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Godzilla the Series: An Exercise in Over-Analysis – Part VII

Episode 8 – What Dreams May Come The Series follows up (arguably) one of its better episodes with one of its silliest. But at least this is more traditional daikaiju fare than last week’s voyage to the bottom of the … Continue reading

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Godzilla: The Series

Part I – Episodes 1 & 2 – A New Family Part II – Episode 3 – Talkin’ Trash Part III – Episode 4 – D.O.A. Part IV – Episode 5 – The Winter of Our Discontent Part V – … Continue reading

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Godzilla the Series: An Exercise in Over-Analysis – Part VI

Episode 7 – Leviathan The first episode of The Series named after a genre in-joke begins with a stereotypically New England sea captain (complete with a little anchor on his hat) nervously checking his watch. Far, far, far below, Drs. … Continue reading

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Godzilla the Series: An Exercise in Over-Analysis – Part V

Episode 6 – Cat and Mouse As New York City slowly but steadily recovers from the first Godzilla’s “attack” in summer, 1998, our pre-credit teaser finds an unfortunate homeless man beset by a giant, mutated rat. Cut to…some mid-town restaurant, … Continue reading

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Godzilla the Series: An Exercise in Over-Analysis – Part IV

Episode 5 – The Winter of Our Discontent We open in New York City’s seemingly endless harbor, with the World’s Number One Monster Hunting Team, H.E.A.T., in hot pursuit of their itinerant seventh member, Godzilla (Can’t really call him “a … Continue reading

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Godzilla the Series: An Exercise in Over-Analysis – Part III

Episode 4 – D.O.A. After the usual prologue/pre-credit teaser, the full strength of H.E.A.T. (including N.I.G.E.L. the Doomed Robot, whom I still refuse to talk about at this point) lands in “Costa Roja,” the first of several fictional Central and … Continue reading

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Godzilla the Series: An Exercise in Over-Analysis – Part II

Episode 3 – Talkin’ Trash With a garbage strike seizing New York City in the wake of (that first) Godzilla’s rampage, a pair of eggheads at the Manhattan Institute of Advanced Technology (MIAT?) struggle to find a “scientific solution” to … Continue reading

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Godzilla the Series: An Exercise in Over-Analysis – Part I

Episodes 1 & 2 – A New Family It may not be the most popular or most famous cartoon series of the 1990s and it’s far, far from the best. But even the die hard haters of Roland Emmerich’s 1998 … Continue reading

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Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

Lest you think quickie, cash-in sequels are something new, I have three words for you: Son of Kong. But if that only draws a blank look I can always hit you upside the head with this: the quickie, cash-in sequel … Continue reading

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Godzilla: 1985 (1984)

Where others formed their love of movies in the dank bowls of old theaters with important sounding names, I, your humble narrator, was a mite deprived in this regard. My obsession with this movie formed at an early age in … Continue reading

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