DAM and MEGALON News from Media Blasters

[omgitsgodzilla]

Sounds like it. Do they have some sort of an online catalog...?

[kpa]

So, I'm guessing Orochi is back at Toho...?

I don't know. All I can say is OROCHI is not listed among the titles listed in Section23's press archives.

[Hellspawn28]

FYE is the only one that's really around anymore.

There is Record and Tape Traders in Towson, MD. I got my Classic Media DVD of Mothra vs. Godzilla from there before (Before my copy got stolen).

[The Dark Uniter]

My local FYE also went out of business. Damn Upper Marlboro and Waldorf.

[wataru]

The large FYE here closed a couple years ago. We have a smaller one in another mall that has a rather nice selection of films and alot of Goji, Gammy and other Japanese kaiju cinema.

[tymon]

The only place in my town with kaiju films is Hastings - they have all the Sony releases except for the SpaceGodzilla/Destroyah Double Feature. They also have the King Kong vs. Godzilla/King Kong Escapes double feature and "Gammera" The Invincible. Best Buy used to have a good selection, but as of last fall scaled back their entire video stock by like 50%, with Blu-Ray now dominant. That store sucks now, it feels empty.

[gvamp]

If you guys like Wal-mart for DVDs your going to hate it pretty soon I have a couple of friends that work at the electronics department in my local Wal-mart and they said that all Wal-marts are getting ready to scale back the DVD section and increase the Blu-Ray section.

[The Dark Uniter]

I think they're already doing that in my local Walmart, not that I have a problem with that, I have a Blu-ray player. However, that kinda sucks for those who still want DVDs, not Blu-ray.

[JVM]

Really not fair in my opinion to scale back DVDs in favor of Blu-Ray. Should really be equal. Everyone I know sticks to DVDs still. It took a few years for DVDs to catch on over VHS tapes, and it's gonna be a few more years before Blu-Rays overtake DVDs. Let's not rush DVDs to the grave.

[wataru]

Walmart only scales back the DVDs if they dont sell. And the $5 DVDs are huge sellers for Walmart. Dont expect them to go away, but with the remodels, DVDs are getting less shelf space to make more space for BRDs.

[Chris55]

Really not fair in my opinion to scale back DVDs in favor of Blu-Ray. Should really be equal. Everyone I know sticks to DVDs still. It took a few years for DVDs to catch on over VHS tapes, and it's gonna be a few more years before Blu-Rays overtake DVDs. Let's not rush DVDs to the grave.

Bleh, I hate dvd's. So much compression. They really rob films of their beauty

[tenup]

I want a decent bluray copy of GMK minus the annoying english title covering the amazing original display in the opening of the film.

[TokyoVigilante]

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This. It's such a fantastically animated and dynamic opening title sequence and it's a shame they had to slap some garish semi-transparent grey blob over it. I much prefer when they just translate it via subtitles.

[The Dark Uniter]

Yeah, I agree. Watching that for the first time ruined the title sequence.

[Tamura]

Toho International should have made their own awesome English title sequences...

[omgitsgodzilla]

If the dubbing in itself didn't tell you it's too much of a cheap rush job for that sort of thing, I don't know what would.

Re: DVD vs Blu-Ray... When Blu-Rays are as cheap and easy to find/make as DVDs, fine. Get rid of DVDs. Until then, keep DVDs.

[The Dark Uniter]

Uh, Blu-rays are as cheap as DVDs, especially online. They go as low as $5 dollars and yes, that's a Gamera double feature reference .

[tymon]

^
This. It's such a fantastically animated and dynamic opening title sequence and it's a shame they had to slap some garish semi-transparent grey blob over it. I much prefer when they just translate it via subtitles.

Same, I hate how they do that.

Does anyone know why Godzilla vs. Megaguirus has a way cooler English logo placed in front than the others? It even uses the "Godzilla Crumble Font" that's been around for several years in US Godzilla products (and is currently being used by IDW).

[JVM]

Any ideas what the covers will look like?

[kpa]

Media Blasters is considering several options for the cover art. Nothing has been decided yet.