Gunhed (1989)

[BigBaragon]

Huh, learn something new everyday. I'll have to find this 'Gunhed' now. Does a giant robo fight a giant monster at any point in the film?

Hammy, who in the hell is that in your avatar? Looks very familiar....Woodpecker-Machinder?

[g2kmaster]

Does a giant robo fight a giant monster at any point in the film?

No, it is large robots vs. gargantua-esque leviathan robots.

The cloest thing you will get to a monster in this film is the biobot, and that is more of a monster in the spirit of Jason Vorheese (just not as awesome).

Ya know... I do not think Section23 owns the rights to this film anymore. It would be nice to see someone buy the rights and release a better version of the film on DVD. Heck, the director of the film can speak English and Lucasfilm was involved with the film's production, it wouldn't be too hard to get new material made (of course, if Toho allowed it and didn't take forever to approve of products, maybe we know why we wait so long for new Bandai Creation figures).

[Rody]

I was browsing Google the other day, trying to find somewhere I could watch this film (any help would be appreciated, BTW), when I stumble across the IMDB page where I see - it's rated R??
.....................Could, um, somebody elaborate on this?

[Goji]

It's definitely not "Rated R". Even if it was..so what?

[Rody]

I tend to be hesitant about R rated films. That's all.

Well, I'm glad to hear that's not true. Now I just need to FIND this movie..........
I wonder if anyone has picked up the license for it yet, since ADV is no longer around.

[Tohosaurus]

I tend to be hesitant about R rated films. That's all.

Well, I'm glad to hear that's not true. Now I just need to FIND this movie..........
I wonder if anyone has picked up the license for it yet, since ADV is no longer around.

I asked kpa about this a while back and IIRC no one has picked up the license yet. I asked about both Yamato Takeru and Gunhed, but I don't fully remember. You can buy it on Rightstuf like I did. Says it's only $11 right now, so that's a cheap way for you to go. Sadly, the release itself isn't that great, with mediocre audio but more importantly, it's not anamorphic widescreen, so you get black bars on all sides if you watch it on a widescreen TV. The picture is a little brown-ish green too, which so is much of the movie, but it seems overly so (dunno if that is a legitimate complaint though). For the cheap price it's worth it to see it though. It's not a great movie but has some great special effects. Along with Biollante it was one of the last Toho SPX movies with Hollywood grade visuals.

[Rody]

I bet YT and Gunhed would make a decent double-pack release.

Ohhhh, Shout Factory....

[Tohosaurus]

I bet YT and Gunhed would make a decent double-pack release.

Ohhhh, Shout Factory....

I'd like separate packages, but I hear you. Shout! Factory would be a good candidate. If Media Blasters has stabilized then them as well, but they may not be interested in Toho productions for a long time, if ever. Maybe Echo Bridge too, for example.

[shinmattiathekaiju]

The music is epic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHTE1EyiMZ0

[Terasawa]

GUNHED was never rated by the MPAA. However, ADV usually had their own ratings on their DVDs. They gave GUNHED a "15+" rating. There isn't any gore or extreme violence in the film, but I think there's at least one "fuck" in the English dub.

[g2kmaster]

The music is epic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHTE1EyiMZ0

Yes. If there is something good about this film other than the SFX, it is the soundtrack.

[Space Hunter M]

It kinda reminds me of Godzilla: Battle Legends.
Oh hey G2K, you're back! I miss your Guilala avatar.

[g2kmaster]

Yeah, I wouldn't say I'm back. You'll see me around here now and again popping in a convos. I usually look at the forum once a month and see if there is any news or interesting convos going on which isn't on facebook. Nice to see some excitement though. The guilala avatar might come back... given if I decide to finish a piece on Guilala I started... just need a translator.

[Lain Of The Wired]

Gunhed, damn... I barley remember it, though I wish it was released on Blu ray

[Tohosaurus]

Gunhed, damn... I barley remember it, though I wish it was released on Blu ray

Yeah I don't really like the movie that much, but since it's fondly remembered in terms of special effects it'd be nice to get a HD remaster in anamorphic widescreen with great audio. One can only dream.

[Lain Of The Wired]

With special features a galore! And yeah thats probably the only thing I can remember about that movie was the effects were cool

[Goji]

It's kind of comical seeing the phrase "one can dream" being applied to wishing that GUNHED gets an HD release.

Sure, maybe after MATANGO, THE H-MAN, GORATH and a plethora of much better movies get HD releases.

[Tohosaurus]

It's kind of comical seeing the phrase "one can dream" being applied to wishing that GUNHED gets an HD release.

Sure, maybe after MATANGO, THE H-MAN, GORATH and a plethora of much better movies get HD releases.

I'd rather all those those get the treatment before Gunhed, make no mistake. But that doesn't mean I don't want Gunhed to as well.

[Goji]

I can understand that, but I wouldn't hold my breath for such a thing. Toho hasn't even begun to bring some of their more popular B-tier titles to BD (The 70's Godzilla films, etc.) thanks to (supposedly) sluggish sales in Japan. I can imagine GUNHED is a very low on their list.

[Tohosaurus]

I can understand that, but I wouldn't hold my breath for such a thing. Toho hasn't even begun to bring some of their more popular B-tier titles to BD (The 70's Godzilla films, etc.) thanks to (supposedly) sluggish sales in Japan. I can imagine GUNHED is a very low on their list.

Oh I'm not waiting and expecting it will come anytime soon. It's just the sake of discussion here.