'The Meg' Trailer 1 - There's a Monster Outside...

The giant monster movie renaissance continues and this time we've got a giant shark prehistoric shark to worry about. The new film 'The Meg' is based off the hit book MEG by Steve Alten and features Jason Statham in the lead role as Jonas Taylor. Check out our first glimpse of the movie!

Wow I am actually kind of surprised by how far off from the book the movie seems to be. The book takes itself very seriously and so far the movie looks like it's going to play up the joke of a giant shark attacking the world. Little of the books plot seems to have carried over to the film but this is just the first trailer so who knows what secrets the final product will hold. I'm very surprised by how SyFy channel the film looks but maybe it'll end up being a B-movie in the best kind of way.

Also check out the poster below:

What did you guys think of the trailer? Are you guys excited to see a Megalodon causing terror on the big screen?

'Pacific Rim: Uprising' Imax Trailer - "I Think We Pissed Him Off"

Even though the last trailer was listed as "final" it appears the marketing department doesn't know the meaning of the word. This new trailer is super action packed and maybe gives a little too much away. Check it out!

Potential Spoilers

Still here? Good! 

Well it looks like this trailer gave away the death of one of the Jaegers. I mean I think we were all kidding ourselves if we thought they would all survive but I feel like I really didn't want to know which one was going to be ripped to shreds.

This trailer is actually probably the first one to sell me on the movie. Maybe it's because the effects finally look close to being finished but this trailer sure made the movie look like a lot of fun!

What did you think of the IMAX trailer?

'Rampage' Trailer 2 - Just a Man and His Ape

We are officially getting close to the release dates of the big Giant Monster movies of the year and this time it's Rampage's time to shine! Check out the new trailer.

Wow this trailer is super fun. I'm really surprised that my hype for Rampage may have overtaken 'Pacific Rim: Uprising.' The three monsters in the film all look beautiful and deadly with Lizzie standing out to me as the best designed of the bunch. Loving Ralph the Unbelievable!

What do you think of the new trailer?

'Pacific Rim: Uprising' Final Trailer - So It's Treason Then?

Looks like we're are all in for a world of hurt. Someone on this side of the breach has betrayed us and it's up to Jake Pentecost to save us all from ruin. Check out the action packed final trailer for 'Pacific Rim: Uprising'!

Well that certainly looks like a blast! There certainly is a lot to digest in this trailer including the fact that I was right about the Kaiju-ized Jaegers. Crazy stuff! 

They also released a snazzy new poster to go along with the trailer.

What do you guys think of the new trailer? Did it up your hype levels to maximum?

'Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters' World Wide Release Date!

And we have a date folks! After a couple month long wait, the first anime Godzilla film will be getting it's worldwide release sooner than we all thought!

That's right folks! January 17th is our big day and Tokyo Lives will be covering it ASAP after that with a special report. Hope you guys are ready!

Tokyo Lives Fan Month Movie Announcement!

Happy New Year! It brings me great pleasure to officially announce the winning films for Tokyo Lives' first ever Fan Month! We are super excited to talk about both of these films and can't wait to get 2018 off to a great start.

First up we've got the Cowboy Vs Dinosaur extravaganza known as 'Valley of Gwangi.' This will be the first entry of our new On The Fringe episode type where we go into films that are giant monster adjacent.

This movie pulled ahead in the polls really early and nothing could stop it's rampage.

Later in the month we are finally going to cover the Norwegian found footage film 'Troll Hunter.' Not to be confused with the Netflix animated show by Del Toro, this film features a extremely unique take on troll lore and we definitely get a good Godzilla sized Troll at the end.

This was a close match up with our Patrons and it only squeezed by it's draconic competition. We even had to get a revote!

Keep in mind that all of the other films that were up to be voted on will be covered at some point in future episodes of the cast. 

Hope you enjoy these Fan Month episodes and look forward to us doing another Fan Month contest in the not so distant future!

A Very Ultra Christmas Carol

It’s that time again, when families all over the world hang shiny things from trees, light candles, fast, and go see the new Star Wars movie. A time for caring, sharing, daring to dream of a better tomorrow. A time for gazing at the dawning of a New Year and hoping for all the good that may come your way. That’s right, it’s time for…

Ultraman has also christmas,hum? very nice

ULTRACHRISTMAS.

If this is your first ULTRACHRISTMAS celebration, welcome! Come, get drunk in the street with Red King and Kanegon, then be disappointed at the terrible snowman that Garamon has made.

Don't worry! He knows what he's done.

Maybe you’d like to do some last minute shopping? Uh oh, looks like Baltan’s been putting it off too. Hoping those flowers make up for it, eh Baltan?

How embarrassing!

Who’s that crossing the street? Why its Zetton, and he’s got some….skis? Maybe a bassoon? No one knows what Zetton’s up to. It’s probably better that way.

Hey Dada, what’s wrong? I assume by your body language that your sad but your horrible abstract-60’- art-face betrays no emotion.

I don't have a witty caption. I just needed y'all to see this. The file name was "Dada WOWOWOW"

Oh! Look up there everyone! No, not the six-year-old serenading us with Wham!’s magnum opus “Last Christmas”. In the sky! Its Ultraclaus!

Father of Ultra Bless us! Everyone!

This honestly answers a lot of question about the Santa mythos. How can he visit all the world’s children in one night? Because he’s an alien made entirely of laser beams. Better be good, or else you’ll get a great big lump of chokehold in your stocking.

Better luck next year.

Every other day of the year, monsters come to earth to conquer/destroy it, only for an Ultra to piledrive them through a building and blast them into space with a hefty dose of Specium Ray. Its nice that for one night, everyone can just kind of exist next to each other. Until next week. Next week, those guys can go hang.

WOWOWOW

Merry ULTRACHRISTMAS everyone, see ya'll next year.

'Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom' Trailer!

So I know that some of you out there may disagree with us covering this movie...too bad because this trailer was amazing! Check it out!

Man where do I even start?! The T-rex! Volcanic Isla Nublar! Blue!

This trailer was so chock full of goodies I'm gonna have to rewatch this thing a billion times. I really like that the plot is almost a reverse Lost World.

What do you guys think?

'Rampage' - First Trailer Released!

It's still really hard to believe that a movie based on the giant monster video game  from the late 80s is actually happening sometimes but with the release of the first trailer we can no longer ignore it's existence. Check it out!

Is it weird that it looks surprisingly good? Looks like we may have another fun Giant Monster film in 2018 to satiate our thirst for destruction! I really wasn't sure of the tone they were going to take with this property since there really isn't much of a story in the old games but I like that the giant monster side of the story seems to be a somewhat serious affair. Also I love the charisma the Dwayne Johnson always brings to his roles so that's another check in the "will Kyle enjoy this movie" box.

What do you think of the trailer? Let us know in the comments!

'Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters' - New Trailer Released!

Well just 2 days after recording the latest episode of the podcast we get a new full length trailer for the anime Godzilla film releaseing on November 17th in Japan. Apparently I really do need to stop calling out the fact that we have no news! Check out the trailer after the break!

It's definitely good to see that Toho isn't following Shin with another Godzilla who doesn't react to things. Also it looks like the beam of Plantzilla is just Shin's beam but now it's back to the traditional blue. Unfortunately I still do not speak Japanese so I have no idea what is actually being said in this trailer but the visuals are definitely growing on me. Except for Plantzilla's derpy face.

What did you guys think of the trailer? Let us know in the comments.