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Kaiju Week in Review (February 11-17, 2024)
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Warner Bros. unfurled the second trailer for Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which seems to be going over much better than the first. There are multiple glimpses of the ice Titan Shimo throughout, and an even briefer look at Mothra reflected in Jia's eye. (My favorite shot, of course, is Kong decking Skar King as he's holding out Suko like a wriggling shield.) The rough shots from trailer #1 still look rough, but at least the new footage is more impressive.
The new issue of Empire (how fitting) has a short article on GxK—the big revelation there is that Godzilla Evolved is pink simply because that's director Adam Wingard's favorite color. Collaborations are also popping up. Circle K is offering a movie-branded sandwich, chocolate bar, and Froster drinks/cups. Godzilla and a seriously wizened Kong are also entering the mobile game Lords Mobile.
I don't know much about Oscar politicking, but Takashi Yamazaki's strategy of bringing a model Godzilla with him everywhere he goes seems like a winner. Both appear in the "class photo" taken of all the nominees at the Oscar Nominees Luncheon. At the same event, Yamazaki and Godzilla met with Steven Spielberg, who told Yamazaki he had seen Godzilla Minus One three times. Posting their photo together on Twitter, Yamazaki said he had "met God."
Toho's English Godzilla YouTube channel also uploaded a six-minute video on Minus One's VFX, with a focus on the various ways the production was able to shave off costs. Officially translated behind-the-scenes featurettes for Toho Godzilla films are a rarity, a sign of how badly they want that little gold statue. It's worth watching just for Yamazaki scooting his chair around the office.
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Shout! Factory's onslaught of old Toei tokusatsu films on its streaming service turned out to be a prelude to offering them all on disc. The Classic Tokusatsu Collection Blu-ray set includes Planet Prince (1959; called Prince of Space), Invasion of the Neptune Men (1961), Watari the Ninja Boy (1966), The Golden Bat (1966; called Golden Ninja), Magic Serpent (1966; called Dragon Showdown) , Ninja Scope (1969), and Terror Beneath the Sea (1966). None have ever been released on English-friendly Blu-ray before; some haven't even made it to DVD. The set is $70 and limited to 2,500 copies.
Major caveats seem to accompany every English-language release of vintage tokusatsu these days, and unfortunately this set's no exception. Despite the existence of English dubs for at least some of these films (two of them riffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000), only Terror Beneath the Sea is dubbed; the rest are Japanese-only. And the dubbed Prince of Space well-known to MiSTies was actually an amalgamation of Toei's two Planet Prince films, only the first of which is present here. (Even the first film seems like it's going to be in upscaled standard-def, going off the streaming version.) No special features in the production description either, although one person who got the set early reports that at least one trailer is included (for Invasion of the Neptune Men).
IDW has announced still another Godzilla miniseries, Godzilla: Skate or Die. First-issue description:
It's Australian skater punks versus Varan and the King of the Monsters in this thrilling debut issue by writer/artist Louie Joyce (A Fistful of Pain)! Four years ago, four best friends and die-hard skaters found the perfect location for a DIY skatepark. After months of hard work, they created the world’s sickest spot that they could enjoy for the rest of their lives… That is, until the ferocious Varan appeared in the middle of central Australia and started making a beeline for their beloved park. Why is Varan on a rampage? Why did Godzilla just appear off the coast? What does their beloved skate spot have to do with this? And most importantly…what are these punks willing to do to save it?
Sounds like there's a lot of author appeal here, as Joyce is Australian and calls the tale "inspired by all the amazing DIY spots I've had the privilege of skating[.]" And a meaty role for Varan is a pleasant surprise.
Perhaps inspired by the success of Troll on Netflix, we've got another Scandinavia giant monster movie on the way. Kraken will be directed by Pal Oie (Dark Woods) from a script by Vilde Eide. No cast yet, but here are the plot details divulged by The Hollywood Reporter:
[T]he thriller will follow Johanne, a marine biologist who encounters several strange occurrences while researching a fjord, including the brutal deaths of two local teenagers. “At the bottom of Norway’s deepest fjord rests a mythical monster as large as a mountain, with a myriad of arms ready to crush and devour anything they can grab,” the film’s synopsis reads.
Krakens are certainly having a moment in giant monster stories right now, between Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken and the three that somehow wound up connected to the Monsterverse. (To wit: Na Kika was originally called Kraken, the unnamed antagonist of Skull Island bore the same name internally, and the guardian of Atlantis in the Justice League crossover comic is a Kraken as well.) This seems like a more back-to-basics approach.
#godzilla x kong the new empire#godzilla#king kong#shimo#skar king#kraken#godzilla skate or die#godzilla minus one#shout factory
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Few Days ago, I ordered something good on Amazon and got Gravity Falls The Complete Series dvd. 😎
These were taken few days ago btw
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#neon genesis evangelion#end of evangelion#anime#bluray#shout factory#mecha#anime bluray#gainax#hideaki anno#physical media
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Death and the Maiden has been released on Blu-ray exclusively from Shout Factory. Limited to 1,620, the 1994 psychological thriller is available for $29.98.
Roman Polanski (Rosemary's Baby, The Pianist) - who, I must point out, is a convicted sex offender - directs from a script by Rafael Yglesias (From Hell) and Ariel Dorfman, based on Dorfman's 1990 play. Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, and Stuart Wilson star.
No special features are included.
15 years ago, Paulina Escobar (Sigourney Weaver) had her life shattered when she was taken prisoner and tortured by a sadistic doctor. Now, through a chance encounter, she may have found the man responsible for her nightmares… and tonight he's going to pay. But how far will she go to get even? And how can she be sure, after so many years, that she has found the right man?
#death and the maiden#sigourney weaver#ben kingsley#roman polanski#ariel dorfman#stuart wilson#shout factory#dvd#gift#90s movies#1990s movies
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Head's up! - Shout Factory now has pre-orders open for Gkids' bluray release of The First Slam Dunk. Orders made from their webstore will include an exclusive sticker sheet that features Shohoku uniforms (while supplies last)!
Bonus features listed includes:
Trailers & Teasers
Interview With The Director
Behind The Starting Line-up: English Dub Featurette
Color Commentary With The English Dub Team
#Slam Dunk#The First Slam Dunk#20s anime#anime on bluray#anime pre-order#links out#Shout Factory#Gkids#sports anime
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Robocop 2 (1989)
Art by Devon Whitehead
#movies#robocop 2#devon whitehead#peter weller#irvin kershner#frank miller#what is murphy shooting at?#how does robo-cain function with out his brain?#why does this look like they're teaming up?#shout factory
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Calling all Toku Fans!
If you haven't seen it already, you should really check out Iké Boys, a gigantic (in both senses of the term) tokusatsu homage! It's got everything: mecha, kaiju, magical girls, and henshin, all wrapped up in an amazing package. I highly recommend it.
#iké boys#ike boys#shout factory#shout studios#tokusatsu#toku#ameritoku#mecha#kaiju#magical girl#henshin
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5 Years…IT'S BEEN 5 YEARS!! On July 24th, 2018, Gravity Falls Lost Legends was released alongside the Complete Series box set. In one day, we got 4 new stories for the show and the chance to own the whole show in physical form, with hours of new behind the scenes material and commentaries to enjoy. It was arguably the single best day to be a Gravity Falls fan since Cipher Hunt and Journal 3 came out.
I still remember that time so well. I was still in high school then and the joy of knowing these two pieces of GF content were coming kept me motivated during some of the hardest times I faced that year. The summer of 2018 was insane, both for GF and me personally. It's a time I so wish I could relive. I have many fond memories (bitter too but fond always triumph over the bad).
I miss the passion and joy in the GF fandom then. It still is not dead or downhill in any way IMO, but the hype that was there in 2018 just isn't anymore. Which is fair as so many fans have moved on to other shows and passions. Being a GF fan in 2023 is very different to how it was in 2018, and in turn, how it was in 2016 and when the show was airing.
I'll never forget it though. I wasn't here to see GF air, but I was there to see these two twin merchandises come out together and let us return to Gravity Falls, even if just for a moment. We may never get that same chance again.
I had plans to make a retrospective video on both of them but was busy with some bigger things to do so. But I think what I have coming up will substitute and I do wanna make those videos one day as my opinions on both have changed a lot from when I excitedly opened them up and ran through all they had to offer, 5 years ago.
The summer of 2018 was now half a decade ago…but the memories made during it through Lost Legends and the box set, will stay with me till the end.
To 5 years of them both!
Also funny story, the night of the release, I recoreded the countdown on the wiki page hitting 0 and the day after I had a summer school exam to take so I should have been studying but made this video instead. I passed the exam though so, no worries!
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#gravity falls#Gravity Falls: Lost Legends#Gravity Falls: The Complete Series#Alex Hirsch#shout factory#Disney Books#Graphic Novel#Lost Legends#Box Set#Gravity Falls Box Set#Dipper Pines#Mabel Pines#Grunkle Stan#Grunkle Ford#gravity falls fandom#dipper and mabel#dipper#mabel#Thank you Alex Hirsch#Gravity Falls is Real and it will Never Die#2018#July 24 2018#July 24th#July#July 2018#Nostalgia#Nostalgic#That GF FAN#ThatGFFAN#How has it been 5 years already
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Finally finished building the second shelf I bought like two years ago. Still not an ideal setup—you sort of give up on proper organizing after so long—but at least all the blus are off the floor for the time being. Had a lot more VinSyn releases than I realized.
First case is Second Sight and VinSyn/Partner Labels, with some select oversized LEs up top (and yes, ended up putting the XXX releases just front and center, out in the open):
Then there’s my Shout/Scream Factory, with Vestron, Eureka, and Indicator (plus the Phantasm Collection and Arrow’s Chucky Collection since most of the other classic slasher franchises were already over here)
And finally, Arrow and assorted other boutique releases (88 Films, Blue Underground, Scorpion/Code Red, Severin, Synapse), and digibooks.
#my film collection#second sight#vinegar syndrome#shout factory#scream factory#vestron#arrow#boutique labels
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Why in the hell is Shout!'s Kamen Rider Geats release $40 MORE THAN ANY OF SHOUT!'S PREVIOUS RIDER RELEASES?!
Like I get it, "don't look a gift horse" and all, but it's just Geats. None of the specials and movies or anything like the previous releases. Kuuga was just that show, but that's because Kuuga had none. And I would pay $60 to watch it, as I feel I would get my money's worth. Same with the others.
But $100 including tax?! Yeah, that's too much for me.
#kamen rider geats#kamen rider#shout factory#shit dude#might as well just pirate the show like most of us did last year at this point#don't lie to me and say you didn't come on now we've all done it
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A shot from the animated sequence I directed for Iké Boys.
Here is the Layout and the Background I gave to Charles Badiller who masterfully animated the Demon Gods and the Villagers. I later animated FX and composited the shot.
Massive Thanks to Eric McEver
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I got a new video out.
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New Shaw Brothers set being released by Shout Factory on June 13th. This set includes eleven pre-1970’s Shaw flicks. It includes…
The Assassin
The Thundering Sword
The Golden Swallow
The Jade Raksha
The Bells of Death
Killer Dart
Dragon Swap
The Flying Dagger
The Golden Sword
The Invisible Fist
The Sword of Swords
Currently going for $170 on Amazon so it’s a pricey boy.
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The Getaway has been released on Blu-ray exclusively from Shout Factory. Limited to 2,010, the 1994 action thriller is available for $29.98.
Roger Donaldson (The Bank Job, Species) directs from a script by Walter Hill (The Warriors) and Amy Holden Jones (Indecent Proposal), based on the 1958 novel by Jim Thompson. Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, Jennifer Tilly, Richard Farnsworth, James Woods, and Philip Seymour Hoffman star.
The Getaway is presented unrated in high definition. Special features are listed below.
Special features:
Audio commentary by film critic Travis Woods (new)
Interviews with composer Mark Isham and film historian C. Courtney Joyner (new)
Behind-the-scenes featurette
Interview with actor Alec Baldwin
Interview with actress Kim Basinger
Theatrical trailer
Escaping with the loot from a robbery, Doc and Carol McCoy (Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger) find themselves on the run from both the law and the deadly hit squad of crime boss Jack Benyon (James Woods). When Doc discovers that Carol struck a deal with Benyon to buy his freedom, the boundaries of love, lust, and greed are put to the ultimate test.
#the getaway#alec baldwin#kim basinger#michael madsen#jennifer tilly#james woods#richard farnsworth#shout factory#dvd#gift#90s movies#90s action movies#roger donaldson#walter hill#philip seymour hoffman
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I have been watching bad movies on purpose and keeping track of them on my Facebook and I thought I'd bring it over here.
This is the most complete review I've done so far, enjoy.
A sci-fi horror film featuring Walmart Han Solo.
I thought I was going to like this after we got the first jump scare but it went downhill fast.
Bryan Cranston shows a lot of Heisenberg, he even has space cancer.
The cool little creature that ate you from the inside quickly turned into a giant dragon like creature, looked cartoonish.
The soundtrack was whimsical. At 12:30 there is one of the most out of place music songs I've ever seen.
The scene after the opening credits features a space battle specializing in flashing blue lights so that sucked for my eyeballs.
Only 3 of the 10 actors featured any talent and Bryan Cranston would be the only performance I considered good.
The female lead was as stiff as a board and the character I wanted to die most. She constantly whines like a petulant child.
Would have liked it more of it kept the violence up but that was replaces by long drawn out boring scenes and a random desert adventure.
Attached at the end is a gif of my feelings about this film
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