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  1. 8 hours ago, darcydevenus said:

    I hope so.  I ordered the DVD cut from a Korean site.  I ordered via my korean friend.  Anyways, I am expecting it any time..... It is my christmas present. :'(  I am waiting very... impatiently.  I did get the OST.  I haven't listened to it yet, but it is adorable.  Will post when I get the package together.  I am waiting.  It'll come to my work, so as soon as I get it, I'll post on here, so that people know to start keeping their eyes open. ^^  Here's to waiting even longer......

     

    I am simply bouncing off walls. Every day, I go to work, wondering, 'Is THIS the day?'  Now that they've put up the new tidbits... I'm off my rocker!  I want my drama!!! :'(  I'll keep waiting.  What else can I do?!  SIGH!!! :'( 

    I'm not sure why fans think the DVD is arriving any time soon? They just opened another round of preorders. It's probably going to be months before it's released. 

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  2. 43 minutes ago, seasonsoftheheart32 said:

    Woah it's been a while since I've been here. The timing of this drama meant that I asked my mom for the Bluray Dcut as my birthday present, and she made the order (on the condition that I share it with her, LOL). Considering how many times I've watched it (raw and with multiple versions of English and Chinee subtitles), I think the subtitles don't matter. Also, we won't be able to guarantee the quality of the subtitles they include.

    Just wondering though, for those who have already bought Dcuts before, how good are the official subtitles usually?

    Time to start learning Korean. Does anyone have recommended websites/courses? Preferably free:lol:

    I'm taking this beginner course:

    https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-korean

    It is free unless you want to pay for a certificate at the end. It's a really good class with video lessons, practice worksheets, forum with teacher posting and replying to lesson questions, flash card links, and quizzes with each section. I took a class before so I know some of this already but it's for beginners. 

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  3. 3 hours ago, NhicarT said:

    This is kinda sad...I am not a native Korean speajer and so I really heavily on Google Chrome auto translating the web pages or me cutting and pasting to google translate to understand what is posted. There is a new notice about links (I assume to the boars and also to yes24 being distributed in other sites so they restricted access to associate members (re: new members). It's kinda stupid, shouldnt this team be marketing the DCut more so that there will be more sales/more profit. But no it seems that they want it to be exclusive. What's up with that. Is the DCut team different from the production team? I agree with some of the posts here, there has never been a problem with other DVD boxed sets (DCut or not) with English subs. Heck, they can even partner with sites who already offer translation. Do they seriously really want to make money out this merchandise or not?

    In that case, here is the sales link:

    http://www.yes24.com/campaign/04_DVD/groupBuy/groupBuy.aspx?Eventno=35298083&CategoryNumber=004

    Feel free to share it. Maybe they'll really up their game and ask yes24 to change this too! :D

     

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  4. 3 hours ago, janeeta said:

     

    This is so disgusting. If it weren't for the international involvement, there's would not have been the success that happened. If English fans were sooooo bad, then why did they film in Quebec? Have they not seen the int'l demand and media coverage? Goblin is popular BECAUSE of the int'l fanbase, otherwise it would just be a kdrama that only Koreans would know about. I was speaking to the brand manager at Stylus (the company that makes the Destin necklace) the other day and she was telling me about how majority of their online sales is through Lotte.com (which they use for int'l shipping). That majority of fans who buy it are from OUTSIDE of Korean and even Asian countries. What a rude and selfish thing to say, like seriously. If there's so much of a budget problem with the extras, why don't THEY order more dvds to create a bigger budget. Adding subs wont cost nearly as much and it's just BS.

    Honestly, I've been less than impressed by both the team handling the orders and the commenters. There's strong feelings of foreign resentment and exclusion and its ridiculous that they're alienating such a large audience.

    I got into a long exchange with them last night during which I politely tried to explain our position (more sales = more money = more special goods for everyone) but it deteriorated and I just deleted my messages because the replies were getting out of hand. This morning I saw the admin had removed my post in which I replied to some English fans saying that I don't think an English link is coming and we will need to help each other. She also deleted the replies to my post because they were rude. I never saw them and I don't care to. 

    I've been watching dramas for many years and I was around to see dramabeans.com start up and help provide the subtitles for Dramafever when they were just a startup. I remember a time before torrents when the only way to access dramas was by sharing them with each other. I feel like dramas bring people together and I've met so many wonderful friends through a shared love for dramas. I am way too old to be engaging in these kinds of battles. It makes me sad to see this recent trend of exclusion and exclusivity. It is not only the Daum Cafe for this drama, it's also happening in other Cafe sites. Regardless, I hope that fans of this drama will continue to be supportive and also order the DCut if you are interested. 

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  5. 1 hour ago, oktatwork said:

    Now I'm confused, we need to order first then they will consider? Errr, but that's not how you doing a business, how is it possible for us to buy the DVD when we unable to understand Korean, and they will consider after we order (after they send the DVD to us)? Please correct me if my understanding is wrong here. :crazy: 

    For DCuts the details about what's included comes later so that's normal. The reason is because unlike regular DVDs these are only released if the minimum is met (already confirmed for this one) and then the more orders there are, the more special goods you can negotiate for. You can cancel later if there really are no subs. My friends and I are thinking of making a tutorial for how to register for the DVD site and how to order on yes24. The problem is I don't use FB, twitter, instagram etc so I wouldn't know where to post it. I also think it would be good to track all the orders because otherwise we have no way of confirming if 200 min is met. I'm not sure I trust them to tell us. 

    Also- if anyone is fluent in Chinese and wants to help me translate so we can target that fan group too, that would help so much. Please PM me. Thanks!!

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  6. 16 minutes ago, oktatwork said:

    @starryknights thank you for Director's Cut the link survey, I filled it too. I hope they willing to "listen" to international fans. To think of it, they can milk more money from us if they entertain us :lol:

    Thank you to you and everyone else who filled in the survey. After some pushing, the admin has said that if the international orders reach 200, they will try to request English subs. 200 orders is nothing!! I am working with my friend on making a tutorial for purchasing on yes24. 

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  7. @CatWhiskers the Dcut was confirmed several weeks ago when they released the preorder link on yes24 on 1/20/17. They did do an English survey but this was only posted in Korean on their membership-only cafe and never on any English sites so no one even knew about it. This is the survey they are using to claim that international fans aren't interested. Since then, they've promised to release an international order link on or after 2/7/17, but that is the only English post I've seen.  Also, I don't know if the international fans are even aware that they announced early on that there will only be ONE round of pre-ordering and once it ends, there will be no more opportunities to order. I already ordered (6 copies for friends and family) and I really want English subs!!! 

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  8. I don't post that much on Soompi, but I know that the Goblin fans on this forum are passionate about the drama and I'm here to ask for your help.  As you know, the Director's Cut DVD/Bluray is in the works, but there has been limited to no information released to international fans. Today the Cafe Daum Admins posted a notice stating that they are not pursuing English subs for the DCut because there is no interest from the international community. Rather than argue blindly, I've set up a survey online that will hopefully prove that we ARE interested and would like to request English subs. PLEASE HELP and fill out the survey and also post it to any and all social media that you have accounts for. 

    https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/N8L7ZLM

    If you have any questions please message me. 

    Thank you!!

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  9. 9 hours ago, psp1206 said:

    What is going to be on Blue Ray/DVD ( deleted scenes,NGs, interviews)? I am curious and Google  is not translating the website for me?

    PLS REPLY

     

    They have not announced yet what will be included in the Dcut. That usually happens later because the more orders they get, the more bargaining power they have to request that more things be included. Other DCuts I own include BTS, bloopers, commentary from actors and director, interviews, deleted scenes etc. The deleted scenes are either added into the episodes or included separately. The extra footage is never subbed. The amount of extra footage varies a lot depending on how much there is to include and how much the DCut team negotiates. For your reference, here is what the Descendants of the Sun DCut includes:

    http://m.cafe.daum.net/kbsdotsdvd/fA7A/20?listURI=%2Fkbsdotsdvd%2FfA7A

    It comes with 16 discs, 8 discs are the episodes (2eps per disc which is standard) and the remaining 8 discs are extras. They have also promised to include close ups and extra angles of the kiss scenes, because people requested it. This is by far the most I have ever seen included in a DCut. 

    For W, the DCut also includes copies of the actual manhwa used in the drama. I think they combined all the pages they actually made into one book. 

    If you have more questions or want to see photos of some DCuts I have, please PM me. 

     

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  10. 13 hours ago, psp1206 said:

    Question about Director's Cut DVD:

    Can I buy it later in the year ? I am an international fan so it could cost more than three hundred dollars  or more to buy and ship. Will it have deleted scenes? Will  it have English subtitles?

    Dcut with all the special goodies can only be pre-ordered. Sometimes people or sites will buy extra copies to sell later but the price is A LOT higher. Sometimes they will offer the DCUT later for sale on regular sites but without the special goodies. Also, sometimes they charge more for the DCuts on the international site. For example, Descendants of the Sun was $190 on innolife but I paid I think $130 on the Korean site. Sometimes it's the same price on both sites  

    The Cafe admins previously said that there is a maximum limit of DCuts- I think they said 5000 but I can't remember. Just an FYI for the people who are waiting for the English site to buy. Once they reach the limit they will stop selling it, even if the presale period hasn't ended. I still believe that they are delaying to allow the local Korean fans to buy first. The manager of innolife posted on the board on Monday saying he'd like to help with the sales to international fans and asked them to email him. That clearly indicates they never reached out to him before. I know they said they had contacted other sites to set up sales and maybe people want to be gracious and assume they did email other sites but to me it makes no sense that you'd NOT contact the major site that traditionally sells the DCuts first. I'm only mentioning this so you are all aware of the situation so you're not disappointed later if they sell out. I have a lot of preordered DCuts and I think it's really worth the price. 

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  11. This is all polite Asian speak. The planning process has been ongoing for weeks for this Dcut release. They had ample opportunity to promote in English if they chose to. The fact remains that they posted and RELEASED the preorder site in Korean before they even made that single post in English. The reason for that is that they had a huge number of replies to the survey in Korean and if even half of those people order, they would be over the maximum number of orders. If they needed orders from abroad they'd be blasting those posts all over the internet. The fact that they did not post in Chinese speaks to the same issue- too many potential fan orders and not enough DVDs. Yes, they want us to wait a week, for the exact reason I previously stated- to see if at that point they need us to fill numbers. I'm not trying to be mean and I actually ordered on the first day. I just don't appreciate being treated like I'm an idiot (by the cafe admins). I can read between the lines. 

    PS. Check out the cafes for the Descendants of the Sun, W, Weightlifting Fairy if you think I am being unfair. Release dates were the same for Korean and International Sites. 

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  12. 1 hour ago, hairuchii said:

     

    I have found the answer from the discussion board at Cafe Daum.

    "안녕하세요. 총대_블딥깨비입니다.

    현재 해외 거주자 분들 가운데 일부 3D 결제 불가로 불편함을 겪고 계신 분들이 계십니다. 1차적으로 해당 문제 신고가 들어온 것은 주말이었으며 구매처의 특성상 당일 피드백이 불가능했습니다. (월요일 영업 시간까지 대기)

    유통사 측에 주말 중 해외 수요자 분들을 위한 추가 구매처를 열어주실 수 있는지 거듭 요청을 드린 상태이며 아직 추가 구매처나 기타 구입 방도가 준비되지 않았습니다.

    YES24가 아닌 다른 구매처를 통한 링크는 하루라는 짧은 시간 동안 준비되기 어려우며, 도깨비는 해외 수요가 그리 많지 않아 난항을 겪고 있는 중입니다. (가수요부터 해외 수요가 적은 편입니다.)

    최대한 빠른 시간 내에 해결할 수 있도록 여러 방면을 모색중에 있습니다. 허나 다른 구매처나 다른 결제 수단을 필히 드리겠다는 확답은 어렵다는 점 양해부탁드리겠습니다.

    이상 총대_블딥깨비 였습니다.
    감사합니다."

     

    Basically, they are aware that overseas customers are experiencing difficulty with making purchases on yes24. They have repeatedly asked retailers other than yes24 to open up points of purchases over the weekend, but it has proved to be difficult since they may require more time to do so. 

    Also, the overseas demand has been low according to their survey. 

     

    ......

    This spells trouble for us. Yes24 may be the only option we have for international pre-orders. You have to register at Daum Cafe first, and then register at Yes24. I can offer to help, since I have successfully registered at both sites and I am just one click and one credit card number away from making the order.

    One thing that is stopping me at the moment is that... I need to know if there will be English subtitles for the DVD/Bluray. The Cafe Daum page seems to be rather active and I have posted a message about this, so I will wait to hear from them. Fingers crossed! 

    I am actually excited about getting the Korean Director's Cut version. Only because of the pre-order bonuses that you may get. Goblin has yet to update what bonuses you may get, but for Moonlight / Gurumi, people who have made pre-orders are getting FULL scripts of all 18 EPISODES. :w00t:

    I may be cynical but I found this whole post to be very suspicious. I buy DCuts on a fairly regular basis and the only time I've ever seen a DCut not advertised towards international fans is when the drama has no international fan base. There is absolutely no way that this would be the case with Goblin. They are claiming that overseas fans didn't fill out the survey. How could they when it was barely even posted anywhere and not in English at that? I had to dig hard and search in Korean to find any info on this DCut. Next, they said it's hard to find a site to sell it. Are you kidding me? Take a look: http://shop.innolife.com/list.php?grp=1&cid=419

    This site has been selling DCuts to international fans for years. Am I expected to believe that they would refuse to sell the DVD for one of the biggest hits in recent years? Lastly, this post is supposedly directed at all the international fans who have been clamoring for more information and the option to buy, so why is it written in Korean? My friend posted 2 weeks ago in Korean to ask why they aren't posting anything in English and their reply was they're "working on it." My direct interpretation is that they were overwhelmed by the response and therefore they're saving the 5000 copies (yes, that's the limit) for Koreans fans first. At the same time they don't want to chance offending all the foreign fanbases in case the Korean fans are all talk and no $, and they later need us to reach the minimum to confirm production. 

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  13. Director's cut Daum site:

    http://m.cafe.daum.net/dokebidvd?

    if you click on "For overseas", a survey of demand form will open, which is this:

    https://form.office.naver.com/form/responseViewMobile.cmd?formkey=ZWU1YTZjNTYtOWIzZS00MzdhLTlmZjctOTFjNzQ1ZWZiMTIw&sourceId=urlshare

    DVD/bluray is already confirmed and even open for preorder on yesasia for Korean fans:

    http://www.yes24.com/campaign/04_DVD/groupBuy/groupBuy.aspx?Eventno=35298083&CategoryNumber=004

    I don't know if they haven't posted anything in English because not enough International fans filled out the form, or if they got too many Korean fans so they can't make enough DVDs. Just wanted to share with everyone. 

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  14. 1 hour ago, janeeta said:

    Can anyone please recommend me a legit site that ships to Canada that I can pre-order the OST from? 

    If you have someone who can help you, I got it on the Korean site yes24. It was $35 for the set that includes BOTH covers (4cds and 2 posters). That included shipping. I got 4 sets though so that is combined shipping. The OST double set is 40,000 Won. I don't know how much it costs to ship to Canada but it should be comparable. 

    http://www.yes24.com/24/goods/35259435?scode=032&OzSrank=3

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  15. 7 minutes ago, kao914 said:

    Just finish watching ep 14. it is unacceptable. The whole ep is a repetition of previous scenes. Ep 13 was so sweet and sad, but ep 14 is disappointing. So it ends? if yes, it will be the very bad ending.

    The evil ghost is still alive, the kind goblin disappears??????? ET will live with sad memory ?????, how about her when she is 29 at the restaurant? Who will be that man? I guess he is KS ? but I am so disappointed with ep 14. Feel like it is stuck? Do they have ep 15-16? 

    What you watched was a special episode. Ep 14 doesn't air until next Frid and then the last two eps will air back to back on Saturday. This was announced a while back. They need more time to complete the upcoming episodes due to the tight schedule and all the CG needed. 

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