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Trailers: GODZILLA,
Returner
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Review |
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Anthony
Romero |
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Released simultaneously with Tristar's Godzilla
vs. Megaguirus DVD, this disc,
like others from Tristar, excels in the video
department, although has some issues with how
it handles the audio. Unsurprisingly, the release
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Video: |
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While not flawless, the video quality found
on this release is pretty solid. The best aspect
is easily the very vibrant colors, while there
are only minor signs of over saturation. The picture
itself, while not as sharp as it could have been,
is still pretty good, despite some obvious signs
of edge enhancement being utilized. The print
used for the transfer is also in excellent condition
as well, noticeable better than the one used in
Tristar's Godzilla
vs. Megaguirus DVD, containing
few scratches. Unfortunately, it's a print
of the international version of the film, which
means that all of the credits will appear in English,
but the wonderful title sequence, often hailed
as the greatest opening to a Godzilla film to
date, is covered mostly by a rather large slightly
transparent gray box, which has the English title
super imposed on top of it.
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant
Monsters All-Out Attack is presented in its
original aspect ratio of 2.35:1, and is Anamorphic
for widescreen TVs.
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Audio: |
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The disc, like Tristar's other 2004 Godzilla
DVD releases, contains both the original Japanese
audio track as well as the, always horrible, international
English dub track. Both audio tracks are presented
in a 5.1 channel surround pretty faithfully, with
good speaker distinction on the numerous sound
effects. There are moments, particularly during
the louder portions of Ko
Otani's synthesizer heavy score, that sound
a little harsh, but they are fairly isolated incidents
and the tracks as a whole are pretty commendable.
The audio is complimented by removable subtitles,
both in English and French; however, it's here
where the disc's biggest problem lies. Like Tristar's
Godzilla
vs. Megaguirus DVD, the subtitles
found here correspond to the international dub
track, not the Japanese version. While this wasn't
a huge problem with Godzilla
vs. Megaguirus, as the dubbing stayed
(for the most part) pretty faithful to the Japanese
version, it becomes a huge problem for Godzilla,
Mothra, and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out
Attack where numerous liberties were taken
in the dubbing of the film. The most notable offense
being when Tachibana and company cheer after accidentally
hitting King Ghidorah with a D-03 missile in the
neck, while their reaction was quite the opposite
in the Japanese version. Another scene with horrendous
dialogue is when the two onlookers wish the solders:
"Good luck everyone! You're going to die!"
I'm not sure if the dubbers had intended it as
dark joke or not, but it seems contradictory to
Shusuke
Kaneko's whole point behind the film. There
are also several lines that were added in for
the dubbing, which seem odd when one has the Japanese
audio track on and subtitles appear when no character
is heard talking.
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Extras: |
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The extras found on this disc leave much to
be desired, to put it kindly. We are presented
with the same modest collection of trailers found
on Tristar's Godzilla
vs. Megaguirus DVD, most of which
seem rather questionable in why they were included
(akin to Anaconda for Tristar's Godzilla
2000 DVD).
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Bottom
line, the disc has some problem, particularly
the utter lack of extras and the "dubtitles",
but the video quality and inclusion of the Japanese
audio track makes this still a tempting release
for fans of the King of the Monsters.
This disc is also featured in the DVD box set:
50th
Anniversary Godzilla Collection.
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