Guest TheManInWhite Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Due to popular demand, this post is being created with the fans in mind. So please post away any reviews/comments/etc. on the releases that are in fine condition or those with audio malfunctions, cut versions, sync issues or other problems. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kung Fu Zombie Posted December 3, 2005 Share Posted December 3, 2005 Off the top of my Head Chinese Boxer - has the worst new synth music that I've heard yet. Worse than a cheap cartoon The Assassin - bad synth music. Lady Assassin - Really bad synth music that doesn't even match the original music, turning it into incomprehensible mush. Marco Polo - this time the added synth music was playing the exact same thing as the original soundtrack but the tone of the new music is slightly off from the original, making the entire soundtrack slightly sour. Shaolin Intruders - the added synth music is thankfully very faint and easy to ignore most of the time. 5 Shaolin Masters - Pure! I was just watching it last night and loving the untouched music. Even the opening Shaw logo was original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GwaiLoMoFo Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Spiritual Boxer- Very noticable audio "enhancements". Very bad!! Good movie though. LAdy Assassin- Agree with other posts on this one. "Enhancements" very noticable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest David G Rees Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 The worst in my opinion are: Deadly Duo - Terrible added sound FX. Assassin - As above Spiritual Boxer - again added sound fx. The UK release is original mono and sooo much better. Legendary Weapons Of China - again added sounds but doesnt spoil it as much....Image have this on there US release slate. New One Armed Swordsman has a totally different music track to the dubbed US / UK release, but not added sounds as far as i can tell. Golden Swallow- some ambient sounds added but not too bad. More when i think of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gfanikf Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 adg.invisionzone.com/inde...owtopic=30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tylerpistol Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 I always find it baffling that they would insert a synthesized version of the opening fanfare into the soundtrack...couldn't they just lift a recording of it from another film and insert it into the soundtrack if they had to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Isn't the Chinese version of 'The New One-Armed Swordsman' supposed to have different music from the English dub? I don't think this is down to Celestial supplying a new score. And the UK DVD of 'The Spiritual Boxer' (actually, all the UK Shaws from Momentum) is letterboxed without anamorphic enhancement. It's worth mentioning for people with 16:9 televisions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kenichiku Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 ...more ugly audio similar to 'Spiritual Boxer': Lady Hermit - incessant background as if simulating blowing wind, heavy cutlery add-ons Clan of Amazons - heavy synthesizer re-scoring & cutlery enhancement over-dubbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kung Fu Zombie Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Bells of Death has some loud stereo thunder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Reign80 Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Does "Synth" mean synthesizer? You know that great keyboard instrument from the 80's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kung Fu Zombie Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 yessir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Linn1 Posted December 5, 2005 Member Share Posted December 5, 2005 Heroic one had much of it's music replaced with Casio keyboard. And Mark: Isn't the Chinese version of 'The New One-Armed Swordsman' supposed to have different music from the English dub? I don't think this is down to Celestial supplying a new score. You're exactly right, the English dubbed and subbed versions had different soundtracks on video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Delightful Forest Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 That this thread is, credit must go to 7 Hooks who first proposed this idea on the Ten Tigers thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest venomsfreak Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 Can we complain about the subtitles as well? I have The Magic Blade, and on the english subs every line of dialogue is repeated 2 times. It's really annoying, I couldn't watch the whole movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kwok Choi Posted December 5, 2005 Share Posted December 5, 2005 p081.ezboard.com/fkungfuf...3795.topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest kenichiku Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 I guess the issue of the remaster's speeding up of scenes goes under the category of more 'ugly'. Of course, folks who have evidence of segments or footage for visuals as well as for sound have a reference point to confirm these claims from prior to remastering; ever since 'Chinatown Kid', I've contended that keeping your old tapes & boots do hold some value to keep these guys in check. So now as from other past posts, the frame speed hasn't been widely discussed prior to 'Ten Tigers' for these Region 3 remasters as selectively being tampered with but we have: Ten Tigers from Kwantung Judgement of An Assassin One might excuse this if someone can determine that these are complete speed-ups for the entire film due to the overall PAL conversion process instead of a sneaky selective speed-up here and there for certain sequences only. Based on gut instinct and until I run some dual screen comparisons to check, I may suspect scenes from these titles were selectively sped-up as well: Lady Assassin (I recall already sped up from my old VHS copy) The Swift Sword (certain fight scenes just didn't feel right) Avenging Eagle (Sun Chung usually articulates slower frame speeds to highlight action but parts of this seemed faster) A Deadly Secret (suspect sped up combat but don't have any old VHS to compare) Cat Vs Rat (suspect sped up and do have old VHS to confirm) As a service to all, please add, identify, verify or refute any of these or future claims on the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 How do you guys rate the sound on Bruce Lee And I - is it tolerable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kenichiku Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 Re: Bruce Lee & I, I didn't recall any noticeable audio revisions if it was done at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spannick Posted December 9, 2005 Share Posted December 9, 2005 has idiotic annoying footsteps added in the Fight Scenes, nothing else i noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest briznessman Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 JUST CHECKED WITH MY VHS AVENGING EAGLE FINAL FIGHT SCENE CUT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Are any of the R3 releases mono? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sevenhooks Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Yes, but very few of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Can you tell me which ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sevenhooks Posted January 16, 2006 Share Posted January 16, 2006 Not off the top of my head. I'll bet there's a list somewhere. Seemed like a lot of the horror stuff was Mono from what I remember. Heaven and Hell was Mono. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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