Mothra (1961) Blu-ray steelbook from Mill Creek

[lhb412]

Coming July 9 from Mill Creek! Includes both US and Japanese cuts, commentary track from the Icons of Toho DVD set, trailers and photo gallery (those last two weren't on the DVD, right?).

And, of course, fancy packaging using the original US poster and promotional stills. Nifty!

http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2019 ... k-blu-ray/

[The Shadow]

That's a great looking case, definitely picking this up in July. I am surprised that Sony isn't putting MOTHRA out on blu-ray themselves, although this release sounds like it will be better than what we might have seen from Sony.

[canofhumdingers]

Well that's a day one purchase right there!

[lhb412]

I was confused about the cover until I realized there is a plastic case around the steelbook that has the Shobijin on it.

[Dr Kain]

I'll pick it up for sure, I'll just have low expectations for the quality considering it's Mill Creek.

[O.Supreme]

Very appreciative to get any kaiju film on Blu Ray in NA. However...I just wish there was a standard packaging option, I've never been into steelbooks.

[lhb412]

[Dr Kain]

[H-Man]

[lhb412]

Watching their 2009 DVD right now, and while there's always room for improvement the transfer itself looks quite good, even upscaled. I imagine it'll look much better in HD, much like Sony's recent Battle in Outer Space release, which suffered from some native print damage but was otherwise a decent transfer.

As I thought, there were no trailers or image gallery here. Mill Creek rustled those up themselves, which just goes to show how serious they are taking this release!

[Benjamin Haines]

[canofhumdingers]

Yeah, I saw the DCP of Mothra (that I think was also sourced from this restoration) at the Alamo Drafthouse a few years ago. It was gorgeous! And it was glorious to see all tsuburaya’s effect work up on the big screen!

[mbozzo]

I remembered seeing this movie on television. I remembered liking this movie. I hope to get the blu-ray some time in the future.

[Dr Kain]

There is no way that DVD from the 3 pack was remastered for HD. It looks good for a DVD remastering job, but it is most definitely not HD worthy.

[O.Supreme]

I'm curious if this is the same source Rifftrax used for their live event a couple years back? They *said* it was sourced form a new HD print? I mean, I'm not a great judge, EVERYTHING in the theater looks great to me.

Also, for those looking to build their streaming film library, Mothra is also available on Vudu, I just added it to my collection.

[canofhumdingers]

[lhb412]

It's just exciting to have another nice kaiju Blu-ray release to look forward to. There's been a smorgasbord of genre films being released in the last couple years, but few kaiju movies after all of Sony's Godzilla films and Mill Creek's Gamera and Daimajin releases.

[Rody]

[Benjamin Haines]

Two weeks before Mothra makes her Hollywood debut in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, pre-orders for this BRD steelbook of the original Mothra have made it the 14th-bestselling movie or TV disc on . Their current price is $14.89.

[lhb412]

If this release is successful for Mill Creek I wouldn't mind them going through the rest of Sony's Kaiju catalog. Not every film deserves a special edition steelbook release, but, say, GMK could use an improved English subtitle track, right?

[canofhumdingers]

Forget the subtitles. GMK needs an all new transfer. Desperately.

[Dr Kain]

So is anyone other than Amazon selling this? I don't feel like paying $6 for shipping plus tax to get it from them.

[Shokara]

[lhb412]

It's a regular retail release, not some kind of exclusive. All the usual disc retailers?

[KaiserGhidorah]

So since this is getting released, and BIOS has been released, does that mean that H-man is just around the corner? Food for thought.