Gamera:GotU and Gamera:AoL on Blu-ray in the US on 10/12/10

[gojira84]

Thats been up for sometime I pm'd him and he said he got it last friday. I don't know if I should really belive him though.

[garada]

There's a person a Blu-ray.com that has the disc apparently.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Gamera-Gu ... serReviews

Thats been up for sometime I pm'd him and he said he got it last friday. I don't know if I should really belive him though.

Not sure I believe it. I may be overly skeptical, but once someone on this board actually has a copy in their hands, THEN I'll believe it really exists. It just seems odd that ONE guy on blu-ray.com got it the Friday before release, yet nobody else that pre-ordered it, from blu-ray.com, amazon, ebay, Target or ANYWHERE has received theirs. Even sites that seem to get advance copies of stuff like this, such as dvdtalk.com, haven't reviewed it yet. Strange...

[g2kmaster]

As for the blu-ray... eh... some people faking and such. Whatever. Wait till we get some pictures...

[Legion1979]

So no one has this yet?

Weird.

[gojira84]

So no one has this yet?

Weird.

I positive my copy will come tomorrow.

[gvamp]

Someone over at MZ got the disc in today and said it looks great, the PQ is better than Toho's GMK BD which is pretty dissapointing from what I've heard so yeah looks like the disc is decent. Probably going to order it with in the next few weeks.

[Tyler]

I wonder if the subtitles are refined at all.

[gojiguy]

Someone over at MZ got the disc in today and said it looks great, the PQ is better than Toho's GMK BD which is pretty dissapointing from what I've heard so yeah looks like the disc is decent. Probably going to order it with in the next few weeks.

Really? From the reviews I read the PQ was great, it was just not a big loud digital picture. Very filmic and apparently a nice transfer. But I also didn't see a lot of screen caps and stuff. If you have any reviews/caps that'd be sweet.

But if this is the truth then I am quite pleased. I hope to see more pictures. I wonder if it is actually a new Hd transfer from the film elements. if that is true, it could potentially be superior to the japanese BDs as they were only 1080i IIRC

[gvamp]

Showa Gamera flicks where 1080i whereas the Trilogy was 1080p

[G-Matt]

Showa Gamera flicks where 1080i whereas the Trilogy was 1080p

Pardon my asking, but what exactly is the difference between those two?

[gojira84]

http://reviews.cnet.com/1080i-vs-1080p-hdtv/

EDIT

http://www.doblu.com/2010/10/16/gamera- ... se-review/

Not bad

[Rockzilla]

For some reason Millcreek used a 25gb disc. They should have went for a 50gb ,since it was a double feature. But I guess the picture quality isn't so bad for two HD films crammed on a 25gb disc. The picture quality might have fared a little better if they used VC1 compression on that 25gb disc. From my understanding VC1 handles compression a little better than MPEG4.

[gojira84]

I agree the disk problem is bad. but its better than dvd!

[gojiguy]

Well, the transfer seems decent with the contrast and compression being the only two major issues. The fact that they are packed onto one disc for a small asking price offsets that for me. I'm sure that they are better than the R1's and I'm hopeful that since G3 will be on a single disc by itself it will fare better on the video side of things.

Now I'm just interested in seeing some comparison shots between this and the Japanese BDs!

...and I wouldn't mind a review of Legion to see how it turned out compared to GOTU.

[gojira84]

I got mine in and Iv'e only seen Guardian and it looks much better in motion. Its defiantly worth the money and much better than the R1 version. The subtitles are kinda far up the screen and the menus don't even have scene selections I guess to keep compression down. The quality ranges from good to decent its never bad but not something amazing looking. I'm gonna watch legion later tonight, I hope its not going to look bad.

EDIT
Mill Creek

http://www.doblu.com/wp-content/uploads ... u10047.jpg

Japanese release

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p242 ... 002523.jpg

[gvamp]

For some reason Millcreek used a 25gb disc. They should have went for a 50gb ,since it was a double feature. But I guess the picture quality isn't so bad for two HD films crammed on a 25gb disc. The picture quality might have fared a little better if they used VC1 compression on that 25gb disc. From my understanding VC1 handles compression a little better than MPEG4.

No they used a 50GB disc Bluray.com says so also Mills Creek said so in they're press release.

[gojira84]

I just watched Legion. The quality is about the same but the night scenes are kinda grainy. But other than that its good.

[gvamp]

Good news on the films I guess I was wrong about this release.

[gojira84]

You were pretty much, but I guess thats a good thing. Now I can't wait for G3 to come out.

[RyanClark]

Mill Creek has uploaded a promo video! Quality looks fantastic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzmgpBW3WXw