the world call it, G.I.N.O. (which stands for Godzilla In Name Only). We had a blast recording this and, surprisingly didn’t get as wasted as I thought we would. Praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster for small wonders, right?

If you’ve lost your mind and want to play along, the drinking game’s rules are simple:
1. Every time someone messes up Nick Tatapolous’ name, DRINK!
2. Every time someone calls Nick “the worm guy”, DRINK!
3. Every time the french crew complains about America, DRINK!
4. Every time the mayor and his aid give a thumbs up or down, DRINK!
5. Every time the military misses Zilla and hits something else, DRINK!
6. When a Simpsons cast member appears on screen for the first time...DRINK!
7. Every time you see product placement....DRINK!

The Kaijucast urges you to drink responsibly.