Shadowless Sword: the new Bichunmoo

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 17 Apr 2006, 21:50

There's one gay English song on the OST though. I assure that this was added because New Line produced the film and I'm sure they're planning on releasing this in NA.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 18 Apr 2006, 17:07

Gay as in joyfull or gay as in quite man friendly?

Anyone bought the dvd then? as its not the cheapest dvd about sadly, but I am very tempted to just buy the thing as I really want more great Korean films.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 18 Apr 2006, 18:46

I'm about to buy it.
Although I'm completely broke these days, I just can't resist anymore.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 18 Apr 2006, 19:07

Sell a cat

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 18 Apr 2006, 19:09

Not as easy as it sounds.

EDIT: Bought it.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 19 Apr 2006, 10:16

Hey Tom,

How come the Shadowless Sword DVD at Yes Asia is labelled a "Director's Cut"? Are there 2 cuts?
I'll get it at some point, I quite enjoyed Bichunmoo and like those HK fantasy films you describe (from 1989-94).

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 19 Apr 2006, 10:37

New Line has bought the rights for distribution in the US.
I suppose they'll want to cut it before releasing it over there.

Still, they were nice enough to release the original cut in Korea.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 19 Apr 2006, 11:53

The Korean DVD is quite expensive though.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 19 Apr 2006, 12:52

Tom how limited is the Korean DVD? Something like 3000 or whatever?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 19 Apr 2006, 13:40

AFAIK it's not limited.
It will go OOP eventually, but I think that it will be available for a while.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Apr 2006, 13:08

Shadowless Sword:

* Any news on a HK DVD?

Ricochan38 · Post by **Ricochan38** » 21 Apr 2006, 12:14

who cares, i ordered this one 8)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 21 Apr 2006, 12:36

Brad cares otherwise he wouldn't have asked. Besides the HK DVD will be much cheaper I'm sure 8)

sky75 · Post by **sky75** » 21 Apr 2006, 13:42

I care too as I am put off by the high price of the Korean version.

I'd also be interested in anybody else's opinion of the movie and the disc in general, or if anybody has found any reviews of either the movie or the DVD.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Apr 2006, 14:13

grim_tales wrote:Brad cares otherwise he wouldn't have asked. Besides the HK DVD will be much cheaper I'm sure 8)

He he thanks Grim. I won't go into it again why I (generally) prefer HK DVDs. My name's no Yi-long

Assuming the HK DVD is uncut I'll be getting it for sure. It's bound to have decent AV. Extras for Asian films are a bonus to me.

memetic · Post by **memetic** » 21 Apr 2006, 14:21

sky75 wrote:I care too as I am put off by the high price of the Korean version. I'd also be interested in anybody else's opinion of the movie and the disc in general, or if anybody has found any reviews of either the movie or the DVD.

Yeah I quite liked this one. The story is very simple in comparison with Bichunmoo but this works greatly in its favour. Couple of silly scenes in there but doesn't spoil it overall. Sword fights could've been better (Extremely mild spoiler: Unfortunately the first sword fight is probably the best choreographed, the rest tend to rely on close-ups and clever editing) but overall very enjoyable and re-watchable.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Apr 2006, 15:59

How is that a spoiler? Thanks btw.

memetic · Post by **memetic** » 21 Apr 2006, 16:08

I remember a time when I described an innocuous scene from Jiang Hu and people complained that it might be a spoiler so I just err on the side of caution these days.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Apr 2006, 13:26

Some people are really paranoid. There's a difference between a plot point and a spoiler.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 22 Apr 2006, 15:42

bradavon wrote:Some people are really paranoid. There's a difference between a plot point and a spoiler.

No some people like to acctually go in blind and not have the whole film mapped out for them, I hate knowing much about a film as then there are no suprises at all. If I can avoid crappy trailers I do, as they ruin most films.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Apr 2006, 19:25

Check out what Memetic said how can that be a spoiler? Besides you're saying you don't read film synposis'? To see if it's a film you may like/dislike.

Those in your world are major spoilers.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 22 Apr 2006, 19:51

In Shadowless Sword everybody dies at the end.
Now THAT's a spoiler !

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Apr 2006, 20:08

Really?!
I agree Brad, Romero is too paranoid about spoilers imo, knowing the plot/synopsis of a movie is hardly a spoiler. I suppose Romero would take offence if I told him in Bullet In The Head someone gets a bullet in the head, or Jaws has a shark in it

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Apr 2006, 20:17

LOL true.

Tom2681 wrote:In Shadowless Sword everybody dies at the end.
Now THAT's a spoiler !

I'm hope you're joking by mentioning that.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 22 Apr 2006, 20:34

I'm hope you're joking by mentioning that.

Maybe I am, maybe I'm not.
*Sadistic laugh*

Nah, I think that every important detail should be considered a spoiler.
Memetic's right by playing it safe.