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Just the Ticket #211: Son Of Godzilla

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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster. Today's film in the Goj -Year- ra lineup left me with a lot of conflicting emotions. Seriously, I went in wanting to hate it because it was handled by the same team that made Ebirah, Horror Of the Deep such a mess (even though there was plenty to like about that one), and because I had seen enough memes to "know" how useless the title character is (and because I know how objectively bad a certain other, similarly-titled sequel to a beloved film with a green protagonist is). But then I watched it...and I was right about how bad it is, but also, I kind of loved it, and was left with feelings I didn't expect from a Godzilla movie. Back from The Deep are director Jun Fukuda , special effects director Sadamasa Arikawa , and an admittedly burned out Shinichi Sekizawa sharing script duty. This time, it was because the dream team were busy with King Kong Escapes , rather than because Toho had already committed the B-t...
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Zenescope - Omnibusted #50: Robyn Hood Trilogy Omnibus

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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Omnibuster. Origin ally, I chose to review the Robyn Hood Trilogy in February because she's an archer like Cupid or Eros (just with a more tragic love life and a more murdery disposition). But compiling my reviews from the Origin  Trilogy Omnibus in March also works because St. Patrick's Day and Robyn wears green. So let's look once more at the three-Volume Origin of perhaps  Zenescope 's best effort at the "gender-swap public domain folk character into legally distinct  Avengers / Justice League archetype" formula, brought to glorious life by my favorite GFT  writer of all time,  Pat "Bolder" Shand ! Robyn Hood , as a trilogy, exists digitally in three forms: the individual issues, the Trade Paperbacks, and the Trilogy Omnibus. Omnibuster's Note:  I thought at first (because I had seen the Origin  cover online without immediate context) that it was the intended cover for the Trilogy Omnibus, which seems to...
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Just the Ticket #210: Ebirah, Horror Of the Deep

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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster. Based on factors that would have the average toxic fanboy or speculation grifter roaring like a lard-assed, radioactive beast (like changes to the established cast and crew, and Godzilla fighting a giant lobster—which sounds dumb and holds the potential to give us the same kind of ending we've seen three times in a row already), a strong negative consensus, and my previous experience with Godzilla Raids Again (which was also not directed by  Ishirō Honda ), I was dreading this one. Fortunately, it's not that bad. Directed by Jun Fukuda (who had the mixed blessing of bringing us both Minilla and the first appearance of Mechagodzilla ) based on a minimally tweaked King Kong script by Shinichi Sekizawa , and featuring special effects by Eiji Tsubaraya ...'s protégé, Sadamasa Arikawa  ( Son Of Godzilla ), Ebirah, Horror Of the Deep (also known by its Japanese title, Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra, Big Duel In the South Seas , ...
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