Friday, December 29, 2006

King of the Monsters

This past year, Classic Media began releasing the original Japanese Gojira movies on DVD (packed with the re-edited American versions).

Titles that Classic Media are licensed to distribute are:
  • Gojira/Godzilla King Of The Monsters
  • Godzilla Raids Again
  • Mothra Vs Godzilla/Godzilla Vs The Thing
  • Ghidorah The Three-Headed Monster
  • Invasion of Astro Monster/Monster Zero
  • All Monsters Attack/Godzilla's Revenge
  • Terror of Mechagodzilla
It's hard to say what it is about these movies that I enjoy the most, but I would guess it's the man vs. nature aspect that really grabs me. Of course the aspect that man is fighting to control or destroy his own monstrous creation (a la Frankenstein's Monster) has it's attraction as well.

It's great to finally be able to see the original Japanese versions of these movies, especially when you can compare them back-to-back with the re-edited American versions to see just how badly Hollywood butchered them.

Well, I hope that Classic Media is able to purchase the rights to do the same treatement to to rest of the Gojira movies some time in the future.

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  1. UnknownDecember 31, 2006 at 9:50 AM

    Hey Matt,

    I agree about the finally available early titles. I've had it uncut for some time but it's nice to see the attention that's been paid to these. I've seen the first around for $14.95.

    Wish they were doing all of the titles...but that's because I'm greedy.

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  2. KrydozaJanuary 2, 2007 at 4:28 PM

    Time will tell if the rest of the movies might receive a similar treatment some day.

    Until then, I will have to content myself with the commercially released versions of movies.

    As to the Classic Media titles, I bought the first DVD a few months back, and have the next three on order.

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