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Old 01-19-10, 05:52 PM
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The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

From Blu-ray.com:

The Killer Blu-ray in March

Posted January 19, 2010 04:29 PM by Juan Calonge


Vivendi Visual Entertainment Retail giant Wal-Mart has put up on its website a preorder page for John Woo's cult action classic, 'The Killer', which reportedly will be released on March 30 by Vivendi Entertainment, as part of the Dragon Dynasty label. It will have audio tracks in Cantonese, Mandarin and English, and subtitles in English and Spanish. Special features will consist of behind-the-scenes featurettes and interviews.
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4057
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

please don't fuck this up dragon dynasty. pretty please.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
please don't fuck this up dragon dynasty. pretty please.
Seriously!

This release needs to be perfect.
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When I see it, I'll believe it.
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Wow, my favorite movie of all time, although I did sell my Criterion DVD for $200 a couple years back, so I can be bought.

Oh, no! The Dragon Dynasty website shows it as rated G!!!
http://www.dragondynasty.com/films/show/121





The year is also messed up (1960), but I trust the cover art.

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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

It would be nice to have the full version, have only seen that once. Though I realize that's not his "directors cut", so hopefully we can have multiple versions. Not holding my breath though.
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I'm buying this no matter what. I wanted to own this movie for years and I'll bite and get it on day one.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Dragon Dynasty should put out a full Blu-Ray special edition of Hard Boiled as well, with subtitles instead of dubtitles.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Im hoping that DD doesn't mess this one up...
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Originally Posted by droidguy1119
Dragon Dynasty should put out a full Blu-Ray special edition of Hard Boiled as well, with subtitles instead of dubtitles.
Just a personal thing I guess, but I was hoping they would have released Hard Boiled first. Both are Woo at his best though, so I'll gladly be taking this one as well. But I don't have high hopes this offering will bring us any great improvements over the previous DVD releases in the past.
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Damn, I hope this comes true.
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About damn time.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Crossing my fingers.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Originally Posted by PerryD
The year is also messed up (1960), but I trust the cover art.
It's been brought to my attention that the "Woo's masterpiece" quote on the front cover was taken from my old review of the John Woo Collection import DVD set.
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
It's been brought to my attention that the "Woo's masterpiece" quote on the front cover was taken from my old review of the John Woo Collection import DVD set.
that's awesome. congrats!
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Looking forward to this one. (and hopefully Hard Boiled some time down the line)
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Originally Posted by Josh Z
It's been brought to my attention that the "Woo's masterpiece" quote on the front cover was taken from my old review of the John Woo Collection import DVD set.
You won't feel so proud when it turns out to be a 480i upconvert with DD audio and botched subtitles
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Originally Posted by KillerCannibal
When I see it, I'll believe it.
Ditto.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Originally Posted by PerryD
Wow, my favorite movie of all time, although I did sell my Criterion DVD for $200 a couple years back, so I can be bought.

Oh, no! The Dragon Dynasty website shows it as rated G!!!
http://www.dragondynasty.com/films/show/121
If the violence only gets it a 'G' rating these days, what does it take to get an 'R' ???
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

I'd love to get this, but I will wait for reviews first. DD has let us down too many times.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Originally Posted by riotinmyskull
that's awesome. congrats!
Well, it's not like they mention my name or anything, just the site that I no longer work for.

Besides which, they only pulled two words from the review. Honestly, if this hadn't been brought to my attention, I could have held this disc in my hands and not recognized that quote as being from something I wrote. I would've assumed that they pulled it from a more recent review of a different DVD edition.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Originally Posted by Josh Z
Well, it's not like they mention my name or anything, just the site that I no longer work for.

Besides which, they only pulled two words from the review. Honestly, if this hadn't been brought to my attention, I could have held this disc in my hands and not recognized that quote as being from something I wrote. I would've assumed that they pulled it from a more recent review of a different DVD edition.
You should have written something more identifiable, like "it's a Woosterpiece!" or "better than a live-action Hong Kong Phooey!
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

I hope that guy that repeatedly rapes me won't rape me again when he gets out of jail.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Hoo-hoooo!

This will replace the last non-anamorphic title in my collection.
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Re: The Killer ---> 3/30/2010

Even if it's a crappy DVD transfer? IE dubtitles (well...the others had them too but..) and possible Zoom in?


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