The Official "Dragon Dynasty" Thread!

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 30 Oct 2008, 16:41

bradavon wrote:Aren't all the Dimension releases non-anamorphic?

Most were, but later releases, such as DMII, Iron Monkey, Project A2, and Dragon Lord had actual anamorphic releases.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Oct 2008, 19:28

Thanks. I was just wondering as for me it doesn't matter how good the picture is if they go and stuff it up by making it non-anamorphic.

DangerousLeeHandsome · Post by **DangerousLeeHandsome** » 30 Oct 2008, 21:46

Oh god, the black t-shirt! Isn't that the exact same image on the old Dimension Supercop DVD? Oh well, atleast Michelle's on the cover with him. She's the real reason to watch Supercop.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 30 Oct 2008, 21:57

DangerousLeeHandsome wrote:Oh god, the black t-shirt! Isn't that the exact same image on the old Dimension Supercop DVD? Oh well, atleast Michelle's on the cover with him. She's the real reason to watch Supercop.

I think I've seen Michelle's image elsewhere before.

And no, the previous Dimension image isn't the same as here.

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 30 Oct 2008, 22:23

That Jackie Chan image is indeed different from the Dimension cover. Not much of an improvement though.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 01 Nov 2008, 15:07

Someone on Kung Fu Cinema mentioned there are strong rumours That DD have the Bruce Lee movies and are planning Blu-Ray releases for them in 2009. Hope that's true

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Nov 2008, 15:17

Sounds interesting

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 01 Nov 2008, 15:33

saltysam wrote:Someone on Kung Fu Cinema mentioned there are strong rumours That DD have the Bruce Lee movies and are planning Blu-Ray releases for them in 2009. Hope that's true

I doubt it, think that was just cloud talk unless something changed recently with the Fox rights as DD didn't have them before.

They'd have to be something severely different for me to buy and not half-arsedness again (interviews with "people that knew him best" and incorrect languages with subpar subtitles).

DangerousLeeHandsome · Post by **DangerousLeeHandsome** » 01 Nov 2008, 22:05

I highly doubt that as well. If we ever get Bruce Lee on Bluray, I'm sure it'll be from Fox and not DD.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Nov 2008, 00:17

I havent had a problem with the subs

"Fist" is Mandarin from Fox/HKL.
"Boss" is Mandarin from Fox.
"Way" is in Mandarin from Fox. What dont you like about the subs?

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 02 Nov 2008, 00:28

Fox discs are interlaced - the subs will be inferior to HKL's correction jobs as they're source will be from theatrical prints. One very slightly annoying thing is the newly placed akas.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 Nov 2008, 02:51

Despite those flaws the Fox editions are still the best currently available.

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 04 Nov 2008, 00:22

I didn't find those "aka's" bothersome at all. A little out of place but nothing too big. Nothing like DD physically changing the Banquet to Legend of the black Scorpion. that was kinda gay.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 21 Nov 2008, 12:47

I find the AKAs tacky but tolerable. Unlike the Mandarin track on Fox's Big Boss going WAY out of sync during a key fight scene...

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 21 Nov 2008, 14:02

I have the FOX "Boss" and didnt notice this (but then I don't notice much

) What scene is that?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 21 Nov 2008, 14:32

grim_tales wrote:I have the FOX "Boss" and didnt notice this (but then I don't notice much )

Did you watch it with mono or 5.1? Did you notice?

I'm decently satisfied with the HKL Platimum Edition. It's in cantonese of course, but the track is fully in sync and sounds good to my ears. Any other glitches (correct music cues etc.) I wouldn't be able to point out as I'm hardly an expert when it comes to these films.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Nov 2008, 14:35

Me too. It also looks fantastic too. The Fortune Star DVDs are overrated. Sure HKL used them as a basis (and added pink) but HKL also clearly did a lot more to them too. For that reason I can put up with the pink.

The Fortune Star (Fox in my case) don't look anywhere as good as the work HKL did on them (TBB and FOF in this case). I just wish they'd re-release/fix WOTD but that's never going to happen now

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Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 21 Nov 2008, 14:53

All HKL did is stick a ton of edge enhancement on them. Some look pretty weak

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 21 Nov 2008, 15:10

I watched it with Mandarin mono Hung.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 21 Nov 2008, 16:10

It goes out of sync when Bruce is fighting the Boss's son

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 21 Nov 2008, 16:15

Thanks.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 21 Nov 2008, 17:54

Ivan Drago wrote:All HKL did is stick a ton of edge enhancement on them. Some look pretty weak

Are you sure? TBB and FOF look loads different. They may have added edge enhancement though. I've not watched them for ages, before I was better at spotting it.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 21 Nov 2008, 20:13

bradavon wrote:
Ivan Drago wrote:All HKL did is stick a ton of edge enhancement on them. Some look pretty weak
Are you sure? TBB and FOF look loads different. They may have added edge enhancement though. I've not watched them for ages, before I was better at spotting it.

FOF HKL has bad colour "enhancements" for sure

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Nov 2008, 11:16

The CE was worse (though at the time I thought the restoration was amazing). Its impressive for a film from 1972, but Bruce's hair is brown in the CE, its supposed to be black!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Nov 2008, 18:25

Ivan Drago wrote:FOF HKL has bad colour "enhancements" for sure

True. I was talking about edge enhancement not colour alteration though.