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| Gojira(1954) and GKOTM(1956); Discuss these two films & their DVDs | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 31 2006, 11:04 PM (2,070 Views) | |
| KaijuFanatic | Jun 24 2006, 10:29 PM Post #16 |
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I grew up on the Americanized version of the film, so it will always have a special spot in my viewing library, but it was only after I really sat and watched the film that I saw the 'blending' wasn't always realistic looking, but I suppose that's part of the film's charm. :) |
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| packmule | Jun 25 2006, 09:41 PM Post #17 |
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Perhaps. You might be interested to know Corey that Raymond Burr, in later interviews, expressed great fondness, and respect for "Godzilla-King Of The Monsters"(1956) and Godzilla 1985, as well as the monster itself. thumbs up |
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| Ro-Dan | Jun 27 2006, 08:24 PM Post #18 |
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Yep, same here! |
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| Ro-Dan | Jul 3 2006, 02:39 PM Post #19 |
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I don't know if anyone else caught it, but the original subtitled version of GOJIRA was on CBC-TV last Saturday night. Very cool--and surprising--to see it on TV! Next week, from what I've heard GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN will air. I believe it'll be on at 11:30pm Saturday. Check your TV listings just to be sure. |
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| KaijuFanatic | Jul 3 2006, 10:28 PM Post #20 |
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I wonder if cable channels will begin showing the original/unedited version of, Gojira, now that many North American citizens might actually have an opportunity to see this film for the first time on DVD? All these years Godzilla fans would have loved to have seen the unedited version and it takes a DVD release to get cable to show it?! |
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| Ro-Dan | Jul 4 2006, 03:00 AM Post #21 |
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Well, I hope so. It's infinitely superior to the Americanized version. |
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| KaijuFanatic | Jul 6 2006, 06:23 AM Post #22 |
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That's true, but it seems to be a slow process at times to get cable channels to take a bold stand and show foreign films, films in their original aspect ratios and in their native language. I think DVD has helped educate a lot of people and TV execs that there is a definite desire to see these films as they were initially intended to be seen. |
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| Ro-Dan | Jul 6 2006, 12:42 PM Post #23 |
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Even harder when it's a "rubber-suited, b-rate, monster movie". |
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| KaijuFanatic | Jul 6 2006, 08:51 PM Post #24 |
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True, very true! <_< |
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| packmule | Jul 29 2006, 10:26 AM Post #25 |
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Bingo. No doubt why Classic Media got off it's proverbial ass and has the Godzilla movies primed for re-release. thumbs up |
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| packmule | Jul 30 2006, 11:29 AM Post #26 |
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Here's a nice link regarding Gojira(1954): GodzillaOnDvd.com |
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| KaijuFanatic | Jul 30 2006, 11:43 PM Post #27 |
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I read that somewhere a few years back and in reading that, Burr definitely had my respect! 
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| packmule | Jul 31 2006, 06:25 PM Post #28 |
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Raymond Burr has always had my respect Kimi because, IMO, he was a marvelous actor, in both Perry Mason and in Ironsides(playing Robert Ironsides). His acting style came across to me as somewhat formal(but not overly stiff), deliberate, steady, and measured. Certainly as Perry Mason he was all of these, and also unflappable under just about any kind of duress. Watching Godzilla King Of The Monsters I can see some attributes of his character "Steve Martin" that would later appear in the "Perry Mason" television series. Do I prefer GKOTHM to Gojira(1954)? No. But I think, given the role and the script, Raymond Burr did a great job as an American actor basically "inserted" into various parts of the original Gojira to make it more appealing to American audiences. Regarding Burr it is also fact that, believe it not, Godzilla 1985 was nearly released as a comedy here in the West. Burr, and the American actor who played the General(I cannot recall his name) convinced the execs(at New World Pictures) not to do this, out of respect for the 1954 film, and out of respect for the character "Godzilla". Kimi, there is no doubt in my mind that Burr probably knew about the imagery in the original, and the many references in the film to nuclear holocaust(like Hiroshima or Nagasaki in 1945). I think, as Burr must have believed, that turning Godzilla 85 into a comedy would have been extremely disrespectful to those survivors(and those who didn't survive) of the A-bomb detonations in Japan in 1945. I also think it would have, as well. |
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| KaijuFanatic | Sep 11 2006, 12:29 PM Post #29 |
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I preordered, Gojira before leaving for Canada and unfortunately, it didn't arrive before we left, so I hat to wait until we pick up the mail, this morning. I'm sitting here watching the DVD and perhaps it's just me, but there are times where it's difficult for me to make out the subtitles. I was just curious to know if anyone else was having any problems.....I hope my eyes aren't getting too old! |
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| Ro-Dan | Sep 11 2006, 07:02 PM Post #30 |
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They've all looked clear to me. Luckily they're yellow as white text would be too difficult to see on black and white film. By the way, I'm VERY happy with the quality of this GOJIRA DVD. |
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