Guest Yi Long Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Just a few quick questions about the R2: - is it in cantonese with subs? - how's the AV quality and the screen ratio? - Is it uncut? and finally, - Is the R2 dvd worth buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 It's cut and I don't think it has subs - vaguely recall something about 2 sepearte dvds From Hong Kong Digital "Even taking the 25 frames-per-second of PAL into account, this version runs almost a minute and a half shorter than the cropped and dubbed tape released domestically by SYS/Youngtze. About half of this can be attributed to the fact that the DVD is missing all of the production company logos and, instead, begins right with the title and Donnie Yen training under the opening crawl. The remainder should occur beginning at the 44:40 mark. Gone is Yen falling from the cotton flattening table and Yuen Cheung-yan subsequently being shot with a makeshift arrow by Lydia Shum. Why this bit of footage has been excised is anyone's guess but the scene is a jumbled mess without it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yi Long Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 No SUBS!? How can they even think about releasing a chinese language movie without subs for us westerners!? Wow... and they havent corrected that yet!? Are yous ure that's the most recent version you are talking about, cause I believe there have been 2 DVD releases in the UK for this movie...!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest killer meteor Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I read somewhere the first UK DVD had subs but the repressing didn't Bear in mind the above quote is from a review of the Ground Zero release, which uses the same print Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Markgway Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 No SUBS!? How can they even think about releasing a chinese language movie without subs for us westerners!? Two words: Eastern Heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Yi Long Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 That explains it all. Those guys are STILL on my hitlist! 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kungfusamurai Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Eastern Heroes, Vengeance Video, Xenon, Ground Zero, Video Asia - they pretty much use the same print as each other. The only difference is that George Tan does a crappier job with his DVD authoring, so there's tonnes of artifacting going one, like ghosting or blurry images when people move; or there are periodic pauses of the image. It's his Video Asia line that has really had the authoring issues. GZ and Xenon were crappy images, but at least they weren't authored shittily. KFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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