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Drunken Master II: Warner vs Dimension vs Speedy
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 15:20
by Keung
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 17:01
by tom2681
720x490 for the Warner ? That can't be right...
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 17:10
by thelostdragon
But at least it has more picture information than the Dimensions one.
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 17:15
by Keung
Agreed LD. Take Cap 3 for example: The bloke on the far right is almost completely gone on the Dimension print.
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 17:19
by grim_tales
Which Warner release do you mean?
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 17:31
by Keung
Same as this one:
http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.3156/qx/details.htm
Only mine is region free, has chinese text on the front and a shiny sticker thingy.
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 17:33
by tom2681
In case you haven't heard me Keung, your Warner caps have got to be screwed-up.
Or is the Warner naturally squeezed ?
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 17:50
by grim_tales
Cheers keung
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 17:57
by thelostdragon
I'll post screencaps of the only version out there that is:
- completely uncut
- has the original Cantonese audio track
- Mandarin dub (who needs it anyway)
- uncropped (maybe slightly only)
- and with the worst picture quality, too. LOL!
I'm talking of the Malayan Speedy VCD that features these scenes:
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 18:03
by thelostdragon
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 18:17
by bradavon
thelostdragon wrote:But at least it has more picture information than the Dimensions one.
It doesn't mean a lot when it looks as bad as that.
tom2681 wrote:In case you haven't heard me Keung, your Warner caps have got to be screwed-up.
Or is the Warner naturally squeezed ?
Yeah Keung please fix.
thelostdragon wrote:I'll post screencaps of the only version out there that is:
- completely uncut
- has the original Cantonese audio track
- Mandarin dub (who needs it anyway)
- uncropped (maybe slightly only)
- and with the worst picture quality, too. LOL!
Don't forget unreadable subs.
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 18:21
by bradavon
I've watched the Disney R1 (which is the same as the Disney R4) and yes it looks great but the dub is awful so unwatchable IMO. The Warner has no English subs so immediately knocks it out.
The R1 cut doesn't bother me as it's an awful scene anyway. Not because I found it particularly offensive it just felt tacked on (I bet it was), out of place and at the end of the day not funny.
The only DVD worth owning (until DD "hopefully" do us proud on R1) if you can source it is the Thakral. Yes it's severely cropped and non-anamorphic but has a decent enough transfer and frankly being in flipping Cantonese is such a huge bonus it immediately wins.
The film is uber dull but the Thakral is definitely the way to go.
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 19:37
by thelostdragon
Offensive? You know what is offensive? Removing the wonderful soundtrack and replacing it with crap.
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 20:25
by Markgway
Obviously the Dimension has a far better image, but as has been said it's cropped on all four sides. The Warner caps are incorrect and make the image look squashed a bit.
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 20:42
by bradavon
thelostdragon wrote:Offensive? You know what is offensive? Removing the wonderful soundtrack and replacing it with crap.
I hear you. JC voicing WFH is something but that's far from a good enough reason.
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 20:43
by tom2681
Let's see...
-R1 is cut and has no original audio.
-Warner is cut and has no subs.
-Thakral is uncut but cropped.
-VCD is... well... a VCD.
I'm still keeping my Thakral. Can't do caps, though. My DVD-Rom can't handle that DVD.
Posted: 04 Oct 2006, 20:46
by grim_tales
I'm keeping my Thakral also
Posted: 05 Oct 2006, 01:13
by Markgway
I have the Mei Ah VCD.
Posted: 05 Oct 2006, 13:11
by bradavon
What's cut in the WB?
Posted: 05 Oct 2006, 14:50
by martin
Hello everyone! (my first post here!)
What's cut in the WB?
I think the only thing cut from the WB is the very last moment of the film - its cut from the r1. It was classed as 'insensitive'.
Posted: 05 Oct 2006, 15:01
by Killer Meteor
My film teacher has an Aussie VHS which is 2.35:1 widescreen Cantonese with theatrical subs and uncut. But the sound is so quiet I can barely hear a thing throughout it
Posted: 05 Oct 2006, 19:39
by bradavon
I think the only thing cut from the WB is the very last moment of the film - its cut from the r1. It was classed as 'insensitive'.
Welcome Martin
Thanks. So it's the same as the R1 Disney cut then, cheers.
Posted: 05 Oct 2006, 20:16
by Keung
Ivan Drago wrote:My film teacher has an Aussie VHS which is 2.35:1 widescreen Cantonese with theatrical subs and uncut. But the sound is so quiet I can barely hear a thing throughout it
I have this VHS and the audio on mine seems to be fine.
tom2681 wrote:In case you haven't heard me Keung, your Warner caps have got to be screwed-up.
Or is the Warner naturally squeezed ?
Well, when I set the capture screenshot size to "720 x 404" the image comes out vertically squashed so I had to click "keep aspect ratio" for it not to do this.
Posted: 05 Oct 2006, 20:46
by Keung
bradavon wrote:What's cut in the WB?
The Warner DVD ends just before Jackie falls after blowing the bubbles out of his mush.
Posted: 05 Oct 2006, 20:48
by tom2681
