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Kronik
26-02-2002, 12:25
Naked Killer, just read on the HKL's website that this is no longer going to be released as a Platinum Edition, and just a Special Collectors Edition :(

I have never seen this movie and have heard good things abou it, its just a shame that it aint gonna be a Platinum Edition :(
Michael Brooke
26-02-2002, 12:43
To be honest, I was pretty baffled as to why they were making it a Platinum edition in the first place – it’s a fairly ordinary thriller at base, and I’m not at all sure where its reputation comes from.

Even my favourite bit – the subtitle “the reproductive organ was bursted by bullet” – will undoubtedly be cleaned up by the new translation!
RichB
26-02-2002, 14:15
I have never seen this movie and have heard good things abou it, its just a shame that it aint gonna be a Platinum Edition

Believe me this is great news when you consider what title will now be a Platinum Edition :D
john316
26-02-2002, 14:23
Originally posted by RichB
I have never seen this movie and have heard good things abou it, its just a shame that it aint gonna be a Platinum Edition

Believe me this is great news when you consider what title will now be a Platinum Edition :D

What is it???? Please?????
bddidier
26-02-2002, 15:41
This is not really a bad news, it was a surprising choice for a special platinium edition anyway. The movie is fun enough so and it's true that I'll probably missed the originals subtitles!
RichB
26-02-2002, 15:48
What is it???? Please?????

Ooh I've said too much! Lol
KeyserSoze
26-02-2002, 16:33
Drunken Master innit ?
john316
26-02-2002, 18:11
Maybe one of the John Woo movies that were part of the Golden Harvest deal is coming out sooner than we think????
llololloy
26-02-2002, 19:12
John 316, peeps over @ bulletsnbabes (http://www.bulletsnbabesdvds.com) seem to be thinking the next Platinum release will be The Killer.
Though that's mainly speculation.#
john316
27-02-2002, 00:24
Originally posted by llololloy
John 316, peeps over @ bulletsnbabes (http://www.bulletsnbabesdvds.com) seem to be thinking the next Platinum release will be The Killer.
Though that's mainly speculation.#

Seen that but they are saying 4th quarter of this year - surely RichB is hinting at something coming much sooner than that?
gZa
27-02-2002, 11:17
Originally posted by john316
What is it???? Please????? <I>Hoilday on the Buses</i>
RichB
27-02-2002, 16:58
(In shock)

HOW could you know that garry!?
:D
William Shatners Wig
27-02-2002, 17:28
Our lips are sealed ;)
Jimmyboy
27-02-2002, 17:37
Hang on a sec, RichB doesnt have any inside knowledge on HKL.:confused:
I think he's winding you up.
john316
27-02-2002, 18:23
Originally posted by Jimmyboy
Hang on a sec, RichB doesnt have any inside knowledge on HKL.:confused:
I think he's winding you up.

I think you're right - oh well, bank on the waiting train for The Killer - next stop, 4th quarter this year! :rolleyes:
mr_woo
27-02-2002, 18:43
i'd think that HKL would be pretty keen to get The Killer out as soon as possible so hopefully that would be the next Platinum release.

Not in regards as to rushing the restoration or anything like that but im sure they've got a fair few people beavering away on the print (or prints - hopefully they'll give us the taiwanese print as well :) ).

Let's face it, HKL are going to make a bloody fortune off The Killer alone - you'll have us lot buying it plus loads of HK film fans are bound to get it imported into whatever country they are in.

Best move HKL ever made was getting the rights for it :) :)


I cant wait! :clap: :clap: :clap:
Fat Man Hackett
27-02-2002, 19:51
I've got the Taiwanese print, but I thought that this was an unauthorised directors cut / workprint. If this is the case, then I can't see it ever being released with Woo's approval :(

I'd be more than happy to eat my words though :)
Hendrik
27-02-2002, 20:05
...ahh... FYI and FWIW, a two-DVD DigiPak Limited Collector's Edition of The Killer, including the 'World Release' and the 'Taiwan Version' was released in France last October - the first featuring Cantonese mono (with 'locked' French subtitles) and French mono soundtracks and various extras, the second featuring only a Cantonese mono soundtrack (with 'locked' French subs) and more extras:

http://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/fiche.php3?id=4536

http://www.dvdrama.net/fiche.php3?1876

. . . :o . . .
Fat Man Hackett
27-02-2002, 21:00
That's the one that I've got. The Taiwanese print has got burnt in Cantonese and English subtitles, but it's still an unofficial workprint of the movie.
Morpheus2000
28-02-2002, 08:33
John Woo's personal favourite is Bullet in the Head and that deserves the Platinum treatment.
Michael Brooke
28-02-2002, 09:18
<B>I've got the Taiwanese print, but I thought that this was an unauthorised directors cut / workprint. If this is the case, then I can't see it ever being released with Woo's approval</B>

I don’t think Woo would have any problem with the additional scenes being presented separately – as has happened on plenty of editions in the past (Criterion, Made in Hong Kong VHS, etc.), which would be the best all-round solution.