Godzilla KOTM... from the Criterion Collection!?!?!

[Benjamin Haines]

[O.Supreme]

[Gwangi]

[H-Man]

[Gwangi]

[H-Man]

The export version is identical in structure to the Japanese version, so Hamilton’s musical number is present in this version too. The song isn’t dubbed. The rest of her dialogue (which is just screaming, anyway) is dubbed in both English versions.

Comet has shown the export version as recently as last week so I expect that’s what TCM will show next month.

[Benjamin Haines]

[H-Man]

Ted is British, apparently so is Rik Thomas (who was responsible in some way for every known Toho-commissioned HK dub since 1989). Matthew Oram, who ran his own dubbing group, and who dubbed almost all known Toho export versions from 1974 to 1984, is a Kiwi. The Oram group voice actors mostly avoided the Mid-Atlantic accent.

Bonus 1981 HK TV report by Mr. Oram, right during the middle of his stint as Toho's go-to film dubber. (Video uploader Warwick Evans was also active in the HK dubbing business.) https://www.facebook.com/WarwickPaulEva ... 5804113192

[lhb412]

[Benjamin Haines]

[Dai]

Anyone in the UK should be aware that the region B version of this set is going to be a limited release. Much to my surprise, Jon Mulvaney at Criterion reached out to let me know. He doesn't know how many copies are being pressed, unfortunately (this was presumably Sony's decision, not Criterion's), but it looks like this won't be a set to leave in your wish list for a year or two in the hope of a price drop. I suppose it makes sense from a business perspective; the UK has been so under-served with Toho releases that there's little way to guess how many people will be willing to pony up £150 for a stack of Godzilla movies all at once.

Please note that this doesn't seem to apply to the US release, just the UK one.

[mr.negativity]

[H-Man]

Meh.

[klen7]

Nice. I am hyped.

[O.Supreme]

I'll give Props to Criterion, it's an impressive trailer they cut together considering what they have to work with...

*edit* not everything has to be Stranger Things though...just sayin'

[canofhumdingers]

I so very much want to be excited by this release. I really do. But in truth I feel mostly just apathy. I’m not mad or upset, but the massive shortcomings contained within temper any enthusiasm I might have for the positives.

It will be nice to finally have at least the Japanese cuts of the classic media titles, as well as SoG and GvsMG on Blu-ray finally. And new subtitles will be a godsend for some of these films. I don’t own many import BDs but I do have Toho Japanese discs of both 1964 films. Ghidorah in particular has some really neat behind-the-scenes bonus content (even if you can’t understand Japanese) and I’m curious to see if any of it made its way into the criterion features.

[lhb412]

This fella has a Twitter thread going comparing the shots from this new trailer to (mostly) Toho's masters:

https://mobile.twitter.com/KyodaiKino/s ... 9362451457

Now, a 780p YouTube video with the compression that entails isn't the best method for showing off the visuals, but even here you can see the tweaks they have done. Destroy All Monsters looks the most improved to my eyes.

[jellydonut25]

LEAKED!!! Toho has approved a new English Dub for GRA. Preview below!!!

[Rody]

Yeah, I can definitely see the improvement in some of those shots - but I'm sorry to say, I probably never would have noticed without the comparison being made.

If Toho ever does get around to properly restoring these films, the real upgrade in visuals might send some of us into shock.

[rortiz77]

Not too much information on the "About the Transfers" section of the book :

[Benjamin Haines]

^


"Bringing Godzilla Down to Size...courtesy of Toho Co. Ltd."

What!? Criterion is including the Bringing Godzilla Down to Size documentary in this BRD collection? That hasn't been announced before.

[rortiz77]

[Heiseigodzilla425]

[H-Man]

[lhb412]

The inclusion of Classic Media doc is a nice suprise! From what I can tell in the indica we're getting two Toho-produced effects docs?