Godzilla 70th Anniversary Retrospective (Fanbase Feature Crossover)

Geek History Lesson

Jason Inman

Film History, Visual Arts, Tv & Film, Arts

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

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Summary

Celebrate the legacy of Japanese icon, Godzilla, as Ashley Victoria Robinson joins the fine folks of the Fanbase Weekly podcast for a special episode of Fanbase Features! Together they discuss the power of Godzilla as a monster movie, perfecting the kaiju genre, the lessons that can be gleaned from it as modern day Western viewers, and try to crack the code on why American movie studios can't adapt this modern Eastern myth.

Featuring: Bryant Dillon, Jack Phoenix, and Matthew Noe

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to geek history lesson.
0:14.4	I am Ashley Victoria Robinson, a comic book writer from Canada.
0:19.8	And I'm going to say, welcome to your mind university,
0:21.8	because you have stumbled onto the podcast where we take one character, construct, or giant
0:26.6	kaiju that I love very, very much, and I'm completely obsessed with. I teach you everything you
0:29.9	need to know about them in about an hour. Now you may be listening to this today and say,
0:34.7	this isn't a normal intro intro and that is so true.
0:37.9	Now I'm going to give you a little impression of what we're going to be talking about on the
0:41.4	episode today.
0:43.2	That was my best Godzilla.
0:46.7	So please feel free to take that and make it your text ringtones at any time.
0:52.3	If you are a dyed in the wall, a GHL listener, you may be saying to yourself,
0:56.2	Ashley, you've done episodes on Godzilla before, including a super great one with Eric Burnham,
1:03.1	who wrote Godzilla comic books. That is so true. But today I'm bringing you some deeper
1:10.0	Godzilla discourse. What you are about to hear is a collaboration between geek history lesson and fan base weekly and incredible podcast made by the lovely folks over at fan base press. They do a fan base feature where they highlight important films that have anniversaries, milestones, and cultural significance in our geeky sphere.
1:31.2	Last year, I was so honored to be asked by Bryant Dillon to join them to discuss Godzilla,
1:36.8	the OG Godzilla film on its 70th anniversary.
1:40.4	If you listen to our previous episode on Godzilla, you know that I defended the honor of
1:43.8	this feature film to Jason Edmund and Eric Burnham. And I was so thrilled to come back and speak more. I am joined in this incredible discourse hosted, like I said, by Bryant Dylan, who is the president of fan base press and co-hosts, a fan base weekly, but also by Jack Phoenix, a librarian, and a writer, and by Matthew,
2:02.9	you know the lead collection and knowledge management librarian at Harvard Medical School.
2:09.7	Yeah, by people way smarter than me to talk about our favorite baby Kaiju.
2:14.7	So I am so grateful to the fine folks over at Fanbase Weekly for lending us this audio.
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