<description>&lt;div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="2vjg9" data-offset-key="6a98-0-0"&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6a98-0-0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "6a98-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;How to Survive is now on Patreon! Support us at Patreon.com/HowtoSurvivePod to get every episode one week early, plus monthly bonus episodes and more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6a98-0-0"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6a98-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "6a98-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;It's episode 282...and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "6a98-0-1"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;a shower and a change of clothes wouldn't hurt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="6a98-0-0"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="2vjg9" data-offset-key="9cfur-0-0"&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9cfur-0-0"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "9cfur-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;Shin Godzilla&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span data-offset-key="9cfur-0-2"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "9cfur-0-3"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;2&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "9cfur-0-4"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;0&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "9cfur-0-5"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;16&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "9cfur-0-6"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span data-offset-key="9cfur-0-7"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;serves as a rebooting of the classic Japan-set Godzilla movies in the modern day. When a gigantic monster emerges from the sea, the slow-moving cogs of Japan's bureaucratic machinery begin to turn, but in the face of a walking natural disaster and threats of international military action, can a crack team of weirdos band together to save the day?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="9cfur-0-0"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="2vjg9" data-offset-key="19duj-0-0"&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="19duj-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "19duj-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;We discuss a kaiju movie through as seen through the eyes of incompetent politicians, monsters of scale with atomic scales, put forward two opposing views on the fun and frustrations of seeing political machinations rather than a big dinosaur and discuss turning the world's biggest frozen lizard into a tourist attraction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="19duj-0-0"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="2vjg9" data-offset-key="78s3f-0-0"&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="78s3f-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;All of which leads to one question:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-1"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-2"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-3"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;w&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span data-offset-key="78s3f-0-5"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;w&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-6"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-7"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-8"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-9"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span data-offset-key="78s3f-0-11"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-12"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-13"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span data-offset-key="78s3f-0-15"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-16"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-17"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-18"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;v&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-19"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-20"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;v&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-21"&gt;&lt;span data-text= "true"&gt;e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "78s3f-0-22"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="78s3f-0-0"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="DraftEditor-paragraphElement" data-block="true" data-editor="2vjg9" data-offset-key="2cun0-0-0"&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2cun0-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "2cun0-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;Whatever happens, one thing's for sure:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "2cun0-0-1"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;There is no precedent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2cun0-0-0"&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class= "public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="2cun0-0-0"&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "2cun0-0-2"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;Next time, if you're a Patreon, it's February's bonus pick with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span data-offset-key= "2cun0-0-3"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;Dog Soldiers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;span data-offset-key="2cun0-0-4"&gt;&lt;span data-text="true"&gt;(2002), otherwise we'll be back in a few weeks' time for &lt;em&gt;Godzilla Minus One&lt;/em&gt; (2023).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

How to Survive

Joe Shervell and Chris Morris

How to Survive: Shin Godzilla (2016)

FEB 21, 202453 MIN
How to Survive

How to Survive: Shin Godzilla (2016)

FEB 21, 202453 MIN

Description

How to Survive is now on Patreon! Support us at Patreon.com/HowtoSurvivePod to get every episode one week early, plus monthly bonus episodes and more.   It's episode 282...and a shower and a change of clothes wouldn't hurt.   Shin Godzilla (2016) serves as a rebooting of the classic Japan-set Godzilla movies in the modern day. When a gigantic monster emerges from the sea, the slow-moving cogs of Japan's bureaucratic machinery begin to turn, but in the face of a walking natural disaster and threats of international military action, can a crack team of weirdos band together to save the day?   We discuss a kaiju movie through as seen through the eyes of incompetent politicians, monsters of scale with atomic scales, put forward two opposing views on the fun and frustrations of seeing political machinations rather than a big dinosaur and discuss turning the world's biggest frozen lizard into a tourist attraction.   All of which leads to one question: How would you survive?   Whatever happens, one thing's for sure: There is no precedent.   Next time, if you're a Patreon, it's February's bonus pick with Dog Soldiers (2002), otherwise we'll be back in a few weeks' time for Godzilla Minus One (2023).