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DVD Title |
| Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla/Godzilla
vs. Destoroyah |
| International Title |
| Godzilla
vs. SpaceGodzilla / Godzilla
vs. Destoroyah |
| Movie Length:
106/102 minutes |
Original
Length: 108/103 minutes |
| Company: Tristar |
Release: 2000 |
| Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1 |
Anamorphic: Yes |
| Region: 1 |
Discs: 1 |
| | | | Language/Sound: |
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| English (2.0 Stereo) |
| Subtitles: |
| English, French,
Spanish |
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| Extras |
| · |
Menus (English) |
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Chapters (28/28) |
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| Captures |
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| Review |
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Anthony
Romero |
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| Tristar's second "double feature"
Toho release features the last two Godzilla
movies in the Heisei series: Godzilla vs.
SpaceGodzilla and Godzilla vs. Destoroyah.
Unfortunately, the quality of this release
is sorely lacking in every regard, and has
aged poorly compared to more contemporary
DVDs featuring the character. |
| Video: |
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| Two movies, two disappointing video tracks.
Quality is not equal across the two offerings,
though. The one found on Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
is infinitely worse, featuring a ton of grain
and obvious print damage on the scenes with
layered effects, such as SpaceGodzilla's Corona
Beam. The colors also look washed and over
saturated, while it fails to give off a vibrant
array at the same time. There are also signs
of edge enhancement, probably why the level
of grain is so noticeable, and artifacting
in the form of lots of pixilation.
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah fares better,
avoiding some of the problems faced by the
1994 movie, but still has its own problems.
Among those is once again a noticeable layer
of grain, slightly washed colors, and signs
of both artifacting and edge enhancement.
Now, this release turned heads upon its initial
release for the fact that it featured widescreen
for both films, a rare feature at this time
outside of the Simitar releases. Now while
its true that each is presented in a 1.85:1
aspect ratio, they have been cropped to achieve
this. In this respects, Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
much more so, and this fact is painfully obvious
on the title
screen which sprawls off screen.
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| Audio: |
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| There are two audio tracks found on the
disc, one on each side corresponding to their
respective movie. The audio available is Toho's,
infamous, "international dubbing"
in English. Audio quality wise, there is nothing
wrong with either track, which are presented
faithfully in two channel stereo. The real
problem is simply the lack of a Japanese audio
option, or failing that at least a better
dubbing job than the one present.
The audio is available with removable English,
French or Spanish subtitles.
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| Extras: |
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| No supplemental material to speak of for this
release, not even unrelated trailers.
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| Overview: |
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Bottom
line, there is hardly anything to praise about
this DVD. Both films are in bad need of being
re-released to the region 1 DVD format in
superior transfers, although it seems highly
unlikely that either will get it unless international
ownership changes hands. On the plus side,
those looking to just see the movies, regardless
of quality, have a fairly inexpensive option
for viewing both. |
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