Mercs Soldier of forture ADDED

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Åsmund_Utvik
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Mercs Soldier of forture ADDED

Post by Åsmund_Utvik »

Mercs Soldier of forture 10 feature film collection
Dvd 1, Movie 1, Side A
Title:Death Raiders 1984
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282429/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_89
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:NTSC
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:None
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (79:34)
Commentaries:
Extras:Nothing
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (B001BBH68Q):
Source:*OWN IT

Dvd 1, Movie 2, Side A
Title:Operation Nam (Cobra Mission) 1986
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0191899/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:NTSC
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:None
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (81:12) Cut?
Commentaries:
Extras:Nothing
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (B001BBH68Q):
Source:*OWN IT


Dvd 1, Side B, Movie 1
Title:Strike Commando
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094059/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:NTSC
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:None
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (88:12)
Commentaries:
Extras:Nothing
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (B001BBH68Q):
Source:*OWN IT

Dvd 1, Side B, Movie 2
Title:Mannigan`s force
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095585/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:NTSC
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:(forced) Chinese subtitles only
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (82:41)
Commentaries:
Extras:Nothing
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (B001BBH68Q):
Source:*OWN IT

Dvd 2, Side A, Movie 1
Title:Fireback 1983
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304014/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:NTSC
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:None
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (88:52) Cut??
Commentaries:
Extras:
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (B001BBH68Q):
Source:*OWN IT

Dvd 2, Side A, Movie 2
Title:Raiders of the magic Ivory
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098118/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:Pal
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:(force) Japanese
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (83:42) Cut?
Commentaries:
Extras:
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (B001BBH68Q):
Source:*OWN IT


Dvd 3, Movie 1
Title:War bus
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901517/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:Pal
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:None
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (79:38)
Commentaries:
Extras:
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (B001BBH68Q):
Source:*OWN IT

Dvd 3, Movie 2
Title:Tiger Joe
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083205/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:2:35:1
(i know someone is claming this is 1:33.1 but it is 1.66:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:Pal
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:Japanese (forced)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (96:11)
Commentaries:
Extras:
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (B001BBH68Q):
Source:*OWN IT

NOTE:No extra on any of the dvds
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Davy_Lee
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture

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Åsmund, you missed two films:

Disc 2 - Side 2 - Film 1
The Last Mercenary (1985)

Disc 2 - Side 2 - Film 2
Soldier of Fortune (1990) --> What a coincidence you missed this one :)

I would have grabbed this set years ago were it not for the blurry bootlegged VideoAsia video quality.
*N=New to collection :-D, U=Upgrade :), DD=Double Dipping :wink:, R=Replacement for damaged disc :-?



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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture

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Uff good that you told me this. Thanks alot. I will fix this when i get home
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture

Post by Åsmund_Utvik »

Well i would not called it a bootleg. It is public display rls but the quality is from VHS and several of this movies are not rls anywhere els.
I did get it mostly because of Tiger joe
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture

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Disc 2, Side 2, Film 1
Title:The Last Mercenary
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063037/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:NTSC
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:No subtitles
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (88:34)
Commentaries:
Extras:Nothing
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (UK, French, German, USA releases only):
Source:*OWN IT

Disc 2, Side, Film 2
Title:Soldier of fortune 1990
IMDB:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094004/?ref_=nm_knf_t1
Country:USA
Region:0
Releasing Studio:Grindhouse experience /Videoasia
Case Type:Keep Case
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Anamorphic?No
PAL or NTSC?:NTSC
Soundtracks:English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Subtitles:Japanese (forced)
Cuts: (and if you know it, precise run time) (93:49)
Commentaries:
Extras:Nothing
Notes:
Easter Eggs:
Amazon ASIN (UK, French, German, USA releases only):
Source:*OWN IT
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture

Post by James-Masaki_Ryan »

Forced Japanese and Chinese subtitles on some of the titles? This is a strange choice for a supposed US release. The subtitle button on the remote doesn't work?
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture FAO Asmund

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It's burnt-in Japanese subtitles sourced from a VHS --> cinemaraiders.blogspot.com/2011/03/mercs.html
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture FAO Asmund

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Yes It's burnt-in Japanese subtitles sourced from a VHS or Digi-Beta.
Well the reason the only source i guess they couldnt find

I dont use the remote. I use a computer to check the subtitles and they cant be removed
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture FAO Asmund

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OK, so they are not Forced but Burned-in.

Rather than couldn't find a source, it seems they just blatantly stole a Japanese VHS copy. Terrible quality...
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture FAO Asmund

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There is no way say they stole it. It could be that they got a Japanese digi-beta source (which is very common in transfer to VHS) and didnt want to spend money make it a into better quality
I know this from for because i know one of the founder of Ec. So bad quality doesnt meant stolen. In spain most Blu-ray is a bootleg but the quality is in many cases perfect.
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture FAO Asmund

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Åsmund_Utvik wrote:There is no way say they stole it. It could be that they got a Japanese digi-beta source (which is very common in transfer to VHS) and didnt want to spend money make it a into better quality
I know this from for because i know one of the founder of Ec. So bad quality doesnt meant stolen. In spain most Blu-ray is a bootleg but the quality is in many cases perfect.
The Japanese are quite strict on their masters, and I find it hard to believe that some companies are willing to license their VHS transfers from 30 years ago to some bargain bin DVD company overseas.

"Soldier of Fortune" was released on VHS in Japan by Toshiba. Again, I find it very unlikely that "Video Asia" legally licensed a 30 year old VHS master from them.
"Raiders of the Magic Ivory" was released on VHS in Japan by Pack-In-Video, which released B-movies and also video games for multiple consoles. They pretty much closed shop in 1996 by Victor-JVC who are not in the film business anymore. So I find that hard for "Video Asia" to legally license the video master.

In discussion of whether to add these grey market titles.
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture FAO Asmund

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In discussion of whether to add these grey market titles >yes you decide
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture IN PROGRESS

Post by James-Masaki_Ryan »

Just a few things I will correct:

The titles you said have forced subtitles are wrong, but are burned-in.

"Mannigan's Force" has burned in Japanese subtitles, not Chinese.

"Raiders of the Magic Ivory", "War Bus" and "Tiger Joe" are in NTSC and not PAL.

"Tiger Joe" is in 2.35:1 non-anamorphic and not 1.33:1 or 1.66:1.
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture IN PROGRESS

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yes you are correct there
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Re: Mercs Soldier of forture IN PROGRESS

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Apologies for the delay. Added all!
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