Comments on: UPDATE: Dragon Dynasty’s ‘Supercop’

By: slave

slave — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:07:27 +0000

sorry man but i see no difference between DD and IVL with HEROES and ONE ARMED and i check maybe 20 times. and if you question my visual assimilation process it’s a clear 20/20. but i’m gonna just let this futility end in neutrality. we’re two different people is the true logic.

By: slave

slave — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:25:43 +0000

i don’t believe in absolutes but what you say is plausible enough. although i’ll have to confirm this myself since i own both ivl and dragon dynasty versions of 36th, one armed, and heroes of the east and the fact i have no life. if you’re right, i’ll suck you phallus…. sorry… :( and BCI IS GOOD?? too bad they are defunct.

By: Killer Meteor

Killer Meteor — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:30:13 +0000

No, the restorations themselves are OK. Its because, for whatever reason, Celestial shortchanges some of their customers by providing inferior PAL-NTSC masters, where the incompatible speeds produce pernament ghosting on the VIDEO, not the film master

This is not the case with the Dragon Dynasty, Media Blasters and BCI Shaws, which look far superior because they were properly corrected to NTSC speed

By: slave

slave — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:48:04 +0000

or maybe a paradox has consumed us all and we are not focusing on what could be the potential cause of the devoid quality of these SHAW films. maybe the celestrial remasterings themselves are horrible which caused the movies to have this ghosting and this “supossive” interlaced displacement (whatever it maybe). Cuz if all the DVD releases of the Shaw films are nefarious, then perhaps we are vituperating the wrong people. cuz everyone saying everything sucks. it’s utterly cataclymic.
when remastering a dilapidated film, color and texture is needed to abate and or succumb any deterioration like scratches and so forth. so maybe it’s not the fault of usa dvd distributors. maybe it’s the fault of celestrial for giving us horrible remasters.
i’m not arguing right or wrong cuz i don’t deal in idealism. only theory and logic matter. do you think this is appropriote (misspelled i think) :)

By: Killer Meteor

Killer Meteor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:01:24 +0000

Well you and me are two different people. I think the Image DVDs for the Shaws suck

By: slave

slave — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:14:56 +0000

ghosting does make sense but i’m still non-compliant towards the idea that image is poor quality

By: Killer Meteor

Killer Meteor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:51:31 +0000

“In fact the end song on the Cantonese track (sung by Jackie Chan) had to be slowed down to fit in the added US credits for editors and rap music added to the Dimension version.”

That’s disgraceful.

By: Killer Meteor

Killer Meteor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:41:35 +0000

And as for interlaced extras – well, these days, i’m just grateful that they do the film right, which many companies seem unable to do

By: Killer Meteor

Killer Meteor — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:40:35 +0000

Well, I reccomend the Media Blasters titles (though The Master is non-anamorphic), the BCI and the Dragon Dynastys, for at least being better than the HK DVDs and in some cases very good dvds.

By: chen lung

chen lung — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 06:08:08 +0000

Regarding Shaw releases around the world that include English options:

Image: No re-translation (they at least check them so they make sense) and poor video quality (ghosting, interlacing) caused by improper conversions and sometimes made worse when time-stretched.

WellGoUSA: No effort made on the sub-par subtitles, no mono and shitty PAL>NTSC jobs causing ghosting and interlacing again.

Dragon Dynasty: Sub-par subtitles and sometimes interlaced extras.

Media Blasters: Subtitles could perhaps improve a little, but some interlacing problems on the extras.

BCI: I haven’t seen their latest stuff for myself yet, but it’s seemingly OK. Just a few issues with the way the interviews are shot. Maybe dual-layer would be better.

Momentum Asia: Non-anamorphic.

IVL/Deltamac/United Home Entertainment: Same PAL>NTSC bullshit with sub-par subtitles and remixes for many.

MIB: Non-anamorphic for some titles and seemingly sub-par subtitles.

Siren: Sub-par subtitles and sometimes interlaced content.