Hand of Death: HKL vs FOX vs HK Vidéo

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 02 Jan 2007, 18:39

chenlung wrote:Original Title Card = Megastar/Deltamac (although in poor condition - depends on whether 'aka Hand of Death' was originally meant to be at the bottom).

It wasn't. The film was originally called Countdown in Kung Fu and the title should turn to red just like the director's credit. The AKA thing was done by Fortune Star. The film was released in HK theatres a year after its completion as Hand of Death. No idea if they altered the print in anyway to reflect this, but the English export print featured the newer title.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 02 Jan 2007, 23:18

No, the Deltamac version has the original red screen but there is a small 'aka Hand of Death' at the bottom. Not sure if the Megastar DVD is the same. Deltamac features a lot of print damage.

Quite a few films suffered from this including 'Aces Go Places' and 'Zu Warriors'.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Jan 2007, 23:49

HK Video looks the best, then Fox. I doubt the HKL colours would bother me but I'd opt for the Fox too.

thelostdragon wrote:Are you people expecting the quality of a 2006/07 film like "PotC"?

I hope not it's shit

EvaUnit02 wrote:When reviewers (or Brad ) complain about stuff like 5.1 remixes of 20+ year old films not sounding dynamic enough.

Of course. When they get it right it sounds great. That's no excuse to lose Mono/Stereo of course.

And you thought I wouldn't be looking

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 Jan 2007, 00:04

bradavon wrote:
thelostdragon wrote:Are you people expecting the quality of a 2006/07 film like "PotC"?
I hope not it's shit

I was talking AV wise.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 03 Jan 2007, 00:44

I know

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 Jan 2007, 01:31

You do?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 03 Jan 2007, 01:33

He does ?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 03 Jan 2007, 01:38

I don't know.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 03 Jan 2007, 01:43

Could you repeat the question?

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 03 Jan 2007, 15:46

chenlung wrote:No, the Deltamac version has the original red screen but there is a small 'aka Hand of Death' at the bottom.

Lol, and where do you think Deltamac got their print from??

I've no idea if the Mega Star is the same, presumably? I used to have it but can't remember. At any rate it was likely added in the 1990's by STAR TV.

chenlung · Post by **chenlung** » 22 Jan 2007, 12:41

Markgway wrote:
chenlung wrote:No, the Deltamac version has the original red screen but there is a small 'aka Hand of Death' at the bottom.
Lol, and where do you think Deltamac got their print from??

You implied that I was talking about the infamous white characters only by STAR TV (no red background) which features on the Fox/HKL releases. The Deltamac non-remaster has the original red background and 'Countdown' title card, but at the bottom right-hand corner, there is a small 'aka Hand of Death'.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 23 Jan 2007, 02:07

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 14 Feb 2007, 10:47

Fox mono goes of of sync several times during the movie. The most important fight scenes are in sync, and somehow the sync problems were not as annoying as usual. Otherwise the mono sounds excellent. Transfer is very nice too. Gonna keep the disc.

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