Asian Movies in HD!

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 23 Jun 2009, 12:33

gasteropod wrote:Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon UK BD review: http://www.dvdactive.com/reviews/dvd/cr ... agon4.html

Shame about the subtitles.

i'll still get this but may keep my original release region 3 as well.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Jun 2009, 12:39

I'll keep mine too. Ironically I once had a UK release that had poetic subs all along

The film is set in the late 19th century, not 18th century.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 23 Jun 2009, 12:41

How did you have a UK release with poetic subs? The UK one has the 'dumbed down' ones like the BD.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Jun 2009, 13:19

gasteropod wrote:Well AE recently re-released Happy Together on DVD so I was hoping they'd release that on BD too, I haven't seen the film but I'd like to.

It's good but I much prefer CE. It has less re-watch value.

saltysam wrote:Shame about the subtitles. i'll still get this but may keep my original release region 3 as well.

Me too exactly. I never expected the original subs. I doubt we'll ever see those used again. The R3 SB has the dumbed downed subs too.

grim_tales wrote:The film is set in the late 19th century, not 18th century.

Post on DVD Active and tell Chris then.

gasteropod wrote:How did you have a UK release with poetic subs? The UK one has the 'dumbed down' ones like the BD.

Oh god don't go there. You'll get Tom started next. I believe he claimed the R1 and some UK R2 releases had the original subs. The evidence was dubious IMO.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 23 Jun 2009, 15:03

Perhaps 'some' of the UK BDs will have the original subs then

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 23 Jun 2009, 15:19

I'm sure my UK DVD did - shall I buy to check?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 23 Jun 2009, 20:10

The first batch of UK DVDs had the theatrical subs, subsequent batches (and it appears the BD) used the slightly dumbed down American translation. Mine is from the first batch as I happened to buy this on offer when it charted.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 23 Jun 2009, 22:36

I received the blu-ray today, got to admit I'm impressed with how fast Chris Gould has got his review up as he couldn't have got it any earlier than Monday, and he's ill too!

Wasn't there a thread on these forums a while back that posted examples between the two translations?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Jun 2009, 22:40

Surely he has a check disc, no?

Shingster wrote:Wasn't there a thread on these forums a while back that posted examples between the two translations?

Yes but please let's not go there

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If you're interested, it's easy to find. I found it recently. You'll find it in my DVD Active comments too.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 23 Jun 2009, 22:43

What do you think of the picture quality then, Shing?

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 23 Jun 2009, 23:23

bradavon wrote:Surely he has a check disc, no?

That's what I'm talking about, they've only recently sent out the check discs.

gasteropod wrote:What do you think of the picture quality then, Shing?

Haven't had a chance to look at it yet Gastero, so many review discs waiting to be covered before July 6th: I have a 13ep volume of Naruto, 13ep volume of Bleach, and BDs of Punisher: Warzone, Highlander, and the US John Adams boxset on its way.

I'll probably sit down to watch it Thursday or so.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Jun 2009, 09:43

I probably had an early disc too then.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 29 Jun 2009, 23:48

The Myth UK BD comparison: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview ... review.htm

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 30 Jun 2009, 09:42

Looks very good to my eyes.

Shame about the film.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 30 Jun 2009, 10:28

I enjoyed it

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Jun 2009, 12:26

I really wish Cine-asia would STOP using DD5.1 on their BDs! AFAIK only Chocolate has DTS-HD MA and the packaging for that even says DD5.1.

eon · Post by **eon** » 07 Jul 2009, 03:25

Woohoo, looks like Ip Man is getting a Region B Blu-ray release finally - Amazon and CD Wow have it available for release 28/09 and 26/10 respectively.

Amazon list the Studio as "Showbox Media Group"... does anyone know how they stack up for Blu-ray releases?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 07 Jul 2009, 11:52

eon wrote:Woohoo, looks like Ip Man is getting a Region B Blu-ray release finally - Amazon and CD Wow have it available for release 28/09 and 26/10 respectively.

Amazon list the Studio as "Showbox Media Group"... does anyone know how they stack up for Blu-ray releases?

it's been up for pre-order on play for months now.if showbox is cine-asia then they are inconsistent with their BR releases.

Clueless_Monkey · Post by **Clueless_Monkey** » 22 Jul 2009, 17:55

Fist of Fury and The Big Boss are now listed @ YesAsia for August 10th!
http://www.yesasia.com/us/fist-of-fury- ... /info.html
http://www.yesasia.com/us/the-big-boss- ... /info.html
http://blog.affenheimtheater.de/en/2009 ... es-august/

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 22 Jul 2009, 18:19

Audition 2-disc US BD coming October 6th.

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... u-ray/3101

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 22 Jul 2009, 18:33

2 Disc haah crikey.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 22 Jul 2009, 18:34

Indeed, when I saw it on TV years ago I found it so sick and didn't think I'd want to watch it again, but I think I may have to check out this BD if it's a good presentation.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 22 Jul 2009, 19:05

I do wonder how on earth they can fill 2 Blu Rays! thats like 100 GB's of info haha

Seriously dont expect them to fill them thats for sure, unless the second disc is a Digital Ipod Pirate version (which means its worthless).

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 22 Jul 2009, 20:44

Since when do the 2-discs have to be full? It's been used as a marketing ploy since DVDs.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 22 Jul 2009, 23:48

Are we sure it's 2 Blu-rays? Could be BD for the film and DVD for extras.