Tag: Godzilla vs. Megalon

[Con Report] G-Fest 2022: The Best of Saturday

Touma Kaito

This past weekend, G-Fest was held for the first time since 2019, and it was hosted at a new venue. For those unaware, G-Fest is the annual convention devoted to the kaiju film genre, specifically the Godzilla franchise since 1999. Whereas, since its inception, G-Fest was normally held at the Crowne Plaza in Rosemont, Illinois. However, the choice was made to move the convention to Hyatt Regency O’Hare in 2020. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the convention was postponed until this year.   Now, having been to the Hyatt…

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Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954 – 1975 [The Criterion Collection Official Trailer]

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Yesterday, the Criterion Collection released the official trailer for their upcoming release, Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954 – 1975. The trailer is based on the modern day-style of trailers which mashes up the 15 original films in the Godzilla series. Also, the trailer’s tagline is “ALL HAIL THE KING, GODZILLA!” Nevertheless, fans can check out the trailer below: Blu-ray available Oct 29, 2019: http://bit.ly/Godzilla1000   In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path—and changing movies forever. The arresting original Godzilla soon…

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Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films Blu-Ray Announced

Pak Hanu

Criterion has revealed that they will be releasing a blu-ray set of the entire Showa Era Godzilla films. The blu-ray set titled, “Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films,” will include the various films that were released in Japan from 1954 to 1975. The blu-ray will feature the original Japanese audio with English subtitles for each film. Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films will be released on October 29 with a list price of $224.95. The set is currently available on Criterion’s official website priced at $179.96.   The blu-ray set will include: Godzilla (1954) Godzilla Raids Again (1955) King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963) Mothra vs.…

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Toho’s April Fools Day Joke, Jet Jaguar the Movie Leads to a History Lesson

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Toho’s Godzilla Channel released a teaser trailer for the return of Jet Jaguar; with this return being a 2020 feature-length film. However, it is nothing more than an interesting April Fools Day joke from Toho Studios that may hold some merit to the character’s origin and internet urban legends. For those unaware, the character of Jet Jaguar made its debut in the 1973 film, Godzilla vs. Megalon. However, the character of Jet Jaguar, used to have a conflicting history as to whether he was meant to be the star of…

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Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu Ep 8 – Xead into the Abyss

Hero Club

Welcome to a brand new episode of “Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu!” Last week, we were on hiatus due to Easter and because Projekt is still MIA. He is not dead or hurt, he has just been busy working as well as our time zones do not match up well. Luckily enough, I managed to pull in our Sixth Senshi sooner than later… The GREEN VAPER! Now, the Green Vaper is El Ingobernable, Janitor Joker of the Toku Warriors. He was intended to debut in episode 17 similar to the original…

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