Member legendarycurry Posted September 1, 2023 Member Share Posted September 1, 2023 did anyone else receive their fight back to school boxed set a few days ago? It was a nice surprise. I ordered from terracotta. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JCFan2024 Posted September 1, 2023 Member Share Posted September 1, 2023 7 hours ago, Gung Fu Movie Guy said: I never said that did I? I know most action scenes in Hong Kong are undercranked to some degree or another. I said in my view Donnie Yen goes to the extreme with it. Get a grip. You pulling people up for a small spelling mistake? Bra, you need to chill. This what we do is make jokes here, you can't take it that seriously here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thundered mantis Posted September 1, 2023 Member Share Posted September 1, 2023 We are seeing great releases from 88 films this 2023, but I kinda feel kung fu shapes sub genre has been the least cultivated one this year. Not that I´m complaining, but @Irongod2112, could you tease us with any enigmatic kinda "keep the faith in Shaolin" sentence or whatever? Or really no releases on sight? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted September 2, 2023 Member Share Posted September 2, 2023 4 hours ago, legendarycurry said: did anyone else receive their fight back to school boxed set a few days ago? It was a nice surprise. I ordered from terracotta. I got my boxset two weeks ago. Directly ordered from 88's site. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member legendarycurry Posted September 2, 2023 Member Share Posted September 2, 2023 12 hours ago, DiP said: I got my boxset two weeks ago. Directly ordered from 88's site. yeah I think mine arrived at around that time also, I just wasn't home until 2 days ago lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted September 2, 2023 Administrator Share Posted September 2, 2023 On 9/1/2023 at 9:11 AM, Gung Fu Movie Guy said: I never said that did I? I know most action scenes in Hong Kong are undercranked to some degree or another. I said in my view Donnie Yen goes to the extreme with it. Get a grip. You pulling people up for a small spelling mistake? 22 hours ago, DiP said: But that's what you're implying when saying that "nobody does it more" and "going to the extreme". And this is based on what... Fist of Fury and his earlier movies? And that automatically makes him a heavy user of undercranking in every other movie based on just some productions? 🤷♂️ You're not seeing the big picture here. Watch any Jackie, Sammo, Bill and Jet Li movies for obvious undercranking. Everybody in Hong Kong action cinema has undercranked their action scenes. Okay gents, please agree to disagree. You've both acknowledged that undercranking is common in Hong Kong cinema. Great. @Gung Fu Movie Guy thinks Donnie Yen uses it way more than others, @DiP disagrees. Fine. Let's either move on, or continue to to discuss it, but politely. There's nothing gained for anyone if either of you reacts harshly to the other. Trust me, this is best; I've been in a relationship with a very dangerous woman for 27 years and I'm still alive to tell you guys this method works. 1 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yggdrasil Posted September 2, 2023 Member Share Posted September 2, 2023 On 8/31/2023 at 10:37 PM, Yggdrasil said: Looks great in a picture frame I must say. Did you buy the frames from say Amazon or made them yourself or found a company that makes bespoke frames? So I had a look on Amazon. There's quite a few different companies. Is this the brand you bought @Graysman I avoided the sponsor and went for the highest rank along with cheap. £7 for 1. The frame looks thicker than your images. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member nahnahnah Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 SPECIAL FEATURES: HD Transfer in Original 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation 2.0 Cantonese Original Theatrical Mono with English Subtitles 2.0 Cantonese Home Video Mix with English Subtitles 2.0 English Dub Audio Commentary with Hong Kong Film Expert James Mudge Deleted Scenes Jet Li’s UK Visit (2000) Trailer Stills Gallery 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member andy338 Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 7 minutes ago, nahnahnah said: SPECIAL FEATURES: HD Transfer in Original 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation 2.0 Cantonese Original Theatrical Mono with English Subtitles 2.0 Cantonese Home Video Mix with English Subtitles 2.0 English Dub Audio Commentary with Hong Kong Film Expert James Mudge Deleted Scenes Jet Li’s UK Visit (2000) Trailer Stills Gallery Cool, I'll be getting this. Are the black cases thinner than the blue ones? If they are it's not going to fit alongside my others, why did they change cases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BLfan Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) I assume the black slimmer cases was to help the combined Region A and B releases. These were also used in the Tiger Cage boxset. Not sure which case will be used for this release. Edited September 4, 2023 by BLfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yihetuan Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 (edited) So in Taxi Hunter, screenwriter Leung Hung-wah says there is confusion regarding whether this film is CAT III or CAT IIb due to one particular scene. The scene in question is... Spoiler when Anthony Wong kills the potential Taxi Driver rapist by putting his head in the door and rolling the window up thereby suffocating him, the laserdisc apparently shows this in more graphic fashion... Tony Hung-wah says that scene is longer on the laserdisc and received a CAT III rating while the theatrical version cut that scene shorter and received it's IIb rating. So is this version by 88films not uncut due to it being the theatrical version? Why couldn't they just add the extra few seconds of that scene to make it fully uncut? Edited September 4, 2023 by Yihetuan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member BigDruDogg Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 Just got a notification from 88 that my Twin Dragons was dispatched! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, BigDruDogg said: Just got a notification from 88 that my Twin Dragons was dispatched! Same here. Looking forward to see it again. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JCFan2024 Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, BigDruDogg said: Just got a notification from 88 that my Twin Dragons was dispatched! Same! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yggdrasil Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, DiP said: Same here. Looking forward to see it again. Forgot to order it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JCFan2024 Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 9 hours ago, nahnahnah said: SPECIAL FEATURES: HD Transfer in Original 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation 2.0 Cantonese Original Theatrical Mono with English Subtitles 2.0 Cantonese Home Video Mix with English Subtitles 2.0 English Dub Audio Commentary with Hong Kong Film Expert James Mudge Deleted Scenes Jet Li’s UK Visit (2000) Trailer Stills Gallery Finally at long last!!!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted September 4, 2023 Member Share Posted September 4, 2023 10 hours ago, nahnahnah said: SPECIAL FEATURES: HD Transfer in Original 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation 2.0 Cantonese Original Theatrical Mono with English Subtitles 2.0 Cantonese Home Video Mix with English Subtitles 2.0 English Dub Audio Commentary with Hong Kong Film Expert James Mudge Deleted Scenes Jet Li’s UK Visit (2000) Trailer Stills Gallery Not a big fan of the movie but it has one of Jet Li's best final fight scenes (the overall action is good too). Plus it will be a huge upgrade over the HK bluray in terms of video, audio, subtitles, and extras. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yggdrasil Posted September 5, 2023 Member Share Posted September 5, 2023 Got my frames thanks @Graysman Now I need to hunt for something bigger. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Darth Kermit Posted September 5, 2023 Member Share Posted September 5, 2023 On 8/28/2023 at 1:56 PM, Gung Fu Movie Guy said: 'undercranking is shooting film at a lower frame rate then the standard 24 FPS. First time I ever saw it was when keystone cops was shown on tv when I was a kid. No one does it more then Donnie Yen. Saw the Hi-yah trailer for 'Fist Of Fury' no wonder I've never watched the vcd boxset I have of the series. I like Donnie's Fist of Fury. The fights are pretty cool despite the undercracking 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DiP Posted September 5, 2023 Member Share Posted September 5, 2023 25 minutes ago, Darth Kermit said: I like Donnie's Fist of Fury. The fights are pretty cool despite the undercracking First half of the show has good action, particularly Donnie Yen vs Hung Yan-Yan. The second half is a mixed bag. Yen could've dampened the aping of Bruce Lee (it's alright in some scenes but terrible in others), and the undercranking because it ruins and takes away potential of the fight choreography of some scenes actually being good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JCFan2024 Posted September 6, 2023 Member Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, Darth Kermit said: I like Donnie's Fist of Fury. The fights are pretty cool despite the undercracking Same, I enjoyed The Fist of Fury TV Series. Legend of The Wolf he goes nuts with the undercranking, same with Iron Monkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Graysman Posted September 6, 2023 Member Share Posted September 6, 2023 Twin Dragons deluxe edition by 88 films in the house looks fantastic 9 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted September 6, 2023 Member Share Posted September 6, 2023 37 minutes ago, Graysman said: Twin Dragons deluxe edition by 88 films in the house looks fantastic So much Jackie in one picture! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AslanBey Posted September 6, 2023 Member Share Posted September 6, 2023 (edited) On 9/4/2023 at 3:28 PM, nahnahnah said: SPECIAL FEATURES: HD Transfer in Original 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray Presentation 2.0 Cantonese Original Theatrical Mono with English Subtitles 2.0 Cantonese Home Video Mix with English Subtitles 2.0 English Dub Audio Commentary with Hong Kong Film Expert James Mudge Deleted Scenes Jet Li’s UK Visit (2000) Trailer Stills Gallery Why dont we celebrate this???? I hope finally Jet Li gets more attention togrther with eurekas release. First day purchase for me. Are there any other information about packaging and physical extras?? Edited September 6, 2023 by AslanBey 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted September 6, 2023 Administrator Share Posted September 6, 2023 1 hour ago, AslanBey said: Why dont we celebrate this???? I hope finally Jet Li gets more attention togrther with eurekas release. First day purchase for me. Are there any other information about packaging and physical extras?? I'm celebrating- I'm thrilled about this release! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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