Comments on: Welcome to RONIN ON EMPTY! http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/roninonempty/?p=6 Musings from the Edge of Forever Sat, 11 Jul 2026 07:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: mike johnson http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/roninonempty/?p=6#comment-8 mike johnson Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:45:48 +0000 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/roninonempty/?p=6#comment-8 Yes, you are right. That's not my real name. I am at work right now and not doing anything productive, so I thought it would be nice to leave you a note...hmmm looking forward to your reviews, and yes the two-tape thing was really annoying and such a rip-off. Back then, the only way I could watch the latest Hong Kong movies was to rent them from a chinese grocery store but the movies were in mandarin instead of cantonese..strange, isn't it..ok..take care Yes, you are right. That’s not my real name. I am at work right now and not doing anything productive, so I thought it would be nice to leave you a note…hmmm looking forward to your reviews, and yes the two-tape thing was really annoying and such a rip-off. Back then, the only way I could watch the latest Hong Kong movies was to rent them from a chinese grocery store but the movies were in mandarin instead of cantonese..strange, isn’t it..ok..take care

]]> By: Sanney Leung http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/roninonempty/?p=6#comment-6 Sanney Leung Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:00:10 +0000 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/roninonempty/?p=6#comment-6 Greetings Sanjuro, Welcome to the blogging division of the Kozo Entertainment Group. I hope you didn't sign a 18 year contract like I did. TheGoldenRock is exactly right about the two tape system. It was particularly annoying when the movie was less than 90 minutes long and it wasn't that great to begin with. I honestly think it's chinsy crap like that contributed to the current problems with HK cinema. Love the captions you've put under your photos. The Kelly Chen one really cracked me up. Best of luck with the blog and everything else. Greetings Sanjuro,

Welcome to the blogging division of the Kozo Entertainment Group. I hope you didn’t sign a 18 year contract like I did.

TheGoldenRock is exactly right about the two tape system. It was particularly annoying when the movie was less than 90 minutes long and it wasn’t that great to begin with. I honestly think it’s chinsy crap like that contributed to the current problems with HK cinema.

Love the captions you’ve put under your photos. The Kelly Chen one really cracked me up.

Best of luck with the blog and everything else.

]]> By: admin http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/roninonempty/?p=6#comment-5 admin Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:18:13 +0000 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/roninonempty/?p=6#comment-5 Glad to be aboard. Thanks for the info. I always thought the two-tape thing was odd. Glad to be aboard. Thanks for the info. I always thought the two-tape thing was odd.

]]> By: TheGoldenRock http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/roninonempty/?p=6#comment-2 TheGoldenRock Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:10:05 +0000 http://www.lovehkfilm.com/blog/roninonempty/?p=6#comment-2 Whoo-hoo! Welcome to the LHKF blog family, Sanjuro! By the way, the reason those tapes were split in two was for the rental market. Someone had the genius idea that since rentals were based on a per-tape (or per laser-disc, in my experience) basis, a film were charged as a two-tape rental to crank up the revenue. Or I guess they thought the film would look better split on two tapes or something. Who knows? Whoo-hoo! Welcome to the LHKF blog family, Sanjuro!

By the way, the reason those tapes were split in two was for the rental market. Someone had the genius idea that since rentals were based on a per-tape (or per laser-disc, in my experience) basis, a film were charged as a two-tape rental to crank up the revenue.

Or I guess they thought the film would look better split on two tapes or something. Who knows?

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