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bleeper · Post by **bleeper** » 30 Sep 2006, 16:56

Basically Bey Logan made me a fan of HKL. I have bought films purely because of his commentry such as Naked Weapon, Police Story, Project A and others and Hh is a great asset to extras filled DVDs. However i have not forgiven him for Purple Storm, 2000 AD, Naked Killer and some other films. However i am upset that he did not do commentery for Police Story 2 (although i still have to watch it), Ricky Oh and i did not buy Drunken Master, Snake in the eagle's shadow and a couple of other films because he had not done the commentery. I basically want to know what are the chances of some HKL being rereleased with his commentery for the Dragon's Dynasty label or even if some films of HKKL which did not have DVD commentery being rereleased with Platinum editions with commentery?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 30 Sep 2006, 17:35

The Dragon Dynasty DVD of Kill Zone (aka SPL) features a commentary with Bey.

There may be a DVD of Snake in The Eagles Shadow/Drunken Master featuring his commentary but thats been on the back burner for years

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 30 Sep 2006, 17:42

Bey Logan does do good commentaries - and Purple Storm was a fantastic film, thank you very much! - but he isn't enough to justify re-releases after re-releases if the main presentationis rubbish

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 01 Oct 2006, 01:49

bleeper wrote:Police Story 2 (although i still have to watch it),

Don't watch it at all, the HKL is a mess. It's been cropped from 2.35:1 down to 1.78:1 and then resized for a ~2.35:1 frame. Go buy the R3HK IVL trilogy boxset.

bleeper · Post by **bleeper** » 01 Oct 2006, 17:48

Sorry i meant i have not lstened to the commentory. Not that i have not watched the film.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Oct 2006, 19:36

bleeper wrote:However i have not forgiven him for Purple Storm, 2000 AD, Naked Killer and some other films.

Why?

bleeper wrote:I basically want to know what are the chances of some HKL being rereleased with his commentery for the Dragon's Dynasty label

That depends what you mean? If you mean will DD release some of the same films HKL have released? Sure if they're not already picked up in the States. If you mean will that also mean the HKL commentary ported across I doubt it.

bleeper wrote:or even if some films of HKKL which did not have DVD commentery being rereleased with Platinum editions with commentery?

It's possible but all in the air when all has been released are a list of titles (+ an SPL DVD). Nobody knows yet.

grim_tales wrote:There may be a DVD of Snake in The Eagles Shadow/Drunken Master featuring his commentary but thats been on the back burner for years

Not from HKL with a Bey Logan commentary any more.

bleeper · Post by **bleeper** » 02 Oct 2006, 07:05

bleeper wrote:However i have not forgiven him for Purple Storm, 2000 AD, Naked Killer and some other films.

Why?

I though since his commentory was on a film it might be good. I once bought black sheep since it was a HKL film but the film blew ass. So i thought if it did not have his commentory then most likely, the film was poor. However the films i listed above sucked majorley and his commentory is probably the only reason to buy them.

bleeper wrote:I basically want to know what are the chances of some HKL being rereleased with his commentery for the Dragon's Dynasty label

That depends what you mean? If you mean will DD release some of the same films HKL have released? Sure if they're not already picked up in the States. If you mean will that also mean the HKL commentary ported across I doubt it.

I mean will films originally released under the HKL brand without his commentory be rereleased with his commentory like SITES or Drunken master.

bleeper wrote:or even if some films of HKKL which did not have DVD commentery being rereleased with Platinum editions with commentery?

It's possible but all in the air when all has been released are a list of titles (+ an SPL DVD). Nobody knows yet.

grim_tales wrote:There may be a DVD of Snake in The Eagles Shadow/Drunken Master featuring his commentary but thats been on the back burner for years

Not from HKL with a Bey Logan commentary any more.[/quote]

Oh well.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 02 Oct 2006, 11:07

bleeper wrote:
bleeper wrote:However i have not forgiven him for Purple Storm, 2000 AD, Naked Killer and some other films.

However the films i listed above sucked majorley and his commentory is probably the only reason to buy them.

I can relate to that some people will find "Naked Killer" boring. But both "Purple Storm" and "2000 AD" are awesome films in my opinion.

As for HKL films released by DD as Platinum Editions... well, in December a 2-disc edition of "Police Story" will be released by DD and will most surely feature a new commentary by Logan.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Oct 2006, 11:24

I thought Purple Storm was very good, like a more serious version of Jackie's "Who Am I".
Damn, I'll have to duble dip on Police Story then

(I have the IVL set).

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 02 Oct 2006, 11:24

LD: Do you have any information on Fist of Legend yet? You said it would be released later this year, right!? But there's no hint of a release anywhere yet.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 02 Oct 2006, 12:05

grim_tales wrote:I thought Purple Storm was very good, like a more serious version of Jackie's "Who Am I".

Excerpt from my review of the film:

Fulltime Reviews wrote:Purple Storm began life several years ago, as the original plot for Jackie Chan's Who Am I?. Certain parts of the story, the amnesia thead in particular, were borrowed by Sammo Hung for his reworking of Jackie's original Shanghai Noon concept as Jet Li's Once Upon A Time In China And America. When Who Am I? went into production, a lot of the darker more psychological elements of the story were abandoned, before director Teddy Chen took the original storyline and began reworking it first as The Terrorist before it's evolution into Purple Storm. Whereas Media-Asia's summer release Gen-X Cops was a slam bang MTV style actioner, Purple Storm is a more epic production, it's more of an action thriller than an action movie and is one hell of a good film.

It should also be mentioned that Benny Chan, who wrote the story, was quite unhappy with what Jackie did with it. But it certainly explains why "Who Am I?" is one of the darker/more serious Jackie films.

@Yi:
No news on this one, yet. Sorry.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Oct 2006, 12:08

Thanks.
I had the DVD once but actually goot rid (!) I shouldn't have done. One to pick up.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 02 Oct 2006, 12:13

thelostdragon wrote:
@Yi:
No news on this one, yet. Sorry.

Thanks LD. I knew the news was too good to be true. They'll probably gonna make us wait for at least a year, and then release a cut version anyway...

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 02 Oct 2006, 12:21

Pittipooooo...

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 02 Oct 2006, 12:29

-sniff-
*blows nose, whipes tears*

edit: btw LD, offtopic, but did you watch that clip I posted in the youtube-thread about christianity vs islam?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 02 Oct 2006, 13:10

Yup. Didn't find it funny, though. Not because I'm Muslim and feel offended or anything like this. Just didn't make me laugh.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Oct 2006, 18:02

I though since his commentory was on a film it might be good. I once bought black sheep since it was a HKL film but the film blew ass. So i thought if it did not have his commentory then most likely, the film was poor. However the films i listed above sucked majorley and his commentory is probably the only reason to buy them.

You're blaming Bey Logan for the film when all he had to do with the DVD was the commentary? Sorry dude but that's absurd.

I mean will films originally released under the HKL brand without his commentory be rereleased with his commentory like SITES or Drunken master.

I'll presume you mean HKL, personally I seriously doubt it. They're not popular "enough". Bruce Lee is incredibly popular. Not even the OUATIC Series are getting Platinum Editions.

Oh please proof read your posts. It looks like you've just quoted me before I managed to notice your additions.

As for HKL films released by DD as Platinum Editions... well, in December a 2-disc edition of "Police Story" will be released by DD and will most surely feature a new commentary by Logan.

Cool. How do you know this? Any other news?

It will be interesting to see how Bey fairs recording a second commentary. I can't see DD re-using HKL's one. Not that I'll be getting the film myself. I've much more interested in a FOL: SE.

Yi-Long wrote:Thanks LD. I knew the news was too good to be true. They'll probably gonna make us wait for at least a year, and then release a cut version anyway...

You'd be much happier if you went through life with some optimism

Isn't Tom Yum Goong next and confirmed to be cut? But SPL isn't so 50% isn't too bad.

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 02 Oct 2006, 20:44

I hope DD get an uncut DM II out there, in original ratio! Stupid Thakral.... :x

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Oct 2006, 22:53

bradavon wrote:
Isn't Tom Yum Goong next and confirmed to be cut?

For the theatrical release, yes. We don't know what they'll do with the DVD yet.

Keung94 wrote:I hope DD get an uncut DM II out there, in original ratio! Stupid Thakral.... :x

That's only if DM2 was amongst the titles which the Weinsteins took with them when they left Di$ney.

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