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A new colorized version of Godzilla (1954) has reportedly been announced during Godzilla Festival Online 2020

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Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
17,403
Is that something people were wanting?

Like not even being snarky, I've just never heard of a demand for this.
 

B.K.

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Oct 31, 2017
17,091
No thanks. I don't care about Godzilla, but I don't like colorizing black and white movies. It always looks terrible. The colors never look natural.
 
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purseowner

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Oct 25, 2017
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I'm firmly in the 'it's a no from me' camp, but I can't deny the stills are striking.

Not striking in the way the original was intended to be though.
 
Nepenthe

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Oct 25, 2017
21,072
I'd love to watch this as a novelty. The stills to me look like paintings.
 

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One Winged Slayer
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Oct 25, 2017
12,071
It's a curious novelty but that's all it is for me.

I'm also in the "dislikes colorization of B&W movies" side.
 
Blader

Blader

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Oct 27, 2017
26,674
That's...random. But interesting! Curious to see more. My black-and-white Criterion disc will be safe.
 
MoonsaultSlayer

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Oct 27, 2017
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I'm all in. I'm not one who scoffs at this. I still have both of my Criterion versions. They're not being updated and replaced with color.

It's a good counter to my B&W settings for Shin Godzilla which is gorgeous.

My own offscreen shots from a couple years back:
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Zan

Zan

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Oct 25, 2017
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but will it match the majesty of Cozzilla (Ittalian Godzilla) and it's Spectorama 70 technique? /s.
 
StrangerDanger

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Jul 18, 2018
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MoonsaultSlayer said:
I'm all in. I'm not one who scoffs at this. I still have both of my Criterion versions. They're not being updated and replaced with color.

It's a good counter to my B&W settings for Shin Godzilla which is gorgeous.

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omg, i need to re-watch this with B&W settings on, this looks even more gorgeous
 
MoonsaultSlayer

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Oct 27, 2017
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purseowner said:
Thank you - I didn't know about this and now my life is enriched. It's on YouTube, for the curious.

MoonsaultSlayer I'm in awe of your B&W Shin screens.
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omg, i need to re-watch this with B&W settings on, this looks even more gorgeous
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The movie is so well shot vs the Legendary Godzillas which are overly dark and muddy.

I'm no videophile but my trick was trying to match the original's style (and early B&W films at that where they fought with daylight) by putting contrast up and brightness down. Hard to see offscreen but I aimed for a grey bright day sky rather than bright white and made sure the night fire scene wasn't too bright losing detail in the glow of the flames or too dark in the shadows.
 
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