8 Godzilla films on Blu-ray from Sony on May 6th

[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by kstebor

Excellent news, I'll probably order these as soon as I read some specs. Now, it's really exciting to see this wave of Godzilla films on Blu-ray coming, but Classic Media are quite conspicuous in their absence. That's a real shame, since they own some of the real classics of the series. I think we should email homeentertainment@classicmedia.tv and politely explain the situation and express that we would buy Blu-ray reissues.

I'm thinking of doing this!

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Petey Parker

Same here. I really want Final Wars on Blu but only if it is in Japanese with subtitles.

I caught some of the dubbed version on Sony Movie Channel and it is terrible.

Are the dubbed versions cut at all? I'm just curious, because that would be an even bigger reason for me to skip the blu-rays. I'd much rather have the Japanese audio but at least if the films are not cut that would be a positive to me.

[dsman71]

I dont think that they are for the Millennium series, but the Heisei Godzillas from Columbia cut the end credits..

[cakefactory]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Are the dubbed versions cut at all? I'm just curious, because that would be an even bigger reason for me to skip the blu-rays. I'd much rather have the Japanese audio but at least if the films are not cut that would be a positive to me.

The end credits were cut off on them cause they didn't feel like translating them, I guess. Although, the Manga releases of King Ghidorah and Mothra 92 both had the end credits in English, and the sony dvds reused the Manga Dub, so I'm not sure why they didn't get the credits from them? Anyway, it's not a great loss. The actual content of the movie isn't cut in anything post-G85. It's too bad cause the end credits music on Mothra and Mechagodzilla II was gorgeous, but most people don't bother watching end credits to hear music Destoroyah also had a big montage of stock footage from older movies, but again, the actual movie was all there.

[dsman71]

[QUOTE=cakefactory;8881111]The end credits were cut off on them cause they didn't feel like translating them, I guess. Although, the Manga releases of King Ghidorah and Mothra 92 both had the end credits in English, and the sony dvds reused the Manga Dub, so I'm not sure why they didn't get the credits from them? Anyway, it's not a great loss. The actual content of the movie isn't cut in anything post-G85. It's too bad cause the end credits music on Mothra and Mechagodzilla II was gorgeous, but most people don't bother watching end credits to hear music Destoroyah also had a big montage of stock footage from older movies, but again, the actual movie was all there.[/QUOTE

To me its not complete unless the entire film is shown, including the end credits...I want the original end credits - the Destroyer credits were great !

[K1NG J0RDAN]

Just preordered these. I'll probably get the Godzilla criterion around the time these release too. I can't wait for the new one!

[bigG71]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

Good price. Preordered all of them despite having never even seen a Godzilla movie before. I do like to watch some tokusatsu from time to time.

I also preordered all 9 upcoming German Blu-rays of which 5 of those movies are included in these Sony double packs lol.

Any word on the audio and subtitle tracks on those German releases? The Ghidorah 1964 film that came out there last year is supposed to not be English friendly. Also, a good question is whether the German or US releases will be new transfers or not. The Japanese blu-rays that were released were not that great picture-wise.

[HuggyBear73]

Pre-ordered them all as blind buys!!

[Forever Knight]

So let me understand this... May 6th gives us

Godzilla vs. Gigan Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Ebirah Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Mothra/Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Destroyah/Godzilla vs. Megagirius Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Megagodzilla II/Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla: Final Wars/Tokyo S.O.S. Blu-ray (May 6th)

[NLScavenger]

Originally Posted by bigG71

Any word on the audio and subtitle tracks on those German releases? The Ghidorah 1964 film that came out there last year is supposed to not be English friendly. Also, a good question is whether the German or US releases will be new transfers or not. The Japanese blu-rays that were released were not that great picture-wise.

It's not going to be English friendly. German and Dutch subs. Japanese and German audio.

[bladelia]

what about Godzilla vs the smog monster ?

[philzilla]

Originally Posted by bladelia

what about Godzilla vs the smog monster ?

that's Godzilla vs. Hedorah

[DouglasJ]

Oh dear. I'm going to be so, so poor.

[rrpmpstck]

Originally Posted by DouglasJ

Oh dear. I'm going to be so, so poor.

Don't think of it as being poor but instead you will be rich in Godzilla love!

[dsman71]

Originally Posted by Forever Knight

So let me understand this... May 6th gives us

Godzilla vs. Gigan Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Ebirah Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Hedorah Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Mothra/Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Destroyah/Godzilla vs. Megagirius Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla vs. Megagodzilla II/Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla Blu-ray (May 6th)
Godzilla: Final Wars/Tokyo S.O.S. Blu-ray (May 6th)

you are missing King Kong vs Godzilla and King Kong Escapes

[shredking9000]

Originally Posted by dsman71

you are missing King Kong vs Godzilla and King Kong Escapes

Why would King Kong Escapes be on the list?

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by dsman71

you are missing King Kong vs Godzilla and King Kong Escapes

He's just talking about May 6th, those come out in April

[dsman71]

I added them as part of the Toho movies coming..it is very true those KK movies are April but thinking in terms of Godzilla and Kaiju goodness.... there is tons of stuff coming

[Mikallica]

Regarding King Kong vs Godzilla Japan version. Universal does not own the rights, nor does it own the material, of the Japanese cut. They can ask for it from Toho, but logic stands to reason they won't. Why pay more money for a product they already own? I believe some time ago, a Universal Rep came forward and stated that they wouldn't find the prospect of obtaining the rights for the Japanese cut lucrative, so they're sticking with their bare bone cut.

As part of the deals to make the King Kong films, Toho signed away any rights in the territories controlled by their American partners. Therefore, Toho cannot offer the Japanese versions of either film to distributors in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, etc. When Universal bought the movies from their American producers they acquired permanent ownership — including the rights to the Japanese versions — in North America. But the studio received the Americanized versions from John Beck and Rankin/Bass and do not have Japanese materials for either film.

With home video, satellite television and streaming there’s now a market for alternate versions of movies that didn’t exist when KING KONG VS GODZILLA and KING KONG ESCAPES were made. If Universal wanted to exercise their rights to the Japanese versions, they would need to purchase new interpositives or clones of the HD masters from Toho. To date, Universal has not pursued this option, believing the potential sales for the titles do not justify the additional expense.

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2...rom-universal/

[milo bloom]

Really wishing they were separate discs so I could move them to their proper release order on my shelf.