Posted by Derek Janssen on 11/19/06 10:29

Invid Fan wrote:
>>
>>>The one I'm waiting for is Godzillaless, the original Mothra. Any word
>>>on that?
>>
>>E-mailed twice and still no answer--
>>Looks like their immediate deal with tight-fisted Toho is for the seven
>>Godzilla-enabled movies, to exploit the pop character, and they don't
>>know how far to draw the line yet on Rodan, the Gargantuas or the
>>Mysterians.
>
> I wonder how all this affects Destroy All Monsters. Remember, Toho
> wouldn't let ADV include subs, or the original dub iirc. Wonder if
> they'll do another release, or if the rights are expiring soon.

Let's hope so:
CM's own FAQ mentions they won't be handling "Destroy" because of ADV's
rights (or "King Kong vs." because of Universal's), and ADV's version
was way back before Toho's heart softened on Sony doing bilingual versions--

ADV might be up to grab it again, but now that Japan's got its own
disks, Toho might be a little less paranoid about "foreign" competition
the second time around.

Derek Jansen
ejanss@comcast.net

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