Shelf Examination Podcast

Can't get enough Kaiju? That's great because your local library has a selection of monster books and movies for all ages. Here's a selection from our local library. The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/ 00:00 Intro 03:22 Haiku Kaiju Ah-Choo 5:13 Anzu the Great Kaiju 6:53 Rescue Bots Attack of the...

Is Rampage even a Kaiju movie? It's got big monsters with personality, so it probably counts. But are Transformers Kaiju? What about Unicron? And let's tangent about Orson Wells for a bit. We promise we'll get to the unique video game adaptation that is Dwayne the Rock Johnson's Rampage. The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at:...

The Kaiju review comes to a close with the latest Godzilla movie, Godzilla Minus One. After the mess than was Shin Godzilla, does Toho still have it in them to make a decent Godzilla? Turns out, yes! Let's talk about it. The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

Godzilla X Kong: New Empire. What happens when you've got so much Kong in your movie that there's no room for Godzilla? You get pink Godzilla. Between obvious sound stages, a lack of scale, and side lining Godzilla, how will this movie survive the ranking? The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

In this episode we return the our Kaiju Review with a movie that proves that Kong is still the peanut butter to Godzilla's chocolate, even in the Monsterverse. Along the way we tangent through conspiracy theorists, the anonymity of podcasters, signing monkeys, The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

In this episode of the Kaiju Review we are looking at 2019's Godzilla King of the Monsters. A solid addition to the Monsterverse. Beware of tangents about appropriate mother's day gifts, demonizing ecologists, the return of Top Gun vs the Nuclear Turkey, and the Asian aging curve. The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library...

It's a Kaiju movie, without enough Kaiju. It's a sequel that doesn't live up to it's predecessor. It's a star showcase that may have killed the stars career. But is it bad enough to beat the worst on our big ranking of Kaiju movies? The Shelf Examination Podcast is provided by the libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at: https://library.washco.utah.gov/

In this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast we continue our Kaiju Review with 2017's Kong Skull Island. With half the Marvel cast being reused, is there any way this isn't a good time? But can it beat it's grand pappy in the rankings? The shelf examination podcast is a service of the Libraries in Southern Utah. Find out more at https://library.washco.utah.gov/

Godzilla the Series continues into it's second season with eco terrorists, Kaiju heartbreak, and more monster action. Does Zilla's second series live up to the first? Find out on this episode of the Kaiju Review as we do some Shelf Examination. The Shelf Examination Podcast is created by the Libraries in Southern Utah.https://library.washco.utah.gov/

Godzilla the series is to the Matthew Brodrick's 1998 Godzilla movie what a national guard/doordash strategic alliance is to a drowning person. That is to say, it not only saves it, but it also feeds it. And in this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast we're going to take a look at the first season of Godzilla the series. Shelf Examination is a podcast by the libraries in the Washingto...

Shin Godzilla is a divisive movie among Godzilla fans. But among us here at the Shelf Examination we were pretty united on our take for this movie. Where will it go on our ranking? Find out.

The original King Kong from 1933 is a Kaiju classic that we at Shelf Examination have had at the top of our rankings from the beginning. But will it stay there in the face of almost a century of cinema and special effects improvements? Find out in this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast.

In this episode of the Kaiju Review we look at a movie that may not actually be a Kaiju movie, even if it's responsible for brining the term into the gestalt. And why Kaiju and not Jaeger?

1998's Godzilla starring Mathew Broadrick is a decisive movie in the Kaiju lineup. While fans call the monster "GINA", short for "Godzilla in Name Only", if divorced from it's namesake, does Hollywood's first attempt at mimicking the Kaiju formula actually hold up?

Cloverfield is a strange one among Kaiju movies, showing a side of monster attacks that no one has dared to explore. But is it a side that anyone really wanted to see? Was J J Abram's entry into the Kaiju genre a cinematic master piece, or an over hyped flop? Let's discuss it today on the Shelf Examination Podcast.

After Gamera's return in the 90s, it only got worse as the quick follow up sequel and the one they took more time on both failed to land with audiences and with us on this week's shelf examination Podcast. One of us wisely backed out before finishing. Can you guess which one?

In this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast we regret taht the early Gamera movies aren't in our collection because we're stuck with Gamera - Guardian of the Universe from 1995. And as bad as this is, it's nothing compared with what's coming next week.

Black hole aliens be schemin' in this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast as we review The Terror of Mechagodzilla from 1975, the sequel to Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla, which isn' in our collection. Featuring an unlovable cyborg, the handsome hero who loves her, and a new monster that's bigger than Godzilla, so it gets unimaginatively named the "Titanasaurus". How will the...

In this episode we take a break from Summer Reading in our Library to explore a hidden gem in the Kaiju Genre. A movie that shouldn't have existed, and yet somehow is. Where everyone is dubbed, even in their native language, Where the Bergermeister Meister Berger has built a robot monkey from drawings he stole, but not drawings of a robot monkey. Where the first non-blond that King Kong carried re...

This week's Kaiju exploration takes us to 1969 and Godzilla, All Monsters Attack, or as it was known in the US, Godzilla's Revenge, a movie that has very little Godzilla, even less all monsters attacking, and absolutely no revenge, but it does have a lot of the son of Godzilla. But despite being a stinker, there's something about this touching story meant to bolster the strength of latchkey kids t...

The Kaiju Review continues with 1964's Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, a movie we both thought would be a stand alone movie to establish the a villain for Godzilla to fight later, but ended up being not that. In fact it hardly featured Ghidorah , Godzilla, or anyone, and yet might have been saved by the strangest B-Plot in one of these movies to date!

In this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast, the Kaiju Review continues with 1964's Mothra vs Godzilla. In this massive Kaiju cross over, will Godzilla get upstaged by his guest star, or his own tail? And does a bloody, gritty fight befit this sort of movie?

In this episode of the Shelf Examination Podcast, the Kaiju Review continues with 1956's King Kong vs Godzilla. Will the return of the first Kaiju elevate the genre, or turn it into a cheesefest forever more? And is that a bad thing? Is the American version really the worst, or does it's additions to the move actually make it better?

Shelf Examination is the podcast where librarians review things found on the shelves of their local library. In this episode we review the 1956 Kaiju movie Rodan. Does this movie live up to the hype of Godzilla, or will it fail to take off?

The second Godzilla movie sees a new Godzilla fighting a new enemy with Osaka in the crosshairs. Can our intrepid handsome man and comic side kick stop the destruction before it's too late? And will handsome man have to make the ultimate sacrifice to win? And does this movie undo the previous one? Find out as we continue our Kaiju Review with Godzilla