Christopher B
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Christopher B
@catcultcpb.bsky.social
Formerly Octopus Cultist on that other site. Hiked a mountain in dress shoes in 6th grade. He/him.
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We Call It Godzilla returns with a look at the Toho kaiju films' first foray into an alien invaders story, complete with a giant robot that will later turn up in the nineties Godzilla films! There's no way they could muck up the politics here, right? cpbwrites.blogspot.com/2025/03/huma...
"Humans must not repeat the mistakes of The Mysterians"
Info Also known as: Earth Defense Force (original Japanese); Barbarians Invade the Earth (Argentina and Brazil); Space Beasts (Austria). ...
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March 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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One of my best and most personal essays yet, in which I pay tribute to one of my favorite kaiju and call for the recovery of a piece of lost media! cpbwrites.blogspot.com/2025/03/coun...
"Countless stranger things": Rodan
Info Also Known As:   Radon, Great Monster of the Skies (Japan); just plain Radon (Japan); Invasion 2034  (Belgium) Director: Honda Ishiro...
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March 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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I watched the obscure Godzilla-adjacent film *Half Human* so you don't have to! Also, $5 patrons have early access to my essay on Rodan (1956) - it's a doozy! cpbwrites.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-... cpbwrites.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...
"The Abominable Snowman": Half Human
Info Also Known As: Jû jin yuki otoko  aka Beast Man Snow Man (Japan) Director: Honda Ishiro. Screenplay: Murata Takeo, from a story by Shig...
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February 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Check out my coverage of the recently translated novellas of the first two Godzilla films by their original story writer. Uncover a vital missing piece of Godzilla history! And as always, Patreon subscribers get early access to upcoming essays. 🙂 cpbwrites.blogspot.com/2025/01/othe...
Other Shores: The Shigeru Kayama Novellas
Other Shores is a sub-series focusing on Godzilla’s appearances in non-film media. Shigeru Kayama was a prolific genre writer at the height...
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January 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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To address this global metacrisis of authoritarianism, inequality, climate chaos, and post-truth, we need a complete restructuring of how we socially manage information, wealth, and energy. Inescapably, the task is to replace capitalism - but none of the people demanding solutions will admit this.
November 7, 2024 at 7:53 PM
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My mammoth essay on the original Godzilla film is up now. Happy 70th, Big G. cpbwrites.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
"The Story of the Century": Gojira/Godzilla (1954)
Info Also Known As: Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956 US Edit); Japan Under the Terror of the Monster (Spain); Godzilla - the Monster ...
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November 3, 2024 at 7:09 PM
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My essay on the original Godzilla film will be up tomorrow in time for its 70th anniversary.
Pleased to announce the soft launch of We Call It Godzilla, a blog charting the history of the King of the Monsters and how the film evolved to become a pop culture mainstay. Before Godzilla, an essay sequence looking at early giant monster movies, is up now. cpbwrites.blogspot.com
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November 3, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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Pleased to announce the soft launch of We Call It Godzilla, a blog charting the history of the King of the Monsters and how the film evolved to become a pop culture mainstay. Before Godzilla, an essay sequence looking at early giant monster movies, is up now. cpbwrites.blogspot.com
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November 3, 2024 at 3:22 AM