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Destroy All Monsters(1968); Discuss the film here.
Topic Started: Feb 11 2006, 11:22 PM (1,590 Views)
Rodan70	Jul 2 2008, 10:13 PM Post #61
Kneel before ZOD Posts: 351 Group: Members Member #138 Joined: March 24, 2008	My copy is in poor condition. But I still take it over the ADV version.
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packmule	Jul 6 2008, 10:26 PM Post #62
Site founder Posts: 32,176 Group: Administrator(staff) Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2006 Favorite giant monster film: Gojira(1954) Favorite horror film: House Of Wax(1953) Favorite sci-fi film: 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)	Rodan70 Jul 2 2008, 10:13 PM My copy is in poor condition. But I still take it over the ADV version. I can understand your preference here. I may be wrong but I believe I saw somewhere recently(at another message board) that ADV Film's rights to DAM are going to expire in the not too distant future. When that happens I'm hoping Mediablasters will move to pay for the rights for this film in order to produce a quality R1 DVD with lots of extras.
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Rodan70	Jul 7 2008, 11:07 PM Post #63
Kneel before ZOD Posts: 351 Group: Members Member #138 Joined: March 24, 2008	Good God, that would be sweet!
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packmule	Jul 24 2008, 06:55 AM Post #64
Site founder Posts: 32,176 Group: Administrator(staff) Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2006 Favorite giant monster film: Gojira(1954) Favorite horror film: House Of Wax(1953) Favorite sci-fi film: 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)	I watched my DVD-R of the AIP version of Destroy All Monsters(1968) last night, the aspect ratio(I'm guessing) 1:78.1(or 1:66.1) and the print VHS quality. One of the more endearing things to me about the AIP version is the smooth, easy on the ears narration of Norman Rose, at the beginning of the film. In the ADV Films release the narrator's voice is higher pitched and slightly nasal, which I find somewhat annoying.
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Rodan70	Jul 24 2008, 05:33 PM Post #65
Kneel before ZOD Posts: 351 Group: Members Member #138 Joined: March 24, 2008	The dubing is overall easier to listen to on the AIP version. I'm not sure why ADV wanted to re-dub the movie.
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packmule	Sep 8 2008, 06:40 PM Post #66
Site founder Posts: 32,176 Group: Administrator(staff) Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2006 Favorite giant monster film: Gojira(1954) Favorite horror film: House Of Wax(1953) Favorite sci-fi film: 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)	Rodan70 Jul 24 2008, 05:33 PM I'm not sure why ADV wanted to re-dub the movie The fact that ADV Films chose to use the "International" English dub is briefly touched on at Wikipedia: Quote: American International Pictures released the film theatrically in North America in 1969. The Americanization was handled by Titan Productions (formerly Titra Studios). There were some minor alterations done to prepare the film for U.S. release: * Dialogue was dubbed to English (featuring the voices of actors such as Hal Linden.) * Deleted: The opening credits; these were moved to the end of the film with credits against a black background. * Deleted: a shot of Minilla covering his eyes while King Ghidorah drops Anguirus. This was restored in the ADV Films VHS and DVD release. This version has been replaced on home video and television by Toho's "International Version." While uncut and widescreen (slightly cropped), it features an English dub track produced by William Ross' Tokyo-based Frontier Enterprises used to sell the film to overseas markets in 1968. Subsequently, American International Pictures found the dubbing to be substandard and handed the film over to Titan Productions in New York to record a new English dialogue track. Considered by fans and critics to be the preferred English-language dubbing, AIP's arguably superior version is unfortunately now considered "lost."
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Rodan70	Sep 11 2008, 11:24 PM Post #67
Kneel before ZOD Posts: 351 Group: Members Member #138 Joined: March 24, 2008	that's juts sad. i wished that these American Distributors would realize what they are setting on and release this stuff to dvd already.
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Godzillaheisei546	Jan 11 2009, 02:55 PM Post #68
Godzilla Fan Posts: 635 Group: Members Member #207 Joined: January 4, 2009	to be honest, this movie is also a little boreing. the only fun is looking at monsters. and the movie is plauged with dialouge. not bad, but they could come out with a region 1 DVD with scene selection, and a menu!



packmule	Jan 11 2009, 03:00 PM Post #69
Site founder Posts: 32,176 Group: Administrator(staff) Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2006 Favorite giant monster film: Gojira(1954) Favorite horror film: House Of Wax(1953) Favorite sci-fi film: 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)	Godzillaheisei546 Jan 11 2009, 02:55 PM not bad, but they could come out with a region 1 DVD with scene selection, and a menu! Which is obviously the main criticism of the ADV Films Region 1 DVD release of this film: no extras of any kind. The North American rights to DAM will expire at some point(not sure when) and hopefully Sony or Mediablasters will buy those rights and release a quality DVD of this movie, including the very good AIP English dubbed audio, which includes the opening narration by Norman Rose.
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G2Kmaster	Jan 11 2009, 04:18 PM Post #70
BIGGEST GODZILLA NERD HERE!-Monster Island Hall Of Famer Posts: 4,454 Group: Moderator(staff) Member #108 Joined: November 11, 2007 Favorite giant monster film: Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle Favorite horror film: Stephen King's Children of the Corn Favorite sci-fi film: John Carpenter's The Thing	Godzillaheisei546 Jan 11 2009, 02:55 PM 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...
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Godzillaheisei546	Jan 11 2009, 07:01 PM Post #71
Godzilla Fan Posts: 635 Group: Members Member #207 Joined: January 4, 2009	true and true.



wendybrad	Oct 17 2009, 11:07 PM Post #72
Monsterland Associate Posts: 179 Group: Members Member #259 Joined: October 17, 2009 Favorite giant monster film: Godzilla: Final Wars (2004) Favorite horror film: The Thing (1982) Favorite sci-fi film: Aliens (1986)	This is my second facvorite godzilla movie.



G2Kmaster	Oct 18 2009, 12:45 AM Post #73
BIGGEST GODZILLA NERD HERE!-Monster Island Hall Of Famer Posts: 4,454 Group: Moderator(staff) Member #108 Joined: November 11, 2007 Favorite giant monster film: Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle Favorite horror film: Stephen King's Children of the Corn Favorite sci-fi film: John Carpenter's The Thing	^Mind contemplating on your reasons why this film is a favorite of yours?
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packmule	Oct 18 2009, 01:09 AM Post #74
Site founder Posts: 32,176 Group: Administrator(staff) Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2006 Favorite giant monster film: Gojira(1954) Favorite horror film: House Of Wax(1953) Favorite sci-fi film: 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)	G2Kmaster Jan 11 2009, 04:18 PM Godzillaheisei546 Jan 11 2009, 02:55 PM 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... So, Evan you find DAM boring. I believe the same could be said for many of the sequences in GFW. At least DAM doesn't include effects ripoffs from other films like GFW's wannabe "Matrix" effects.
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G2Kmaster	Oct 18 2009, 01:26 AM Post #75
BIGGEST GODZILLA NERD HERE!-Monster Island Hall Of Famer Posts: 4,454 Group: Moderator(staff) Member #108 Joined: November 11, 2007 Favorite giant monster film: Gamera 3: Incomplete Struggle Favorite horror film: Stephen King's Children of the Corn Favorite sci-fi film: John Carpenter's The Thing	^Obviously our conceptions on the two films at hand differ quite considerably. While I can't say much, I will say that atleast the human characters and monster fights in GFW were more interesting and epic (respectively) than those of DAM.
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