Holy Sh*t Play have killed off HKL's website! ;-)

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 13 Apr 2006, 16:48

Of course.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2006, 17:04

Markgway wrote:Incidentally, I thought you guys might be interested to know that HKL have had passed the long version of ABT3 and not the theatrical print MIHK used in 1995. Not sure if I'd mentioned this before or not?

No you didn't thanks.

Does that mean NEW ABT, ABT2, ABT3 DVDs are coming to the UK shores soon? Yipeey!

It's a pity HKL didn't swoop in and pick the ABT rights up when they finished with MIA. A HKL Trilogy box set would be lovely.

Those ABT extras don't look much different/better to the 2 disc MIA from a few years back. Still it's not common to go to the lengths of a Tin if you're not going to put some effort into the AV.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Apr 2006, 17:15

Is the new ABT DVD the new "UE" then Brad? I wonder when ABT 2 is coming? Its been on the back burner for years.
I'd be interested to see how ABT UE compares with ABT IVL, the IVL only use the theatrical subs which have some spelling/grammar errors, still not as bad as the God of Gamblers subs

"Its not uncommon to go to the lengths of a Tin if you wont put effort into the AV"

Isn't the recent Total Recall Tin the same as the old R1 A/V wise?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2006, 17:32

Yes it is. Who knows???, we don't know when ABT3 is coming but it wouldn't make sense to pass ABT3 and not ABT2.

Isn't the recent Total Recall Tin the same as the old R1 A/V wise?

That didn't remastering though, did it? ABT does.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Apr 2006, 18:22

I'd say Total Recall needs/ed remastering, its only 4 years younger than ABT. The R1 TR was a very dirty print. Though having said that the R2 Tin/Steelbook didnt look too bad to me.
Anyway back on topic.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 22 Apr 2006, 18:14

Dates for forthcoming HKL releases:

KING OF BEGGARS (24/4)
SHE SHOOTS STRAIGHT (15/5)
THE BIG BOSS - PE (3/7)
DREADNAUGHT (7/8.)
HAPKIDO (28/8.)
BRUCE LEE - PE BOX SET (16/10)

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 22 Apr 2006, 18:30

God keeping up with this thread isnt fun, it just sounds like HKL are not exactly doing anything at all latley apart from the Bruce titles in quality. Still I havent bouyght a HKL dvd for ages, kind of given up any hope of all the titles the said were coming and may as well buy other versions of them as I sold plenty of mine waiting for these so called HKL dvds to come!

Herioc Trio! Executioners! my god it feels like what? 3 years now since they said they were coming

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Apr 2006, 19:23

romerojpg wrote:God keeping up with this thread isnt fun, it just sounds like HKL are not exactly doing anything at all latley apart from the Bruce titles in quality.

Yeah I was thinking that. They're spending the minimum effort otherwise. Still for me anyway as along as they beat the competition (not hard) I'll be happy.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Apr 2006, 20:11

Gonna get:

BIG BOSS: PE
DREADNAUGHT
HAPKIDO

Hapkido must be one of the rare old school films they havent given to Soulblade.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Apr 2006, 20:56

I'm really torn about TBB on the one hand the current DVD does need upgrading, it stands out right now but on the other hand apart from the last 20 minutes (which are very good) it's boring.

I hate to say a Bruce Lee film is that but it's true. I'd much prefer they re-release again WOTD and fix that awful picture quality. Especially as they now have access to the FS HD prints.

They won't though meaning it will really stand out against TBB and FOF. I suspect I'll more than likely pick it up but when it's cheap I'm not paying full price for this one.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 22 Apr 2006, 21:12

Hopefully, the new Bruce box set will have the FS transfers. The trouble is its going to be difficult holding off The Big Boss - assuming there's new footage.

And I can't wait for Hapkido

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 22 Apr 2006, 21:33

bradavon wrote:I'm really torn about TBB on the one hand the current DVD does need upgrading, it stands out right now but on the other hand apart from the last 20 minutes (which are very good) it's boring.

I hate to say a Bruce Lee film is that but it's true. I'd much prefer they re-release again WOTD and fix that awful picture quality. Especially as they now have access to the FS HD prints.

They won't though meaning it will really stand out against TBB and FOF. I suspect I'll more than likely pick it up but when it's cheap I'm not paying full price for this one.

gotta disagree brad the big boss is a classic imo 8) i don't believe it's boring at all,in fact the leisurely pacing of the first hour was a masterstroke ,building anticipation cleverly for when bruce breaks out into action. han-ying-chieh is great as the boss

i just love it. i'll get this as soon as it's released. agree about WAY,i have the hkl platinum and it's pretty poor.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Apr 2006, 21:45

The annoying thing is I'd buy a HK DVD of WOTD: FS Remastered but you either have to buy the HK or R1 boxset or get it bundled with some dodgy Brandon Lee film.

CD WOW have the latter for £10.99 (after vouchers), it's just to much for one film. I've very little interest in the Brandon Lee flick, to me it would be an extra.

Ivan Drago wrote:Hopefully, the new Bruce box set will have the FS transfers. The trouble is its going to be difficult holding off The Big Boss - assuming there's new footage.

It will for FOF and very likely TBB but it won't for GOD or WOTD those were released long before HKL got hold of the FS transfers.

What do you mean hold off? Personally I can't see any new footage coming but I'd love to be proved wrong.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 22 Apr 2006, 23:15

Markgway wrote:BRUCE LEE - PE BOX SET (16/10)

I'd buy that. But are WotD and GoD PEs gonna be re-released with new transfers? I'm guessing not, since HKL are lazy these days. Not that it really matters with Game of Death (I recently received the R4 PE as a gift), since that's pretty much a slightly above average Brucexploitation film (based on the standards of Brucexploitation flicks).

It sucked how Bey's 40-min edit of Bruce's footage was non-anamorphic. The way I see it, Bruce's footage is the main feature of the release, the Brucexploitation film is an extra.

EDIT: Whoops, didn't read all the former recent posts in the thread.
Maybe I shouldn't buy the PE boxset then and just buy them individually (like the rest of you) since I already have one of the PE's?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 23 Apr 2006, 00:30

EvaUnit02 wrote:I'd buy that. But are WotD and GoD PEs gonna be re-released with new transfers?

That's what I was wondering... WAY actually NEEDS a new PE if you can believe that? So does GAME but it's a crap film and as you say, Eva, it's the Revisted feature that's the real treasure.

If HKL can find a truly uncut version of The BIG BOSS between now and July I'll owe them forever...

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Apr 2006, 08:28

Loads of people on the HKL forum keep asking that but they won't reveal anything, though I believe Scott (Chenlung on ADVDG) has informed HKL about the people who have access to the Mandarin print of BOSS, so you never know.
Shame BOSS probably won't have a Bey commentary, unless its the same one.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Apr 2006, 09:53

grim_tales wrote: Shame BOSS probably won't have a Bey commentary, unless its the same one.

Won't matter to me, since I've never seen TBB and thus never heard the commentary.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Apr 2006, 10:03

Fair enough

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 23 Apr 2006, 10:08

no doubt boss will utilse the fortune star print,i have no faith in hkl going the extra mile and finding lost footage.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 23 Apr 2006, 14:11

If it's a choice between an uncut print and a Bey com.... bye Bey...

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Apr 2006, 15:01

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Apr 2006, 17:55

I'm sure they'll have Mandarin for BOSS also (well they should). Would be nice if WOTD had Mandarin in the PE boxset but I cant see HKL going back to it.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 24 Apr 2006, 01:49

Was the IVL release of WOTD ever sold separately?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 24 Apr 2006, 12:57

EvaUnit02 wrote:Was the IVL release of WOTD ever sold separately?

No. There were two releases: the Bruce Lee box set and the Dragons Box set (with that Brandon Lee film). For some incomprehensible reason the original release (Bruce Box) came with good cantonese mono, but Dragon's Box set was 5.1 only.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 24 Apr 2006, 23:38

picked up king of beggars today. not looked at it yet was working lates but hkl really don't care now. the box doesn't even list the language options so the casual buyer picking this up in hmv wouldn't know whether the disc offers dubbed or original language options

shamelessly cashing in on kung fu hustle epitomised by the quote "hustle this stephen chow classic home now !"