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Finch wrote:September titles

My Bloody Valentine 4k
Natural Born Killers 4k
Night of the Comet 4k
Jennifer 8 BD
The Demon Lover BD
The Pack BD
Lost Souls BD
Irwin Allen set BD 7 films

jazzo wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:25 pm I just can’t keep up with these. Though all sound great, the Shout Factory ones are too expensive, too frequent and consequently, too overwhelming.

If the next Arrow set veers away from martial arts into the other Shaw Bros genres, as was hinted at last year, I’m in for that one.

feihong wrote: Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:52 am

jazzo wrote: Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:25 pm I just can’t keep up with these. Though all sound great, the Shout Factory ones are too expensive, too frequent and consequently, too overwhelming.

If the next Arrow set veers away from martial arts into the other Shaw Bros genres, as was hinted at last year, I’m in for that one.

It's a shame the set is so expensive. It's basically all the greatest Chang Cheh movies that Arrow hasn't released––save the very underrated Four Riders. The licensing of these movies has been so crazy––like they packaged whole eras of certain directors as a chunk. It makes it so that the sets are these big boxes of largely the same stuff, on disc after disc. This is a great set of movies. But at the same time, watching the box all the way through would make you tired of any filmmaker's particular style.

Honestly, I'm probably getting it, mostly for Vengeance, Have Sword Will Travel, The Duel, and The Angry Guest (I already had The Savage 5 and The Deadly Duo on blu ray). The Blood Brothers and The Heroic Ones are great movies I'll definitely watch again––though they're not favorites of mine. I think the inclusion of All Men are Brothers is a strange one––it's a direct sequel to The Water Margin, which Shout Factory already separated off onto another box set. The second movie hardly even bothers with character introductions, as the first movie got them out of the way. And while the first movie benefits from a really strong narrative drive, this second is very diffuse by comparison––almost incoherent, in some ways.

The other two sets are more diverse, mostly including earlier material––or at least, material that feels earlier than the David Chiang/Ti Lung movies. A lot of the lesser Cheng Pei-Pei movies show up there, but I can't say those sets appeal to me that much. Lady of Steel and The Water Margin in the first set would be worth getting, maaayyybe The Thundering Sword and Golden Swallow from the second set, but the others? They were mostly boring for me. I'm surprised there's still no Chor Yuen pictures being released in any of these blu ray sets, from either company. I can understand why these U.S. and U.K. based companies would be loathe to release the earlier Shaw musicals and the social dramas, but I'd think the fantasy swordplay films would have a little more appeal for people. No Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan, with Betty Loh Ti killing dudes with her long fingernails, and Lily Ho ripping the arms off her lover? No Killer Clans, with its blatantly obvious wuxia homage to The Godfather? No Clans of Intrigue, with it's brilliant color scheme, or The Magic Blade, with it's clear attempt to ape the Clint Eastwood "Dollars" films? They are leaving money on the table here––or this is some different lot of film rights neither of these companies seem to have?

Orlac wrote: Tue Aug 29, 2023 7:44 pm Shout is releasing Chor Yuen's Killer Clans, The Web of Death and Death Duel in October.

Finch wrote: Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:59 am Are these site exclusives again?

dwk wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:44 pm Fargo 4K UHD

tolbs1010 wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:48 pm

dwk wrote: Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:44 pm Fargo 4K UHD

Quite the score for them. Surprising.