by Benjamin Haines » Sat Jul 01, 2023 11:11 pm
It has launched! https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/channels/6452c8cee1979c0008608e27/
Not only is the Godzilla channel now airing on Pluto TV, all of the listed titles can also be searched and streamed individually on Pluto TV's website.
First and foremost, as of the time I'm posting this, Pluto TV does not have The Return of Godzilla, Godzilla vs. Biollante, the first Rebirth of Mothra movie, TriStar's 1998 Godzilla film, or the animated Godzilla: The Series, contrary to what was reported.
All of the Showa Godzilla movies open with the Janus Films logo and have the same transfers and English subtitles as Criterion's blu-ray discs, just like what's already streaming on TokuSHOUTsu and Max. No surprises there. Aside from the 1956 G:KotM, which is listed as its own title, all of them are the subtitled Japanese versions, no English dubs or US versions.
Pluto TV also has Rodan and War of the Gargantuas even though those weren't among the reported titles. They're the same as what's on TokuSHOUTsu and Max: the Japanese version of Rodan with English subtitles, the international English dub of WOTG with the main title subtitled as "WAR OF GARGANTUAS" and both movies open with the Janus Films logo.
Mothra is the US version, opening with the Columbia logo. The transfer looks like the same restoration that Sony released on DVD and Mill Creek later released on BRD.
The Heisei Godzilla movies, the Rebirth of Mothra sequels and the Millennium Godzilla flicks are all identical transfers to what Sony released on BRD. Same opening logos, same onscreen text, same English subtitles, same credits — same everything, with a few notable exceptions in certain instances.
Unlike Sony's BRDs, all of the 1991-2004 Godzilla movies have the Sony Pictures Television logo at the very end. That indicates that Pluto TV licensed the rights to all of those films from Sony, including Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah and Godzilla vs. Mothra. Apparently Sony still retains the TV and streaming rights to those two movies, even though their home video rights seemingly expired after 2019 and every Sony DVD or BRD release containing either of those films has been unavailable from retailers ever since.
Both the original Mothra and Rebirth of Mothra 2 also have the Sony Pictures Television logo at the very end. Rebirth of Mothra 3, however, does not, perhaps because it's the only one of these movies that already has a "Released by TriStar, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company" logo at the very end on Sony's BRD and it still has that logo here.
All of the Heisei Godzilla films, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, Tokyo SOS and Final Wars have Japanese audio with English subtitles. Conversely, Godzilla 2000 is just Sony's US version, and both GMK and Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla have Toho's international English dub tracks without subtitles. In other words, all eight of the Godzilla movies that Sony released on BRD on May 6, 2014 are presented on Pluto TV with Japanese audio and the same English subtitles, while all three of the Godzilla movies that Sony released on BRD on September 9, 2014 are presented on Pluto TV only with the English audio options from those discs. On the other hand, Rebirth of Mothra 2 and 3 are both presented on Pluto TV with Japanese audio and English subtitles, even though Sony released that trilogy to BRD on September 9, 2014.
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah has one difference that I've found in the English subtitles on Pluto TV compared to Sony's BRD. In the office scene after Terasawa finds the old newspaper article about the nuclear submarine that sank in the Bering Sea, as he's walking out and Chiaki asks him what he's working on, he replies, "It's for The Birth of Godzilla, of course." On Sony's BRD, the subtitle for that line has "The Birth of Godzilla" italicized, as it's the title of Terasawa's book, but on Pluto TV, that entire line is italicized.
Godzilla vs. Mothra has two significant differences from Sony's BRD. Whereas the Sony disc has the main title subtitled as "Godzilla® and Mothra®: The Battle for Earth", the main title on Pluto TV is subtitled as "Godzilla vs. Mothra", just Toho's official English title without those ® symbols. Additionally, while Sony's BRD has the movie end with a truncated credits sequence followed by another two minutes of a silent black screen, the version on Pluto TV continues playing the rest of the music from the uncut end credits during that black screen.
Godzilla (1954) - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/62c5f584a0f14a00072dd51e
Godzilla Raids Again - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/618187c01be642001a2d7cec
Godzilla: King of the Monsters! (1956) - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/61818612436116001a0bcbcf
Rodan - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/618187bd1be642001a2d7c55
Mothra - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/5bd1efdbcd6410e58e743904
Mothra vs. Godzilla - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/61818608436116001a0bc9d7
Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/618187c51be642001a2d7dbb
Monster Zero - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/6181860c436116001a0bcaaa
War of the Gargantuas - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/618185fc436116001a0bc8a7
Godzilla vs. The Sea Monster - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/6181862d436116001a0bd13d
Son of Godzilla - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/61818601436116001a0bc97e
Destroy All Monsters - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/61818632436116001a0bd210
All Monsters Attack - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/61818635436116001a0bd2ab
Godzilla vs. Hedorah - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/6181861c436116001a0bcd6c
Godzilla vs. Gigan - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/61818620436116001a0bcea9
Godzilla vs. Megalon - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/61818615436116001a0bcc9a
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/61818619436116001a0bccd1
Terror of Mechagodzilla - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/618187b81be642001a2d7bba
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/5b36cba9ad1b6cc65215962d
Godzilla vs. Mothra - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/5b5f49ac1db958537a1ecb86
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1993) - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/649df23be548810013d93ea2
Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/649e6154e135660013713e19
Godzilla vs. Destroyer - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/649dc974ab3edd0013887059
Rebirth of Mothra 2 - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/649e69c4e548810013dc57d0
Rebirth of Mothra 3 - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/649f2909a1659900136bb090
Godzilla 2000 - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/5b36cb4bad1b6cc652158b39
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/649df7ddab3edd0013894eba
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/5b36cb58ad1b6cc652158d99
Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/5b3c3b83db5ec1fc60dcd5ac
Godzilla: Tokyo SOS - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/5b36cbaaad1b6cc65215966b
Godzilla: Final Wars - https://pluto.tv/en/search/details/movies/5b36cb59ad1b6cc652158dd3
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