Note: This review was from July 2013 when Pacific Rim had just come out in theaters! The thoughts and wording are obviously dated but take a trip down memory lane to see what it felt like being a kaiju fan witnessing Pacific Rim for the first time! My Thoughts: As you can tell, this review’s arrangement is a little different from my usual ones. Normally, I give a detailed plot summary, but since this is a new movie, I don’t want to spoil it for everyone—so the spoilers are af

Note: This review was originally written back in 2013. Since then, Godzilla: Rulers of Earth went on to become the longest-running Godzilla comic series—and to this day, it remains my favorite comic series I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading. I hope you enjoy this throwback review and see how I felt all those years ago experiencing Rulers of Earth for the first time. I just finished reading Godzilla: Rulers of Earth  Issue 1, and I have to say—I’m very impressed. Just look

The Plot A man is at sea during a storm when a giant octopus attacks him. Just as he’s about to die, he is released by the octopus. Looking out the ship’s window, he sees a giant green, humanoid beast fighting the octopus. The monster, called Gaira, defeats the octopus and then turns on the ship, sinking it and killing its crew. One sailor survives and tells the story of being attacked first by a giant octopus and then by Gaira. He claims that Gaira ate the rest of the crew.

The Plot In a small mining village in Japan near a volcano, two miners go missing after hitting a pocket of water that floods the mineshaft. A search party discovers one miner’s body floating in the shaft. An autopsy reveals that the miner’s death was not an accident he was killed, though the weapon cannot be identified. A group of three miners and a police officer return to the shaft to find the other missing miner. As they explore the flooded shaft, strange noises emerge. O

The Plot: A planet named Planet X is discovered by the World Space Authority, and two astronauts are sent to investigate. When they arrive, they see strange lightning in the sky and soon realize they are not alone. The astronauts are taken underground by the Xiliens, the inhabitants of Planet X. The Xiliens explain that their world was once like Earth until it was devastated by Monster Zero. During the explanation, the base is attacked by Monster Zero revealed to be King Ghid

The Plot: A detective is assigned to protect a visiting princess. Before her plane even arrives in Japan, an assassination attempt via bombing destroys the plane but the princess escapes by jumping from it before the explosion. Meanwhile, a meteor shower occurs over Japan, and a large meteor crashes in the mountains. A team of scientists investigates the meteor and discovers its unusually strong magnetic properties. Soon after, the princess is spotted in Japan, but she has lo

The Plot: After a violent storm devastates Japan and Infant Island, a Mothra egg washes ashore in Japan. Soon after, Godzilla emerges from beneath the earth, wreaking havoc on a country already reeling from disaster. A group of people travels to Infant Island to seek Mothra’s help. The islanders, however, resent Japan for the nuclear experiments that destroyed their home. Despite her weakened state and nearness to death, Mothra agrees to protect her egg. When Godzilla threate