{"id":1012,"date":"2021-04-21T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2021-04-20T23:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T03:49:57","slug":"jimmys-notes-on-episode-38-eric-anderson-vs-godzilla-vs-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/21\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-38-eric-anderson-vs-godzilla-vs-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy&#8217;s Notes on Episode 38: Eric Anderson vs. &#8216;Godzilla vs. Kong&#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\/2020\/08\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=783%2C327\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?w=783&amp;ssl=1 783w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=768%2C321&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, this is annoying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nate and I were transferring files between our respective laptops, and in the shuffle an older version of \u201cJimmy\u2019s Notes\u201d overwrote the newer version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, my notes on <a href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/14\/episode-38-eric-anderson-vs-godzilla-vs-kong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">episode 38 (<em>Godzilla vs. Kong<\/em>) <\/a>were lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Damnit, Marchand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can tell you that my notes included bullet points about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Eric mispronouncing something.<\/li><li>H.E.A.T. being sent to the Hollow Earth to get Titanus Doug succeeded in finding him, and he was released on Monster Island today.<\/li><li>The fact that a kaiju version of Alcoholics Anonymous should probably be started in light of Kong\u2019s latest antics. Speaking as someone who\u2019s been known to drink a bit too much Jack Daniels on occasion (and get into bar fights), I know how Kong feels.<\/li><li>Realizing I\u2019m 0-2 against Kong with Mechani-Kong Mk. 2. In my defense, I was trying to incapacitate and not kill him both times. If I ever went all out with Mechani-Kong Mk. 2, the results would\u2019ve been much different. Regardless, my pride has recovered since then.<\/li><li>Nate needing to get his own tux! He asked me to loan him mine, but it wouldn\u2019t fit. He owes it to himself to get his own, just like Eric said.<\/li><li>How getting Jet Jaguar fitted for a tux was \u2026 weird. Especially now with his <em>Singular Point<\/em> mods. I had to call in a favor with a special tailor.<\/li><li>How it wasn\u2019t \u201cKongtainment,\u201d Nate. It was just \u201cKong Containment.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s Nate\u2019s leftover notes \u2026 which is <em>a lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Film<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Someone should merchandise Jia\u2019s Kong doll. <em>(I\u2019m sure the Board will get on that. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>I like the MV credits sequences. There are lots of throwbacks to past MV films in here. Like Randa talking about the many ecosystems. Then we get a rundown of Godzilla and Kong\u2019s past exploits.<\/li><li>I heard some people say that Bernie was Alex Jones. That\u2019s not far off. I didn\u2019t mind him, but that might be because I know a few people like him. <em>(Even Alex Jones is right sometimes. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Like in K33, they just put Kong on a huge raft with no explanation of how. I prefer that. Given the big jump in technology in this, you just learn to accept it.<\/li><li>Some things get repeated a bit too much at first. \u201cAncient rivalry\u201d is one.<\/li><li>Call me crazy, but the finger touch reminds me of the Da Vinci painting of God touching Adam. <em>(I thought Kong was the \u201cking\u201d not the \u201cgod.\u201d \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>I love the van scene because it makes me think of <em>Stranger Things<\/em> with the \u201880s-sounding techno.<\/li><li>I heard someone complain about the Tide pod reference. It would\u2019ve been a long time after that, but it makes sense that he\u2019d be leery of internet challenges and would still be dealing with lawsuits. Maybe it was an adlib?<\/li><li>The score doesn\u2019t have nostalgic tunes like KOTM, but it does have shades of them. It\u2019s somewhere between G14 and KOTM.<\/li><li>I love how Kong is puzzled by snow. <em>(Sometimes it puzzles me, too, so he\u2019s in good company. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Josh naming MG seems a bit odd. It really should\u2019ve been Ren Serizawa. <em>(Or me. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>I really did feel a bit sorry for the Skullcrawler MG kills. It does show how much of a threat MG is because those things were terrifying in <em>Kong: Skull Island.<\/em><\/li><li>The Heisei Gamera trilogy is all over the MV G-films. This has <em>Gamera 3<\/em> in it. Godzilla is protecting the Earth\/nature and not humanity, which means he causes lots of collateral damage without regard to humans.<\/li><li>When Jia signs about Kong\u2019s heartbeat, she beats her chest a bit like Kong. I like that. <em>(It\u2019s cute. Is it her sign for Kong? \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toku Topic: Theaters vs. Streaming<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are mostly quotations from the following sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/02\/movie-theater-owners-are-frustrated-about-streaming-but-their-survival-depends-on-studios.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/01\/02\/movie-theater-owners-are-frustrated-about-streaming-but-their-survival-depends-on-studios.html<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/947757\/theaters-streaming-watching-movies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/947757\/theaters-streaming-watching-movies\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2021\/01\/will-movie-theaters-survive-when-audiences-can-stream-new-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/hbr.org\/2021\/01\/will-movie-theaters-survive-when-audiences-can-stream-new-releases<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-film-theaters\/cinema-vs-streaming-the-battle-over-when-and-where-you-can-see-movies-idUSKCN1RM13V\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-film-theaters\/cinema-vs-streaming-the-battle-over-when-and-where-you-can-see-movies-idUSKCN1RM13V<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uxdesign.cc\/a-testament-to-the-user-experience-movie-theaters-vs-streaming-57e35d2e428f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/uxdesign.cc\/a-testament-to-the-user-experience-movie-theaters-vs-streaming-57e35d2e428f<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/the-movies-blog\/streaming-services-have-saved-cinemas-but-now-theyre-kicking-them-while-theyre-down-2659161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nme.com\/blogs\/the-movies-blog\/streaming-services-have-saved-cinemas-but-now-theyre-kicking-them-while-theyre-down-2659161<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tubefilter.com\/2020\/10\/14\/insights-streaming-services-movie-theaters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.tubefilter.com\/2020\/10\/14\/insights-streaming-services-movie-theaters\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/10\/learning\/in-the-age-of-digital-streaming-are-movie-theaters-still-relevant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/10\/learning\/in-the-age-of-digital-streaming-are-movie-theaters-still-relevant.html<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>\u201cAccording to a study held in June 2020, just 14 percent of adults said that they strongly preferred seeing a movie for the first time in a theater, and 36 percent said that they would much rather stream the film at home than visit a cinema. Preferences for watching a new release in a cinema instead of via a streaming service in the United States changed significantly between 2018 and 2020, signaling a shift in consumer behavior and potentially a risk for movie theaters in the country. Also important to note is the effect of the coronavirus on consumer confidence. There was a drop in the share of movie fans willing to visit cinemas between March and June 2020, likely the result of consumers fearing the risk of infection and feeling more comfortable viewing movies in the safety of their own home.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cStudios and exhibition have always had a lovely but contentious relationship,\u201d one movie theater operator with locations in the southern part of the U.S. said on condition of anonymity. \u201cExhibition is basically a business that has blank screens and empty seats and we can\u2019t do what we do without the studios.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThese windows were created by studios decades ago in an effort \u2018to get multiple bites out of the same apple,\u2019 another movie theater operator said.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cNetflix Inc has streamed original movies at the same time, or just a few weeks after, their debut in cinemas. Competitor Amazon Studios has said it would like some of its films to play for only two to eight weeks in theaters before hitting the Amazon Prime Video streaming service.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cDirector Steven Spielberg told Britain\u2019s ITV News last year that movies seen primarily via streaming should compete for Emmys, not Oscars. A representative declined to comment on whether the director will urge the Academy to address the issue.\u201d<\/li><li>Before the pandemic, there was talk of extending the theater duration times for big budget films and allowing smaller films to head to \u201cdirect-to-consumer\u201d channels faster. But when cinemas were forced to close for six months (or more), cinemas were forced to adhere to much shorter releases. Many faced bankruptcy.<\/li><li>Theaters owners and other industry observers were quick to criticize Warner\u2019s move. Chris Johnson, the CEO of Classic Cinemas, called Warner\u2019s decision \u201cridiculous and short-sighted,\u201d and Adam Aron, the CEO of AMC Theaters, argued that Warner would \u201csacrifice a considerable portion of the profitability\u201d of movies that bypassed the traditional theatrical release. David Sims piled on in The Atlantic, saying of Warner\u2019s decision, \u201cAudiences will have little incentive to pay more to see these films in theaters.\u201d His conclusion? \u201cTheater chains are right to fear for their survival.\u201d<\/li><li>You know who else hated it? Christopher Nolan. He spoke against it vehemently in defense of the theater-going experience (it might\u2019ve been to promote <em>Tenet<\/em>, but who knows).<\/li><li>\u201cPwC partner CJ Bangah told me her big consulting firm\u2019s annual media and entertainment outlook is projecting a 65% drop in global revenues for the movie sector.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cWorse, Bangah said, recovery for the film industry is a long ways away. As she delicately put it, it\u2019s \u2018within the realm of possibility\u2019 that the industry will fight through an \u201cuphill battle\u201d to full recovery, but \u2018we\u2019re not forecasting a return to 2019 revenue levels in the five years of our forecast for cinema.\u2019\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cShorter windows would keep some customers at home, said Greg Marcus, chief executive of The Marcus Corporation, owner of the fourth-largest U.S. theater chain. \u2018If you damage the business and take away 10 percent of our customers, we won\u2019t be able to reinvest in the theatrical experience,\u201d Marcus said. \u201cThat would ultimately hurt content providers.\u2019\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cIn the study, we analyzed what happened to theatrical revenue in Korea from 2015 through 2018 \u2014 a period during which Hollywood studios significantly shortened the exclusive theatrical windows for their releases, from three months to only one month. We found that, after controlling for differences between movies with early digital releases versus traditional release windows, early releases had a statistically and economically insignificant impact on theater sales, equivalent to around a 0.8% drop in total theatrical revenue during the first eight weeks of the movie\u2019s theatrical run in Korea. Most theatergoers, it turned out, remained loyal to the theatrical experience even when they had the option of watching the movie at home while the movie was still showing in theaters.\u201d Take this with caution.<\/li><li>\u201cWhat we learned in our Korean study suggests that a similar effect may exist for movies, which in turn suggests that John Fithian, the president of the National Association of Theater Owners, was right when he argued that \u2018theaters provide a beloved immersive, shared experience that cannot be replicated\u2019 \u2014 but that Jason Kilar, the CEO of WarnerMedia, was also right when said that early digital releases provided an opportunity to give customers a choice \u2018whether that choice is to enjoy a great new movie out at the cinema, to open up HBO Max, or to do both.\u2019\u201d<\/li><li>In 2019 (before the dark times\u2014before the COVID), Christina Garnett wrote, \u201cMaybe we\u2019ve already chosen the user experience we want\u2026 instant, at our fingertips, and cheaper than the traditional alternative.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okay, it wasn\u2019t as much as I expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next week you\u2019ll hear the return of another member of my ever-growing rogues gallery, and this time he brought a friend: Jack \u201cGMan\u201d Hudgens and J.R. Villers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.podchaser.com\/podcasts\/the-drift-space-1102400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Drift Space <\/a>podcast. They came to continue the \u201cYear of Gamera\u201d with a movie that dramatizes an exciting chapter of my life: <em>Gamera vs. Viras<\/em>. Yes, I have lasso skills and helped Gamera fight aliens. How do you think I got a job at NASA? Then poor Nate has to suffer through a second Gamera movie in a row with <em>Gamera vs. Guiron<\/em>, and he\u2019ll be joined by Luke Jaconetti of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twotruefreaks.com\/shows.php?show=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earth Destruction Directive<\/a> podcast and Greg Meyer, who hosts several podcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until then, remember: #WeShallOvercome<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow me on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NasaJimmy\/status\/1322791987213410305?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NasaJimmy<\/a><br>Follow MIBOD on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterIslaBOD\/status\/1323267020641718272?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MonsterIslaBOD<\/a><br>Follow Raymund Martin (The MIFV Legal Team) on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MIFV_LegalTeam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MIFV_LegalTeam<\/a><br>Follow Crystal Lady Jessica on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrystalLadyJes1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CrystalLadyJes1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#JimmyFromNASALives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is annoying. Nate and I were transferring files between our respective laptops, and in the shuffle an older version of \u201cJimmy\u2019s Notes\u201d overwrote&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/21\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-38-eric-anderson-vs-godzilla-vs-kong\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jimmy&#8217;s Notes on Episode 38: Eric Anderson vs. &#8216;Godzilla vs. Kong&#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,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":12,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,114],"tags":[818,100,654,19,66,68,14,80,813,15,815,18,817],"series":[],"class_list":["post-1012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-jimmys-notes","tag-episode-38","tag-eric-anderson","tag-godzilla-vs-kong","tag-jimmy-from-nasa","tag-jimmys-notes","tag-jimmys-notes-2","tag-king-kong","tag-kong","tag-movie-theaters","tag-nathan-marchand","tag-streaming-services","tag-the-monster-island-film-vault","tag-theate","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions\/1013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}