Asian Movies in HD!

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 Apr 2008, 03:25

bradavon wrote:Here's a neat page showing all the existing HK HD Discs (although "Dragon Tiger Gate" is missing):

http://www.asiandvdguide.com/bluray.html

Out of all of those, I'd only consider Flash Point and Infernal Affairs. But we already know that the IA1 BD is rubbish; and I'm not interested in FP without the Dragon Dynasty extras, personally.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2008, 03:47

Those are the only two I'd consider also.

I understand the BD looks poor for HD but much better than the DVDs, which is acceptable to me. I'm not bothered about the DD Flash Point extras (although they do look good), the HK DVD/BD has English subtitled extras, even though they look pants.

I'll certainly be getting Infernal Affairs after I get Player, or can find it for less than £10 before then.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 13 Apr 2008, 03:51

bradavon wrote:I understand the BD looks poor for HD but better than the DVDs, which is acceptable to me.

But for the premium that they charge for Blu-rays, I'd expect a better fucking effort than Deltamac's current one.

I'm not bothered about the DD Flash Point extras (although they do look good), the HK DVD/BD has English subtitled extras, even though they look pants.

Have you not heard the Bey/Donnie Yen commentary on the Iron Monkey HKL PE? It's excellent, they have such good chemistry.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2008, 03:57

Yep. I said the extras look good. When Bey is talking about HK films I always find him very interesting to listen to. It doesn't mean I want to wait years for a DD BD though.

Clueless_Monkey · Post by **Clueless_Monkey** » 13 Apr 2008, 07:15

bradavon wrote:Thanks and welcome to the forum.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's a neat page showing all the existing HK HD Discs (although "Dragon Tiger Gate" is missing):

http://www.asiandvdguide.com/bluray.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I hope it's ok to throw in my site as well

http://www.asianblurayguide.com

Godzooki · Post by **Godzooki** » 13 Apr 2008, 09:32

Clueless_Monkey wrote:
bradavon wrote:Thanks and welcome to the forum.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Here's a neat page showing all the existing HK HD Discs (although "Dragon Tiger Gate" is missing):

http://www.asiandvdguide.com/bluray.html
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I hope it's ok to throw in my site as well
http://www.asianblurayguide.com

Your site keep crashing my web browser!! Anyone else having problems?

Although from what i could see your site looks fantastic and could potentially be the internets no1 asian blu-ray site!! Never knew aout half of the upcoming releases on your site!

Welcome to the forums!!

Clueless_Monkey · Post by **Clueless_Monkey** » 13 Apr 2008, 09:41

Tigercage wrote: Your site keep crashing my web browser!! Anyone else having problems?

mmh, what browser are you using? Is there some kind of error message before the crash? :scratch:

Godzooki · Post by **Godzooki** » 13 Apr 2008, 09:54

Clueless_Monkey wrote:
Tigercage wrote: Your site keep crashing my web browser!! Anyone else having problems?
mmh, what browser are you using? Is there some kind of error message before the crash? :scratch:

IE.

Found a workaround so its cool, if i load up the page as long as i wait for it to fully load up before scrolling anywhere, then it holds.

Assembly, Tale of Two Sisters, Im a cyborg, never knew they were coming to Blu-ray!!

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 13 Apr 2008, 16:11

Well thats why IE is shit.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2008, 16:12

Tigercage wrote:Assembly, Tale of Two Sisters, Im a cyborg, never knew they were coming to Blu-ray!!

FYI:

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=4396

Clueless_Monkey wrote:I hope it's ok to throw in my site as well

Of course. I cannot see Tom (Mod) minding.

Clueless_Monkey wrote:mmh, what browser are you using? Is there some kind of error message before the crash? :scratch:

It's working fine for me under FF2 and IE7, even if I scroll while it's loading. I'll PM Tom asking he add your site and The Asian DVD Guide one to the first post.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 13 Apr 2008, 16:17

Already done.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 13 Apr 2008, 16:30

Not many good Asian films on HD thats for sure

Avalon I can hope for a stunning transfer! would buy that instantly on Blu Ray thats for sure. English subs too top stufff.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2008, 16:44

Your site is excellent Clueless_Monkey. You've put so much detail into it. I love all the mouseover options.

I had no idea there were so many BD releases of Asian films. What about including HD-DVDs too? I don't think there are that many. The first post of this thread may help.

If we do buy any of these discs after finding info at Clueless_Monkey's site it would be the right thing to do to do so through the affiliate links on his website.

p.s - Is Assembly any good? All I can find are one bad review at Empire and one good at FilmFour.com. I'm inclined to go with FilmFour.com

I cannot find it listed on any of the usual DVD News sites.

Clueless_Monkey · Post by **Clueless_Monkey** » 13 Apr 2008, 18:39

Thanks for all the praise and kind words, guys, I really appreciate it. It's good to know that I can help people spend all their hard earned cash on imported Blu-ray Discs!

I won't add HD DVDs to the guide, since the format is pretty much dead and I guess the few Asian films that were released for it will be OOP in a few months. Even I as a vivid HD DVD fan haven't bought a single red disc since the Warner announcement.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 13 Apr 2008, 18:44

Fair enough on your reasoning behind not including HD-DVD.

I'm not aware of any new ones, meaning they're all listed in the first post of this thread (I think).

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 15 Apr 2008, 15:18

Looks like I was wrong when I said that we weren't going to get many korean films on Blu.

Vampire Cop Ricky is coming to Blu-Ray in France, courtesy of Sony:
http://www.asia-diffusion.com/new/dvd.php?id_dvd=3982

Don't know the specs yet.
But it's nice to see some unpopular asian films released in HD.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Apr 2008, 16:30

Thanks.

Why would there be no Korean films on BD?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 15 Apr 2008, 16:43

Unlike their Hong-Kong and Japanese counterparts, korean distributors haven't released anything in HD yet.
No doubt that the financial crisis which has hit the local film industry has something to do with it.

Therefore, we can only rely on foreign distributors at the moment.
I'm just glad they're willing to release a movie which wasn't as successful as OldBoy or The Host.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 15 Apr 2008, 17:04

Understood, thanks.

tom2681 wrote:I'm just glad they're willing to release a movie which wasn't as successful as OldBoy or The Host.

Me too. I don't think it's for me but otherwise agreed.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Apr 2008, 18:41

Such a release wasn't even worth any thought on your part. The lack of English subs and all.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Apr 2008, 19:15

Assembly coming out from Metronome on BD (in the UK). I'd never heard of it prior.

Godzooki · Post by **Godzooki** » 16 Apr 2008, 15:48

bradavon wrote:
p.s - Is Assembly any good? All I can find are one bad review at Empire and one good at FilmFour.com. I'm inclined to go with FilmFour.com

I cannot find it listed on any of the usual DVD News sites.

I watched this early this morning and thought it was alright, i wont be buying the bd.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Apr 2008, 16:46

Thanks Tiger.

I'd never heard of it before it was mentioned in this thread too.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 16 Apr 2008, 16:48

Yeah becuase Tigercages taste in films is so much like yours

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 16 Apr 2008, 16:49

It's called common courtesy

I'm not sure what Tiger's tastes in films really are, to be able to accurately answer that question.