Here's where things head straight downhill for this release. For the most part, the menu presentation is exactly the same. The chapter stops have been tweaked to give the appearance of something new, but Godzilla's foot no longer comes down to smash the screen during transitions.

Everything contained on the 1998 is here, including an excellent special effects oriented commentary, short promotional making-of, weak stills of the minor damage the creature caused, and a music video. Nothing has been removed, save for a trailer. The question then is obviously what makes this worth $14.99?

Absolutely nothing.

In fact, this could be one of the worst double dips of all time. The new "extras" are almost all geared towards promoting Sony's other Godzilla products. A section called "The All-Time Greatest Godzilla Fight Scenes" is nothing more than an extended trailer. It seems awfully suspicious when these fights only occur on DVDs Sony has out in stores, and they even toss in battles from the '90s Mothra updates, which they also have on DVD.

The three episodes from the far better animated series based off this terrible film is again teasing for the multiple sets of DVDs for sale. They even go as far as putting in a single episode of a three-part mini-series of sorts. Finally, a new production art gallery contains about 20 photos total, and most of these are shots of the submarine. There's nothing on the failed (or alternate) designs of the creature, which may have added some value to this absurd re-release. (*)

Sony is literally asking their customers to pay for their advertising. The new, sharper box art is nothing more than a visual punch to get people to buy this DVD, not the indication there's any added value. Anyone who was suckered into buying this expecting something worthwhile has every right to bombard Sony Pictures with e-mails. There's simply no excuse for something like this.

At the least, they could have brought over the SuperBit edition released in Europe. The upgraded video and DTS audio should be an amazing experience, like most of Sony's SuperBit line. Apparently, we don't deserve that here in the U.S.