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Loved High Road to China, can't believe I never saw it as a kid.


Looking forward to The Shadow

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Loved High Road to China, can't believe I never saw it as a kid.


Looking forward to The Shadow
Never seen The Shadow but it sounds interesting, also Alec Baldwin. I myself am excited for their release of Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon, provided they aren't merely upscaled versions like their release of Operation Condor.



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Never seen The Shadow but it sounds interesting, also Alec Baldwin. I myself am excited for their release of Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon, provided they aren't merely upscaled versions like their release of Operation Condor.
Me neither, but it ticks a lot of my boxes and at £9 I can't go wrong.


The Bruce Lee films? Used to love them, have them all 2 disc special edition DVDs. I did upgrade ETD as the 40th a.e was once in 3 for £17 on amazon. I'll wait and see for the others as some of their blus don't get great reviews (TMNT). Also would wait until they included Game of Death & Big Boss (I think they're releasing this?)

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Me neither, but it ticks a lot of my boxes and at £9 I can't go wrong.


The Bruce Lee films? Used to love them, have them all 2 disc special edition DVDs. I did upgrade ETD as the 40th a.e was once in 3 for £17 on amazon. I'll wait and see for the others as some of their blus don't get great reviews (TMNT). Also would wait until they included Game of Death & Big Boss (I think they're releasing this?)
Yes, they're releasing all 4 of the Lee films. A boxset would be nice (although the Bruce Lee titles will also be getting steelbooks most likely), but I don't particularly like The Big Boss or Game of Death, plus I already have the 30th Anniversary DVD boxset from Hong Kong Legends if I ever want to revisit those two titles.


Other releases in their Hong Kong Heroes line-up seem to be:


When Taekwondo Strikes (1973); Armour of God (1986); Legacy of Rage (1986); Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991). They're also releasing The Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II but no news yet whether these will also be in the HKH line.



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I like Bruce Lee, but not a fan of HK cinema tbh.


Cannonball, this was a favourite and always watched over bank holidays. If they were £5 great, but I saw preorders at £19.99. No chance for me. I doubt they hold up that well, especially II and Dom Deluise


Nah...


This is like our own thread lol!

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I like Bruce Lee, but not a fan of HK cinema tbh.


Cannonball, this was a favourite and always watched over bank holidays. If they were £5 great, but I saw preorders at £19.99. No chance for me. I doubt they hold up that well, especially II and Dom Deluise
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Nah...


This is like our own thread lol!


Lol, I suppose the quality of Mediumrare's previous releases has everyone staying clear


HK Cinema can be pretty hit and miss at times, although there are some definite classics, Bruce Lee's films and those by John Woo are great examples.



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There release of High Road To China was one of the worse Blu ray's i have ever seen, awful quality. The problem with the HK films they have is that the Golden Harvest catalogue is held by Fortune Star and most of there releases elsewhere in the world have been poor upscales, so unless new transfers are done these will be the same sadly.

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There release of High Road To China was one of the worse Blu ray's i have ever seen, awful quality. The problem with the HK films they have is that the Golden Harvest catalogue is held by Fortune Star and most of there releases elsewhere in the world have been poor upscales, so unless new transfers are done these will be the same sadly.
True. I own Fortune Star's releases of A Better Tomorrow II and III and frankly they're two of the worst looking blu-rays in my collection!



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By "official" I thought OP worked for Mediumrare, something like the Soda Pictures and other threads like this.



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By "official" I thought OP worked for Mediumrare, something like the Soda Pictures and other threads like this.
Nope, just called it 'official' because other label threads have similar names and there wasn't a pre-existing thread for Mediumrare[emoji1]



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So "unofficial" then?

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Hopefully these guys will get round to upgrading their DVD of Tourneur's Night of The Demon, ideally with the alternative cut Curse of The Demon. It's a British classic and one of the best horror films period.

I may just buy the Spanish version to tide me over as the PQ is apparently quite good, but contains just the longer cut, I actually prefer the pacing in the shorter.



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Hopefully these guys will get round to upgrading their DVD of Tourneur's Night of The Demon, ideally with the alternative cut Curse of The Demon. It's a British classic and one of the best horror films period.

I may just buy the Spanish version to tide me over as the PQ is apparently quite good, but contains just the longer cut, I actually prefer the pacing in the shorter.
the french version was in a B2G1F at amazon.fr a few times last year. Keep an eye out, might happen again. Ended up getting mine for about AU$17 which was quite good, same mast as old R1 dvd though I am pretty sure but looks quite decent.


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Anybody know if The Last Temptation of Christ uses the master Criterion accessed for their release?



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Anybody know if The Last Temptation of Christ uses the master Criterion accessed for their release?
Can't find any real info about this release anywhere. And the Mediumrare website is down. Does anyone know anything?



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Can't find any real info about this release anywhere. And the Mediumrare website is down. Does anyone know anything?
I wouldn't bet on it. Their Sergeant Bilko DVD boxed set actually uses really atrocious transfers of the first season that look like downloads from a dodgy server even though Paramount released decent transfers of that season themselves. Quality control really doesn't seem to be a priority for them.


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Surprisingly, a listing for Colossus: The Forbin Project just showed up on Amazon. I assume it'll be the same waxy transfer as the German release though...



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Surprisingly, a listing for Colossus: The Forbin Project just showed up on Amazon. I assume it'll be the same waxy transfer as the German release though...
Probably but while it looked like a typical old Universal master from the caps it'll be interesting to see how it looks if the compression is competent, which it certainly wasn't on the German one. Glad I eventually held off even though I sold my UK DVD ages ago, although that was also pretty poor! and from Medium Rare.


Looking back at the German thread the file size was 8.55GB!!



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[Blu MacReady]

Loved High Road to China, can't believe I never saw it as a kid.

Looking forward to The Shadow

[moviegeek1992]

Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Loved High Road to China, can't believe I never saw it as a kid.

Looking forward to The Shadow

Never seen The Shadow but it sounds interesting, also Alec Baldwin. I myself am excited for their release of Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon, provided they aren't merely upscaled versions like their release of Operation Condor.

[Blu MacReady]

Originally Posted by moviegeek1992

Never seen The Shadow but it sounds interesting, also Alec Baldwin. I myself am excited for their release of Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon, provided they aren't merely upscaled versions like their release of Operation Condor.

Me neither, but it ticks a lot of my boxes and at £9 I can't go wrong.

The Bruce Lee films? Used to love them, have them all 2 disc special edition DVDs. I did upgrade ETD as the 40th a.e was once in 3 for £17 on amazon. I'll wait and see for the others as some of their blus don't get great reviews (TMNT). Also would wait until they included Game of Death & Big Boss (I think they're releasing this?)

[moviegeek1992]

Originally Posted by Blu MacReady

Me neither, but it ticks a lot of my boxes and at £9 I can't go wrong.

The Bruce Lee films? Used to love them, have them all 2 disc special edition DVDs. I did upgrade ETD as the 40th a.e was once in 3 for £17 on amazon. I'll wait and see for the others as some of their blus don't get great reviews (TMNT). Also would wait until they included Game of Death & Big Boss (I think they're releasing this?)

Yes, they're releasing all 4 of the Lee films. A boxset would be nice (although the Bruce Lee titles will also be getting steelbooks most likely), but I don't particularly like The Big Boss or Game of Death, plus I already have the 30th Anniversary DVD boxset from Hong Kong Legends if I ever want to revisit those two titles.

Other releases in their Hong Kong Heroes line-up seem to be:

When Taekwondo Strikes (1973); Armour of God (1986); Legacy of Rage (1986); Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991). They're also releasing The Cannonball Run and Cannonball Run II but no news yet whether these will also be in the HKH line.

[Blu MacReady]

I like Bruce Lee, but not a fan of HK cinema tbh.

Cannonball, this was a favourite and always watched over bank holidays. If they were £5 great, but I saw preorders at £19.99. No chance for me. I doubt they hold up that well, especially II and Dom Deluise
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Nah...

This is like our own thread lol!

[UpsetSmiley]

How does one contact Medium Rare?

[rapta]

Surprisingly, a listing for Colossus: The Forbin Project just showed up on Amazon. I assume it'll be the same waxy transfer as the German release though...

[the blob]

Originally Posted by rapta

Surprisingly, a listing for Colossus: The Forbin Project just showed up on Amazon. I assume it'll be the same waxy transfer as the German release though...

Probably but while it looked like a typical old Universal master from the caps it'll be interesting to see how it looks if the compression is competent, which it certainly wasn't on the German one. Glad I eventually held off even though I sold my UK DVD ages ago, although that was also pretty poor! and from Medium Rare.

Looking back at the German thread the file size was 8.55GB!!

[rapta]

Yeah, and a shoddy bitrate of 10 Mbps too. MediumRare will likely do a bog standard job but the bitrate should be at least twice that.

Might pick it up eventually though, but not rushing to buy it unless a review proves me wrong.

[IanSchultz23]

Contacted the Fabulous Films lady get to the bottom if Fab and Mediumrare are one in the same

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Originally Posted by IanSchultz23

Contacted the Fabulous Films lady get to the bottom if Fab and Mediumrare are one in the same

How are these two getting what I'd consider quite decent titles?

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Dunno, both have Universal deals it seems. I suppose they're whatever Arrow weren't interested in? Mostly comedies, slightly obscure thrillers and B-movies (not that Arrow have never released any of those).

[Blu MacReady]

Originally Posted by rapta

Dunno, both have Universal deals it seems. I suppose they're whatever Arrow weren't interested in? Mostly comedies, slightly obscure thrillers and B-movies (not that Arrow have never released any of those).

Exactly, Darkman screams Arrow.

[the blob]

Could be also that the masters aren't up to scratch for Arrow these days and they can't get access/permission to redo or don't think it's worth it.

[rapta]

Yeah, I reckon they really pushed Universal to let them do a 4K scan of The Thing (unless it turns out to be the same IP that Shout were lumped with rather than OCN).

Probably makes sense for them to put more effort into concentrating on less problematic Universal off-the-shelf masters, and titles they could legitimately produce worthwhile extras for.

However, it is quite surprising how many strong titles MediumRare have managed to get to date - particularly Darkman, Cat People, and somehow even The Last Temptation of Christ. But these are all no doubt the same tired studio masters, so probably titles Arrow passed on because it'd be an uphill battle trying to restore them in-house (though they're in a better position now).

[lilboyblu]

Anybody picked up Mediumrare's What Dreams May Come?

[the blob]

Quick thoughts on The Forbin Project. Keep your expectations low...

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...2&postcount=10

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Small Soldiers (1998)

Release Date: November 6, 2017
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073V9LJDY/

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Originally Posted by UncleBuckWild

Small Soldiers (1998)

Release Date: November 6, 2017
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073V9LJDY/

I really want to import this. America is no longer getting many classics on Blu-Ray like the rest of the world. Do we know if there is at all a chance for this to be region free? Anyway to contact the company behind this release to find out?