Godzilla vs Biollante EB DVD/BD Release Discussion

[John Schuermann]

[Dr Kain]

1. The disc was advertised to have 5.1 lossless audio. I did not get that.
2. Running the stereo track into Pro Logic does not make it 5.1 loseless audio.
3. The stereo track is not loseless audio.
4. The Toho BD has an incredible 5.1 True HD track, so there is no excuse as to why this version's audio should not be of the same level.

[kpa]

[Dr Kain]

Miramax released Biollante in 1990? How come it was never actually released until 96?

Anyway, I really hope that some of the movies like From Dusk til Dawn and Equilibrium are new REAL transfers.

[Pkmatrix]

[Dr Kain]

[John Schuermann]

[Pkmatrix]

[Shokara]

[lhb412]

[kpa]

[lhb412]

^Come to think of it, I remember Biollante being stocked right up to the death of the VHS format in video stores!

[Benjamin Haines]

I first saw Godzilla vs. Biollante when I rented it from Blockbuster Video in 1998. Later I bought the tape at Circuit City.

[H-Man]

I bought a second VHS copy of Biollante in 2002 and it doesn't have the video spot for The Opposite Sex (damn!) and it opens with a late '90s/early 2000s HBO logo.

[Tom R VanSlambrouck]

I thought it was $90 Keith when Biollante first came out? I got a little mini poster for it from the local video rental place and I could have sworn it was $89.95 on it. I remember seeing the movie in summer of 1992 and taped it off Cinemax then. Then in 96 or so I bought a retail copy of the VHS for $30 I think maybe $20.

[Jorzilla]

[GodzFire]

Toho could have easily made a 5.1 surround mix for GvB by simply going back to the master tracks.

[John Schuermann]

[gojira_fan]

The complete score for Godzilla vs Biollante on the perfect box set uses the surround tracks, mono and faint bleeds of dialogue & sound effects can be heard.

Speaking of Jaws, the mix used for the 25th CD release is awful. However i believe it's been mentioned on one of the soundtrack forums that the actual masters are in great shape and the music sounds much better, so here's hoping for an improved release at some point.

[John Schuermann]

[O.Supreme]

[Gojilove]

[GodzFire]

Just to confirm, this is being re-released on Blu-Ray later this year right?

[The Shadow]

That's what it looks like, GvB among a slew of other movies with new listings under Lionsgate after the Echo Bridge blus went OOP when EB lost the rights.

I think I'll probably pick up another copy whenever it hits, as my copy is one of the ones with a missing surround track. Not that it's a big deal right now as I don't have a surround set-up to watch the movie on.

[DannyBeane]