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Cornelius
11-11-2001, 12:52
Looking at The R2 Project they've got a piece on HKL latest deal and it mentions that HKL have secured the rights to ABT 2 and 3 but it doesn't say anything about ABT 1. Am I missing something here?
Take a look at the Bullets N Babes (http://www.bulletsnbabesdvds.com/index.php) website, for full details of all the titles HKL have recently acquired the rights to. :)
Jimmyboy
11-11-2001, 14:01
Remember, there are 3 titles which are yet to be annouced.
1 of them could be ABT1, I find it hard to believe HKL would only get parts 2 & 3.
Originally posted by Jimmyboy
Remember, there are 3 titles which are yet to be annouced.
1 of them could be ABT1, I find it hard to believe HKL would only get parts 2 & 3.
Why? MIA own the rights to ABT, so there is no way at all HKL can have them. Simple as that.
Jimmyboy
11-11-2001, 14:31
Originally posted by Apex
Why? MIA own the rights to ABT, so there is no way at all HKL can have them. Simple as that.
But the next 3 titles have nothing to do with Golden Princess and somebody must own/owned the rights to them in order for HKL to cut a deal anyway.
Cornelius
11-11-2001, 15:22
well thanks for clearing that up:D
wong fei hong
11-11-2001, 15:33
Originally posted by Jimmyboy
But the next 3 titles have nothing to do with Golden Princess and somebody must own/owned the rights to them in order for HKL to cut a deal anyway.
Hmm... I didn't know there were more. Can we speculate? Or just plain guess? Keeping it broad...
Knowing their love for Sammo:
Pedicab Driver
Some old-school:
Five Deadly Venoms
And some wire-fu, maybe:
Burning Paradise
William Shatners Wig
11-11-2001, 16:58
Well, we know they're not (according to Jenz) A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled or Drunklen Master 2.
For HKL to get A Better Tomorrow they'd have to sublicense it from MIA which just isn't gonna happen as the two companies are effectively rivals so if MIA did this, they would in effect be admitting they're inferiority....only way HKL will get ABT1 is to wait till MIA loses the rights, even then I would suspect MIA would get 1st choice for renewing those rights.
dave.
Originally posted by Jimmyboy
But the next 3 titles have nothing to do with Golden Princess and somebody must own/owned the rights to them in order for HKL to cut a deal anyway.
No,no, you misunderstand. MIA own the UK rights. And MIA aren't going to sublicense them to a rival firm. So HKL can't get them.
The Golden Princess deal was done with the HK company directly, not with UK owners.
Originally posted by William Shatners Wig
Well, we know they're not (according to Jenz) A Better Tomorrow, Hard Boiled or Drunklen Master 2.
Nor will "Fist Of Legend" :mad:
4 fabulous films with little or no hope of being given the treatment they deserve in the foreseeable future. A @@@@ing great shame.
When is the earliest possible opportunity for HKL to have a shot at the rights for A Better Tomorrow?
I don't imagine ever, it'd be like Fox selling off Star Wars!
Hasn't Anchor Bay done ABT1? what's that like?
Whats the R2 version like? Better or worse than the Anchor Bay?? :zzz:
Originally posted by Gozer
Whats the R2 version like? Better or worse than the Anchor Bay?? :zzz:
The R2 MIA disk is pretty poor, with a soft, non-anamorphic picture (practically VHS quality :eek: ), burned-in subs, fair amount of print damage and no extras apart from a trailer.
One to avoid I think, although Blockbuster was selling them for £7 or something a while back....
bddidier
12-11-2001, 12:00
Originally posted by Gozer
Whats the R2 version like? Better or worse than the Anchor Bay?? :zzz:
Avoid the R2. The Anchor Bay is a decent effort and there is no chance for ABT 1 to get a better release before the next century...
Originally posted by bddidier
Avoid the R2. The Anchor Bay is a decent effort and there is no chance for ABT 1 to get a better release before the next century...
Great stuff! :rolleyes:
Originally posted by john316
Great stuff! :rolleyes:
looks like it's the Anchor bay version then.
Mr Vampire
12-11-2001, 13:54
However, just to be totally sure. Wait a few weeks. I think Jenz @ bulletsnbabesdvds.com has some more titles to announce. It may not be ABT , but if it is I don't want to be saying I told you so.
Shingster
12-11-2001, 15:08
Originally posted by tpr007
Nor will "Fist Of Legend" :mad:
4 fabulous films with little or no hope of being given the treatment they deserve in the foreseeable future. A @@@@ing great shame.
It'd be nice just to get a version of DM 2, the old VHS release was deleted years ago wasn't it???
One of the most spectacular martial arts films of all time, & it's not even available in the U.K!
Cornelius
12-11-2001, 19:07
I forgot all about the Anchor Bay ABT. I think I'll look at that for the time being.
Jimmyboy
12-11-2001, 19:15
Both Anchor Bay editions of ABT1 & ABT2 are supposed to be good discs.
I've heard rumours that HKL wont be releasing ABT2 & ABT3 until 2003 so maybe the AB editions are a better option.
can't believe i didn't plug my reviews for ABT1&2 at DVDTimes in my earlier post!!
here are links for my reviews of the AB discs.
A Better Tomorrow (http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/index.cgi?page=Review&id=161&story=1865)
A Better Tomorrow 2 (http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/index.cgi?page=Review&id=162&story=1866)
while i didn't do any kind of comparison cos I didnt' have the MIA disc at the time I did own the MIA disc and it is just a joke in comparison to the AB disc - but there is still room for improvement.
dave.
Well I've going for the AB ABT1.
Jenz @ Bullets n Babes
13-11-2001, 09:07
Just to help clear this one up the next batch of HKL aren't ABT1. HKL dont own it, MIA do.
Morpheus2000
13-11-2001, 11:25
Originally posted by tpr007
Nor will "Fist Of Legend" :mad:
4 fabulous films with little or no hope of being given the treatment they deserve in the foreseeable future. A @@@@ing great shame.
I believe that Disney also have rights to City on Fire so there might be hope that HKL will one day get the rights to Fist of Legend!
Jenz @ Bullets n Babes
13-11-2001, 14:04
Rights issues often comes down to country and area.
Disney for example own Fist Of Legend and Drunken Master 2 worldwide. They only own City On Fire in the USA.
Jenz.
Jimmyboy
13-11-2001, 16:11
How come there hasnt been a UK release of either Fist of Legend & Drunken Master 2 ?.
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