{"id":547,"date":"2020-07-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=547"},"modified":"2020-07-14T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T15:31:21","slug":"jimmys-notes-on-episode-20-bex-vs-rebirth-of-mothra-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/15\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-20-bex-vs-rebirth-of-mothra-iii\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy&#8217;s Notes on &#8216;Episode 20: Bex vs. Rebirth of Mothra III&#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&amp;ssl=1 783w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/JIMMYS-NOTES.jpg?resize=300%2C125&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/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\">I\u2019m not a religious man\u2014which may sound strange given that I work on an Island with a giant moth goddess\u2014but even I was concerned about <a href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/10\/episode-18-bex-vs-rebirth-of-mothra-ii\/\">Bex after her sudden conversion to \u201cMothrianity.\u201d <\/a>Honestly, I was happy to see the good Reverend Mifune bring her to senses and Christianity by breaking Belvera\u2019s influence on her. It was not unlike what Shota did for Lora in <a href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/08\/episode-20-bex-vs-rebirth-of-mothra-iii\/\"><em>Rebirth of Mothra III<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now if only Marchand will let me live down the whole female clone and teleporter business. It wasn\u2019t my fault!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The things I put up with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I kid (for the most part\u2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s get into my notes from the episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Nathan and Bex never talked about Moll speaking in tongues to Mothra Leo. They discussed it briefly before the broadcast, so I\u2019m surprised they didn\u2019t bring it up given their religious backgrounds.<\/li><li>So, back when I was a kid and growing up in japan for a bit, my best friend, Masao, fell into a deep depression after our scout master wouldn\u2019t give him a monster rustler badge after we helped a certain famous kaiju defeat a certain space squid. He said it was discipline for \u201cstealing\u201d a yellow submarine. I was a Beatles fan, what can I say?<\/li><li>I preferred Kilik myself in the <em>Soul Caliber<\/em> games. It drives Nathan crazy. Every time I poke his Siegfried to death, he keeps singing, \u201cKilik is cheap! Kilik is cheap!\u201d<\/li><li>Dinosaurs were wiped out twice. Or is it the \u201cPower of the Retcon\u201d again? It may have\u2014according to Nathan\u2014saved my life in the War in Space, but it\u2019s scarier than the Infinity Gauntlet at this point. \ud83d\ude1b<\/li><li>As for my T-Rex and triceratops story, the long and short of it is it happened, I confess, while I was field testing the ORCA on Skull Island. That\u2019s all.<\/li><li>Gravity manipulation explains how Ghidorah can fly with one wing, but then why would be need wings at all? #sciencequestions<\/li><li>It makes Mothra Leo 130,000,002 years old, Nathan! Duh!<\/li><li>I anticipated Bex going from NEET to hikikimori. Miki\u2019s powers might be rubbing off on me.<\/li><li>Nathan didn\u2019t make it clear that the <em>Tower of Waves<\/em> novel (which has several different title translations, as you\u2019ll see in his notes) ended in Aokigahara.<\/li><li>Sometimes I wonder, as unscientific as this sounds, if we have <em>yurei<\/em> wandering the jungles on the Island\u2026.<\/li><li>Nathan\u2019s description of <em>Sea of Trees<\/em> is almost right. Both the American and the Japanese man intend to commit suicide there. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt3450900\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IMDB summaries<\/a> it like this: \u201cA suicidal American befriends a Japanese man lost in a forest near Mt. Fuji and the two search for a way out.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now, as per my contractual obligations, her are Nathan\u2019s leftover notes but with my snarky commentary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Rebirth of Mothra III <\/em>Notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This random dude is a Yankees fan. That\u2019d make my alma mater\u2019s b-ball coach happy. <em>(Nathan told me he called Yankee Stadium \u201cMecca.\u201d \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cOld Tanaka\u201d? A nod to the producer?<\/li><li>Huh? Who\u2019s the bust? Why are there lots of pictures of westerners in a Japanese classroom? <em>(The increased westernization of Japan? \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>No one is panicking on the street as Ghidorah flies over at 18:35 or so. <em>(This is Japan. Kaiju attacks are as common as thunderstorms. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Oh man! The sisters get sparkles this time! <em>(And now so does your new \u201csister,\u201d Nathan. \ud83d\ude1b \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Mothra leo appears 20 minutes in.<\/li><li>Some of these CGI effects\u2014like the soccer ball hitting the membrane\u2014look hokey.<\/li><li>The classic wing problem: they don\u2019t flap enough.<\/li><li>Fairy shoots at Ghiddorah\u2014and it does nothing.<\/li><li>Of course Lora betrays Moll\u2014she\u2019s played by a new actress. \ud83d\ude1b <em>(A great man once said, \u201cAnd I thought my jokes were bad.\u201d \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Those CGI tentacles looked terrible.<\/li><li>This is starting to remind me of <em>Gamera 3<\/em>, and this was a year before it! <em>(I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s too nice to this movie or too mean to <\/em>Gamera 3<em>. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Oh no! Tiny grape Koolaide volcanos! <em>(Sounds like my delicious science fair project. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>The set design for the dome is cool.<\/li><li>Hilariously, I think all three sisters wear go-go boots this time. <em>(Do you have a thing for go-go boots, Nathan? This is the third episode you\u2019ve mentioned them. \ud83d\ude1b &nbsp;\u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Now the dome walls don\u2019t dissolve things?<\/li><li>We still have 25 minutes to go, and thus feels like the end!<\/li><li>Moll dies\u2014and becomes a Tron animation. <em>(I\u2019m sad this wasn\u2019t said on the air. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>There\u2019s a prehistoric Mothra. Because shut up.<\/li><li>Oh whoa! Belvera rides Fairy!<\/li><li>\u201cDifferent opinions.\u201d Yeah, on genocide, child murder, mind control. You know, small stuff. <em>(You know, little things. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>It would\u2019ve been cooler if the sister had to stab Moll with the sword to resurrect her. <em>(That sounds a bit sadistic. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Whoa. Did they actually have a bunch of child extras at the end or was it CGI?<\/li><li>These might be my favorite kids in the trilogy, but they do disappear for a bit in the middle.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Big Book 2<\/u><\/em> by John LeMay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There\u2019s a photo of Tanaka in the parents\u2019 house.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cInside Japan\u2019s \u2018suicide forest\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cMore than 100 people who were not from the area surrounding Aokigahara committed suicide there between 2013 and 2015, according to a local government report. Countrywide, suicides totaled roughly 24,000 people in 2015 alone, according to the country&#8217;s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. These numbers do not include attempted suicides.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cOne study found suicide death rates to be on the decline in many peer nations from 1985 to 2010, except in Japan and South Korea, where rates increased by 20% and 280%, respectively.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cOther studies and government materials have cited a number of risk factors, including academic pressures, depression, overwork, financial struggles and unemployment.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cBeyond that, there&#8217;s stigma around receiving mental health care, especially for men, and a greater tendency in Japan to view suicide as \u2018a rational decision.\u2019 One of the terms for suicide is &#8216;jiketsu,&#8217; which means to decide for yourself.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAokigahara Forest\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aokigaharaforest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.aokigaharaforest.com\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cBecause the landscape is so similar, the brain is distorted and it is difficult to keep direction at any time.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cAccording to some Japanese spiritualists, the trees themselves soaked in themselves a malevolent energy accumulated over centuries.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat is Aokigahara? All About The Most Haunted Forest in Japan\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cIt all started with a mystery novel called \u201cKuroi Jukai\u201d (translated as Black Sea of Trees) by Seicho Matsumoto in 1960. The novel ends romantically with the lovers committing suicide in the forest, which revitalized the Suicide Forest\u2019s popularity among those who wanted to end their life.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have to give it to Nathan: he got through most of his notes. Mind you, it was our second-longest episode yet, but listeners seem to like it. He does have a terrible habit of over-preparing, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next week Nathan is solo\u2014well, unless you count me heckling him\u2014next week when he does a mini-analysis of 1963\u2019s <em>Matango<\/em>, which was directed by Ishiro Honda. Then next month we start the \u201cDaimajin Days\u201d when Joe and Joy Metter return to see 1966\u2019s <em>Daimajin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, I have some juicy super-secret inside information about <em>Godzilla vs. Kong<\/em>. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow me on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NasaJimmy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NasaJimmy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#JimmyFromNASALives<br>#WeShallOvercome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m not a religious man\u2014which may sound strange given that I work on an Island with a giant moth goddess\u2014but even I was concerned about&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/15\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-20-bex-vs-rebirth-of-mothra-iii\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jimmy&#8217;s Notes on &#8216;Episode 20: Bex vs. Rebirth of Mothra III&#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":13,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,114],"tags":[479,422,309,419,478,19,421,420,78,475,18],"series":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-jimmys-notes","tag-aokigahara","tag-belvera","tag-dinosaurs","tag-elias","tag-hikikimori","tag-jimmy-from-nasa","tag-lora","tag-moll","tag-mothra","tag-rebirth-of-mothra-iii","tag-the-monster-island-film-vault","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547","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=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":548,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions\/548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}