08.31.2015: Monster X Strikes Back Attack the G8 Summit Daikaiju Discussion

Kyle, Rachel, Bryan and Sean dive into the kaiju parody Monster X Strikes Back/Attack the G8 Summit in this month’s Daikaiju Discussion! The sequel no one asked for! This month’s Daikaiju Discussion film is the 2008 Monster X Strikes Back / Attack the G8 Summit and it’s another bizarre entry in the genre. This is a film that showed up with very little fanfare or backstory. Directed by Minoru Kawasaki, this film could be a loving tribute to the kaiju genre, resurrecting Shochiku’s space chicken Guilala but it plays out as a very, very long and drawn out political cartoon that just happens to have a couple of monsters that destroy some stuff and then fight at the end. Overall, we didn’t really care for it, but the conversation was good. The discussioneers who joined Kyle for this installment of the Kaijucast were regulars Rachel and Bryan – but we were in rare form as long-lost-voice-from-the-past Sean Donahue resurfaced and also endure the groans induced by this parody sequel. I would normally say that this was a brief episode, but it was a big month for the Kaijucast! This was the third regular episode and we posted a commentary. Plus throughout the rest of the year, we are slated to have three episodes a month. Maybe I should retire the term “bi-monthly” in the future? MUSIC X STRIKES BACK: 1. Catastrophe by Ko Otani from Gamera III: Revenge of Irys (1999) 2. Rodan Attacks Fukuoka performed by the Bukimisha Weird Secret Society from GOUKAI Na CHIKYUBOUEIGUN (2001) 3. Riding the Yahlen II by Masaru Sato from Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster (1967) 4. Monster X Strikes Back / Attack the G8 Summit Japanese Trailer (2008) 5. Také Majin Chant by Yasuhiko Fukuda from Monster X Strikes Back / Attack the G8 Summit (2008) CATASTROPHIC EVENTS: 09/19 – 09/20 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon (see below) KAIJUCAST x KODOJA: ROSE CITY COMIC CON SOS Booth #1121 KODOJA vs KAIJUCAST – Kaiju Photo Ops, Comics, Music, Prints & Stickers Saturday (9/19) 12:30pm HAIL TO THE KING: 60 YEARS OF DESTRUCTION Screening [Room 2] Saturday (9/19) 8:00pm KAIJUCAST LISTENER PARTY @ Killer Burger’s Downtown Location Sunday (9/20) 10:30am MONSTERS OF PODCASTING Panel [Room 4] Sunday (9/20) 1:30pm GIANT MONSTER HAPPY CHALLENGE Game Show Panel [Room 4] …and if you are going to RCCC15 and want to be one of the contestants, please fill out this form right now! DAIKAIJU DISCUSSION: Kyle did some creative editing to the discussion list, moved some movies around and gave himself a birthday present – September’s Daikaiju Discussion will take a look at a polarizing film amongst the Godzilla fandom, Godzilla · Mothra · King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001). Please turn in your homework before September 25th to be included in the discussion. And because we are expecting quite a bit of submissions, don’t write pages upon pages – that’s a sure-fire way to get your review chopped down with very little care on our part. You can submit your homework the old fashioned way, or you can call it in (details are inside this episode).