Legends of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds

[rockstarbd82]

[RaymondBurr]

[Goji 84]

There is only one dub for this film, so the Sandy Frank version used the same one.

I like dubbing from this era, but this one was pretty bad from what I can remember. It sounds like it was done by Frontier Enterprises in Tokyo, who did the international dubs for EBIRAH, SON OF GODZILLA, and DESTROY ALL MONSTERS.

[RaymondBurr]

[Goji 84]

No problemo!

I too think that dubbing for Japanese SPX films was still pretty good in the 80's..but once many of the "Shaw Bros era" dubbers disappeared, it was just all down hill from there for the most part. Hell, even American-dubbed films like GODZILLA 1985 were well done. The dub for GODZILLA 2000 is just way too hammy for my tastes, personally. People call me hypocritical for not liking it since I like the 70's dubs so much, but I think many of them fail to see (or in this case hear) the difference.

The Hong Kong dubbers may have not been "good" necessarily, but they genuinely sounded like they were having a good time, and that's part of why I love them so much. In fact, I really wish that LEGENDS OF DINOSAURS had been dubbed in Hong Kong instead of Tokyo. It would probably be a lot more entertaining if it had been.

[The Real McCoy]

[Goji 84]

I'm with you there. Frontier's dubs for those particular films are probably the worst from the Showa era...but the sad part is, they sound decent in comparison to any of the Millennium dubs.

Just to confirm, there is a Japanese language option on the LEGENDS OF DINOSAURS disk.

[RaymondBurr]

[RaymondBurr]

[Enshohma]

[From a Rodan's Roost forum posting I just did]

Okay, so who is Brandon Tenold?

Well, while I was away from the forums, I've been doing a lot of art commissions for various customers. And among them is internet reviewer and new found Canadian friend Brandon Tenold, whose main expertise is older fantasy, science fiction and horror films, of the cult movie variety. All with a smarmy, comedic slant of course.

He's not quite as famous as similar post-MST3K comedians like The Nostalgia Critic, but he's growing in popularity, and is the only online personality representing Kaiju and other Giant Monsters films in a somewhat good light.

His most recent upload is based on the infamous 1977 Toei Studios production "Legend of the Dinosaurs", and is well worth a watch. Enjoy!

BlipTV Version:

YouTube Version:

My Title Card for the Episode:

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And here's many other Kaiju centric reviews from Brandon:

Top 10 Ray Harryhausen Films:

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"Godzilla vs Monster Zero" (1965):

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"A*P*E" (1976):

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"Latitude Zero" (1969):

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"Gunhed" (1989):

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"The Last Dinosaur" (1977):

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"Mighty Peking Man" (1976):

"The Land That Time Forgot" (1975):

"People That Time Forgot" (1977):

"Warlords of Atlantis" (1978):