Kill Bill: Vol. 1 JP Cut £8.38 / USD $16.33 - Delivered

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 19 Dec 2006, 19:28

I guess Part 2 isnt exatcly full of new stuff, but hey from what I have seen its slightly the best picture you can get for the film and hell thats worth something I guess

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Dec 2006, 20:21

Are they no longer called Rewind? From my perspective I think DVD Compare is excellent for what it sets out to achieve:

* Basic DVD Specification (keyword) comparisons, for that they get it right 90% of the time.

I use them to get a quick idea of what's better and then go and read reviews. I don't rely on the "Cuts" section at all.

BiscLimpkit wrote:According to DVDbeaver, there are only two subtitles for the HK DVD.

Chinese (simplified)
Chinese (traditional)

These switch to English during the chinese dialogue.

WTF? I can't understand remotely the logic behind that.

romerojpg wrote:and someone needs a punch in the face for the appauling state of Kill Bill dvds worldwide.

Would you feel all warm and happy inside holding your Kill Bill: SE having known some one was punched in the face so you could get it?

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 19 Dec 2006, 21:42

romerojpg wrote:and someone needs a punch in the face for the appauling state of Kill Bill dvds worldwide.

Would you feel all warm and happy inside holding your Kill Bill: SE having known some one was punched in the face so you could get it?[/quote]

Errrrr YES!

Kick the shit out of loads of people if it gets a proper dvd, in fact kill loads of prisoners while they are at it, in fact kill massive amounts of prison scum to get me my dvd, as lots of them deserve it and more.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 19 Dec 2006, 21:56

I remember I had a tiff with some moron who worked for Rewind a few years back. He wouldn't believe my specs for Army of Darkness: Bootleg Edition, when I owned the bloody disc. Instead he insisted on using information from play.com.

Ok they don't do that anymore but I still don't 100% trust their info - like you say, it's better to source a few reviews.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Dec 2006, 22:11

It annoys me "Rules of Attraction" is listed as cut in the UK R2 (BBFC, which it is) but the R1 is an "alternate cut" or some such bollocks.

The MPAA cut the R1 and BBFC the UK R2, they're both very much cut, just a different censorship board. I tried explaining this but they wouldn't listen. The R1 is even listed as "Uncut" - WTF???

The R4 and Scandinavian R2 is Uncut, the R1 and UK R2 is very much not.

p.s - I hope you're joking Romero, but if you're not whatever makes you happy

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 19 Dec 2006, 22:24

Romero, you are a very scary person

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Dec 2006, 22:47

He can be indeed.

To me anyway hitting someone in the face just so you can get a DVD released is way out of proportion.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 20 Dec 2006, 08:52

I doubt he means it

Is he just messing?

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 20 Dec 2006, 10:19

I'd hit loads of people in the face for a good DVD release. Maybe 20 random people on the street for a full cut of Kill Bill, but that's because I much prefer Vol. 1.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 20 Dec 2006, 10:24

Who has Kill Bill in the US now anyway? Is it still with Disney or did Weinsteins take it with them?

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 20 Dec 2006, 10:59

Miramax have 1 & 2. Weinsteins have the massive cut.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 20 Dec 2006, 11:39

Thanks.

Lourdes wrote:Miramax have 1 & 2. Weinsteins have the massive cut.

What's the "massive cut"?

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 20 Dec 2006, 11:41

The combined one.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 20 Dec 2006, 14:28

I always play ALL my movies with subititles. So also english movies. It's not like I cant understand it, but occasionally you'll come across mumbled lines or other sounds making the dialogue difficult to hear.
I'm so used to reading subs anyway (in Holland, unlike most countries, most foreign shows are still subtitled instead of dubbed...) so it's no bother. I can pay attention to both the subs and the movie itself without 1 thing distracting me from the other.

yes, I AM that gifted.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 20 Dec 2006, 14:37

Yi-Long wrote:yes, I AM that gifted.

Even when there's only HoH subs available?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 20 Dec 2006, 14:57

Yi-Long wrote:(in Holland, unlike most countries, most foreign shows are still subtitled instead of dubbed...)

(Same here in Finland. I've never even seen a live action movie dubbed in finnish. Everything except some kid's shows are shown in their original language with finnish subtitles. Some of the 90's Jackie Chan films were shown dubbed in english though. But I blame Disney for that...)

I used to watch english language movies with english subs. Nowadays I watch them without, but it always takes a little time (maybe 10 minutes) to get used to watching a film without subtitles. I've been watching my movies with subtitles all my life, first finnish, then english. Having to listen to the dialogue feels so strange now

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 20 Dec 2006, 18:39

Yi-Long wrote:I always play ALL my movies with subititles.

So also english movies. It's not like I cant understand it, but occasionally you'll come across mumbled lines or other sounds making the dialogue difficult to hear.

English isn't your first language (even if you can understand 99% of it) and as you say English films are shown with subs.

Yi-Long wrote:in Holland, unlike most countries, most foreign shows are still subtitled instead of dubbed...

It's the same in the UK.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Jan 2007, 18:28

Mine arrived today:

Ordered: 18th of December
Shipped: 28th of December
Arrived: 3rd of January

It will be interesting to see when all the Surface Mail orders arrive.

The packaging is crazy. The outer box is huge, it's then packaged lots of green tissue paper followed by finally bubble wrap

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 03 Jan 2007, 18:36

It's not surface mail, it's surface airlift and it's extremely rare for it to be much slower than airmail. Everything I've ever had by SAL has arrived had been as fast as airmail or 1-2 days longer.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Jan 2007, 19:18

I never knew that. How does Airmail and Surface Airlift differ then?

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 03 Jan 2007, 19:29

bradavon wrote:I never knew that. How does Airmail and Surface Airlift differ then?

Well supposedly SAL deliveries are sent by air over the sea and by ground otherwise and has less priority than airmail. In practice to the UK it's just 2nd class airmail. I guess they may fly it from or to fewer destinations but it seems to fly straight here just a little slower sometimes.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Jan 2007, 19:31

Thanks I'll know for future. I never knew Surface Airlift existed before.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 03 Jan 2007, 19:48

I got my Kill Bill vol 2 today. Airmail. w00t!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 Jan 2007, 20:06

Limited Box or Standard, Bisc?

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 03 Jan 2007, 20:31

Standard - not interested in the additional goodies.

Now I have JPN editions of both movies, side by side. Cheers OP.