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2.0 out of 5 stars
Close Enough..., January 15, 2007
This review is from: The Giant Majin Collection (DVD)
Being a huge Kaiju Eiga fan, and (unlike the previous reviewer) crazy about the Daimajin films, I had to have this, even though I do own the ADV set AND the Japanese Laserdisc set. It's rather nostalgic to see these in the English-dubbed versions I first saw in the 1960s. Obviously, these films suffer greatly from the Pan-and-Scan treatment, and the dubbed dialogue is a bit silly at times. Print quality is watchable if far from ideal, and there is one ridiculous moment in MAJIN in which there is a reel change, and the leader is actually left in there...for a split-second, an upside-down photo of a woman can actually be seen! Come on, guys- how difficult would it have been to edit that out? Is Retromedia trying to recreate the "UHF Experience" with such goofs? We may never know...if you must see the dubbed versions of these films, get this, but be advised of its inherent inferiority to the real deal. By the way: it's a dirty shame that the proposed DAIMAJIN remake was cancelled, as I know that Takashi Miike would have done a great job. Someday...
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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Avoid this Retromedia version at all cost!, January 12, 2007
This review is from: The Giant Majin Collection (DVD)
Retromedia strikes again with another quickie release. These movies are already available from ADV as a THREE MOVIE box set..(count them)..THE COMPLETE MAJIN COLLECTION and remastered unlike this dvd release. These versions are not letterboxed nor subtitled. If you want to enjoy the AIP dubbed releases that we all watched as kids then buy this disc....BUT if you are a serious collector looking for definative versions..AVOID this dvd at all cost. This reviewer honestly wonders why Retromedia takes such pride in releasing these movies that aren't much better quality than the VHS tapes we seek to replace. Retromedia's asking price should be under 10 bucks for this stuff. Being a Kaiju fan, the Majin movies do not rank highly with my personal tastes but they deserve more than what this company has done with them.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not what i acpected or thought i was buying, March 18, 2011
This review is from: The Giant Majin Collection (DVD)
OK i will say this great service on this product but as i was whatching the movie theres a part where the movie cuts out and theres about7 sconds of footage where it was bieng spliced bits of cut footage of a woman that appers for a second or so, it looks like somone tryed to cut the movie and then do a crapy job of putting it back together agine and a real crapy job im gonna keep it but for the amount of money i payed for it not a good deal the only reason im keeping it is because i am a collecter of B movies and this certanly qulyfies-but i just think this dealer and others shold review thier stock beofr they sell it and should state whats wrong with it, personaly i think he knew waht was wrong with it if he wasent the one who tryed to spliced it but he did not list it I do felt riped off but im going to keep it 80 bucks is not worth it but then agine i am a collecter.
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