Planet 8 Podcast
From the heart of mysterious Planet 8, your crew of Larry, Bob, and Karen explore the many worlds of science fiction, super-heroes, monsters and more.
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Episode 182: Krazy Kaiju Conversations (opens the original)
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In this episode, your Planet 8 crew discusses some of their favorite kaiju films! We're talking Godzilla, Gamera, Mothra, all of the great Japanese giant monsters you know and love! We'll each bring up three films that are special to us and talk about them in detail. And of course, Chief Engineer Bob, our resident kaiju expert, has a lot to say about all of them! This time our Sensor Sweep starts with -surprise - updates on Godzillafest! There are a ton of Japanese actors who will be attending,
Episode 181: Hidden Gems part 2 (opens the original)
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Way back in January 2021, your Planet 8 crew did an episode called Hidden Gems, where we covered films we each loved, but had not been well-received at the time of their release. Well, five years later, we're doing it again! This episode, we're taking a look at films we hold dear, but didn't do well at the box office, or weren't critical successes (or both). Here's our selections: Karen: The 13th Warrior Bob: Matango (aka Attack of the Mushroom People) Larry: Batman v. Superman Dawn of Justice T
Episode 180: Spider-Man: Brand New Day on Planet 8! (opens the original)
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It's a Brand New Day for Spider-Man, and your Planet 8 crew is here for it! We've been there for all of Spidey's previous cinematic adventures, so we couldn't by-pass his latest. And what an adventure it is! Finally - we get Spider-Man fighting crime in New York City! But he's still dealing with the fallout from his last film (which was released five years ago!). The three of us all give this film thumbs up, and we go over all of the characters and moments we love. But don't worry - we also talk
Episode 179: Planet 8 Jukebox (opens the original)
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This episode we're trying something a little different: we're sharing some of our favorite tunes that have a horror or sci-fi feel. How do you define that? Well, if you listen to our picks, you'll see we all had different ideas of what that means! But we hope you are entertained by the nine songs we present in this new experiment. Our Sensor Sweep is a hodge podge of artifacts and events. Godzillafest is almost here! Bob gives an update on the movie festival July17-19 at the Balboa Theater in Sa
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