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post #61 of 251
3/12/07 at 9:10pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Yeah, I would love a release of the American Godzilla 1985 as well. Although I usually prefer the Japanese originals, the Raymond Burr version is much more fun and entertaining than the somber original. It's also a wonderful cold war time capsule. (In the American version, the dialogue was changed to imply that the Soviets intentionally launch the missile toward Tokyo, whereas in the original, the Soviet character is trying to stop the launch.)
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post #62 of 251
3/20/07 at 3:00pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Woot! Official word!

On June 5th, Classic Media and Genius Products will release two more classic Godzilla movies on DVD, Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster and Invasion of Astro-Monster (originally titled Godzilla vs. Monster Zero in the U.S.). Each title includes both the original Japanese and US versions of films. Available for the first time, both Ghidorah, The Three-Headed Monster and Invasion of Astro-Monster will have a suggested retail price of $19.93 each.

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster
Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster mixes giant-monster action, paranormal mystery and James Bond-style intrigue for one of the most exciting and beloved entries in Toho’s long-running Godzilla series. Classic Media presents the film in both the original Japanese-language version (1964) in glorious Toho Scope, and the re-edited U.S. version (1965).

A prophetess from Venus foretells cataclysmic disasters! Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan reappear in Japan, wreaking havoc! A giant meteor crashes into the mountains and the three-headed, fire-spitting space dragon King Ghidorah emerges! As the Venusian’s prophecies come true, assassins from a tiny Asian kingdom hunt her down, while the Earth monsters must decide whether to settle their petty differences and join forces against the extraterrestrial enemy!

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster Bonus Features:

Audio Commentary by David Kalat
Eiji Tsuburaya Biography featurette
Original Japanese Trailer
Poster Slide Show
Image Gallery

Invasion of Astro-Monster aka Godzilla vs. Monster Zero
Aliens from Planet X borrow our monsters for a little extermination project, but they’ve got something else up their sleeves: world domination! Using mind-control technology, these vinyl-and-sunglasses wearing spacemen turn Godzilla, Rodan and King Ghidorah loose in Japan, demanding Earth’s surrender! It’s up to American astronaut F. Glenn, his galaxy-trotting buddy Fuji, and nerdy inventor Tetsuo to break the aliens’ hold on the monsters and save our planet from certain doom.

Invasion of Astro-Monster represents the pinnacle of Toho’s monster cinema, with an all-star cast featuring Nick Adams (The Rebel), Akira Takarada (the original GODZILLA) and Kumi Mizuno as alien temptress Namikawa, plus a cavalcade of amazing retro-riffic special effects. The original, un-cut Japanese version was released in 1965. The English-dubbed, US version was released in 1970 as Godzilla vs. Monster Zero.

Invasion of Astro-Monster/Godzilla vs. Monster Zero Bonus Features:

Audio Commentary by Stuart Galbraith IV
Tomoyuki Tanaka Biography featurette
Original Japanese Trailer
Poster Slide Show
Image Gallery
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post #63 of 251
3/20/07 at 3:34pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Good to see an official announcement! Now I can get excited!
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post #64 of 251
3/20/07 at 4:10pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Here is the artwork as posted on Club Tokyo:



Cant wait for June 5th.
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post #65 of 251
3/21/07 at 1:11pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

OAR in anamorphic?
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post #66 of 251
3/21/07 at 1:24pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Nevermind. I found the answer here:

http://www.tohokingdom.com/news/2007...h_astro_pr.htm

Now if we can only get a decent version of Destroy All Monsters, I'll be set. I do not recall if this was one of the titles Classic Media will be re-releasing also.


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Originally Posted by Jeff Robertson
OAR in anamorphic?
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post #67 of 251
3/21/07 at 1:39pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Jeff Robertson
Now if we can only get a decent version of Destroy All Monsters, I'll be set. I do not recall if this was one of the titles Classic Media will be re-releasing also.


They don't have the rights to that one. I think ADV still has it.
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post #68 of 251
3/21/07 at 2:21pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

I was afraid of that.

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Originally Posted by AndrewR
They don't have the rights to that one. I think ADV still has it.
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post #69 of 251
3/23/07 at 10:24pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Jeff Robertson
I was afraid of that.
Yeah, forget the ADV disc of DAM. Get the R4, Madman disc. It's durn near as nice as the R2, Toho one. And it has Engrish subs...!
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post #70 of 251
3/24/07 at 2:45am

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Yeah, I'd agree with that; the ADV version is horrible. It's taken from a rubbish master, and is presented in almost-but-not-quite OAR. And the cheeky blighters used exactly the same disc for their "collector's edition", which just has a "bonus CD".

The r4 Madman disc is proper anamorphic OAR and is the only decent release, outside of Japan.

It's also well worth checking out the Madman releases of Godzilla vs King Ghidorah and Godzilla and Mothra:The Battle for Earth, since they are also proper OAR anamorphic wheras the r1's are pan-and-scan (and pretty lously prints, too).

Even more the case with Godzilla vs Megalon, since the r1 releases of that have been absolutely dire public domain style ones.

The Madman discs have the original Japanese track.

Just four more reasons to have a multi-region player :-)

It's unfortunate that (apparently*) the Madman release of Godzilla 2000 is the trimmed US theatrical one, not the original, which you can only get in the Toho edition (no English), Hong Kong (but with forced Chinese subs) and Germany (with forced German subs).

You just can't win.

*According to DVDCompare. However, the Madman website indicates that G2000 is the full 107 minutes. DVDCompare also says that it only has the English track, making the entry suspect, since all Madman Godzillas have the Japanese track AFAIK.
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post #71 of 251
3/24/07 at 8:30am

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

There's still nothing about these on their GodzillaonDVD website. Weird.

I wonder if these will these be exclusive to the Classic Media site like Gvs.M and GRA or are these going to be available for all retailers?

Kaiju titles get announced, delayed and cancelled so much I don't know what to believe anymore.
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post #72 of 251
3/24/07 at 9:05am

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Jim_K
There's still nothing about these on their GodzillaonDVD website. Weird.

I wonder if these will these be exclusive to the Classic Media site like Gvs.M and GRA or are these going to be available for all retailers?

Kaiju titles get announced, delayed and cancelled so much I don't know what to believe anymore.

Bad isn't it?

However the first two are going on general release soon.

Classic Media, I have to say, seem to have issues with release dates. Remember that boxset due last September? And how the Frankenstein one was rumoured to be for early this year...not the middle of it...
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post #73 of 251
3/24/07 at 10:35am

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Richard_Gregory
Just four more reasons to have a multi-region player :-)
Of course, you'll also have to have a PAL-to-NTSC-converting machine as well, 'cause the Madman discs are PAL.

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Originally Posted by Richard_Gregory
It's unfortunate that (apparently*) the Madman release of Godzilla 2000 is the trimmed US theatrical one, not the original
Though from what I've heard of the original Japanese cut of G 2000, we ain't missing much (though I've not seen it). Most say the American cut improved the film.
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post #74 of 251
3/25/07 at 8:43am

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

I'm curious as to what happens when one attempts to view a PAL DVD (assuming they've overcome the region lock) on a computer with an LCD display. Since the LCD doesn't employ a refresh like a CRT does, would it be able to adapt the signal into something viewable?


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Originally Posted by Jim Peavy
Of course, you'll also have to have a PAL-to-NTSC-converting machine as well, 'cause the Madman discs are PAL.
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post #75 of 251
3/25/07 at 8:58am

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Jim Peavy
Of course, you'll also have to have a PAL-to-NTSC-converting machine as well, 'cause the Madman discs are PAL.
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Not a problem if you use the RGB output.

In any case, most equipment these days is multi-standard, that's because its cheaper to have one standard global unit than it is to manufacture local specific ones.

Though, it is more common in Europe than the States.

Also, all r2 players have to be multi-standard, since r2 includes Japan, and they are NTSC. The DVD standard mandates that a player must be able to play ANY regionally compatible disc and r2 includes PAL and NTSC.

The chances are that the player will do a conversion, or that the TV will accept a non-converted signal.
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post #76 of 251
3/25/07 at 9:00am

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Jeff Robertson
I'm curious as to what happens when one attempts to view a PAL DVD (assuming they've overcome the region lock) on a computer with an LCD display. Since the LCD doesn't employ a refresh like a CRT does, would it be able to adapt the signal into something viewable?

That's what it does the other way; I happily play NTSC discs here :-)
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post #77 of 251
3/28/07 at 7:58pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

SciFiJapan has a 1st look at the Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster & Invasion of Astro Monster(Godzilla vs Monster Zero) dvds.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2...ds-first-look/
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post #78 of 251
3/28/07 at 9:08pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Looks good! Although, now I'm a bit saddened to learn that there is no 5.1 mix in addition to the original mono. The domestic Japanese releases have 5.1 mixes and they sound pretty good. Why does the American audience always have to compromise when it comes to Godzilla? According to the site, the Japanese versions will be transfers from superior source prints. Why couldn't they just use the same transfer for both versions? I know some of the dialog is modified for the US dub, but the actual scenes should be identical.

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Originally Posted by Joe Fisher
SciFiJapan has a 1st look at the Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster & Invasion of Astro Monster(Godzilla vs Monster Zero) dvds.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2...ds-first-look/
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post #79 of 251
3/28/07 at 9:22pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Jeff Robertson
According to the site, the Japanese versions will be transfers from superior source prints. Why couldn't they just use the same transfer for both versions? I know some of the dialog is modified for the US dub, but the actual scenes should be identical.

The Japanese version of Ghidorah runs about 8 minutes longer then the US edit so 2 different prints are needed. Astro Monster runs 2 minutes longer then the US version.

Here are the run times.

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster:
US version 84:46
Japanese version 92:58

Invasion of Astro-Monster:
US version 92:57
Japanese version 94:13
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post #80 of 251
3/29/07 at 7:34am

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Wow. I was not aware of the time differences. I'll have to do some more A/B comparisons. The missing parts must not be too significant. Scene extensions perhaps?

This also begs the question, why would you need to make cuts for a US release? I know, I know, these were originally released in the late 60's/early 70's in the US but surely there wouldn't be any reason today to not have the original cut.

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Originally Posted by Joe Fisher
The Japanese version of Ghidorah runs about 8 minutes longer then the US edit so 2 different prints are needed. Astro Monster runs 2 minutes longer then the US version.

Here are the run times.

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster:
US version 84:46
Japanese version 92:58

Invasion of Astro-Monster:
US version 92:57
Japanese version 94:13
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post #81 of 251
3/29/07 at 1:33pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

It seems a bit silly to sell the film as INVASION OF ASTRO MONSTER, when neither of the two versions of the film contained in the DVD bear that onscreen title. Nobody in this country knows the film by that title. They should have put MONSTER ZERO on the box. A no-brainer.
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post #82 of 251
3/29/07 at 3:28pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Well Amazon has these up for pre-order. Hope these don't get pulled like GRA and GvM was.

Now if somebody would release subbed OSL, anamorphic OAR, uncut versions of Rodan, Mothra, War of the Gargantuas, King Kong vs. Godzilla and Destroy All Monsters I'll be one verrrrrry happy Kaiju camper.
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post #83 of 251
3/29/07 at 4:12pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Jim_K
Well Amazon has these up for pre-order. Hope these don't get pulled like GRA and GvM was.

Now if somebody would release subbed OSL, anamorphic OAR, uncut versions of Rodan, Mothra, War of the Gargantuas, King Kong vs. Godzilla and Destroy All Monsters I'll be one verrrrrry happy Kaiju camper.


Jim, I'm not sure but I believe that Classic media will be doing Mothra after they release the last 2 Godzilla films Terror of Mechagodzilla & Godzilla's Revenge.

And I think that Media Blasters has the rights to War of the Gargantuas.

Both have been talked about for either late this year or early in 2008.

I'll have to dig a bit into the Monster Zero archives.
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post #84 of 251
3/29/07 at 5:17pm

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Sorry if this has already been asked, but what about GODZILLA VS. MEGALON? Will this ever get a proper release?
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post #85 of 251
3/29/07 at 5:20pm

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Speaking of sources of info, does anyone know what's going on with http://www.gojistomp.org and http://www.tokyomonsters.com ?

They both appear to be down.


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Originally Posted by Joe Fisher
I'll have to dig a bit into the Club Tokyo archives.
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post #86 of 251
3/29/07 at 5:37pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Jeff Robertson
Speaking of sources of info, does anyone know what's going on with http://www.gojistomp.org and http://www.tokyomonsters.com ?

They both appear to be down.

Not sure about gojistomp, but tokyomonsters closed shop at the beginning of the year.
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post #87 of 251
3/29/07 at 8:51pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

Tokyo Monsters discussion board is still open tho.

Just not as active.
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post #88 of 251
3/29/07 at 11:04pm

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Joe Fisher
Jim, I'm not sure but I believe that Classic media will be doing Mothra after they release the last 2 Godzilla films Terror of Mechagodzilla & Godzilla's Revenge.

And I think that Media Blasters has the rights to War of the Gargantuas.

Both have been talked about for either late this year or early in 2008.

I'll have to dig a bit into the Club Tokyo archives.

Sony/Columbia owns MOTHRA, so I doubt Classic Media will be releasing it. But I think they, and not Media Blasters, will be releasing WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS, as well as RODAN, both titles supposedly containing both versions of the films.
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post #89 of 251
3/30/07 at 4:52am

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Originally Posted by Joe Fisher
Jim, I'm not sure but I believe that Classic media will be doing Mothra after they release the last 2 Godzilla films Terror of Mechagodzilla & Godzilla's Revenge.

And I think that Media Blasters has the rights to War of the Gargantuas.

Both have been talked about for either late this year or early in 2008.

I'll have to dig a bit into the Club Tokyo archives.

Good news Joe. Keep us posted.

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Sony/Columbia owns MOTHRA, so I doubt Classic Media will be releasing it. But I think they, and not Media Blasters, will be releasing WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS, as well as RODAN, both titles supposedly containing both versions of the films.

I believe for many years Columbia had the U.S. rights to the Americanized versions of many of Toho's Kaiju films, including the original Godzilla and Gvs Mothra which were released by Classic Media. Licenses change hands so anything is possible.

Also, while the americanized versions of these films where licensed out for many years, no U.S. company had the rights to any of the uncut original versions until recently when Toho loosened their grip, hence these Classic Media titles and the Media Blasters releases of the past couple of years (Atragon, Dagora, Mysterians).
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post #90 of 251
3/30/07 at 5:29am

Re: Both Godzillas on Nov.7th cancelled

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Originally Posted by Jeffrey Nelson
Sony/Columbia owns MOTHRA, so I doubt Classic Media will be releasing it. But I think they, and not Media Blasters, will be releasing WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS, as well as RODAN, both titles supposedly containing both versions of the films.

You are correct about WOTG & Rodan. I dug through the Monster Zero forums and found the info. News on those 2 will come once CM is done with the Godzilla films at the end of this year.

Didn't see any news on Mothra though. I doubt that Sony/Columbia owns the rights to the original Mothra. They do own the rights to the current films such as Rebirth of Mothra 1 & 2, but only the Dubbed Americanized versions. But as Jim said, rights can change and lets hope that either Media Blasters or Classic Media can get the rights to Mothra. They both have done a fine job with there Toho releases so far.

Media Blasters will be doing [/b]Frankenstein Conquers The World[/b]. That is due for release on 06/26/2007 according to news on scifijapan.com. Here is the link.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2...rld-this-june/

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