The Official "Dragon Dynasty" Thread!

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 10 Sep 2008, 12:24

Markgway wrote:How can anyone be offended by the end of DM2? He's drunk so much industrial alcohol it's fried his brain. Shows you the consequences of heavy drinking!! Have I missed something? Where is Jackie making fun of handicapped (or 'less fortunate' as Brad puts it) people?

So is it more offensive to suggest drinking booze can make you brain dammaged, or that someone is unable to distinguish this from someone born with mental problems - ie. the "less fortunate"

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Sep 2008, 17:53

Markgway wrote:How can anyone be offended by the end of DM2? He's drunk so much industrial alcohol it's fried his brain. Shows you the consequences of heavy drinking!! Have I missed something? Where is Jackie making fun of handicapped (or 'less fortunate' as Brad puts it) people?

At best it's completely inaccurate to suggest people act like disabled people when drinking industrial alcohol, at worst it's insulting to people who're disabled.

The way he acts it's obvious they were trying to make him act like someone disabled.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 10 Sep 2008, 18:17

So when people die in films, it's making fun of dead people? Come on, Brad. He drank industrial alcohol and got brain damage from it, it has nothing to do with insulting disabled people.

Shingster · Post by **Shingster** » 10 Sep 2008, 18:36

Watch out posters, Brad's got his Politically Correct hat on again! Let's see how long it takes him to calls someone a homophobe, anglophobe, racist disabled hater!!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Sep 2008, 18:42

I'm not the first to say it's insulting Shing

. It's just my opinion, end of.

gasteropod wrote:So when people die in films, it's making fun of dead people? Come on, Brad.

He doesn't die

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 10 Sep 2008, 20:24

bradavon wrote:
gasteropod wrote:So when people die in films, it's making fun of dead people? Come on, Brad.
He doesn't die

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Sep 2008, 20:28

I didn't think anyone was saying he dies silly

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Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 10 Sep 2008, 20:29

bradavon wrote:I didn't think anyone was saying he dies silly .

...and once again

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 10 Sep 2008, 20:47

I think Brad is just joking...

Anyway, back to my bad memory; what was the verdict on Last Hurrah for Chivalry? DD fine and HKL possibly downmix? Or the otherway round? Or both fine?

EDIT: Both should be orig. mono according to the running man, but HKL out of sync (thanks Ivan)

http://adg.invisionzone.com/index.php?s ... rrah&st=20

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Sep 2008, 21:48

AFAIK HKL had better subtitles, but DD has better extras.

DangerousLeeHandsome · Post by **DangerousLeeHandsome** » 10 Sep 2008, 23:30

grim_tales wrote:I still get this disc, I cant see the abscence of the last shot bothering me THAT much. I remember the MIHK tape of Police Story had an end coda that wasnt present in any other versions, not even the Fortune Star remaster.

Got mine last night and honestly, I didn't even realize that last scene was missing.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 11 Sep 2008, 01:43

DangerousLeeHandsome wrote:
grim_tales wrote:I still get this disc, I cant see the abscence of the last shot bothering me THAT much. I remember the MIHK tape of Police Story had an end coda that wasnt present in any other versions, not even the Fortune Star remaster.
Got mine last night and honestly, I didn't even realize that last scene was missing.

Did the audio jump?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 11 Sep 2008, 01:59

HungFist wrote:I think Brad is just joking...

He's not. That's what's so scary....

Anyway, back to my bad memory; what was the verdict on Last Hurrah for Chivalry? DD fine and HKL possibly downmix? Or the otherway round? Or both fine?

I have the DD but haven't watched it right thru. Seemed like genuine mono to me.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Sep 2008, 15:16

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 11 Sep 2008, 15:32

If that Blu-ray is real... then "ooooooo"... Now, if it's region free, that's another story...

EDIT: Supposedly it has English and Cantonese, but don't think it has English subs.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 11 Sep 2008, 16:26

That company is a cheat. They're doing the same with OUATICAA - upscaling.

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 11 Sep 2008, 16:49

chenlung wrote:That company is a cheat. They're doing the same with OUATICAA - upscaling.

Ah, dat bastards!

It seems like there are more instances of upscaling nowadays, including the Optimum Blu-rays of some of the John Carpenter films. Lord, it's like putting VHS on DVD.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Sep 2008, 17:55

It's unlikely to have English subs anyway.

Old Pang Yau · Post by **Old Pang Yau** » 11 Sep 2008, 18:52

Well, I know the Weinstein Company has jumped into Blu-ray, but Dragon Dynasty jumping in has yet to be seen. Even so, it'll probably only be a select number, based on the better selling of the DVDs. I saw an HD print of "The Protector" on my local On Demand, so it's not like they haven't taken the time out to master some of them in HD. I'm guessing The Protector (maybe even SPL, er, "KillZone") would be one of their first Blu-rays.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 11 Sep 2008, 19:20

Cool.

I don't think their is a HD Ong-bak yet.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 11 Sep 2008, 19:40

bradavon wrote:Cool.

I don't think their is a HD Ong-bak yet.

There is.doubtful if it's english-friendly though.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 12 Sep 2008, 15:18

According to Gil on ADVG, Cantonese track is genuine BUT

the print is the same as the old Dimension, removing the footage seen under and after the credits AND the frame blurring from Tai Chi Master returns

screw em I say

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 12 Sep 2008, 23:59

The blurring isn't as bothersome as TCM's, thankfully. The sound does go OOS at times and I suspect the blurring may be an attempt to sync up the video with the sound. Not completely sure. Overall, despite missing the last few seconds, it's still a quality release. Just avoid the Wal-mart copies if you're in the US.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Sep 2008, 10:10

Are the Wal-mart ones cheap knock-offs and not the DD release?

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 13 Sep 2008, 10:16

I think the Wall-Mart is a single disc edition

OOS sound? Blurry frames? Forget it!!!