The Official "Dragon Dynasty" Thread!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2008, 00:00

grim_tales wrote:It also seems to play at NTSC (the proper speed) going by the sound of the Shaws logo..

Can you notice the difference? I never can.

You'll love HD then. Virtually all discs run at the correct speed.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 11 Jun 2008, 00:30

Can you notice the difference? I never can.

If you've either perfect pitch, or you've got both to compare

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DD always get their flagging and speeds right on the film itself.

Virtually all discs run at the correct speed.

NTSC ones, yep I believe so

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bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2008, 02:10

NTSC ones, yep I believe so .

There's no such thing as NTSC/PAL in HD

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chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 11 Jun 2008, 02:19

bradavon wrote:
NTSC ones, yep I believe so .
There's no such thing as NTSC/PAL in HD .

I meant as in speeds. Doesn't 50i/25p occur in countries like the UK? My teacher told me that 25 exists (I think), but I wasn't fully convinced.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2008, 02:24

EIV in the UK often use 1080i/50 (instead of the industry standard 1080p/24), if that's what you mean.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Jun 2008, 08:16

How do 36th Chamber and Last Hurrah compare to the exsisting discs?
Brad it just sounded like pure NTSC as the pitch of the Shaw theme at the start was lower than I remember. Werent some of the early Celestials NTSC-PAL? Even if CDWM Celstial was not, the DD still beats it.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 11 Jun 2008, 11:27

grim_tales wrote:How do 36th Chamber and Last Hurrah compare to the exsisting discs?

Last Hurrah HKL has better subtitles, whilst the Dragon Dynasty one has better extras.

'36th Chamber' is far better than IVL with it's proper progressive NTSC video and mono options, but still suffers from shit subtitles.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 11 Jun 2008, 11:37

I think James said somewhere that HKL Last Hurrah mono is out of sync.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 11 Jun 2008, 11:40

So's the mono on the HK Vidéo of Last Hurrah.
There's a 2 second (!!) delay during the final fight scene.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2008, 14:07

Aren't most of the Celestial/IVL releases non-anamorphic? If so it makes any future DD releases automatically better IMO. I can put up with a lot if the DVD is anamorphic.

I cannot stand non-anamorphic, above pretty much anything.

grim_tales wrote:Brad it just sounded like pure NTSC as the pitch of the Shaw theme at the start was lower than I remember.

I meant can you notice generally speaking? I guess you can.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 11 Jun 2008, 14:22

A few of the IVLs were non-anamorphic. What's worse is that every single one, even the recent 'HD' titles, were PAL-NTSC

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2008, 14:26

I presume you mean DVDs mastered in HD? Not HD titles.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 11 Jun 2008, 15:13

bradavon wrote:I presume you mean DVDs mastered in HD? Not HD titles.

Yeah

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Jun 2008, 16:13

I thought the subs on 36th Chamber were fine TBH. Well I may upgrade 36th Chamber, dunno.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Jun 2008, 16:50

Cheers Ivan. I wasn't sure if I'd missed any IVL HD Discs.

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 21 Jun 2008, 00:06

Specs for:
Invisible Target (Hong Kong - 2007) - R1 US Dragon Dynasty
Aprox. 130:05 Mins (NTSC) - including the Dragon Dynasty and warning logos.
2.35:1 Progressive Anamorphic transfer.
Disc 1 - Main Feature + Special Features
Audio: Cantonese DTS 5.1, Cantonese Dolby 5.1, English Dolby 5.1
Subtitles: English, English HoH, Spanish
Special Features:
- Audio Commentary with Stars Jaycee Chan, Shawn Yue, Andy On and HK Cinema expert Bey Logan
- "Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target" (24:57)
- Trailer Gallery: Teaser, trailer

Disc 2 - Special Features
Interview Gallery
- "Gen-X-Genius: Director Benny Chan" (22:27)
- "Like Father, Like Son: Star Jaycee Chan (18:51)
- "Licensed To Kill: Star Shawn Yue" (19:30)
- "Invincible Target: Lead Villain Jacky Wu Jing" (27:51)
- "Young and Dangerous: Co-star Philip Ng" (25:56)
- "Carte Blanche: Co-star Vincent Sze" (15:10)
- "The Ronin: Co-star Andy On" (20:19)
Deleted / Extended Scenes (w/ forced commentary by Director Benny Chan) Play All: 13:50
- "Pillar of the Community" (1:08)
- "Workin' the Room" (2:46)
- "Top Brass, Bottom Drawer" (3:08)
- "Look Who's Come to Dinner!" (2:16)
- "Come to the Coast, Have a Few Laughs!" (3:34)
- "Trojan Horse" (56sec)
Featurettes
- "Fight For Glory: Constructing the Action Sequences for Invisiblr Target" (18:56)
- Storyboard Comparison (18min)
- The Gala Premiere (10:16)

DangerousLeeHandsome · Post by **DangerousLeeHandsome** » 24 Jun 2008, 03:14

I just read on hkflix.com that Tai Chi Master has been changed from 2 discs to a single disc release.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Jun 2008, 11:05

Cheers Lee. I'm not surprised to hear that, extras must be hard to source.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 24 Jun 2008, 17:02

More likley they cannot be arsed and are doing a HKL! its the start of the downfall! arrgghh!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Jun 2008, 17:52

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 26 Jun 2008, 23:03

Tai Chi Master
- Feature Length Commentary By Hong Kong Cinema Expert Bey Logan
- Nemesis: An Exclusive Interview With Star Chin Siu Ho
- The Birthplace of Tai Chi: On Location In Chen Village
- Meditations on the master: Director Brett Ratner And Film Critic Elvis Mitchell On Director Yuen Wo-ping
- Twin Warriors: Film Critic Elvis Mitchell And Director Brett Ratner On Stars Jet Li And Michelle Yeoh
- Original home Video trailer

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 26 Jun 2008, 23:22

Thanks Ricky.

It's a shame Yeoh and Li aren't involved, especially when Ratner is. He's never even worked with either of them.

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 26 Jun 2008, 23:31

Ratner...Jeff Imada.......can't win all the time. I only care about the movie.

BTW, Jeff Imada has nothing to do with the Tai Chi Master DVD. I was referring to his appearance on HKL's Fist of Fury PE DVD.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 27 Jun 2008, 03:38

Wow. Shit extras.

Ratner has never worked with Jet Li or Michelle Yeoh or Yuen Woo Ping.

Who died and made him the authority?

Wasn't Ric Meyers available?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Jun 2008, 09:02

Those extras sound very HKL-ish

(Not necessarily in a good way). I mean Brett fucking Ratner???