Peace Hotel UK Optimum Asia

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 18 May 2006, 12:04

Presented in Anamorphic Widescreen with Cantonese Stereo sound and English subtitles, the only extras are Trailers.

Source: http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=61548

I wonder how this will compare to the HK Mei Ah Remaster. Which has DTS & DD5.1 (I think). AFAIK this is currently the best version.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 18 May 2006, 12:38

Hmmm... I didn't like the film. However, it is another showcase of how much of a dedicated actor Chow Yun-fat is. For an 11 seconds scene (the flashback scene at the end of the film) he shaved his head. Great actor.

dragonhero005 · Post by **dragonhero005** » 18 May 2006, 13:43

I quite like the movie... it´s pretty average in my eyes.
Although Cecilia Yip-tung is a godess she plays a very annoying character in this one.

Peace Hotel could have become a true classic... it´s got it´s moments. F.e.: the black and white scene with the balded Chow Yun-fat.

The beginning is really exciting, but then everything gets very boring. And the actionscenes are very confusing... bad cutting in my eyes...

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 18 May 2006, 14:56

The Remastered DVD is missing a gunfight.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 07 Jun 2006, 19:51

I own the HK dvd but never seen it yet, and that means the HK newer DTS dvd is cut

bugger me gently.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Jun 2006, 01:32

Duplicate thread please check before posting

Hey, it wasn't on page 1 so I wasn't gonna go looking....

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Jun 2006, 11:05

Why? This thread is less than a month old. It takes a few seconds to click on Search and type in Peace Hotel, t would've appeared near the top.

Page 1 only contains threads from the past 10 days. Stop being awkward for the sake of being awkward.

I'll just lock the thread next time, you'll be forced to then search.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Jun 2006, 16:19

bradavon wrote:Page 1 only contains threads from the past 10 days. Stop being awkward for the sake of being awkward.

Sorry, I'll stop doing your job.

I'll just lock the thread next time, you'll be forced to then search.

Well that's me told.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 24 Jun 2006, 14:42

Review from 10k Bullets:

http://10kbullets.com/reviews/peace-hotel/

Looks great. If this is "uncut" I'll definately upgrade.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 24 Jun 2006, 14:46

hey,

and English subtitles are forced.

Goody. :x

Also since the film was originally mono, Dolby Digital Stereo isn't the best of signs. Although, they always write Stereo when a movie is in 2.0 (dual Mono) I've heard.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 24 Jun 2006, 14:53

I need English subs so the enforcement doesn't actually bother me in this instance. But I guess if you speak fluent Cantonese it might. Why do you care Ken? As long as it's not a 5.1 remix I'm easy.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 24 Jun 2006, 14:59

hey,

you woudn't want a 5.1 downmix to 2.0 though?

It can happen.

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 29 Jun 2006, 08:15

Markgway wrote:http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=61548

Decent cover.

Hell yeah, that's (one of) the movie poster! I love that poster

WoooooooO!!!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Jun 2006, 09:31

So anyone confirmed this as "uncut" yet?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 29 Jun 2006, 19:15

Hasn't it been put back to late July so we'll have to wait a wee while longer.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Jun 2006, 23:50

Nope, it was in the shops Monday.

Treasure Hunt comes out July.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 30 Jun 2006, 17:08

Forced subs is not a favourite practice of mine - I'm the guy who hates the fact the credits and song translations were forced on HKL's Duel To The Death - but if they are decent, I can live with them

BTW, does anyone know why French DVDs insist on focing the subs. Suppose a Chinese person living in France wants to watch a film. Do we need to have the French language - great as it is - forced down our throats?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 30 Jun 2006, 20:39

Markgway wrote:Nope, it was in the shops Monday. Treasure Hunt comes out July.

LOL oops. I better go and unlock that other thread then. I thought they were the same film.

Ivan Drago wrote:I'm the guy who hates the fact the credits

Fact???

Ivan Drago wrote:BTW, does anyone know why French DVDs insist on focing the subs. Suppose a Chinese person living in France wants to watch a film. Do we need to have the French language - great as it is - forced down our throats?

It's something to do with licensing. Tom commented on it a while back.

It makes little sense when only some (to many) have forced subs.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 02 Jul 2006, 22:42

another chow classic, full contact has seen yet another release

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FD ... ance&n=130

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 Jul 2006, 23:38

New English dub track AND a Ric Meyers commentary!?!

Stop, you're spoiling us Tai Seng. 8)

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 03 Jul 2006, 04:08

hey,

read specs of that and it had 5.1 options only, leading me to believe that they've sourced the mei ah 16:9 print. Not a good thing.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Jul 2006, 13:08

Well, at least it'll be progressive-encoded unlike the interlaced MeiAh.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Jul 2006, 17:46

How sure are you?

Doesn't the Mei Ah have Cantonese Stereo, no? It's a moot point if not when all decent versions only have a Remix.

Tai Seng virtually always just source other companies DVDs so I suspect this is a Mei Ah port.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 05 Jul 2006, 18:31

hey,

quite bad 16:9 transfer on mei ah and 5.1 only. Poor 5.1 at that, added foley and all that crap.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Jul 2006, 19:04

How do the Mei Ah Remastered and HKL compare? I guess in the audio department the HKL is better as at least it doesn't add new foley affects.

Odd not to include the original audio.