Bullets 'n' Babes

DVD Active have the spec. minus extras up for Musa R1 -

http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/the-warrior.html

* 150 minute Director's Cut
* 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
* English DD5.1 or Korean DD2.0 Surround
* English subtitles

:twisted:

Why not give the film Korean DD5.1 too? I don't get it. Even if it it's at the lower bit-rate. It makes even less sense when you consider Zhang Ziyi (how her name is supposed to be spelt) is up for Golden Globes for 'Memoirs of a Geisha'.

I'll have to re-watch the Director's Cut one day even though the UK R2 is so much nicer to look at and hear.

Hopes were so high for finally a decent uncut version of this but alas again it's not to be. Stick with the R4 or UK R2! (depending on your preference)

Now as my website is up and running again, here is the URL to my PA review of the film:
http://www.asia-on-dvd.com/index.php?na ... cle&sid=39

Screenshot Comparison between R2UK and R2KR:
http://www.asia-on-dvd.com/images/dvdre ... arison.htm

Bitrate Comparison:
http://www.asia-on-dvd.com/images/dvdre ... arison.htm

Why not give the film Korean DD5.1 too?

If space is an issue then why not have the English language Dolby Digital 2.0 and Korean 5.1 . that would make more sense.

The thing is DD2.0 takes roughly 150Mb for a 2hr film and 380Mb for low bit-rate DD5.1. It's about 450Mb for Full bit-rate DD5.1.

It will be more than 230Mb difference as the film is 150 minutes long but we're not talking a huge amount here so they could easily fit low bit-rate DD5.1 without causing any big noticeable differences to the PQ.

thelostdragon wrote:Screenshot Comparison between R2UK and R2KR:
http://www.asia-on-dvd.com/images/dvdre ... arison.htm

The difference is much more pronounced than that on a TV set. It gives you a rough ideas though.

thelostdragon wrote:Bitrate Comparison:
http://www.asia-on-dvd.com/images/dvdre ... arison.htm

What does this show us?

What does this show us?

Both DVD's bitrates? LOL.

Oh yeah now I see. It shows the UK R2 is consistently around 7Mbps but the Korean R3 fluctuates a lot.

Anyway DVD Times have this up now too but have slightly different information:

A barebones release the film is presented in its original Korean and Chinese (Mandarin) language with English subtitles.

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=59985

And this classic quote from one of the posters:

Ugly, ugly artwork. If you've made Zhang Ziyi look like a man, you should know you've f***ed up big time.