A couple of R1 questions.

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 28 Feb 2007, 19:24

1). How does Sony's R1 Once A Thief compare to IVL's in the video department?
2). Is Sony's New Fist Of Fury the longest version available? How's the picture quality and such?

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 28 Feb 2007, 22:20

I had a post type, but the motherfucker of a computer crashed.

2) 'New Fist of Fury':

'Eastern Heroes' DVD has English export trailer and genuine English/Chinese credits (everything else is god awful).

'Geneon' DVD has genuine (possibly progressive) anamorphic 2:35:1 image and may have original trailer (uses the shorter Cantonese reissue version and has no mono, or English subtitles),

'Columbia' DVD has the longer Mandarin version in 2:35:1 (fairly decent - some mild print damage) with English dub (has dubtitles, altered credits and a few minor cuts and maybe an interlaced false anamorphic image).

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Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 28 Feb 2007, 22:28

1) I'm told the Columbia has genuine Cantonese mono, original Chinese credits, is anamorphic and uncut. Sounds like a winner! I'm getting it soon

2) Fortune Star version of New Fist, avaliable from Geneon is missing 40min compared to the Columbia. Unless Dragon Dynasty does something wonderful, the OOP Columbia is the best DVD - even though it's lacking in many areas

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 01 Mar 2007, 01:03

Sounds like a winner! I'm getting it soon

Careful, it could have dubtitles.

Fortune Star version of New Fist, avaliable from Geneon is missing 40min compared to the Columbia.

Well, techinically, it's not missing anything, it's just the shorter version

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Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 01 Mar 2007, 09:14

Shorter versions of films originally 40min longer are missing a great deal!

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 03 Mar 2007, 00:40

Another question:
Is Sony's Snake In The Eagle's Shadow the fully uncut version or is it the edited BBFC approved version? I've read some conflicting reviews.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 03 Mar 2007, 01:10

Sony's version is uncut

, the UK version is BBFC approved (with possibly another cut before Pai finds a hanging corpse).

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 08 Mar 2007, 21:15

Well I just finished watching the Sony R1 ONCE A THIEF and the quality wasn't as bad as I suspected. For some reason the credits were extremely grainy but thankfully it cleared up afterwards. The picture is kinda dark at times and seems to have removed color filters, if there were any. The sounds mono alright and the English dubbing sounds old (like The Killer and Hard-boiled's dub). Anyone know how the IVL compares to this?

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 09 Mar 2007, 02:43

How are the subtitles?

Would be nice to have a comparison

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RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 10 Mar 2007, 00:47

How are the subtitles?

Excellent. No dubtitles here!

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A couple of R1 questions.

A couple of R1 questions.

Ian