The 88 Films Blu-Ray Thread

[Karlos]

For those who were asking why there was a square missing on their cardboard slipcases - well, apparently, that's were the security tag goes when they are sold in shops, to stop people stealing them.

Mystery solved!

[reason108]

13 hours ago, Karlos said:

For those who were asking why there was a square missing on their cardboard slipcases - well, apparently, that's were the security tag goes when they are sold in shops, to stop people stealing them.

Mystery solved!

 

 

But the slips are exclusive to their website when one pre-orders and 300 seems to be the amount they have made. Those should not be sold in stores. And, Killer Constable does not have a cut-out on its side.

May I ask what your source was on that information? And, I don't see how a security tag could fit on the box like that. All one would have to do it slip the thing off. 

[Karlos]

1 hour ago, reason108 said:

 

 

But the slips are exclusive to their website when one pre-orders and 300 seems to be the amount they have made. Those should not be sold in stores. And, Killer Constable does not have a cut-out on its side.

May I ask what your source was on that information? And, I don't see how a security tag could fit on the box like that. All one would have to do it slip the thing off. 

Someone who runs a retail store told me. 

I presume the people pressing the slips just automatically put that square hole in?  Not sure about that one.

[Sheng]

5 hours ago, Karlos said:

I presume the people pressing the slips just automatically put that square hole in?  Not sure about that one.

My copy of MASKED AVENGERS arrived today. And there's no hole in the slip...

[thekfc]

21 hours ago, Karlos said:

For those who were asking why there was a square missing on their cardboard slipcases - well, apparently, that's were the security tag goes when they are sold in shops, to stop people stealing them.

Mystery solved!

 

Not sure how they do it in other parts of the world but here in the USA the security tag is placed inside the DVD/BD case and then it is de-activated at the register when someone buy the movie.

8 hours ago, reason108 said:

And, I don't see how a security tag could fit on the box like that.

Yep, I check all the different tags that I have and none would fit.

If they were to place a tag in that area then it would be under the slipcase and then there would be no need to make a cut.

 

On 4/7/2017 at 0:55 PM, Drunken Monk said:

They were kind enough to give me free shipping on my "Masked Avengers" re-order.

They also told me that they will refund the return shipping charge and also gave me a coupon code for free shipping for Masked Avenger. However, I already re-ordered "Masked Avenger" as well as "Seeding" and both had already been shipped by the time they responded. I now have a shipping code to use on something else.

[Karlos]

I think this might be it?

[thekfc]

4 minutes ago, Karlos said:

I think this might be it?

 

The Magnetic "red tags", I forgot all about these I haven't seen them in ages (10 years or so). I thought that they stopped using them.

[Drunken Monk]

After finding out they have ten more titles on the horizon, I asked them the ratio of horror to kung fu. They just responded back with "About half and half". So, we can look forward to about four or five kung fu films coming from them.

[reason108]

23 hours ago, Karlos said:

Someone who runs a retail store told me. 

I presume the people pressing the slips just automatically put that square hole in?  Not sure about that one.

 

16 hours ago, Karlos said:

I think this might be it?

 

 

 

I have never seen a security tag like that in my life. Is that just a UK thing?

Ok, it is still odd that 88 Films would have chosen a design like that for a security tag if these were only meant to be printed as an incentive to get people to pre-order the movie through their website. Odd too that neither Killer Constable nor Masked Avengers are designed that way. I examined the cases that came with the movies that I received and it is different than the one in the picture (besides that being a one disc case). The case in the picture has a hole to insert the lock but the other cases that 88 have used do not have that hole to insert the lock. Can anyone that owns The Mighty Peking Man check and see if their case has that hole. But, it is interesting then that they would have changed cases for that one release or maybe they were going to offer MPM through retailers that might use that kind of lock??? Though, if I remember correctly, the pictures that were on their website for MPM showed the case, but there was no cut-out. Maybe there was an error when they had them printed up. 

But, thanks for helping to clarify the situation. But, it is interesting to see what happened as to why they chose to use that kind of case instead of the one shown on their site. 

 

[ShawAngela]

I've never saw that either, but I'm not a great buyer of blu rays and this case looks like a blu ray one.

All the 88 movies I have have a 2 discs case on the same side of the case and this kind of lock wouldn't fit this kind of case, in my opinion...

[Tex Killer]

There is such snippet missing also in "Delirium" slipcase.

[Tex Killer]

From FB;

"

Ok, to help you celebrate having a couple of days off from the daily grind we're offering FREE SHIPPING over Easter with the discount code CODEBLUE (please not this cannot be used in conjunction with a Skull points discount code).

Happy Easter and put your feet up!

"

 

If anyone is missing Shaws now seems to be ok time to catch them...

 

[thekfc]

On 4/12/2017 at 7:07 AM, reason108 said:

 

 

 

 

I have never seen a security tag like that in my life. Is that just a UK thing?

Ok, it is still odd that 88 Films would have chosen a design like that for a security tag if these were only meant to be printed as an incentive to get people to pre-order the movie through their website. Odd too that neither Killer Constable nor Masked Avengers are designed that way. I examined the cases that came with the movies that I received and it is different than the one in the picture (besides that being a one disc case). The case in the picture has a hole to insert the lock but the other cases that 88 have used do not have that hole to insert the lock. Can anyone that owns The Mighty Peking Man check and see if their case has that hole. But, it is interesting then that they would have changed cases for that one release or maybe they were going to offer MPM through retailers that might use that kind of lock??? Though, if I remember correctly, the pictures that were on their website for MPM showed the case, but there was no cut-out. Maybe there was an error when they had them printed up. 

But, thanks for helping to clarify the situation. But, it is interesting to see what happened as to why they chose to use that kind of case instead of the one shown on their site. 

 

 

 

On 4/12/2017 at 7:40 AM, ShawAngela said:

I've never saw that either, but I'm not a great buyer of blu rays and this case looks like a blu ray one.

All the 88 movies I have have a 2 discs case on the same side of the case and this kind of lock wouldn't fit this kind of case, in my opinion...

 

Here in the USA, a long long time ago (before BD), these were mainly used by video rental stores (Blockbuster, Hollywood video & the likes). They were placed on the "used" movies & video games they put out for sale - so people don't open & steal the disc and leave an empty case. This is the first time I am seeing it on a BD case.

[reason108]

Masked Avengers has arrived in the mail today. Booklet, slipcover, Bey Logan commentary, trailer (non theatrical) and interview with Godfrey Ho. The interview with Godfrey was not long enough but there were some nice little nuggets of information contained within. Liked his story about why Bruce Lee did not sign up with Shaw Brothers. And, he also talked about the rift between Shaws and Chen Kuan-tai regarding money and the contract they had. Pretty solid release from 88 Films but I wish that they would try to get the original theatrical trailers instead of those made-for-home-video ones that are featured. 

Edited April 15, 2017 by reason108

[ShawAngela]

13 minutes ago, reason108 said:

Liked his story about why Bruce Lee did not sign up with Shaw

Yes, I watched it too and, from what I heard (as everybody here knows, now, it's easier for me to read English than to hear it), it seems to me that Bruce Lee refused to sign at Shaws' because Chang Cheh didn't want to use him as the number one actor and no one else...

And the comment on Chen Kuan Tai was a new information for me too.

[De Ming Li]

I would ideally love for Bewitched to be one of the upcoming titles, and of course Boxer's Omen for the fantasy/horror side of things. As for martial arts, how about The Black Tavern?

[Asmo]

On 4/12/2017 at 9:07 PM, reason108 said:

I have never seen a security tag like that in my life. Is that just a UK thing?

I bought a BD here, as recently as last year, and it used that kind of tag. But we also tend to use the other kinds. Though, half of the time, when buying DVDs/BDs, the store staff forget to unlock the tags.

[ShawAngela]

I agree 100% with Black Tavern !!

[reason108]

Black Tavern would be awesome but has it received a HD upgrade yet? More than likely, we are going to get more of the titles that have already seen a wider release and are more well known. 

[thekfc]

57 minutes ago, reason108 said:

More than likely, we are going to get more of the titles that have already seen a wider release and are more well known. 

Thinking the same thing too - the better known movies which had a previous wider release.

On the martial arts side we already have 2 Venoms movies (3 if you count 5EN), so hoping to see a change with a Ti Lung or a Fu Sheng movie. Would be nice if they give us Gang Master.

[Killer Meteor]

On 15/04/2017 at 10:55 PM, ShawAngela said:

Yes, I watched it too and, from what I heard (as everybody here knows, now, it's easier for me to read English than to hear it), it seems to me that Bruce Lee refused to sign at Shaws' because Chang Cheh didn't want to use him as the number one actor and no one else...

And the comment on Chen Kuan Tai was a new information for me too.

 Can you imagine the combination of Chang's homoeroticism and Bruce's narcissm? Boy, that would have been something to see!

[Ronin]

I just received the SEEDING OF A GHOST blu-ray and I am 99.9% sure that my disc is in Cantonese. It was unavailable for a little while, so my guess is that 88 Films fixed the audio when a new pressing was needed. I was quite surprised.

[De Ming Li]

1 hour ago, Ronin said:

I just received the SEEDING OF A GHOST blu-ray and I am 99.9% sure that my disc is in Cantonese. It was unavailable for a little while, so my guess is that 88 Films fixed the audio when a new pressing was needed. I was quite surprised.

I bought it earlier and like everyone received the Mandarin track, so I wonder is there any way of getting this proper Cantonese version from 88 without having to buy it again? After all, it was advertised to contain the Cantonese track so the ethical thing for them would be to reimburse those of us who still want it.

Edited April 22, 2017 by De Ming Li

[Karlos]

7 hours ago, Ronin said:

I just received the SEEDING OF A GHOST blu-ray and I am 99.9% sure that my disc is in Cantonese. It was unavailable for a little while, so my guess is that 88 Films fixed the audio when a new pressing was needed. I was quite surprised.

Interesting!

[Ronin]

12 hours ago, De Ming Li said:

I bought it earlier and like everyone received the Mandarin track, so I wonder is there any way of getting this proper Cantonese version from 88 without having to buy it again? After all, it was advertised to contain the Cantonese track so the ethical thing for them would be to reimburse those of us who still want it.

Since they have made no mention of the fix, I doubt they are planning a replacement program. A small company like 88 may not be able to take the hit of shipping out discs to all the original buyers, but you never know.