The "DVD Mystère" discussion thread

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Mar 2006, 23:52

LD guessed "Lucky Stars Triad Society" which is an AKA for Return of the lucky stars.
I'll give you 3 points, but LD should get one too.

Boxer from Shantung ?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 Mar 2006, 00:51

Tom2681 wrote:LD guessed "Lucky Stars Triad Society" which is an AKA for Return of the lucky stars.
I'll give you 3 points, but LD should get one too.

It's up to Keung of course if he wants to give LD a point... no skin off my nose. It's just I think it's treading into a grey area if we accept little known AKAs as correct answers. I mean, what next, Tom? You gonna start guessing in French? "But I said L'arme Fatale 2" two pages ago!!

It is up to the gamekeeper however to decide what's right and wrong and Keung didn't recognise LD's answer as right. That's all I can say...

Boxer from Shantung ?

Yes, too easy, huh??

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 01:07

Right. We'll wait for Keung, then.
BTW: I think that, as long as they aren't too obscure, popular AKAs should be tolerated.

For ex:
Operation Condor 2 instead of Armour of God.
Mad Mission instead of Aces go Places.

*Off to find a screenshot*

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 01:13

Hong-Kong.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 Mar 2006, 01:29

Tom2681 wrote: For ex:
Operation Condor 2 instead of Armour of God.
Mad Mission instead of Aces go Places.

I wouldn't have accepted either of those.

An example of an alternate I would accept would be RETRIBUTION SIGHT UNSEEN and/or 3 DAYS OF A BLIND GIRL as both titles have been commonly used in the film's native territory.

Aces Go Places and Armour of God have never been known as Mad Mission and Operation Condor 2 in Hong Kong.

But I guess each gamekeeper has their own standards.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 Mar 2006, 01:30

MAGIC KITCHEN?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 01:31

NO !

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 28 Mar 2006, 04:13

hey,

Koma?

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 28 Mar 2006, 06:48

The Eye II?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 28 Mar 2006, 11:56

Hey,

"Return of the Lucky Stars" is indeed "Lucky Stars Triad Society". Since when do we trust the IMDB when it comes to Asian films.

http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?i ... ay_set=eng

Markgway wrote:
Tom2681 wrote: For ex:
Operation Condor 2 instead of Armour of God.
Mad Mission instead of Aces go Places.
I wouldn't have accepted either of those.

Aces Go Places and Armour of God have never been known as Mad Mission and Operation Condor 2 in Hong Kong.

Nor are they known there with English titles anyway. If you wanna be that fuddy-duddy, we'd have to give the Chinese titles. So if we were to guess "Aces Go Places", you'd have to guess "Zuijia Paidang" as that's the title it is known as in HK.

AKA's should be allowed as the one who used it guessed and meant the correct film. Even if the gamekeeper doesn't know the AKA, as soon as the title is revealed, his attention can be drawn to the correct guess made earlier.

I'm supposed to get 3 points and if Keung wants to, Mark can get 1. I meant the correct film. Sorry, but this time I have to insist on my points as otherwise it would be unfair.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 28 Mar 2006, 12:06

Colour of the Truth?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 13:47

All nopes so far.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 13:54

Rules have been upgraded:

**If a movie has several titles in english-speaking countries, any of those titles are accepted. However, the only valid AKAs are the ones that can be found on hkmdb.com , imdb.com and hkflix.com databases.

(this rule will be put into effect from this round on).

Sorry Mark. But as long as the movie's right, the winner deserves 3 points.

No more gray area.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 28 Mar 2006, 14:10

This is a getting a bit touchy.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 14:13

And yet I'm desperately trying to simplify this thing.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 28 Mar 2006, 14:32

Is it Star Wars?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 14:34

Didn't I say Hong-Kong ?

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 28 Mar 2006, 16:15

Fong Sa Yuk?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 16:36

Nope. Next clue will be posted at precisely midnight (GMT +2).

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 28 Mar 2006, 16:37

Tom2681 wrote:Didn't I say Hong-Kong ?

Did you?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 16:38

Yes I did.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 28 Mar 2006, 16:48

Tom2681 wrote:Yes I did.

In that case, I shall withdraw my guess 'Star Wars'

Is it a documentary btw? It doesnt LOOK like a real movie...!?

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 28 Mar 2006, 16:55

dragon squad?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Mar 2006, 16:59

Is it a documentary btw?

Sure looks like one, but no.

dragon squad?

Nope.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 Mar 2006, 17:59

thelostdragon wrote:Hey, "Return of the Lucky Stars" is indeed "Lucky Stars Triad Society". Since when do we trust the IMDB when it comes to Asian films.

We don't. I just thought that link might be useful for anyone who didn't know which film we were talking about. If you knew Lucky Star Triad was really Return of the Lucky Stars (and I've no idea where it's called that...?) why didn't you just say that - you would have won? Where did you get the Triad title from anyways?

Nor are they known there with English titles anyway. If you wanna be that fuddy-duddy, we'd have to give the Chinese titles.

That's just being silly. Stop being a bad loser.

So if we were to guess "Aces Go Places", you'd have to guess "Zuijia Paidang" as that's the title it is known as in HK.

Well, if you wanna be pretentious...? Aces Go Places would not be known as "Zuijia Paidang" in HK because that's a pinyin title, something which the IMDB insist on using for all Cantonese films. More accurately it would be called "Jeui Gaai Paak Dong".

AKA's should be allowed as the one who used it guessed and meant the correct film. Even if the gamekeeper doesn't know the AKA, as soon as the title is revealed, his attention can be drawn to the correct guess made earlier.

Strongly disagree for reasons I've already stated.

I'm supposed to get 3 points and if Keung wants to, Mark can get 1. I meant the correct film. Sorry, but this time I have to insist on my points as otherwise it would be unfair.

Hey, I'll make it simple. You get three points. I'm out of the game. Clear enough?