8 Godzilla films on Blu-ray from Sony on May 6th - Page 50 - Blu-ray Forum

TylerDurden · 05-09-2014, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DoubleGulpShrimp

Online, I think amazon is cheapest. If you do not have amazon prime and do not wish to pay for shipping then walmart / costco are your best options.

I can order all 8 for $53 with free shipping.

Scarface32 · 05-09-2014, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by DoubleGulpShrimp

Online, I think amazon is cheapest. If you do not have amazon prime and do not wish to pay for shipping then walmart / costco are your best options.

You just need to buy 3 of the 4 Sony blu-rays to make the minimum of $35 for free shipping on Amazon. However if you're only going to buy 1, then yes it would be better offline.

TylerDurden · 05-09-2014, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Scarface32

You just need to buy 3 of the 4 Sony blu-rays to make the minimum of $35 for free shipping on Amazon. However if you're only going to buy 1, then yes it would be better offline.

Should I only get 3 out of the 4? Is one worse than the others?

Scarface32 · 05-09-2014, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by TylerDurden

Should I only get 3 out of the 4? Is one worse than the others?

I'd go with all 4. I was just pointing out that getting $35 on Amazon doesn't take much

I ordered all 4 of them, I just need to wait for them to ship. I was going to buy 2 of them at Wal-Mart, but they didn't have any in stock. And when I saw I needed to buy at least 3 to get free shipping, I decided to just go all-in and buy the 4.

DoubleGulpShrimp · 05-10-2014, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by TylerDurden

I can order all 8 for $53 with free shipping.

Free shipping. Then you should go for it

Infernal King · 05-10-2014, 12:08 AM

Barnes & Noble is cheapest.

iamnoone · 05-10-2014, 12:08 AM

Actually, Barnes & Noble on-line is cheaper than Amazon at $11.99 each (almost $1 lower). Same free shipping deal, etc. Ordered a little over a week ago and already received all 4 of them.

But, they are backordered on the 3 Kraken titles (which they also have the lowest prices at $8.99 each, which is a huge $4 cheaper per release than Amazon!)

unsung122212 · 05-10-2014, 12:09 AM

I picked up the Destroyah/Megaguirus tonight at Walmart for 12.96. I wanted to get all 4 double features, but could only get one until next week. At first when I looked on the shelf, they had two slots for these, and Destroyah/Megaguirus set wasn't there, but they just mixed the four different sets into two slots. They probably didn't notice that they were different. I am hoping for a little sale come Sunday to promote the new Godzilla flick. Would be nice if they fall to 9.96, but 12.96 is still a great deal though.

Infernal King · 05-10-2014, 12:10 AM

Right Stuf (rightstuf.com) is cheaper than Amazon for the 3 Kraken releases and ships really fast.

DoubleGulpShrimp · 05-10-2014, 12:10 AM

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Originally Posted by iamnoone

Actually, Barnes & Noble on-line is cheaper than Amazon at $11.99 each (almost $1 lower). Same free shipping deal, etc. Ordered a little over a week ago and already received all 4 of them.

But, they are backordered on the 3 Kraken titles (which they also have the lowest prices at $8.99 each, which is a huge $4 cheaper per release than Amazon!)

We should try and get amazon to price match it.

mport5150 · 05-10-2014, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TylerDurden

What's the best price on these? The Amazon one or is it available cheaper elsewhere?

B&N has them for 11.99 each online

Walmart has them for 12.96 each

Target has them for 14.99 each

Scarface32 · 05-10-2014, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Infernal King

Right Stuf (rightstuf.com) is cheaper than Amazon for the 3 Kraken releases and ships really fast.

Thanks. Even paying $5.49 in shipping, it's cheaper than going with Amazon (especially since they charge tax). It's also total BS that Amazon charges tax in NY, since there are no warehouses here. The closest one is in Edison, NJ. RightStuf doesn't charge tax outside Iowa, like it should be

2 of the 3 titles are listed as "more arriving soon" but I ordered them anyway. Now I just need for them to come in stock.

TylerDurden · 05-10-2014, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by mport5150

B&N has them for 11.99 each online

Walmart has them for 12.96 each

Target has them for 14.99 each

Went with BN on these.

cakefactory · 05-10-2014, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by mar3o

So then those who had obtained those HD rips from those broadcasts years ago can enjoy Godzilla looking far better than the brand new blu-rays we're buying now in the US? Makes me wonder why I bought them then. I was assuming thse blu-rays would be from those new masters. Otherwise, what's the point?

Another win for the blu-ray format. Or not.

I have seen those hd versions. They do not look very good, and are frequently derided for their shoddy, artificial quality. Earlier in this thread someone posted that version of destroyah against the new blurays- it had really funky coloring and basically the new disc stomps all over it. These versions are not amazing but they certainly aren't worse than these hd versions you heard about.

I just watched this disc of king ghidorah, having seen the dubbed version about 20 times, but only having seen it in Japanese once. On the issue of subtitles, what it looked like to me was that they did dubtitles and then had someone come in and change any lines that were notably different in meaning. Thus, many scenes are subbed with identical phrasing to the English track, but others are very different and more accurate. So, it seems that on this movie at least they did make an effort.

Rich65 · 05-10-2014, 02:16 AM

I ended up getting all 4 sets. Looking forward to some chessy Godzilla goodness.

cakefactory · 05-10-2014, 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by TylerDurden

Went with BN on these.

Same here, but I have an expected ship date of May 27th on them. :/ Oh well, I have plenty of other things in my backlog, but they must be pretty ridiculously backordered. (note: I ordered them with the 3 Kraken discs too so maybe they're holding up all of my order cause of one of those instead, it doesn't show any detailed explanation, just lists May 27th as expected ship date for all 6 items).

mar3o · 05-10-2014, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Scarface32

You need to take what DVDTalk says with a grain of salt.

(Do people still use that expression? I hope so, otherwise I'm getting old.)

I use it still. I guess I'm getting old too.

mar3o · 05-10-2014, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by DoubleGulpShrimp

From what I can tell, they are the same masters with the video leves changed. But for the shots that have text; those shots clearly come from a different master. The image is to zoomed in from the original shot.

[Show spoiler]

Are you saying the blu-rays do use the newer 2008 remasters aired in Japan? Are the top images from the blu-rays? If so it looks likes there's black crush because a lot of detail is lost on the top screencaps.

mar3o · 05-10-2014, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by DjangoDiabolik

I've watches most of these HDTV rips and trust me you aren't missing much. I don't have my blus yet, but from the screenshots they look better than the TV rips I watched.

You'd think Japan would be on top of film restoration, but they're barely any better than Hong Kong with any of this stuff.

What a shame. Like you said, you would think Japan would be on the top with remasters.

CraigThom · 05-10-2014, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Scarface32

Thanks. Even paying $5.49 in shipping, it's cheaper than going with Amazon (especially since they charge tax). It's also total BS that Amazon charges tax in NY, since there are no warehouses here. The closest one is in Edison, NJ. RightStuf doesn't charge tax outside Iowa, like it should be

2 of the 3 titles are listed as "more arriving soon" but I ordered them anyway. Now I just need for them to come in stock.

New York charges the tax. They've just coerced Amazon into collecting it for them.

05-10-2014, 12:08 AM	#986
Infernal King Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2013 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:2	Barnes & Noble is cheapest.

05-10-2014, 12:08 AM	#987
iamnoone Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2012 Location:Antarctica Blu-ray collection:41 Trading Score:91	Actually, Barnes & Noble on-line is cheaper than Amazon at $11.99 each (almost $1 lower). Same free shipping deal, etc. Ordered a little over a week ago and already received all 4 of them. But, they are backordered on the 3 Kraken titles (which they also have the lowest prices at $8.99 each, which is a huge $4 cheaper per release than Amazon!)

05-10-2014, 12:09 AM	#988
unsung122212 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Dec 2012 4K collection:180 Blu-ray collection:1764 DVD collection:122 Digital collection:2277 iTunes collection:277 Trading Score:237	I picked up the Destroyah/Megaguirus tonight at Walmart for 12.96. I wanted to get all 4 double features, but could only get one until next week. At first when I looked on the shelf, they had two slots for these, and Destroyah/Megaguirus set wasn't there, but they just mixed the four different sets into two slots. They probably didn't notice that they were different. I am hoping for a little sale come Sunday to promote the new Godzilla flick. Would be nice if they fall to 9.96, but 12.96 is still a great deal though.

05-10-2014, 12:10 AM	#989
Infernal King Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2013 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:2	Right Stuf (rightstuf.com) is cheaper than Amazon for the 3 Kraken releases and ships really fast.

05-10-2014, 02:16 AM	#995
Rich65 Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2011 4K collection:335 Blu-ray collection:1554 Trading Score:3	I ended up getting all 4 sets. Looking forward to some chessy Godzilla goodness.

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