Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) with Lauren Goodnight

<p>It&#39;s the wildly divisive 50th anniversary movie and Millennium era finale no one expected! Lauren Goodnight returns for a postmodern monster mash and the baby of cult action horror director Ryuhei Kitamura, where a cavalcade of sleek Showa kaiju get taken out by MMA fighter Godzilla while superpowered mutants battle black leather duster-clad aliens in <em>Matrix-</em>inspired fights. Oh, and Don Frye has a sword and gets really sweaty, veteran Toho actors in their 70s are in gunfights, and a British prog rock keyboardist does the score. We talk about the return of the Xiliens, practicality in the suit design, quadrupedal Ghidorah, and how something so stupid can still be hella fun.</p><p><strong>Find more from Lauren:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/laurengoodnight" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Twitch⁠</a> | <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/laurengoodnight.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Bluesky</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/iamlaurengoodnight/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Cover art by: </strong>Brett Punk</p><p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/brettpunk.bsky.social" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bluesky</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/brettpunk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></p><p><a href="https://doomdino.bigcartel.com/product/new-york-zilla" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Zilla shirt we mention is by Eduardo Martinez @doomdino!</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.glitterjaw.com/glitterjaw-presents" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><strong>Check out Glitterjaw&#39;s new variety feed, </strong><em><strong>Glitterjaw Presents</strong></em><strong>!</strong>⁠⁠</a></p><p>Part of<a href="http://glitterjaw.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>The Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://www.glitterjaw.com/skreeonk" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>Cover Art Gallery</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a> | <a href="https://www.patreon.com/wallopingwebsnappers" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/wallopingwebsnappers" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>Patreon</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><strong> | </strong><a href="https://discord.gg/8BjQm58phH" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>Discord</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><strong>Email: </strong><a href="mailto:skreeonkpodcast@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠skreeonkpodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><strong>Theme song:</strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy6YoiQ3TvE" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠&quot;BIO WARS - Synth Cover&quot; by Kweer Kaiju⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><strong>Sources include: </strong></p><ul><li><em>Godzilla: The First 70 Years </em>by Steve Ryfle and Ed Godziszewski</li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100327044839/https://www.madman.com.au/news/riyuhei-kitamura-interview/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Ryuhei Kitamura Interview with Madman.com</a></li><li>Wikizilla</li></ul>