Guest Ministry88 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Can anyone recommend the best release for this film? What I'm looking for is uncut (but NOT the longer 126 minute Taiwan cut) and with the original soundtrack. I've heard the Mei Ah remastered release is the best available right now. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yakuza954 Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 The Tartan UK release is the best right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest contraspirit Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 If you don´t need English subtitles the German DVD from E.M.S. should be the best choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beat TG Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 the HK Video dvd is also an option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted September 24, 2006 Share Posted September 24, 2006 Tartan Remastered is the best English Subtitled version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Argento476 Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 think they will ever release another edition of this? Is there any need to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chen lung Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The Tartan edition bloats itself into being special, but it's not. DTS and 5.1 are upmixes. English subtitles are the fade-in/out type. English subtitles are not totally accurate and don't subtitle the credits (I think) or the song Chow sings to the baby. Trailer isn't anamorphic or subtitled. Wait for the Dragon Dynasty release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yi Long Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 ...and it looked fine to me. I didnt have any problems with it. You could pick that one up for cheap, and maybe in the future you can always upgrade if a better version does come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chen lung Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The R3 may have flubtitles and it's said to be cut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Running Man Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 DTS and 5.1 are upmixes. English subtitles are the fade-in/out type. English subtitles are not totally accurate and don't subtitle the credits (I think) or the song Chow sings to the baby. Trailer isn't anamorphic or subtitled. First two and the last one aren't even complaints. The third one is not even that big of a deal when you compare the competition. There are only two other sets of official English subtitles. The Fox/Lober ones and the HK subtitles. Fox/Lober's are 98% dubtitles and the HK subtitles are the usual HK subtitle crap from that era. That means that the Tartan UK disc is the best disc out right now for English speaking audiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lion88 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The french one, boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ministry88 Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Thanks everyone for the input. Now I'm more confused than ever! Maybe I'll just wait for the Dragon Dynasty release. Anyone know when it's coming out? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 The French one doesn't have English subs. If you need English subs get the Tartan -- or - as you say - wait. But who knows what the Weinersteins will put out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chen lung Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Well, I doubt they'll do anything to it as they promised 'carefully crafted' products, uncut and original language. Tartan ain't worth the cash for a barebones item. Robbing bastards wanting all that money for yet another half-arsed presentation>: . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 You can get it on sale, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Running Man Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Tartan ain't worth the cash for a barebones item. Robbing bastards wanting all that money for yet another half-arsed presentation . Original mono track, one of the best video presentations of the film, and above average English subtitles. And you call that half-ass?? And by the way...how long is it until the DD release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chen lung Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Original mono track, one of the best video presentations of the film, and above average English subtitles. And you call that half-ass??German and French DVDs appear to be the best (beating Tartan slightly). But yeah, it's pretty good! I still do think it's half-arsed (or "half-assed":b ) because there are no extras and Tartan charge £19.99 for it. Should be £16.99 or less. And by the way...how long is it until the DD release? Not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I paid £7.99 for the Tartan. It would be ideal but the title sequence is bizzarly windowboxed to the extent where it's a 4:3 widescreen image within a 16:9 frame. Very strange and distracting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Running Man Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I still do think it's half-arsed (or "half-assed" ) because there are no extras and Tartan charge £19.99 for it. Should be £16.99 or less. Yeah, that was when the disc came out. As others have pointed out you can get it for far less than that now. And since there is no release date set for DD, then how do we know how long it's gonna be until they put out their disc of it? Telling someone to wait for a disc that hasn't even been officially announced yet is not ideal. It would be ideal but the title sequence is bizzarly windowboxed to the extent where it's a 4:3 widescreen image within a 16:9 frame. Very strange and distracting It was the print that Tartan got that was like that. Indeed it is strange but it only lasts for the title sequence then everything goes fine from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I only paid £7.99 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chinatown Kid Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I have the Winstar DVD version(Fox Lorber) of Hard Boiled and The Killer. The aspect ratios are both 1.85:1, mono, and feature both Cantonese and English dub audio with English subs too. Hard Boiled features a commentary track with John Woo and Terrence Chang, the Killer features a commentary track with just Woo. Hard Boiled is 126 minutes, The Killer is 110 minutes. The Running Man says these versions have 98% dubtitles though so remember that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gfanikf Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Cover for Hard Boiled hkfilmnews.blogspot.com/2...boild.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beat TG Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Pretty cool design, looking forward to it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Running Man Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 I wrote up a reivew of the Hard Boiled Dragpon Dynasty disc as well as a comparison to other DVDs which can be found here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beat TG Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 too bad about the picture quality and the dubtitles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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