The Official "Dragon Dynasty" Thread!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Nov 2006, 11:31

I enjoyed Drive

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 22 Nov 2006, 13:13

The Mark Dacascos film?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Nov 2006, 13:28

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 22 Nov 2006, 13:32

"Drive" is one hell of an awesome film, agreed!

SPL is getting a DVD release in Germany. Guess which title they are using, lol.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Nov 2006, 13:55

'Have you heard the word 'Bio-Engine'? I have one in my chest'

'Thats funny Toby, 'cause... I have one in my ass!'

bleeper · Post by **bleeper** » 22 Nov 2006, 14:19

Why did drive never get a sequel? It was one of those channel 5 movies which i enjoyed watching yearly. I am not sure whether it was hated or seen in a bad light like street fighter but i enjoyed that movie so much. great action, better comedy i can barely even remember the plot!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Nov 2006, 20:10

Drive AFAIK is a direct to video film with a cult following but not known of otherwise.

bleeper wrote:after that maybe i'll buy the better tomorrow films if they are better than the HKL DVDs.

Part 1 isn't an HKL title.

bleeper wrote:I hope they release Police story : supercop and drunken master

PS3 maybe but DM is a CT/Sony title so that's already no no.

bleeper wrote:heck maybe even Drive. i do not care what anyone says Drive was an awesome film.

I never knew Drive was coming, agreed it's good.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 22 Nov 2006, 20:14

I think Drive was released theatrically in Japan, which was one of the producers' nationalities. Its US release was straight to video and cut

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Nov 2006, 20:23

I'm sure it was the same here, before HKL/Whoever fixed that.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 22 Nov 2006, 20:23

Seen Drive twice, and disappointed twice.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 22 Nov 2006, 21:46

bleeper wrote:i can barely even remember the plot!

That's supposed to be a good thing?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 22 Nov 2006, 22:21

Is that a question or a statement?

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 23 Nov 2006, 20:58

Drive is great 8)

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 23 Nov 2006, 22:05

bradavon wrote:Is that a question or a statement?

Brad, there's a question mark on the end. It's a question

bleeper · Post by **bleeper** » 24 Nov 2006, 00:00

That's supposed to be a good thing?

It was such an enjoyable film you can barely remember the plot.

PS3 maybe but DM is a CT/Sony title so that's already no no.

Does CT stand for contender? because HKL had DM.

Part 1 isn't an HKL title.

Are they any good?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 24 Nov 2006, 00:21

CT stands for Columbia Tristar.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Nov 2006, 22:19

Ivan Drago wrote:Brad, there's a question mark on the end. It's a question

Oops I read it quickly and could see how it could be a question or statement equally but clearly it's a question.

bleeper wrote:Does CT stand for contender? because HKL had DM.

I thought you were talking R1 DVDs and hoping DD would pick DM up? As on R1 Columbia Tristar (owned by Sony) they already have the rights to DM.

Are they any good?

The best A Better Tomorrow is a controversial one and hopefully will finally be resolved when DD release it. Right now it's:

1. R1 Anchor Bay but it's very old and single layer
2. HK Fortune Star - Remastered but many report a framing issue, those who've noticed it say it's extreme. Those who haven't don't.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 24 Nov 2006, 22:41

bradavon wrote:2. HK Fortune Star - Remastered but many report a framing, those who've noticed it says it's extreme. Those who haven't don't.

It's impossible not to notice it. I swear to God, I'm really starting to believe that some people have got a copy of a fixed version which FS might have secretly released.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 24 Nov 2006, 23:14

is there a decent release of a better tomorrow 3 that can be bought on it's own?

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Nov 2006, 23:25

Not as far as I know. I'm sure they're all well old non-anamorphic crud, from the likes of Tai Seng.

thelostdragon wrote:It's impossible not to notice it. I swear to God, I'm really starting to believe that some people have got a copy of a fixed version which FS might have secretly released.

Point me to the exact time (minute/second) and I'll see if I can spot it. In other picks a particular bad time.

Please don't say it's right throughout the film as like I said I've not spotted it. I've not watched the DVD right through mind you.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 25 Nov 2006, 00:15

Could well be a pressing issue if some aren't seeing it

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 25 Nov 2006, 00:31

I don't think so. The John Woo box set which was released much later had the same problem. That's the only version I've seen actually.

Brad: for example when emily accidentally breaks the car window

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 25 Nov 2006, 09:09

Re: ABT1 IVL

There's one misplaced frame occasionally through the movie. This frame however is placed 3-4 frames to late in the sequence making stuff "jump back" real quick and then resume from where it was 3 frames later... It should be really noticeable in scenes where big things move aroune - as the case in the above example of HungFist whence Emily/Leslie uses the chello (or whatever) to break the car window... actually it occurs just about a half second before the window breaks - i.e. as the chello is moving towards the window.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 25 Nov 2006, 15:38

What time is that please? It's been a while since I've seen ABT and then it was the AB.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 25 Nov 2006, 16:50

Around the 12-minute mark.
It's barely noticeable.

I always thought it was some kind of DVD authoring mistake.
Anyway I couldn't care less about this "frame-repeating problem".

The IVL is still the best version out there (soon to be beaten by HK Vidéo's ABT boxset

).