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  • Originally posted by stinty View Post
    The lack of subs has been a mild irritation, but if you hunt around, these discs can be picked up quite cheaply.
    Oh, yes, and when I have some more spare cash I'll undoubtedly pick them up - but had they included English subs, I'd definitely have prioritised them over other releases that I've bought during the past six months or so.
    'You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow'

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    'All explaining in movies can be thrown out, I think': Elmore Leonard

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    • Originally posted by Paul L View Post
      Oh, yes, and when I have some more spare cash I'll undoubtedly pick them up - but had they included English subs, I'd definitely have prioritised them over other releases that I've bought during the past six months or so.
      Paul, there are a few that have subs

      Downtown
      Slaves
      Ilsa
      Wicked women
      Barbed wire dolls
      Lalala76
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      Last edited by Lalala76; 01-20-2014, 07:49 PM.

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      • Is Barbed Wire Dolls up anywhere for pre-order yet?

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        • Originally posted by Lalala76 View Post
          Artwork for Barbed wire dolls
          ....
          Good news is that the release seems to have both English dub and subs.
          Originally posted by Paul L View Post
          That'll be the first of these that I'm purchasing, then :)

          The lack of English subtitles has put me off buying a few others in this series of Blu-rays - at least until they fall in price.


          Originally posted by Lalala76 View Post
          Paul, there are a few that have subs

          Downtown
          Slaves
          Ilsa
          Wicked women
          Barbed wire dolls

          Yes, but aren't the English subtitles put on over a NEW voice track, as opposed to the original 1970s voice track?
          "I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
          - Raymond Chandler, 1939.

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          • Originally posted by Richard--W View Post
            Yes, but aren't the English subtitles put on over a NEW voice track, as opposed to the original 1970s voice track?
            Not that I'm aware of. The English dub may be a new voice track, but the German dub is the original I think.

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            • Originally posted by stinty View Post
              Is Barbed Wire Dolls up anywhere for pre-order yet?
              Not yet Stinty, Dtm.at will have it up first, but Diabolikdvd have been pretty sharp when it comes to pre-orders. Will keep checking for you.

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              • My understanding is that ALL the voice tracks -- German, French, Spanish, English -- are newly recorded voices on the Ascot - VIP releases.
                "I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
                - Raymond Chandler, 1939.

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                • Originally posted by Richard--W View Post
                  My understanding is that ALL the voice tracks -- German, French, Spanish, English -- are newly recorded voices on the Ascot - VIP releases.
                  for what its worth, its the same as the dvds issued prior, if that affects your purchasing. But I have to say, you're missing out on some quality looking blu-rays.

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                  • Oh, I'll get them. They're just not a priority because the original voice track, and with it the integrity of the films, has not been respected. I'm disappointed in Ascot Elite. It is inconceivable to me that a distributor would do such a thing to a film.
                    "I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
                    - Raymond Chandler, 1939.

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                    • Originally posted by Richard--W View Post
                      Oh, I'll get them. They're just not a priority because the original voice track, and with it the integrity of the films, has not been respected. I'm disappointed in Ascot Elite. It is inconceivable to me that a distributor would do such a thing to a film.
                      I understand, but I think you may just have to accept these things. You have to remember they were restored in conjunction with Dietrich, so I don't think you will see them released by anybody else.

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                      • I picked up Oasis of the Zombies on Blu but haven't watched it yet.
                        "My mouth is laughing but my mind is not." -Me, I said that.

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                        • Originally posted by slizwiz View Post
                          I picked up Oasis of the Zombies on Blu but haven't watched it yet.
                          Looks good in the main, but the film, oh boy!!! Actually the last 25 minutes is quite effective, its just that it takes so long to get going. Just remember to look out for the Head on a stick!!!

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                          • Originally posted by Lalala76 View Post
                            Looks good in the main, but the film, oh boy!!! Actually the last 25 minutes is quite effective, its just that it takes so long to get going. Just remember to look out for the Head on a stick!!!
                            The Spanish version is the way to go with OASIS... but sadly it's unavailable on English-friendly DVD. Was hoping Redemption's Blu might include it as an extra, but no dice...
                            Originally posted by Lalala76 View Post
                            Paul, there are a few that have subs

                            Downtown
                            Slaves
                            Ilsa
                            Wicked women
                            Barbed wire dolls
                            I knew about DOWNTOWN, which I've been meaning to buy now that the Christmas gift-giving splurge is over. Will definitely get BARBED WIRE DOLLS; didn't know the ILSA film had English subs, but then I'm not a huge fan of that particular picture.

                            In fact, I might order DOWNTOWN now! :)
                            'You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow'

                            http://www.paul-a-j-lewis.com (my photography website)
                            'All explaining in movies can be thrown out, I think': Elmore Leonard

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                            • In fact, I might order DOWNTOWN now!
                              Good man :)

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                              • A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD opens with a shot of a small fishing boat docked at pier in what I assume is the Atlantic ocean. A couple of more shots of the water, and the camera is in motion, toward screen left. Then we are in a car driving along the coast, still moving toward the left, past beaches and fishing villages. The cutting becomes more rapid, the motion faster, as Bruno Nicolai's technopop score builds in tension. Then we are looking out the front window of the car as it accelerates down the road. Then bump! the motion comes to an abrupt stop and the camera starts panning in the opposite direction, disorienting us. When the pan ends, cut to the interior of a rundown hotel. Although we haven't seen a driver or an arrival, our protagonist has just arrived. Franco is trying to create the feeling of someone rushing toward something awful, but it doesn't quite jell because we don't see an emoting face, and the rush doesn't result in anything so much as taper off. The only thing the opening has to do with the story that follows is in generating a feeling of rushing toward something awful. Geographically, the story takes place somewhere else. Yet I love this opening. I just replayed it four times. It is pictorial. It moves. It has atmosphere and some kind of primitive style. And it's in focus. Maybe that's enough. Or maybe I just love driving along the coast of Portugal.
                                Richard--W
                                a straight arrow
                                Last edited by Richard--W; 01-23-2014, 03:34 PM.
                                "I've been to college, but I can still speak English when business demands it."
                                - Raymond Chandler, 1939.

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