Massacre Video Discussion Thread

[Damonstein]

I may wait until they release to see of they'll sell just part 1.

[GODHOOD]

It's too bad they had a crappy 4K scan that they had to bump it down to a regular blu-ray.

[agenda]

Originally Posted by Smegma

Is that not the Massacre image on the bottom?

Is that true that 15% of the image had to be cropped due to stabilization issues? I read about the stabilization issues, but I didn't knew anything about the image cropping. If so, that is very unfortunately indeed.

That bottom picture clearly shows that kind of cropping to my eyes. Also. If that picture on the bottom really is from Massacre Video version, then I do hope that that is some kind of early test version only because pretty much everything in that quality is faaaar from great and absolutely nothing indicates to original camera negatives or 4K scan.

[jmat91]

Wait so it wasn’t a 5 second sell out as predicted by a French bull terrier that just got into blu ray collecting 6 months ago?!

Haha..but I grabbed 3 sets, combining with a few other mates to get the $175 free postage mark. Looking forward to these.

[Labor_Unit001]

Originally Posted by agenda

Is that true that 15% of the image had to be cropped due to stabilization issues? I read about the stabilization issues, but I didn't knew anything about the image cropping. If so, that is very unfortunately indeed.

That bottom picture clearly shows that kind of cropping to my eyes. Also. If that picture on the bottom really is from Massacre Video version, then I do hope that that is some kind of early test version only because pretty much everything in that quality is faaaar from great and absolutely nothing indicates to original camera negatives or 4K scan.

The top image is the Massacre Video restoration.

edit: Full twitter post explaining the restoration: https://twitter.com/massacrevideo/st...76645748887552

[Damonstein]

Yeah the cropped image is what the licensor recommended doing due to the stabilization issues, so they took the raw scan and stabilized it themselves.

[banjo!]

Has the fourth film ever been released on Blu-ray?

[NeonStreetMelt]

Never seen these. Gory war films, dont really get the hype, and...not really an Asian cinema guy but I've been trying to check out more. 5k units a piece, these will be in stock for years. Did they ever say anything to suggest these would be super limited?

[agenda]

Originally Posted by Labor_Unit001

The top image is the Massacre Video restoration.

edit: Full twitter post explaining the restoration: https://twitter.com/massacrevideo/st...76645748887552

Thank you for that. Also; would you be able to copy that twitter message about the restoration to this topic? I can't open it. I would appreciate it.

[gobad2003]

Phew Glad I got my order in and it wasn't an instant sellout like someone was crying about on here But seriously I can't wait to have these in my hands, I haven't seen them since the dvd days.

[Kakihara]

Do you guys recommend parts 2 and 3? I've only seen the first one, which I'm willing to buy but not so sure of the others. TIA.

[Nighthawk71]

Originally Posted by Kakihara

Do you guys recommend parts 2 and 3? I've only seen the first one, which I'm willing to buy but not so sure of the others. TIA.

they are not as good as the first one. part two was a lot of rehash and the third is the least of the three but honestly I will buy all three.

[LargeCat]

Never seen the other two films, but I may have to get this because the price is really good. Although I hope that in the future a blu-ray of Black Sun will be released.

[LilithMV]

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[CrowKiller]

Why can't I just preorder the first one? I was also hoping to add a couple older releases with it, yet none of those where avaliable. I don't care about the sequel. Epic fail. No preorder for you.

[LilithMV]

Originally Posted by CrowKiller

Why can't I just preorder the first one? I was also hoping to add a couple older releases with it, yet none of those where avaliable. I don't care about the sequel. Epic fail. No preorder for you.

I understand your frustration, and I apologize for any confusion. Allow me to clarify the situation. The current pre-order is for a special flash pre-order of the entire trilogy. This means that we're offering all three films as a package deal for a limited time. Unfortunately, individual pre-orders for the first film or the option to add older releases are not available at this moment.

[CrowKiller]

Originally Posted by LilithMV

I understand your frustration, and I apologize for any confusion. Allow me to clarify the situation. The current pre-order is for a special flash pre-order of the entire trilogy. This means that we're offering all three films as a package deal for a limited time. Unfortunately, individual pre-orders for the first film or the option to add older releases are not available at this moment.

Thanks for the response, but still don't understand why they can't be offered separately as well. Or at least the first one by itself. That's the only one most people really want anyway. Oh well.... guess I'll get it eventually someday.

[Jr7936]

Hmm this might sell out sooner than later
Also it would be nice if they sold an outer case option for people who bought the flash bundle

[Röckzilla]

Originally Posted by PeterHertz

@LilIthMV are you doing part four nanking massacre in the future? Surprised it isn't included-it's supposed to be the second most ****ed up of the lot.

Rumor has it that Unearthed Films might be working on a Blu-ray release of Men Behind The Sun 4 The Nanjing Massacre (1995).

Also:

I ordered all 3 films!

[banjo!]

Originally Posted by Röckzilla

Rumor has it that Unearthed Films might be working on a Blu-ray release of Men Behind The Sun 4 The Nanjing Massacre (1995).

Also:

I ordered all 3 films!

Oh I haven't heard that rumor. I hope it's true!