Taegukgi HK dvd review

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 03 Jan 2005, 18:05

Well, i just have a feeling that extras wise the PA dvd will turn out better then columbia/tristar's R1, and will also have the DTS track. I was just saying that i'm not a huge fan of doing PAL-NTSC conversion, but usually it works fine.

As for Teagukgi, i just meant i think it is an inferior image to the Korean dvd, which is on two discs.

To give an example of the two disc issue...my R1 Thin Red Line dvd is a 170 minute film with DTS and a gorgeous crisp picture. That is the longest one i can think of but there are many recent films around the 140 minute running time of Taegukgi that have DTS and awesome picture, on a single disc.

PS- As a reference point, i think the R1 Gangs of NY picture looked fantastic, as i remember.

[Edited on 3/1/2005 by ReconFive]

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 03 Jan 2005, 18:06

Seven Samurai is over 2 hours

and Spartacus is too

guess they dont have DTS and all that, but hey we know its possable to fit the film with DTS on 1 dvd, they must have there reasons I guess

3 dvds sounds better to most people I guess.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 03 Jan 2005, 18:09

Its not really a big deal, i just would prefer not to have to get up and change the disk during a film like Taegukgi

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Jan 2005, 09:31

Is there a convienient break like LOTR?

Anyway, heres where I found the info about the possibility of cuts - we know the JP/Korean discs are 150 mins long.

[url=http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/c ... 90064.html]Clicky here[/url]

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 04 Jan 2005, 16:00

I suppose it is. The break is right after Jin-Tae kills the POWs when one of them takes a soldier hostage.

As i said, not really a big deal....a well worthy sacrifice for the picture quality.

Ricochan38 · Post by **Ricochan38** » 05 Jan 2005, 08:09

[quote][i]Originally posted by ReconFive[/i]
I suppose it is. The break is right after Jin-Tae kills the POWs when one of them takes a soldier hostage.

As i said, not really a big deal....a well worthy sacrifice for the picture quality. [/quote]

from what movie are those pics in your avatar and below?

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 06 Jan 2005, 02:00

Hi Ricochan38....the pics are from a series of Japanese action movies called "gun crazy". Unfortunetly, the R2 Jap. dvd has no english subtitles and the R1 release from ADV is pretty crappy a/v wise.

The movies are pretty bad, but are entertaining for obvious reasons