#181: King of Monster Movies, Pt. 2 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters

The Next Picture Show

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4.6 • 858 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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The new GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS looks and acts a lot more like one of the other recent entries in Warner Bros’ “Monsterverse” than it does the classic creature features inspired by the original GODZILLA, but it also consciously echoes Ishiro Honda’s 1954 film in some key ways. After airing our grievances with the frustratingly incoherent KING OF THE MONSTERS, we dig into what links this newest film to its very different predecessor, from its city-flattening monster effects to its shaky attempts to inject human drama amid the kaiju destruction. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar. Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about any and all GODZILLAs and/or monsters, or anything else in the world of film, by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. Your Next Picture Show: • Scott: Kirill Serebrennikov’s LETO • Tasha: Olivia Wilde’s BOOKSMART • Keith: William Gibson’s ALIEN III (an Audible Original Drama) Outro music: The Flaming Lips, “Godzilla Flick” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's very difficult to keep the line between the past and the present.
0:05.1	Do you believe that someone out of the past can enter and take possession of a living being?
0:11.8	We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.
0:19.2	Welcome back to The Next Picture Show, a movie of the week podcast devoted to a classic film and the way it's shaped our thoughts on a recent release.
0:25.5	I'm Tasha Robinson, here again with Keith Phipps and Scott Tobias.
0:29.0	Our producer Genevieve Koski has relocated to Michigan, and she'll be back as soon as she's overcome that mysterious bout of radiation sickness she got after her Chicago apartment was flattened.
0:38.2	Last week, we discussed to 1954's Godzilla, Shiro Honda's original creature feature about a tragic
0:43.7	giant lizard that represents humans' overwhelming ambition and capacity for violence.
0:48.2	This week, we bring in the modern equivalent, 2019's Godzilla King of the Monsters, which openly celebrates
0:53.3	that same violence.
0:54.5	Flatten Cities, woo!
0:56.0	You bite that three-headed monster right in one of the heads, Godzilla.
0:59.4	This week we bring in the modern equivalent,
1:01.5	2019's Godzilla, King of the Monsters, which openly celebrates that same violence.
1:06.1	Flatten Cities! Woo!
1:08.5	The new Godzilla King of the Monsters is part of Warner's Monsterverse, a franchise encompassing both Godzilla and King Kong, who are due to square off in yet another sequel in 2020.
1:18.5	This new film follows 2014's American reboot Godzilla and 2017's King Kong reboot Skull Island, but it also consciously echoes the original Godzilla, with references
1:28.1	to a horrific weapon called the Oxygen Destroyer and concerns about the environment and the
1:32.3	ways Godzilla might just be the punishment that humanity deserves for what it's doing to
1:36.2	our world. But the new film is also a rebooted roundup of other creature feature kajou
1:40.5	monsters the last 50 years, including King Godora, Rodan, and Mothra, who all have
1:45.5	significant roles to play in the latest Battle Royale.
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