Asian Movies in HD!

[Markgway]

I've stopped even looking at Hong Kong Blu Rays. If something good ever turns up (some hope) I'm sure it'll come to my attention. Otherwise... meh.

[DangerousLeeHandsome]

more upcoming releases:
Wheels on Meals

Eastern Condors

[luckystars]

more upcoming releases:
Wheels on Meals

Eastern Condors

Very exciting!!

[Markgway]

I have the excellent German DVD of Eastern Condors, so don't need any bullshit remixed upscales.

[luckystars]

I have the excellent German DVD of Eastern Condors, so don't need any bullshit remixed upscales.

Yeah got it too

[HungFist]

Ok, so, HKL's Bullet in the Head DVD has better picture quality than Kam & Ronson's BD. Why am I not surprised?
http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleic ... n_the_head
http://adg.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=3422

[bradavon]

I've lost track a bit. Have any HKLs made their way to Blu-ray?

That's annoying Tiger Cage 2 is an upscale. What about Tiger Cage? At least it's not letterbox (I know unheard on BD). Aren't all the DVDs letterbox?

The trouble I have with all the HK BDs is taking into account the often minimal improvement, they're so bloody expensive. Correct me if I'm wrong here.

[HungFist]

Joy Sales (or Kam & Ronson?) released the Tiger Cage movies on remastered DVD maybe 1½-2 years ago. I believe the monos were fine, too.

[bradavon]

Thanks. Those look to be the ones to go for then.

Regarding these upscales. Most HK BDs seem to come from HD masters made many years ago for DVD and then eventual HD release. With this in mind, they've got HD masters. So why would they take an SD master and upscale it? I imagine it's more likely they are HD, just pretty shoddy/old HD.

[HungFist]

more upcoming releases:
Wheels on Meals

Eastern Condors

Very exciting!!

HKL's Wheels on Meals DVD has sharper transfer than Kam & Ronson's BD...
http://www.kungfucinema.com/forums/show ... hp?t=14759

Why am I not...

[DangerousLeeHandsome]

Recieved Wheels on Meals, Eastern Condors and Once Upon a Time in China and America this morning. The first 2 are upscales, as expected, with 'Wheels' getting the advantage over 'EC' in the "quality" control dept. OAUTIC&A is genuine HD and looks really good! Sounds really good too. I skimmed through the discs and noticed that english subs on all 3 are above average. I watched about 10 mins of OUATIC&A and from what I saw, Id definitely recommend the disc!

[luckystars]

Cool. Post some OUATICAA screenshots when possible!

[saltysam]

Bruce Lee blu-rays coming to Germany....looks like english dubs but no subs...wonder what the transfers will be like



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[bradavon]

I bet they're sourced from the HK discs.

[grim_tales]

Maybe they'll come to the UK eventually.

[grim_tales]

Shaolin on UK BD - September 12:

http://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/shaolin/10468817.html

[gasteropod]

Apparently the BD of Cowboy Bebop: The Movie has great PQ, but only 2.0 soundtracks.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/48459/co ... the-movie/

[DangerousLeeHandsome]

Upcoming Fortune Star HK releases:
August 5th:
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow II
A Better Tomorrow III

August 9th:
Throw Down
My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

ABT Trilogy and Throw Down for me. Never seen "Left Eye".

[thelostdragon]

ABT Trilogy and Throw Down for me. Never seen "Left Eye".

It's OK. I rated it 3/5.

[grim_tales]

I hope there'll be A Better Tomorrow box set at some point.

[HungFist]

Up next
Project A
Project A Part 2
Tower of Death

at least their cover arts are consistently awful

The Japanese announced their BDs today. From what I've heard they're just the same as the HK BDs, but at least the cover arts are better.



Oh well, I own superior quality dvds already, so no need to double dip

[Markgway]

More remixed upscaled garbage no doubt.

[bradavon]

Except for The Big Boss and Fist of Fury (possibly), are any of the HK Blu-rays worthy upgrades? By this I mean, which would you consider replacing your DVD (whichever one it is) for the Blu-ray based on the audio and video.

Iron Monkey for example is supposed to be pretty soft but overall is better than the HKL Platinum DVD (although not by much), which I believe is otherwise the definitive release (no Mono though). I wouldn't buy the Once Upon a Time in China series on Blu-ray ever because they've been so badly DNRed but at least it looks like they've stopped that now.

p.s - Is there a list somewhere of the HK Blu-rays released so far?

[gasteropod]

p.s - Is there a list somewhere of the HK Blu-rays released so far?

http://www.asianblurayguide.com/

[grim_tales]

A Bittersweet Life (BD):

Maybe I should wait for a UK disc of this..?

http://www.asianblurayguide.com/detail/ ... ife_korea/