French DVDs and Blu-Rays of Asian Movies

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 Nov 2005, 22:13

Would "Spiral" be the "Ringu" sequel?

What's "Nor Chor the Prisoner" about?

Any chance of English subs on "Seven Swords"?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 06 Nov 2005, 23:14

Would "Spiral" be the "Ringu" sequel ?

Yes, it's the 1998 Ringu Sequel.

What's "Nor Chor the Prisoner" about ?

Nor Chor = Bangkok Hell.
All I know about it is it's a very good Prison Movie from 2002.

Any chance of English subs on "Seven Swords" ?

Nope. Asian Star DVDs have removable french subs, but I haven't seen any english subs yet.
But since Jean-Pierre Dionnet (Head of Asian Star) was involved in the production of Seven Swords I'm expecting one helluva DVD edition.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 07 Nov 2005, 03:19

bradavon wrote:Agreed but why Warner?

Tsk tsk Brad, one would presume you know all this. Warner own the international rights to/are responsible for butchering a few of the 90's Jackie Chan movies (even crap films deserve to be seen as originally intended). Eg First Strike, Mr Nice Guy, Rumble in the Bronx.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 07 Nov 2005, 05:31

Brad doesn't care about DM2.

He's not like us.
He doesn't even like old-school martial arts flicks.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 07 Nov 2005, 07:48

All this makes me reconsider the worthness of taking up my French studies again. :mrgreen:

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 07 Nov 2005, 08:03

Damn these DVD labels by the way. I understand if crappily made DVDs made by crap companies aren't bothered with English subtitles. Fair enough.

But if I make a class DVD with great cover art, DVD menus, picture quality and extras, why wouldn't I put English subtitles as well. I think the French should get that stick out of their asses and don't overact in terms of their patriotism.

Heck, they could make way more money by simply putting English subs on their DVDs. It makes the DVDs appeal to a worldwide audience. Asian films in France might be more popular than in other countries, which guarantees a good selling of the DVDs, but sheesh... what about us. I'm sick of MeiAh DVDs, he he he!

By the way... the same goes for certain other countries. Of course France is currently number one as they have all these cool labels. But if I look back at the German DVD tin box of 'Versus', with all these exclusive extras, I think, Maaaan!!! Legend Films is such a small company. Why not try to make some more money by putting English subs on the damn disc. They have staff who surf the web and saw all the forums where people around the world where whining about the fact that the DVD only featured German subs.

Idiots!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Nov 2005, 14:17

Hey,

Noticed a French UE of "Danny The Dog" (aka Unleashed) here:

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B ... 33-5210533

There are also forthcoming UE's of Kiss of The Dragon and The Transporter according to a post on Imports Forum.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 07 Nov 2005, 16:19

Yep, I've been monitoring these.

I haven't bought the previous french editions because of the forced french subs (I don't like french subs on english-speaking movies).

There's hope for removable subs this time.

@LD:
Yeah, I feel the same way you do about german dvds. You guys get a lot of good stuff, but only with deutsch subtitles.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Nov 2005, 16:23

The previous French KOTD didnt have forced French subs (I know, I used to have the CE with DTS).

Did The Transporter?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 07 Nov 2005, 16:37

Ah ?

I'm sure that Danny the Dog had forced subs, and I just assumed it was the same for other Luc Besson films.

I shall investigate...

EDIT: Ah, you're right. My mistake.

Those movies do have removable subs.
They just don't have english subs.

Well, if they were just a bit less expensive I might consider getting some of them.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Nov 2005, 16:41

Since DTD is in English anyway, I may get this new French edition. The lack of English subs doesnt bother me

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 07 Nov 2005, 19:14

Tom, with your permission, is it ok to annouce these releases on DVD Answers? I will give you full credit of course. Thanks.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 07 Nov 2005, 19:31

EvaUnit02 wrote:
bradavon wrote:Agreed but why Warner?
Tsk tsk Brad, one would presume you know all this. Warner own the international rights to/are responsible for butchering a few of the 90's Jackie Chan movies (even crap films deserve to be seen as originally intended). Eg First Strike, Mr Nice Guy, Rumble in the Bronx.

Are they?

I don't think they are in the UK which is my land

Tom2681 wrote:He's not like us.
He doesn't even like old-school martial arts flicks.

Yes I do. I love Bruce Lee flicks. Every rule has an exception!

grim_tales wrote:Noticed a French UE of "Danny The Dog" (aka Unleashed) here

I wonder how it will differ?

I'm guessing an hour long French interview on disc 2.

grim_tales wrote:Kiss of The Dragon and The Transporter according to a post on Imports Forum.

I really wonder how KOTD could beat the last French UE. Awesome cover art though:

http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0 ... ZZZZZZ.jpg

Danny the Dog is the only one of the three worthy of a better DVD IMO.

grim_tales wrote:Since DTD is in English anyway, I may get this new French edition. The lack of English subs doesnt bother me

It may do if the extras are all in French.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 07 Nov 2005, 20:06

@Bisc:

There's no copyright in this thread.
Take whatever you need and do whatever you want with it. It's free.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Nov 2005, 21:52

I meant lack of English subs on the film

Tom do you know which version of DTD the French DVD will be? I'm guessing the French/European version

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 07 Nov 2005, 21:59

grim_tales wrote:Tom do you know which version of DTD the French DVD will be? I'm guessing the French/European version

Why would it be any other?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Nov 2005, 22:09

I don't know, I mean - the HK DVD is actually the US version, the US version was shown theatrically in the UK, who's to say we wont get a different DVD?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 07 Nov 2005, 23:00

I seriously doubt that they'd release a cut version AFTER releasing the uncut version on DVD.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Nov 2005, 13:25

Yeah but we're not talking about the UK DVD Grim

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 20 Nov 2005, 13:43

Update:

Ahem... You guys want to hear something funny ?

Do you remember a few weeks ago when I announced the 2006 release of a Lau Kar-Leung boxset that will include Drunken Master 2 ?

Well...

"Combats de Maîtres" is the french title for Drunken Master 2.
"Combats des Maîtres" (notice the very subtle difference) is the french title for a movie called "Challenge of the Masters" which also happens to have been directed by Lau Kar-Leung.

Wild Side Vidéo have confirmed that it will be Challenge of the Masters and not Drunken Master 2 in that boxset.

Put simply: Goodbye, my friends. I'm gonna hang myself.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 20 Nov 2005, 13:49

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!

Sorry, couldn't resist...

...and... don't hang yourself.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Nov 2005, 14:09

That is the best news I've heard all day - SUCKA!

p.s - Silly title for DM2.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 21 Nov 2005, 14:12

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 21 Nov 2005, 14:26

Update:

On December 2nd, HK Vidéo will release Tsui Hark's Shanghai Blues. I was kinda hoping for a "Peking Opera Blues / Shanghai Blues" Boxset, but no luck.

Picture: 1:85 16/9 digitally remastered from a copy of the original negative.
Sound: Original mono cantonese track + 5.1 french dub.
Subs: French (player-generated and forced).
Extras:
-Tsui Hark interview (~30 mins).
-James Wong documentary (~30 mins).
-Trailers.
-Photo Gallery.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Nov 2005, 19:11

Next you will realise this is an Asian porn film and not the Tsui Hark film at all