French DVDs and Blu-Rays of Asian Movies

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 26 Jul 2005, 03:17

Thanks....but

Where the hell do YOU come from ??

I haven't seen you since November !

Limited Edition Slag · Post by **Limited Edition Slag** » 26 Jul 2005, 06:53

Tom2681 wrote:Thanks....but

Where the hell do YOU come from ??

I haven't seen you since November !

I thought this place had died mate. I only found out this place was still open when romero and cooey posted about this place in another forum yesterday.

You can blame them for my return.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 26 Jul 2005, 06:59

You can blame them for my return.

I do.

Welcome back, mate ! The more the merrier.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 26 Jul 2005, 08:11

Nice review Tom! Merci beaucoup, mon ami!

When is SS out BTW?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 26 Jul 2005, 08:16

Merci beaucoup, mon ami!

De rien, mon gars.

When is SS out BTW?

July 29th in HK and China.
September 2nd in Italy.
October 13th in the Netherlands.
November 30th in France.

Hopefully late September on DVD.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 26 Jul 2005, 08:21

Thanks

I can guess you said "Its' nothing, mate" (I think) in response to me.

"les gars" means lads or guys right?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 26 Jul 2005, 08:25

Si toi vouloir apprendre français, toi devoir faire beaucoup efforts.

De rien -> it's nothing or you're welcome.
Mon -> My.
Gars -> Guy (or in this case: mate ).

De rien, mon gars -> You're welcome, mate.

It's my fault, I used this expression on purpose to see if you'd understand.

EDIT: Wow, ten pages already ? 8)

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 26 Jul 2005, 23:48

Tom2681 wrote:Other drawback: The music by Kenji Kawai (Ghost in The Shell) is a complete disaster, handicapping the movie in its most emotional scenes.
This synthetic music doesn't give any texture to the pictures, and just underlines the emotions that you can already feel without the music.
Another reason to mourn James Wong, who scored most of Tsui's earlier works.
.

Ok. Most of the time Kawai is excellent. Witness any of his collaborations with Mamoru Oshii (Eg GitS, Patlabor 1&2). "Making of Cyborg" (GitS main theme) is one of the best compositions I've ever heard for a film IMO.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Jul 2005, 04:33

Most of the time Kawai is excellent.

No-one is saying he isn't, but can he actually compose for a swordplay film ? That's the real question IMO.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Jul 2005, 07:59

Tom2681 wrote:Si toi vouloir apprendre français, toi devoir faire beaucoup efforts.

De rien -> it's nothing or you're welcome.
Mon -> My.
Gars -> Guy (or in this case: mate ).

De rien, mon gars -> You're welcome, mate.

It's my fault, I used this expression on purpose to see if you'd understand.

EDIT: Wow, ten pages already ? 8)

Don't worry, I understood you fine

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Jul 2005, 14:52

Update:

HK Vidéo will release the korean movie Phone on August 18th and The Longest Nite on September 8th.
Phone will have a DTS Korean track, subbed director's audio commentary and making-of.

(cover art isn't finalized yet).

From: HKMania

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Jul 2005, 14:54

Yeah subbed in French

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Jul 2005, 15:04

Yep.
I really feel sorry for you guys, stuck with "Ghosting-à-gogo" Tartan, "One step forward / two steps back" HKL , "VHS-like" Eastern Heroes, "snip-snip" BBFC...
It's on days like these that I realize how lucky we (french viewers) are:
HK Vidéo / Wild Side / Asian Star / Asian Side / CTV...

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Jul 2005, 15:32

I like those names

HKL are using mono tracks (sometimes anyway) with their HD prints, so thats good

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 Jul 2005, 16:49

:twisted: - One day people will learn there is no such word as NITE!

Tom the Tartan Phone could have ghosting because of NTSC to PAL right? Well get the Tartan R1 then!

I wouldn't put Eastern Heroes in the same sentence as Tartan or HKL, both of which I'm happy with TBH (most of the time$). Do Eastern Heroes still release DVDs?

p.s - CTV release DVDs in the UK too!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Jul 2005, 17:59

Brad what is CTV? Columbia Tristar?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 27 Jul 2005, 19:31

Yep + Video

They're called CTHV in the UK.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Jul 2005, 19:54

Oh yeah. Doh!

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 28 Jul 2005, 06:16

News:

Tsui Hark's future:

It is unknown whether Tsui will direct the 6 sequels to Seven Swords himself.
That will depend mainly on boxoffice results.
Tsui would like to direct one day A Journey To The West (he's been working on a screenplay for some time ).

And he's still planning to direct a film about Brigitte Lin's life, in which Cecilia Cheung would play the young Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia.

From: Monkeypeaches
Sounds cool so far.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 Jul 2005, 10:44

bradavon wrote: They're called CTHV in the UK.

Nah, it's CTHE in R1/UK/R4.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 28 Jul 2005, 11:41

Would Brigitte be persuaded to come out of retirement to play the older version of herself?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 29 Jul 2005, 15:19

News:

Coming to HK on August 18th is Derek Yee's Drink-Drank-Drunk.

Drink-Drank-Drunk is a romantic comedy in which a beer-loving Miriam Yeung falls in love with an always-sober Daniel Wu.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jul 2005, 17:49

Great title for a film.

Tom2681 wrote:It is unknown whether Tsui will direct the 6 sequels to Seven Swords himself.
That will depend mainly on boxoffice results.

They're making SIX sequels to this film???

I hate it when sequels/prequels are created just to cash in.

Tom2681 wrote:And he's still planning to direct a film about Brigitte Lin's life, in which Cecilia Cheung would play the young Brigitte Lin Ching-Hsia.

I wasn't aware she was dead yet?

EvaUnit02 wrote:Nah, it's CTHE in R1/UK/R4.

Nah it depends where you read it.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 29 Jul 2005, 19:32

I hate it when sequels/prequels are created just to cash in.

I believe there's more than enough material in the novels to make 7 films.

-film about Brigitte Lin's life
-I wasn't aware she was dead yet?

Does she need to be dead to have a film that's about her life ?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jul 2005, 22:33

Tom2681 wrote:I believe there's more than enough material in the novels to make 7 films.

Probably true but SEVEN films is VERY OTT.

I doubt they can sustain the quality for seven films, no way.

Tom2681 wrote:Does she need to be dead to have a film that's about her life ?

Yes IMO it helps.

Not for sure as Mann's Ali is very good but they're better as we can remember the person we've lost.