The Twin Dragons: Universe vs Joy Sales vs TF1

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 26 Jun 2006, 17:54

Universe

Joy Sales

TF1

Universe

Joy Sales

TF1

Universe

Joy Sales

TF1

Universe

Joy Sales

TF1

Universe

Joy Sales

TF1

Universe

Joy Sales

TF1

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 26 Jun 2006, 18:07

It looks like the Joy Sales edition is interlaced to me.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 26 Jun 2006, 18:38

I'd expect both are interlaced as budget releases.

IronMonkey · Post by **IronMonkey** » 26 Jun 2006, 19:14

Well it still sucks for those of us with progressive displays.

Shen · Post by **Shen** » 26 Jun 2006, 19:20

wow you know, i have the universe disc, but when i watched the movie i really didnt notice the blurryness of it

Kurgan · Post by **Kurgan** » 26 Jun 2006, 19:56

You need to start wiping the dust off the TV screen, Shen

Shen · Post by **Shen** » 26 Jun 2006, 19:59

nah its too fun to draw in with my finger

but actually i just have a 14" portable tv, which is probably why i dont notice so much

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 26 Jun 2006, 20:08

this needs a remaster-i only paid £1.99 so i'm not whinging but such a recent movie should look better imo

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 26 Jun 2006, 20:12

I'll add a few pics from the TF1 edition later.

@Mark:
Your Universe caps are slightly vertically stretched (720x542 instead of 720x540).

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 26 Jun 2006, 20:24

The TF1 picture is based on an english print (titles are different), but no footage is missing.

Overall I prefer the look of the french disc (less "rough", not much edge enhancement), but it doesn't exactly look great.

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... 81/TD1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... 81/TD2.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... 81/TD3.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... 81/TD4.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... 81/TD5.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... 81/TD6.jpg

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 26 Jun 2006, 20:33

The movie is not that recent - its 14/15 years old Sam.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Jun 2006, 20:45

Tom2681 wrote:Overall I prefer the look of the french disc

You would

(you always do).

Both look pretty awful to me but yes the Joy Sales looks better.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 26 Jun 2006, 21:14

grim_tales wrote:The movie is not that recent - its 14/15 years old Sam.

Yeah, but a film made in the '90s should look better than that!

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 26 Jun 2006, 21:34

hey,

youse guys forgot it's HK cinema we're talking about?

Even 90s movies weren't particularly extremely well looked after.

There is a line you draw when collecting this, that is about settling with what you've got and at times not. Image-wise, I can suffer through a lot for instance.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 26 Jun 2006, 21:50

why does the crappy miramax release look so much better ?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 26 Jun 2006, 21:57

Got caps ?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 26 Jun 2006, 22:42

Tom2681 wrote:@Mark:
Your Universe caps are slightly vertically stretched (720x542 instead of 720x540).

542 was as close as I could get for the letterboxed version. I can't imagine the difference should be as visible as it appears though. Could the Universe be stretched anyways? Maybe you could check that out yourself?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 26 Jun 2006, 22:51

I've added in the TF1 caps.

French release is easily the best image-wise.

But without English subs I'd stick with Joy Sales.

Someone at the ADVDG might be doing Miramax caps so I'll add them if and when available.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 26 Jun 2006, 23:08

Is this the charity film that was co-directed by Tsui Hark & Ringo Lam?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 26 Jun 2006, 23:09

The JoySales looks much sharper and is way more colourful.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 Jun 2006, 01:46

EvaUnit02 wrote:Is this the charity film that was co-directed by Tsui Hark & Ringo Lam?

Yes.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 26 Jul 2006, 00:48

The Joy Sales is edge-enhancement overloaded and the colours are off (orange instead of yellow)

Miramax looks better because they are lucky bastards when it comes to image

. They do GREAT image restorations at times (Swordsman 2 looks extremely clean) but aside, it sucks.