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>> Has anyone seen the new Ghidorah DVD's ClassicMedia put out?
>>
>> Any reviews or impressions?
>
> DVD Drive-In gives both titles rave reviews as well as a big thumbs up on
> the new "Frankenstein Conquers The World" 2 dvd set from Tokyo Shock:
>
> (click on individual title reviews on the left)
> http://www.dvddrive-in.com/
>
> Basically, what Toho has been doing to giving the original Japanese
> digital masters used for their own R2 dvd releases to Sony, Classic Media,
> and Tokyo Shock minus the mostly unremarkable faux DD 5.1 surround audio
> and Japanese commentary tracks used on the R2 dvd releases. What has been
> really great is that many of these titles have been able to include
> excellent quality versions of the original US dubbing on the English
> language versions many of us grew up first viewing these movies on tv back
> in the early 70's.
>
> T.B.

Thanks for the link; it's a useful site.

Now, these are the AIP dubs on the International cut, right?

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"Wolf" wrote:

>>> Has anyone seen the new Ghidorah DVD's ClassicMedia put out?
>>>
>>> Any reviews or impressions?
>>
>> DVD Drive-In gives both titles rave reviews as well as a big thumbs up on
>> the new "Frankenstein Conquers The World" 2 dvd set from Tokyo Shock:
>>
>> (click on individual title reviews on the left)
>> http://www.dvddrive-in.com/
>>
>> Basically, what Toho has been doing to giving the original Japanese
>> digital masters used for their own R2 dvd releases to Sony, Classic
>> Media, and Tokyo Shock minus the mostly unremarkable faux DD 5.1 surround
>> audio and Japanese commentary tracks used on the R2 dvd releases. What
>> has been really great is that many of these titles have been able to
>> include excellent quality versions of the original US dubbing on the
>> English language versions many of us grew up first viewing these movies
>> on tv back in the early 70's.
>>
>> T.B.
>
> Thanks for the link; it's a useful site.
>
> Now, these are the AIP dubs on the International cut, right?

I picked up both titles yesterday and watched Monster Zero last night. That
one definately has the original US release English dubbing. I skimmed
through Ghidorah and it too appears to have the original dubbing but I'm not
100% sure. I'll have to check it against my very old Films Classics
official release which *is* the AIP dub tonight.

Regarding the video quality, etc - both titles looks outstanding. It looks
pretty obvious Media Classics indeed pieced together the English versions
using the video transfers from the superior Japanese transfers and re-edited
them around the US dubbed versions. In a few instances, there's noticable
flaws like scratches, etc in the original film at exactly the same spots on
both versions.

The only significant differences in quality I noticed was at the very
beginning of Monster Zero during the opening credits was the English
language version looked significantly muddier in picture quality but pretty
much was every bit as clean and sharp as the Japanese transfer after the
credits.

T.B.
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>>> Basically, what Toho has been doing to giving the original Japanese
>>> digital masters used for their own R2 dvd releases to Sony, Classic
>>> Media, and Tokyo Shock minus the mostly unremarkable faux DD 5.1
>>> surround audio and Japanese commentary tracks used on the R2 dvd
>>> releases. What has been really great is that many of these titles have
>>> been able to include excellent quality versions of the original US
>>> dubbing on the English language versions many of us grew up first
>>> viewing these movies on tv back in the early 70's.
>>>
>>> T.B.
>>
>> Thanks for the link; it's a useful site.
>>
>> Now, these are the AIP dubs on the International cut, right?
>
> I picked up both titles yesterday and watched Monster Zero last night.
> That one definately has the original US release English dubbing. I skimmed
> through Ghidorah and it too appears to have the original dubbing but I'm
> not 100% sure. I'll have to check it against my very old Films Classics
> official release which *is* the AIP dub tonight.
>
> Regarding the video quality, etc - both titles looks outstanding. It
> looks pretty obvious Media Classics indeed pieced together the English
> versions using the video transfers from the superior Japanese transfers
> and re-edited them around the US dubbed versions. In a few instances,
> there's noticable flaws like scratches, etc in the original film at
> exactly the same spots on both versions.
>
> The only significant differences in quality I noticed was at the very
> beginning of Monster Zero during the opening credits was the English
> language version looked significantly muddier in picture quality but
> pretty much was every bit as clean and sharp as the Japanese transfer
> after the credits.
>
> T.B.

That's cool.
I appreciate the review and report.

I gathered they used the opening from the old US print, which is why it was
shoddier.

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