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Jimmy’s Notes on Episode 76: Alex McCumbers vs. ‘Rampage’ (2018)

With this, I have caught up with the current output of episodes. Nate is still trying to catch up with publication. This is why I think he’s doing too much. I know he thinks it’s…beneficial for everyone, but he’s going to burn himself out. I just hope it isn’t literal. I saw that happen to a guy at NASA once. Yes, stress can lead to spontaneous combustion. (I don’t want to talk about it). Anyway, I have a fair amount of notes on episode 76 despite not producing it. (Nice work, Jet!) They are:

  • I missed you, too, Nate—by an inch. Ha!
  • That manual needs to get published. I’m in talks with a publisher now.
  • Alex corrected the release date instead of me or Jet. Good work!
  • Nate’s done well with the EID’s, but I’d rather spare him the trouble (especially now) and write them.
  • Peyton Reed directed cheerleaders and Ant-Man, Nate.
  • Yes, Notary played King Kong in Skull Island. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Notary)
  • Did Yuji Kaida do rampage Japanese poster? (link, image)
  • I’ve played Jet’s Jaguar. His favorite games are Iron Soldier 1-2.
  • It was Dr. Feng Zhang. (Source: https://www.broadinstitute.org/what-broad/areas-focus/project-spotlight/questions-and-answers-about-crispr).
  • I had the Rock’s eyebrows for a while. It was a side effect of miraculously surviving the infamous War in Space. The surgery fixed them.
  • Jet said Bowser is a kaiju, Nate. Given the semi-nebulous definition of the word, I don’t know if we can refute him. I could check with the kaijuologists—if I wasn’t in jail!
  • Midway didn’t publish War of the Monsters. It was developed by Incognito Entertainment (and Santa Monica Studio) and published by Sony. (Source: Wikipedia).
  • Primal Rage is a post-apocalyptic game. It takes place after a meteor strike devastates civilization.
  • How the heck could you get me confused for Jet?! “Jet Jimmy”? “Jimmy Jet”? The latter was my pro-wrestler persona for a while, though.
  • I spent a tour in Earth Defense Force. I had the highest robot kill count because my engineering knowledge helped me identify weaknesses. The giant bugs? Not so much.
  • This Reddit post (so take it with a grain of salt) has a link to a Google Drive with an English translation of City Shrouded in Shadow. Here’s a YouTube playlist with one.
  • I heard the original broadcast. Jet was right to criticize. It’s like you became one of your friend’s podcasts: derailed trains of thought.
  • He prefers “Push the button, Jet.”

Finally, here is Nate’s full research notes so you can read what he didn’t share:

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With this, I have finally caught up. Now, if only Nate could get those episodes out. Season three needs to end! The Kaiju Lovers are waiting, man!

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Episode 76: Alex McCumbers vs. ‘Rampage’ (2018)

Hello, Kaiju Lovers! Nate is joined by a fresh face on the show: gaming journalist and podcaster Alex McCumbers. It makes sense because today’s “Ameri-kaiju” film is Rampage (2018) starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, which is based on a classic arcade game. While the movie is “almost good,” as Alex puts it, it does embrace some of the wackiness of its origins with wisecracking “Agent Negan” and cartoonish villains. But it never quite replicates the campy yet dark tone of the source material (I mean, c’mon, the evil corporation in the game was called “Scumlabs”). There’s some brief talk about CRISPR, which Nate wished he’d researched as the Toku Topic, but he promised Alex it’d be on the history of kaiju video games.

Before today’s broadcast, Nate reports to Mister Gold, who tells him he is aware of Nate’s text messages with Jessica the day she freed the Ymir. Now Mister Gold says he’s not sure he can trust Nate. After that harrowing experience, Nate and his merry band of secret rebels go to the last place he ever wants to go to get info from the last person he ever wants to see: the pub Nessie’s Brasserie and its proprietor, William H. George III. It’s an all-out sass war as soon as they walk in.

Check out Alex’s website and podcast, Forever Classic Games (https://foreverclassicgames.com/).

The prologue and epilogue, “Getting the Messages,” was written by Michael Hamilton and Nathan Marchand.

Guest Cast

  • Michael Hamilton as Mr. Gold and William H. George III
  • Damon Noyes as Raymund Martin and Gary Steward
  • Sarah Marchand as Jessica Shaw
  • Daniel DiManna as N.I.G.E.L.
  • Introducing Olivia Reed as Bonnie Lass

Additional music:

  • “Evil Rising” by David Fesliyan
  • “Pacific Rim” by Niall Stenson
  • “Chant My Name!” by Masaaki Endo
  • “The Campbells Are Comin’” by Nesrality
  • “Bonnie Dundee” by Nesrality
  • “Bonnie Mary Hay” by Newrality
  • “Oh, Charlie Is My Darling” by Nesrality
  • “Scots Wha Ha’e wi’ Wallace Bled” by Nesrality

Sound effects sourced from Freesound.org, including those by InspectorJ.

Check out Nathan’s spinoff podcasts, The Henshin Men and The Power Trip.

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Timestamps:

  • Prologue: 0:00-8:35
  • Intro: 8:35-18:14
  • Entertaining Info Dump: 18:14-26:46
  • Toku Talk: 26:46-1:27:21
  • Podcast Promo: 1:27:21-1:29:01
  • Toku Topic: 1:29:01-2:49:14
  • Housekeeping & Outro: 2:49:14-3:02:30
  • Epilogue: 3:02:30-end

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The Forever Classic Podcast: Monster Hunter Movie Review With Nathan Marchan‪d‬ (Re-Release)

Hello, kaiju lovers and Forever Classic Gamers!

This is a re-release of the most recent episode of The Forever Classic Podcast, which is hosted by my GigaGeek Magazine colleague, Alex McCumbers. Given that I’m the “kaiju academic,” as Alex puts it, and he’s as hardcore a gamer as you can get, we figured we’d combine our knowledge and fandoms to review the 2020 Monster Hunter movie starring Mila Jovovich. This secret Toho movie (for real) is based on the monstrously (ba-dum-tssh) popular video game series from Capcom. So, if you wondered what I thought of this film, here you go! I might even start playing the games now!

Alex’s original show notes:

With the release of the Monster Hunter film, Alex employs the expertise of his good friend Nathan Marchand, a Kaiju Academic, Writer, and Podcaster. Does the monumental game Monster Hunter World translate well into film? Not really, but that doesn’t stop it from being fun.

Find Nathan’s work:

Website – http://nathanjsmarchand.com/

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Shownotes – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_0AVb2mNG42ojLmHziqteRrU0Auw1ffeamIoFo3evLM/edit?usp=sharing

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