How Many More Continuities Do We Need If Godzilla Minus Zero Brings It All Together?

With the animated Netflix series, Shin Godzilla, and the latest pair of films culminating in Godzilla Minus Zero, most people know they’re separate works in alternate universes. But what if they aren’t?

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After watching Godzilla Minus Zero, I believe it is time TOHO should consider reorganizing the Reiwa era to give the Gojira films a sense of where they belong, and if they are continuous (somehow). The latest title sounds like a countdown to something, suggesting the studio is ready to relaunch this franchise in a grande way. Hideaki Anno’s Shin Godzilla could be a beginning. Compare its scene of corpses on the reptile’s tail with the latest film’s revelation about victims splashed with Godzilla’s blood, and there’s a creepy idea brewing!

What I enjoyed about this latest film is how writer-director Takashi Yamazaki fuses everything together. He knows the material and most likely loves the Shōwa era more. From invaders from space, mad scientists, and crazy inventions, what’s offered in his take gets a lot of clever updates and although we no longer have men in rubber suits performing, what’s presented is still huge!

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Even After Halloween, Is Ancient Egypt Obsessed with Life the Ultimate Primer Without a Mummy?

For fans of Egyptology, the Royal BC Museum’s visiting exhibit, Ancient Egypt Obsessed with Life, follows the soul through the underworld. There’s just one problem: Where’s My Mummy?

Ancient Egypt Obsessed with LifeWhen news dropped about The Mummy 4 being titled The Book of the Dead, I knew it was time to check out the Royal BC Museum’s visiting exhibit, Ancient Egypt Obsessed with Life. It’s a nicely varied display of funerary artifacts, with plaques explaining the beliefs surrounding what happens to the soul after death. Nearly everyone knows about the embalming process, but as for the spiritual side, what’s revealed shows what both the living and the deceased experience.

For the latter, a three panel panoramic video imagines what that journey looks like as the spirit travels through the gates of the underworld. After being judged, one is either allowed into the Aaru (Field of Reeds) or consumed by Ammit!

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Welcome to Disney’s The Haunted Mansion Stray Spirits! Won’t You Sit for a Spell?

When mortals dare to visit Disney’s Haunted Mansion Stray Spirits will linger and what this comic offers is a YA style continuation with … well, spirits!

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When collecting comic books about Disney’s Haunted Mansion, there can never be enough! Even post-Halloween, the manga publisher’s The Haunted Mansion: Stray Spirits offers a relatable story about a young girl who just needs attention.

Sammie Crowley’s story should appeal to readers who make Disney’s Haunted Mansion a tradition during this time of year and beyond. Whether they’re boarding the ride, reading a book or collecting, this attraction holds plenty of appeal for occult lovers.

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Rewatching The Queen of the Damned: Where the Hell Did the Egypt Go?

AMC is bringing Akasha back to the screen, so I went back to the 2002 film, The Queen of the Damned, and Anne Rice’s novel to see where things went sideways. I look at the music, the missing Egyptian lore, and what the series needs to nail before the Queen takes over.

The Queen of the Damned Novel CoverAfter hearing back in July that AMC was finally developing The Queen of the Damned, I had to revisit the 2002 movie of the same name to see how badly it botched Anne Rice‘s tale. I also had to read the original book and process how different the two versions are. And yeah, it’s about what I remembered. Except now I’ve got a better idea of why it doesn’t work.

Let’s start with Lestat. Stuart Townsend plays him as a full-blown rock god, and it’s hard not to think of Jim Morrison the second he walks on stage. That comparison sticks mostly because of how well the lead played the role: the look, the swagger, the whole frontman posture. But the soundtrack is doing something else entirely. It’s a mix of nu-metal and goth rock, and once you clock Jonathan Davis of Korn’s involvement, the whole thing starts to feel less like a vampire movie and more like a 2002 mixtape with fangs.

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This Ain’t Georgia on My Mind: The Stunning Manga Georgie Returns Courtesy of Manga Mavericks & Omoi

This ain’t Georgia on my mind. It’s Georgie, the classic shojo manga by Yumiko Igarashi and Mann Izawa, getting a deluxe North American revival in 2027. Manga Mavericks Books and Omoi are bringing this coming-of-age story to readers digitally and in hardcover.

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Classic shojo is getting a deluxe revival for a new generation of readers, as two publishing firms team up to bring Mann Izawa and Yumiko Igarashi’s manga Georgie to North America. This series was first serialized in Japan in 1982 and received a sizable following. It’s a coming-of-age follows Georgie, a lively young girl raised in the Australian countryside alongside her two older brothers. When she meets a young English nobleman named Lowell, her life takes an unexpected turn. Soon, she sets off to England discover her roots, and find a place to belong.

It’s heartwarming tale for those who read the foreign editions (available on Amazon). For newcomers, it’s not quite like MediaOCD’s ruined childhoods line of videeo releases. Insetead, it has its own course.

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Fear the Jungle’s Shocking Spirit in The Awakening… Predator fans look out!

A covert-ops team slips into the Colombian jungle and wakes something ancient that doesn’t take prisoners. Jaime Osorio Márquez’s The Awakening trades sci-fi for dread rooted in local belief, and the result is grisly, tense, and hard to shake.

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Jaime Osorio Márquez’s The Awakening (El Despertar, also known as Operation Black Jungle) is the type of “Predator”-style movie I’ve been waiting for. It strips away any hints of sci-fi and goes full-on Black Hawk Down. It’s not that the 20th Century Fox movie was borderline, but once the hints are placed at the start and the marketing does its thing, it’s hard to forget. What makes this Colombian film both haunting and yet peaceful before the insurgency is how the planning begins. I can hear shades of “House of the Rising Sun” during the setup in the first ten minutes or so.

The military team is preparing for a strategic mission: eliminate a political figure and exit unseen. With Rojas (Claudio Cataño, One Hundred Years of Solitude) and Diaz (Alejandro Buitrago, Narcos) leading the charge, who survives from this unit will depend on who can scream the loudest. They’re strong leading men who handle everything like they’ve spent time in the army, and they carry real presence. Doc (Héctor Sánchez), Matias (Carlos Mariño), and Pardo (Andrea Olaya) round out the team.

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