Godzilla (2014)

[Beast]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

Picked up the Target exclusive this afternoon. Ended up being $23 with the help of the magical REDcard.

Lucky your store got it in. Most of the stores in Michigan didn't get any copies in.

I ended up coming home and ordering the exclusive off the Target website instead.

[Dreamliner330]

Originally Posted by GaragePoet

any word yet on how effective the 3D is?

I think the the 3D version is brighter. With the 3D glasses on my 136", it seems about the same brightness as the 2D without.

Originally Posted by RakuMon

My Target price matched the Amazon price, so I got mine for $20.

Same.








I still liked Pacific Rim better.

[Dubstar]

the soundmix is simply outstanding - from the rumbles, the crashes, Alexandre Desplat's great music - the 7.1 mix is home theater demo worthy.

[Jay Mammoth]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

For those that haven't seen it yet (and if you haven't, you must be living under a rock ) Here's the Honest Trailer for the 1998 Godzilla

Honest Trailers - Godzilla (1998) - YouTube

I've never seen the 98 movie, but that was a conscious choice. Looked horrible.

[Zinthos]

Originally Posted by KaineKinetic

Zilla is what the official name for the '98 Creature is called.

Wrong. Zilla is the official name of the creature that appears in Final Wars. Godzilla is the official name for the '98 monster.

[GaragePoet]

Originally Posted by Dreamliner330

I think the the 3D version is brighter. With the 3D glasses on my 136", it seems about the same brightness as the 2D without.

thanks, but i was curious how good the actual 3D was... sometimes it's hardly worth the extra money (i.e. "The Amazing Spiderman")

[Vlad Draculi]

Well, I ended up picking it up:

[Dreamliner330]

Originally Posted by GaragePoet

thanks, but i was curious how good the actual 3D was... sometimes it's hardly worth the extra money (i.e. "The Amazing Spiderman")

I'm a bad one to ask that question. I like most 3D, I just wish I had a passive system.

FWIW, I was amazed at 3D is TASM 2, but TASM 1 3D was lame. Godzilla is somewhere in the middle.

TASM 1 vs TASM 2 is an excellent example of native/post-converted 3D not making a difference.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Zinthos

Wrong. Zilla is the official name of the creature that appears in Final Wars. Godzilla is the official name for the '98 monster.

Wrong. You might want to brush up on your Godzilla history.

http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Zilla

Zilla is Toho Studio's official name for the titular creature of the 1998 film.[6][5][7][8][4][9][10] Toho renamed the character around 2004 after TriStar's rights to the franchise expired. Shogo Tomiyama and Ryuhei Kitamura saw that the 1998 creature as a whole was owned by Toho under Toho's contract with Sony, and Sony only owned the film and the animated series, so they included Zilla in Godzilla: Final Wars and changed its name from "Godzilla" to "Zilla", saying that TriStar "took the 'God' out of 'Godzilla',"[11] and to "prove which Godzilla was stronger."[12] Additionally, "Zilla" was the name of some imitation Godzilla products on the American market, and Shogo Tomiyama thought that that the "American Godzilla" was a representation of these imitation products and therefore he renamed the monster.[13]

See also: http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/The_Zilla_Name_Change

[cuzzin]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Wrong. You might want to brush up on your Godzilla history.

http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Zilla



See also: http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/The_Zilla_Name_Change

[Dubstar]

is the Target edition in the database here on blu-ray.com - I'm not seeing it.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Dubstar

s the Target edition in the database here on blu-ray.com - I'm not seeing it.

Yes: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Godzilla-Blu-ray/110194/

[SiddSavage]

Originally Posted by Jay Mammoth

I've never seen the 98 movie, but that was a conscious choice. Looked horrible.

Saw the Rifftrax Live version of the '98 movie. The former MST3K guys actually made the movie watchable!

[Zinthos]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Wrong. You might want to brush up on your Godzilla history.

http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Zilla



See also: http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/The_Zilla_Name_Change

This is a commonly accepted myth. This article is not accurate... And I don't think my Godzilla history needs to be brushed up.

Toho never made any sort of official change of the 1998 character name, contrary to popular belief. Sony now owns all the rights of the film and character, and the character and film are still trademarked as "Godzilla" and it will remain that way forever.

Keith Aiken (kpa) could probably shed more light on this subject than I could, having worked with Sony and Toho directly. I believe he has gone on record saying that the '98 character is still named Godzilla.

[Freedomfighter50]

Originally Posted by JMDiaz718

I received mine from Amazon at around 1pm. Unusual because UPS usually delivers much later than that. I received Avalanche & Meteor around 2pm, but that was delivered by USPS.

And I just received a notification from amazon that UPS tried to deliver the package and was unable to leave the package unattended. It says it was attempted at 5pm which is BS, because both my wife and I were home at that time. And even if it was at a different time my wife was home with my son all day today. She didn't go out today waiting on the package because we were going to make it a movie night tonight! Damn UPS!

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by Zinthos

Wrong. Zilla is the official name of the creature that appears in Final Wars. Godzilla is the official name for the '98 monster.

The creature that appears in Final Wars IS the '98 American Godzilla, known as Zilla in Japan.

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

See also: http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/The_Zilla_Name_Change

Can Gods die? Because Godzilla died three times.

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Wrong. You might want to brush up on your Godzilla history.

http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/Zilla



See also: http://godzilla.wikia.com/wiki/The_Zilla_Name_Change

Yup!

[Zinthos]

Originally Posted by KaineKinetic

The creature that appears in Final Wars IS the '98 American Godzilla, known as Zilla in Japan.

They are two separate characters. The Zilla in Final Wars has no canonical connection to the creature in the 1998 film. Obviously, it is supposed to represent that character for the metaphor that lies in the Godzilla vs. Zilla fight.

I found one of the quotes from Keith. Enjoy:



Anyway, appologies for breaking up the discussion of this thread.

[Art Vandelay]

Originally Posted by Beast

Lucky your store got it in. Most of the stores in Michigan didn't get any copies in.

I ended up coming home and ordering the exclusive off the Target website instead.

Will the stores eventually get copies in of the Target exclusive?