Asian Movies in HD!

[gasteropod]

Unless it's 'Kidulthood' or something

[Markgway]

There's no one here I want to see seriously injured or worse dead.

There's at least one I'd like to knee in the knackers though...

[saltysam]

Received Shaolin Soccer today.just got up from nights so haven't had a chance to look at it yet.Specs on back say cantonese version (112 minutes) and english dub (87 minutes) are included. States Region B.No extras mentioned.

[romerojpg]

Shaolin Soccer mmmm and 2 cuts.

[Markgway]

But not the original theatrical cut.

[gasteropod]

The director's cut is better though, the dance scene!!

[Clueless_Monkey]

Once Upon A Time in China looks like another failed attempt from Fortune Star to produce a proper Blu-ray Disc release
http://www.lupiupload.de/file.php?dat=34q3n2Oy.jpg
http://www.lupiupload.de/file.php?dat=CEzf4mhs.jpg

Taken from: http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... tcount=123

[grim_tales]

Thats clearly an upscale Rubbish. No company will get my money until a decent release is made I'll keep my DVD set.

[Shingster]

Sweet baby jesus, could that be the most severe DNR in the history of Blu-ray?

[gasteropod]

Sickening!!

[saltysam]

Thats clearly an upscale

it looks dnr'd to hell but Grim serious question how can you clearly tell it's an upscale from those caps?serious question because i'd love to know how to tell an upscale from a couple of caps..

[grim_tales]

Well admittedly my saying that was based on the poster saying "OUATIC also upscales" but looking at the caps they sure look very soft and not very HD-like. I know we're talking about an HK film that is almost 20 years old but still.

[saltysam]

Well admittedly my saying that was based on the poster saying "OUATIC also upscales" but looking at the caps they sure look very soft and not very HD-like. I know we're talking about an HK film that is almost 20 years old but still.

from the same thread....

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... tcount=124

[grim_tales]

Thanks Sam I'll wait for more reviews then, but keep my PS/OUATIC DVDs for now.

[saltysam]

I Have a feeling (could well be wrong) that it won't be an upscale but an overzealously dnr'd image...i'll have my copy by the end of the week.

[romerojpg]

That is one classy transfer

People toss about the word Upscale way to much

[bradavon]

OMG! OMG! OMG! I love these films . That DNR is hideous. As that other poster says you cannot tell if it's an upscale or not given how processed it is.

I'm starting to like the Bruce Lee BDs just a little bit more than I did before.

[Shingster]

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p ... tcount=124

That comment is pretty silly though imo, just because you can see detail not in the DVD releases doesn't mean you're not looking at a standard definition upscale. I highly doubt in Police Story's case that the current DVD releases represent the maximum detail you can possibly get at 480p.

[grim_tales]

Is there any BD of Red Cliff without a watermark? I thought the HK BD of Part 2 is watermark free but Part 1 isn't (annoyingly)

[Markgway]

I think the two-parter might be coming out on BD/DVD in the UK.

But both parts are censored for horse trips (if that's an issue).

[romerojpg]

I think the two-parter might be coming out on BD/DVD in the UK.

The specs of the UK disc are the hacked version, 2.5 hours missing, so no 2 parter announced yet

But god only knows when a good version will come out, if ever.

[bradavon]

@ Mark: Where did you read that?

Is there any BD of Red Cliff without a watermark? I thought the HK BD of Part 2 is watermark free but Part 1 isn't (annoyingly)

Correct. You have to decide between the non-watermark DVD for Part 1 or the watermark BD.

[HungFist]

Was it Taiwan BD that was water-free, but open matte?

[bradavon]

Correct and correct. Open-matte interests me not.

[grim_tales]

Open-matte wouldnt be OAR (right)?