Earth Destruction Directive – Two True Freaks

Welcome one and all to a heartwarming tale about four people taking on the world… a world which happens to be populated with giant monsters! This time on Earth Destruction Directive, we’re getting caught up on IDW’s ongoing Godzilla comic book series! It’s monsters, action, carnage, and more MONSTERS in [...]

Anyone who thinks that Doctor Who invented “wibbly wobbly timey wimey” has never seen Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah! When some folks from the future show up with their handy-dandy time machine and offer to make your Godzilla problems go away for good, maybe you should suspect that they might have [...]

In this special DX episode of Earth Destruction Directive, we take our first look at one of the most enduring and influential giant monster fighters of all time — Ultraman! Thrill as Luke Jaconetti and guest host Bill Lomax give you the skinny on the baddest monster buster in any [...]

Picture this: It’s the year 2000. It’s a new millennium, a new century, and a new decade! So how to celebrate? With Godzilla on the big screen, of course! This time out we are watching Godzilla 2000, the last time the REAL King of the Monsters was at a theater [...]

It’s two monsters for the price of one! This month on Earth Destruction Directive, we continue the theme from last month, as this is the first time our favorite sabre-toothed turtle Gamera fights another giant monster — the chilling lizard Barugon! It’s a tale of betrayal and greed set against [...]

The King of the Monsters is back! And this time he’s brought his buddy Anguirus with him! Filmed in glorious black and slightly less black, it’s Godzilla Raids Again, the second Godzilla film and the first daikaiju movie ever to use the “versus” motif. See Osaka in ruin! See a [...]

King Kong Month continues… as only Earth Destruction Directive can bring you a Kong movie this insane! When the evil Dr. Huu (not to be confused with Dr. Who) builds the 60 foot tall Mechniakong, it’s only a matter of time before the real deal shows up to tangle with [...]

In this special “DX” episode of Earth Destruction Directive, we’re wading back into the world of 4 Color Daikaiju, this time with IDW’s Godzilla Legends miniseries! All of your favorite monsters (and Kumonga!) get their shot at stardom as we get five issues spotlighting some of Goji’s most popular friends [...]

Journey with us back… back… BACK… to the days when daikaiju video gaming meant stomping through a hex field fighting stage after stage of enemies before battling a boss monster against a plain black background! This time on Earth Destruction Directive, we’re looking at Godzilla: Monster of Monsters, the finest [...]

What do you get when you mix cops, Yakuza mobsters, tiny women, a tropical island, kidnapping, gunplay, and giant monsters? You get IDW’s Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths! When a cop runs afoul of a powerful Yakuza boss and winds up left for dead — on Monster Island! But our hero [...]

Science has brought us lots of cool things, like Velcro, pre-sliced bread, and funny cat videos on demand. But really, does that exonerate it from creating giant mutant rosebushes who fight with fire-breathing lizards?! On this episode of Earth Destruction Directive we’re taking this Science bull by the horns as [...]

We’re sticking the West this time as we take a look at the seminal 1980s giant monster property The Inhumanoids! When Metlar, Tendril, and D.Compose unleash their fury on the unsuspecting world, it’s up to the Earth Corps to stop them! Do they have the firepower to turn back this [...]

Godzilla and his pals are back — on the comic book page! IDW has hyped the heck out of their new ongoing Godzilla comic series, Kingdom of Monsters, but does it live up to the promotion? How do the daikaiju translate to the 4 Color World? What’s the deal with [...]

Okinawa seems like a nice place to visit, as long as you don’t go there during Monster Season! This time out on Earth Destruction Directive we’re taking a look at the first appearance of the enduring mekadaikaiju Mechagodzilla in Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla AKA Godzilla vs the Cosmic Monster! THRILL to [...]

The Freaks are starting a new feature! Every once in a while they will put up SOMEONE ELSE’S podcast that they enjoy in the hopes that you, the faithful listener, will like it too. To start it all off the Freaks present Luke Jaconetti’s EARTH DESTRUCTION DIRECTIVE, a giant monster [...]

In this episode of Earth Destruction Directive, our favorite irradiated lizard battles a giant flying bug who is NOT Mothra! Not, it’s Megaguirus and all of her assorted offspring instead. And what’s this I hear about a tactical BLACK HOLE?! If it’s the G-Eradication Strategy, it must be Godzilla X [...]

Failing that, a little horse sense! In this episode of Earth Destruction Directive, we are talking about the King of the Monster’s triumphant mid-80s return to the big screen, The Return of Godzilla — known here in the states as Godzilla 1985! When the legendary beast Godzilla returns 30 years [...]

These monsters are as stupid as human beings! On Earth Destruction Directive episode 2, we are taking a look at the 1964 classic, Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster! When Space Monster King Ghidorah arrives on Earth, the only chance the planet has for survival is for the Earth Monsters Godzilla, [...]

In this episode we get a primer on Daikaiju and Japanese giant monster movies. We’ll discuss how I came to love the genre and all of it’s inhabitants, and where we are going in the future. LET’S GET STOMPING!