This week on the podcast, Nicky follows up for a second on Final Fantasy VII Remake, then the discussion moves onto a bunch of different topics like La Mulana, Steven Universe Future, Digimon, and the Intellivision Amico. This week's pretty lowkey, but within this episode lies a pretty chill, fun episode of your regularly scheduled dose of patreon-exclusive content.
What have you guys been getting into lately? Let us know!
2020-04-18 23:24:42 +0000 UTC
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This week on the ol' podcast, Wyatt and Nicky BREAK THE RULES. ON THE FOURTH EPISODE. It's okay though because Robocon talk is worth it and it's not like there will be a proper Explode When Defeated on it anytime soon (sadly). We also have a good, long conversation about remakes of the video game variety and how this year is looking to push that conversation forward quite a bit with the release of various titles like Panzer Dragoon, Resident Evil 3, and Final Fantasy VII Remake. The remake co...
2020-04-11 22:11:23 +0000 UTC
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On this month's Discuss All Monsters, Wyatt and Nicky talk about the world-famous wild empress herself, Mothra! The film is a stark contrast to the dull (to say the least) Varan the Unbelievable, because this movie is in fact incredibly entertaining, with quite possibly the best cast of any of the movies they've discussed thus far. This one's a lot of fun, so get ready to hang out and talk some moths with Discuss All Monsters!
You can find Nicky at 2020-04-10 03:36:26 +0000 UTC
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This week, we go whole hog into discussing Doom Eternal while avoiding spoilers before then moving on to discuss some stuff we've been watching on the ol streaming platforms. (also there's some Metroid Prime in here as well)
If you've played Doom Eternal, what do YOU think of it? and if you haven't, what have you been occupying your time with lately? Let us know!
2020-04-04 23:03:08 +0000 UTC
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In which Nicky and Wyatt talk about the greatest thing that ever happened.(accompanied by Nicky's overactive pets)
You can find Nicky at @Anti_Laser on twitter, and at their YouTube channel.
You can find Wyatt at 2020-04-01 13:07:01 +0000 UTC
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In this episode we (Wyatt and I) give a bit of an update on our personal projects, talk about that surprise Nintendo Direct, the Bravely Default II demo, One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 (and other cool anime games we like), and then we talk at length about documentaries and then Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Somehow Metallica gets brought up. You figure it out.
Tell us about some cool games or movies or whatever that YOU'VE been getting into!
2020-03-28 23:44:20 +0000 UTC
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Ohranger is a pretty fascinating show in the history of Super Sentai. It had a fantastic setup marred by a shaky production, and in the years since it's kind of had a bad reputation as a show that almost killed the series (that isn't true by the way). So this time we'll be taking a look at it and all the ways it rules, could've ruled, and influenced future shows that would then go on to rule. 1995 is here, baby, let's look at the Super Sentai of the year of my birth!
Here we are w...
2020-03-27 18:18:07 +0000 UTC
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Surprise! Last night right after we recorded a Discuss All Monsters, we decided to give the ol' off topic podcast a try, You guys seemed like you wanted this so we're giving it to you!
In this mostly video game-centric episode, we talk about Doom Eternal, The Silver Case, Langrisser I & II, Dragon Quest of the Stars, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. We also get into some scary current events talk, reference The Angry Video Game Nerd, and get interrupted by a biker! We hope you enj...
2020-03-21 21:38:24 +0000 UTC
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Patrons! I'd like to ask you all something here, as this coronavirus thing has kept us locked up in our houses. Wyatt and I have been thinking about doing a couple more podcasts for you guys since they're not very hard to do and honestly this whole self-isolation thing has got us a little more bored than usual. So I'd like to throw a couple ideas at you.
The first and most immediate idea would be to do a podcast about literally anything BUT tokusatsu, in a podcast called "This is Not ...
2020-03-17 20:41:35 +0000 UTC
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This month in Discuss All Monsters, Wyatt and Nicky try to come up with SOMETHING. ANYTHING. to say about Varan the Unbelievable. This movie's not very good, and on top of that it's not very interesting either! So please take a listen, marvel at two podcasting hopefuls trying their absolute damnedest to make this episode interesting and fun despite that fact! They succeed a little bit, kinda.
You can find Nicky at 2020-03-13 09:00:00 +0000 UTC
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Toshiki Inoue, the master of misunderstandings is back with another Kamen Rider show, and it's got some things to say about those very same misunderstandings! Join me as I examine what exactly is going on with this winding, emotional, messy, brutal, and at times baffling show.
This one was a real treat. Here we have the first time in my series where I've completely come around on a long-standing opinion of mine, though I don't think I've fallen in with cons...
2020-02-27 19:24:09 +0000 UTC
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In this fifth episode of Discuss All Monsters, we REALLY stretch the definition of "monster movie" and talk about a movie that barely even features a monster! We're talking about The Mysterians this time, and to do that we start the episode off a little differently before going whole hog into our usual antics. This time, with extra talk about the political leanings of these movies!
Next time... Varan the Unbelievable!
You can find Nicky at
2020-02-14 09:04:34 +0000 UTC
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On this month's Explode When Defeated, we're talking about Ultraseven, one of the landmark works of the tokusatsu genre, and one of the most famous works in modern Japanese pop culture. In short, this thing's a classic, and it's classic for a reason. We're going to discuss the way it mashes together what came before to create a powerful show with some potent commentary that stands up to this day.
Because of that break I took from endlessly watc...
2020-01-27 02:30:57 +0000 UTC
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Episode 4! A New Hop-- I mean Ahhh! A flying monster! We're talking about everyone's favorite death chicken/hawk/pterosaur and their first adventure terrorizing the people of Japan! We talk about this movie's interesting structure, some of its funniest moments, and its similarities to some of Tsuburaya's later work.
You can find Nicky at @Anti_Laser on twitter, and at 2020-01-18 23:21:10 +0000 UTC
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In which I detail the origins of this channel, my thoughts on its progression, my thoughts on tokusatsu in 2019, and where I'm hoping for all of this to lead in 2020 and beyond.
This one's a really simple, but I hope you all enjoy it! Thanks a lot for sticking around with me, and especially for being patrons of this weird thing. Here's hoping we can take it further next year!
2019-12-30 19:26:58 +0000 UTC
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On this third episode of Discuss All Monsters, we delve just a tiny bit further into the Toho catalog by talking about Godzilla Raids Again, the hastily-put-together sequel to the classic original, featuring a debut performance by everyone's favorite spiky fella Anguirus! Here, Wyatt and Nicky talk about some of the production history behind this film as well as their opinions on this often overlooked entry.
You can find Nicky at 2019-12-06 09:09:37 +0000 UTC
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After Super Sentai's incredible comeback run, Kakuranger hits the ground running to create the most vibrant, exciting Sentai yet. It's a show you can really sink your teeth into, to find out how a great Sentai is truly made, what it's capable of, and how it can get even better moving forward. Let's talk about this show in depth.
I really loved watching and writing about this show, so I had some fun with this video. Structurally it's a bit more freeform than my other videos on Sentai but...
2019-11-28 09:33:56 +0000 UTC
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Part two of the debut episode! In Discuss All Monsters, we will be talking about all manner of kaiju film, particularly the productions headed up by Toho. The first part of the discussion of this movie was about the history behind the film's creation, which was IMMENSE. This time around, we actually discuss the content of the film and talk about its themes, characters, and brilliant special effect work. Join us for a nice meaty discussion of this legendary film, and join us next ...
2019-11-08 09:00:01 +0000 UTC
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GARO is unique from its contemporaries in that it's the only large tokusatsu series that's aimed at adults. Does that mean it's ultra-dark and edgy? Not quite. In this video, I describe how GARO is a series that's a lot sweeter than its outward appearance suggests.
This episode was a really nice change of pace for me and I really enjoyed the show and my time making this video. This one has some of the dumbest jokes I've ever made on the channel, so uhh enjoy that. I'll be talking ...
2019-10-28 23:13:59 +0000 UTC
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The debut episode! In Discuss All Monsters, we will be talking about all manner of kaiju film, particularly the productions headed up by Toho. In this inaugural episode, we will be discussing the monster that started it all, Godzilla in his debut film, "Gojira". (It's interchangeable at this point, please don't get angry.) This film is SO enormous in its weight and significance, however, that we're splitting up this discussion into two episodes.
This first episode is about the history o...
2019-10-12 07:38:13 +0000 UTC
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In 2002, the creative forces behind Kamen Rider decided to break the mold in a major way to create a new kind of rider show that raises questions about heroism and how mankind reasons with themselves to get what they desire. This is a video essay about all of that and why it was so valuable.
Hope you all enjoy! I really worked hard on this one and had to wrestle with YouTube's content ID algorithm to publish it so I hope it wasn't for nothing!
2019-09-28 04:00:01 +0000 UTC
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I'm currently looking for a day job, and with that I'll likely lose some amount of time that I usually dedicate towards putting this show together, so I'm making a change to the way my Patreon works to better suit this and make my process as stress-free as possible while also making sure that my patrons aren't also being charged when they shouldn't be.
I initially set the charges to monthly as I was sure that I could deliver a video every month, and I have! I'm very proud of that and ...
2019-09-22 02:59:12 +0000 UTC
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I've been feeling down about the fact that I've not been able to fulfill the promise of The Weekly Transformation every week. It was designed as a small writing exercise every week to post on here for Patrons exclusively as some kind of added bonus for giving to the 5 dollar tier. Turns out adding a writing exercise on top of video production, which is in itself a large writing exercise every month, was biting off just a little more than I could chew. So at the moment, while I'm searching for...
2019-09-03 20:53:24 +0000 UTC
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Late update today, but lemme just lay down just a short post about the progress of certain things I'm working on.
- The next episode will be on Dairanger, I'm finishing the show over the next day or so and I've already come up with what I'm going to say in my essay so writing that will be very easy. Just to get ahead of schedule, I'll probably try and make the video as soon as I can and just release it at the end of August for consistency's sake.
- There is a chanc...
2019-08-10 00:40:34 +0000 UTC
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I've had a bit of a rough time the past couple weeks so I didn't really get around to making newsletters for yall the last couple weeks. Gotta make it up somehow. I whipped up this video in a couple days because I've been thinking a LOT about Dragon Quest and helping to make it a lil more popular so here you go! Hopefully things go back to normal soon. Ultraman video should hopefully be next week-ish!
2019-06-22 00:14:55 +0000 UTC
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Doing another just regular update this time!
Right now, as far as video stuff goes:
- Ultraman script is about 40% complete, looking to finish it up this week
- Agito script is 0% complete but I'm gonna go right ahead and write it as soon as I'm done with the Ultraman script so I can get a head start.
- I'm watching a lot more Sentai this week.
- In the next week or so, I'll likely get out ahead of things and start some video file conversion fo...
2019-06-07 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Welcome!
Thank you for giving money and support to this thing, that's just... the coolest thing ever.
I'm just going to take this first, mini installment of The Weekly Transformation to explain just a bit more how I intend on doing things here, so here's a list!
I'm also going to make this post completely public so anyone looking at the page can see...
2019-05-08 22:20:31 +0000 UTC
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