Earth Destruction Directive – Two True Freaks

What are we covering on this episode Earth Destruction Directive? THE MYSTERIANS! Who is the mysterious race of jump-suited beings from another world who arrive in their flying saucers to conquer our planet and abduct our women? THE MYSTERIANS! What 1957 special effects bonanza introduces Moguera the giant robot and [...]

It’s the match of the millenium! This time on Earth Destruction Directive, it’s the classic battle of East meets West (sorta), brains meets brawn (sorta), and mammal meets reptile (That last one is pretty accurate) as we take a look at King Kong vs Godzilla! When these two titans clash, [...]

He IS The Friend To All Children! This time out on Earth Destruction Directive, everyone’s favorite turtle Gamera takes center stage once again! Only this time his Kid Superhero persona is in full effect! And not a moment too soon, as Viras, his spaceship, and a small mountain’s worth of [...]

Ai ai ai ai ai! In what is fast becoming a masochistically annual tradition, it’s another Earth Destruction Directive Gaiden Christmas Special! And if you thought last year’s show was “magical,” you ain’t seen nothing yet, because this time it’s “Alpha’s Magical Christmas!” Get a roaring fire going in the [...]

Recover the Light Of The Galaxy! Hop aboard the Space Pendragon and set course for the Land Of Light, because we’re taking a look at the Ultra feature Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legend! When a Reionyx/Ultra hybrid returns to wreak havoc on the Land Of Light, it seems like [...]

Go back in time, way back in time, not just to the Showa period, but back to the 17th Century! This time out on Earth Destruction Directive, we’ve been forced to go feudal as we take a look at the 1966 daikaiju/samurai epic Daimajin! When a violent coup removes the [...]

In this special DX episode of Earth Destruction Directive, you are really going to get your money’s worth! And considering that the download is free, that’s saying something! Up first is two episodes of the legendary daikaiju TV show Ultraman, featuring a whole gaggle of monsters including Antlar, Red King, [...]

Disenfranchised by the modern comics industry… err, wrong show. But we can get you back to the bins right here on Earth Destruction Directive, in this ALL COMICS, ALL THE TIME episode! In Dark Horse’s Godzilla Color Special, the Big G faces a challenge from South Seas in the form [...]

Sixty years and still stomping! This time on Earth Destruction Directive, we take a look at the classic 1954 film GOJIRA, the one which started not only the Godzilla series, but all of daikaiju as we know it! We also take a look at the 1956 American version, Godzilla, King [...]

Forget leveling a city, let’s go dancing! Things take a strange turn this time out — and on a show which focuses on giant monsters, that’s saying something — as we head to the mainland and take a look at Korea’s “national monster,” Yongary! Then we jump back to the [...]

Step into the hallowed halls of Tarkus Brainlab 4 and get ready for the strangest rip on Planet Of The Apes ever — Time Of The Apes! In this episode, witness as heroic American schlock importer Sandy Frank introduces us to a world where Colonel Sanders is a gorilla, violent [...]

The King Of The Monsters is back! And he looks mad! Luke Jaconetti gives some thoughts from both before and after watching the latest big budget daikaiju opus unfurl on the big screen. Get the scoop on the new Godzilla here as he stomps his way into theaters across the [...]

Remember: Monsters without pupils are always evil! The idea of Godzilla as an unstoppable engine of destruction is not a new one, and to illustrate that we’re taking a look at one of the best — Godzilla-Mothra-King Ghidorah: Giant Monster All Out Attack! Crazy title not withstanding, it’s a tale [...]

6 O’clock, TV hour, don’t caught in foreign power, something something, uhh… yeah. Nevermind all that, it’s to get APOCALYPTIC on this special Gaiden episode of Earth Destruction Directive featuring one of the rarest films from Toho’sarchives — Prophecies of Nostradamus! In the year 1999, the planet Earth hurtles towards [...]

It’s two, two, two monsters for the price of one! Ultraman is back and he has his hands full on this installment as he takes on two different threats to the planet Earth! First, our hero battles the murderous and malevolent plant monster Greenmons! Then, Ultraman faces Gesura, a South [...]

Witness the birth of the Friend To All Children! Everyone’s favorite oversized Testudines plays the hero for the first time in Gamera vs Gyaos. A thoughful drama about the trials and tribulations of bringing modern Japan to a remote village via the construction of a major highway is interrupted in [...]

Somebody find a giant Kleenex, because Earth Destruction Directive has a moth problem! And not just any moth, because the monster god Mothra, and his frenemy Battra, have made the scene as we take a look at 1992’s Godzilla vs Mothra. It’s the triumphant return of oversized insects and tiny [...]

Tis the season for a MORPHINOMINAL Holiday! In this Very Special Christmas Special Special Episode of Earth Destruction Directive, we take our first dip into the world of Power Rangers with one of the most reviled episodes of the entire series! So gather up the whole family, curl up on [...]

Let’s Samuraize, Guys! Time to travel back to a more innocent time, when Japanese science fiction shows could routinely be imported to the US and chopped and formed into a new product… and not be part of the Power Rangers franchise! This time on Earth Destruction Directive, we take a [...]

Bollix! It’s all out war on the streets of New York! In the finale of IDW’s Godzilla, the Space Monsters have conquered all threats before them, but they have not accounted for Godzilla himself! And Boxer and his crew will have a say in this battle as the fate of [...]

The planet is in danger! And when monsters emerge from deep within the Earth or from the sea, Ultraman will be there to defend humanity! We have a pair of classic episodes of the original Ultraman this time out, as our giant hero battles the translucent terror called Neronga, then [...]

It’s the biggest daikaiju event in years! Guillermo Del Toro’s epic Super Robots Versus Giant Monsters flick Pacific Rim has hit theaters, and YOU are there! Join Luke Jaconetti and guest host Mr. Bill Lomax as they give you the low down and skinny on the biggest, baddest movie you [...]

When the King of Monsters hit the scene in 1954, the world was never the same! And that statement is never more true than in the case of one man, who’s chance encounter with Godzilla in Tokyo leads to a 50 year obsession with the monster! In this episode of [...]

What could be better than old school portable video games? How about old school portable video games starring GODZILLA! It’s a trio of games for YOUR Nintendo Game Boy featuring the King Of The Monsters himself! Go puzzling to rescue Minya against an army of Super Deformed foes! Smash cities, [...]

Schhhwaaa-what?! Join Earth Destruction Directive’s Luke Jaconetti (who claims to have a small army of vinyl monsters…) and Who True Freaks’ The Irredeemable Shag (who claims to have been in a closet for 30 years…) as they discuss the greatest and most successful science fiction show ever imported to the [...]