Gamera: The Complete Collection (1965-2006)

[sa5150]

Originally Posted by starsteam

The UK dub could be there. They mention a complete dub collection but only specify the AIP/MGM ones. There could be (should be) multiple English dub tracks for several of the films but it doesn't mention how many each film has.

Where does it say AIP dubs ? All I see is original English audio . Is that it ?

[chriszilla]

Originally Posted by starsteam

Each Heisei film released by ADV contained around a hour of extras. The behind the scenes featurettes were usually short though, with a buck of the runtime coming from the interviews.
The Arrow release appears to combine the Shinji Higuchi interview into one 90-minute special. The ADV DVDs split them across the three movies.

The Mill Creek Blu-ray also contained almost three hours worth of subtitled behind the scenes features. I think some of them were the same extras included with the ADV DVDs but not all. The ADV DVDs did not include the Awakening of Iris Remix feature, which was included on the Mill Creek Blu-ray and the Arrow set.

It does appear that Arrow's release of Gamera the Brave contains several extras that were not included with the Media Blasters release.

Thanks for the info. Wow, I had no idea the Mill Creek Blu's had that much supplementary material included. Obviously I didn't read the reviews at the time. I should have gotten them just for the subtitled extras. I definitely wasn't paying attention at the time!

I guess this set renders that a moot point, anyway.

[dwk]

Oh yeah, the Mill Creek trilogy release (subtitle issues on the 2nd disc/ third film, aside) was practically an Arrow release compared to the usual Mill Creek release. (The Daimajin trilogy was a nice set too.)

[Kaiju no Kami]

A shame they can't include the MST3K episodes as bonus features, as it would be nice if I could get rid of my Shout! set, but oh well. I never expected it, but considering they were able to acquire public domain dubs I hoped it might.

[OzGilead]

Originally Posted by yoloswegmaster420

Thanks!

Strange to see only 3 of the films getting a 4K remaster but it's still good to see Kadokawa giving more leeway to Arrow (especially compared to the way Toho treated Criterion for their Godzilla set).

Can you explain what you're talking about? I didn't hear about any issues between Toho and Criterion and I'm genuinely curious.

[chriszilla]

Originally Posted by OzGilead

Can you explain what you're talking about? I didn't hear about any issues between Toho and Criterion and I'm genuinely curious.

The thread here at blu-ray.com on the Criterion Showa Collection has more discussion of this than you could ever want to read!

Toho is well known for being difficult to deal with when it comes to licensing the Godzilla film library. When you see what Arrow was able to include in their Gamera collection, and contrast that with what Criterion was(n't) able to do with their Godzilla collection, the situations are literally polar opposites!

[starsteam]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI2t...ature=youtu.be

Sounds like it will be coming out August 18th now.

I just realized there was no mention of the 2016 Gamera concept trailer being included in the set. That's disappointing.

[Kaiju no Kami]

Originally Posted by starsteam

I just realized there was no mention of the 2016 Gamera concept trailer being included in the set. That's disappointing.

I'd say that's a godsend considering how terrible that thing looked.

[Janjira54]

Originally Posted by Kaiju no Kami

I'd say that's a godsend considering how terrible that thing looked.

What did you find terrible about it?

[Kaiju no Kami]

Originally Posted by Janjira54

What did you find terrible about it?

Uh... the entire thing was CGI. The monsters looked like a Playstation 2 game.

[Mando54]

I thought it was fine as a proof of concept thing but nothing came about because of it. While it would be neat to have it on the set, it's not something that I would have expected nor would I knock the set for the lack of its inclusion.

[Zillamon51]

Originally Posted by Kaiju no Kami

Uh... the entire thing was CGI. The monsters looked like a Playstation 2 game.

Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it shouldn't be there.

As a proof-of-concept, basically an elaborate studio pitch, I thought it was great. I wouldn't criticize it any more than that "Gamera vs. Garasharp" segment, showing ideas for an unmade movie with storyboards and models.

I wish that was in the set, as well as music videos for the old American "Gammera" song, and the ADV-era "Gamera Always Wins." The Gamera 4:
Truth short film would be an absolute find, but considering the legalities, I'm not surprised it's M.I.A. Other than that, this looks to pretty exhaustive.

[Kaiju no Kami]

Originally Posted by Zillamon51

Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it shouldn't be there.

As a proof-of-concept, basically an elaborate studio pitch, I thought it was great. I wouldn't criticize it any more than that "Gamera vs. Garasharp" segment, showing ideas for an unmade movie with storyboards and models.

I wish that was in the set, as well as music videos for the old American "Gammera" song, and the ADV-era "Gamera Always Wins." The Gamera 4:
Truth short film would be an absolute find, but considering the legalities, I'm not surprised it's M.I.A. Other than that, this looks to pretty exhaustive.

I never said it shouldn't be there, I just said not having it there is a godsend. two entirely different things.

No idea what Garasharp is.

[eastx]

Originally Posted by Kaiju no Kami

I never said it shouldn't be there, I just said not having it there is a godsend. two entirely different things.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by Kaiju no Kami

No idea what Garasharp is.

https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Gamera_vs._Garasharp

[nvadr]

Originally Posted by Kaiju no Kami

I've never understood how they got the names Destroy All Planets and Gamera vs Monster X for Viras and Jiger. Viras is not trying to destroy any planets and Jiger doesn't resemble an X at all.

Daiei liked to play name games, Toho had Godzilla Destroy all Monsters so Daiei used Destroy all Planets. Toho Had Monster Zero so Daiei had to have Monster X.. I can't even begin to explain Daiei's advertising strategy mindset.

[chriszilla]

Originally Posted by nvadr

Daiei liked to play name games, Toho had Godzilla Destroy all Monsters so Daiei used Destroy all Planets. Toho Had Monster Zero so Daiei had to have Monster X.. I can't even begin to explain Daiei's advertising strategy mindset.

I don't believe Daiei had anything to do with those titles. I'm pretty sure these are titles that AIP-TV came up with for the U.S. market. The English titles that Daiei used on their Japanese DVD set from nearly 20 years ago were quite different from the AIP-TV titles.

[LordSummerIsle]

Is the box the same size as the Criterion release of the Godzilla films? It might be from judging some pictures. They'd look great together.

[Dk8819]

Originally Posted by LordSummerIsle

Is the box the same size as the Criterion release of the Godzilla films? It might be from judging some pictures. They'd look great together.

It’s going to be the cereal box size like the HGL set.

[LordSummerIsle]

Originally Posted by Dk8819

It’s going to be the cereal box size like the HGL set.

I wonder how limited this set it. I don't see it being as popular as the HGL set.