Godzilla in the Criterion Collection?!

[tymon]

^Some true talent right there. I'm gonna watch that featurette again when I get home tonight, it's some crazy shit (especially the footprints on the hillside..check out the details in the painting, particularly the rooves of the houses. The footprints on the beach are even more impressive).

[omgitsgodzilla]

Yeah. Maybe it's just me, but before I saw the Criterion restoration, I never noticed the footprints in the wide shot of the Odo Islanders running up the hill. Beautiful compositing and some delicious foreshadowing as well.

[B34sT]

I never noticed the footprints until I watched the Classic Media DVD and they were pointed out in the commentary. They are really hard to see but mind blowing when you realize it was there all along .

[starsteam]

I finally got my Blu-ray today. I was so excited, I popped into my laptop and opened PowerDVD 11 and clicked play and.. nothing. It stops before it plays everytime. I tried restarting, resuming, nothing. As soon as it tries to play the disc, it stops.

I hate Blu-Ray so much. Everytime I get one, there's a problem. I managed to fix it everytime, but I'm stuck now. Can anyone help me, I am so annoyed with this and wish Blu-Ray would just stop being so different with each disc.

[Chris55]

I finally got my Blu-ray today. I was so excited, I popped into my laptop and opened PowerDVD 11 and clicked play and.. nothing. It stops before it plays everytime. I tried restarting, resuming, nothing. As soon as it tries to play the disc, it stops.

I hate Blu-Ray so much. Everytime I get one, there's a problem. I managed to fix it everytime, but I'm stuck now. Can anyone help me, I am so annoyed with this and wish Blu-Ray would just stop being so different with each disc.

Do an update on your player

[starsteam]

There wasn't any updates available. However, somehow I made it play (problem is now I don't know what I did, so when I do get time to watch it, I'll still have to figure out the problem).

I looked through both films and they look and sound really nice. I can't wait to watch these and check out their special features. I loved the package as well, despite having the wrong Godzilla on the inside. I'm very glad I got it, even if I did have a problem making it play.

[g2kmaster]

In case if anyone is wondering how popular this product may be in Japan, a good indicator is to see how much one wants to pay for it.

http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b131916265

It's going for 1200 yen. A listing for Toho's blu-ray is at 5000 yen. Lets see how things play out. I mean, I am more than sure Japanese fans know of how great Criterion's products are.

[Tyler]

I've been purchasing a lot of Criterions recently and they really need to improve the look of their subtitles. They can be really hard to make out at times.

[Proofpoochie]

I've been purchasing a lot of Criterions recently and they really need to improve the look of their subtitles. They can be really hard to make out at times.

The subtitles on the Blu-rays for Godzilla(1954) and House seemed fine to me.

[Chris55]

I've been purchasing a lot of Criterions recently and they really need to improve the look of their subtitles. They can be really hard to make out at times.

Yeah with the Odo Island scenes etc? It bugs sometimes

[gvamp]

I had no issues with the subs other than they went off the screen a little to fast in a few scenes at leas they wheren't as bad as Classic Medias where the fonts ran together making words like ol in them look like just ds

[Goji]

I've been purchasing a lot of Criterions recently and they really need to improve the look of their subtitles. They can be really hard to make out at times.

The subtitles on the Blu-rays for Godzilla(1954) and House seemed fine to me.

Yeah, I mean, if you're watching the BD on an HD TV (like your supposed to), then you can see the subs just fine. Sure, they blend with the background ever so slightly on occasion, but the quality is so good that it's still not difficult to make them out. Unless, of course, your eyes are just jacked to shit.

[GreenAiden555]

Considering I am a cheap bum and rarely buy movies anymore, and having the Classic Media release being the first time I saw Gojira (1954), while half asleep, I noticed something on the Criterion DVD I didn't notice before...


The actors.... They're not looking at each other. They're looking past the person they're speaking to, and its PAINFULLY obvious in some scenes. It's almost like they're looking at cue cards.... huh...

[Proofpoochie]

Considering I am a cheap bum and rarely buy movies anymore, and having the Classic Media release being the first time I saw Gojira (1954), while half asleep, I noticed something on the Criterion DVD I didn't notice before...


The actors.... They're not looking at each other. They're looking past the person they're speaking to, and its PAINFULLY obvious in some scenes. It's almost like they're looking at cue cards.... huh...

Were you watching GKOTM or Godzilla(1954)? I'm gonna guess you mean KOTM.

[Goji]

Yeah, be must be talking about KOTM, because that's the only thing that makes sense. There is definitely nothing of the sort in the original film.

[GreenAiden555]

No, I mean 1954. Just look closely, REALLY closely, particularly in some scenes with Serizawa. I remember once scene SPECIFICALLY, the camera is to the side of Ogata and Emiko, and they're talking to each other, and Ogata turns his head to speak to Emiko, and it looks like they're facing each other, but the camera turns really quick, and for half of a second you can see they're not looking at it each other at all. You can just see where their eyes are looking, kinda weird.

A friend pointed it out while we were watching it, and I didn't notice it, but I skipped back a few seconds and after he said something, and it was REALLY obvious.


*insert comment about paying attention here*

Considering I am a cheap bum and rarely buy movies anymore, and having the Classic Media release being the first time I saw Gojira (1954), while half asleep, I noticed something on the Criterion DVD I didn't notice before...

[omgitsgodzilla]

Hm. Have any pics of specific scenes?

[o.supreme]

I dont recall those scene's specifically, but it may be a cultural difference as well. In some cultures it may be a sign of aggression, or disrespect to lock eyes for too long, thus the apparant "looking past" or away from someone. Heck even I do this in my every day speech. for example if a female co-worker happens to wear a really low cut top, rather than making a big issue out of it, I just look indirectly at her when conversing.

[GreenAiden555]

Hm. Have any pics of specific scenes?

Well, err, don't know if that would be legal, per se, but I will take a screen grab or two.

[Gojira-Fan]

Hm. Have any pics of specific scenes?

Well, err, don't know if that would be legal, per se, but I will take a screen grab or two.

It's legal. It's called fair use.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Use