What Have You Just Ordered or Received?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Mar 2006, 12:46

Well basically I "know" that because I never remember seeing those nanchacku parts I just mentioned in the UK version. Even when they were repeated a few years ago on TV, episodes were still cut. The irony is that if they were submitted to the BBFC today, they'd be uncut with U or maybe PG certs at a push.
I didnt know they were uncut in NZ, cool. Even in France they were called "Les Tortues Ninja" (I think).

Wow, a coupla episodes are quite heavily cut over here - "Return of the Shredder" (S2, Episode 1) is cut by 13s, "Return of the Technodrome" (S2 still) is cut by a whopping 33s. Bloody BBFC. Those are very old classifications though that I'm sure today the episodes would be uncut.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Mar 2006, 18:12

All the nanchuku footage was cut from UK versions, plus any references to ninjas - the Foot Clan or Foot Ninjas are called "Foot Soldiers" in the UK version

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 05 Mar 2006, 20:16

grim_tales wrote:Slasher,
I've just had a gander at the Turtles set. The video quality isn't bad for an 80's cartoon that was obviously shot on video I guess. Sadly there are no extras aside from episode selection, not even any subtitle options..

Hi Grim, Cheer for the headup, I think Thundercats is also the same, the A/V is not brillaint. Prob because it would have taken the company a long time to remaster the epsiodes fully. So they used broadcast tapes instead.
Still I want to get this, where did you buy it from, what was the cheapest price.

Thundercat set annoys me, as you have Vol 1, Set 1, Vol 1, Set 2 and then Vol 2...

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Mar 2006, 20:46

Yeah, well I guess because Thundercats had only 2 loooong seasons or something (65 episodes each, not sure) - so they were split into volumes with 33 episodes each.

I got my TMNT (Season 2) from DVD Pacific - $8.99:

http://www.dvdpacific.com/item.asp?ID=646779

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 06 Mar 2006, 17:28

Cool cheers Grim.

Just recieved today Sympathy For Lady Vengeance: Special Edition Korean Import from CD Wow, and it is the korean version not the Hong Kong one. Can't wait to watch this

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 06 Mar 2006, 22:47

Schindler's List
Wake of Death (Van Damme)
Highlander
American History X
The Happiness of the Katakuris (Tartan)

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 06 Mar 2006, 22:49

Hey LD. Let me know what you think of Wake of Death. I've heard some positive things about it, but dont feel like spending too much money on it...

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 06 Mar 2006, 23:18

Good purchase with Highlander there tld

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 06 Mar 2006, 23:21

Downloaded it previously and hence I bought it. Good acting by Van Damme.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 06 Mar 2006, 23:47

thelostdragon wrote:Downloaded it previously and hence I bought it. Good acting by Van Damme.

Aw cool. i'll probably pick it up once it hits the 6-7 euro mark...

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 06 Mar 2006, 23:51

I bought it for €11,70.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 06 Mar 2006, 23:58

thelostdragon wrote:I bought it for €11,70.

At the moment it's 10 euro here I guess (local shop, Media Markt)
I'm sure it will go down sooner or later. It's a simple single disc release and it's a Van Damme movie. Can't be expensive for long

It's a bit of a revenge-flick, right? I tend to like those. probably cause I'm a bit of a vengeanceful bastard myself

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 07 Mar 2006, 00:06

Yes, it is. Van Damme takes revenge on the killer of his wife (Simon Yam) who is a triads boss. Van Damme himself has connections to the Italian/French mafia though who are his good friends. There are some tough torture sequences. I think it is also one of Van Damme's better acting performances.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Mar 2006, 10:33

Recieved from Bisc in a trade:

Election 2 Disc HK SE (2004)
The Mission HK DVD (1999)
The Hire: 8 BMW Short films (something like that)

Wasnt expecting the extra DVD so kudos to Bisc!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 07 Mar 2006, 13:43

Hey,
Whats funny about the "Curse of the Evil Eye" TMNT episode is several in-jokes.
After losing his job, Mr. Blochett (sp?) picks up a self-help tape called "How to Fix Your Messed Up Life" by Walt Kubiak, who is the shows producer.
At the end of the episode when he's flicking channels, the TV features take-offs of cartoons The Smurfs, The Chipmunks and even TMNT itself

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 08 Mar 2006, 12:09

It's a shame that one of the primary TMNT creators (can't remember which one) is only doing scifi-fetish porn comics now (the French dung-pile Heavy Metal).

Received today:-
R4 Hana-bi Directors Suite release

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 08 Mar 2006, 12:23

I didnt know that Eva, interesting.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 08 Mar 2006, 12:27

grim_tales wrote:I didnt know that Eva, interesting.

He's also married to soft-porn/B-movie star Julie Strain. Who starred in the 2nd Heavy Metal film, FAKK2.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 08 Mar 2006, 14:01

From Amazon.de:

50 DVD-Rs + 4 Sony DVD pens!

Awesome, huh?

He he he!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 09 Mar 2006, 03:35

R4 Boiling Point
R4 Serenity (the Joss Whedon movie)
R4 Spartacus SE (same as the Criterion except it's missing some text-based extra about some dudes being black-listed from Hollywood for being communists).

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 09 Mar 2006, 03:44

Ordered:-
R4 Howl's Moving Castle 2-disc LE (has a native PAL transfer this time).

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Mar 2006, 04:25

EvaUnit02 wrote:Ordered:-
R4 Howl's Moving Castle 2-disc LE (has a native PAL transfer this time).

How much was it and where did you order it from?
BTW, atlanticdvd.com.au has a gihbli special going on, including the 2 disc Grave of the Fireflies release for only 22 au dollars I believe...

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 09 Mar 2006, 10:59

Yi-Long wrote:How much was it and where did you order it from?

www.gpstore.co.nz, I arranged to pick it up in order to save on the $4 shipping that it otherwise cost to courier to my house. NZ release date is simultaneous as the Aussie one (the local distributor normally releases them about a month after Aussie in order to have time for the DVD contents to be classified by the NZ OFLC) prolly cuz Howl's is a high profile release.

BTW, atlanticdvd.com.au has a gihbli special going on, including the 2 disc Grave of the Fireflies release for only 22 au dollars I believe...

No thanks. All the Madman Ghibli releases aside from Howl's are NTSC>PAL travesties. I'm gonna get the R1's of the other Ghibli films that I want, I don't give a shit about start-up trailers and John Lasseter gushings, the transfers are paramount in this case.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Mar 2006, 12:51

Ah cool. I didnt know Grave of the Fireflies also had the NTSC-to-Pal problem. Never heard of gpstore. Are they any good?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Mar 2006, 14:12

Today I received:

The Producers (1968) from CD-WOW rentals