Jackie Chan has a whinge and looks damn old!!

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 02 Oct 2007, 19:06

I was very lucky to get a DVD-9 original sealed copy of 'Gorgeous' (as with 'Accidental Spy'). HK Flix once sent me the DVD-5 Disc with a DVD-9 case! 'Gorgeous' now has 2.0 soundtracks only.

DDDHouse sent me the DVD-5 'King Of Comedy' as opposed to the advertised DVD-9.

Anyway, I'm not aware of front-cover differences for Gorgeous, but all three have images of the interactive menus on the back which will list the features (the best way to tell if you can't remember/don't know the front-cover differences). 'King Of Comedy' has black-only fonts on the front whilst 'Accidental Spy' drops the DTS logo.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 02 Oct 2007, 19:13

grim_tales wrote:I havent got that far on the "Invincible Fighter" DVD Scott, the subtitles are impossible to read, burnt in and cut off :shock:
The Myth was a great fun film IMO, should have been Armour of God 3.
I liked Gorgeous, it was romantic

The 'Invincible Fighter' DVD has burnt-in remastered subtitles, uncropped and easy to read. You sure you're not thinking of the inferior Ground Zero DVD

?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 02 Oct 2007, 19:15

chenlung wrote:'Gorgeous' now has 2.0 soundtracks only.

Don't tell me that was something else than a downmix of the horrible 5.1 remix.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 02 Oct 2007, 19:28

chenlung wrote:
grim_tales wrote:I havent got that far on the "Invincible Fighter" DVD Scott, the subtitles are impossible to read, burnt in and cut off :shock:
The Myth was a great fun film IMO, should have been Armour of God 3.
I liked Gorgeous, it was romantic
The 'Invincible Fighter' DVD has burnt-in remastered subtitles, uncropped and easy to read. You sure you're not thinking of the inferior Ground Zero DVD ?

Ah ha ha - doh! Yes thats the one I have

Where can I get the remastered one from? The one I have is truly cack.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Oct 2007, 20:10

gasteropod wrote:Brad, I think you've got Shanghai Noon and Knights mixed up

Oops the one with Donnie sucked.

Yi-Long wrote:Shu Qi is a bit too skinny and flat for my liking. I certainly dont hate her or find her ugly or whatever... but TBH I'd like a girl with a bit more booty and breasts

Not all women are Pamela Anderson types

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 Oct 2007, 21:17

chenlung wrote:I was very lucky to get a DVD-9 original sealed copy of 'Gorgeous' (as with 'Accidental Spy'). HK Flix once sent me the DVD-5 Disc with a DVD-9 case! 'Gorgeous' now has 2.0 soundtracks only.

I don't know which one I have, lol.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 Oct 2007, 21:18

HungFist wrote:Don't tell me that was something else than a downmix of the horrible 5.1 remix.

Wasn't Gorgeous Dolby Digital anyways?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 02 Oct 2007, 21:28

Markgway wrote:
HungFist wrote:Don't tell me that was something else than a downmix of the horrible 5.1 remix.
Wasn't Gorgeous Dolby Digital anyways?

I don't know what it was but it certainly wasn't anything that was found on the Universe disc. Quite honestly I don't care if the audio is 1.0, 2.0, 5.1, 6.1, 11.1... just have the original music and effects (in sync and decent quality) and I'm satisfied.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Oct 2007, 21:43

It definitely sounds like the usual ghastly Universe 5.1 remix to me.

You know I am usually a big fan of decent 5.1 remixes (although I am more picky than I used to be) but mostly HK studios are the worst in the business at creating them, Universal is no exception. I wish they learnt the word "restraint" in Hong Kong English class!

The only company as bad as Universe (and Mei Ah) at creating 5.1 remixes is Anchor Bay (Halloween aside, which they cannot have created). The DD5.1 and Newer DTS on "Withnail on I" are just atrociously bad. So is their "Long Good Friday".

Both are so ridiculously over the top. The Front Left/Right and Surrounds completely drown out all the dialogue trying to come from the Centre speaker. I don't get why the engineers (if you can call them that) would think this sounds okay let alone improves the film?

At least the dialogue is coming from the Centre speaker. Universe couldn't even manage that for their Tai Chi Master and Fong Sai Yuk DVDs. Those give me shivers just thinking about them.

chenlung wrote:''Gorgeous' now has 2.0 soundtracks only.

Really? So they released it a third time then. I wonder if it's an improvement?

The version I have is bare-bones (bar some biographies) and has Cantonese or Mandarin DD5.1 but definitely no 2.0. The picture quality like I said is non-anamorphic and if that wasn't bad enough it looks awful to boot.

HK Flix listing stating DD2.0 and No extras:

http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.12/qx/details.htm

It looks to be long since OOP though.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Oct 2007, 09:29

bradavon wrote:Personally I rate Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2 and Shanghai Knights as great fun. I didn't like Noon (the Donnie Yen fight was completely wasted for one) and RH3 was just dire.

Donnie Yen was in Knights not Noon. I found Knights absolutely dreadful, it was painful for me to sit through it.

grim_tales wrote:You're wierd
Shu Qi is gorgeous so there

You guys forget that IronMonkey prefers his milkshakes in chocolate flavour.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 03 Oct 2007, 10:45

bradavon wrote:
Yi-Long wrote:Shu Qi is a bit too skinny and flat for my liking. I certainly dont hate her or find her ugly or whatever... but TBH I'd like a girl with a bit more booty and breasts
Not all women are Pamela Anderson types

I know...

But I more prefer chicks like Jeon Ji-Hyun

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 Oct 2007, 10:54

The cockney Charlie Chaplin kid in Knights really annoyed me.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 03 Oct 2007, 11:16

yeah, what a stupid anachronism!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Oct 2007, 13:44

I'd forgotten about him, very annoying.

I thought most people preferred Knights as it had more Hong Kong style of action, no?

EvaUnit02 wrote:IronMonkey prefers his milkshakes in chocolate flavour.

Speaking of Chocolate Milkshake I see his favourite Milkshake is branching out on her own. Pity.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 Oct 2007, 13:46

bradavon wrote:I thought most people preferred Knights as it had more Hong Kong style of action, no?

While that is true, Noon is way better filmwise.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 Oct 2007, 13:47

Huh?
Aside from him, I liked Knights. It was fun.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 04 Oct 2007, 17:05

I've heard that Around the World in 80 Days is fairly good, how's that?

bradavon wrote:Speaking of Chocolate Milkshake I see his favourite Milkshake is branching out on her own. Pity.

More power to her. The rest of the Pussycat Dolls were just glorified backup dancers anyway.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 04 Oct 2007, 17:23

EvaUnit02 wrote:I've heard that Around the World in 80 Days is fairly good, how's that?

It's quite watchable appart from the horrible beginning. There's an incredible amount of cameos and some nice references to Jackie's HK movies. 2,5/5 stuff.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Oct 2007, 18:20

If a film is only worth 2.5 out of 5 in my book it must (mostly) suck.

thelostdragon wrote:While that is true, Noon is way better filmwise.

Definitely. Knights is really ropey.

EvaUnit02 wrote:More power to her. The rest of the Pussycat Dolls were just glorified backup dancers anyway.

Definitely but at least they had a stage presence. Now she just sounds like all the other pretty solo pop female singers.

The song in question is really bland and sounds like every other female pop singer.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 04 Oct 2007, 18:24

EvaUnit02 wrote:I've heard that Around the World in 80 Days is fairly good, how's that?

I enjoy it, it's just a fun children's film

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 04 Oct 2007, 18:45

bradavon wrote:If a film is only worth 2.5 out of 5 in my book it must (mostly) suck.

Then that's in your book only. 2,5/5 is average on my rating scale (can you see the logic here?

)

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 04 Oct 2007, 18:56

I quite enjoyed Around The World. That and Shanghai Noon are the only really good films in Jackie's post 2000 films

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Oct 2007, 21:45

HungFist wrote:Then that's in your book only. 2,5/5 is average on my rating scale (can you see the logic here? )

Nope

. Average to me is 3 out of 5 or 6 out of 10. 2.5 out of 5 is only 50% meaning at least half of the film sucked

(okay not really on the second bit).

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 Oct 2007, 23:07

EvaUnit02 wrote:I've heard that Around the World in 80 Days is fairly good, how's that?

You heard wrong. It's very lame. I promise you won't like it.

The director is so inept he managed to shoot all around the globe and make everything look like a Burbank soundstage. No kidding!

bradavon wrote:The rest of the Pussycat Dolls were just glorified backup dancers anyway.

Argh, she's not going keep "singing" is she. My ears bleed when that "music" comes on.

'Don't ya wish you girlfriend was hot like me?'

Not if she didn't keep her trap shut.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 05 Oct 2007, 09:13

bradavon wrote:
HungFist wrote:Then that's in your book only. 2,5/5 is average on my rating scale (can you see the logic here? )
Nope . Average to me is 3 out of 5 or 6 out of 10. 2.5 out of 5 is only 50% meaning at least half of the film sucked (okay not really on the second bit).

2,5/5 (or 5/10 if you prefer)* means average entertainment 8)

* I've notived some people consider 6/10 a lesser rating than 3/5. What's up that