DVD Talk reviews for August 19th, 2005

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Below are DVD Talk's reviews for August 19th, 2005. For a complete list of reviews, visit <a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/">the review index</a>.

<b>DVD TALK COLLECTOR SERIES</b>
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17240">Oldboy</a></i> by David Walker

<b>HIGHLY RECOMMENDED</b>
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17233">The Truman Show: Special Edition</a></i> by Randy Miller III

<b>RECOMMENDED</b>
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17236">Demon Spies</a></i> by Ian Jane
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17237">Devil in the Flesh</a></i> by Svet Atanasov
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17235">The Dukes of Hazzard - The Complete Fourth Season</a></i> by Ian Jane
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17232">New Getter Robo Vol 3: Hell on Earth</a></i> by John Sinnott
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17242">Rockers - 25th Anniversary Edition</a></i> by David Walker

<b>RENT IT</b>
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17241">Come Drink With Me</a></i> by David Walker
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17234">Koi Kaze Vol. 3: Decision</a></i> by John Sinnott

<b>SKIP IT</b>
<i><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=17238">Evel Knievel</a></i> by Ian Jane

[Ky-Fi]

I'm not always up to speed on the rules at DVDTalk, but isn't there a policy of not supporting illegal bootlegs? What's up with David Walker's review of Come Drink With Me? That IS an illegal bootleg. Come Drink With Me, like most of the Shaw library, has been remastered and released in Region 3 by Celestial pictures:

http://www.kungfucinema.com/reviews/comedrinkwithme.htm

A few companies have bought the Region 1 rights to some of these remastered Shaw classics, but one of the reasons they haven't been released in Region 1 is because so many of these bootlegs are out there and have destroyed the market for legitimate R1 releases.