Member Righteous Master Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 I guess I would have to disagree with you on that one. I have no problem watching old school films that are scratchy and grainy, however there comes a point where even the greatest film is ruined by just plain bad video quality. When I watch the restored Shaw films I feel like I am in another world for a little while and get to escape the ordinary hustle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 Best Rarescope release for me was Love and Sword, this is a great Tien Peng swordplay movie and the picture quality is alright. THat is a great movie. My fav is Showdown at the Cottonmill. All of Rarescope's movies are good, except I didn't really like Along comes a tiger. But the commentary from Wong Tao makes it a must own DVD. The only other rarescope movie I didn't like is Sword Named Revenge, but that is cool because it comes in a 2-pack with a good movie called Dream Sword. Here are my ratings for all of the Rarescope releases- Showdown at the Cottonmill- 4.5/5 Lost Swordship- 3.5/5 Love and Sword- 4/5 Duel at the Supreme gate- 2.5/5 Along Comes a Tiger- 2/5 Elimination Pursuit- 4/5 Drunken Dragon- 3.5/5 Dream Sword- 3.5/5 Sword Named Revenge-1.5/5 (2-pack) CLF Kung Fu- 3.5/5 Ninjas and Dragons- 3/5 Face Behind the Mask- 4.5/5 I am probably forgetting one... These are American releases. Anyone want to list the British releases? Cub Tiger is the only rarescope release I don't plan on getting. I didn't like Master with Cracked Fingers and I can't see Cub Tiger being too much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fabhui Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 The UK releases on the Rarescope label are: Showdown At The Cotton Mill Lost Swordship Face Behind The Mask Ninjas And Dragons Drunken Dragon Choi Lee Fat Kung Fu General Stone Love And Sword Along Comes A Tiger Cub Tiger From Kwan Tung Chinese Hercules Drunken Master, Slippery Snake Dance Of Death Warriors From The Water Margin Spirited Warrior Born To Fight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 General Stone?!?! That may be even worse than Sword Named Revenge. I wonder why they released that. Born to Fight and Spirited Killer came out in the US but not under the Rarescope name. I guess the US side just wants classic kung fu titles to say Rarescope on the DVD. And is Drunken MAster Slippery Snake aka Ol' Dirty Kung Fu, the one with Lee Hoi San and Cliff Lok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JustinB Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 My only complaint about Rarescope is the encoding quality on the DVDs - they often have all sorts of digital artifacts and noise in the picture. I don't mind scratches, mold and other print damage that would cost a fortune to clean up, but easily avoidable encoding/mastering problems are annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WhiteTiger1 Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 And is Drunken MAster Slippery Snake aka Ol' Dirty Kung Fu, the one with Lee Hoi San and Cliff Lok? Stars;Sun Kuo-Ming, Tsou Mei Yi, Liang Chia-Jen,Phillip Kao Fei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 Wow, Ko Fei and Leung Kar Yan. That makes it a must see for me. Do you know if it goes by another name other than Drunken Master Slippery Snake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WhiteTiger1 Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 Wow, Ko Fei and Leung Kar Yan. That makes it a must see for me. Do you know if it goes by another name other than Drunken Master Slippery Snake? Exciting Dragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 Oh, I see. Thanks for the info. That must be the US release of Drunken Dragon. Crazy movie. I love that fat girl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member greenfan Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 You've got that wrong, Whitetiger. Drunken Master, Slippery Snake stars Cliff Lok, Simon Yuen and Lee Hoi San Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WhiteTiger1 Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 You've got that wrong, Whitetiger. Drunken Master, Slippery Snake stars Cliff Lok, Simon Yuen and Lee Hoi SanYour right!! Morgoth- you were rightI was the one confused I mixed Drunken Master with Drunken Dragon And is Drunken MAster Slippery Snake aka Ol' Dirty Kung Fu, the one with Lee Hoi San and Cliff Lok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted January 9, 2008 Member Share Posted January 9, 2008 I though the picture quality on Showdown and Along Came A Tiger was very poor. Lots of edge enhancement and video flaws. I presume they came from old video masters - no new film-DVD transfer should look like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member WhiteTiger1 Posted January 10, 2008 Member Share Posted January 10, 2008 I though the picture quality on Showdown and Along Came A Tiger was very poor. Lots of edge enhancement and video flaws. I presume they came from old video masters - no new film-DVD transfer should look like that Compared to what was available on these two movies for years these two were big improvements. I have a wide-screen and a full-screen vhs of Along comes a Tiger both were poor but fair for what was available at that time. These in my opinion are good for what there was before these came out. Showdown at the Cotton Mill I couldn't find until this one came out. Not to say there weren't copies out there for this movie. I just could not find it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fabhui Posted January 10, 2008 Member Share Posted January 10, 2008 And is Drunken MAster Slippery Snake aka Ol' Dirty Kung Fu, the one with Lee Hoi San and Cliff Lok? Yep that's the one. The Rarescope print is widescreen and absolute mint but....it's also cut:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ironfistedmonk Posted January 10, 2008 Member Share Posted January 10, 2008 The Rarescope Showdown at the Cotton Mill is a million times better than the version that was floating about before, that was one of the worst I have ever seen in terms of picture quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sifu Posted January 10, 2008 Member Share Posted January 10, 2008 The Rarescope Showdown at the Cotton Mill is a million times better than the version that was floating about before, that was one of the worst I have ever seen in terms of picture quality. As I've posted before, it was pretty clean, the only major gripe I had was how high the contrast was. Things were just blurred out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Righteous Master Posted January 10, 2008 Member Share Posted January 10, 2008 For the price you can't go wrong with Rarescope films. The best part is that they have extras. How many 6 or 7 dollar films have extras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Grady-San Posted January 11, 2008 Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 Can't wait for these! Glad they are still releasing stuff. http://www.amazon.com/Rarescope-Double-Feature-Shaolin-Ninja/dp/B0011YZVOO/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1199997136&sr=8-13 http://www.amazon.com/Rarescope-BrigetteMeyer-Genie-Woods-Priestess/dp/B0011YZVOY/ref=sr_1_14?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1199997136&sr=8-14 http://www.amazon.com/Rarescope-Double-Feature-Chinese-Godfather/dp/B000YDBP8E/ref=pd_bbs_sr_9?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1199997136&sr=8-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 11, 2008 Member Share Posted January 11, 2008 AWESOME!! I have always wanted a wide version of Shaolin vs Ninja. I never heard of Amazons vs Supermen. Looks pretty weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Morgoth Bauglir Posted January 15, 2008 Member Share Posted January 15, 2008 I just watched Shaolin vs Tai Chi and I liked it a lot. The 2-pack with Shaolin vs Ninja is going to be one of Rarescope's best releases yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dMG Posted January 15, 2008 Member Share Posted January 15, 2008 I wonder what's special/diffrent about the Rarescope release of Shaolin vs Tai-Chi. VV already released it as 2.35:1 mandarin w/ hardcoded subs in decent quality. And a mighty fine movie it is indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member JustinB Posted January 17, 2008 Member Share Posted January 17, 2008 I'm just guessing, but I expect that the Rarescope release will be from the same source as the Vengeance release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Sifu Posted January 18, 2008 Member Share Posted January 18, 2008 Showdown at the Cottonmill is my #1 pick Same here, but I also enjoyed Along Comes a Tiger. Good stuff, I enjoyed the interesting symbolism at the end too, but I don't wanna reveal too much but if you like a good wuxia check out Elimination Pursuit or Love and Sword. Good fights in both, but Love and Sword is overall a better movie. If you are looking for crazy kung fu check out Drunken Dragon That movie was hilarious! "Watch out Doggy!" I also pretty hype for this! It feels like it's been on pre-order forever! Hope I'll see it at Best Buy or F.Y.E. instead though. It always feels good to see this hard to finds being released to the major public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member falkor Posted January 22, 2008 Member Share Posted January 22, 2008 It's all about this one, my friends! No teasing here... this is available in the shops right now! Go order a copy TODAY!! It will probably be the best thing you end up doing all week... This is truly a MASTERPIECE! I don't say that too lightly... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDHSLj4ovXc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HAZ Posted January 22, 2008 Member Share Posted January 22, 2008 HKFlix doesn't seem to carry this. Do we have to order it from HMV or can we get it direct from rarescope? This looks brilliant!!! Thanks h Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.