Kaiju Fever: Ranking King Ghidorah’s Most Powerful and Legendary Incarnations From Worst to Best

King Ghidorah has taken many forms across the Godzilla franchise, from an alien destroyer to a heroic guardian and mechanical menace. Here’s my personal ranking of his most memorable incarnations, from worst to best. And yes, there’s been eight iterations!

Legendary Ranking King GhidorahEver since this three-headed terror first graced the screen, I would scream and yell, “Hell Yeah!” Ghidorah is my second-favourite kaiju, mostly because of his ferocity. And with every new incarnation, I find another reason to adore this beast. And I believe it’s time to be ranking King Ghidorah in all his forms. To see him reincarnated as a mecha really cemented my love for the character, especially since I adore mecha, kaiju and dragons. And yes, I have to collect them all.

What I love about this beast is what he represents as a whole. This creature is adaptable, and his origins change to suit the story. But what usually wins me over is how his design has evolved over time. After Godzilla Minus Zero, I knew it was time for a King Ghidorah mini-marathon! I’m nearly done, and with those memories still fresh, I’m ranking the different versions from my least favourite to the very best.

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A Mastercraft in Art: Studio LAIKA’s Wildwood Ventures Into Faerie-land

LAIKA’s Wildwood takes viewers into a mysterious Oregon wilderness filled with talking animals, supernatural forces and old-fashioned fairy-tale adventure. Travis Knight’s ambitious stop-motion production brings Colin Meloy’s novel to life with spectacular detail and an emotional story about family, grief and courage.

Wildwood Movie PosterI’d love to know exactly how long Studio LAIKA spent making Wildwood. When the figure I’m hearing is sixteen years, my spidey-sense tells me it might have taken even longer. With that much detail packed into the stop-motion animation, I’m fairly sure the animators leaned on a little digital additions, and honestly, I’m fine with that. Come awards season, I hope the crew takes home more than a few trophies for technical achievement.

Even in the trailer, the background details are so overwhelming, I feel it’s easy to lose track of and forget about the story. But since it’s based on Colin Meloy‘s novel of the same name, I can always pick up the book and see where the two diverge.

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Did an Old Episode Foreshadow AMP Comics’ The Greatest American Hero? He’s Flying on Air Towards His Final Farewell!

Four issues into AMP Comics’ Greatest American Hero, Ralph Hinkley knows how to use the suit. Figuring out where he fits in his son Kevin’s life is trickier.

AMP Comics' The Greatest American Hero #1Four issues in, AMP Comics’ The Greatest American Hero shows how well this superhero comedy handles drama and old age and still delivers the laughs I remember. There are little callbacks to the original series in the way Ralph masters the suit. After travelling the universe with the little green guys, he comes home to a lukewarm welcome. Everyone’s moved on. Some thought he’d died. Others wanted to forget him. What I particularly liked was how the comic tackles a plot hole by giving Ralph’s son the spotlight. In the pilot, the boy went off to live with his mom before Ralph started dating his lawyer, and we know how well that went.

You can watch the series on Amazon Prime if you want to revisit the pilot, but honestly, you can go straight to the comic. For three seasons, Ralph Hinkley, Bill Maxwell and Pam Davidson stuck together through thick and thin as crime-busters. Bill took on gangsters in Al Capone’s league. Ralph? He just wanted his kids, those high schoolers with troubled pasts, to find decent jobs and stay out of trouble.

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Pokémon 30th Celebration Card Craze Is Insane: I’ll Party It Up on My Own Terms

When Pokémon 30th Celebration cards are nearly impossible to find, what can a fan do? Scalpers have turned the party into a stakeout. After two weeks of hunting, I’m skipping the line for digital packs and a new tee.

Pokémon 30th CelebrationAs Pokémon 30th Celebration releases keep rolling out, I have to wonder why some people aren’t enjoying what they got. It’s better than waiting in long lines, gambling on whether I can buy the latest release. That’s because finding those celebration trading cards is close to impossible. I tried looking for two weeks before saying, “Not worth my time.”

Ever since these pocket monsters debuted on February 27, 1996, when the original Red and Green launched on Game Boy in Japan, I’ve been hooked! I didn’t get into the trading card craze right away, and I have no regrets. But when I decided to go searching for card products, I found nothing. According to Reddit and various reports, like the one at OpenCritic.com;  resellers (aka scalpers) are ruining the fun. They took “Gotta Catch ’Em All” and turned it into a business plan.

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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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