Post by travigodzillafan on Jan 24, 2005 14:46:36 GMT -8
From a member at the MZ boards:
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Hey guys.
Today I was able to talk to Steve Vincent and was able to garner a nice amount of information about the releases of CM's dvds
Who is Steve? Steve Vincent is the Producer for these new DVDs.
What's been done: The first thing is that all of the titles from the last pack have been re mastered into High Definition. The materials being used are ones that come from UPA vault materials not from Toho.
Release Date: The hope is by the end of the year.
Well then whats holding them up: At the moment CM is currently renegotiating rights with Toho for their products. This has been the reason for the delay. The negotiations are taking long solely because of the process itself. CM has a long-standing relationship with Toho and its more the process itself than any issues or problems.
GRA and GTTHM: He alluded to new Godzilla properties and I mentioned these names to him. I told him the info come from Toho. He didn't confirm it but I think its a pretty safe bet now that CM beyond a shadow of a doubt now own GRA and GTTHM.
Will they be Widesreen: Yes.
Will they be uncut? They should all be uncut with a possible problem with Tgreat suffering cats!. CM is using a master provided from UPA and Steve states it was recently informed of the problems with Tgreat suffering cats!. At the moment this is no firm info on Tgreat suffering cats!
English or Japanese? It depends Steve mentioned the problem that some version don't match up with there Japanese counterpart. Steve mentioned it would be difficult in creating a sound master. However, HE did state that it is possible for a dual disc version of English version on one side and Japanese on the other. Nothing firm on this yet. I did let him know how dubs by Titra are highly valued by fans.
Information in the future and extras: Steve had vistied many Godzilla sites (Barry's). I let him know that they were out of date and gave him the name and web address of both Monster Zero and Henshin Online. I also invited him to join the message board so that he could get feedback from the fans and to keep us in the the loop. I mentioned how the guys from H!O could provide some great extras and cross-promotion helped he revealed that many fans including some in the NY region and past licensees have been offering extras. However he did seem interested in cross promotion via H!O. I mentioned that he should try and speak to August, Bob J, or Keith at the site. Since he has the site address and there is an easy contact info on the site I figured it shouldn't be hard to get in touch with them I explained how they are responsible for a lot of in dpeth coverage of G and how they do reviews and help with festivals.
He seemed very receptive to the idea and stated that they would like to once negotiations are wrapped up with Toho so more info can be posted. He even express frustration for the Usatoday story on G54 on DVD, because at the moment he couldn't give any info the DVD.
Steve stated that they really want to go to the extra mile with these release and put money into them. He mentioned how they are competing with Columbia (I think he meant Sony) dvds. He said they want to be better then those DVD's.
Well there is the info guys. There is no need to do any more phone calls it worked .
Please post this on other boards.
Ian
Today I was able to talk to Steve Vincent and was able to garner a nice amount of information about the releases of CM's dvds
Who is Steve? Steve Vincent is the Producer for these new DVDs.
What's been done: The first thing is that all of the titles from the last pack have been re mastered into High Definition. The materials being used are ones that come from UPA vault materials not from Toho.
Release Date: The hope is by the end of the year.
Well then whats holding them up: At the moment CM is currently renegotiating rights with Toho for their products. This has been the reason for the delay. The negotiations are taking long solely because of the process itself. CM has a long-standing relationship with Toho and its more the process itself than any issues or problems.
GRA and GTTHM: He alluded to new Godzilla properties and I mentioned these names to him. I told him the info come from Toho. He didn't confirm it but I think its a pretty safe bet now that CM beyond a shadow of a doubt now own GRA and GTTHM.
Will they be Widesreen: Yes.
Will they be uncut? They should all be uncut with a possible problem with Tgreat suffering cats!. CM is using a master provided from UPA and Steve states it was recently informed of the problems with Tgreat suffering cats!. At the moment this is no firm info on Tgreat suffering cats!
English or Japanese? It depends Steve mentioned the problem that some version don't match up with there Japanese counterpart. Steve mentioned it would be difficult in creating a sound master. However, HE did state that it is possible for a dual disc version of English version on one side and Japanese on the other. Nothing firm on this yet. I did let him know how dubs by Titra are highly valued by fans.
Information in the future and extras: Steve had vistied many Godzilla sites (Barry's). I let him know that they were out of date and gave him the name and web address of both Monster Zero and Henshin Online. I also invited him to join the message board so that he could get feedback from the fans and to keep us in the the loop. I mentioned how the guys from H!O could provide some great extras and cross-promotion helped he revealed that many fans including some in the NY region and past licensees have been offering extras. However he did seem interested in cross promotion via H!O. I mentioned that he should try and speak to August, Bob J, or Keith at the site. Since he has the site address and there is an easy contact info on the site I figured it shouldn't be hard to get in touch with them I explained how they are responsible for a lot of in dpeth coverage of G and how they do reviews and help with festivals.
He seemed very receptive to the idea and stated that they would like to once negotiations are wrapped up with Toho so more info can be posted. He even express frustration for the Usatoday story on G54 on DVD, because at the moment he couldn't give any info the DVD.
Steve stated that they really want to go to the extra mile with these release and put money into them. He mentioned how they are competing with Columbia (I think he meant Sony) dvds. He said they want to be better then those DVD's.
Well there is the info guys. There is no need to do any more phone calls it worked .
Please post this on other boards.
Ian
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