Japanese Monster Movies Release Anniversary: 12/10/94 – Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla! draconicverses, December 11, 2014 Greetings, ‘Zillamaniacs! Ye Olde Dragon here, continuing to salute Toho Effects Films this month, as so many of them have been released throughout the years during the month of December. On this date, 20 years ago, the penultimate film of the Heisei Era Godzilla series was theatrically released in Japan… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Release Anniversary: 12/04/04 – Godzilla Final Wars! draconicverses, December 10, 2014 Greetings, Goji-Fans! Ye Olde Dragon here, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the final entry in the Godzilla millennium saga, GOJIRA FAINERU UOZU, a.k.a. GODZILLA FINAL WARS. It would be the final Toho Godzilla film to this day*. Basically, it was made to be a modern day DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968)… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Release Anniversary: 12/09/95 – Godzilla Vs Destroyah! draconicverses, December 10, 2014 Greetings, Goji-holics! Toho Month at Draconic Verses continues with the anniversary of the original theatrical release of the final film of the Godzilla Heisei Era, Takeo Okawara’s GOJIRA TAI DESUTOROIA (1995) (aka GODZILLA VS DESTROYAH). The saga that had begun almost 11 years (to the day) with Koji Hashimoto’s GOJIRA… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Release Anniversary: 12/03/72 – Godzilla vs. Gigan draconicverses, December 6, 2014 Greetings, Goji-philes! Ye Olde Dragon here, with the first Release Anniversary of a Toho Tokusatsu of the month. It had been a little bit more than a year since Toho had released Yushimitsu Banno’s GODZILLA Vs. HEDORA (1971) (aka Godzilla Vs. the Smog Monster (1972)) and Toho decided to have… Continue Reading
Animation Blu-Ray Review – Young Justice: The Complete First Season from @WarnerArchive draconicverses, November 21, 2014 Greetings, my “Super Friends” (sorry, I couldn’t resist). Ye Olde Dragon here, bringing you my very first review of a Blu-ray release from our friends at Warner Archives. Earlier this year, the first season of YOUNG JUSTICE was released on Blu-ray through Warner Archives, where previously, it had… Continue Reading
Movies First Impressions of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition on Blu-Ray draconicverses, November 14, 2014 Greetings from Middle-earth, Goblins and Gals! Ye Olde Dragon here, with a quick cursory review of the middle chapter of Peter Jackson‘s adaptive trilogy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit – well, not the movie itself, but the Blu-Ray release of the Extended Edition. At some point, I have every… Continue Reading
Movies @WarnerArchive Posts Clarification on Their Blu-Ray Discs draconicverses, November 13, 2014 Greetings, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, laying a bit of groundwork for my upcoming reviews for Warner Archives’ Blu-Ray releases including YOUNG JUSTICE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON, YOUNG JUSTICE: INVASION and THUNDERCATS: THE COMPLETE SERIES (2011 – 2012). A little over two weeks ago, Warner Archives posted a… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Release Anniversary: GMK – All Monsters Attack! draconicverses, November 3, 2014 Greetings, Kaiju Lovers! Ye Olde Dragon here, With the other Toho Tokusatsu (Japanese live effects) film to be released in the month of November. Coincidentally (or perhaps not), released on the same day as the original GOJIRA (1954) – November 3. On this day in 2001, Toho released the third… Continue Reading
News Prince Sirki Collects Jaws draconicverses, September 10, 2014 Greetings, Guys and Ghouls. Ye Olde Dragon here, with sad news from beyond the veil. One of Imagi-Movies’ (literally) biggest stars has passed away at the age of 74. He played the titular caveman of Arch Hall’s EEGAH! (1962), the brutish Samson, breaker of freaking necks in Robert Aldrich’s THE… Continue Reading
Art & Design RE:Design – The Draconic Verses on Social Media draconicverses, September 4, 2014 Greetings, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, with a Re:Design of a different sort. No doubt, those of you who regularly read DV are aware of the recent rebuild/refurbishing of my house. I figured I might as well look into revamping my online “home” as well. So I decided… Continue Reading