All I could think about with the EDF in Final Wars was it they were influenced by the EDF in the Earth Defense Force games. Those games do feature a “legally distinct Godzilla.”
Remember how NECA said the hit the rights for kaiju besides Godzilla? Well, keep waiting because their next figure is Godzilla from 1964's Mothra vs Godzilla.
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Oh hey I don’t have to be the one to resurrect the thread. I just watched Godzilla vs. Biollante and vs. Mechagodzilla II. Didn’t care for the former, really liked the latter. So far the Heisei era is a mixed bag, but I only have Spacegodzilla left and then I’ll probably rewatch Destroyah before deciding how I like it overall.
So, for fun, I punched in the runtimes off the old criterion announcement of what Toho films they have, and added them up to see if it came close what is offered by that boxset.
Movie Runtime
Godzilla (1954) 96
Godzilla Raids Again (1955) 82
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956) 80
Rodan (1956) 82
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) 88
Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster (1964) 93
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) 94
War of the Gargantuas (1966) 90
Son of Godzilla (1967) 85
Destroy All Monsters (1968) 88
All Monsters Attack (1969) 70
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) 81
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla (1974) 84
Terror of MechaGodzilla (1975) 83
Total 1196
Target Page: 1295
Almost enough to squeeze in another movie.
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Maybe they got Smog Monster?
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That could be bonus features, but the idea of seeing Hedorah in high definition is a wonderful one
Are there issues with that film’s rights in particular? I was wondering why Criterion Channel is missing it.
Toho wasn't consistent in who they sold the rights to for US distribution, so they're all over the place now.
Criterion has Godzilla, Godzilla Raids Again, Mothra vs Godzilla, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, All Monster Attack, Godzilla vs Megalon, Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla and Terror of Mechagodzilla
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has King Kong vs Godzilla
Kraken Home Media has Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Godzilla vs Hedorah, Godzilla vs Gigan, and Return of Godzilla. (Interestingly, Wikipedia lists everything but Return of Godzilla as NA now)
Lionsgate has Godzilla vs Biollante
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has the rest of the Heisei and Millenium era films
Funimation has Shin Godzilla
Netflix has the Anime Trilogy
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Oh right I forgot there were a few other Showa era films missing from Criterion.
Oh hey I don’t have to be the one to resurrect the thread. I just watched Godzilla vs. Biollante and vs. Mechagodzilla II. Didn’t care for the former, really liked the latter. So far the Heisei era is a mixed bag, but I only have Spacegodzilla left and then I’ll probably rewatch Destroyah before deciding how I like it overall.
Space Godzilla is probably the weakest Heisei one, so not a bad idea to save it for last.
Fair enough on the racism bit. (I haven't seen the american version since I was a child, but the Japanese version is no slouch in that department either.)
That said, the lead antagonist(?) is a hoot in that movie, the plot is all kinds of bonkers and the fight between kong and Godzilla is great.
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Oh hey I don’t have to be the one to resurrect the thread. I just watched Godzilla vs. Biollante and vs. Mechagodzilla II. Didn’t care for the former, really liked the latter. So far the Heisei era is a mixed bag, but I only have Spacegodzilla left and then I’ll probably rewatch Destroyah before deciding how I like it overall.
Space Godzilla is probably the weakest Heisei one, so not a bad idea to save it for last.
Just finished and I really liked it?! The final battle drags on a bit and it's a bit light on any sort of social messaging, but it's enjoyable enough. SpaceGodzilla is great, but Baby Godzilla is the GOAT.
Oh hey I don’t have to be the one to resurrect the thread. I just watched Godzilla vs. Biollante and vs. Mechagodzilla II. Didn’t care for the former, really liked the latter. So far the Heisei era is a mixed bag, but I only have Spacegodzilla left and then I’ll probably rewatch Destroyah before deciding how I like it overall.
Space Godzilla is probably the weakest Heisei one, so not a bad idea to save it for last.
Just finished and I really liked it?! The final battle drags on a bit and it's a bit light on any sort of social messaging, but it's enjoyable enough. SpaceGodzilla is great, but Baby Godzilla is the GOAT.
Too each their own I liked the early parts but I didn't like M.O.G.E.R.A. and the tunneling stuff. Felt more Showa than Heisei. Space Godzilla was great (I have a toy of him haha), but overall compared to the others, I liked it the least overall.
EDIT: Sound like some of the cast and crew of KotM were interviewed by the Kaiju Kingdom podcast for a panel. I haven't seen any major news out of there so I assume nothing got announced.
Was going through the thread looking for some recommendations from earlier and it reminded me of two things.
1. Man, did the promotion for KotM make some thematic checks the final film didn't cash.
2. Those two obscure Kaiju films I mentioned awhile back? Here's a trailer for one.
So glad I held off on grabbing some of these films now.
Edit: oh, boo, it's the US version of King King vs Godzilla.
Genuinely surprised by that
The rights to that must be so locked down that it’s damned impossible to get at them
Toho must either really love or really hate that thing
Bloody Disgusting has a list of bonus features and it has the Japanese version of Kong vs Godzilla listed under there. I'm guessing Universal (who flat out owns the rights to that film outside of asia) requested the US version be the main version.
EDIT: Or the original Japanese cut was destroyed so maybe they just couldn't get a version to do a high definition transfer, given it's not listed there as high def, so they put the American version facing forward.
Not ideal, but definitely within the realm of acceptability.
The set includes Godzilla, Godzilla Raids Again, King Kong vs. Godzilla, Mothra vs. Godzilla, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Ebirah Horror of the Deep, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, All Monsters Attack, Godzilla vs. Hedorah, Godzilla vs. Gigan, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla and Terror of Mechagodzilla.
Special features include:
-High-definition digital transfers of all fifteen Godzilla films made between 1954 and 1975, released together for the first time, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks
-High-definition digital transfer of Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956), the U.S.-release version of Godzilla
-Japanese-release version of King Kong vs. Godzilla from 1962
-Audio commentaries from 2011 on Godzilla and Godzilla, King of the Monsters featuring film historian David Kalat
-International English-language dub tracks for Invasion of Astro-Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla, and Terror of Mechagodzilla
-Directors Guild of Japan interview with director Ishiro Honda, conducted by director Yoshimitsu Banno in 1990
-Programs detailing the creation of Godzilla’s special effects and unused effects sequences from Toho releases including Destroy All Monsters
-New interview with filmmaker Alex Cox about his admiration for the Showa-era Godzilla films
-New and archival interviews with cast and crew members, including actors Bin Furuya, Tsugutoshi Komada, Haruo Nakajima, and Akira Takarada; composer Akira Ifukube; and effects technicians Yoshio Irie and Eizo Kaimai
-Interview with critic Tadao Sato from 2011
-Illustrated audio essay from 2011 about the real-life tragedy that inspired Godzilla
-New English subtitle translations
-Trailers
-PLUS: A lavishly illustrated deluxe hardcover book featuring an essay by cinema historian Steve Ryfle, notes on the films by cinema historian Ed Godziszewski, and new illustrations by Arthur Adams, Sophie Campbell, Becky Cloonan, Jorge Coelho, Geof Darrow, Simon Gane, Robert Goodin, Benjamin Marra, Monarobot, Takashi Okazaki, Angela Rizza, Yuko Shimizu, Bill Sienkiewicz, Katsuya Terada, Ronald Wimberly, and Chris Wisnia
This is really incredible as just a year ago I was first looking into completing a Godzilla collection and the rights issues with the showa era films turned me right off from that.
Kudos to Criterion for making this possible.
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Okay I wasn’t going crazy then! Great!
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They're not as big as they used to be but I still see them cited by companies as motivation for continuing a franchise.
I just can't, this movie is a hot mess.
The actual first Godzilla anime. There's... a LOT of wut in this one.
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/97690
EDIT: working link to the target page
https://www.target.com/p/godzilla-the-showa-era-blu-ray/-/A-77463486
Movie Runtime
Godzilla (1954) 96
Godzilla Raids Again (1955) 82
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1956) 80
Rodan (1956) 82
Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) 88
Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster (1964) 93
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) 94
War of the Gargantuas (1966) 90
Son of Godzilla (1967) 85
Destroy All Monsters (1968) 88
All Monsters Attack (1969) 70
Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) 81
Godzilla vs. MechaGodzilla (1974) 84
Terror of MechaGodzilla (1975) 83
Total 1196
Target Page: 1295
Almost enough to squeeze in another movie.
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Toho wasn't consistent in who they sold the rights to for US distribution, so they're all over the place now.
Criterion has Godzilla, Godzilla Raids Again, Mothra vs Godzilla, Ghidorah the Three Headed Monster, Invasion of Astro-Monster, Son of Godzilla, Destroy All Monsters, All Monster Attack, Godzilla vs Megalon, Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla and Terror of Mechagodzilla
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has King Kong vs Godzilla
Kraken Home Media has Ebirah, Horror of the Deep, Godzilla vs Hedorah, Godzilla vs Gigan, and Return of Godzilla. (Interestingly, Wikipedia lists everything but Return of Godzilla as NA now)
Lionsgate has Godzilla vs Biollante
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has the rest of the Heisei and Millenium era films
Funimation has Shin Godzilla
Netflix has the Anime Trilogy
Space Godzilla is probably the weakest Heisei one, so not a bad idea to save it for last.
I hope so, Smog monster and Gigan were a couple of my favorites when I was a kid.
Having watched Kong vs Godzilla recently they really don’t need it
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It's one of the better cheesy Godzilla films, IMO.
Also the Japanese version has never been released on blu-ray in the states.
I mean I have to believe the Japanese version is a better and more coherent film but I must disagree
There are a dozen better cheesy Godzilla movies that also don’t have extended racist comedy bits
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That said, the lead antagonist(?) is a hoot in that movie, the plot is all kinds of bonkers and the fight between kong and Godzilla is great.
Just finished and I really liked it?! The final battle drags on a bit and it's a bit light on any sort of social messaging, but it's enjoyable enough. SpaceGodzilla is great, but Baby Godzilla is the GOAT.
Too each their own
Are we going to get a look at GvK
They were.
We aren't.
EDIT: Sound like some of the cast and crew of KotM were interviewed by the Kaiju Kingdom podcast for a panel. I haven't seen any major news out of there so I assume nothing got announced.
1. Man, did the promotion for KotM make some thematic checks the final film didn't cash.
2. Those two obscure Kaiju films I mentioned awhile back? Here's a trailer for one.
Love the tagline of "King of the (Sea) Monsters" :biggrin:
https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/2648-godzilla-the-showa-era-films-1954-1975?fbclid=IwAR2yWHpzxnGsdI6I_stKmPEOX-HiNp_EzCDX8dUjPXGeX-KSARssioxSudw
Edit: oh, boo, it's the US version of King King vs Godzilla.
Genuinely surprised by that
The rights to that must be so locked down that it’s damned impossible to get at them
Toho must either really love or really hate that thing
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Edit: nvm, Criterion specifies it’s the American cut. Huh!
Bloody Disgusting has a list of bonus features and it has the Japanese version of Kong vs Godzilla listed under there. I'm guessing Universal (who flat out owns the rights to that film outside of asia) requested the US version be the main version.
EDIT: Or the original Japanese cut was destroyed so maybe they just couldn't get a version to do a high definition transfer, given it's not listed there as high def, so they put the American version facing forward.
Not ideal, but definitely within the realm of acceptability.
This is really incredible as just a year ago I was first looking into completing a Godzilla collection and the rights issues with the showa era films turned me right off from that.
Kudos to Criterion for making this possible.
Let's not go too far.
Heisei is the one I have the least familiarity with and I’d love to have all that in one place
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