by kpa » Tue Aug 19, 2014 3:47 am
Yesterday, I received advance copies of the second wave of Sony Godzilla/Mothra Blu-rays. I can’t do screengrabs but did give the discs a quick check. From the little I’ve seen the new Blu-rays are a slight improvement over the batch released in May.
The content of the discs are as described on the back covers we posted on SciFi Japan back in early July (so no international dub for G2000 or other surprises). Extras are limited to trailers, and some films get multiple trailers while others just one. The audio commentary for G2000 is included with the American version, but the only trailer is for the Japanese version.
I thought the picture quality for the films looked good on my 55” flatscreen. REBIRTH OF MOTHRA 1 and 2 have the TriStar opening credits but complete international end credits. ROM 3 is the international version.
The subtitles for GMK are interesting. Without doing a line by line comparison it seems to generally match the previous Sony DVD subs, but with the occasional major change. The subtitle for the scene where King Ghidorah is accidentally struck by a D-03 missile has been changed from the DVD’s “Excellent!” to “F**ck!” on the Blu-ray… and it’s uncensored on the new disc. Never thought I’d see that in a Godzilla film!
Keith