밀정 (The Age of Shadows)[FNC Add Culture]

[Heapashifter]

Once the release date comes around all the usual Korean sellers should have this on Ebay. I'd wait for that now.

[John_Drake]

Right, and the gouging begins, unfortunately.

[darry]

I'm guessng they must have only released about 1000. Crazy when you consider the size of the production and the companies involved.

[StanS]

This reminds me when back in the day soundtrack labels like Intrada and Varese released limited editions of much sought-after titles like Predator or anything by the likes of Jerry Goldsmith and the title could be gone in half an hour. We knew exactly the time of the hour it was up for ordering - so you had to be ready, which could be nerve-racking I remember. Any tips of how to handle these much sought-after Korean titles? Are they announced with a date and then you don't know exactly when they are up for grabs, so you have to visit kimchidvd or nova 50 times a day to check or do they say when?

And does it ever happen that a company like FNC, when seing how fast a title was gone, decides to press say another 1000? I find it strange if they never do, especially with the extremely popular ones like Age of the Shadows, if they're interested in making money.

[Huseyin]

Originally Posted by StanS

This reminds me when back in the day soundtrack labels like Intrada and Varese released limited editions of much sought-after titles like Predator or anything by the likes of Jerry Goldsmith and the title could be gone in half an hour. We knew exactly the time of the hour it was up for ordering - so you had to be ready, which could be nerve-racking I remember. Any tips of how to handle these much sought-after Korean titles? Are they announced with a date and then you don't know exactly when they are up for grabs, so you have to visit kimchidvd or nova 50 times a day to check or do they say when?

And does it ever happen that a company like FNC, when seing how fast a title was gone, decides to press say another 1000? I find it strange if they never do, especially with the extremely popular ones like Age of the Shadows, if they're interested in making money.

They won't do another limited edition. They'll just release a Plain edition which will still be nice but not come with all the bits and bobs

[Yasujiro Ozu]

Has anyone found this for sale anywhere else?

[Yasujiro Ozu]

I never learn. This has happened to me quite a few times over the years, I procrastinate and then miss out.

[Huseyin]

Guys if you missed out on it, try and get hold of the US edition?

[Rhythm-X]

Originally Posted by Huseyin

Guys if you missed out on it, try and get hold of the US edition?

I agree - US version is flawed but you gotta be more of a perfectionist than me to think it's worth paying something like 4x the price or more for what amounts to proper opening credits, unless you need Korean subtitles for the Japanese dialogue.

It seems this came out a week ago in the UK for £11.99 - anyone seen that edition?

[Jasonic]

Originally Posted by Rhythm-X

I agree - US version is flawed but you gotta be more of a perfectionist than me to think it's worth paying something like 4x the price or more for what amounts to proper opening credits, unless you need Korean subtitles for the Japanese dialogue.

Weren't you also bothered by the subtitles constantly switching between top and bottom? That alone makes me consider paying more.

[Rhythm-X]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

Weren't you also bothered by the subtitles constantly switching between top and bottom? That alone makes me consider paying more.

Not too much, and I feel like it was that way in theaters too but I'm not completely sure about that. However the opening credits, typeface aside, are in the same places on the screen as the theatrical, so I don't see why they'd re-position those particular subtitles.

[John_Drake]

I only see the regular blu, not the limited edition.

[darry]

Originally Posted by John_Drake

I only see the regular blu, not the limited edition.

Do you mean the DVD? Thats all they have from what I can see.

[John_Drake]

My mistake, I inadvertently picked up on the blu of Assassination

[Ben_C]

Just finished watching the UK release of this. First of all, good solid film (but I guess we should expect that from the talent involved in front and behind the camera).
The presentation seemed fine too; the film was 2:20:33 long (despite the back of the case stating it was 135 mins), Korean credits, subtitles were also fine - no obvious grammatical errors, subs always where they should be and all on screen text was subbed).
Only extra was the theatrical trailer, but seeing as the Korean release won't have subs for the extras it's no big deal to me.

Don't know if it's region locked to B or not.

All in all, seems like a solid alternative to the Korean version, and I'm more than happy to pay only £11.99 rather than whatever the K version went for.

[Huseyin]

Standard edition will be available from 23rd August on Kimchidvd and Novamedia.

[key714]

[key714]

PURCHASE LINK: KimchiDVD (Limited Edition Plain Edition) Nova Media: (Limited Edition Plain Edition)

[thisgenius]

S&M Life Design Group are celebrating 100 Years of Korean cinema by releasing/rereleasing 3 Korean masterpieces on bluray and The Age of Shadows is first up, which will be getting a steelbook release.

[John_Drake]

Lovely. But I'll stick with the LE.

Any word on which other two films will be released?