Eminyakeni eyishumi nanhlanu ngemuva kokubonakala kokugcina esikrinini (futhi ngisho nangaphezulu selokhu kwalandela okokugcina "okuyikho", i-Gamera franchise yaqalwa kabusha ngonyaka we-1995. Kwakuyifilimu yokuqala kwezintathu zeGamera kulokho okwaziwa ngokuthi uchungechunge lwe-Heisei. I-trilogy yamafilimu yayiqondiswe nguShusuke Kaneko (umsebenzi wakhe wawumuhle kakhulu wathola igigi esiza i-Godzilla emangalisayo, iMothra neKing Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack).

Uma, njengami, ukujabulele okwakamuva kweMill Creek Entertainment IGamera Ultimate Collection Volume 1 futhi Volume 2, uzojabula ukwazi ukuthi iMill Creek nayo yakhipha i-Heisei trilogy kwi-Blu-ray emuva ngo-2011. Isethi nayo iyamangaza, futhi nama-movie angcono kakhulu.

IGamera: Umgcini Wendawo Yonke (1995)

Ngaphambi kokuthi kuqhamuke i-monster titular, uGamera: Guardian of the Universe uqala ngokwethula abathathu bakwaGyaos. Isilo esifana nelulwane sithole ukuphakanyiswa okukhulu selokhu savela okokuqala ngo-1967 iGamera vs. Gyaos. Lapho "izinyoni" ezintathu (njengoba kubhekiswe kubo okokuqala) zibhajwe enkundleni ye-baseball, ufudu olukhulu uGamera (nalo oluthuthukisiwe) luvela olwandle futhi lubangele ukwethuka okukhulu kwezakhamizi zaseJapan. Ukuba yisidalwa esikhudlwana, kubonakala sengathi uGamera ubeka usongo olukhulu, kepha ukuhlaselwa kamuva kuthola ukuthi uGamera uvikela isintu. Uma kusele uGyaos oyedwa, ikhula ibe ngosayizi kaGamera, bese kuthi izinduna zombili ziphume.

IGamera: Guardian of the Universe inconywe ngabagxeki nabalandeli ngokufanayo ngomsindo wayo omnyama. Ngenkathi kuliqiniso ukuthi lena akuyona iGamera kababa wakho, akusikho okwangempela kukaChristopher Nolan ukuthatha i-kaiju. Ifilimu isenengcosana yeschlock ye-nostalgic. Isebenzisa amasu amaningi wemiphumela ekhethekile njengamafilimu okuqala - bekungeke kube yiGamera ngaphandle komfana ogqoke isudi yenjoloba eshaya izakhiwo ezincanyana - kepha bakhiqizwa ngentuthuko entsha yezobuchwepheshe. Konke kubukeka kukukhulu, kungcono futhi kupholile. I-CGI, ngokubonga, isetshenziswe kancane nangempumelelo. I-Guardian of the Universe ihlala njengesiqalisi esiphumelelayo.

IGamera 2: Ukuhlaselwa kweLegion (1996)

IGamera 2: Ukuhlaselwa kweLegion kwethula isitha esisha kukhamera yeGamera ngemuva kokuphahlazeka kwemeteorite emhlabeni: uhlobo lwangaphandle lwezilo ezinjengezinambuzane, ezibizwa ngama-symbiotic Legion. (Zisikhumbuza izidalwa eziphila ngamagciwane ezivela eCloverfield.) Kukhona futhi nendlovukazi enkulu uLegion ephuma embotsheni ewela maphakathi nedolobha. Noma ngosizo lwamasosha aseJapan, uGamera unezandla ezigcwele inunu eyodwa enkulu namakhulu amancane.

Yize ibilandelwa ngokushesha ngemuva kokuphumelela kokuqalisa kabusha, iGamera 2: Attack of Legion ayizizwa ijahile. Ngendlela yokulandelana kwangempela, ubukhulu bukhulu, ukubhujiswa kukhulu kakhulu, isakhiwo sikhulu kakhulu; kuze kufike naseBhayibhelini. Kukhona futhi ukuthembela okunzima kwi-CGI, okuncomekayo ngesikhathi sayo, kepha ayikaze ikhule kahle kangako. Impi yokugcina, ikakhulukazi, izwa opopayi; UGamera ukhombisa amandla amasha ngesimo sogongolo lwe-plasma oludutshulwe esifubeni sakhe. Kepha kungukubamba okuncane, njengoba yonke ifilimu iletha kukho konke abalandeli be-kaiju abafuna ukukubona.

IGamera 3: Impindiselo ye-Iris (1999)

Yize sekuphele iminyaka embalwa kuhlaselwe okokugcina, izakhamizi zaseJapan ziyaqhubeka nokuphila ngokwesaba izilo ezinkulu - futhi ngesizathu esihle. AmaGyaos aguqukele enhlotsheni eseyithuthukile, eshintshile, kepha namanje ayifani neGamera. Okungaba yingozi kumngane wethu wofudu, kodwa-ke, kungesinye futhi isihlobo samaGyaos: isidalwa sasendulo esibizwa nge-Iris. Isilo esindizayo, esinezintambo sihlonyiswe ngezingalo ezinjengezinkemba futhi sinamandla okushisa umsebe we-sonic. Njengoba impi yokugcina ye-badass ifakazela, u-Iris uyisitha sokugcina sikaGamera.

Ngenkathi uGamera 2 enamathisela isenzo, iGamera 3: Ukuziphindisela kwe-Iris kumnandi kakhulu, kuyamangaza kakhulu. Inikeza isabelo sayo esilinganayo sesenzo, kepha kukonke kusishisi esisheshayo; kukhona ukunweba okude okugcwele ukuvezwa okuvela ezinhlamvini zomuntu. Ngenkulumo yayo yokusebenzelana nemimoya, iGamera 3 nayo izizwa ifana ne-movie eyethusayo yendabuko. I-Iris icishe yenziwe ngekhompyutha ngokuphelele, futhi ifilimu ibingacishe ibe khona ngaphandle kukaGamera. Njengalokhu, iGamera 3 iyadumaza ngandlela thile uma ufuna izimpi ze-kaiju, kepha ihlala iyifilimu ethokozisayo noma ngabe ithini. Iphinde ibe nesiphetho esihle.

I-trilogy iza njengesethi yama-Blu-ray amabili; idiski yokuqala ifaka izitolimende ezimbili zokuqala, kanti idiski lesibili line-movie yesithathu nezici ezikhethekile. Kukhona cishe amahora ama-3 wezinto zebhonasi, kufaka phakathi okwenziwe ngemuva kwezigcawu kubo bobathathu, kanye nezigcawu ezisusiwe nezandisiwe nokuningi. Kokubili izinhlobo zokuqala zaseJapan kanye nama-dubs esiNgisi ayatholakala kuwo womathathu amafilimu. Izethulo ezinencazelo ephezulu zimnandi futhi zihlanzekile.

Ngifisa sengathi luqhubeke uchungechunge lukaKhaneko lweGamera (njengoba kuphetha uGamera 3 kusho). Ihlala ihlaba umxhwele futhi ijabulisa, i-trilogy isemi kahle cishe eminyakeni engama-20 kamuva. Kwakumnandi njengoba kwakuchungechunge lweGamera yasekuqaleni, yayihlala ipenda uma iqhathaniswa noGodilla. Ngokuya ngezikhathi zeHeisei, kepha, uGamera ufakazela ukuthi ikhwalithi ikhokha inani eliningi. Ungathola lokhu kusetha kushibhile okusangene, ngakho-ke abalandeli be-monster movie abanazaba zokungabi ngabakwaGamera Trilogy. Noma ungakaboni noma ungathandi okwangempela, kunethuba elihle lokuthi uzokhishwa kulawa ma-movie.