{"id":725,"date":"2020-11-18T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=725"},"modified":"2020-11-17T21:26:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T02:26:11","slug":"jimmys-notes-on-episode-28-nick-hayden-vs-the-beast-from-20000-fathoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/18\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-28-nick-hayden-vs-the-beast-from-20000-fathoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy&#8217;s Notes on &#8216;Episode 28: Nick Hayden vs. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=783%2C327\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?w=783 783w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=300%2C125 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=768%2C321 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As Aerosmith once sang, \u201cI\u2019m back in the saddle again!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was nice getting some time off work and spending it in my garage with Jet Jaguar working on Mechani-Kong Mk. 2 (who\u2019s almost done). I\u2019ve only used about half of the parts I salvaged from both Mogueras. I should do something with the rest of them. Hmm\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I heard the initial broadcast for episode 29 while on my Board-mandated vacation, and I admit that Nathan did a good job without me and Jet did fine as my sub. But all of you will have wait until next week to hear it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, on to my notes from <a href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/11\/episode-28-nick-hayden-vs-the-beast-from-20000-fathoms\/\">episode 28<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It\u2019s \u201ctranspacific flight\u201d not \u201ctransatlantic flight,\u201d Nathan. Wrong ocean.<\/li><li>Nick, from what the Island\u2019s scientists have told me, there were more dinosaur and kaiju fossils up there in the Arctic than what you found. Possibly. Maybe. \u2026 I can neither confirm nor deny.<\/li><li>Oops. I wrote \u201cHarryhausen\u201d when I meant \u201cBradbury\u201d in the info dump. And yet Nathan still read it that way. Thankfully, he fixed it in post, as obvious as it is.<\/li><li>A Life Day card and present? Seriously, Marchand? I reserve the right not to accept it. Even if that damn holiday is canon now. Also, I\u2019m saving the \u201cchill pills\u201d for you, you hyperactive goof!<\/li><li>\u201cRed\u201d will eat anything, regardless of \u201cdeliciousness\u201d or lack thereof.<\/li><li>Yes, I do have a Disco Space Nun flying saucer in my garage. I still haven\u2019t gotten it opened, though. Personally, I\u2019d rather find and examine a Xilien saucer. I\u2019ve heard rumors there might be one of two that survived the invasion of 196X. I\u2019ll keep you posted.<\/li><li>Hmm. A music festival on the Island? Maybe I should get my band back together\u2026.<\/li><li>So, funny story about how I found that orbital manhole cover: It was during the final test flight for the Gohten just before the War in Space. We were testing the Space Fighter launcher\u2014you know, the brilliantly designed giant magnum revolver\u2014to make sure it didn\u2019t accidentally switch to laser cannon mode. I volunteered for the test. The launch system worked, but as I flew out, something splattered on my Space Fighter\u2019s windshield. I thought it was a Space Bug (nasty things), but when I returned to the Gohten, I discovered that it was a fragment of that infamous manhole cover. It\u2019d gotten stuck to my windshield thanks to some gum. I\u2019ve no idea how it got there (what was that sewer worker chewing?!) or how it survived atmospheric entry (seriously, what was he chewing?!), and it did need to be removed with my laserknife (tough stuff). I wear it proudly as a pin, as you heard.<\/li><li>It\u2019s \u201cManhattan Project,\u201d Nathan, not \u201cProject Manhattan.\u201d Was that what the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dutch colonists who founded the city<\/a> called their endeavor?<\/li><li>I do love pun times. Keep it up, Nick!<\/li><li>Here\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelandleisure.com\/attractions\/amusement-parks\/nijigen-no-mori-park-japan-godzilla-zipline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link to the Godzilla zip line in mainland Japan<\/a>. I think there\u2019s a proposal to build one here on the Island, although I don\u2019t know which Godzilla design will be used.<\/li><li>Nathan was wrong\u2014Ray Bradbury <em>did not<\/em> write for <em>The Outer Limits<\/em>. In fact, he didn\u2019t write for any TV series. However, his works were adapted by several TV series, including <em>Tales of Tomorrow <\/em>and <em>Alfred Hitchcock Presents<\/em>. He did contribute several scripts to <em>The Twilight Zone<\/em>, as Nick alluded to, but only one was produced: \u201cI Sing the Body Electric,\u201d which was the 100<sup>th<\/sup> episode and later adapted into a short story. (Who\u2019s the lit nerd now, Marchand?)<\/li><li>Yeah, a World Children\u2019s Land on Monster Island would be interesting, but where would the Board even put it? We barely have room for all the kaiju.<\/li><li>I\u2019m not sure when I\u2019ll finish my memoir, but I could always use your connections in the publishing world, Nathan. As for why I didn\u2019t have you be a beta reader\u2026well, as you\u2019ve said yourself, Nick is the better writer. Sorry not sorry.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now on to Nathan\u2019s leftover notes. He\u2019s gotten better about not overdoing his research and presenting most of his findings. In fact, he got through all of his notes on the Toku Topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Film<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I thought this WB logo wasn\u2019t until the \u201880s? <em>(Perhaps it was added later? \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Swirling drain! (insert obvious joke here). Or is it the proto-Ultra Q?<\/li><li><em>Gamera the Giant Monster<\/em> copied some of this beginning. <em>(Much to Nathan\u2019s chagrin. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Rhedosaurus appears 9 minutes in.<\/li><li>These are impressive arctic sets. The snow is better than <em>Daimajin Strikes Again. <\/em>You really feel the cold.<\/li><li>Awkward jump cut at 32:00.<\/li><li>Tom knows French? Okay. Convenient.<\/li><li>43 minutes in, we get the \u2018adaptation\u201d part of the film. The attack on the lighthouse. Unlike in the story, there\u2019s no fog horn. I think the monster gets angry at the light.<\/li><li>Army\/Navy game. College football, man.<\/li><li>Section 8 discharge. I can\u2019t hear that without thinking of Klinger from <em>M*A*S*H*<\/em>.<\/li><li>Tom and Lee see a ballet together. Which is it? (Shout-out to Bex and Princess Tutu!) <em>(Don\u2019t you owe Bex video proof that you can do ballet positions? Tsk tsk. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Interestingly, they use a radioactive isotope to kill the beast. This once again illustrates the different attitudes toward nuclear things between the U.S. and Japan. Although, it could be argued that nuclear solutions are used later (Godzilla is atomic, and his ray powers the device that kills Hedorah). Then there\u2019s KOTM19\u2026.<\/li><li>The soldier is a dead shot. How about that, Jimmy? <em>(At least he\u2019s not a Stormtrooper. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s short and sweet today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I already alluded to, next week Nathan is joined by <em>Sci-Fi Japan <\/em>writer Ben Chaffins, not for a bonus interview but to discuss the Toho classic <em>War of the Gargantuas<\/em>. Then Nathan does a mini-analysis of the semi-obscure\u2014and quirky\u2014Toho film, <em>Latitude Zero<\/em>. Expect lots of Batman jokes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See you next week!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow me on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NasaJimmy\/status\/1322791987213410305?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NasaJimmy<\/a><br>Follow the Board on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterIslaBOD\/status\/1323267020641718272?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MonsterIslaBOD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#JimmyFromNASALives<br>#WeShallOvercome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Aerosmith once sang, \u201cI\u2019m back in the saddle again!\u201d It was nice getting some time off work and spending it in my garage with&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/11\/18\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-28-nick-hayden-vs-the-beast-from-20000-fathoms\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jimmy&#8217;s Notes on &#8216;Episode 28: Nick Hayden vs. The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms&#8217;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"iawp_total_views":8,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,114],"tags":[621,19,68,15,606,605,609,76],"series":[],"class_list":["post-725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-jimmys-notes","tag-disco-space-nuns","tag-jimmy-from-nasa","tag-jimmys-notes-2","tag-nathan-marchand","tag-ray-bradbury","tag-ray-harryhausen","tag-rhedosaurus","tag-the-beast-from-20000-fathoms","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=725"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":727,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/725\/revisions\/727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=725"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}