Stanley Kubrick Collection ? Is the 11 disc Chinese release legit?
09-07-05, 02:41 AM
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Stanley Kubrick Collection ? Is the 11 disc Chinese release legit?
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Saw this while looking for a decent deal on the box set, The seller claims it to be an offical release. It also includes paths to glory and sparticus. Question is, Is this legit? and if so, What is the quality like compared to the U.S. release?
Saw this while looking for a decent deal on the box set, The seller claims it to be an offical release. It also includes paths to glory and sparticus. Question is, Is this legit? and if so, What is the quality like compared to the U.S. release?
09-07-05, 03:18 AM
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I'm gonna go with bootleg on that, since there werent' big waves here bitching about us not getting the same thing.
Also, the seller claims the DVDs are All Region, which is usually a giant tip off.
Also, the seller claims the DVDs are All Region, which is usually a giant tip off.
09-07-05, 03:42 AM
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If it's not a chinese movie (hong kong / china / taiwan), then it's usually a good assumption that it's a bootleg.
Years ago, I bought a R3 Taiwan release of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, just because I wasn't willing to wait for the R1 release. $USD30 shipped for brand new in shrinkwrap was a great deal.
Years ago, I bought a R3 Taiwan release of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, just because I wasn't willing to wait for the R1 release. $USD30 shipped for brand new in shrinkwrap was a great deal.
09-07-05, 06:06 AM
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Call me a Kubrick Misinformed Idiot, but I can't seem to remember the movie Sparirtacus.
09-07-05, 06:49 AM
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He says that all DVDs are DVD-5. Even if the set was a legitimate release, how good would you expect the films to look on single-layer discs? Barry Lyndon and Spar(ir)tacus are over three hours long.
09-07-05, 09:10 AM
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Asian DVD - check
of American movies - check
listed region-free - check
Bootleg - indisputably.
of American movies - check
listed region-free - check
Bootleg - indisputably.
09-07-05, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by ScissorPuppy
Ebay Auction
Saw this while looking for a decent deal on the box set, The seller claims it to be an offical release. It also includes paths to glory and sparticus. Question is, Is this legit? and if so, What is the quality like compared to the U.S. release?
Saw this while looking for a decent deal on the box set, The seller claims it to be an offical release. It also includes paths to glory and sparticus. Question is, Is this legit? and if so, What is the quality like compared to the U.S. release?
09-07-05, 10:11 AM
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Even if they weren't bootlegs, I'd still suggest holding off, as in about a year or so, WB's going to be releasing nice double-dics SEs of all their Kubrick movies - the same way they've been doing great releases of all their classic films the last few years.
09-07-05, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Josh Z
Asian DVD - check
of American movies - check
listed region-free - check
Bootleg - indisputably.
of American movies - check
listed region-free - check
Bootleg - indisputably.
Chinese subtitles - check
Too good to be true price - check
Bad cover art - check
Being sold on eBay - check
Previous negative feedback comments specifically citing bootlegging - check
In fact, the only two dead-giveaways missing here are DTS tracks for all the films and a notation that there are "no chapter inserts included".
09-12-05, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by DVD Polizei
Call me a Kubrick Misinformed Idiot, but I can't seem to remember the movie Sparirtacus.
09-12-05, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by joliom
You forgot:
Chinese subtitles - check
Chinese subtitles - check
09-16-05, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by ENDContra
If your question about the legitimacy of a DVD includes the word "Chinese", then the answer is always "NO"
09-16-05, 07:35 AM
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It amazes me that people ask this sort of question when they can read through the person's feedback and see that he's a bootlegger. I especially love the complaints of getting "random" cd's or DVD's, like the person that bought a Keith Urban 2-disc set, and one of the discs turned out to be a Bryan Adams CD.
