Guest GwaiLoMoFo Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Release date for the first batch of DD Shaws was 4/10/07(36th Chamber, My Young Auntie, One-Armed Swordsman, King Boxer). But none have been released. All sites show that release date and all show backordered. Whats the deal? Why the delay, did I miss something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GwaiLoMoFo Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 Nevermind, According to the DD website their do in June instead. Why do all of the web retailers (still) have them listed as april 10th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Linn1 Posted June 10, 2007 Member Share Posted June 10, 2007 is up at DVDBeaver. Damn they need to update that intro though. I forgot I wrote it for them all those years ago! And it STILL is missing a couple of words! Review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest morgoth Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Pic quality looks like Image's Leg Weapons release. Oh man I cant wait to get this! And Gordon Liu plays General Chin in the movie?:lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GwaiLoMoFo Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Sounds good. Damnit, too bad I already have the Celestial.:\ The extras dont looking interesting enough to warrant a double dip on this one. Interviews, music video and commentary featuring the RZA not worth another $15 to me. Still makes me happy to finally see these hitting the shelfs here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldeschool17 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Good thing i didnt get the celestial release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Looks fantastic. Annoying that DVD Beaver seems to be impying the remix is more important than the mono though. Looks like DD has finally hit a home-run - assuming it's got the original English track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kungfusamurai Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 They indicated that the Celestial DVD was anamorphic. Was it? I thought it was a low bit-rate non-anamorphic release. It looks like the Weinstein DVD won't suffer from the ghosting that plagued the Celestial DVD. I haven't dug out my French version. I think Wild Side did a good job on that one too. KFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Celstial's 36th Chamber was done by blowing up their non-anamorphic master (not a great idea but OK) but the contrast and edge enhancement was screwy. Celestial fixed this problem for most of their subsequent anamorphic releases but all their DVDs suffer from poor standards conversions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chen Zhen Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 rza commentary? im sold! good thing i dont have the celestial either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dndcollect Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 hell, i'll take a audio commentary for a shaw brothers film from a crack head if he knew what he was talking about. RZA seems to know his s**t. I have the celestia, the crash, the red sun, and a taped from tv. i am buying this one no question. finally getting what i want with the extras. im stunned, and the pic quality is even better? finally a US company at least seems to be stepping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drunkenmantis13 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Well, everything seems more than perfect! That's just awesome! No talk about the dub, but if it's the original one...i'm buying ALL the DD's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest strutr74 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Looks like I'm dipping again:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sevenhooks Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Besides the original dub, does anyone know if DD is using the original trailer? I would think that should be fairly easy to do since it was available on the Celestial disc. But then again, I said the same thing about Image's Legendary Weapons and no dice. Crossing fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sevenhooks Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 No talk about the dub, but if it's the original one...i'm buying ALL the DD's! That's the key for me (and for a lot of other folks I know). Hopefully they get it right. If so, I'll be scooping up every release they put out as well. If not, I'll be sticking to my Celestial's (ala Heaven and Hell). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulyOne Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 while I am glad to have any review on this disc, this has to be one of the least informative reviews I have read... so many questions about this disc left unanswered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dndcollect Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 new dubs=vanilla ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chen lung Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Excluding the unconfirmed English dub (and it's mono status) for the moment, the fact that only mono seems to be present (likely in answer to the negative remixes) has to be commended! Celestial supply original ones most of the time (with known exceptions), plus DD probably made sure too - so chances are likely it's included. It's the IVL DVD (which I rid of months in advance knowing... ), not Celestial (the latter only provide the materials). Common misconception. Celestial provided a rubbish PAL>NTSC transfer to IVL whereas DD managed to get it done properly - the difference is clear (shame the same couldn't be done for Image). Head-bags scene is cut on the IVL DVD for about 2 seconds - probably the same here (Crash is uncut I believe). Cantonese maybe still redubbed when Gordon and Wilson exchange their views on monks commiting murder (in the forest). It was either missing/damaged sources, deliberate redubbing (on account of logic) or because it was dropped for the reissued version (Mandarin of course being original and complete-sounding). Attempting to verify some of the aforementioned queries about the DVD with a contact. Will try to let you know soon. Didn't like this film but it might find itself in my next order . Will get 'King Boxer' however (one of my few favourite Shaws), not seen 'One-Armed Swordsman' whilst 'My Young Auntie' was just too lame (action was 1st class all the way) and could be in Mandarin too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bobo Posted June 10, 2007 Member Share Posted June 10, 2007 QUESTION FOR LINN: if the 50 DD shaw movies sell well --will they get additional tittles ? just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Linn1 Posted June 11, 2007 Member Share Posted June 11, 2007 they'll pick up any other titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bobo Posted June 11, 2007 Member Share Posted June 11, 2007 thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chen lung Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 It is possible providing they do well. But it's generally hard to generate success out of Shaws so you're right in that way Linn. See what happens ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 Yeah, there does seem to be a curse on companies releasing Shaws! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldeschool17 Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 somebody should contact dvdbeaver and ask about the dubs and english dub. that website looks like a mess to navigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gfanikf Posted June 11, 2007 Share Posted June 11, 2007 I'll have me review copies in a day or two, but I hope this will suffice you for the moment . I'll be doing caps and also audio clips via youtube along with the regular reviews. Courtesy of Jay Spear www.dvdmaniacs.net/forums...044&page=4 The One Armed Swordsman Extras: The Master: Chang Cheh- 17:30 minutes...looks to me like a port over from the R3 SB dvds. Trailers: Original English: Seven Blows of the Dragon, Street Gangs of HK, Duel of the Iron Fists, and The Chinese Professionals. Original Chinese trailers: Boxer From Shantung, Chinese Boxer, Crippled Avengers, The New One Armed Swordsman, Return of the One Armed Swordsman, Vengeance. Interviews- Jimmy Yu Wang- 10:55min Andy Klein and David Chute-8:08min Subtitles- English, Spanish, English for Hearing Impaired Audio(according to my dvd player) Mandarin 2.0, English 2.0, commentary track. Quentin Tarantino is nowhere to be found on the dvd, despite what it says on the packaging. My Young Auntie Extras: Interview with Kara Hui 13:03 Interview with David Chute and Andy Klein. Trailers: Original Chinese: Blood Brothers, Buddha's Palm, Dirty Ho, Heroes of the East, Lady is the Boss, Mad Monkey Kung Fu Subtitles: English, Spanish, English for hearing impaired Audio: Mandarin 2.0, English 2.0, commentary There are also some bios and stills on each dvd. Sorry if I made any goofs, did this on the fly. Hope this helps guys. Both dvds sound like Mandarin and Old School English dubs to me, but I'm no expert. Sorry but I'm also don't have the skills to check if they are interlaced or progressive, or if they PAL to NTSC conversions. King Boxer Specs.. Interview with Chang-Wa Jeong Interview with action director Lau Kar Wing. Trailers: English Five Fingers of Death trailer, which looks like a 8th gen Chinatown rental. I'm having flashbacks. There's the alternate Five Fingers of Death opening title sequence on the dvd. Original Chinese Trailers: Clan of the White Lotus, Executioners from Shaolin, Golden Swallow, Invincible Fist, Killer Clans There's a Magic Blade trailer but it looks like a new restored trailer like those found on the R3 releases. The specs for audio are just like the other 2.....2.0 Mandarin and English, with English subs, Spanish subs and English FHI subs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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