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karlwikman
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32 Posts
7/03
Posted - Dec 7 2003 : 3:52PM
I recently purchased two DVD titles from Evil Empire; Flesh Hunter 5 by Jules Jordan, and Crack Her Jack 1 by John Leslie. I am used to their products having the very highest image quality, but these two titles were horrible.

It looks as if the frame-rate has been reduced to under 20 frames per second, because all quick movements result in heavy pixelation and hacking.

I wonder if they have been remastered or badly copied, because the boxes say thet they are distributed by
Paradise Film Entertainment
www.paradise-film.de - which would mean that the boxes I bought were brought to Europe by a middle man.

I would strongly recommend other europeans to stay away from Evil Empire titles on this label, and I would suggest to any Evil Empire employees that happen to read this that you look into the quality of the products of your distributors. This kind of quality problem will certainly make potential costomers stay clear from buying your products again.

Sincerely
//Karl Wikman, Sweden

Topic Moved by - MLyons on Dec 9 2003

Ramsey
Senior Member

Trina Michaels fan
10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Dec 7 2003 : 3:58PM
Always stay away from European distributors of American movies, it's better to buy them directly from the US as in buying the original version. There's a lot of quality loss with the transfers I have noticed.
tricia_devereaux
Evil Angel DVD

Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous?
4283 Posts
4/00
Posted - Dec 7 2003 : 7:01PM
I will have alot more to say about this in January. Until then I would suggest that people research the product that they are preparing to buy.
camaban
Member

Germany
437 Posts
8/03
Posted - Dec 8 2003 : 6:18AM
Paradise Film Entertainment produce the typical German porn crap. All stuff I ever see from German porn companies, which are transfered from an originate US-Version (NTSC to PAL) have really bad picture quality.

Paradise Film also have the impudence to cut the last scene completely out of the movie. So I think the last scene from Flesh Hunter 5 (it's the second scene with Jules and Charmane Star) isn't in the Paradise-Version.

Tricia, I am anxious for what you announce us on January. I hope that this shit company can't longer distribute Evil Angel titles.

Ramsey
Senior Member

Trina Michaels fan
10332 Posts
10/02
Posted - Dec 8 2003 : 7:26AM
I'm guessing Evil Angel will have a stricter policy when it comes to releasing Evil Angel movies in Europe.

Here in Holland Shiva/Night Trips releases almost all Evil Angel movies and the quality is good but they remove all the extras when they do the transfer and I think that kind of sucks because most Buttman movies have a lot of extra footage. The extra footage of Tricia in Buttman's Toy Stories for example is worth the DVD alone ;-)

This is the reason why I buy my movies directly from the US.

 
karlwikman
Member

32 Posts
7/03
Posted - Dec 9 2003 : 12:39PM
Hi Tricia,

Thanx for replying. I'm afraid I bought these flicks on the Evil Empire good name, and because I like the directors. I said in my post that I have never before experienced any problems with Evil's products, and that I am used to them having the very highest quality. Now, these boxes looked like regular Evil titles, with the Evil Empire logo in the right corner, and cover design as usual. It was not until I came home and watched them that I looked more closely and saw the fine print, and that I had bought a copy. And I really didn't expect titles that were this new to be available other than in original!

What will happen in January, that you will have more to say on the topic then?

Love your work, by the way ;) Wish there were more scenes to be found!

//Karl

Martymaster
Member

126 Posts
9/02
Posted - Dec 9 2003 : 2:02PM
Hey Karl,where in Sweden are you from?
I have also bought one with bad quality in Sweden,and from now on I will make sure that it is the real deal before I buy them.
Bill All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

5334 Posts
6/00
Posted - Dec 9 2003 : 8:18PM
It's probably fair to assume that some of the international distribution deals that EA has will expire at the end of the year. It would be unprofessional of Tricia to speak badly of a business partner (while they are still business partners).

But, that's just my assumption.

Jules_Jordan_Saviour
Member

Adelaide,Australia
81 Posts
8/03
Posted - Dec 11 2003 : 2:37AM
i bought a copy of Fleshhunter 5 myself and the dvd audio and picture quality is awesome. I live in australia but i believe that this copy is an import from the states, as they are no other labels on the disc or cover except for evil angel, i once bought i film on vhs from a different store and picture quality was poor, its was just like the tape was dubbed as i am quite certain it is, because the mail order companies logo is all over the cover and the date that i bought the tape is marked on the label of the tape.
karlwikman
Member

32 Posts
7/03
Posted - Jan 1 2004 : 12:40PM
Happy New Year, Tricia!

'tis January now, and I would love to hear you say more about this... Has your contract with this distributor expired now?

Regards
//Karl

tricia_devereaux
Evil Angel DVD

Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous?
4283 Posts
4/00
Posted - Jan 2 2004 : 5:49PM
OK, I've confirmed that our sales manager has discussed this thoroughly with our European distributors, and he's told me it's fine to pre-release this news: we'll be exclusively selling US-made DVD pieces of 2004 and later Evil Angel titles into Europe.

There will be exceptions to this because, among other reasons, there are a couple of European countries where porn movies often have to be re-edited to pass a release board's approval. This includes the UK due to their classification board.

We believed that many of the dissatisfaction of the DVDs of some European distributors had much to deal with the fact that each country/territory has a much smaller market than Europe as a whole, and therefore the DVD manufacturer for that country had to be more budget-conscious.

As we sell the US-version DVD pieces into Europe, we will continue to do business with our current distributors. The thing that will change is that instead of making their own DVD for their own country, they will be distributing the American-made DVD.

This will take effect with our titles starting with our January 2004 releases. Nothing will change for the movies which were released before that.
camaban
Member

Germany
437 Posts
8/03
Posted - Jan 8 2004 : 5:35AM
Hello Tricia,

does this mean that there's no transfer from NTSC to PAL, that the chapters, the Fetish Menu and all extra footage is also available on this European version? And are these DVDs originally printed in the USA?

Edited by - camaban on 1/8/2004 5:46:47 AM

mrbluelouboyle All-Star Supporter
All-Star Member

mrbluelouboyle and Alexis Tae
1335 Posts
12/03
Posted - Jan 9 2004 : 12:32AM
I had a different problem recently with Ass Worship 3, and Buttman and Roccos Brazillian Buttfest , both discs froze and wouldnt play the final chapters of the disc. I tried them on my home DVD player and my computer DVD player, same problem on both players. I've tried other discs in the player and no problems. Im returning the discs, one store will only give me a refund, and the other store will replce the disc with a new one. I bought both from different online stores. Hopefully no problems with my future purchases. This hasnt discouraged me from purchasing future discs from Evil Angel. Ive purchased Flesh Hunter 1,2,and 6 without any problems. I just wonder if anyone else had this problem also?
Doolittle
Member

Netherlands
109 Posts
8/03
Posted - Jan 11 2004 : 11:52AM
This is music to my ears. After purchasing a chopped copy of Hardball 12 here in the Netherlands (all extra footing was missing, for instance), I have only bought some EA titles from the US. I probably will continue to do so, with better prices and a very cheap dollar right now. Still, EA gaining more control over the quality of their exported product is a very good thing. I will miss the Dutch subtitlings, though
tricia_devereaux
Evil Angel DVD

Patience is a virtue, but who wants to be virtuous?
4283 Posts
4/00
Posted - Jan 14 2004 : 12:28AM
camaban -
the thing is, there won't be a different version for Europe. It will be the exact same thing that Evil Angel sells in the US.
Same DVD master, so it will have the chapters, the fetish menu and extras.
 
Sir Noel Plum
Senior Studmuffin

1001 Posts
2/03
Posted - Jan 15 2004 : 8:50AM
Tricia,

This is something I've come across with a Harmony distributed copy of Roccos Initiations #4. I wonder though, why all the original menu structure and extras have to be hacked out? As far as I am aware the BBFC have nothing against menus and extras on dvds! Someone on another board suggested that the BBFC charge per minute of footage for classification and this may be why the extras are hacked away. I just wondered if you knew whether this is true or whether the reason lies elsewhere?

Also, if I may hijack this thread for a moment and steer it slightly off-topic, I note in 'Buttmans Big Butt Backdoor Babes #3' a scene with Katia where a glass/acrylic butt plug is used with a 'Buttman' logo on the side. Assuming this is not a one-off product I was surprised as I could not see it for sale on your website. I wonder if this, perhaps along with Skronkers newly prized beer cooler, are liable to be available in the future? I am sure there is more potential in peripheral EA product sales than is currently exploited (I recall a thread regarding new EA branded clothing sometime last year but no new products seem to have surfaced).

SNP.

Simple Simon
Senior Member

12302 Posts
2/15
Posted - Nov 29 2021 : 9:04PM
I recently got a DVD of Gobble The Goop 3 from an American seller, and the quality is terrible. Look, it's probably the same as VHS at the time, but looking at it now it's actually very difficult to watch.

The year is 2007, and I've got plenty of DVD's from that and earlier dates and quality is DVD quality.

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