HKL Prodigal Son question.

[GwaiLoMoFo]

Is the HKL disc worth double dipping on? Its arguably (in my head) my all time fav classic kf flick. I had the Universe, got rid of it after I picked up the Fox dvd. Is the image & audio quality superior enough on the HKL to warrant another purchase? How are the subtitles, hopefully not dub-titles like Fox. How are the extras as well?

[chopsocky]

Trust me the HKL is the copy to own, Original and dub audio, remastered and correctly translated subs, Perfect remastering, anamorphic widescreen and a fantastic audio commentary by Bey Logan-probably his best!
Interviews with Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and Frankie Chan make this the definative copy,
Plus there is a nice original trailer and wing chun text piece to boot!

[killer meteor]

The image isn't as good as the Fox - it's a bit squished - but the audio is much better and the subs are good. It's not quite the original mono - there's some very brief and vague new foley in crowd scenes - but it's the best disc avaliable.

[The Running Man]

correctly translated subs

They aren't. The Universe DVD (which I believe uses Tai Seng's retranslated subs) has a far better English translation.

[killer meteor]

Yeah, HKL has a tendecny to revert to English slang - I'm not sure "f*cking queer" is tradtional Cantonese!

[The Running Man]

It's not really the slang thing so much as it's just not that accurate period.

They've become far more consistent with high quality translations after that era of releases.

[killer meteor]

Indeed, it's nice to see they got better at something!

[GwaiLoMoFo]

Purchased it last night. Should of got it years ago, dont why I waited so long. Now watch Dragon Dynasty release a R1 2 disc ultimate edition! :lol