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The 60s AIP dubs were generally good though. The voices were broad but matched the characters. (And the US version of Mothra vs Godzilla is the only way to see the Frontier Missile sequence, which while it doesn’t mean much dramatically, is still the one time Toho shot SFX exclusively for an overseas release.)
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Vince MechMahon posted:I still maintain that they should have, and still should in fact, do modern dubs that are better. I would love to do that for the Heisei films. Like even the early International dubs for the 70s have a certain charm, because it's mostly the same voice actors as a bunch of kung fu movies, but the 90s dubs don't work at all.
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I have a certain nostalgic fondness for the 90s dubs because they’re some of the first G films I ever saw. I can’t remember if it was Encore or Starz but one of those channels used to air them in the early mornings all the time and I’d watch bits and pieces as I waited for the school bus at my grandparents’ house.
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Dangerous Person posted:How was Toho difficult? I've seen it mentioned before but not in detail Sorry, should have been more clear at the outset. A lot of this is sort of film preservation/presentation stuff that I'm not much of an expert on, but it's clear that Criterion was not given the best possible masters to work with in creating the Showa set -- previous home video releases of these films have actually looked *better* than what Criteron was able to do. Regarding the dubs, I understand that reasonable minds can differ on whether or not the old ones produced stateside are "embarassing" or whatever, but it seems more like Toho just wants to make sure that only *their* dubs are available -- more of a control thing than necessarily trying to sweep an old shame under the rug. Finally, and this isn't just about the Criterion set, Toho has always been infamously difficult to work with when it comes to producing bonus features for home media releases; this got especially bad in around 2011-12, when it had entire print runs cancelled at the eleventh hour because some supplemental features hadn't been approved through the proper channels. Obviously Toho has the legal right to do whatever they want to do with these movies and be as stubborn as they want, but the comparison between the Criterion Showa set and the Arrow Gamera box set from earlier this year is pretty damning in terms of Toho's (un)willingness to either put the work in themselves, or let people who are passionate about the movies do the best work they can do on home video releases without meddling from on high.
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Dawgstar posted:I'm under the impression that a lot of Japanese studios feel like their properties should command as much money overseas as they do at home, which makes things prohibitively expensive. I'm sure a lot of distributors would like to just have the rights to distribute Godzilla in English-speaking countries but it would probably cost an arm and a leg for the rights to every movie starring the big guy. It does surprise me how niche the Kaiju genre actually is in America. I don’t quite get why giant monsters smashing things never quite makes that big of a splash over here.
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Even among my extremely geek and weeb friends, my love of actual Godzilla movies is an outlier.
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Shiroc posted:Even among my extremely geek and weeb friends, my love of actual Godzilla movies is an outlier. loving tell me about it
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Jimbot posted:Best way is to just buy the blu-rays off of amazon. They're double features and you'll always have them. For some reason people are drifting away from physical media and if you're one of those people it's still worth getting them for niche genres like HK action, wuxia, kaiju and the like. Cheers for that, here's hoping I can find some that will work in an Australian blu ray player.
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I just want VS Biollante on Blu-ray. Unfortunately I don't see that happening any time soon.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:It does surprise me how niche the Kaiju genre actually is in America. I don’t quite get why giant monsters smashing things never quite makes that big of a splash over here. America likes to be the smasher, not the smashee. Edit: Okay, that’s a little unfair to say - we like watching our nation get torn up by aliens or natural disasters. I would say it has more to do with the stigma of foreign films than anything. No matter how many Americans he steps on, Godzilla will always be a Japanese import. Splint Chesthair fucked around with this message at 20:38 on Nov 9, 2020 |
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Shiftypenguin posted:I just want VS Biollante on Blu-ray. Unfortunately I don't see that happening any time soon.   Better believe I bought this the moment it went on sale.
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Jimbot posted:
Yeah, so not paying $130 for that.
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Splint Chesthair posted:America likes to be the smasher, not the smashee. i feel like this is almost there but not quite the thing is, Godzilla actually was some degree of huge in the USA through basically the entire Showa series. Godzilla: King of the Monsters was a huge hit, Godzilla vs. Megalon was a huge hit, and basically everything in between those two made at least some kind of a splash among people who loved genre movies. the problem is that Toho is, as mentioned, extraordinarily embarrassed of how the Showa movies are seen in popular American consciousness, and essentially decided at some point that they would rather just not have our money than see the big green boy be "disrespected," causing Godzilla stuff to more or less only exist in fits and starts in the USA for about 40 years
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The version I have is some double pack with an Asylum/SyFy shark movie thing and I keep meaning to print a proper Biollante insert for it. $5 back then beats paying $100+ now, though.
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I'm so glad I bought the Biollante bluray on a whim forever ago for $8.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:The version I have is some double pack with an Asylum/SyFy shark movie thing and I keep meaning to print a proper Biollante insert for it. $5 back then beats paying $100+ now, though. I thought about finding a nice blu-ray insert that has the original cover art. Say what you will about the Heisei films, having terrible posters it did not.
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Every other live action Godzilla movie is still in print or easily available on bluray in the US right now? You'd think that *someone* would realize there is money to be made in bringing Biollante back out to fill the gap.
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Shiroc posted:Every other live action Godzilla movie is still in print or easily available on bluray in the US right now? You'd think that *someone* would realize there is money to be made in bringing Biollante back out to fill the gap. Godzilla vs King Ghidorah and Godzilla vs Mothra seem to currently only be available in an expensive DVD threepack, the bluray is not available.
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Gripweed posted:Godzilla vs King Ghidorah and Godzilla vs Mothra seem to currently only be available in an expensive DVD threepack, the bluray is not available. They're also pan and scan, dub only in that three pack, just to really rub it in.
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I figure this is the best place to ask. Are there any good Godzilla toys that are safe for 2-4 year olds? I think a large Godzilla would be awesome for the little man to carry around. Any story book recommendations would be helpful too.
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PeterCat posted:I figure this is the best place to ask. Target sells Godzilla plush toys.
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Vintersorg posted:Gatos! Yes! I saw the prototype last year at DesignerCon. Super cool! Yeah I also recommend the plush toy route- at that young hard plastic toys of Godzilla have a bit too many pointy bits. OR there are the Chibi Godzilla series toys!. These are soft vinyl toys and are small enough to easily carry in hand.
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Kaiju Cage Match posted:Target sells Godzilla plush toys. Just be aware that these are typically found in the movie section with the “grown-up” collectibles, rather than the toy aisles.
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I think it even shakes when you hug it
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brocked posted:I think it even shakes when you hug it I can confirm it does. My 2 year old daughter loves it.
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Grab some NECA Godzillas for when they're 8-10, before they become too expensive. Some vinyl Godzillas might be okay if they're 3 or so
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I want to go to there https://twitter.com/KaijuNewsOutlet/status/1329966182955446272?s=20
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"I'm assembling a team" "What, you finally going to pull off that Fort Knox job we always talked about?" "No, that's small time. I'm after a real prize... the Osaka Godzilla Store. We're going to take it. All of it." "....You son of a bitch, I'm in."
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Mantis42 posted:"I'm assembling a team" I said to a friend the second I saw that store If there was anywhere I would shoplift, it would be there. That loving Godzilla is mine
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That store is all my six-year old son is talking about now. "Dad, when the virus is over, we can go to the Godzilla store and buy some godzilla figures."
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My friend and I are planning on going to Japan whenever we can again and I already apologized to him for how much time we're going to spend at that store
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Slide my hastily Google translated robbery note onto the counter こんにちは、ゴジラを全部ください
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https://twitter.com/KaijuNewsOutlet/status/1331320464925454344?s=20 I've been looking at the Godzilla Deforeal stuff for a bit, and while I like this one a fair bit, I just love the doofy '54 Godzilla staring out of it.
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My Howl from Beyond the Fog blu-ray should be arriving today.
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That feeling when your kaiju suit is so lovely it accidentally looks anatomically correct
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