Godzilla (2014) Blu-ray 3D [Region Free]

[KillerJuan77]

Godzilla 3D Blu-ray

Godzilla 4K + 3D Blu-ray steelbook

So I'm pretty excited about this one but I have to wonder... does anyone know if it's actually going to be shot in 3D or converted?

[Zivouhr]

This is the first I've heard of Godzilla 2014, thanks for the news. I remember seeing Godzilla 2000 (I think that was the name) in theaters way back when, which was the imported movie, not the Hollywood reboot. Cool to see this will be in 3D, whether filmed or converted.

Here's an info link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_%282014_film%29

Pacific Rim also in 3D this summer 2013: Converted
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Rim_%28film%29


Godzilla 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_2000

[Al_The_Strange]

I'm all for more Godzilla. I haven't seen them all, but I do enjoy the original, Roland Emmerich's version, and a few of the others in between. A new favorite of mine is Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.

However, I wasn't impressed at all with Gareth Edwards' Monsters. I'm sure they'll make Godzilla exciting and give it a big spectacle, but if it's all shot with handheld cameras that masks the action rather than show it, I'll be ticked. To say nothing of dumb characters and political overtones.

[KillerJuan77]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

This is the first I've heard of Godzilla 2014, thanks for the news. I remember seeing Godzilla 2000 (I think that was the name) in theaters way back when, which was the imported movie, not the Hollywood reboot. Cool to see this will be in 3D, whether filmed or converted.

Here's an info link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_%282014_film%29

Pacific Rim also in 3D this summer 2013: Converted
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Rim_%28film%29


Godzilla 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_2000

I'm not a fan of the campy Godzilla, although I can't deny that most of the Showa and Millenium series's Godzilla are pretty awesome. I even remember going to see Godzilla 2000 on cinemas when I was 6-7 years old and I loved it . It's sad that there isn't a Blu-Ray or DVD release of many of those films (Final Wars is BEGGING for a new transfer).

By the way, about Pacific Rim... apparently it's a hybrid, the CGI stuff is just rendered with 2 virtual cameras while the live-action footage will get converted (Del Toro asked for the native CGI renders to do the conversion, otherwise he wouldn't allow the conversion).

P.S. Did you make City Of Rott and Dead Fury? I got those a while ago from Unearthed (Along with a copy of Aftermath, Flexing With Monty, Black Sun and Mermaid In A Manhole) and I loved them!

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

I'm all for more Godzilla. I haven't seen them all, but I do enjoy the original, Roland Emmerich's version, and a few of the others in between. A new favorite of mine is Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack.

However, I wasn't impressed at all with Gareth Edwards' Monsters. I'm sure they'll make Godzilla exciting and give it a big spectacle, but if it's all shot with handheld cameras that masks the action rather than show it, I'll be ticked. To say nothing of dumb characters and political overtones.

Handheld cameras can get out of control and twitchy, and as a result, lose a lot of the understanding of what is going on in the shot. Many times they do that to cover up the fact that the choreography was minimal at best. Hopefully that's not the case and they hold the camera's more smoothly, staying focused on the action.

Originally Posted by KillerJuan77

I'm not a fan of the campy Godzilla, although I can't deny that most of the Showa and Millenium series's Godzilla are pretty awesome. I even remember going to see Godzilla 2000 on cinemas when I was 6-7 years old and I loved it . It's sad that there isn't a Blu-Ray or DVD release of many of those films (Final Wars is BEGGING for a new transfer).

By the way, about Pacific Rim... apparently it's a hybrid, the CGI stuff is just rendered with 2 virtual cameras while the live-action footage will get converted (Del Toro asked for the native CGI renders to do the conversion, otherwise he wouldn't allow the conversion).

P.S. Did you make City Of Rott and Dead Fury? I got those a while ago from Unearthed (Along with a copy of Aftermath, Flexing With Monty, Black Sun and Mermaid In A Manhole) and I loved them!

Yes, more rare Godzilla films on DVD or blu ray would be nice. I still remember seeing the one with Godzilla's son, which was pretty entertaining as he fought a monster.

Godzilla in strong 3D has a lot of potential. Pacific Rim and its 3D will give us a good idea of the sense of scale possible with the monsters vs robots.

Thanks KillerJuan77 for checking out City of Rott, Dead Fury. On that note,

[Show spoiler]my third cut out style film, Shock Invasion (on DVD at amazon.com) features lots of monsters and a Godzilla sized, fire breathing dragon like monster.

Thanks again.

[Jack_Ryder_2012]

It would be interesting to see Godzilla in 3d I read that they are trying to make it more dark and edgy also, I liked final war so I might just watch this one

[luv2shop]

Excited for this! Hope it is good.

[AmrlKJaneway]

Originally Posted by KillerJuan77

So I'm pretty excited about this one but I have to wonder... does anyone know if it's actually going to be shot in 3D or converted?

I'm guessing converted;

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831387/...ef_=tt_dt_spec

I don't know of anything shot natively on Alexa, but I don't know what "Alexa plus" means, and I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on this.

It does all stem from a proposed IMAX movie, that was always intended to be 3D, and the project just got turned into a regular feature somewhere down the track. But considering that the project was started specifically for 3D, it could lead one to believe that in following suit the actual feature will be native.

Who knows. Lots of 3D fans are enjoying conversions these days anyway, and next year's conversions will probably look better than this year's.

[AmrlKJaneway]

Originally Posted by Jack_Ryder_2012

It would be interesting to see Godzilla in 3d I read that they are trying to make it more dark and edgy also, I liked final war so I might just watch this one

Dark and edgy is the approach from what I've read.

Y'know, the realistic approach. Not as in dumbing down Godzilla to be "a more believable giant radioactive lizard than before!", but trying to realistically portray how people, governments and environments might react to Godzilla's presence. I believe this is what Man of Steel is hoping to achieve as well.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

Dark and edgy is the approach from what I've read.

Y'know, the realistic approach. Not as in dumbing down Godzilla to be "a more believable giant radioactive lizard than before!", but trying to realistically portray how people, governments and environments might react to Godzilla's presence. I believe this is what Man of Steel is hoping to achieve as well.

Well said.

[KillerJuan77]

Originally Posted by AmrlKJaneway

I'm guessing converted;

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0831387/...ef_=tt_dt_spec

I don't know of anything shot natively on Alexa, but I don't know what "Alexa plus" means, and I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on this.

It does all stem from a proposed IMAX movie, that was always intended to be 3D, and the project just got turned into a regular feature somewhere down the track. But considering that the project was started specifically for 3D, it could lead one to believe that in following suit the actual feature will be native.

Who knows. Lots of 3D fans are enjoying conversions these days anyway, and next year's conversions will probably look better than this year's.

I did a bit of research (AKA Google and Wiki) and I noticed this feature: "Lens Synchronization for 3D"

I'm not sure what it does but it probably involves some sort of tool to actually make the lenses of 2 cameras perfectly synchronized for a better and easier 3D shoot. Not sure about this though... I may be a film student by the end of this year but so far I can guess that it works for that.

[BleedOrange11]

Originally Posted by KillerJuan77

I did a bit of research (AKA Google and Wiki) and I noticed this feature: "Lens Synchronization for 3D"

I'm not sure what it does but it probably involves some sort of tool to actually make the lenses of 2 cameras perfectly synchronized for a better and easier 3D shoot. Not sure about this though... I may be a film student by the end of this year but so far I can guess that it works for that.

Yeah. Obviously, you wouldn't want your two cameras accidentally set at different focal lengths. Talk about retinal rivalry.

[AmrlKJaneway]

Originally Posted by KillerJuan77

I did a bit of research (AKA Google and Wiki) and I noticed this feature: "Lens Synchronization for 3D"

I'm not sure what it does but it probably involves some sort of tool to actually make the lenses of 2 cameras perfectly synchronized for a better and easier 3D shoot. Not sure about this though... I may be a film student by the end of this year but so far I can guess that it works for that.

Congratulations!

I failed from lack of effort, I wish you all the best of luck! It's hard... very hard...

[madlost1]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Handheld cameras can get out of control and twitchy, and as a result, lose a lot of the understanding of what is going on in the shot. Many times they do that to cover up the fact that the choreography was minimal at best. Hopefully that's not the case and they hold the camera's more smoothly, staying focused on the action.



Yes, more rare Godzilla films on DVD or blu ray would be nice. I still remember seeing the one with Godzilla's son, which was pretty entertaining as he fought a monster.

Godzilla in strong 3D has a lot of potential. Pacific Rim and its 3D will give us a good idea of the sense of scale possible with the monsters vs robots.

Thanks KillerJuan77 for checking out City of Rott, Dead Fury. On that note,

[Show spoiler]my third cut out style film, Shock Invasion (on DVD at amazon.com) features lots of monsters and a Godzilla sized, fire breathing dragon like monster.

Thanks again.

Every Godzilla movie is available on DVD in the US other than Godzilla 85

[Zivouhr]

KillerJuan77, best success with film classes.

Originally Posted by madlost1

Every Godzilla movie is available on DVD in the US other than Godzilla 85

Cool. I haven't looked in years, thanks for the update. I'll check it out.

If it's native 3D, most studios new to 3D need practice time with the 3D for simple to complex scenes before they get onto the clock with the real set. I think that's why most studios skip the 3D camera rig these days and just hand the 3D off to a post production 3D conversion studio.
I don't mind conversions as long as they're medium to strong 3D with minimal conversion errors. Plus many films have lots of CGI, which can be rendered for stereo 3D, saving conversion processing for those images I'd imagine, once the 2D to 3D people are composited in.

[Hypnosifl]

Originally Posted by madlost1

Every Godzilla movie is available on DVD in the US other than Godzilla 85

Most have only the dubbed English version available or "dubtitles" (subtitles that just copy the English dub, which are often pretty inaccurate to the original Japanese), though, see the lists here and here. The ones with "real" subtitles and uncut versions of the Japanese film that can still be found at reasonable prices are the Criterion version of the original and the set from Classic Media here (out of print but not that expensive to get used & new copies from people on amazon...it also includes the original, but the transfer isn't as good), along with Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Biollante (blu ray), and Godzilla Final Wars. Two others which have accurate subtitles but which are currently out of print, and only available for very high prices used, are the Destroy All Monsters blu ray from Tokyo Shock (along with a DVD version that goes for only slightly cheaper used), and Godzilla vs. Hedorah. For other Godzilla movies you can find semi-illicit sites that sell versions with directly translated subtitles and uncut versions of the films transferred from the Japanese DVDs (I won't give names, but google the title you're interested in plus something like "uncut japanese english subtitles"), personally I don't feel like I'm doing something shady buying from sites like that since I know that if an accurate legal version ever appears in the U.S. I will re-purchase.

[madlost1]

Originally Posted by Hypnosifl

Most have only the dubbed English version available or "dubtitles" (subtitles that just copy the English dub, which are often pretty inaccurate to the original Japanese), though, see the lists here and here. The ones with "real" subtitles and uncut versions of the Japanese film that can still be found at reasonable prices are the Criterion version of the original and the set from Classic Media here (out of print but not that expensive to get used & new copies from people on amazon...it also includes the original, but the transfer isn't as good), along with Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Biollante (blu ray), and Godzilla Final Wars. Two others which have accurate subtitles but which are currently out of print, and only available for very high prices used, are the Destroy All Monsters blu ray from Tokyo Shock (along with a DVD version that goes for only slightly cheaper used), and Godzilla vs. Hedorah. For other Godzilla movies you can find semi-illicit sites that sell versions with directly translated subtitles and uncut versions of the films transferred from the Japanese DVDs (I won't give names, but google the title you're interested in plus something like "uncut japanese english subtitles"), personally I don't feel like I'm doing something shady buying from sites like that since I know that if an accurate legal version ever appears in the U.S. I will re-purchase.

Trust me I know. I have all of them.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Hypnosifl

Most have only the dubbed English version available or "dubtitles" (subtitles that just copy the English dub, which are often pretty inaccurate to the original Japanese), though, see the lists here and here. The ones with "real" subtitles and uncut versions of the Japanese film that can still be found at reasonable prices are the Criterion version of the original and the set from Classic Media here (out of print but not that expensive to get used & new copies from people on amazon...it also includes the original, but the transfer isn't as good), along with Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Biollante (blu ray), and Godzilla Final Wars. Two others which have accurate subtitles but which are currently out of print, and only available for very high prices used, are the Destroy All Monsters blu ray from Tokyo Shock (along with a DVD version that goes for only slightly cheaper used), and Godzilla vs. Hedorah. For other Godzilla movies you can find semi-illicit sites that sell versions with directly translated subtitles and uncut versions of the films transferred from the Japanese DVDs (I won't give names, but google the title you're interested in plus something like "uncut japanese english subtitles"), personally I don't feel like I'm doing something shady buying from sites like that since I know that if an accurate legal version ever appears in the U.S. I will re-purchase.

Okay, thanks for the details. I was surprised to see so many Godzilla movies available online, even if most are the dubbed versions which can take away the intent and feel of the original language if not done right. With so many sold, I'd guess that had something to do with this movie getting the Green light to be made.

The old Genesis console had a game called King of The Monsters 2, which was plenty of fun and a step up from the original's controls. Fighting game where you could rampage the city or map while fighting your pursuing giant opponent, with special moves or basic attacks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of...the_Monsters_2

War of Monsters, a tribute to Kaiju, was on PS2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_monsters

I do remember seeing a couple Godzilla games over the years, but were hard to find back then.

[KillerJuan77]

Originally Posted by Zivouhr

Okay, thanks for the details. I was surprised to see so many Godzilla movies available online, even if most are the dubbed versions which can take away the intent and feel of the original language if not done right. With so many sold, I'd guess that had something to do with this movie getting the Green light to be made.

The old Genesis console had a game called King of The Monsters 2, which was plenty of fun and a step up from the original's controls. Fighting game where you could rampage the city or map while fighting your pursuing giant opponent, with special moves or basic attacks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of...the_Monsters_2

War of Monsters, a tribute to Kaiju, was on PS2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_monsters

I do remember seeing a couple Godzilla games over the years, but were hard to find back then.

War Of The Monsters was one of the best PS2 games I've ever played (And having played Xenosaga, MGS3, most Shin Megami Tensei games, Primal and many others that's quite an accomplishment). It's a shame that it sold so poorly.

Also, Godzilla: Save The Earth and Godzilla Unleashed for the Wii are the **** (Sorry, I don't know if uttering profanity is OK in here). Save The Earth with more than 1 player is absolutely incredible.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by KillerJuan77

War Of The Monsters was one of the best PS2 games I've ever played (And having played Xenosaga, MGS3, most Shin Megami Tensei games, Primal and many others that's quite an accomplishment). It's a shame that it sold so poorly.

Also, Godzilla: Save The Earth and Godzilla Unleashed for the Wii are the **** (Sorry, I don't know if uttering profanity is OK in here). Save The Earth with more than 1 player is absolutely incredible.

Cool. I wonder if this Godzilla 3D movie, along with Pacific Rim 3D will get a game version also in 3D as with Captain America 3D, Thor, Green Lantern, etc... If so, hopefully it's a good game, but I don't remember reading anything about it.

Would be cool if they made an open world Godzilla game where you could play as Godzilla, a Villain monster wreaking havoc, or defend the city as a tiny human.

Walking through FYE the other day, and they had a whole shelf dedicated to Godzilla movies. Slightly overpriced compared to online, but nice to see in a walk in store.