Two films sprung from the same idea, albeit in very different circumstances: GALGAMETH being a forgotten DTV monster flick, and PULGASARI a propaganda Kaiju film made under duress.

For his 50th anniversary, an over-the-top gauntlet was laid before Godzilla as the King of the Monsters went through greatest hits of fighting some of the best adversaries. Michael Scott revisits 2004’s GODZILLA: FINAL WARS.

In which the 2017 cinematic POWER RANGERS forces the author to question his views on the world and whither lies his joy. Also there’s a large gold monster. So it counts.

Jeremy Lowe revisits 2007’s mockumentary BIG MAN JAPAN, from co-writer/director/star Hitoshi Matsumoto, and examines the confluence of celebrity, kaiju, and the personal toll that thankless jobs helping communities can have on individuals.