Monthly Archives: May 2014

News recap: Miscellaneous minutia

Posted on May 30, 2014 by kevnder

I didn’t notice any super-exciting stories relating to Japanese-ish genre fiction in the past week, but there were a handful of tidbits worth sharing. Let’s begin with an assortment of videos: Starting things off, here’s a trailer for this year’s … Continue reading →

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Weekly news recap: Kaiju and heroes and ghosts, oh my!

Posted on May 23, 2014 by kevnder

So, Godzilla did quite well at the box office last week. The $196,200,000 opening weekend ensured a sequel, a prospect which I’ve got no complaints about (then again, I also wanted a sequel to the 1998 film). Gareth Edwards is also … Continue reading →

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Maser Patrol podcast episode 14: Godzilla (2014)

Posted on May 22, 2014 by kevnder

As promised, here’s our four-person round-table review on Legendary Pictures’ new Godzilla. Short version: we liked it, but had some suggestions for improvements. Also it was sort of a Gamera movie. The rest of the Godzilla retrospective is coming soon, but … Continue reading →

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News recap (Everything’s Godzilla-related)

Posted on May 17, 2014 by kevnder

Hey all, I hope everyone has gotten to enjoy Godzilla (2014) by now. I’ll forego a full written review at the moment (unless someone asks for one) until we discuss it round-table in a podcast. However, I will quickly state … Continue reading →

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Maser Patrol podcast episode 13: Godzilla in the 1970’s

Posted on May 15, 2014 by kevnder

For the second (maybe third) part of our Godzilla podcast retrospective, we look at Godzilla and Toho’s SF/fantasy/horror output in the 1970’s, or rather 1969 (All Monsters Attack) through 1979 (A Space Godzilla). This is a period that many Godzilla fans … Continue reading →

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Maser Patrol podcast episode 12: The Golden Age of Godzilla

Posted on May 14, 2014 by kevnder

In honor of Legendary’s upcoming Godzilla movie, we marathoned the franchise. Now we’re doing a retrospective in (probably) four parts, starting with this overview of Toho Studios’ science fiction, fantasy, and horror special effects movies during the golden age of … Continue reading →

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Weekly news recap (another slow news week edition)

Posted on May 10, 2014 by kevnder

It’s been a slow news week, at least from the perspective of someone who’s ambivalent about about Pokemon Gen 3 remakes, the 30th birthday of Transformers, and the theatrical Power Rangers reboot. However, there were a couple of things that caught … Continue reading →

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Weekly news recap (Star Wars Day edition)

Posted on May 4, 2014 by kevnder

Happy Star Wars Day! (In case anyone’s curious, there are no plans to discuss Star Wars VII announcements on this ‘blog, even if the franchise was inspired by Battle in Outer Space, Space Battleship Yamato, Kikaider, and countless jidai geki. Unless there’s … Continue reading →

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