kungfumaniac Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 1 minute ago, ShawAngela said: I hope that there won't be too much movies like Boxer's Omen in this boxset ! I do think Boxer's Omen is he only horror film in the box. The HKFA have finally found og trailers that were thought lost for 2 films on the box. This will be the first time they appear since they were originally screened! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipturtle Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 So for Vol 2 so far we have: Invincible Shaolin Magnificent Ruffians Kid with the Golden Arm Ten Tigers of Kwangtung My Young Auntie 36th Chamber of Shaolin Boxers Omen 36th Chamber 2 (speculation) 36th Chamber 3 (speculation) Mad Monkey Kung Fu (hinted at) That leaves 4 more! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Graysman Posted April 17, 2022 Member Share Posted April 17, 2022 I would imagine Boxer’s omen will be cut to remove the beheading of a live chicken? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thundered mantis Posted April 17, 2022 Member Share Posted April 17, 2022 Damn I think I have four of them on German releases. The others are nice also. Oh damn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfumaniac Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Mad Monkey Kung Fu is a very safe bet 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member panzer Posted April 18, 2022 Member Share Posted April 18, 2022 9 hours ago, Graysman said: I would imagine Boxer’s omen will be cut to remove the beheading of a live chicken? This will potentially be case where the Boxer's Omen will be uncut if played in a region A player, but cut if played in a region B player. This has happened with other Arrow discs like The Grand Duel and Savage Three in the Eurocrime box. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfumaniac Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Invincible Shaolin, Ten Tigers, Magnificent Ruffians, My Young Auntie, Mad Monkey Kung Fu Boxer Omen 36th Chamber Trilogy I know people are tired of the 36 Chamber releases but this will be the definitive release. What you will be getting will be as close to owning a pristine print of the movie as you can get. Other scans were not cross checked against other sources or prints. They just scanned what was on hand. Arrow scanned a trailer from my collection and sent me back an 8 GB file. That's for a trailer that's 2 minutes long. The color is amazing and the resolution fantastic. the HKFA is finding stuff for these releases that they thought was lost. I tip my hat to Arrow for finally giving these movies their due. My hope is that they put out some lesser known films to go with the blockbusters. I would like to see the David Chiang/Ti Lung/Chang Cheh movies. Other films from the Shaolin cycle. Bells of Death, The Assassin, maybe some Chang Pei Pei movies... 16 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HeavenSword Posted April 18, 2022 Member Share Posted April 18, 2022 This volume seems to be Lau Kar Leung heavy also so gonna take another guess and say the other two movies will be either Lady Is The Boss, Spiritual Boxer or The Shadow Boxing . Two out of the three. I’d like if Lady Is The Boss was included , since that’s a far superior version of My Young Auntie in my opinion . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AslanBey Posted April 18, 2022 Member Share Posted April 18, 2022 I hope they decide to make a superior coverart for the box itself which we can present on the shelf. Vol 1 is magnificent but the box looks pretty boring. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WaverBoy Posted April 19, 2022 Member Share Posted April 19, 2022 7 hours ago, AslanBey said: I hope they decide to make a superior coverart for the box itself which we can present on the shelf. Vol 1 is magnificent but the box looks pretty boring. The packaging for Shawscope Vol. 1 is anything but boring — love it or hate it, it’s definitely not boring. I think it’s lovely. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member FightingFool Posted April 19, 2022 Member Share Posted April 19, 2022 It`s bit weird Boxers Omen will be in the box. Yup, it`s quite high profile and much hoped title but not all asian horror fans love kung fu movies. Must be very rare individual who buys Shawscope II for sake of BO only. Maybe there is standalone version eventually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ukrevrend Posted April 19, 2022 Member Share Posted April 19, 2022 2 hours ago, FightingFool said: It`s bit weird Boxers Omen will be in the box. Yup, it`s quite high profile and much hoped title but not all asian horror fans love kung fu movies. Must be very rare individual who buys Shawscope II for sake of BO only. Maybe there is standalone version eventually. Yes I was thinking exactly the same, the odd movie out is Boxers Omen, classic & must have for some, but, could turn out to be a very, very expensive must have! Bless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Takuma Posted April 19, 2022 Member Share Posted April 19, 2022 1 hour ago, ukrevrend said: Yes I was thinking exactly the same, the odd movie out is Boxers Omen, classic & must have for some, but, could turn out to be a very, very expensive must have! Bless Same here. For me Boxer's Omen is gonna be the best film in the set (since it's my favourite Shaw film of all time!), but I don't really care for the rest of the films announced so far except for 36th Chamber. And I'm sure many classic kung fu fans are gonna feel the opposite. Putting putting an extreme horror film in a classic kung fu box set isn't really going to please anyone. It should really have been a stand alone release. Or in a Horror / exploitation / modern day action Shaw set, which would have been a fantastic idea. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chemical Lemon Posted April 19, 2022 Member Share Posted April 19, 2022 Aside from my general dislike of the huge boxset dimensions I definitely prefer getting the box sets as it’s way cheaper than buying them individually. It is definitely unfortunate for anyone looking to pick up just one or two of the movies though. I think that’s built in to their calculations though. I’m guessing they know a lot of these movies have already been picked up by fans through import and they’ll lose a ton of purchases by selling them individually. I suspect they will release most of these individually at some point. Especially boxers omen since that’s one not available anywhere else. I’m guessing until the box sets have sold through we won’t see any individual releases other than the few that are US only releases. That’s just a guess but otherwise a couple of these would have made more sense as separate releases. Boxers omen being one of them 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Stewart Posted April 19, 2022 Member Share Posted April 19, 2022 Someone from Arrow said the box sets are for titles that they have both US and UK rights, and the stand-alone releases are US only. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WaverBoy Posted April 19, 2022 Member Share Posted April 19, 2022 I’m glad Arrow is mixing it up a bit with the genres. I was equally puzzled by the negative reaction to the inclusion of THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN in volume 1. Variety is the spice of life, guys. You can deal. Something for everyone. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelNH Posted April 19, 2022 Share Posted April 19, 2022 5 hours ago, WaverBoy said: I’m glad Arrow is mixing it up a bit with the genres. I was equally puzzled by the negative reaction to the inclusion of THE MIGHTY PEKING MAN in volume 1. Variety is the spice of life, guys. You can deal. Something for everyone. This was my take on Vol. 1 Not a "kung fu" set per se, (Although most the films are) but a tribute to the Shaw Brothers studios in general. I hope they do include some titles from other genres, in all the sets. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantid Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 2:29 PM, Takuma said: Same here. For me Boxer's Omen is gonna be the best film in the set (since it's my favourite Shaw film of all time!), but I don't really care for the rest of the films announced so far except for 36th Chamber. And I'm sure many classic kung fu fans are gonna feel the opposite. Putting putting an extreme horror film in a classic kung fu box set isn't really going to please anyone. It should really have been a stand alone release. Or in a Horror / exploitation / modern day action Shaw set, which would have been a fantastic idea. I am with you bro, I really care only about that movie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bickle14 Posted April 28, 2022 Member Share Posted April 28, 2022 Arrow will release Running out of Time 1&2 in North America: https://twitter.com/jamesflowerfilm/status/1519681935207018496?s=20&t=Q_S_e4a4bX0vuL4hxNVThA 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Kevin Chan Posted April 28, 2022 Member Share Posted April 28, 2022 10 minutes ago, bickle14 said: Arrow will release Running out of Time 1&2 in North America: https://twitter.com/jamesflowerfilm/status/1519681935207018496?s=20&t=Q_S_e4a4bX0vuL4hxNVThA Partnered with Eureka. That's awesome! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member De Ming Li Posted April 29, 2022 Member Share Posted April 29, 2022 Will there be advantages to getting both the Eureka and Arrow versions? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bickle14 Posted April 29, 2022 Member Share Posted April 29, 2022 1 hour ago, De Ming Li said: Will there be advantages to getting both the Eureka and Arrow versions? "Region A viewers, don’t despair - we’ve partnered with our friends at Eureka to bring you the ultimate edition of Johnnie To’s gangland duo, and an identical Arrow package will be announced very soon!" I don't see the point of getting both if, beyond Region coding, they are "identical". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chemical Lemon Posted April 29, 2022 Member Share Posted April 29, 2022 The “identical” part is the most intriguing to me. Arrow and 88 are both releasing discs in the US now. If Eureka is partnering with Arrow maybe we’ll see some Eureka martial arts titles getting distributed by Arrow in the US 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bickle14 Posted April 29, 2022 Member Share Posted April 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Chemical Lemon said: The “identical” part is the most intriguing to me. Arrow and 88 are both releasing discs in the US now. If Eureka is partnering with Arrow maybe we’ll see some Eureka martial arts titles getting distributed by Arrow in the US Someone needs to seize the opportunity for North America. There is a lot of money to be made and nobody has really capitalized on it yet like in the UK. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member wmcguire18 Posted April 30, 2022 Member Share Posted April 30, 2022 11 hours ago, Chemical Lemon said: The “identical” part is the most intriguing to me. Arrow and 88 are both releasing discs in the US now. If Eureka is partnering with Arrow maybe we’ll see some Eureka martial arts titles getting distributed by Arrow in the US Hadn't this already started with ONE ARMED BOXER? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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