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Menus (English) |
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Chapters (3) |
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Trailers: Open Season,
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild,
Zathura |
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Captures |
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Review |
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Anthony Romero |
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Released alongside Godzilla:
The Series - Monster Mayhem, this
DVD collects three episodes from the 1998
cartoon series based on the American GODZILLA
(1998) movie. This particular disc contains
the episodes S.C.A.L.E. (#35), The
Twister (#34) and Where Is Thy Sting?
(#32), and play in that sequence. Not only
do the episodes play in a randomized order,
but El Gusano, the worm creature on the front
cover, does not even appear in any of them.
So the disc does feel like it was slapped
together, but at least the video and audio
quality are decent, although once again the
release is devoid of extras. |
Video: |
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Much like Monster Mayhem, this
disc is a huge improvement over the earlier
Godzilla:
The Series - The Monster Wars Trilogy
release in respects to video quality. Colors
are vivid and distinct, especially during
the show's very well presented introduction.
However, compression is still apparent, creating
extra noise and generally making the animation
not look as clean and clear as it could have.
Godzilla: The Series is presented
in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1. |
Audio: |
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This DVD boasts a two channel English, surround
track for the three episodes. Despite only
being two channels, the directionality is
decent when the show lets it be. It sounds
very muted and flat in the first episode on
this disc, S.C.A.L.E., like the audio
just clips out at certain volume levels and
lacks the more normal depth. However, this
episode is a mockumentary, with almost everything
being seen from a camera's POV, and the distortion
was intentional, so nothing to ding the audio
for here.
The audio can be accompanied by, removable,
English subtitles. |
Extras: |
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There are three unrelated trailers here, which
are more like commercials than special features
since they play automatically when the disc
is inserted into a player. Outside of these,
the disc has nothing extra to tout. It doesn't
even have selectable chapter breaks for the
individual episodes.
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Overview: |
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Bottom
line, it may feel like it was rushed, but
the disc is still heads and shoulders above
Godzilla:
The Series - The Monster Wars Trilogy
in just about every way. Two of the episodes
here are unique to this particular release
as well, so fans of the show will probably
want to get this, despite the fact that the
DVD as a whole is only so-so. |
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