Godzilla 1985 MonstersHD (* unfinished project - with info & ideas *)

Hello everyone out there I’m AreaG I just logn in as new member, so let me get down to the point. Around 2006 the cable network MonstersHD had shown an film mastered 35mm print of New World pictures’ Godzilla 1985, which is an american version of the japanese Godzilla film which that realses a year before.

The american version Raymond Burr who reprising his role Steve Martin from the original american version of Gojira. Godzilla 1985 wasn’t hit there in U.S., but over the years the film became some what a cult hit. The film is only can only be seen in a pan and scanned old VHS tape also it out of print, so it seem like this Godzilla film may never see the light of day of having an DVD release like many others before and after it.

Nevertheless that MonstersHD airs an widesreen HD print and it has been airs many times after.What I want there is if anyone who may have recorder the movie it on a DVD recorder sent a copy, so I use for a restoration of the film and to created on DVD along side the japanese version as well special features.

This is my project I’m working on which is a DVD to contain the same version of the film, so it to be seen and own it by us the fans.

If anyone have copy the widescreen version of Godzilla 1985 contact me anytime if you got a DVD copy later.

I have a copy of Monsters HD's version, and although it's standard definition and non-anamorphic it still looks fairly good. Here's a really good article about the Monsters HD broadcast:

http://hkfilmnews.blogspot.com/2007/10/godzilla-1985-widescreen-on-monsters.html

There's a torrent site called cinemageddon.org, and some people have posted great looking Monsters HD broadcasts. I've been pestering them to put Monsters HD's Godzilla 1985 up there. If anyone has a full-HD copy of this, come out, will ya?

I would gladly help you with your dvd project. I have loads of tv spots and trailers for the US cut, along with a press kit and the original music video. If you want a third version of the film in this special edition, there's the international cut, which is basically the original cut with bad dubbing. It is unique because it has different opening and end credits, and the subtitles and text that appear frequently in the original version are gone. I'm trying to find a better copy of it, and any help would be appreciated.

Well I'm gald you reply, so you do have MonstersHD version and International cut?

Do you have the raw HD .ts files or just the DVD you are upping at CG?

I am planning on getting this DVD and IVTC'ing the video and making it anamorphic,I was hoping Doug could send me a copy I asked him about it at CG, but I have to get it by other means.

I would rather have the .ts file though,not the DVD,this would make a great HD2DVD project.

Well this is as good as it is going to get with this DVD source,but here are some screens,maybe you guys will like it,maybe not.

AreaG said:

Well I'm gald you reply, so you do have MonstersHD version and International cut?

I have the Monsters HD version and the international cut, although my current copy of the latter looks so bad it's almost unusable.

Do you have the raw HD .ts files or just the DVD you are upping at CG?

I don't have the .ts files, just the dvd.

I'm smiling at the thought of a Godzilla 1985 music video. Please feel free to elaborate at your convenience :-)

The music video is actually hilariously bad, and it features a love song called "I was afraid to love you". It used to be on youtube, but I think it's gone now.

Great to see some interest in this project! If this goes along good enough, maybe we can do a dvd of Biollante and the rest of the convoluted-but-at-the same-time-somewhat-entertaining Heisei series.

no, I'm just not in the mood to split up a DVD5 into loads of 200 mb files.

Monroville said:

Can anyone torrent this file then?  If anything, I can do the breakdown for Rapidshare or MegaUpload. 

this file still has 3 seeders at CG,just sign up there and grab it while you can,this is where I got it and IVTC'd it and made anamorphic.

Somebody on Cinemageddon (the torrent site I originally uploaded my dvd to) is putting a new copy of the HD airing up soon; it still isn't full 1080i but it will be an anamorphic DVD, which gives it an edge over my non-anamorphic version.

Also, soon I'll be getting a better Usenet provider so I can download the Japanese cut in full 1080i. Apparently, all the Japanese versions were restored and shown on HDTV over in Japan last year. I'm still hoping I'll find a better copy of the International cut, no matter how bad it is I somehow feel the need to have it preserved.

Does anyone have this (or know someone who might have this) in 1080i from Monsters HD? I've been looking for a full-res version for years and have only found standard definition rips, none of which look that good.

Technically, I know one person who has the HD rez version, but he won't let anyone see it.

I'd rather have Return of Godzilla with English subtitles. From the Blu-ray.

Please anyone who has this in HD or just amazing SD please torrent it or upload it

I have Godzilla 1985 widescreen,  I do not remember where I bought (probally Ebay) but I have upsampled the whole movie using PowerDirector 11 with pretty nice results.

I may do a torrent if I can figure it out

Bill

The ONLY video of this I have is a 2 disc set .... got it off iOffer I believe.  It contains the U.S. VHS pan/scan and a 2nd disc which is the Japan Widescreen DVD.  They both show their age but they were better than nothing at the time.  If we could get a solid source for a preservation it would be cool as hell.

:)

Image has the rights to the post-Corman New World catalog. We could get a release if only Toho were willing to cooperate. They've always been uncooperative with Anchor Bay/Lakeshore, and I even think they once claimed that they have full ownership of G85, and New World library owners had/have no claim to it.

Is Toho just angered by the U.S. recut?

Curious about this as well. Wasn't there a Warner logo at the end of the Monsters HD print, meaning that Warner has/had US tv rights and possibly originated the HD scan/print. The rights situation on this one is confusing and makes me wonder who is responsible for the HD print of the New World version.