{"id":647,"date":"2020-09-15T13:21:07","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T17:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/?p=647"},"modified":"2020-09-16T10:30:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T14:30:21","slug":"jimmys-notes-on-episode-24-the-metters-vs-return-of-daimajin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/15\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-24-the-metters-vs-return-of-daimajin\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy&#8217;s Notes on &#8216;Episode 24: The Metters vs. Return of Daimajin&#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\">Well, if I was a supervillain, this is the part where I would say,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4f00oc.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4f00oc.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4f00oc.jpg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I learned a valuable lesson during the <a href=\"http:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/09\/episode-24-the-metters-vs-return-of-daimjain\/\">episode 24<\/a> broadcast. Apparently, Dorats aren\u2019t as aggressive as I thought they\u2019d be. And I even fed them some gamma rays before unleashing them on Nathan\u2019s friend Joy Metter. (However, I didn\u2019t feed these little winged gremlins any radiation after midnight because we know <a href=\"https:\/\/wikizilla.org\/wiki\/King_Ghidorah\/Heisei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how that turns out<\/a>). Her dogs\u2019 good vibes must\u2019ve calmed them or something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps I do need to try something \u201cscarier\u201d next time, as Joy joked, to truly test her mettle since she keeps acting like she\u2019s a master swordsman (\u201cswordswoman\u201d? \u201cswordsperson\u201d? Damn you, political correctness!) Sadly, anything else would probably get me in trouble with the Board for endangering a tourist, but I\u2019ll think of something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, let\u2019s get on to my notes from the episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I will admit, the new Board-mandated uniforms are growing on me. Pink is the new orange.<\/li><li>I neglected to include the IMDB scores for the first two <em>Daimajin<\/em> films in the Entertaining Info Dump. Oops. They\u2019re 6.7 and 6.4, respectively.<\/li><li>It\u2019s \u201cSama-<em>no<\/em>-suke,\u201d not, \u201cSama-<em>na<\/em>-suke.\u201d But hey, none of you grew up in Japan like I did.<\/li><li>I\u2019ll give Joy credit for one thing: we can agree that Anakin Skywalker is as charming as a brick in <em>Attack of the Clones<\/em>.<\/li><li>It\u2019s \u201cDodohei,\u201d not, \u201cTodohei,\u201d Nathan. You think he\u2019s a dog from Kansas?<\/li><li>Yes, Joe, Ryuta does have an arm. Two of them, in fact.<\/li><li>I can make an argument that <em>Frozen<\/em> is a kaiju movie: the big snowman. If <em>Half Human<\/em> counts\u2026.<\/li><li>Nathan, it\u2019s \u201cIwamatsu\u201d not \u201cImatsu.\u201d<\/li><li>I\u2019m pretty sure \u201cHeian\u201d is pronounced, \u201chay-on.\u201d You know, like \u201cHeisei\u201d (\u201chay-say\u201d).<\/li><li>It\u2019s \u201ckami\u201d not \u201cgami,\u201d Joy.<\/li><li>Yawns, last I checked, were by definition audible, Joe.<\/li><li>I didn\u2019t realize this until now because I liked the <em>Star Wars<\/em> reference, but the third film is <em>Daimajin Strikes <\/em>Again not <em>Back<\/em>. Also, Nathan used the wrong title for the DVD cover he used on the blog post just like ADV did. Oh well.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And now, in fulfillment of my contractual obligations, here\u2019s Nathan\u2019s leftover notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Film<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Barr says it \u201cexplores the clash between tradition and modernity, between peacefulness and warmongering.\u201d<\/li><li>The first two films put a premium on the \u201cold ways\u201d of worship. Are we supposed to sympathize with the persecuted nobles, villagers, <em>and<\/em> Daimajin?<\/li><li>Interesting that the characters don\u2019t bow before passing through the torii gate.<\/li><li>We get some foreshadowing with Daimajin\u2019s face glowing red. Said to be a sign of misfortune and his anger.<\/li><li>In this, the priestess is also the dead lord\u2019s daughter. The characters are combined.<\/li><li>Daimajin is fond of mountains. <em>(I would correct him by saying he\u2019s on an island in this one, but it\u2019s at least mountainous. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>Ifukube\u2019s music shines in this score.<\/li><li>The priestess calls Daimjain \u201cKamisama.\u201d Is this the Japanese word for the Christian God? <em>(That\u2019s what most westerners think. It makes sense since it would translate as \u201cLord God\u201d or \u201clord of the gods.\u201d Or at least \u201clord of the kami.\u201d \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cThey have taken our statue but not our soul.\u201d \u2013Sayuri <em>(Probably the best line in the film. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>I think Juro would\u2019ve been better off killing Danjo. <em>(Actually, he kept him alive for leverage. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>\u201cJuro\u2019s in the well?!\u201d <em>(Call Lassie! Or Teddy Kong! \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><li>There is some added suspense thanks to the statue being shattered.<\/li><li>Another divine warning with the soldier in a boat stabbed with a rock. This gives a kid the chance to set Katsushige free.<\/li><li>Sayuri hanging on the cross and praying\u2014offering her life to Daimajin\u2014echoes the Christ story. Then she cries and her tears awaken him. The wind extinguishes the fire.<\/li><li>The statue emerges whole from the water. He appears 61 minutes into the 78-minute movie.<\/li><li>This reminds me a bit of the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal.<\/li><li>They try to blow up Daimajin again, and this time it doesn\u2019t work. The shot of him in the smoke is great.<\/li><li>His footsteps are ominous.<\/li><li>Sayuri\u2019s tears fall from her face to her praying hands to the lake water, and Daimajin dissolves into water.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Toku Topic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SHRINES: \u201cThe etymology of the early word for shrine, yashiro \u793e is thought to have meant a temporary structure (yashiro \u5c4b\u4ee3) erected for worship, in the same way that nawashiro meant a hut for raising seedlings, and an ajiro meant a spot for drying fishing nets.\u201d Festivals would be held there. \u201cAccordingly, the concept of the sacred also changed from one in which kami were thought to be visiting deities (raih\u014dshin) that descended at set times each year, to one in which the kami resided permanently in the shrine as a tutelary of its parishioners.\u201d<\/li><li>SHRINES: \u201cBy contrast, another term denoting a shrine, miya \u5bae, is believed to derive from the honorific expression for a building (miya \u5fa1\u5c4b). Until the early Heian period, however, few shrines were permitted the status of miya, and of the 2,861 shrines listed in the Engishiki&#8217;s &#8220;Register of Divinities,&#8221; only eleven are included in this category.\u201d<\/li><li>SHRINES: \u201cThe earliest type of shrine architecture is seen in the shinmeizukuri style of the Sh\u014dden (honden) of the Grand Shrines of Ise, and the taishazukuri style of the Izumo Shrine&#8217;s honden. The former originates in the style of grain storehouse used to store rice, while the latter is based on the style of ancient dwellings in the Izumo area. Both styles are reflected in ancient palace architecture, and eventually they were used in permanent shrine buildings, becoming the source for more complicated styles\u2026.\u201d<\/li><li>SHRINES: While governors got more involved with the festivals centered around kami worship in medieval Japan, this system dissolved as warrior families arose, and \u201cancient imperially granted shrine lands (shinry\u014d) and other lands commended by secular houses were gradually transformed into the system of estates known as sh\u014den. Under this system, powerful shrines tried to ensure their territorial integrity by commending their lands to the imperial house or other power clans who acted as \u2018rights holders\u2019 (honjo) for the land. \u2026 \u201cAt the outset of H\u014dj\u014d Yasutoki&#8217;s J\u014dei shikimoku (1232) appears an exhortation to keep shrines in good repair and to be diligent in worship, and this became a maxim for future generations. This pattern was also incorporated and continued in the Edo shogunate&#8217;s laws regulating shrines and their priests, the Shosha negi kannushi hatto of 1665. On this basis the shoguns and daimy\u014d bestowed &#8220;vermilion-seal&#8221; or &#8220;black-seal&#8221; land grants upon important shrines and diligently contributed to the rebuilding or repair of shrine buildings.\u201d<\/li><li>SHRINES: 70% of Japanese people visit a shrine at least once a year at New Year. This is called <em>Hatsum\u014dd\u00eb<\/em>.<\/li><li>TORII: Most are made of wood and painted red, but a few are black or made of stone. <em>(This was brought up in the episode, but I left it in this blog to explain why they\u2019re red. While torii were once white for sacredness, they are painted red because to the Japanese that is the color of vitality and protection against evil. It had a practical reason, too. Red paint contains mercury, which preserves the gate. \u2013Jimmy)<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m glad that was easier than in past weeks. Thanks, Nathan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next Wednesday, you\u2019ll hear an episode featuring my former online nemesis Michael \u201cThe Kaiju Groupie\u201d Hamilton (MIFV Patron and co-host of the Kaiju Weekly podcast, among other things), who discusses <em>Dogora, the Space Monster<\/em> with Nathan. Then the Metters return to finish the \u201cDaimajin Days\u201d with <em>Daimajin Strikes Again<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, this month is our first anniversary (hoo-ah!), so Nathan will be joined by Danny DiManna of the <a href=\"https:\/\/godzillanovelizationproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Godzilla Novelization Project<\/a> for a special bonus episode to celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us!<\/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\">Follow the Board on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MonsterIslaBOD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@MonsterIslaBOD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#JimmyFromNASALives<br>#WeShallOvercome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, if I was a supervillain, this is the part where I would say, I learned a valuable lesson during the episode 24 broadcast. Apparently,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/15\/jimmys-notes-on-episode-24-the-metters-vs-return-of-daimajin\/\">Continue Reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jimmy&#8217;s Notes on &#8216;Episode 24: The Metters vs. Return of Daimajin&#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":15,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,114],"tags":[77,127,19,68,84,95,15,552,332,553,18,555],"series":[],"class_list":["post-647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-jimmys-notes","tag-daimajin","tag-japan","tag-jimmy-from-nasa","tag-jimmys-notes-2","tag-joe-metter","tag-joy-metter","tag-nathan-marchand","tag-return-of-daimajin","tag-shinto","tag-shinto-shrines","tag-the-monster-island-film-vault","tag-torii","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647","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=647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":649,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647\/revisions\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monsterislandfilmvault.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}