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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster II. Just kidding, Ticketholders; I'm still the original me ( Minus whatever forty-plus years of life experience has ground from my soul because I don't have indestructible skin or immunity from...). Anyway, this week's  Goj -Year- ra   entry "ends" June on a return to the School Of Confusing International Movie Titles with  Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II , which is an unconnected reboot of Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla (which is also this film's Japanese title, following the Heisei convention of using the English "vs" in its kanji presentation) and not to be confused with Terror Of Mechagodzilla (wherein the rebuilt antagonist is Mechagodzilla 2) or Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (I went over the confusion and title stylization of these movies in a previous post). Again, the financial success of recycling and rebooting Shōwa Era foes kept  Toho  on that track, first considering a Heisei take on King ...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Omnibuster. As of this writing, Just the Ticket has surpassed my monthly goal of ten thousand views for the second month in a row. I will have also been on stay-cation for five days by the time this publishes, watched and drafted a review of Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II , and hopefully be done bingeing both seasons of  Frieren  so I can update that review. To keep things chill, this will be an edited compilation of the Grimm Universe Trade Paperback, plus a couple of yearly bonuses that may or may not be relevant. Grimm Universe Volume One The first thing you'll probably notice is the labeling of this collection of One-Shots as Volume One, possibly hinting that there was supposed to be a Volume Two at some point that was canceled. Like Myths & Legends , though, the Grimm Universe branding would be revived at the beginning of the decade for quarterly specials. I said in my " Angel & Gods" post that I would talk about the ...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster. Booyakah and happy Juneteenth , Ticketholders! Something I forgot to mention about  Kazuki Ōmori 's writing of the Heisei Era films so far is how much his love of American cinema has shown through in the sequels. The Biollante film has one of the human characters quoting Dirty Harry . Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (as I mentioned last week) is full of references to Back To the Future , the Terminator films, and E.T. among others. And today's  Goj -Year- ra  entry opens (aside from its credits sequence) with a scene that would feel right at home in the Indiana Jones trilogy, no fridge required. Originally envisioned as a standalone Mothra movie (until Godzilla vs Biollante underperformed, causing  Toho  to shelve the concept until the King Ghidorah movie did well enough to reinforce their idea that their viewing audience were stupid, insecure babies—but mostly women—who wanted reboots of old monsters inste...