Eastern Condors: R1Fox vs R2HKL vs R2FR

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 07 Mar 2008, 14:23

I ordered the LE with the crappy cover

hey,i like it.!

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 07 Mar 2008, 14:53

saltysam wrote:I ordered the LE with the crappy cover hey,i like it.!

Awful cover, but at least NEW included it for purists

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If I get bored with my 'proper' cover, I'll trade with ya Saltysam

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HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 07 Mar 2008, 15:20

You people wouldn't recognize a good cover even if you saw one :x

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 07 Mar 2008, 16:42

I like the cover as well, it's arrestingly garish.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 07 Mar 2008, 16:43

You're, of course, right, HungFist.

Now can you point to the part of Eastern Condors where the gay Chippendale flexes his oily back muscles to the camera?

I seem to have missed it.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 07 Mar 2008, 16:50

Interesting that when Mark sees a muscular back he immediately hopes it belongs to a gay man!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 07 Mar 2008, 16:53

Gives me something to wank over.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 07 Mar 2008, 17:00

Markgway wrote:You're, of course, right, HungFist.

I'm glad yoo agree

Markgway wrote: Now can you point to the part of Eastern Condors where the gay Chippendale flexes his oily back muscles to the camera?

I seem to have missed it.

It's one of the rare deleted scenes

Btw, does the german Duel to the Death dvd have anything special about it? I'm in a desperate need to find an excuse to upgrade from my HKL. The limited edition cover art is even better than that of Eastern Condors.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Mar 2008, 00:55

HungFist wrote:Btw, does the german Duel to the Death dvd have anything special about it?

Just a special edition cover that shows Tsui Siu Keung and Damian Lau engaging in topless oil wrestling. You should love it.

I'm in a desperate need to find an excuse to upgrade from my HKL.

The HKL is excellent.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 08 Mar 2008, 01:01

Markgway wrote: The HKL is excellent.

I know, I know. But I want that german cover art into my collection

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 08 Mar 2008, 01:05

All mono soundtracks with original English dub and HKL subtitles I believe

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HKL is indeed excellent, just the original English dub in mono it's missing. Interestingly, two sets of Chinese credits exist - HKL has one without English, whilst Megastar is bi-lingual (judging by the title cards of them both).

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Mar 2008, 02:13

Sometimes the HK video companies superimposed their own English titles, but damned if I remember how Eastern Condors should be. I'd love to see some caps from the NEW disc to see hwo it compares to the others....

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 08 Mar 2008, 22:18

Markgway wrote:Sometimes the HK video companies superimposed their own English titles, but damned if I remember how Eastern Condors should be. I'd love to see some caps from the NEW disc to see hwo it compares to the others....

http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittb ... hp?ID=2361

I think you might be right as this (http://www.dvdcult.com/images/DTTDt.jpg) capture has a somewhat unconvincing black font placed below, but the background suggested different.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 08 Mar 2008, 23:44

Honestly, credits/title cards shouldn't be influential on ANY purchase. If they are, you seriously need to re-evaluate your priorities.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 09 Mar 2008, 01:10

The 'Eastern Condors' title looks original from that cap. Easier to tell in motion but it looks good so I wouldn't worry about it.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 09 Mar 2008, 12:00

EvaUnit02 wrote:Honestly, credits/title cards shouldn't be influential on ANY purchase. If they are, you seriously need to re-evaluate your priorities.

They are when they are the only major differance between one release and the other. For example, if it was Anamorphic english language print vs. non anamorphic chinese print, I'd take the English one. But if both were anamorphic, I'd take the Chinese one

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Mar 2008, 19:42

Surely then price would come into it, no?

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 09 Mar 2008, 19:44

Not really no. Authenticity is the important factor for me - though as a rule, I consider non anamorphics, standards conversions, bad remixes and dvds without subs as redundant

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 19 Mar 2008, 15:53

got my Eastern Condors LE today-number 97 of 1000

comes in one of those hardback book style cases the germans love.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 19 Mar 2008, 16:05

hey,

watched the NEW dvd a few days ago. Excellent stuff. All basics covered and some neat extras and a worthwhile easter egg thrown in there too.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 19 Mar 2008, 23:29

So how does the image quality compare?

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 20 Mar 2008, 05:04

hey,

have nothing to compare with. I think it looks splendid. Rich colurs, sharp, shit like that.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 20 Mar 2008, 05:26

Knetan wrote:have nothing to compare with.

lol what about the comparison here

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Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 20 Mar 2008, 07:13

hey,

someone better can screencap the disc or analyze. I can't give you any insight.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 20 Mar 2008, 22:26

Lazy *cough* Lazy.