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Zenescope - Omnibusted #59: Grimm Universe

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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 ...
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Just the Ticket #223: Godzilla vs Mothra

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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...
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GFT Retrospective #123: Christmas Edition 2012

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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Retrospectre. Merry Christmas in June, Ticketholders! Some of you might be disappointed to notice that I didn't have a second season update for Frieren on Monday, and the reasoning there is two-fold: I decided that I wanted to watch the first season over first, and I didn't have the time, energy, or emotional bandwidth to cram thirty-eight episodes and a review into a weekend. So I moved it to the last AniMonday of the month for my own sanity (which is currently a bit frayed by the extremes of human incompetence and my own diminishing capacity to cope healthily with its consequences). I need a vacation, I've earned a vacation, and dammit, I'm taking a vacation from professional life whether or not anyone likes it! You'll be happy to know, however, that I've already written my Godzilla vs Mothra review for Friday, with the exception of some links, edits I decide on as I re-read my work, and the ending call to action. So, ...
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Just the Ticket #222: Godzilla vs King Ghidorah

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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster. I said in my last Grimm Universe post that, as of Sunday, I had both read that issue and watched the movie for today's  Goj -Year- ra  review, and that's true. But it's also true that I've turned into a lazy, burnt-out procrastinator who couldn't think of a decent intro, so I'm once more cranking this post out on a Thursday afternoon (and editing it the afternoon of publication). Because an existentially terrifying commentary on corporate greed, ecoterrorism, and genetic mad science with the most sympathetic and personally terrifying kaiju in the franchise  didn't make enough money, Toho decided to play it safe (a lazy, burnt-out creative decision that ended up working out in their financial favor) with 1991's Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (using the English "vs" in its kanji title), directed once again by  Kazuki Ōmori , and featuring  Kenpachiro Satsuma  in his third performance in the Go...
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