General Gamera Thread

[Terasawa]

Yeah I was hoping for this:



(I think it's great.)

[PopInPicsPresents]

I'm weird, I'll always prefer the traditional poster art. I think the last couple Showa Bluray sets had great art

[Cookson]

Cover art isn’t terrible. Not sure what’s up with not using existing art(like the Godzilla Showa set).

Very much looking forward to this set.

[omgitsgodzilla]

My absolute ideal artwork would probably play up the "retro"/"vintage" angle just a little more, but I do love the attention to detail in Matt's artwork. The front cover alone incorporates aspects of every era -- you've got the Showa opponents in the carvings, a very Kaneko-influenced Gamera design and Heisei-esque Gyaos in the background, plus the scarlet pearl and egg from Gamera the Brave.

[Cookson]

I believe the orders on Amazon are already capped. Hope you guys ordered it in time.

[Malchik]

Yeah I was hoping for this:



(I think it's great.)

The 4Kids VHS' were my exposure to Gamera.

[mikelcho]

Okay, it's coming. Now, what I want to know is how much is it and can I afford it?

[omgitsgodzilla]

It's been on Amazon for weeks. I think right now it's at about $160.

[Cookson]

Yeah it’ll probably drop to $120 before release. Just a guess anyway.

[mikelcho]

Well, with my being unemployed, that's it, I'm dead, it's over, I have to dig a grave for it right now. Same with the Criterion Godzilla set.

The only way I'm going to get either of them is as a birthday present and/or a Christmas present - and starting last year, my parents started not giving such things to me or anyone else in my family because of financial circumstances, not just mine, but everyone's. They also said they don't want anything anymore from any of us because of their age.

[Vakanai]

Well, with my being unemployed, that's it, it's dead, it's over, I have to dig a grave for it right now. Same with the Criterion Godzilla set.

The only way I'm going to get either of them is as a birthday present and/or a Christmas present - and starting last year, my parents started not giving such things to me or anyone else in my family because of financial circumstances, not just mine, but everyone's. They also said they don't want anything anymore from any of us because of their age.

I'm in a similar boat. These big collections would be nice to have, but no way in hell can I afford it, or justify the expense if I could.
Luckily I already own most of these movies, even if not all in one handy collection or in the best current visual format or whatever.

[mikelcho]

Well, with my being unemployed, that's it, it's dead, it's over, I have to dig a grave for it right now. Same with the Criterion Godzilla set.

The only way I'm going to get either of them is as a birthday present and/or a Christmas present - and starting last year, my parents started not giving such things to me or anyone else in my family because of financial circumstances, not just mine, but everyone's. They also said they don't want anything anymore from any of us because of their age.

I'm in a similar boat. These big collections would be nice to have, but no way in hell can I afford it, or justify the expense if I could.
Luckily I already own most of these movies, even if not all in one handy collection or in the best current visual format or whatever.

Thanks. At least I know I'm not the only one with this problem.

[JAGzilla]

Yeesh. I wouldn't have expected a Gamera set to cost so much. I already have all but one of these movies on DVD, so I'll probably pass unless I find it on sale or something. *sigh* Somebody needs to release GTB on its own.

[Vakanai]

Well, with my being unemployed, that's it, it's dead, it's over, I have to dig a grave for it right now. Same with the Criterion Godzilla set.

The only way I'm going to get either of them is as a birthday present and/or a Christmas present - and starting last year, my parents started not giving such things to me or anyone else in my family because of financial circumstances, not just mine, but everyone's. They also said they don't want anything anymore from any of us because of their age.

I'm in a similar boat. These big collections would be nice to have, but no way in hell can I afford it, or justify the expense if I could.
Luckily I already own most of these movies, even if not all in one handy collection or in the best current visual format or whatever.

Thanks. At least I know I'm not the only one with this problem.

Nope, not alone. Personally I can't imagine spending more than $40 on just one box set, and that's still my definition of steep.

I got the trilogy on blu-ray a few years back, and I'm still pretty happy with that.

Yeesh. I wouldn't have expected a Gamera set to cost so much. I already have all but one of these movies on DVD, so I'll probably pass unless I find it on sale or something. *sigh* Somebody needs to release GTB on its own.

That's the big bummer for me, it's the one Gamera movie I want that I don't have, and there's no affordable options.

[LSD Jellyfish]

Unless I’m missing something here, how/why would people pay that much for this collection? I don’t mean to start an argument or anything, but I’m pretty sure the mill creek Gamera collection was super cheap, and you. An probably easily get a cheaper/better version of Gamera 3 due to the bad subtitling in that one.

Despite its issues, the Criterion Godzilla set had more films, a bunch of cool art work and multiple tracks. It’s also the first time in a bit that the films are so easily available, Gamera has had collections for a while.

[Terasawa]

Lol this fandom.

[omgitsgodzilla]

Unless I’m missing something here, how/why would people pay that much for this collection? I don’t mean to start an argument or anything, but I’m pretty sure the mill creek Gamera collection was super cheap, and you. An probably easily get a cheaper/better version of Gamera 3 due to the bad subtitling in that one.

Despite its issues, the Criterion Godzilla set had more films, a bunch of cool art work and multiple tracks. It’s also the first time in a bit that the films are so easily available, Gamera has had collections for a while.

Arrow is a label known for producing editions comparable to Criterion's output in terms of content, except focused on less high-brow genre fare. There's going to be some care taken with the presentation of the films.

The Mill Creek sets were cheap because they used existing transfers and translations as-is, and crammed four Showa films on each disc. They skipped dubs altogether on the Showa films just because they didn't inherit uniform options for every film from Shout! Factory and/or Kadokawa. They gave the Kaneko films a less slapdash treatment, but it was still sourced from existing masters, with the extras IIRC ported from the Japanese releases.

Except for "more films," there's no reason not to expect this set to match or surpass the Criterion set on all of the points you mentioned. We're getting two books in this thing, one containing liner notes and another containing reprinted comics, and the whole thing has original artwork by Matt Frank -- whether his style is your cup of tea is down to personal taste, but it is original artwork, same as the Criterion set.

What you're missing is basically everything we know about the set at this point. We're getting what appears to be a more lavish and more substantial presentation of the films in the set than the Criterion releases, with a good deal of supplements both on and off the discs. It's a matter of both quantity and quality. Why one would expect the pricing of (out-of-print) budget sets from Mill Creek to have any bearing on the price of this set is beyond me.

[LSD Jellyfish]

-snip-

Okay, makes a lot of sense!

[Living Corpse]

We lose our innocence at some point when we grow up.

I wanna see a Gamera film tackle this, where an innocent child he saved in the past grows up into a villain he has to stop.

[SonOfGorgo]

We lose our innocence at some point when we grow up.

I wanna see a Gamera film tackle this, where an innocent child he saved in the past grows up into a villain he has to stop.

Reminds me a bit of Syndrome