Shout Factory Has Gone Completely Insane || Releasing 40 Shaw Brothers Movies in 5 Months?!
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never going to read another Shaw Bros martial arts synopsis without applying it to porn ... thanks man.
😂 😂 😂 I don't mean to ruin everything, but sometimes I can't help myself
More Jackie from Criterion too!!! Man what a great time to be a fan of Hong Kong cinema!!!
Amazing time to be a fan! That Jackie set is so weird and random, I kind of love it. I have a video on that one coming out today!
I have all 3 Shaw Brothers boxset from Shout Factory, they are doing an awesome job, this is a good time to be a fan of Asian cinema.
It is most certainly an amazing time to be a fan of these films, the releases are coming fast and furious, and so many classic films are arriving in the best versions we've ever seen. I'm thinking very seriously about picking up this Ti Lung David Chiang set just to check out one of the Shout boxes, although the Shaw Classic Vol 3 set looks pretty fantastic too. Hard to decide between those two!
I've gotta lay out on these.
Shawscope 1&2 are definitely enough for now. 😅
In a perfect world I would get them all just to have the movies. In the real world, I have none of them 😂. I'm super interested in this Ti Lung David Chiang Chang Cheh set but not sure it's worth the cost with so much other stuff coming out this year.
I have SB Classics vol 1 (vol 2 is being delivered today) and the Brave Archer Collection - no complaints at all - great selection of films, the picture and audio quality is good, and the packaging is nice. If you're a SB freak like me, these are must-owns. The Lung/Chiang set was pricey, but I found a way to pay for it.
Pretty sure the number listed on shout factory is the number of the first 600 releases that will include the poster... No way they sold almost 2500 sets already when it's a site exclusive.
Yeah I assumed it's the edition of 600 that's counting down
I was going to order it this morning, but when I saw the cost including shipping I passed. At that time, it was saying they had 300+ copies still available.
@@Rando1975Yeah it's really expensive. I suspect they're making these webstore exclusives to keep the prices high. I wonder if they paid a lot for the licesnses and have to charge a lot to justify the investment.
Somebody needs to rip all these beautiful restorations and put them online for us poor kids. I too have completely spent my wallet on new releases recently. They need to slow down!!!!
Someone commented the other day that all of the movies in these sets are available on Apple for I think $3.99 each. So that's a much more economical way to see them.
I must have missed this video! Man, Shout has been killing it, because of course there’s now 4 volumes of SB classics plus the Brave Archer set plus the Ti Lung/David Chiang set. HOLY SHIT. All I have so far are SB Classics Vol 1 and Ti Lung/David Chiang. Only four more sets to go! YIKES
At least I also have both volumes of Shawscope from Arrow and the entire 88 Films numbered SB Blu collection too. Gotta get all the Shaws! 🤓
I think these Shout releases are quality .I have no idea if the cuts have had any work done on them, but the films on the first box look glorious.
Their releae schedule is bonkers, volume 3 is out the month after the Ti Lung and David Chaing set and by the end of the year I reckon we will see volume 4. That will bring the number up to 60 plus films since April.
I've heard such conflicting reports on these sets, even in this comments section, it's really interesting. I'm very curious to check one out myself just to see what they're like. I'm a big fan of Ti Lung and David Chiang, and Chang Cheh was such a mad man, this might be the one that does it for me.
@@hkcinemasociety I have got a majority of the films in this set, some on German Blu-ray and they are a mixed bunch to be honest. I wasn't expecting to love Shout's volume 1 box as much as I do, as its the period I don't like most, but there are some surprisingly good films in it, Bells of death is just outstanding.
Chang Cheh is Shaw's best known director, overseeing a ridiculous number of films, so quality fluctuates. What is interesting to me is Shout aren't releasing any films by Lau Kar-leung, I know Arrow and 88 films have picked up a majority of them but even so it's a bit of an omission. Whether to buy or not is a matter of what you are after, I am a huge Shaw fan - I have nearly all of their wuxia films so I will always go for these releases over anything else. I live in Scotland, so it is a pain the only ship to the states, I am lucky that my sister outlaw still likes me so I can get these sets, even if it means I have to eat lentils every day for a month.
Getting this preorder and this one is crazy STACKED with some of the best Shaw Brothers movies ever made and English dub as well along with Chinese languages WOWWWWWW can't wait 👊🏾Bammmmm
There are some absolute gems in this set. I'm really hoping to pick this one up just to try out these Shout releases.
as a long time Shaw Brothers fan I have to buy em all - but my gripes with the Iron Triangle set is the price increase and making it a website only exclusive makes it difficult for our friends overseas. Either way some great movies in this set along with the other Shout Classic SB sets
yeah the price on this one is freaking insane. I'm very seriously considering picking it up because i want to check out at least one of these Shout sets and this is the most tempting to me so far, but damn, they need to calm down on the cost
Yes I will buy all shaws
@@hkcinemasociety this set (compared to some of the other Shout ones) has a bit more of the 'contemporary' movies so you may appreciate those more than the wuxia and kung fu stuff.... tho for me my favorite era is probably the later Venom mob stuff mostly cause that's what I watched on repeats all the time as a kid on TV
I think packages of shaws are amazing blu rays are amazing I have vol 1,2 and brave archer , hope 4,5,6 comes next
I have heard four will be out before the end of the year, so that will be 60+ Shaw movies released by Shout in something like eight months, which is just insane to me. I wonder if they have plans for more volumes. I'd be curious to know.
It's a good year for these releases but I'm still waiting on Chinese Ghost Trilogy. Not going to hold my breath. But it's on my wishlist
Hopefully someday soon!
Shout just updated their website and 8 of the 11 films now have the english dub including Clan Of The White Lotus. 😀😀😀
I used to have 90 kung fu movies on VHS in 1995 SB and Ocean Shores, Golden Harvest.
Now 2023 I have Arrow Video Shaw Scope Volume one and Two on 10-disk digitally remastered in 4k. i have To Kill a mastermind on dvd also. Kou Chui is my favorite fighter and also many others. I cant wait until Shaw Scope Volume 3 10 disk blu-ray to hopefully include the following...
Killer Army
Two Champions of Shoalin
Flag of iron
Spearman of death
Chinese Super Ninjas
Shoalin Mantis
Sword stained with royal blood
Brave Archer 1,2,3,4
Masked Avengers
Kung fu warlords
Ode to Gallantry
Killer Constable
Lion vs Lion
And many more!!
Can't wait for the Shawscope Vol 3 announcement! I actually gave away my copies of Shawscope vol 1 and 2 (long story), so I'm very happy Arrow is putting out those same discs on smaller sets, will be a good way to re-collect everything. I'm seriously considering this Ti Lung David Chiang Chang Cheh set, but the cost is a bit steep!
I wonder what arrow will do and 88 if anything with shaws . Shout factory is amazing giving us many shaws . I preorder both
Insane release schedule
Seriously, it's completely insane
The holidays are going to be great
I think you missed out on the Shaw Brothers Classics Volume 3 set that is out in October, so that is four expensive box sets from June to October, or in five months + the Brave Archer set in April.
Being a compeltist(, I started pre-ordering the 88 Films Shaw Brothers Blurays with Chinese Boxer and did not start watching before I had gotten all of the previous ones), I don't think I am going to be able to buy Shout! Factory's Classics set.
There are so many Hong Kong films I want to get, and I am buying the HK Blurays of some that are not available in UK/US editions, that I cannot really justify to myself spending that much money on the Shaw Classics sets.
I have no idea what they are doing with the release schedule they have set, it just makes zero sense to me to release expensive box sets every other month.
But, then again, maybe they are not that bothered with them selling?
Last I checked the Brave Archer set was still a way from selling the 2000 copies they have for sale.
I would really love to know how many copies of the Shaw Classics sets have been made, and if there will be second pressings of them.
I don't remember them being advertised as limited editions.
I honestly didn't see Vol 3 listed on the Shout website when I did this video last week. I somehow completely missed that one. Some pretty good movies in that set, as well. Regarding the release schedule, one theory I've heard is they got a limited time license, so they have to get everything out before that time expires. That's just a theory though, I honestly have no idea why they're releasing so many movies so quickly.
I agree it's a really tough time for the average fan who isn't rolling in money, there's just too much coming out. There's no way I could afford any of this stuff if we didn't have money coming in from Google ads and Patreon, in addition to stuff I get sent to review. It's impossible to keep up with everything these days.
Yes they are releasing these but at the bare bones minimum with high prices. Some only have one audio track. It's great they are releasing all these films but not doing it with care.
I'm on the fence about they way they're releasing these. I love lavish packaging and tons of bonus material as much as the next fan, but at the same time, there's so much coming out right now, I basically never have time to watch bonus materail. If I weren't reviewing releases for RUclips I don't think I'd ever watch another bonus feature again, I'd rather just spend my time watching movies. So, I get that it would be better to have these releases treated like the Arrow sets, but if I'm being total honest and pratical, it doesn't make that much of a difference to me.
I think ill skip my car payment this month and buy all 3 shaw collection sets.
Who needs a car if you're sitting at home all day watching Shaw Brothers movies?
i got it thanks man.
I'm thinking pretty seriously about picking this one up, gotta pinch my pennies for a few months though to save up the funds, it's not cheap!
Ive gotten a lot of shout factory stuff, though not a lot of their hong kong stuff but Im always happy with what I get from them.
I really like the releases of theirs I have, which are mostly horror. They do those amazing lavish releases of John Carpenter films, the Halloween series, the Friday the 13th set. But I haven't checked out any of the HK stuff yet.
Well, I'm glad I cleared shelf space.
I'm at the point of needing another house
Are these boxed sets have repeats of the other shaw brothers sets?? If so that could be a problem.
I don't know for sure, because so many Shaw movies have come out in sets in the past year, but if Shout set is region a and arrow is releasing their sets in region a, I think it would be impossible for them to have repeats because they can't both have the license for the same film for the same region
Yeah there are so many sets coming out just for Shaw Brothers it’s unbearably great!
when i ordered mine shout had just over 200 in stock this one is going fast boys get it be its gone
I wonder how many standard editions there will be after they sell out of the ones with the limited edition poster. I think they did maybe 2000 standard copies of the other sets? Or is this one strictly limited and not coming out in two different versions?
@@hkcinemasociety i think its like the brave archer set that once its gone its gone sadly ps yes shout has 201 in stock and that is it the poster was for 600 sets only so its gone just the set is left so get it fast boys.
And Criterion just announced a big Jackie Chan set today... WTF 😂
Literally just finished recording av ideo about that set. Good lord these labels need to calm down.
@@hkcinemasociety they're killing us!! But I guess it's a good way to die lol... Oh and btw I just came back from seeing Enter the Dragon at the cinema - a must-have experience for sure!!
@@84paratizeI saw this past Sunday as well, looks amazing on big screen and sounds even better... the movie itself is still my least favorite Bruce Lee film though
@@84paratize A great way to die!
I'm jealous of everyone seeing Enter the Dragon in theaters. I watched the Blu-ray this week to celebrate the 50th anniversar,y it was my first time seeing that movie in 20 years and it was definitely a revelatory experience for me.
Honestly, you should just contact the Shout Factory publicity department and ASK!
I am betting that they would be absolutely stoked to send you stuff to have you pimp it out on the RUclips channel. You have a decent following and we are all enthusiasts.
I was actually put in touch with the PR person at Shout who handled their Jackie Chan box sets and the most they were willing to send me was press releases, and on the same day the press releases were posted publicly on social media, so it wasn't particularly helpful. No disrepsect to them, they don't need me to promote their releases, they're doing fine, and they were perfectly nice and police with me, but I got the impression they're not at all interested.
Now, to be fair, I never do ask for free copies of movies, because that feels a little bit presumptous to me. Whenever I reach out to labels, I tell them I'd love to promote their releases and would be willing to post and discuss anything they can send me. So maybe I need to be more agressive about it. but honestly, it's not the end of the world, I have too much stuff to review as it is now, withough 50 Shaw Bros movies flying at my face 🤣
I’m going to do a little research to see how the Shout sets differ from the Arrow sets. The Arrow sets seem to have a lot of exclusive bonus and commentary and elaborate packing.
Yeah the Arrow sets are loaded with bonus material, artwork for each film, detailed booklets, etc. From what I understand the Shout sets have basically no bonus material at all. That being said, I don't have time to watch bonus material most of the time anyway, so even though I'd rather have all the bells and whistles, practically speaking, it makes no difference to me. However, I'm just me, and most fans i suspect want all the bonus material.
@@hkcinemasociety yeah I’m a bonus kinda vato.😎🕺
Now it’s delayed until November now . Yikes
Is there any crossover between the Arrow Shawscope boxes and the Shout Factory sets?
I don't think so, but there are so many movies released between the two labels i don't honestly know for sure. I think there are close to 75 movies between Shawscopes 1 and 2 and the five Shout sets announced thus far.
Have you got any of these shoutfactory releases??
I don't have any of these. I have very few Shout releases in general, mostly Halloween and John Carpenter and Friday the 13, but I do love those releases.
What 40 movies ?🤤😯😮😍😉
If you check out the Shout Factory website, they have everything listed by set. There are, I believe, five box sets currently for sale, with a total of something like 51 movies across them, and there's apparently at least one more coming out before the end of the year.
Are there English dub
As per the Shout website, each movie will have a Mandarin audio track and an English audio track, so it looks like yes
I don't have any of the Shout! Shaw Brothers sets. They really are mixed bags and they are all the Celestial remasters, as far as I know, no new work was done on them. If someone knows otherwise please correct me if I'm wrong. The Ti Lung/David Chiang set has got some bangers on it though and of course it's a limited, website only set. So a HUGE fuck you to Shout! Factory for that as I have no cash and will likely miss out on it. The Brave Archer set is thankfully, not one I'm interested in as they represent some of the worst Venoms Mob stuff out there and Fu Sheng being super annoying. Daddy is cranky today...
I've heard that Shout has done some digital touching up on some of the movies they've put into their sets, but I don't think they're working with brand new top-of-the-line remasters. I don't know any of that for sure, though.
They're doing a lot of website exclusives with these sets, it seems like. I wonder if that's because they want the highest price they can charge and they know Amazon etc will drop the price forcing them to do the same and the profit margin won't be as high? I'd be interested to know the rationale behind the decision.
Don't be cranky daddy!
@@hkcinemasociety Damn you Will and your logical approach to things. I am a creature of emotion currently coiled around my empty wallet sobbing like a newborn...
I was going to order the Ti Lung/David Chiang set this morning, but with shipping it was around $270. And I'm not sure if that was U.S. or Canadian dollars. Either way I justify spending that amount of money. I did get the Classic sets, with #2 arriving last week and I'll order #3 later.
@@Rando1975 Holy hell is that like $100 for shipping? I would imagine it's uS since it's a US company. I say it was listed at $179 on the website. That's super high to me even though it's a ton of movies. But since it's a website exclusive, they don't really have much reason to bring the price down because they won't be creating any competition by allowing sellers like Amazon to low ball their own webstore.
@@hkcinemasociety I'm thinking it's Canadian dollars, as when I was on the site this morning, it was listed at about $230 or so with about $35 shipping. Either way, too much for me.
Shaw Brothers Classics Vol 3 could be where they start to lose me. One of the movies in the set (CLAN OF THE WHITE LOTUS) doesnt have the english dub and that dub is famous for a bunch of lines that were used in Wu Tang clan songs. I think there are a lot of people that are gonna buy that set expecting it to be there and they are going to be upset when they realize that its not. People may view these sets as incomplete and avoid future releases. I hope Shout fixes this but i don't think there's enough time.
I didn't even realize Vol 3 was coming out until today. There are some great movies in that set. I've seen about half of them and the ones I've seen are all bangers. I imagine the hardcore fans will definitely be upset about the dub not being on there, but I would guess a fair number of people buying the releases coming out these days are new fans or people who otherwise probably aren't too bothered with not getting the famous Wu Tang sampled dialogue. I'd be curious to see how people react to this knowledge.
The transfers of these movies are not good!! Seems screenfactory got these licenses want put them out asap!! And make money before superior overseas versions comes out!! With proper transfers..
I've heard conflicting accounts on this, some people have told me they look great, others have told me they're disappointed. I'm curious to check one of these sets out just to see what the deal is, and the Ti Lung David Chiang set seems like a good place to start. I love Ti Lung, big fan of David Chiang, Chang Cheh was a madman, and there are some great films in here.
That's totally whats happening here . . With as quick as these are coming out there's no way in hell they are restoring every single movie that comes out in every set. They are NOT vinegar syndrome
@@ilkvomit88 I believe it says on the Shout website that they're using masters provided by Celestial, so they're definitely not getting access to original materials and scanning and remastering anything themselves. but I have no idea what the quality of the material is provided by Celestial. I'd be curious to know what they're working with.
@@hkcinemasociety if that's the case I have a feeling that they might just be slightly better than the old Dragon Dynasty DVDs because if I remember correctly alot of those were celestial
Lazy releases w more than half not giving the English Dub options🤦🏻♂️ these are SB flicks, who doesn't wanna be able to watch the Eng Dub versions, all those who jumped the gun and ordered wo looking into I'm sure are gonna act like they don't care, Shout needs to pass the torch to a company who will do these titles justice Arrow or 88