R2UK - "Snuff Bottle Connection" in May! Yay!

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 24 Mar 2006, 15:34

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=60902

About time if you ask me. It comes with great extras considering the fact that Roy Horan does the audio commentary. He is a good commentarian if you ask me. Do you think it has been previously recorded by HKL before they gave the rights away to SoulBlade?

I'll wait for a review though, because SB have messed up their DVD release of "Dance of the Drunken Mantis".

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 24 Mar 2006, 22:03

roy horan is just great

i'll be getting this 8)

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 25 Mar 2006, 00:00

Yay! Can't wait for this and I agree Roy is a great guy, he was funny on the Game Of Death 2 Commentary.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 25 Mar 2006, 14:16

Are these guys creating quality dvds?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 25 Mar 2006, 19:29

Not so far...

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 25 Mar 2006, 19:35

the dance of the drunk mantis aspect ratio was a pain,but easily fixed with a few tweaks, let's be happy someone is releasing these crackers

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 25 Mar 2006, 20:19

DOTDM had an aspect ratio that was as squished as saltysam's avatar!

j/k

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 27 Apr 2006, 20:37

mine's been shipped

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 Apr 2006, 23:17

Give us the heads up when it arrives Sam as it's one I'm interested in.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 28 Apr 2006, 04:15

hey,

http://www.dragonsdenuk.com/reviews/snu ... ection.htm

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 Apr 2006, 11:46

Non-anamorphic = big no no. Especially for scope films like this.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 Apr 2006, 14:28

i hear it is anamorphic

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 Apr 2006, 14:41

saltysam wrote:i hear it is anamorphic

The review mentions letterbox, which commonly means non-anamorphic. Why the hell couldn't the DVD specs have been listed in the review to avoid confusion?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 Apr 2006, 14:41

Maybe the reviewer doesn't know the difference between letterboxed and anamorphic? I mean, he doesn't go into detail about that? Sam let us know please.

...and by the way who's "Tony Russel"?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 28 Apr 2006, 18:14

i hopefully should get this tomorrow.am out all night tomorrow but if it turns up i'll have a quick check before i leave to check for it's anamorphic status.the reviewer may have had a test disc for review?

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 28 Apr 2006, 18:17

hey,

have asked the reviewer of the dvd specs (the main review was written some time ago) to check for 16:9 enhancement. Since he isn't in possession of a wide tv, he skipped mentioning this but it's now due for confirmation. Believe the site received a promo disc.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 29 Apr 2006, 00:05

Well, the guy who took the screenshot should be able to tell if it is anamorph or not as the window of any DVD software automatically adjusts to a DVD's aspect ratio.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 29 Apr 2006, 14:05

well it didn't arrive,it'll be tuesday now

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Apr 2006, 20:33

Fucking Bank Holidays!

the68monkey · Post by **the68monkey** » 29 Apr 2006, 20:55

When it arrives, you can give us a nice screengrab of Yuen Biao doubling in a fight.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 02 May 2006, 00:06

I think the film maybe anamorphic but not the extras/menus.

It's the unremastered trailer, non-anamorphic extras/menus and new title card that's putting me off.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 May 2006, 00:53

chenlung wrote:It's the unremastered trailer, non-anamorphic extras/menus and new title card that's putting me off.

Can't say I really care about the first two things... and whilst I'd too prefer the original title card I think this is the best version we're gonna get unless a major dist shells out big cash.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 02 May 2006, 09:40

It's the best unless a new print is found. Soul blade has to use a German one. I doubt the negatives exist or are useable so they have to rely on existing prints and chances are if a Chinese one exists, it'll have burnt-in theatrical subs.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 02 May 2006, 10:19

Ivan Drago wrote:if a Chinese one exists, it'll have burnt-in theatrical subs.

Not nesseserily but it's possible. Does the opening sequence have any dialogue? If not, then it most likely won't have subtitles.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 02 May 2006, 10:33

Maybe so but does it exist?