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Destroy All Monsters(1968); Discuss the film here.
Topic Started: Feb 11 2006, 09:22 PM (9,449 Views)
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I used to love DAM as a kid, as I've grown older, it has moved down in the ranks. I do still highly regard it, but there are many things I would have liked to see done differently. However, I think they did well for the declining budgets they had to work with. I too would have liked to see more participation from Baragon, Varan, Rodan, and the others.

This is one of my favorite musical scores by Maestro Ifukube. When I worked at a convenience store it used to be one the scores I hum while I mopped the floors.
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What I would like to see now is a quality Region 1 DVD release of DAM. Perhaps Mediablasters or Discotek Media could secure the North American DVD rights and release DAM with some extras. The ADV Films releases of DAM are bare bones.
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I agree with you. Though I think that unless they are meaningly wanting to look bad, I think the company that next releases DAM has to have a good set of special features. After what Sony and Classic Media have done, I think that it has become standard.
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Well, it has become official that DAM will be playing at the Plaza Atlanta the day after Christmas.
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Well, it has become official that DAM will be playing at the Plaza Atlanta the day after Christmas
heyo

You planning on coming up to the ATL to see it?


Bonus - the German trailer for Destroy All Monsters(1968):



I sure wish somebody(like Mediablasters) would buy the rights to this goddamn movie and release it on quality Region 1 DVD.
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IDK, Social Security is being a b**** for the past two months. Money issues are going bad right now...
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to be honest, this movie is also a little boreing. the only fun is looking at monsters. and the movie is plauged with dialouge.
This is why I do not care for this film and would rather watch GFW...
You're kidding right? You're talking about one of Toho's best monster movies from that Golden Age of Godzilla movies. GFW? For a movie that kinda paid homage to Invasion of the Astro Monster/Godzilla vs. Monster Zero and Destroy All Monsters, man, enough has been said about that movie already. Mostly negative.

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This is why I do not care for this film and would rather watch GFW...
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You're kidding right? You're talking about one of Toho's best monster movies from that Golden Age of Godzilla movies. GFW? For a movie that kinda paid homage to Invasion of the Astro Monster/Godzilla vs. Monster Zero and Destroy All Monsters, man, enough has been said about that movie already. Mostly negative
I believe we have another "DAM vs GFW" argument brewing here. Far be it for me to stay on the sidelines either about it. tongue-1

Here's an opening salvo for all you "G" fans: I can guarantee you that had Ishiro Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya had access to the same technology afforded Ryuhei Kitamura, the director of GFW, we fans would have been treated to a memorable 50th anniversary Godzilla film...and not what Ryuhei Kitamura gave us: a movie with lots of action, fighting sequences copied from The Matrix and a score dominated by music that IMO often sounded like what one might hear at a Trekkie convention in the mid 1980's. winky
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I believe we have another "DAM vs GFW" argument brewing here.


Not when I'm around Packmule, if an argument begins I will use my MODERATOR POWERS to end it and get rid of the post if they get nasty. sickko

Anyway, Russzilla... remember, every G-fan has a different opinion on the Godzilla series films. winky
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Not when I'm around Packmule, if an argument begins I will use my MODERATOR POWERS to end it and get rid of the post if they get nasty
I consider an "argument" to be a respectful disagreement, which can be a good source for topic thread activity. I'm not talking about "flaming". There's a difference between the word "argument" and the term "flame war". An argument might be considered your comments and mine, which have differed a lot, regarding films like Mothra Vs Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again. We disagree and agree to disagree. That is what I am referring to by "argument" in reference to GFW vs DAM. You know what the term "flame war" means. I would never encourage, or permit that to happen around here.

One of the things I try to do, among other things, as the founder of this board, is try to help topic threads stay active or somewhat active, and as much as I can without being overly spammy. I believe a good argument can be one way of doing that.

There's a reason why there's rarely any need for any topic moderation here, Matthew: because our active posting members all are of good character and believe in being courteous to the other members. thumbz up

Topic: would you say you agree with my previously stated assertions about GFW?
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An argument might be considered your comments and mine, which have differed a lot, regarding films like Mothra Vs Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again. We disagree and agree to disagree. That is what I am referring to by "argument" in reference to GFW vs DAM.


What you said earlier made me think of something bad but what you said above, makes it sounds a lot better. winky

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You know what the term "flame war" means. I would never encourage, or permit that to happen around here.


That's good. thumbz up

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Would you say you agree with my previously stated assertions about GFW?


I agree with the fighting scenes copied from The Matrix being bad, but I like the musical scores from GFW (Except for the ending score doing the credits), personally I think the movie should have focused more on the monsters action rather then the humans. winky
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I can't believe anyone would find DAM boring! It's easily the most action packed of the 50s and 60s films in my opinion.
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That might change when I see it in Atlanta. But from what I remember of the film, there are alot of human scenes that seem to drag. GFW is one fast paced action packed film.
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"Packmule"
 
I believe we have another "DAM vs GFW" argument brewing here.


Not when I'm around Packmule, if an argument begins I will use my MODERATOR POWERS to end it and get rid of the post if they get nasty. sickko

Anyway, Russzilla... remember, every G-fan has a different opinion on the Godzilla series films. winky
Oh I know man. And i'm not trying to start an argument or anything. I just share many others opinions that GFW was poorly made, underachieved, and just was not the film that should've been made to send Godzilla into temporary retirement. Is it the worst G movie ever made? No, of course not. It just could've, and should've been better because Godzilla and we Godzilla fans deserved better. Just my humble opinion man.

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That might change when I see it in Atlanta
The thing I would think you would notice immediately is the difference in the audio of the movie, obviously. I remember when I watched Godzilla 2000 at a theater in the summer of 2000 here in Atlanta and I was impressed by how the movie sounded on the big screen.

I've also listened to my DAM DVD-R, with a 5.1 audio remix, with external speakers and a booster(bass) with the volume turned up: it sounded a hell of a lot better than that mono audio on the ADV Films DAM DVD. winky
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Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
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A Sci-Fi Channel promo ad for its broadcast of DAM, circa 1996:
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Who has the rights to this movie now? ADV Films had the rights to it when it was released by them on DVD in '99 and '04. Now that ADV Films is no more though, where has those rights gone to?

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Who has the rights to this movie now? ADV Films had the rights to it when it was released by them on DVD in '99 and '04. Now that ADV Films is no more though, where has those rights gone to?
I'm assuming the rights revert back to Toho, Russ. I'll look into this for further confirmation. Obviously the ADV Films DVD releases, which included no extras, have many fans hoping someone like Mediablasters, Classic Media or Shout! Factory picks up the North American DVD release rights to DAM and subsequently produces a quality Region 1 release with some extras. winky
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Who has the rights to this movie now? ADV Films had the rights to it when it was released by them on DVD in '99 and '04. Now that ADV Films is no more though, where has those rights gone to?
I'm assuming the rights revert back to Toho, Russ. I'll look into this for further confirmation. Obviously the ADV Films DVD releases, which included no extras, have many fans hoping someone like Mediablasters, Classic Media or Shout! Factory picks up the North American DVD release rights to DAM and subsequently produces a quality Region 1 release with some extras. winky
I asked August Ragone about this one Lee and he said as with Megalon, the rights are in limbo pretty much now.
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Oh I know man. And i'm not trying to start an argument or anything.


That's good that you're not trying to start an argument, the post you made earlier (Well now, a long time ago) looks like IMO something written by a "My opinion is fact/always right" snob from IMDB, I don't think you are that type of person and sorry if you got offended by anything I've said. winky

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I just share many others opinions that GFW was poorly made, underachieved, and just was not the film that should've been made to send Godzilla into temporary retirement.


I didn't think Final Wars was that bad, it could have being better... but I've seen worst "Finale" films. noddy

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Is it the worst G movie ever made? No, of course not. It just could've, and should've been better because Godzilla and we Godzilla fans deserved better.


I agree that it could have being much better (If the Matrix rip-off scenes were cut out and more focus on the monsters, then it would be better IMO). Mr. Smiles

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Just my humble opinion man.


And I respect your opinion, I just hope you respect mine. topper

Now... going back on topic - the score for this film is great (Especially the music used when all the monsters attack Toyko) but that's Akira Ifukube for you... he doesn't disappoint. smilegrin
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I must Describe this film one more time....... boredd Very Very Boring. I wish there were more confrontations in the movie, beside the amazing finnale.
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While I loved the Earth Kaiju vs King Ghidorah, the one thing I didn't like is that Minya is the one who killed him with one of his weak smoke/atomic rings... personally, I think one of the three ideas I have work better:

1: Minya using his atomic ray (Without having his tail stepped on)

2: Minya and his father both use their atomic rays (Similar to the scene when they beat Kumonga/Spiega at the end of SOG)

3: Godzilla hits the middle head with his hand/tail/feet and blasts it with his atomic ray

What do you guys think?. topper
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While I loved the Earth Kaiju vs King Ghidorah, the one thing I didn't like is that Minya is the one who killed him with one of his weak smoke/atomic rings
heyo

Matthew, you really think it was Minya's "rings" that killed King Ghidorah? I always thought it was the cumulative beat down KG got from all the monsters...and that getting his necks stomped on by Godzilla, as well as the mule kicks by Gorosaurus, did the most damage.
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Matthew, you really think it was Minya's "rings" that killed King Ghidorah?
Well while he took one hell of a beating by the others and seemed to be in the process of dying, the middle head getting hit by one of Minya's rings and dropping dead on the ground is why I view it as Minya killed King Ghidorah completely... I think any of my three ideas would have being better to kill the final head. winky
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I watched this movie (for the 500th time) last night. Still one of the best Japanese monster movies ever made. I'm hoping with the upcoming release of LP's Godzilla movie that this is one of the titles that we will see get released again on DVD (or Blu Ray) by a different company. (with special features and the AIP version of the film)

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While I loved the Earth Kaiju vs King Ghidorah, the one thing I didn't like is that Minya is the one who killed him with one of his weak smoke/atomic rings
heyo

Matthew, you really think it was Minya's "rings" that killed King Ghidorah? I always thought it was the cumulative beat down KG got from all the monsters...and that getting his necks stomped on by Godzilla, as well as the mule kicks by Gorosaurus, did the most damage.
Hehe, I loved that part of King Ghidorahs beatdown. If Godzilla was the leader of that beatdown of King Ghidorah, then Gorosaurus was the co-leader.

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The final battle between the monsters and King Ghidorah was IMO well rendered and choreographed overall but I wish the FX staff had found a way to utilize Kumonga and larval mothra in distance shots. winky
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The King Ghidorah beatdown was awesome! It would be cool to have seen kumonga jump at Ghidorah like creepy spiders do.
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Here is a brief summary of the deleted "Godzilla vs Manda" scene from DAM: http://www.tohokingdom.com/cutting_room/cut_scenes/dam.htm

I saw this footage of Godzilla and Manda on a VHS tape I used to own of Toho kaiju film outtakes, bloopers and deleted footage and I can say without hesitation that this footage was absolutely best left on the cutting room floor. winky
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