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

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 26 Nov 2006, 16:29

But don't you want the original "Fist" Bey commentary?

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 26 Nov 2006, 16:41

The Bey commentary on the Platinum FOF is a substantial improvement on the original but that wasn't bad either - even if he did trick us into thinking the guman was Steve Martin! I kept the CE for nostalgia - it was my first DVD - and it does have some exclusive features, though I don't think I'll actually watch them again. Bey's commentaries are fun but they can get a bit tiresome after you've listened to 100 of the buggers.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Nov 2006, 17:37

He even apologised for that gag on the PE saying he was ill advised to say it 8)

grim_tales wrote:But don't you want the original "Fist" Bey commentary?

Nope. The new one is as good as the old.

You got rid of your OUATIC HKLs which have the only Bey commentaries.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 26 Nov 2006, 17:42

The commentary on OUATIC is hilarious

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Nov 2006, 17:44

Hilariously bad.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 26 Nov 2006, 18:25

Yeah but the picture on the IVLs is much better.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 26 Nov 2006, 20:06

The Bey commentary on the Platinum FOF is a substantial improvement on the original but that wasn't bad either - even if he did trick us into thinking the guman was Steve Martin!

I loved that some people actually believed this!

Same thing with saying Rick Baker was in Way of the Dragon!

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 26 Nov 2006, 20:49

Beats Ric Meyers, who makes outlandish claims such as that Gordon Liu was the original choice for the lead in a Yul Brynner film, without a trace of irony

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 Nov 2006, 03:22

Difference is: Bey was joking!

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 27 Nov 2006, 20:00

The Fearless Hyena & Hand Of Death added to the pre order section, Ultrabit Editions too apparently. I can't wait for Hand Of Death!

New Police Story DVD on Play.com with special features and an 18 rating!

http://play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1102810/New_ ... oduct.html

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Nov 2006, 00:02

18 rating cool, does it deserve it? I've not checked out my HK DVD yet. Oh wait pre-release cover art often has an 18 rating.

Ultra-bit, WTF!!! That must be a new way of saying Superbit, which is of course copyright. I guess it just means they've used a decent bitrate for them, which on it's own doesn't mean much.

grim_tales wrote:Yeah but the picture on the IVLs is much better.

So is FOF. What's your point? You sounded surprised I didn't want both Bey commentaries when you got rid of your OUATIC Bey commentaries

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 28 Nov 2006, 01:57

New Police Story is a '15' unless there's something contentious in the extras?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Nov 2006, 02:03

I thought it might be. Pre-release cover art like I said often gets a top rating, it makes it easier to then move it down later.

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I thought Soulblade had the old-school stuff?
Last Huurah looks interesting.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 01 Dec 2006, 13:27

Soublade only got the Seasonal titles

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 01 Dec 2006, 13:42

Last Hurrah for Chivalry would be interesting to watch, to see how John Woo approached the swordplay genre.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 01 Dec 2006, 15:26

Last Hurrah is fantastic. I don't know if it really was one of the last great old school swordsman films, but it definitely has such feeling all over it. You just know you're watching something great. Personally I think it equals to Woo's other masterpieces. A friend of mine, who also loves Woo, couldn't understand why I was getting so excited about it, though.

The film is very similiar to Woo's later work, actually. All the usual Woo themes (friedship between men, heroic bloodshed, huge bodycount etc.) can be found here.

I hope HKL has a correct print. I skipped the HK Video because it cuts off the black screen at the end of the movie (sound meaningless, but it's actually a very important scene. The movie ends with (a very effective) freeze frame with the beautiful theme song playing. It just wouldn't work nearly as well if the song was cut off.)

Joy Sales have this coming too, right?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 Dec 2006, 15:29

Last Hurrah for Chivalry can be quite disappointing if you can understand some cantonese.
All the actors speak "modern street cantonese" which doesn't suit the movie at all.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Dec 2006, 15:43

What other types of Cantonese are there?

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 01 Dec 2006, 16:14

Cantonese as a language these days is very idiomatic, tis why some say it's harder to learn than Mandarin.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 01 Dec 2006, 16:54

I don't speak Cantonese so I never noticed.

Top film.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 01 Dec 2006, 20:42

grim_tales wrote:What other types of Cantonese are there?

I guess the same as the variations on English and then again old vs. current English.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 01 Dec 2006, 21:27

Yeah, wasn't the Mandarin on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon a more classical form, like Elizabethan English?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 01 Dec 2006, 22:14

Ivan Drago wrote:Yeah, wasn't the Mandarin on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon a more classical form, like Elizabethan English?

Pronounced very shitty by Chow Yun-fat and Michelle Yeoh, though.

bleeper · Post by **bleeper** » 01 Dec 2006, 23:51

That's why i always go for dubs.