Giant Dinosaurs and Human Greed: Which Monsters Appeal to Us More?

This is the final piece in the articles that I wrote for my Science Fiction writing course. This is the most recent, biggest budget, and longest story in the group. I may write a few more articles of other stories I’m researching (I’m working on a few for my Apocalypse panel at Geek.Kon), but how […]

Black and White Film Review: Godzilla Raids Again (1955)

In 1954, the decades-old monster film genre was transformed by radiation into a brand new thing: the Japanese daikaiju genre. This was started off by Gojira. Is the original article worthy of the title, or is it just the first in a long line of B-movies made for children?

Super Kaiju Podcast: Ultraman

Special Effects Director Tsuburaya Eiji got through Gojira and wanted to make an entire television series about giant monsters. The result: Ultraman. What does the Super Kaiju Podcast team think about it?

Recent Film Review: 2013’s Pacific Rim

Guillermo Del Toro’s long-awaited film about giant monsters fighting giant robots is here. Is it as good as it sounds? Or is it better?

Super Kaiju Podcast Pilot: Pacific Rim

Over the summer, a group of people (myself included) got together to talk about what would have made Pacific Rim a better movie. This planted the seed for what would eventually become Mad Matt’s Super Kaiju Podcast.