Recommend me some Japanese R2 DVDs

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 07 Oct 2006, 09:46

of non Japanese movies.

I.e. Dawn of the Dead Remake, which is the only director's cut to have DTS.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Oct 2006, 20:09

* True Lies - A Featurette (Woo hoo) and DTS
* Kill Bill: Vol. 1 - Full Colour version
* Lake Placid: DTS
* Fong Sai-Yuk: Anamorphic but no English subs
* Fong Sai-Yuk 2: Anamorphic but no English subs
* FeardotCom: Extras + DTS
* Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within: More Extras + DTS
* Good Will Hunting: 2 Disc DTS SE
* Hart's War: DTS
* Howl's Moving Castle: 4 Discs
* Who Am I: DTS - The new WB HK DVD is otherwise the same.
* Owl's Castle: DTS, Uncut
* Welcome To The Jungle/Rundown: DTS
* Saw 2: More Extras + DTS
* Sleepers: DTS
* So Close: DTS
* Spy Kids: DTS
* Sum of all Fears: DTS
* Takeshis' - There maybe a HK DVD
* Twilight Samurai: Extras
* White Squall: DTS
* Road Home: Superbit so DTS

I'm sure there are loads more DTS Japanese DVDs.

Source: http://www.dvdcompare.net/comparisons/s ... on&param=2

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 08 Oct 2006, 20:11

Cheers Brad - I'll see what I can grab when I'm over there in a few days.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Oct 2006, 20:12

Cool. How long for? What are you going to do and visit? I'm going in January, for 10 to 14 days.

Personally out of that lot I'd only say Kill Bill and maybe True Lies are worth the extra cost. If you can find Kill Bill for a good price I'd definitely pick that up.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 08 Oct 2006, 20:13

From that list, I think I'll try and get Kill Bill, True Lies and Rundown. But we'll see how it goes min.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Oct 2006, 20:15

If you find Kill Bill post back where and how much so I can also pick it up.

FYI regarding "True Lies" the R4 the only other version worth considering is about £11-13 delivered so roughly the same as the Japanese R2 which is £15. The R4 is uncut, anamorphic but no extras and just DD5.1.

The UK R3 is under £5 but is cut and the R1 is non-anamorphic. Yes I know there's an uncut UK R2 but that's long since OOP so no point mentioning it.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 08 Oct 2006, 22:33

Bisc how long will you be in Japan for?
I'll be there for 1 or 2 days early November to visit a friend, on my way back to Thailand
(I just got a potential job offering, so i'm moving there for a while)

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 09 Oct 2006, 18:41

Leaving this wednesday 11th October for two weeks. Gonna find me an HMV and just go mental. Of course I'll be seeing other stuff (got my Ghibli Museum ticket). Going to Kyoto and Yokohama.

I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Oct 2006, 19:26

And Hiroshima? I'll be visiting I bet it's very humbling. Where was the other bomb dropped? How did you get your Ghibli already?

Post back when you get back, tell us all about it. I hope you have a nice time.

p.s - Japan for just 1-2 days, that's short after the 1-2 hour flight from Thailand.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 09 Oct 2006, 20:49

Brad I booked my Ghibli ticket 2 months in advance. It is advisable to do so because they are usually sell out very quickly. They only let 200 visitors every day.

No Hiroshima for me - just Tokyo, Kyoto and Yokohama. I'll probably visit again depending on how this trip goes.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 09 Oct 2006, 22:28

Taxi Driver Superbit - remastered + original mono.
Last Action Hero Superbit - DTS

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Oct 2006, 01:58

Nice find there Eva. Going by this DVD Beaver comparison the Taxi Driver JP SB looks loads different:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReview ... review.htm

I'm not convinced it looks better mind you. The Mono doesn't mean much to me when the other DVDs virtually have Mono anyway.

Shame Sony haven't paid for the rights to the Criterion commentary. This is dying for an SE! :shock:

BiscLimpkit wrote:Brad I booked my Ghibli ticket 2 months in advance. It is advisable to do so because they are usually sell out very quickly. They only let 200 visitors every day.

I meant how did you source them cheers?

BiscLimpkit wrote:No Hiroshima for me - just Tokyo, Kyoto and Yokohama. I'll probably visit again depending on how this trip goes.

Fair enough.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Oct 2006, 02:36

Any idea Eva where Taxi Driver JP SB can be picked up?

It's not on Yes Asia or CD Japan. It's on Amazon Japan but the sites in Japan which makes life harder and it's 4935 before postage. I may have to wait for Japan on this one.

p.s - So far for me I'd only pick up Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Taxi Driver. The rest have a perfectly fine alternate for much, much less money.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Oct 2006, 02:37

Here's another:

Jurassic Park: Superbit

It's said to have a completely different DTS Mix than the R1 DTS (with Extras) sounding far, far better.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Oct 2006, 09:16

Brad the other bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 10 Oct 2006, 17:01

bradavon wrote:p.s - Japan for just 1-2 days, that's short after the 1-2 hour flight from Thailand.

No its just a stopover on the way back to Thailand from the US. I'm back home now to get my visa and get everything ready.

Aw sorry to hear you wont be there in November Bisc...that would be awesome to meet up

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 10 Oct 2006, 17:28

Here you go Brad:

http://www.mybus.co.uk/apply/ghibli.html

Recon. I'm gutted man - that would've so awesome! Nevermind, we'll try and sort something next year.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Oct 2006, 17:51

Thanks

ReconFive wrote:No its just a stopover on the way back to Thailand from the US. I'm back home now to get my visa and get everything ready.

You guys need a visa for Thailand? He he Brits don't

. a 30 day automatic Visa is given on entry.

grim_tales wrote:Brad the other bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.

Tack

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 10 Oct 2006, 19:43

surely kill bill will appear in region 1/2 uncut form by next year

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 10 Oct 2006, 20:08

Yeah right... that's what they said a year ago... and then a year before that.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Oct 2006, 20:33

As Bisc said. Sure "maybe" one day but who has a freakin' clue in reality.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 10 Oct 2006, 20:33

hey i have the japanese dvd just think it will appear eventually over here

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Oct 2006, 20:34

Fairy beaver.

@ Eva: Taxi Driver: SB doesn't have Mono:

http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=250165

I'm still interested to see how the alternate transfer fairs. It's a masterpiece. I would've picked up Heat: DTS JP (no extras) if the SE hadn't come.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 10 Oct 2006, 22:37

bradavon wrote:You guys need a visa for Thailand? He he Brits don't . a 30 day automatic Visa is given on entry.

Same with us..however with the new visa rules you cannot do border runs to renew the 30 stamp more then 3 times in a row...then you must leave the country for at least 90 days before re-entering.
Since i'm moving here for a while to work..i need to get a non-immigrant visa. I still need to leave the country for stamp renewal every 90 days, but the visa is valid for up to one year...and can easily be endorsed with a work permit (assuming i'm lucky enough to get one).

BiscLimpkit wrote:we'll try and sort something next year.

Definitely

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Oct 2006, 18:11

Same with us..however with the new visa rules you cannot do border runs to renew the 30 stamp more then 3 times in a row...then you must leave the country for at least 90 days before re-entering.

Ohh I didn't know that cheers. I knew about the 30 day rule but not that it's changed.

The max. I've ever stayed is just under 30 days.

How hard is it to get a work visa?