Shout! Factory's GAMERA, THE GIANT MONSTER (1965)

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Postby Andrew Nguyen » Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:55 am

I got no problem with anybody who jumps into a Starfury and rides fire! (Babylon 5)
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Postby gila-monster » Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:53 pm

So I picked this up finally and watched it for the first time last weekend. This was the first Showa Gamera movie I've ever seen and holy crap was it ridiculous. I mean that in the best way possible. Kind of an interesting feel for most of the movie. I would say it has a very distinct feel that's different from a Toho scifi/fantasy film. The suit was really neat as well as the action. I gotta say the method they use to get rid of Gamera at the end was quite possibly the best way of eliminating a giant monster I've seen in any of these movies (it's right next to the Oxygen destroyer and Dagora's bee allergy). Some real creativity went into this film, that's for sure!

I haven't watched the special features yet aside from the trailer, but I'll get to them eventually. Usually I just buy these films for the movie itself, and skip over things like commentary, etc.
Cheers to everyone involved in getting this out! I'm looking forward to the next release in July, which I have pre-ordered.
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Postby MouthForWar » Fri Jun 11, 2010 9:37 pm

Kaiju Transmissions Podcast-

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Postby gila-monster » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:12 pm

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Postby August » Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:57 pm

None of the copies I have do this... Those experiencing this may have bad discs. These are not apparent on any of the masters or discs that I've checked.
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Postby Tom R VanSlambrouck » Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:04 pm

I've only had one freeze on my copy it was right after Gamera's Tokyo attack other than that nothing wrong with the film or any of the extras.
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Postby RyanClark » Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:38 am

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Postby jellydonut25 » Sun Jun 13, 2010 12:18 am

Gills.

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Postby king_ghidorah » Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:26 pm

Is it possible for Super Monster Gamera that there could be some sort of state-side Gamera documentary ala Bringing Godzilla Down to size?

I know...hoop dream but I still think it'd be awesome
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Postby Mac » Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:23 pm

Well, what else is going to persuade people to buy a Zigra/Super Monster double feature?
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Postby jellydonut25 » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:27 pm

Gills.

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Postby jellydonut25 » Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:35 pm

Gills.

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Postby RyanClark » Sat Jun 26, 2010 1:29 am

Best Buy is showing the following as the chapter listing for Barugon:

Disc #1 -- Gamera vs. Barugon
1. Gamera's Return [10:42]
2. Island Arrival [23:07]
3. Birth Of Barugon [13:40]
4. Barugon's Rampage [19:58]
5. Luring Barugon [19:15]
6. Operation Relfection [13:25]

Not a terrible lot of chapters, but still far better than ADV's DAM!
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Postby Flame of Udin » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:32 am

Shout!'s generic cover art for the double features.


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Postby August » Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:40 am

Wrong thread for these, Flame! Should go here: http://www.clubtokyo.org/discuss/viewto ... &start=450

Ryan, your specs for BARUGON should have also gone into the same, above-mentioned thread, or the BARUGON thread:
http://www.clubtokyo.org/discuss/viewto ... 1&start=50

Thanks, and I hope that you keep on posting!
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