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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:
English (2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles:
English, French, Spanish
Extras
· Menus (English)
· Chapters (28/28)
Captures
Review
Anthony Romero

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:

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.


 Audio:

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.


 Extras:

No supplemental material to speak of for this release, not even unrelated trailers.


 Overview:

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.