Best DVD edition of Thunderbolt ?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 25 May 2005, 04:01

Hi !

I need some help:
I'm looking for a decent DVD edition of Jackie Chan's Thunderbolt.

AFAIK the best one is the spanish one. However somebody on the ADVDG forum said it seemed to be OOP:
("does anyone have a line on where I can find the Spanish "Thunderbolt" disc? I ordered it from DVDGO, but they finally wrote back and said: "Sorry." ")

+ most of the chinese editions are OOP.

I guess I could buy the french dvd (which contains a cantonese track) but it's the 88-minute Miramax cut.

Can any of you guys answer the following questions:
-What has been cut in the Miramax print ?
-Is there any other version worth buying ?

Thanks a lot !

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 25 May 2005, 11:12

Not much help I'm afraid, but AFAIK the Spanish DVD is the ONLY one worth buying. The rest are pretty shit in one regard or another.

I don't know of cuts made to the Miramax version. I've seen the film uncut with their logo (it was on TV a few times in the UK).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 25 May 2005, 14:14

I've used these guys. They have English friendly support and can be cheaper than DVD GO:

www.veoveo.es

Try e-mailing them. They managed to get me "Tesis" even though it had just gone OOP and DVD Go no longer sold it.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 25 May 2005, 16:28

I don't know of cuts made to the Miramax version. I've seen the film uncut with their logo

Weird. Why then was the french TF1 DVD cut ?
Ah the mysteries of DVD...

I've used these guys:
www.veoveo.es
Try e-mailing them.

Gracias Brad. I'll try them.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 25 May 2005, 17:10

THUNDERBOLT spanish version is great, and surley someone out there will stuill have many copies about

one day it may get a real dvd release in an english speaking country

or maybe not as its been burried for 10 years, why let it out now!

Chow Gam Kong · Post by **Chow Gam Kong** » 25 May 2005, 20:44

tom are you sure the french dvd is cut ? the funny dvd is 1:50 and the french 1:46 i was thinking it was due to ntsc/pal speedup

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 25 May 2005, 20:52

I'm getting more and more confused

jackiechanssx.com has the back cover of the french dvd and I can clearly read the following running time: 1h28m. (88mins).
On the same page it's written that the running time is 1:46:14 (106mins).

Is the cover wrong ?

In that case it would mean that I've been searching all over the world for a perfect edition while the french one was already perfect.

:tongue3:

Chow Gam Kong · Post by **Chow Gam Kong** » 25 May 2005, 21:11

hey tom thats my site

the running time of 1:46 is good believe me

the only error i have to correct is to remplace english by cantonese as i never watch it in non french, i was thinking it was english

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 25 May 2005, 21:17

hey tom thats my site

Thought so.

the running time of 1:46 is good believe me

OK...Where's the smiley I'm looking for ?
Oh yeah, there it is:

STUPID TF1 BASTARDS WHO CAN'T EVEN GET THE RUNNING TIMES RIGHT ! BASTARDS !

*Calming down*

Thanks Chow Gam Kong.

-So it's worth mentioning that if you can read french, the french dvd is just as good as the spanish dvd.-

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 25 May 2005, 21:31

Tom2681 wrote:-So it's worth mentioning that if you can read french, the french dvd is just as good as the spanish dvd.-

So are you going to buy it then?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 25 May 2005, 21:52

I guess so.

At DVDGO the DVD would have cost me 18£ (DVD+Shipping).
At TF1VIDEO.COM it's 4£ delivery included.

No contest.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 26 May 2005, 18:49

Yeah, but you may have to watch it dubbed in French. Unless they're French Subs? No English subs I bet.... D'oh.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 May 2005, 19:46

French subs.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 26 May 2005, 20:52

@Mark:

French dvd -> french subs.
-> no english subs.
-> cantonese 2.0 track.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 26 May 2005, 21:37

Is VeoVeo a secure shopping site and how do I get the English support up? I fancy getting the Spanish DVD of Snake In The Eagle's Shadow. It's the Columbia version with the benefit of PAL - and hopefully it's uncut!

The site lists the spanish DVD of Operation Condor as being in Spanish only but I've heard elsewhere that it has a Chinese language option. Any confirmation?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 May 2005, 13:10

The site is only in Spanish, their e-mail support is in English. It was secure when I used them about 8 months ago.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 May 2005, 13:52

Does the Spanish dvd of SITES have English subs?
I'm happy enough with my Mei Ah release.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 27 May 2005, 20:20

According to the site, it has English subs and Chinese and English audio, plus subs for Spanish audiences. Sounds great!

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 29 Jun 2005, 00:03

http://adg.invisionzone.com/index.php?s ... wtopic=148

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jun 2005, 13:18

Isn't there a decent HK DVD?

p.s - VeoVeo are often cheaper than DVD Go and are recommended. They don't charge a fortune for shipping either.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Jun 2005, 15:23

bradavon wrote:Isn't there a decent HK DVD?

No.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jun 2005, 23:01

Please be more specific? I thought it had been remastered along with DM?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 18 Jul 2005, 02:06

Just thought I ought to answer this before the thread disappeared into the abyss...

Indeed Thunderbolt was released in HK along with Rumble in the Bronx and Drunken Master 2 by Warner.

However those DVDs are completely useless to "non-cantonese speaking purists".
What I mean is that they have Cantonese, Mandarin, and DUBBED ENGLISH soundtracks but NO ENGLISH SUBS.

The only acceptable edition so far is the Spanish DVD.
(or the French one if you can read french subs).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 Jul 2005, 03:06

he he I think you and Mark are talking about a different film to me. I was replying to Grim talking about SITES not Thunderbolt

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 18 Jul 2005, 03:13

Ah...Oops.

Lourdes' answer between Grim's post and yours made it look like you went back on topic.