The Sword - Question...

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 30 Nov 2006, 00:50

Hey,

someone has guessed a screenshot that Ken has posted as "The Sword". So the film came bacl to my memory and how especially how much I have enjoyed it when I saw it the first time. Awesome visuals and a great synthesizer tune.

Does anybody have any information about a new DVD release of this? Or about any DVD release that is decent? Because the Deltamac disc seems to be out of print (only one shop I know has it and that for a rather expensive price) and I really wanna have that on DVD. Is Fortune Star releasing this again?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 30 Nov 2006, 01:14

The Tai Seng seems to be a port from the Deltamac disc. The only difference I would assume is that it has better subs and that it is anamorphic.

http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.537 ... etails.htm

Hmmm...

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 30 Nov 2006, 01:15

Wow... nice cover art from a Chinese DVD label. The only thing that bugs me are the two heads on the top left.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 30 Nov 2006, 01:19

Damnit, just ordered the TaiSeng version from HK Flix. LOL! Lonely thread with three replies from: me, myself and I.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 30 Nov 2006, 05:10

hey,

Tai Seng version is just the Deltamac repacked, no anamorphic. The Chinese WA release was said to offer up the film uncut but that was at one point when compared to the vcd available in HK. Since then the Deltamac (and French) dvd turned up and contains the full beheading in question. So WA's disc is not exclusive anymore. In fact, it has Mandarin only and that typical echo to the 5.1 track. Yay.

HK Video's double disc set with Duel To The Death is a fine transfer and I got help fitting English subs onto it.

Then there's the upcoming remastered release from Joy Sales...

Best Wuxia ever. Terrific visuals, atmosphere and bloodshed.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 30 Nov 2006, 06:26

I expect the Joy Sales will be THE version to own, but at their release rate, it may take some time.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 30 Nov 2006, 22:27

thelostdragon wrote:Wow... nice cover art from a Chinese DVD label. The only thing that bugs me are the two heads on the top left.

Direct-linking to images is not on. Please use "suck it" to make a local copy.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 01 Dec 2006, 01:00

Markgway wrote:I expect the Joy Sales will be THE version to own, but at their release rate, it may take some time.

That's what I feared as well. And above all... WILL they actually even release it? I mean they do have the rights to it, fair enough, but hey... we have seen so many DVD labels with rights to films they have never released in the end. On the other hand, does anyone know if tinlunlau has this on his to-translate list?

If they DO release it though, I am quite sure it will be a non-remastered title, so we can at least expect decent subs.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 01 Dec 2006, 05:05

hey,

as of right now, it IS on the remastered release list.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 01 Dec 2006, 06:29

The unremastered list far outweighs the remastered list so it will really depend on how fast Joy Sales schedule their titles. Most of the main Harvest titles are on the remastered list, but otherwise less than you might think. In fact, The Sword could easily have been missed out. So fans should count themselves lucky its even on there.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 01 Dec 2006, 10:01

On the re-mastered list? Noooooooo... I'm not a fan of creating DVD-Rs for better subs.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Dec 2006, 11:31

Why would the subs be worse?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 01 Dec 2006, 16:53

Because the subs come from Fortune Star for the remastered titles and not Joy Sales who are retranslating for the unremastered titles. On the plus side the image will likely be very good.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Dec 2006, 18:27

Ahhh I see.. you mean Fortune Star just use the theatrical Ing-rish subs?

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 01 Dec 2006, 18:47

hey,

subs derived from the WA or Deltamac dvd would work fine for anyone with only a small internal grammar-correcting device.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 01 Dec 2006, 22:09

Knetan wrote:hey,

subs derived from the WA or Deltamac dvd would work fine for anyone with only a small internal grammar-correcting device.

True actually. If you consider the fact even the subs of old HK VCDs kinda worked for me with a bit of imagination and talent.