Member FightingFool Posted January 6, 2022 Member Share Posted January 6, 2022 10 hours ago, sifu iron perm said: The Chinese boxer is one of the baddest films ever! Hard to say which is "badder" CB or King Boxer as they have fair amount of similarities(Wang Ping as love interest, iron hand and japanese villains. And Lo Lieh appears in both). Story in KB is better but on the other hand just have to love CB a lot...CB has little bit superior end fight.. 45 minutes ago, Django said: It's not about scratches, Blu-Rays are very resistant to scratches, however fingerprints is not avoidable with this packaging! You need to get your finger in under the disc to get it out, which is something I always want to avoid. If you have little bit of nails it`s possible to slide it off from the pocket by grabbing centre and edge of disc without leaving fingerprints. It`s ankward tho, wish box would not be like this but it is what it is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WaverBoy Posted January 6, 2022 Member Share Posted January 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Django said: It's not about scratches, Blu-Rays are very resistant to scratches, however fingerprints is not avoidable with this packaging! You need to get your finger in under the disc to get it out, which is something I always want to avoid. Those can be easily wiped off, in the rare instance that I get one on a disc; however, I often see comments like “OMG my discs are gonna get scratched to high heaven, gee thanks a lot, Arrow!”, etc. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JackieRome Posted January 6, 2022 Member Share Posted January 6, 2022 I hope they propose a new box that is more practical externally and internally. I didn't buy it at that high price especially for this problem. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted January 6, 2022 Member Share Posted January 6, 2022 4 hours ago, Django said: I solved the disc housing problem like this. With all the great extras and everything these will go in and out of the player for a good while now so this will be way more practical! Mighty Peking will remain untouched in it's cardboard jacket, where it belongs 😄 So you’re not going to watch Peking man at all? Why not just get the arrow streaming service, it’s in there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Django Posted January 7, 2022 Member Share Posted January 7, 2022 5 hours ago, OpiumKungFuCracker said: So you’re not going to watch Peking man at all? Why not just get the arrow streaming service, it’s in there. I have seen it in the past and I hated it.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WaverBoy Posted January 7, 2022 Member Share Posted January 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Django said: I have seen it in the past and I hated it.. Can’t relate — wonderfully entertaining giant monster film with great miniature destruction effects and one of the sexiest blondes I’ve ever seen onscreen, pretty much ticks all the boxes for me. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted January 7, 2022 Member Share Posted January 7, 2022 12 hours ago, OpiumKungFuCracker said: So you’re not going to watch Peking man at all? Why not just get the arrow streaming service, it’s in there. No art on the discs ? I'm disappointed !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chemical Lemon Posted January 26, 2022 Member Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) A weird thing that may have been mentioned but I hadn’t realized. I thought at first there were no legit English subs translated from the original language. Only just realizing now that the sub options are specific to your choice of audio. So mandarin/Cantonese only gets translated subs, and the English dub only gets English SDH. This makes sense in some ways, like the timing of the audio is frequently different between the Chinese track and the English track. At the same time I genuinely prefer watching with the English dub and translated subtitles. It’s sort of the best of both worlds for me. Wish both subtitle options were available on both audio options. The only situation I really see a benefit to splitting them is if the two versions of the film are different with different cuts etc. a minor complaint, I’m glad that the translated subs are available even if not for the English dub. Edited January 26, 2022 by Chemical Lemon Fixed typo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Stewart Posted January 26, 2022 Member Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) I feel the opposite. I have to watch English with subs as I’m a little hard of hearing, and I can’t focus at all when releases use the ‘sub’ subs instead of SDH and they don’t match up. Edited January 26, 2022 by Stewart 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chemical Lemon Posted January 26, 2022 Member Share Posted January 26, 2022 21 minutes ago, Stewart said: I feel the opposite. I have to watch English with subs as I’m a little hard of hearing, and I can’t focus at all when releases use the ‘sub’ subs instead of SDH and they don’t match up. I totally get that, and I also frequently have difficulty hearing (probably more understanding than hearing) the tv. I always have subtitles on when I watch tv. I usually don’t have a difficulty with old school kung fu dubs though. Possibly because the language is always simplified and 90% emotion over information, definitely a little because I’ve seen them so many times, but possibly because of the dubbing process and the fact I’m so familiar with the voices (same dozen or so dubbers on hundreds of movies) so I don’t struggle to understand them. I love that we have both the SDH and translated subs (I wish they always did). I just wish we had both options regardless of which audio option we picked. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WaverBoy Posted January 26, 2022 Member Share Posted January 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Chemical Lemon said: A weird thing that may have been mentioned but I hadn’t realized. I thought at first there were no legit English subs translated from the original language. Only just realizing now that the sub options are specific to your choice of audio. So mandarin/Cantonese only gets translated subs, and the English dub only gets English SDH. This makes sense in some ways, like the timing of the audio is frequently different between the Chinese track and the English track. At the same time I genuinely prefer watching with the English dub and translated subtitles. It’s sort of the best of both worlds for me. Wish both subtitle options were available on both audio options. The only situation I really see a benefit to splitting them is if the two versions of the film are different with different cuts etc. a minor complaint, I’m glad that the translated subs are available even if not for the English dub. I figured you could switch subtitle options on the fly — not the case, eh? I haven’t tried it myself. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chemical Lemon Posted January 26, 2022 Member Share Posted January 26, 2022 7 hours ago, WaverBoy said: I figured you could switch subtitle options on the fly — not the case, eh? I haven’t tried it myself. Actually that’s a good point, I was picking from the setup menu, but never bothered to try switching through the players subtitle functions. I bet that works. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member nahnahnah Posted January 28, 2022 Member Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) Accidently leaked on Canadian site: SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation • Original lossless Cantonese, Mandarin and English mono audio • Optional English subtitles, plus hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub • Brand new commentary by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of China • Newly filmed appreciation by film critic and historian Tony Rayns • Interviews with stars Gordon Liu, Lily Li and Yeung Ching-ching, filmed by Frédéric Ambroisine in 2004 • A Tribute to Fu Sheng, a short film commemorating the late actor that played before early screenings of The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, presented via a German-dubbed telecine (the best available copy) with English subtitles • Alternate opening credits, as The Invincible Pole Fighters • Theatrical trailer • Image gallery • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Aspinall FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Terrence J. Brady Edited January 28, 2022 by nahnahnah 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member KenHashibe Posted January 28, 2022 Member Share Posted January 28, 2022 1 hour ago, nahnahnah said: Accidently leaked on Canadian site: SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation • Original lossless Cantonese, Mandarin and English mono audio • Optional English subtitles, plus hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub • Brand new commentary by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of China • Newly filmed appreciation by film critic and historian Tony Rayns • Interviews with stars Gordon Liu, Lily Li and Yeung Ching-ching, filmed by Frédéric Ambroisine in 2004 • A Tribute to Fu Sheng, a short film commemorating the late actor that played before early screenings of The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, presented via a German-dubbed telecine (the best available copy) with English subtitles • Alternate opening credits, as The Invincible Pole Fighters • Theatrical trailer • Image gallery • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Aspinall FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Terrence J. Brady I have the 88 Films release, but will probably double-dip since it has both Cantonese and Mandarin tracks (I think 88 only has the Cantonese track), and I'm interested in the "Tribute to Fu Sheng". Always love getting bonus material that I've never seen before. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted January 28, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 28, 2022 This one is worth a double dip IMO, as I also have the 88 release. On 1/27/2022 at 3:22 AM, Chemical Lemon said: Actually that’s a good point, I was picking from the setup menu, but never bothered to try switching through the players subtitle functions. I bet that works. It does. Worked for me anyway. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted January 28, 2022 Member Share Posted January 28, 2022 4 hours ago, nahnahnah said: Accidently leaked on Canadian site: SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • Brand new 2K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation • Original lossless Cantonese, Mandarin and English mono audio • Optional English subtitles, plus hard-of-hearing subtitles for the English dub • Brand new commentary by Jonathan Clements, author of A Brief History of China • Newly filmed appreciation by film critic and historian Tony Rayns • Interviews with stars Gordon Liu, Lily Li and Yeung Ching-ching, filmed by Frédéric Ambroisine in 2004 • A Tribute to Fu Sheng, a short film commemorating the late actor that played before early screenings of The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter, presented via a German-dubbed telecine (the best available copy) with English subtitles • Alternate opening credits, as The Invincible Pole Fighters • Theatrical trailer • Image gallery • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Marc Aspinall FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collectors' booklet featuring new writing on the film by Terrence J. Brady Could you give the link, please ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Asmo Posted January 28, 2022 Moderator Share Posted January 28, 2022 https://unobstructedview.com/the-8-diagram-pole-fighter-av339-web.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted January 28, 2022 Member Share Posted January 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Asmo said: https://unobstructedview.com/the-8-diagram-pole-fighter-av339-web.html Thanks ! And of course, they don't ship outside of Canada and the States... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted January 28, 2022 Author Member Share Posted January 28, 2022 I thought Arrow's The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter release was rumored to be 4K. Perhaps that will come in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member LiuYiLong Posted January 28, 2022 Member Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, ShawAngela said: Thanks ! And of course, they don't ship outside of Canada and the States... DiabolikDVD will ship to Europe https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/the-8-diagram-pole-fighter-arrow-us-blu-ray-preorder/ Edited January 28, 2022 by LiuYiLong typo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member FightingFool Posted January 28, 2022 Member Share Posted January 28, 2022 That is beautiful cover for 8 diagram. While characters(and movie) save Abbot are fierce, blue adds lot feeling of calmness to art. May be too expensive to double(or triple actually as own dd dvd besides 88 br) to EU because of handling fees+taxes+shipping but if some shops imports it, sure purchase. Nice extra materials. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dshooker Posted January 28, 2022 Member Share Posted January 28, 2022 After the 8 Diagram Pole Fighter announcement, James Flower tweeted that Arrow's new restoration "restores the correct logo to the beginning, rather than the same one Celestial stuck to every film regardless of era." Also, in case anyone was curious about the subtitle translation, Dylan Cheung confirms on Twitter that it's "a slightly tweaked" version of his translation which appeared on the 88 Film release. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member saltysam Posted January 29, 2022 Member Share Posted January 29, 2022 Definitely double dipping for this one. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WaverBoy Posted January 29, 2022 Member Share Posted January 29, 2022 5 hours ago, dshooker said: After the 8 Diagram Pole Fighter announcement, James Flower tweeted that Arrow's new restoration "restores the correct logo to the beginning, rather than the same one Celestial stuck to every film regardless of era." Also, in case anyone was curious about the subtitle translation, Dylan Cheung confirms on Twitter that it's "a slightly tweaked" version of his translation which appeared on the 88 Film release. Whoa, that’s a fantastic SB logo, very ‘80s indeed! Even more reason to double-dip now, thanks Arrow! How many other SB films on Blu currently have the incorrect logo? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member KenHashibe Posted January 29, 2022 Member Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) A new 2k remaster is also a huge reason to double-dip! Their remasters for the Shaw Brothers Boxset are fantastic, so I wouldn't be surprised if their remaster for Eight Diagram is also spectacular! Especially since they do their best to restore the film to how it was originally presented, including the time-accurate logo! Edited January 29, 2022 by KenHashibe 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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