In this episode of Adapt or Perish, we discuss Godzilla!
For this episode, we watched:
- Godzilla (Gojira), 1954. The original. Directed by Ishirō Honda, produced by Tomoyuki Tanaka, and starring Akira Takarada, Momoko Kōchi, Akihiko Hirata, and Takashi Shimura. Watch it on Amazon.
- Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, 1956. The “original.” Directed by Ishirō Honda and Terry Morse, and starring Raymond Burr. Watch it on Amazon.
- Godzilla, 1998. The modern “classic.” Directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin, and starring Matthew Broderick, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, and Jean Reno. Watch it on iTunes and Amazon.
- Godzilla, 2014. The newer American one. Directed by Gareth Edwards, and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Sally Hawkins, and Bryan Cranston. Watch it on iTunes and Amazon.
- Shin Godzilla, 2016. The Japanese reboot. Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, and starring Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, and literally every other actor in Japan. Watch it on iTunes and Amazon.
Footnotes:
- Adapt or Perish Episode 11. The Fault in Our Stars
- Takashi Shimura and Seven Samurai
- The History and Evolution of Godzilla by YouTuber Cynical Justin
- Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah
- Independence Day and Stargate
- “Museum,” the original teaser trailer for Godzilla (1998)
- Godzilla and Taco Bell
- Production designer Patrick Tatopoulos
- The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
- Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid and Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
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