{"id":439,"date":"2020-04-22T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=439"},"modified":"2021-03-24T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T18:06:50","slug":"episode-15-battle-in-outer-space-with-luke-jaconetti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/22\/episode-15-battle-in-outer-space-with-luke-jaconetti\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 15: \u2018Battle in Outer Space\u2019 (with Luke Jaconetti)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"556\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/42-battle-in-outer-space-posters-lwebg087gt34b.jpg?resize=556%2C401\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/42-battle-in-outer-space-posters-lwebg087gt34b.jpg?w=556 556w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/42-battle-in-outer-space-posters-lwebg087gt34b.jpg?resize=300%2C216 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello, kaiju lovers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today\u2019s episode is a little different. Think of it as an extended \u201cmini-analysis.\u201d It\u2019s also the first film MIFV has covered that features no kaiju. Luke Jaconetti, the host of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twotruefreaks.com\/shows.php?show=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth Destruction Directive<\/a> podcast (and owner of an impossible-to-spell surname), joins Nathan to discuss the film featuring everyone not working on <em>The Three Treasures<\/em> in 1959: <em>Battle in Outer Space<\/em>. The podcast\u2019s producer, Jimmy From NASA, loves this film because it\u2019s the second entry in what he calls a \u201cpseudo-trilogy.\u201d After Luke recounts his globetrotting adventure getting to Monster Island despite worldwide travel bans, he and Nathan discuss how what this film lacks in character it more than makes up for with showmanship and spectacle. It was a snapshot of the world at the beginning of the Space Race and the Cold War. They connect it to films like <em>Invasion of the Body Snatchers<\/em>, <em>Earth vs. the Flying Saucers<\/em>, <em>Star Wars<\/em>, and even <em>Toy Story 2<\/em>! They also discuss whether or not the invading aliens, the Natal, could be interpreted as an anti-American commentary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you stuck in quarantine? Enjoy some quality entertainment and enlightenment through this tokusatsu epic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was made as a supplement to this episode of Kaijuvision Radio, which featured <a href=\"https:\/\/godzillanovelizationproject.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danny DiManna<\/a> as Brian Scherschel\u2019s guest host: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ZVQrGqypbA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 42: Battle in Outer Space (1959) (The Space Race between the US and the USSR).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Podcast Social Media:<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMonsterIsla1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MonsterIslandFilmVault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monsterislandfilmvault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow Jimmy on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NasaJimmy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NasaJimmy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com\">www.MonsterIslandFilmVault.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#JimmyFromNASALives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a9 2020 Moonlighting Ninjas Media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bibliography\/Further Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from Godzilla to Kurosawa <\/em>by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godzisewski<\/li><li><em>Japanese Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films: A Critical Analysis and Filmography of 103 Features Released in the United States 1950-1992<\/em> by Stuart Galbraith IV<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_space_program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cJapanese space program\u201d (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/JAXA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cJAXA\u201d (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/li><li><em>The Kaiju Film: A Critical Study of Cinema\u2019s Biggest Monsters<\/em> by Jason Barr<\/li><li><em>Mushroom Clouds and Mushroom Men: The Fantastic Cinema of Ishiro Honda<\/em> by Peter H. Brothers<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/cold-war\/space-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Space Race\u201d (History.com)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Space_Race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cSpace Race\u201d (Wikipedia)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2211\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-439-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/dlfh9b\/s1e15-battle-in-outer-space-with-luke-jaconetti-mbojoy8563gtfngfiy.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/dlfh9b\/s1e15-battle-in-outer-space-with-luke-jaconetti-mbojoy8563gtfngfiy.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/dlfh9b\/s1e15-battle-in-outer-space-with-luke-jaconetti-mbojoy8563gtfngfiy.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/dlfh9b\/s1e15-battle-in-outer-space-with-luke-jaconetti-mbojoy8563gtfngfiy.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?powerpress_pinw=439-podcast&#039;);\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/dlfh9b\/s1e15-battle-in-outer-space-with-luke-jaconetti-mbojoy8563gtfngfiy.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" download=\"s1e15-battle-in-outer-space-with-luke-jaconetti-mbojoy8563gtfngfiy.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, kaiju lovers! Today\u2019s episode is a little different. Think of it as an extended \u201cmini-analysis.\u201d It\u2019s also the first film MIFV has covered that&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/22\/episode-15-battle-in-outer-space-with-luke-jaconetti\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Episode 15: \u2018Battle in Outer Space\u2019 (with Luke Jaconetti)<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":45,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5,6],"tags":[397,390,394,389,198,392,19,388,398,391,396,15,41,393,395,18,79,17,256],"series":[],"class_list":["post-439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","category-film-discussion","category-mini-sode","tag-alien-invasion","tag-battle-in-outer-space","tag-cold-war","tag-earth-destruction-directive","tag-ishiro-honda","tag-jaxa","tag-jimmy-from-nasa","tag-luke-jaconetti","tag-moon","tag-nasa","tag-natal","tag-nathan-marchand","tag-shinichi-sekizawa","tag-space-race","tag-spip","tag-the-monster-island-film-vault","tag-toho","tag-tokusatsu","tag-yoshio-tsuchiya","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}