R2UK - "Snuff Bottle Connection" in May! Yay!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 02 May 2006, 10:54

I wish that that Dragon's Den reviewer had actually given a proper review of the DVD in the first place.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 02 May 2006, 11:00

What's a "title card"?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 02 May 2006, 11:15

thelostdragon wrote:What's a "title card"?

Presumably the part of the opening credits which lists the title of the film.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 02 May 2006, 11:16

Title card = 'SNUFF BOTTLE CONNECTION' that comes up during the credits which were also replaced.

New yellow video generated text has been super-imposed on top of the initial red German ones.

The original set existed on the R1 GZ DVD but it's in a disgusting condition and it seems impossible to fix.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 02 May 2006, 11:38

Is the DVD anamorphic?

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 02 May 2006, 13:36

Don't have it

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saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 May 2006, 14:27

the dvd is anamorphic.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 May 2006, 18:33

just watched this,great old-skooler 8) the print has a lot of scratches & splices but it's only extremely scratchy in 2 or 3 places for a few seconds,the transfer itself is clean & colourful. for a comparision check the movie out against the quality of the original trailer

plenty of trailers on the disc,and a coming soon title is a 2-disc release of Trinity Goes East.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 02 May 2006, 19:14

2-discer of "Trinity Goes East"... a dream comes true. John Liu's last film.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 09 May 2006, 20:43

How's this for a crummy review?

http://www.dvd.reviewer.co.uk/reviews/r ... 5&User=203

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 10 May 2006, 05:00

So, are the subtitles player-generated or burnt-in?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 10 May 2006, 08:37

The DVD might be crap, but SBC is an absolutely awesome film.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 10 May 2006, 12:50

thelostdragon wrote:The DVD might be crap, but SBC is an absolutely awesome film.

If I were into old school kung fu flicks (I'll give them a try at some point - I bought R1 SITES recently, which I've yet to watch.), I'd buy this once it became cheap. It's prolly the best release we're likely to see for a long time, if ever.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 10 May 2006, 13:00

It doesn't seem like a bad release, given the rarity of the film. That review I posted is very ignorant, especially in the suggestion that the film should be sold to HKL. Um, HKL sold the film to Soul Blade - and besides, HKL is not that good. Police Story 2 anyone?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 10 May 2006, 17:10

It's worth mentoning that one of the reasons HKL sold the rights to Soulblade was because the print they were given was too damaged to match the standard of their other releases. Souldblade themselves had to source yet another print to use - it's German - and the one that is on the DVD whilst not remastered is apparently better than the - Chinese - one HKL had.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 12 May 2006, 10:03

Ivan Drago wrote:and besides, HKL is not that good. Police Story 2 anyone?

I'll just lol at that comment. Not necessary to continue discussing the pros and cons of HKL as we've had it so often.

"Duel to the Death" anyone?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 May 2006, 00:26

EvaUnit02 wrote:So, are the subtitles player-generated or burnt-in?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 14 May 2006, 01:25

player generated.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 14 May 2006, 07:20

Cheers mate, might pick it up eventually then.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 22 Jun 2006, 15:32

my copy of secret rivals from soulblade shipped today from play,fingers crossed for saturday,more likely monday.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 24 Jun 2006, 15:41

saltysam wrote:my copy of secret rivals from soulblade shipped today from play,fingers crossed for saturday,more likely monday.

got secret rivals today, pleasantly surprised so far the transfer is legions ahead of any other version i've seen. some nice extras including a wong tao audio commentary

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 25 Jun 2006, 00:13

Wong Tao? How is his English?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 25 Jun 2006, 13:35

his english is ok

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 25 Jun 2006, 15:04

You able to provide a few captures?

How's the subtitles? Do they subtitle any English dialogue (like SBC - which shouldn't happen)?

Are the extras in 4:3 or 16:9?

Risk · Post by **Risk** » 26 Oct 2007, 17:26

Is Secret Rivals uncut? How does it compare to the DVD version of this one:
http://revamp.dddhouse.com/cms/images/p ... Rivals.jpg
(VCD image posted)