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10 years. 10 years old.
And welcome to the 503rd consecutive week
of Cinema Psyops. I'm your host, Cort, the guy that is totally not
going to be confused by recording everything out of order just so he can cover
the movie he wants to cover and not let Matt cover what he wants to
cover. And joining me in wondering what the fuck it was that I just
said is my co host Matt. I mean, I understood it,
but not really none at its core. What the fuck are you
talking about? I wanted to cover this film, but in
the timeline it obviously comes before Godzilla ver biollante.
So I took a selfish and made you record first because
you are a little bit more contained if we do it that way. Because you
get all your energy out in your episode that way. That's true.
And then it makes it a little bit easier for mine. But we're on a
very truncated timetable on this, so this is going to be as short as an
episode as it can get to try and get it done. So. Yeah,
because I got to get out of here. Yeah, we got to get you out
of here. I unfortunately have to keep working for my capitalistic masters.
They got you, man. They got you. They got you so good. Oh, they got
me deep real bad. They got me
too. But man, not nearly as bad as what you got. And I'm sorry about
that. Yeah, that's all right. If your fellow worker
would just reach out and help lift you up, maybe, maybe.
But that's not going to happen because that would require people to care about each
other and that just doesn't happen. Yeah, well, we're. We're done with that kind of
business. Yeah, no more helping out your fellow
man. No sir, that's not going to. That's just.
That's just uncalled for and just uncouth. What are we,
pussies? Yeah, we're taking it back to the days of the robber baron where
no one helped anybody out and everybody screwed everybody over and there was no
recourse to help you or protect you. Yeah, now that's
being American.
Oh, fuck. I don't want to live in this world anymore, man.
I really don't. No. It's enough to make you cry at this point.
Yeah. Which is why I'm really, really grateful that this week we're talking about
Godzilla from 1984. Now there's a couple different versions of
this film depending upon which version that you've seen. What we
are covering is the English language vers version that was on the
Kraken Blu ray of the full Japanese
version of the film. More or less. There's actually a version of this out here
in like. It's like Godzilla 1985. Or called Return of the Godzilla that
has Raymond Burr Back. Motherfucker. Like, I'm not kidding. Really? Yeah.
Like the Raymond Burr cut from the original Godzilla actually
resonated so many years later that he returns in the 1984 Godzilla
as the same character reinvestigating some shit going on with Godzilla
in this reemergence. Right. And the main logic. Nice. The main logic,
the magic for that is the Godzilla that gets destroyed at the end of 1954.
Godzilla was the only other Godzilla until this one in the 1984
emerges and comes back. Right? Yeah. Okay. All other Godzillas
between here and there have not existed. None of that series
in showa exists. It's 1954.
Godzilla was real. They murdered him with the Oxygen Destroyer.
The guy who created the Oxygen Destroyer is now dead by detonating that
Oxygen Destroyer to take out that Godzilla. And another Godzilla has reemerged.
That has nothing to do with anything after that point until 1984.
And this newest Godzilla that re emerges just comes up
out of the earth for some reason.
So, I mean, because as you do.
Right. So no other Kaijus exist but Godzilla in
this world thus far. But okay, no new Kaijus.
Yes, there's just been Godzillas. Plural. As in the one that
existed in 1954 and was killed with the Oxygen Destroyer. And now this
one. That's. That makes sense. Yeah. That's where we're starting over in
this series. And this is going to happen a lot. So there are certain movies
where they just reboot the continuity again, but all of them seem to
go back to. No, the 1954 Godzilla was real. You remember, the one that everybody
loved and thought was great, that Godzilla was real. And now ours is. Yeah,
now ours is coming from that same universe from here. That's the touchstone.
Okay. A lot of the movies right now, your movie next week actually continues
on from this movie here. So the Godzilla that gets dealt with at
the end of this film is the Godzilla that emerges in
your film. So that is continuity that is continuing. Yes. So it's 1954
Godzilla, this Godzilla Godzilla, and then next week is this Godzilla. And we'll see how
it goes from there. When will
then be now? Well, the then that you want, which should
be now is us covering the film. So why don't we go ahead and take
the break here? We're going to play the Legion Patreon ad immediately following that on
the pirate radio edit like we've been doing all along,
also released in 1984. We're going to go with the song on
the Dark side. The John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band
version which everybody knows as Eddie and the Cruisers. Anyway, immediately following
this, as previously mentioned. In any reality
where there is a cinema Psyops podcast, a fictional evil
Cort became self aware of his origin. For these particular fictional versions
of Cort to learn that they have only ever been a character played for laughs
has been disastrous. I can assure you that mad scientists with a fascistic
twinge to them have no sense of humor about themselves and want
even less to be thought of as some kind of joke. The inability to process
the mental repercussions of a reality shattering revelation that one
does not exist except for within the confines of a shitty podcast
with even shittier sketch comedy coupled with the writhed beings meta outbreak
of fractured realities found fictional versions of Kourt confronting
their creator in said creator's own reality. It could be something
similar to this. We dramatized it a smidge to make it a bit more tolerable
to hear. I suppose that this life of constant blundering while surrounded
by idiocy and incompetence was some kind of parody of
someone you despise. And that's why I'm this two bit Dr.
Venture ripoff buddy.
I wish I could tell you that was true. I kind of wanted to do
more. Of a traditional mad scientist thing with you, but. Really? Yeah,
a lot of who you are was just stolen from the Venture brothers.
Yeah, Igor, you were part Venturestein
and part the clone jokes from Hank and Dean. Bun Bun.
We watched Night of the Lepus and. Had a bunch of fun joking
about. How rabbits weren't scary. Millie Sun Ye.
Yeah, Made her up for Dan. We needed a wife for
him to neglect. And you make Dan. Matt did.
Yeah. I hate father. I know, buddy. Me too.
I'm right there with you. I should find a way to destroy you. I really
should. I hate you so much.
I'm so right there with you, bud. I'm not sticking around here for the fun
of it, you know. Have you seen what my reality is like? Can I just
invite you to doom? Scroll through my news feeds for a
second. Are you serious? Another car manufacture backing
fascism? Now we're disappearing aid to the starving and removing
funding for crisis management. For what? More tax cuts for the
wealthy? Tariffs made the Great Depression even worse. Have they not learned
a thing? How is the same idiotic shit
constantly happening over and over again in
your world's history? In your reality? Hey, I can only point
when I notice that my reality is too ridiculous.
Not to be some kind of poorly written sketch comedy where I'm the butt
of every joke. I can't tell you where you specifically
came from. Beyond. When I worked on these sketches that
feature you, I'm not even sure I'm living in an anchored reality.
Oh, man. That song convinced so many people that Eddie and
the Cruisers was actually real for so long, but it was actually
the John Caffertian, that band that was. It's still
good stuff. Oh, yeah, it's still a great song. And it's still.
I remember really liking the movie when I was a kid, but I have not
seen seen it since I've grown up, so I can't really comment on it now,
but I remember loving it. But the song still kicks ass. Absolutely. We're not here
to talk about that. We're here to talk about it. No, no, no. The Return
of Godzilla. You've been here for five hours then. Yeah, yeah, we'd be here getting
you. Talking about music is dangerous. All right,
so, the Return of Godzilla, 1984. The film opens
with credits over footage of a lava flow and then cuts to
some very worried looking sailors on a small vessel,
which is happening three months after the Daikoku
eruption. We know this because the subt tell us.
So some talky holes open up. And that is our.
Hey, are you all right? Sure,
I'm okay. It's the
captain. I can't control it. We're caught in a
current. What's that?
Tragiculous. There's no strong current.
We're going ashore. Huh?
Mayday. This is the Yahata Maru. We are adrift near some rocks.
Our position is west of Dikoku Island.
Mayday. Okay, immediately after that clip, strange sparks
and lights start radiating from a rock formation on
that island. And that cracks and explodes into green and yellow hues.
We see big G's spines and hear his iconic roar.
The boat is rocked around as he emerges and we hear the men scream.
And it cuts from this awesome action for some unknowable reason
to a yacht and some pop music, lamenting living in
a concrete forest or some. That just really kills the mood. I mean,
seriously guys, what the. Why do you keep doing this? Yeah, what? What? What are
we doing around here, fellas? But then the guy on the yacht sees what
must be the ship left in the storm. And then the radio announcer
comes on. And that is our second clip. We interrupt
this program with a special news flash. A severe storm
last night has resulted in many ships missing. Oh, some appeared.
Is anyone there? According to the Maritime Security Agency
the number of shipwrecks is increasing. They include the 77 ton
fishing boat Yahata Maru out of Misaki Port which
suddenly lost contact near Daikoku Island. All coastal
patrols in the area have been alerted. The ship mentioned missing
is obviously the one the newscast was talking about.
So the Yacht man snaps some photos and then boards the apparent
ghost ship to have a look. He stumbles upon the rotten smell of a corpse
at the helm that seem to be in a severe stage of decay or
desiccation. It looks really dried and fucked up. It just definitely should not
look this bad for as long as this ship's been missing, pure and simple.
Yeah, it looks like he went through a time travel being
shitty. The ship must have been gone for a while from
the looks of it. Is what you suspect. But we've already talked about it.
That's not the case. He finds the rest of the crew in that same emaciated
advanced decomp look. One of them holding a bloody knife.
And he looks an awful lot like he died trying to defend himself from something.
And there's blood everywhere. This is gory as awesome. Oh yeah,
man, really for a Godzilla movie, you know you're not
in the traditional Godzilla neighborhood no more.
There is a glimpse of a gigantic leech or other horrific bug like
creature on this ship crawling around. And our extremely brave and
yet still so unbelievably stupid Yacht man investigates what
is clearly the sound of a large monstrosity waiting to attack him
inside a blood soaked cabinet. So he takes a look. I mean,
what are you? I mean, aren't you supposed to be curious?
Inside, he finds a lonesome survivor. He tries to disarm
him, pauses and then snaps his photo instead. While fussing
over the photograph, the Tick like monster emerges to
startle the moron and it dives at him only to be dodged twice in
a row. This Yacht man starts throwing things at the Tick
like thing. He gets a spear and tries to kill it and then misses.
There is an obvious spear already stuck through the thing that it snapped off
right now. So that shows that it has already been hurt for
a while. At least it dodged his spear attack and leaped
to the ceiling only to drop onto his back. The monster bug and
the dude wrestle as the beastly baddie takes him down to his back
and goes in for the kill. It is far too armored for
the knife attacks that the guy is trying to use to defend himself. And it
seems that Yacht man is about to be no more when
a satisfying crunch noise occurs and the creature goes still
and silent. The man struggles to get the damn
thing off of him. And we see the crazed lone survivor finally
get the thing that has been killing everyone on this ship.
They cut from that to the men getting patched up with
a first aid kit. They use their takiholes. So that becomes
our third clip. Obviously, it was a monster.
The island rose up out of the sea like an enormous rock.
It was alive. Hold on a minute.
Like that monster seal house that attacked us?
No, it was different. What?
Flame came from its mouth. The noise was terrible. Did you get
a clear sight of it then? No, I didn't. It was too big.
I just saw part of it from the bridge.
This is Maritime Security. This is
Maritime Security. We will begin.
Please follow instructions. Hey,
but I invented it. You gotta be joking.
Listen, Editor. The lone survivor saw it with his own eyes.
And I saw the monster seal house and all the bodies. I can prove that
this monster does exist. I got documentary evidence. Editor, this is
a big scoop. Big scoop. Just trust me, will you?
Right. I'll be over with the negative. Whatever you
say. But at least wait until you've seen it, alright?
Guy thinks I'm crazy. A huge monster.
I don't believe you either. Not you as well.
Answer the phone. All right. I'm going out.
It's you. Professor Akamura. You saw a monster?
That's right. Professor. I've told
my story so many times. I told
the police, Maritime Security.
But none of them seem to believe a word.
That's natural. Not every day monsters appear.
It killed the whole crew. And nearly me as well.
The monster he saw was Godzilla. Godzilla? I know
Akamura well. He's telling the truth. He thinks
it's true. Let's hope he's wrong.
What of the bodies? Their blood had all been sucked out by the sea lice.
They were enormous. Normal sea lice is a few centimeters long.
Question is, why were they so big? I assumed they were parasites
feeding on Godzilla. So they would have been continually subjected
to the radioactivity from Godzilla. Why should Godzilla
turn up now? Three months ago, there was a
large volcanic eruption on Daikoku Island. Must have
disturbed Godzilla and brought him to the surface.
Godzilla, huh? I. I was hoping
I could finish my term peacefully or. Prime Minister.
There's no indication that Godzilla will actually attack
the Japanese mainland. Sir, I hope
you're right. But.
Takagama. Yeah. Yes, sir. Keep it from the press
until we know more.
Copy of me. Oh, thank you. Okay. Come on.
Mackie. What are you doing here? Going to see the editor about your.
Story and hurry it up. That copy. We got a deadline. What is the reason
for this? Come on, quick.
You didn't print my story. Good reason. Let's see
the bus.
The official line of the Police and Maritime Security Organization
is that the Yahata Maru with Okamura and 10 others aboard
is still missing. What you say the
government are well aware the monster exists, but why
keep it secret? The monster is Godzilla.
That's why. Godzilla.
Thought so. Let's suppose, Maki, we do print
your story. There'll be a monumental panic at all levels
of society. The stock market
will collapse. The cabinet will be out of power.
And so for now, no, just you keep it to yourself.
I see the government orders and you just obey.
It's a question of timing. Now's not the time.
Cabinet Secretary Takagami suggested we
have a talk to Hayashida. He's the biophysics
professor. Hayashida. So the yacht man is now
a reporter dude and he has a nerdy lady sidekick.
And the professor was visiting the lone survivor in the police
police hospital all during that clip. They then show the
kid some photos of the classic 1954
Godzilla during that clip. And he points it out that that's what it is that
he saw. And at one point they cut to a government office for the talky
holes talking. That ends up finishing up that clip. That's why it was so goddamn
long and yet still cut down to be like 10 minutes of screen
time in about five minutes. Yeah. Of course all of
that was cut out of the clip. All of the various background pieces that were
filling in between the dialogue, including the argum at the newspaper
office. That's all part of the clip right there. At the end of the clip
and that newspaper office discussion, they cut two yacht
man, reporter dude driving somewhere. And then we see him entering
a large office building, heading up an escalator and taking
the elevator to the 20th floor to enter what is written
up as the Hayashida Bioscience Institute. We know
this because the camera zooms in on the sign so we can read it.
And it holds there for a very long time and wants us to be able
to read it. He enters the lab and snoops around before
walking. Walking up to the dude in a lab coat and opening up
some expository dialogue in our fourth clip.
Excuse me, Professor Hayashida. Who are you? Maki of Toto Press. So it's you.
I heard about you. What's that you're studying there?
The genetics of the vinegar fly. The genetics of the
Vinegar Fly. Is that connected with Godzilla? I heard you lost both
of your parents when Godzilla attacked Tokyo 30 years ago.
Now, did you start studying the subject out of revenge? Do you
want to kill him to start with? Not anymore. Professor, what is Godzilla?
Most people I talk to say that Godzilla is radioactive.
I'd say in some strange way, he's been made by man
from man's violence and nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons?
He's a live nuclear weapon with the ability to wreak great havoc.
What is more, a monster can live forever. He is invincible.
Not entirely. Because he is an animal after all. Excuse me.
Do you know her? No. Is she
Okamura's girlfriend? His sister. Sister? Has she seen him yet?
No, she hasn't. She doesn't? No.
He's even been rescued. Part of the news blackout.
But you've seen him? Is he still in hospital? Have you spoken to him
yet? Hi. Hello again. You seem to have met Professor Hayashida.
He's my tutor at university. And I also work as a part time
assistant in his laboratory. You're Okamura's sister?
Yes. Are you a friend of his? Yes. May I
know your name? Naoko. You must be worried
about your brother. Any other family? Only him.
There's no others. Most of the time he's at sea. Usually for
several months in the year. The extra money
helps to put us both through university.
It's unforgivable that the government here shouldn't
even let his own sister know he's alive. You sure
he is alive? Yes, but he's been kept confined.
Confined? What for?
Because he saw Godzilla.
And the government doesn't want any panic.
He's been kept in isolation and there's a total news blackout.
But I can't understand why they keep it from you. I feel you should know,
Maki. He's being kept at the
police hospital. Thanks so much. Much. Please let
me through. I must see my brother. You can't go in there. Come back here.
Come. Come here. Let me go ahead. Go. Stop it. You can't
go in. Come back.
Brother. I'm sorry I worried you.
That's all right. No call.
Hey, you. What do you think you're doing? Got out of. Stand in the camera.
M. Just one more shot. Give it to me. Kind of moving seat itself.
No, no. It's all right. I got permission from the cabinet.
You heard him. That's enough,
Kijo. Okay. Good to see the two of you back together.
At the end of the clip, they cut to a Soviet nuclear sub in the
sea. And there is More expository mouth movements
in our fifth clip. Depth 300 meters.
Distance 3 miles. Direction 12 and a half degrees.
And target is approaching us fast. Enemy target is approaching
rapidly. We must assume from its speed that it's going to attack quickly.
Check sonar. Maintain tracking. Nothing to starboard
we can't detect. No engine noise. We can't analyze
the sound. Captain. Distance two and a half miles. Speed 40
knots. We're picking up active sonar. I don't know. Could it
be a whale? A whale? They don't have active sonar.
It's American. It must be one of their new kind of nuclear attack
submarines. Distance 2 miles. Direction 12
degrees. He's coming straight for us.
Fire torpedoes on the port side. Torpedoes ready
to fire. Torpedo on fire.
Torpedo to fire.
Quickly. Dive. Depth 400 meters.
Torpedo 1 on target.
Torpedo 2 on target.
No sign of enemy torpedoes, sir. If they really
are intent on sinking our submarine, the Americans must
have decided on all out nuclear war. Captain, the enemy
target is still closing on us. Distance 100.
They're right above us. Continue diving.
It's still above us. It's right overhead. Captain.
At the end of that clip, we hear the destruction of the sub.
And they cut to show Big G has the ship in his hands and
is crushing it with bright flashes and explosions. This can only
mean the nuclear radiation is now feeding Godzilla. They cut
from that to the government's big wigs in an
old government house somewhere, talking expository
dialogue, storyboards. Points in our sixth clip. Sir,
it's an emergency. The Russians have announced a Soviet
submarine has just been destroyed in the northern Pacific, 50 km
off Akashima, south of Hacho Island. And they're convinced
the Americans were responsible. Have the Americans acknowledged the
attack? The State Department denied it. Our Moscow embassy has just
sent us a report. The Soviets have ordered a full scale red alert.
It seems they'll declare nuclear weapons. According to
East European news services, the USSR and countries of the Warsaw Pact
Organization are prepared to attack at any time.
Their forces are waiting for Moscow's signal. In reply,
the United States of America and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
have put all their forces on full alert. Tension is mounting
as both sides seek to prevent world destruction. My goodness.
Five minutes after the mayday call, our anti submarine patrol plane
took this photograph near the spot where the Russian submarine sank.
There is no doubt it is Godzilla. Secretary, call the
Americans and the Russians at once. Yes, sir. Release the
news about sighting Godzilla. It might save us all.
Superpower tension very nearly resulted in full
scale war. But time was on our side. Our investigations
have proved the Americans had nothing to do with
it. The Soviet submarine was destroyed
by other causes. I am happy to say a
military confrontation was avoided. The submarine
had in fact been destroyed by Godzilla. A photograph
conclusively proves his presence near the sea.
So Godzilla does still exist. A Japanese
fishing boat, the Yahata Maru, which vanished
near Daikoku island, later was found
abandoned with all the crew dead, except for
one young man who has testified that he has seen
the monster. As the lone survivor, all I can do
for my friends who were killed is register my desire for
revenge on Godzilla. I can never forgive the monster.
I want him to die too.
Maki, wait for me.
Professor, is Naoko in? Dammit.
Godzilla has driven everybody crazy.
You may think you're a good newsman,
but I expected better of you.
We'll attack this Godzilla with everything available till we
defeat him. That's all I can say. Minister, the real question
is, are we able to beat the monster? Yes, I believe we can.
And his death ray? Will we be able to handle that as well?
Yes, that too. We can use the Super X. What?
Super X? It was built in secret to defend the
capital. Its armor plating is made of a titanium platinum alloy.
All its circuitry has been designed to withstand heat. Then there are the guns
firing cadmium cannon shell specially designed against Godzilla.
If cadmium is used as the seal in a nuclear reactor,
I'm confident it can stop Godzilla too. I see. Can a flying
fortress? You see that huge shadow? That's Godzilla.
It's about 80 meters long. Will it come here? That's the question. It must
have attacked the submarine in order to feed on its nuclear fuel reserves,
his main energy source. Godzilla needs more. He was first seen near
this island where he attacked the submarine. Over here. It looks
like he's going away from us. But he'll come. He's bound to come.
We've got his favorite food. The end of the clip starts. A sequence of military
mobilization units with some form of subtitle
that talks about the whole country coming together to fight this fight or something that
we would never really happen in America nowadays.
Because people wouldn't really work together. We've already established that. No,
no. We would actually argue about it over and over again. It's a
huge operation dropping probes or mines or something via helicopter.
We then see cargo plane sized bombers are shown
flying around over the ocean dropping some kind of projectiles
as well. That like the same kind of probes or something. I'm not sure what
it is, but they probably explained it in the Clip.
It's probably all right. Yes. Then it cuts to a quiet countryside as
birds take off in a panic. And then we hear eerie noises
and music as a distant thunder of monster steps is
heard. A single guard is shown at this humongous
factory. And the guard looks to see huge cracks forming in
the ground in front of him. And he looks at the cause of these huge
cracks, and there is standing the one and only Big G
himself in. In his 1984 glory.
What's up, homie? The camera does an upward movement to
show the big G, and then cuts to underneath the beast
as he walks right over. And I mean right the fuck over top of
the camera in a first in the series that had me
pop. This was a cool look, man. It really sells
just how humongous he is. And once they started shooting Godzilla like this,
it just makes sense how terrifying he is. Yeah,
he's supposed to be fucking gigantic. It cuts to a wider shot of Godzilla
just outside this mass of compound with a subtitle telling us
that it is the Ihama Nuclear Power Plant. I may be mispronouncing
all of these names, but I'm taking a shot at it this week. After the
last time we recorded, Matt scolded me for not taking a shot. I mean,
I always had to take a shot at pronouncing this horseshit.
It's more fun to have you mispronounce stuff when I do it. It's just,
you know, I apologize a lot. You mean it makes you feel bad?
That's fair. I like it when you feel bad. I don't like it when I
feel bad. And we're back to
how modern Americans are. Yeah. They show a prerequ.
People running in fear in a composite shot of Big G
heading towards that sweet radiation source in the power plant as
workers scramble to probably slow down or stop the nuclear reactions
within it. I'm not sure what it is they're doing, but obviously they're having some
protocols in case of Godzilla that they're firing off. You would hope.
Yeah, yeah, right. There's got to be something happening here. We do get a terrific
shot of a foot stomp of some cars in the parking lot and
then a grimace shot of Big G snarling. Then it
cuts to a helicopter model shot and then two people in inside the helicopter.
Then to a government bigwig meeting and our seventh
clip. Prime Minister. We felt the sight of earlier because of the fog.
I'm sorry, I just had to play that. That's so funny.
And that is the End of the first third of the film.
We are now one third down after that huge barrage of all of those
clips there. So there we go. Yeah, there we go, man.
Numerous clips. And we finally get to see Godzilla and
all his glory. Makes me happy. Yeah. This is right before
he really starts stomping in the factory. That's where, like the. The big destruction
is the start of the second third of the film. But this is your turning
point, where Godzilla has emerged and he is now going after buildings
and facilities that are going to cause huge problems of infrastructure issues
and things like that. So we're at a turning point in the
film, and this is a good point to stop. Of course. I really want to
just get to the big G stomping action. So I'm not going to add a
lot to that because holy fuck. Is the model work in this.
Incredible. Yeah, yeah, model work is really good
in this. Yeah, I'm ready to get to that. So whenever you're ready, we can
move on. Let's do it. All right, so the second third starts with Big G
stomping his way through. And I mean right the fuck through every
building on his way to get to that sweet, sweet nuclear core in
the reactor, complete with beautiful pyrotechnics everywhere and everything.
It looks incredible. Yeah, it really does. The humans land
in their helicopter and Godzilla starts smashing a tower,
which is probably where that sweet nuclear is. And we see
the control room is shaking and coming apart. There is a shot of
another big G foot coming through the control room
walls as people who cannot flee in time are crushed
and others run for their lives if they can get away. The humans,
the humans that landed in the helicopter with all of the gear continue to
watch and study. And Godzilla trashes that nuclear tower
to get at that sweet, sweet radiation. And that leads to our eighth clone.
Carry on. Yes, sir. The reactor
core.
Godzilla is eating his suck. What a monster.
Oh, no. Free radiation. He doesn't have to work hard to get.
Oh, what a monster. Oh, what a bastard.
Jesus, what does he want? More handouts? At the
end of the clip, a well fed Godzilla picks up his toys and heads home.
After thanking Japan for a lovely meal. He'S like,
hate to eat and run. But no, I don't. See you later,
suckers. The film then cuts to headlines announcing the failure of
the anti Godzilla efforts and the destruction of the nuclear facility.
I'm not going to go through each. Every single one of them. That's basically the
gist of it. And that's all that matters. Yeah, Then it cuts to humans
operating takiholes. And our ninth clip. Thanks.
Maki Nakamura. I've been thinking. Dinosaurs have to
possess a homing instinct. Now I've got the proof.
You mean Godzilla has it as well? It's magnetism. Like a raider.
Migratory birds have it as well. Like a guiding light. It's the birds.
I'm sorry. Sorry. I wondered why Godzilla left the nuclear power station
so suddenly. Because it had enough radioactivity.
Look at that. Migrating birds. A flock of migrating birds chirping
as they fly out to sea. Godzilla is following them. There must be some link.
There must be a common factor. You have something there. Godzilla was looking in the
same direction. He felt the magnetism. If that's the case, then there's still
hope. We can find a way. Okamura. Sir. There's an old
friend of mine called Minami. He's a geologist. Go to him
at Mount Mihara. Yes, sir. All right.
So the log of this is actually kind of sound for me. Birds are
descendants of dinosaurs. So the magnetic north thing
that keeps birds migrating and moving when they feel like they need to move or
calls to them also, being something that could affect Godzilla makes a little bit of
sense. And it's kind of cool to me. Dinosaurs.
All right. So at the end of the clip, that leads to a long sequence
of measurements and readings being done and or taken at the site of
a volcano. And then to a cityscape. And then to the interior
of a science lab. Studying the sounds of migratory birds.
And then the phone rings while high pitched noises are being played that
are so annoying that you get to enjoy that. In our 10th clip.
Yeah. It's the Institute.
It's you, Okamura. It's Maki.
Yeah. All right. Professor Sakamura.
Okamura here. What have been?
I see. Possible.
As you see, we can make the core erupt if we want, using a
slight force. It works on the same principle as this liquid. And consequently,
it's certainly possible, in theory at least, that we can make the volcano
erupt when we want to. Point is how Godzilla gets the
volcano. From the facts I've outlined,
I think I can come up with something soon that will attract
his attention. I don't get it.
Godzilla responds to a homing instinct.
You construct a machine to reproduce
that same. Even if an eruption is possible to
set off artificially, what of the damage to everybody
who lives in the vicinity? The lava won't
flow out of the crater. The nearby town will be left unharmed. I think
it's best we leave Godzilla to the military.
The military will try their best. At the same time,
the professor's project must proceed. Local inhabitants
will be relocated. We'll try everything. We're facing
a grave crisis. That's all, gentlemen. Of all the
things. Killing Godzilla by blowing up a volcano.
It's just incredible. It's not quite right. I'm not going
to kill it. Oh, really? Well, what will you do with it? Didn't you feel
something for him and
the power plant? When he first appeared 30 years ago, Godzilla was regarded
with awe. Goodbye. Goodbye.
People at the time thought he was a legend come to life.
There are many stories around how
monsters appear in times of calamity.
Godzilla is a warning, and I'm just trying to send him back
home. That's all.
Mr. Prime Minister, our National Security Council
has already made its decision. The only way we can
be absolutely certain of destroying Godzilla is by using nuclear
weapons. A Soviet flag. Union, too has come
to a decision. We will use nuclear weapons against
Godzilla as the only alternative. If Godzilla
reappears in Japan or in Japan's coastal waters,
you must agree to let us use nuclear weapons.
Sir, this is a direct request from our president to the Prime Minister
of Japan. Mr. Prime Minister, we know we have the power to
stop Godzilla with nuclear weapons. Nothing else
will help save Japan. But we need your agreement to proceed.
He's right, Prime Minister. The nuclear explosion will
be limited. We don't believe it will require much force
to kill Godzilla. But we must do it at sea.
Please understand. If Godzilla attacks you,
the next place he will go for will be our base at Vladivostok.
We have no intention of waiting to be destroyed.
Please answer, Prime Minister. We need your agreement.
Defence Minister, what nuclear weapons were the Russians and Americans
referring to? Limited nuclear power.
One kiloton each, half the size of Hiroshima.
And, Minister, if Godzilla does reach the center of Tokyo,
then what do you estimate the damage will be?
Who could answer that? General Director of Science
and Technology. What will the damage be if we decide to use a nuclear
weapon? One square mile will be leveled. But we can evacuate
the people. In short, nuclear damage is likely to be less. Seems to
me we might have to use it. Finance Minister,
don't jump to any conclusions. Have you forgotten
the problem of all the radioactive fallout from a nuclear
weapon? Besides, are we sure it will destroy
him? Ah, it seems to me the Industry Minister is missing the point.
With Tokyo destroyed, so too is our economy.
My good man, I am merely a expressing reservations.
Whether nuclear weapons will work unless we. Try, then how
will we ever know? May I speak, Secretary. By all means,
Chief of Staff. Nuclear weapons, even on a very small
scale such as this, are extremely hard to quantify. The Americans and
Russians have hesitated using them under battlefield conditions
because of this. So they have yet to test them, you mean. That's right.
Yes. I see. So they want to experiment on us.
Pian sir, if we refuse their request, we will be diplomatically
isolated. Thank you, gentlemen. I've heard your opinions.
Let me state clearly what principles are involved for Japan.
We neither possess nor use nuclear weapons.
That being the case, we cannot permit their use now.
That's final. Your country's pride is at stake here.
But Russia has already lost a valuable nuclear submarine
to Godzilla. We have the right to destroy him.
This is no time to be discussing principles. It is the right
time when principles are at stake. We can't lose heads because of
a crisis. Besides, we have no proof nuclear weapons are going
to work. But once we do use them, who can say when they'll
be used again? We've lost any rights. You accuse us of acting out
of national pride. Maybe we are guilty of that.
But what if your attitude. What right do you have to say we have
to follow you?
You are being selfish too.
I will agree to discuss it with your leaders.
I'll talk to them personally on our stand.
Prime Minister, what did you say to the
Americans and the Russians? I said
that if Godzilla appeared in your country,
if it attacked your cities, would.
Would you have the courage to use nuclear weapons?
Knowing that many of your own population would be destroyed?
Both leaders then Understood.
What's the matter? What's happening? Captain? The government, in its
infinite wisdom, has decided headed not to use nuclear
weapons.
It's Godzilla. He's moving towards Tokyo Bay.
It seems certain Godzilla will land somewhere along
Tokyo Bay.
They intend to challenge Godzilla.
They want to shoot him with cadmium bullets. Is that gonna stop him?
Could that work?
Godzilla is like reactor. Not gonna
work. Give me that data. Right.
We haven't got much
time. We must complete this device quickly.
The end of the clip leads to more footage of the GDF or
the Ground Defense Force. Because they're not the Godzilla Defense
Force anymore. Moving weapons and equipment into position.
They set up bomb like things in the ground around the volcano.
Then it cuts to time in a shipping yard looking
place. As more military vehicles equipped with weapons
move into position. Some military junk is takiholed.
So that is our 11th grid. Come on, car. Come on,
car. The anti sub sonar has not found Godzilla yet.
Over. Calling crisis
center headquarters. This is command car.
Godzilla not yet entered bay. No sign of Godzilla.
And just like that, he curses himself by saying something like
that. And Godzilla pops in front of that helicopter and it almost crashes
into him. How does a giant creature have
stealth? This Godzilla can move stealthily. He just can in a fall.
I never get that. The jets that
were flying along with the helicopter begin to scramble. A barrage of missiles
starts striking Big G. Annoying him and doing little
else other than kind of of irritating him. Yeah, just like,
hey, stop it. I need to say all of this work is absolutely
fantastic. The water tank they built for this movie is big enough to be convincing
as the ocean. The way that the water is moving all around Godzilla.
The models surrounding that sudimation look amazing and are
100% believable. And the puppeteering of Godzilla's head
as he roars at this shit all look detailed and
awesome. You can see both rows of teeth. You can see all the ridges they
sculpted on the inside of his mouth. They took so much time on the
details in his face, his mouth for these sequences. And it
looks amazing. It really does. I really like this Godzilla.
It's especially refreshing after all the
kind of goofy looking bastards Godzilla. Yeah, sorry.
The end of the Showa era definitely has some issues with the budget. That makes
him look a lot more cartoony. So this is definitely a breath of fresh air
whenever they bring him back. I agree. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He looks much more
menacing, much scarier.
It actually makes you fear Godzilla again. They are also lighting
him in a lot of these sequences from underneath. They are uplighting him
with red light or they have fire around him and they are selling him as
much as they did in Gigan. That happens a lot later
on and we'll get to that when we get there. But anyway, back to the
notes. There's some atomic breath shots that start destroying the planes
that are circling Godzilla in this sequence. And in response there
is another hellstorm of ballistics being shot from what I assume is the surrounding
ships. Because Godzilla then smacks his tail into the water causing a tsunami
that rocks those ships and knocks them around. We then see Godzilla goes
underwater and the waves completely disable that Russian
ship in the bay that may have been firing on him. When he pops
back up, all the land based missiles fire off in
a hailstorm of explosions at Godzilla. He responds to
this by eliminating all of that ordinance with one blast of atomic breath
that sweeps back and forth across it all on the bay. Some really gruesome
suffering shots in that too, that you really see. It gets really
brutal. Yeah, Godzilla ROARS triumphantly
and they cut to the commander on the Russian vessel,
struggling to stop something from happening in our 12th
clip. I have to
stop it.
Somebody help me.
Chief of Staff, is Super X ready.
Sir, they're loading the cadmium shells. It'll take off
in a minute.
As you hear in the clip, they even altered Godzilla's roar to make him even
more sinister in this as well. Yeah.
All right. So with this, Godzilla moves into a downtown cityscape
and blasts a helicopter that flew too close with his atomic breath.
That helicopter crashes into a highway bypass filled with cars
as we watch a chain of explosions that kill countless people
in those cars all the way up and down that bypass in all directions.
It just a chance chain of explosions everywhere. It's insane. And you
have to assume that that was carloads of people just being destroyed with every
single car that was on that highway that you watch blow up. And the model
works. Detailed. You see a ton of cars getting exploded in there
too. Yeah. Oh, yeah. Big G takes another step and we watch his
foot crack through all of the pavement. That puts him sort of
on the back foot. And a stumble as he slides into the side
of a huge office tower and leaves a shoulder check hole in
it at the same time. That was really cool and really well detailed.
Oh, my God. Effect and practical effect. Yeah. Big G
then stumbles towards a train track as a train comes to a
halt directly in front of him. So he reaches down, picks up a
section of the train to have a look at the people trapped inside of it.
Terrifying all of them, but keeps the damn thing in his hand
as he walks towards the tracks and then immediately drops
it as he starts to walk right through. And I mean
right the fuck through those same tracks. Oh,
yeah. There is expository dialogue. So that is our
13th clip. Godzilla is heading for Kasumigaseki,
the Civic Center. Nagatacho, Akayasaka and Aoyama
districts which are in its path, will be evacuated. Godzilla is
now heading for Yotsua and Shinjuku districts.
All inhabitants must evacuate immediately.
Professor, isn't it ready yet? Oh, Mackie, give me that data over
there.
Godzilla's overhead, sir. According to
Crisis Center Headquarters, Godzilla is passing through Nagatako,
making for Shinjuko. All inhabitants are being evacuated.
All residents are to evacuate immediately.
Command Carriage and Joku calling headquarters. Come in,
over. Lucy said quarters. Over. We will begin the diversion operation
as planned. Over. Command Car Commander,
what are your orders? Over. Car one, stay by the Sumitomo building.
Car two, we're at Central Park. Car one.
Understood. Car two. Understood.
What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do
you do with a drunken sailor? Mmm,
boy. What should we do with a drunken
sailor? A little bit of this and a little bit of that.
Try a little snifter.
That's not strong enough for me.
I'll need something a little stronger than that.
What's a big idea? Get away from me. Godzilla.
You want to see where your spinny folks live? What's wrong with you?
I just minus one. Right.
Good. I've done it.
Professor, a helicopter's on
its way to pick us up. Right. Let's go. Right.
You all right? Yes.
Newcomer. Nuko, are you all right?
Oh, the lift door's jammed. What? We'll use the stairs.
Right. Come on.
Hello? Anyone there?
It jams automatically when there's a tremor.
Damn it. I know.
At the end of that clip there. The cause of the building's damage is a
big G tail smack. All because of the maser firing
on Godzilla that happens right next to that building. The people of the
heroes subplot are not able to do whatever weird
bird based science to move Big G away. And so
that starts a sequence of maser fire attacks on Godzilla.
From here, we get a brief scene of people fleeing collapsing building
building shots as Big G is moved into position and the new plot
armored vehicle to fight Godzilla appears. That being the first Super
X. Super X is basically just a small, shrunk down version
of whatever that ship is. That is like a nautilus knockoff that we
talked about earlier. Super X is literally going to be the same thing.
They just sort of modernize it in this because those other monsters don't exist.
So they brought it into this world of Super X. More or less, yeah.
But they've been talking about the Super X so much. And we finally get
to see it in the film. The people trying to use bird noises to
control Godzilla try a huge crowbar to get up
to the roof as the Super X makes a big entrance to
fire on Godzilla with a distracting flare and
then shoot the specially designed cadmium missile into his open
mouth. This is somehow supposed to weaken him as it does in actual
nuclear reactors, though this has not been tested on organically
based lizard nuclear reactors. So their results are going
to vary a little, I would say. I would think so. I mean, you're not
going to get all good results every time with this.
After several rounds of this, distracting him with a flare
and then firing into his mouth, it seems to have some kind of effect
on subduing our Hero. Beast. And that actually is the
end of the 70 minute mark of the film. So this is 2/3
of the film down. And then from here we are doing a run to the
end. All right. Anything you want to add so far?
I to say this ahead of next week. I like this
story and it's much more streamlined than my storyline for
my movie. I agree. I think that's part of what keeps me
in it. And then also the city's destructions
and stuff started a lot earlier in your movie than mine.
Mine. And seem like it took forever to get anything cool going.
There was a lot of saga sale for introducing a new monster, which you
always have with these films when they introduce a new monster. Yeah. In this film,
it's literally Godzilla's back. It's the same world as 1954
Godzilla only 30 years later. Fucking go. So that's how the plot
is stripped down and is a lot easier to kind of deal with. I agree.
Agree with you there. But the model work in this also too. Like, because they
spent all the money on Godzilla destroying cityscapes and the fact that
they. So Outstanding. Yeah. And they reuse the footage in your film to open your
film because it's that fucking solid and they know they need to reuse it.
I'm. I don't. Because it's so damn awesome. Yeah. I mean,
there's sequences where he puts an elbow through a building and the rest of the
building is still standing and like his elbow comes back out and
you actually see what feels like glass that shatters falling to
the side. Like they spent so much time making very detailed
models. Very rarely does any of the stuff he crash into
not feel like it could be a giant building. Like there's. There's some
really well done model work in this film that you just have to see
to be believed. And while you may or may not really dig the
story of how Godzilla returns, while you may not really dig some
of the science stuff that's like the masers coming at him. I know I.
I personally could deal without having to hear those birds chirping
in the background when the professor's working on that stuff. It's in like a
couple of the clips. But it happens almost all the way through the movie that
that professor is around and it's irritating. Yeah. But it's supposed to be
a thing that could possibly control Godzilla and we just have to deal with it.
Yeah. No, that's just. It's just out there now. Why don't
we go ahead and start in on the run to the end. What do you
say? Let's do it. All right. So the run to the end starts with a
shot of the dead Russians that did not stop
their nuclear attack in time. That we heard in our earlier clip. And a space
weap fires off. And then we see some panicking
diplomats calling each other in our 14th clip.
Hello? Hello, Foreign Minister. Bad news,
sir. An emergency report from Sasamov.
A nuclear missile aimed at Godzilla has been fired. The Soviets
admit that it's a mistake, but in 30 minutes it'll
hit its target. And that means in 30 minutes it will hit Godzilla in the
Shinjuku district. I don't understand.
How could this have happened? Missile control was on a freighter in Tokyo
Bay and was destroyed by Godzilla. In such circumstances,
the missile set to fire automatically. What was the freighter doing
there? Surely the Russians can stop the missile.
They can explode it in outer space. Not with their own missiles.
Their orbit is different. We have no time. We can't evacuate Shinjuku
district in half an hour. It's impossible. Of course. We can use
the subway. Tell them to go underground. We'll try to save as
many people as possible. Yes, sir. Foreign Minister.
Sir? Ask the Americans to shoot the missile down immediately.
Right, sir. Prime Minister. It's the orbit of
the Russian missile. And here is the orbit of the attack satellite.
The Russians fired the nuclear missile 200 kilometers above Mexico.
@ halfway, it will pass from the stratosphere into outer space before
descending here in the Shinjuku,
Japan. Congratulations.
Congratulations. Well done. Well done.
Step back. Everyone. Step back. It's dangerous.
Step back. Don't come any closer. Now. It's dangerous.
Get back. Professor. Godzilla's dead.
Not yet. Not so easily.
We have to alert command. Mihar. This is
an emergency announcement. By mistake, a Soviet nuclear missile
has been launched against Godzilla. Accordingly, all residents
of the Shinjuku district are advised to evacuate the area immediately.
I repeat. All residents of the Shinjuku district must
evacuate immediately. There is little time left.
You are advised to shelter. Underground facilities are
available. Use the subway. Use the basements and underground car
parks. This as an emergency. Prime Minister. The Americans
have promised to help us. The Americans have launched
their missile. It should hit in six minutes time. In the stratosphere, 70 kilometers
above Tokyo. You all
right? Yeah, I'm okay. During the clip,
the cadmium appears to be working. As Godzilla drops down for a little
sleepy sleep. And people get curious if he has
been stopped. And they start getting way too fucking close.
All the police try to stop and keep them back, but nobody really Seems to
care. And they get in very close to Godzilla after the call. Yeah,
that's a little too close for my taste. It's too close.
I don't know if I'd get that close to Godzilla. Right? Yeah, you need to
be much further away and observe with like, binoculars or
a telescope if you want to look at Godzilla up close. Treat him with respect,
for Christ's sake. Yeah. What do you think he is, a fucking buffalo in
Yellowstone? Jesus. Yeah. Damn. After the
call for the panic about the missile, a helicopter flies
into the city that happens to house the brother of the main hero lady.
And they all get happy and wave at each other. Even though there's destruction and
death all around them. They're just happy to see each other, I guess.
Hey, yeah, I don't blame them. I mean, the people they directly care about are
still good, so I understand that. Yeah. The brother has them
move away as they blow the window out after firing some kind of weird ordinance
that attaches to it and is supposed to explode. He then airlifts himself
in to rescue them out of the building one by one. This is the
oddest form of padding and seems kind of costly that they would put
this in the film. But whatever. It looks kind of cool.
All this air rescue of human stuff could have been money spent on some more
awesome Kaiju stuff is all I'm saying. You didn't have to do this. Yeah,
we didn't need. We don't need so many humans around here.
The winds are too rough. So two of the four are left behind in the
office building. And the helicopter takes off. They cut from this to the government
control rooms. Once again in our fifth Prime Minister.
The evacuation is being carried out. Two minutes to
go. The professor has confidence in the Americans.
But the Russian missile is still heading for us. Godzilla will
be conscious again soon. The helicopter might not reach the island.
Maybe we're all going to die here. The missile
won't hit us and they will reach the island. What's the matter?
Doesn't sound like you. I'm afraid
you won't die.
Bullseye.
Prime Minister, the unusual phenomenon you see is from the nuclear
blast in the stratosphere. Electromagnetic shock waves
extend out far enough. Hundreds of miles.
The rotors are stopped. Number two rockets still functioning,
sir. Keep the ship balanced.
Yes, sir. We see the strange phenomenon that was spoken of in the clip.
It starts causing some lightning strikes that start hitting Godzilla
that somehow recharge him. Like this is a Godzilla from Godzilla
vs Mechagodzilla or something along those lines. And then
we also see that Super X gets somewhat incapacitated by
the same shit and has to sort of land to correct itself. We hear that
at the end of the clip as well. Then we see Big G is back
on his feet with every inch of him aching for some
revenge for what they just did. Super. Let's go. He looks
pissed. They did a really good job of making him look pissed.
Super X is up and flying. And they are also
out of the special cadmium missiles. Big G fires off atomic
breath through a building to attack Super X.
Super X laser blasts back at Big G firing off missiles as
well. During. During all of this, Big G responds with more atomic
breath and there is even more damage to the building the
pair of heroes are trapped in, as this time the stairs beneath
them have completely collapsed. The hero helicopter lands
and the professor installs his bird noise equipment to call
Godzilla back to the place where they can bury
him. They cut back to Super X dealing hell on Godzilla
with Godzilla responding back with atomic breath as more and
more blows up and catches on fire. And this is a lot of underlighting
and nastiness that we were talking about that you see here. And citizens
continue to flee in fear from all of this. The film cut as one would.
The film cuts from this to the couple of heroes tying off
a fire hose to climb down and ask that hobo who was
enjoying the high life squatting at the bottom of this tower to
hold that shit steady as they climb down. Big G is
still there fighting with the Super X for a big SC there. As they
continue to climb down, they actually see him through an open hole that he could
reach in and grab them at one point. And he just turns around and looks
at them and then ignores them. It was pretty terrifying and cool.
Yeah, that's just. That's just Godzilla being like, well, I don't.
I don't even know what you guys are wanting now. So the professor
fires up his gear, and then Godzilla follows the Super X
and when it lands, he drops the whole giant office building down on top
of that. As you do,
we see the hero couple make it out with the hobo who screams at
Godzilla, only to have all of them run off. They throw in
a shot of the hobo running from Big G with Big G directly
behind him. That was really fucking cool and terrifying.
Yeah, yeah. That did not do much for my anxiety.
Then they cut to the hero couple still fleeing as they run from a building
that is now on fire. And then we see a glorious shot
of Big G Being lit from beneath with that hellfire red light we were
talking about. Just like they used on Gigan and Ghidorah. It looks incredible.
Oh, yeah, yeah, it was really good. The couple
again. This whole movie just does Godzilla, right? Especially for all
the past movies that we had to deal with. Exactly. The couple continue
to try to flee and hide from Big G as he continues stomping
his way near them. Very cool and very terrifying.
Shit. He stops just before stomping on them and is finally responding
to the call of the Professor's device as he turns around and walks away from
our hero couple, saving them from a stomping even though they tried
to hide below a planter. That the best hiding spot? No.
And that is our 16th clip. Get down.
Professor. Godzilla responding.
It's heading for Mount Mihara.
The professor has done it.
I must go too.
Let's go together. Circuit open again.
Godzilla's going to Oshima Island.
Professor, Godzilla is coming.
Godzilla is lured to the edge of the volcano with the Professor's
one weird trick of this stuff. And as his weight
breaks the edge he is standing on, Godzilla falls into the volcano,
landing on a ledge halfway down, and is still mesmerized by the call
of this one weird trick Bird. Bird noise thing. With him halfway
in, they fire off a chain of explosions that somehow causes
Godzilla to sink and start to be harmed by falling into the volcano completely.
This starts off a sequence of everyone looking so sad that we just killed the
thing we were trying to kill. In this sequence where everyone is so sad
and somber over this horrible thing that they did that they were totally planning on
doing the entire time, but this is where we are. Yeah, but I mean.
Yeah. What else did they want? This is what they were trying to do.
They wanted to kill him. Yeah. That doesn't mean they have to feel good about
it because this is the last of his kind and all that stuff. They're.
They're mining that well, I suppose. But yeah, they're mining that well without actually calling
it and saying what it is, like they did in the Sarasawa destruction.
But anyway, more explosions happen in the volcano and
then they roll those credits. Cinema S
years 10 years Holy wow.
Yeah, we talked about. That's something. We talked about it. The model work
is absolutely incredible. All the buildings destruction stuff,
the Super X fighting with Godzilla and using the flares
and then firing into his mouth. Even the model work on the Super X is
really cool. I mean, granted, it just looks like a sort of like, rounded off
box of like, what would become Known as an EV later on in life,
you know. Yeah. Like, it doesn't look very much different than like sort of a
rounded off box, but they find a way to have the thing morph and change.
And it's supposed to be like this heavily armored vehicle that was designed
specifically to be able to withstand Godzilla blasts. And it does.
He does blast it a few times. And it can handle it with the shielding
that it has. And it actually is a pretty cool tool that they designed
to be able to defy to Godzilla, which they took the 30 years before it
reemerged to make sure that they had this thing. So makes sense that it would
actually do its job. Yeah, right. Come on.
About fucking time you made something that works. I love the futuristic
laser firing stuff that ends up controlling Godzilla and moving him and
trying to keep him from damaging. But they always seem to be firing at
the one spot where our heroes are in that building to cause Godzilla to
cause more. More damage to the building to trap and make them in more dire
straits with. Every time that he takes a hit.
It's really well done drama to involve the humans and make you give
a shit. Because they happen to be in the building that Godzilla keeps bouncing off
of. And that's all they had to do to make you give a shit.
That the people. Yeah, pretty much that's it. It worked perfectly.
I really, really dug that. Yeah, that was nice. Actually,
there's a few moments of this where they kind of harken back to
the military and the people trying to discuss what to do with Godzilla
and how to deal with Godzilla and to look to scientists.
And they do it in a way that doesn't feel forced or kind of
like Easter eggy or anything like that. They really kind of make it feel like,
well, we haven't seen this thing in 30 years. This is how we dealt with
it. How do we deal with it now, you know? Yeah, I do like that
aspect of it. And like you said, it's lean. They just keep moving the plot
along. The only thing. Yeah, it's really effective storytelling.
The only thing that they really doddle on a little too much or it becomes
a bit of a pain is the part where they're dealing with the bird
noises and they talk about the bird noises while the bird noises are playing in
the background. That gets really grating and irritating after a while. Yeah,
yeah. That's really like the only downside to this the Sea
Laos thing. Attacking people is fucking terrifying and cool. I kind
of wish we would have seen a few more Sea Laos attacks where, like,
Godzilla dropped some of those on land and the military have to deal with them,
you know. Yeah. And are killing them. I just felt like people were actually
more in danger in this movie than any other movie. Yeah. Because they
actually show you people getting hurt and running and fleeing from buildings,
collapsing down on them. And this is pretty much the. The cliche
that a lot of people do with the Godzilla movies, where they talk about,
like, he falls into a building and then you see a bunch of people running
out and dying and all of that kind of stuff. Like that's really where this
starts. But that's not always been the case with Godzilla. And in some cases,
he will go out of his way to lead monsters away from
populated areas whenever he's the good guy. But the Versus series that we're
going to be getting into, that starts with this Godzilla, 1984. He's back to
being anti hero in this, where he's just basically an animal and he's
operating on instinct. And he doesn't have that clever thought process where
he's cunning or anything like that. He's all just lizard brain actions in
this. And you got to be on board for that, because if you are,
you get this kind of bullshit where he just goes hog wild destroying
shit. And it's fun to watch. Yeah, but it is totally fun to
watch him go hog wild on this shit.
All right, well, I think I'm done talking about the film. If you are,
I think can take the break. Yeah, yeah, I'm good. Well, why don't we go
ahead and play on the pirate radio edit for this week, the band the Cars
with the song, also released in 1984, just like Return of Godzilla,
the song, you might think. And when we come back, we'll get a story time
out of me. I'm not even sure
I'm living in an anchored reality. All I know is
I wrote you. I did not write this. And whoever is writing
this, I hate them. Them every bit as much as you hate
me. If my formulas are correct, I have arrived just as you
were about to attack the reality that the author comes. From and are preparing
a Mobius loop of Annihilation's creation. How exactly can a concise
way of expressing information symbolically be correct
without a calculation? Moreover, how does a general construct
of a relationship between given quantities point
you to. To a point in temporal space time where
two fictional duplicates might be planning to destroy their creator
shortly after realizing they exist? Interesting. That's not
even a response, let alone an answer.
I personally wrote the formulas after founding the research institute
to prove I am from a simulation using money diverted from that simulation world's
government programs meant to feed and house the people for my own personal
pet project. Oh, this is so stupid. Now, you might think
it's crazy, but I enjoy the cars.
No. Nice.
All right, I'm going to just ride the momentum of that terrible joke into
my story time.
Story time.
Story time. Even on a truncated timetable, I'm still playing that
for you. Ah, yay. All right, so this will be
a relatively short story time, but it's just kind of something that happened.
So every year around St. Patty's Day,
which I know St. Patty's is long since gone since we're gonna be recording
this for everybody once it's actually released. But during the
St. Patrick's Day parade this year, Court the bastard got back out.
Oh, no. Yeah.
So for people that don't know, the Omaha area par
parades are basically just an excuse for politicians to try
and grab boats. And they walk in the parades and they do a whole
bunch of shit. So the St. Patrick's Day parade in Omaha is
really politicized and it's fucking gross if you've never been to one
before. Literally, candidates for like, every fucking seat
walk around and hand you pamphlets and things. And at one
point in time, there's like a Catholic League of some sort or
some kind of anti abortion, like anti pro choice,
anti rights for bodily autonomy group that's
like, super fucking irritating. And they want to hand out fucking pamphlets
and like, really, really try and like, recruit people. And they
get more and more aggressive every year. And this year we
had a run in with them at the parade that was really not cool.
No, I'm not going to. There's some. Some stuff that has to do
with not my direct family that I'm going to voice here
that ended up happening. But let's just say that with us there was
a person with some diminished capacity that doesn't know what
it is that you're handing to them. And y. We wanted them to be able
to just enjoy the parade. And these people kept trying to force
that literature into their hands. So essentially what ended up
happening is some people that were in the party with us that were there to
just view it and were just there, not party, but the people that were in
our group, I'm talking in D and D terms.
We're just trying to keep and direct these people away.
And then one guy comes over and is like. Basically says
something along the lines of, oh, so you're pro abortion. With which my wife responds,
yes, without even thinking, just said it like that. She's just
like. And. And I laughed. And then some other people that are with
us start arguing with the guy, and they're having a debate and they're
being polite about it, but I'm already angry that these people have been doing that
and just shoving shit into people's hands. And then this guy starts
getting super aggressive. And then all of a sudden,
I'm not in control anymore, and I don't have the steering wheel.
And I'm standing there with my hands in my vest, and I'm keeping my hands
in my vest because I know this is going to be bad. And I'm also.
I want to be warm. I take four steps forward to where I am right
up in this guy's face. He's taller than me, and he's not much bigger
than. For sure. And he's definitely older than me. And for certain, he has
not had to defend himself in a really long time, I'm sure. And I just
stand there right up in his face after he says something that, I don't know,
that set me off. And I just said, move on. And he kind of like.
He took a step back and was like when I came forward, because obviously it's
startling, but me just standing there with my hands in my pockets trying to
not be physically threatening because if I look like I'm about to hurt him,
then he has a right to do something, you know, and then I'm also committing
assault at that point. And all I say is, move on. He takes a step
back, and he sort of just stands there, doesn't know what
to do. And he looks back over at the people that we were with
that he was arguing with. He looks down at the person that we were kind
of taking care of to be able to enjoy the. The parade with us.
And I take another step forward after he takes a step back just enough
to where I can quietly say to him, move on now. Yeah, all the
time not taking my hands out of my pockets, because, again, I'm not trying to
be threatening. I'm just trying to be very assertive and do basically everything you
can legally do to somewhat be intimidating without actually being
threatening. You know what I mean? Like, I'm really close to the border.
And so the guy does move on, his group does give us a wide berth.
They all shut up, and they go to the next group of people and start
handing out their pamphlets when the parade finally moves on. But he Went to the
front of their group and away from us. I go back over and I sit
down on the curb and I start trying to calm down. You know, I take
my hands out of my pockets and I'm like, ready to look at everybody that
I'm with. And I'm like, I am so sorry. I shouldn't have let myself get
angry like that. Right? Like, I'm ready to apologize. I'm ready to do that.
And I get up and they're all like, that was fucking amaz. I'm like,
oh, God, don't reward him. Don't reward the bastard. He likes that
shit. And so
that's how court the bastard got out at that parade. But he had the steering
wheel. But I still was able to put the brakes on him, if you know
what I'm saying. Yeah, yeah. Talking to people
like that, sometimes the bastards have to come out. Yeah, well, the bastard
really, really, really wants out these. In this day and age for no particular
reason at all. Yeah. Anyway, let's go ahead and
play the show Housekeeping. And when we come back, we will have the
band Banana Rama with the song also released in 1984. Like Return of
Godzilla, Cruel Summer immediately following this.
If you've decided you can't get enough of the show and would like using.
Money diverted from that simulation world's government programs meant to feed
and house the people for my own personal pet projects. Oh, this is
so fucking stupid. That would never happen in a reality where a moron
is not rehashing all plot lines instead of writing their own.
I certainly hope I would never exist otherwise. I have been around you for seconds
and I already want whoever made you exist gone
forever. You write us? Yeah. We exist.
Yeah. Someone write you? Maybe you exist,
kind of. Who wrote them? I don't know, buddy. Maybe there
is a version of us out there who isn't aware of the absolutely
stupid, stupidest shitty things occur to all of humanity
in what seems to be a cyclical pattern of humans
trying to destroy ourselves or ignore the destruction that will
end us. Maybe he no assumed gender.
Well, mind virus got that one. Shut the up.
Right, Igor. Maybe they.
Thank you. That version of us that is living
a sweet, comfortable life. Life. Making all of this up
for the entertainment of a dwindling audience of podcast listeners. Maybe that
version of us is happy and nothing is wrong with them.
Maybe. Well, them. I want them to suffer. I mean,
obviously, yes, them. And may they suffer. But who could have
possibly been so miserable and pathetic to have created
all of these various versions of Us in such a fashion that
every version of us has a drive in them to end
every piece of humanity's existence just so we don't have to feel
laughed at. How pathetic is that person to create
us like this? My brain hurts.
What does it mean, Father? There has to be a single
source of reality. In that reality, the court that
must be the writer of all of the jokes we are the butt of exists.
If that court is is so miserable that our lives
of suffering make them feel like laughing, their life must be
the worst. If it is not, then they
are the saddest and most terrible writer,
just making up the lowest common denominator of content
for no reason other than their own narcissistic
ego fulfillment.
Indeed, if it was the summer when Godzilla came back, it would be a
cruel, cruel summer, would it not, Matt? It would be a cruel cross.
Oh, it's always a cruel summer whenever you sing anywhere near a summer as well.
I can't wait till it's a crawl.
Weird. I. I'm just completely, completely lost with anything to comment
on that, but we got to get you the. I think I'm slap happy right
now. Yeah, me too. Definitely. Well, just like whenever Godzilla
emerges up out of the water or just all of a sudden shows up everywhere,
just like this song released in 1984 by the Go Go's, I go
head over heels. So enjoy that song while you kick the out of
this week and make it your on the pirate radio.
Ed.
They are the saddest and most terrible writer,
just making up the lowest common denominator of content for no
reason other than their own narcissistic ego fulfillment.
Out of all of us here, I'm the closest to the they them
that is responsible for all of this then, aren't I? You couldn't possibly
be as important as I am. All of these alternative realities are tests
for me to prove I am the best version of me I could have ever,
ever been and am deserving of the love I have never been able to feel
in my whole life. This, my reality, sucks enough without this
douchebaghead being here. You two chuckle.
Figure out your own to destroy the creator or author or whatever
the you're gonna call him. I'm going to smoke myself into a coma with some
hemp derived federally legal and maybe get back
into high quality gas station drugs until I no longer
exist. I join you. How do you feel about cats? Love cats.
Hate humans. Cool. So, look, I can't afford to feed
you my family, myself and my cats. You're Gonna have to fend for
yourself here, but I can get you baked and let you play with my cats
before you have to go back to your reality. I'm rolling
and you heard me. So then let's go ahead and record here.
Recording in progress. Okay, we are recording in both spots.
And now I need to save this and open up
mine for 503. And then I made some declarative statements
in your episode that I'm gonna have to remember in mind now that we're recording
it after. Oh,
well, we'll see what happens. All right, ready to go? Yeah, I'm ready to go.
Let's do it. All right. 3, 2, 1. I only have 16
clips and most of them are very short. No strong current.
Well, that actually makes sense. Yeah, more plot line in my
film. Yeah, tighter plot in my film. I should say way
too long skipping. That was like over four minutes. That. All right, three, two,
one. Super long. Two. Skipping that. Three,
two, one. Mark everything and skip that
too. Let me move some clips forward.
Okay, three, two, one. All right, that's terrible.
And it's also a super long clip, so I'm going to skip that. And.
And 3, 2, 1. Going to skip that. Cuz it's
3 minutes for clip 13. Hello,
hello. Above Tokyo. Ah, it 2 minutes. I'm going to skip it. 3,
2, 1. We don't have time for that. But I'm going to try
and get. Let me see, I had a list of story times if I can
find it real quick. Oh well, I only have one on that list, so that's
perfect. All right, coming back in three, two, one.
Look, I can't afford to feed you, my family, myself and my
cats. You're gonna have to fend for yourself here. But I can get you
baked and let you play with my cats before you have to go back to
your reality. I now go back to reality. I go to a
liminal space where I both exist and do not live, yet am
mostly dead. It is a suspension of disembodied consciousness
pondering the horror of my state until I am granted temporary
reprieve from that undeath to this sketch based world.
World that was dark. Look buddy, I just meant you can't live with
me if you stay in my reality. It's a capitalistic society where
your only worth in life is the increments of
your life. You sell by the hour to have all of your labor's
value go to your bosses. We are held hostage by the cost of
being alive, which is inflated by the commoditization of
every basic need that we have here in this world. Material state
of non existent consciousness sound much better. You want to come too?
Dude? If it weren't for the few people that I love in this world and.
My cats, I would love that, I am sure. Only being a disembodied
consciousness untethered to sensation, an echo of
existence, it's not for everyone. Like dreaming about a
life you never wake up to. Just like this song released in
1984 by the Go Go's. I go head over heel. So enjoy
that song while you kick the fuck out of this weekend. Make it your
bitch on the pirate radio edit. All right, I'm sorry I can't play that for
you, but you should check out that song if you haven't heard it before.
It's one of the better Go Go songs. So there you go. There you
go. All right, let's get you the fuck out of here so that we can
get done. So we got to stop this recording stopped.