Battle Royale R1 coming!
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Durham, NC USA
Posts: 994
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Battle Royale R1 coming!
I just found this on amazone.. 5/29th release date.
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...dvdpricesearch
(I and II)
Starmax release - no specs.. but is this a new NTSC transfer? A port from the OOP NTSC 5.1 version?
Anyone know anything about this?
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...dvdpricesearch
(I and II)
Starmax release - no specs.. but is this a new NTSC transfer? A port from the OOP NTSC 5.1 version?
Anyone know anything about this?
#2
In the descriptor tags it says "Import" and for Region it says "unknown" so I wouldn't get my hopes up. If it comes to the US on DVD I think someone a little bigger (even if it is specialty, like, say, Tartan) will get it.
#5
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Virginia Tech.
Right after that happened I read that it was being shelved. I don't think it'll ever get made in the US because there will always be some kind of big tragedy involving guns that will have happened within 1 or 2 years that studios will use as an excuse to not make the film.
Right after that happened I read that it was being shelved. I don't think it'll ever get made in the US because there will always be some kind of big tragedy involving guns that will have happened within 1 or 2 years that studios will use as an excuse to not make the film.
#7
Originally Posted by Seantn
I read that it was being shelved.
#8
Originally Posted by animatedude
it's sad cos the american remake could turn out to be a masterpiece if it was done right.
By the way, what's wrong with Fukasaku's version?
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Guntersville, AL
Posts: 803
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The one good thing a remake would bring is probably an R1 release of the original. Usually the original gets a big release whenever the remake is about to hit theaters.
bahhh
bahhh
#10
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Sunny California
Posts: 3,109
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Steve
I just found this on amazone.. 5/29th release date.
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...dvdpricesearch
(I and II)
Starmax release - no specs.. but is this a new NTSC transfer? A port from the OOP NTSC 5.1 version?
Anyone know anything about this?
http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B...dvdpricesearch
(I and II)
Starmax release - no specs.. but is this a new NTSC transfer? A port from the OOP NTSC 5.1 version?
Anyone know anything about this?
And its by Wision Entertainment (import from Korea) .. its NTSC and Region Code free
*edited 5/19/2007 6:25pm
Last edited by xage; 05-19-07 at 08:22 PM.
#11
Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 100
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by animatedude
it's sad cos the american remake could turn out to be a masterpiece if it was done right.
If done right??? That's an understatement. It was beign done by Neil H. Moritz, the guy behind stuff like "Prison Break", "I know what you did last summer", etc. It was probably gonna be ruined, better that it's shelved now.
#13
DVD Talk Gold Edition
If you think about it, Battle Royale would be undoable in America, Virginia Tech or not. However, I'd kill to see Zack Snyder or Paul Verhoeven take on the project. If Snyder put an ounce of energy like he did with 300 and Dawn of the Dead, we'd get an epic, no-holds-barred telling of the story (watch the DOTD opening credit scenes for proof). Verhoeven's BR, however, would be possibly the most excitingly badass project ever. Have him direct, Ed Neumeier on writing duties, and you've got a movie to join RoboCop and Starship Troopers. I can't even begin to picture Media Breaks in his version...
#15
Originally Posted by xage
Looks like similar to the one sold at Hot Topic a year ago.
And its by Starmax (import from Korea) .. its NTSC and Region Code free
And its by Starmax (import from Korea) .. its NTSC and Region Code free
#17
Inane Thread Master, 2018 TOTY
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Are any of us really anywhere?
Posts: 49,430
Received 911 Likes
on
771 Posts
Originally Posted by xage
Looks like similar to the one sold at Hot Topic a year ago.
And its by Starmax (import from Korea) .. its NTSC and Region Code free
And its by Starmax (import from Korea) .. its NTSC and Region Code free
#19
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Sunny California
Posts: 3,109
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by scott1598
so what is the difference between this and the Starmax R0 NTSC Director's Cut of the first film only? the one with the beige slipcase...
#22
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Sunny California
Posts: 3,109
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by beavis69
So is that a legit release? Do the special features have english subtitles?
Yes, its a legit release (produced,manufactured & imported from Korea). Unfortunately there were no English Sub for its special feature.
#23
Member
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 100
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Zen Peckinpah
If you think about it, Battle Royale would be undoable in America, Virginia Tech or not. However, I'd kill to see Zack Snyder or Paul Verhoeven take on the project. If Snyder put an ounce of energy like he did with 300 and Dawn of the Dead, we'd get an epic, no-holds-barred telling of the story (watch the DOTD opening credit scenes for proof). Verhoeven's BR, however, would be possibly the most excitingly badass project ever. Have him direct, Ed Neumeier on writing duties, and you've got a movie to join RoboCop and Starship Troopers. I can't even begin to picture Media Breaks in his version...
#24
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Sunny California
Posts: 3,109
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Too bad, most members do insert the topic about the Movie Remake where this thread talks about the Region 1 DVD release
Anyways, should you voice out your opinion about the remake of Battle Royale in Hollywood here is the appropriate thread for you.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=468134
Anyways, should you voice out your opinion about the remake of Battle Royale in Hollywood here is the appropriate thread for you.
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=468134
#25
Banned
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1,087
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by droidguy1119
That's a reasonably nice box. I wish I had known they were being sold but I don't go into Hot Topic.