Monster Zero x SciFi Japan - Archive Only

Not a nice thing to "joke" about but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt since the quotes may have been taken out of context.

It's a wonder any of the English speaking actors in these Japanese films had any idea what was going on. I imagine the experience could have been disorienting for any of them.

Shows the skill of the Toho crew that these movies work well across the board (barring Russ Tamblyn's steadfast refusal to act).

Wasn't 47 Ronin filmed with a cut where everyone spoke in their original languages? (slight tangent, I know...but interesting to think this is still happening today)

Just curious: is the Japanese cut of KK vs. G on the German DVD any better than the (crummy) transfer on the Toho DVD, or is it the same ported over?

Okay, someone needs to PM me as to who the hell this Ben Wagner guy is...

He's (literally) a psychopathic internet troll. That's really all you need to know.

How do we know if Universal still possesses the original Japanese prints to these films or not? It may be that all there is remaining is the American versions.

Universal didn't produce the American version of King Kong vs. Godzilla (John Beck did) so I'd guess they don't have the Japanese version of that one. They did produce Escapes, however, so that could be a different story.

I don't think that was really his point. His point was that it's not going to happen because Universal is too big to have any interest in doing it properly and any company that would maybe attempt to do it properly wouldn't want to after the insanity that surrounded the Criterion release that had the company pretty publicly lamenting the insanity and ingratitude of Godzilla fans.

What's this about Criterion?

I imagine it was the combination of jumping thorough the hoops with Toho only to be met with such ingratitude by fans left a very sour taste in their mouths.

If I ever were to get involved with some commercial Godzilla project remind me to completely ignore the fans.

Oh, naturally.