The Official "Dragon Dynasty" Thread!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jan 2007, 01:35

I bet he'll be in the extras.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 Jan 2007, 01:38

No doubt.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 04 Jan 2007, 02:38

Brett should get his mug on the front cover. A nice picture of his face. Brett Ratner presents... POLICE STORY 2!

Worked for Tarentino... when he gave us Chunking Express(!)

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Jan 2007, 09:26

About this 5 cut of IA - is it like all 3 films edited into one or something?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Jan 2007, 10:23

bradavon wrote:What is it with that black shirt and R1 covers???

What's more, Jackie has been air-brushed so much that he looks like a cartoon character.

Spread across 2 discs
Anamorphic 2.35:1 WS
Cantonese DD5.1 or DTS
Mandarin DD5.1 Dub
English or Chinese subtitles
No extras

If you've seen any of the HK IA DVDs you know what to expect AV wise. It's a decent transfer.

Cheers. I'll pass though - $40 nzd is way too expensive and it'll probably be as sloppily edited as the Godfather trilogy sequential cut.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 04 Jan 2007, 10:39

EvaUnit02 wrote:
Spread across 2 discs
Anamorphic 2.35:1 WS
Cantonese DD5.1 or DTS
Mandarin DD5.1 Dub
English or Chinese subtitles
No extras

If you've seen any of the HK IA DVDs you know what to expect AV wise. It's a decent transfer.
Cheers. I'll pass though - $40 nzd is way too expensive and it'll probably be as sloppily edited as the Godfather trilogy sequential cut.

Hey Eva, why not get the thai dvd instead, see http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.540 ... etails.htm and http://www.ethaicd.com/show.php?pid=25910

Ethai being the cheapest, Actually I might get this as well

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Jan 2007, 11:27

grim_tales wrote:About this 5 cut of IA - is it like all 3 films edited into one or something?

Well done! You've saved us again Cpt. Obvious! It's also in chronological order.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jan 2007, 22:02

EvaUnit02 wrote:Cheers. I'll pass though - $40 nzd is way too expensive and it'll probably be as sloppily edited as the Godfather trilogy sequential cut.

It must've gone up I paid about £8.

Godfather trilogy chronological cut???

slasher13 wrote:Ethai being the cheapest, Actually I might get this as well

Nice find.

150 minute, three DD5.1 + one DTS track per DVD-9 is risky though. Still that's only 1 more than the HK DVD.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Jan 2007, 14:57

bradavon wrote:Godfather trilogy chronological cut???

Yes, a big long cut assembled from all three films in chronological order - just like this "IA trilogy 5 hour cut".

It sucks, don't bother tracking it down. Godfather 2's structure which jumps back & forth between Michael's POV and Vito's past was superb. It's totally wrecked here.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Jan 2007, 19:33

TBH I wasn't going to. Is it on DVD though?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Jan 2007, 23:59

Brad - as for Drunken Master 2, it won't be released by DD I'm afraid as Disney kept this one:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php ... ost7553763

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 Jan 2007, 00:10

Never mind. I'm not interested in that one anyway thanks. Can you ask Linn:

* What they kept?
* If FOL and Tai Chi Master are still on the cards?

Ta.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 06 Jan 2007, 00:31

Brad, how comes you enjoyed "Tai Chi Master"?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 06 Jan 2007, 00:44

thelostdragon wrote:Brad, how comes you enjoyed "Tai Chi Master"?

It's a new school wirefu/wuxia flick from the early 90's, Brad likes those.

DM2 has a lot Jackie humour (i.e. him getting drunk and bumbling around), Brad hates that.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 Jan 2007, 01:50

thelostdragon wrote:Brad, how comes you enjoyed "Tai Chi Master"?

Why wouldn't I? It's not old school or silly Jackie nonsense. It's mostly as Eva says plus I can watch Jet Li in pretty much anything.

As for DM2 I just can't get on with Jackie's Hong Kong style (most of the time), to much time spent on the stunts (which rarely particularly impress me anyway) and to little on the script.

Of course the same applies to an average Jet Li flick but they're serious in tone and Jet is so charismatic.

Shock horror I've not sat down to TCM yet

but seriously reckon I'll love it. It's got Michelle Yeoh too so is unlikely to fail.

I tried to watch my HK DVD twice and after my ears and eyes being raped by the atrocity that is the Universe Laser DVD I gave up.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 06 Jan 2007, 02:05

Well, you'll be pissed to find out that TCM is a rather funny and less serious Jet Li-film.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 06 Jan 2007, 08:35

It seems among the films Disney kept were "Iron Monkey" and "Drunken Master II" - I've asked Lin if Disney still have Tai Chi Master and FOL.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 Jan 2007, 18:23

Thanks. I doubt DD would improve Iron Monkey anyway (except for Mono).

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 06 Jan 2007, 21:14

It'd be great if DD re-released IRON MONKEY. Just imagine the Miramax print with all of HKL's goodies!

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 06 Jan 2007, 21:35

For me, Tai Chi Master starts out great, and you;ll think it will be one of the best and most entertaining martial arts flicks ever, but later on the movie quickly drops in quality, with bad jokes and wire-fu.
Still a good and entertaining movie, but just not a classic. Could have been much better.

DangerousLeeHandsome · Post by **DangerousLeeHandsome** » 06 Jan 2007, 22:53

Speaking of the Tai Chi Master, I was watching the Miramax DVD and you could totally see all the wires LOL!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 07 Jan 2007, 03:51

RickyTheDragonSteamboat wrote:Just imagine the Miramax print with all of HKL's goodies!

I'm sure I've read the HKL is the best IM has ever looked. I also heard they messed up the subs (by adding a new plot) and cut the film too.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 07 Jan 2007, 10:22

As far as I remember, Miramax IM had much better picture than the HKL.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 07 Jan 2007, 11:44

I also believe I heard Miramax had the best video. Not that I'd ever buy it though, as it's cut. I'm more then happy with my 2 disk HKL.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jan 2007, 19:27

LD's list of titles has been added to the first post.