Lady Mothra - Kaiju Series

Feb 17, 2019

New contributing podcast co-hosts, Zonga Fielding and JB Smith will cover the new Kaiju series!  And in preparation for Godzilla King of Mosters (KOTM) movie coming out in May 31st.  They will cover the following:

Give a few facts about Godzilla: KOTM

• Movie will tie into the original Gojira film: 
• This film will also use practical effects and creature designs, for example Mothra having longer legs to defend itself from other Kaiju
• The film will also pay tribute to Akira Ifukube’s original Godzilla score, hopefully this means we will hear the class theme

Brief history of Kaiju Films as a whole and Godzilla's impact

• The word "Kaiju" first appears in the Chinese Classic of Mountains and Seas, which is about Mythic geography and mythical beasts
• We have all heard the term Kaiju, but what does it mean; The term kaiju translates to "strange beast". It is a science fiction and fantasy giant creature that often takes the role of either antagonist, protagonist, or force of nature

Japanese Kaiju films and shows traditionally used suitmation which was basically a guy in a suit; interestingly enough this is still employed even in today’s kaiju films and shows, while western kaiju films utilized stop-motion