http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:33:07 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/11/175701.php#comment-121507 Well the print is so bad compared to the other DVD's for two reasons. First it is not the remastered Toho print that was used for the 50th anniversary DVD set in Japan but in fact the same international print used for the late 90's release of the same film by CTHV for laserdisc but never made it to disc until now. Second, this particular print transfer was done using what is now considered ancient video technology so the print is full of artifacts and noise. Perhaps Sony Home Video will release a newer disc with the new HD-DVD format of the remastered Toho 50th anniversary transfer. All of the classic Godzilla films that CTHV is releasing on DVD are made with fresh remastered copies of the inernational prints but don't have the 5.1 mixes that can be found on some of the Toho Japanese DVDs. 121507@blogcritics.org Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:33:07 EST