The Madman Asian Eastern Eye/Director's Suite Thread!

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 12 Oct 2006, 11:37

Okay I want to get Ninja Scroll (Anniversary Ed.), and was wondering if the Madman release was not a NTSC->PAL conversion, but native PAL

I've checked Michael R4 review, and there is no mentioned:
http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/Reviews/Re ... sp?ID=3800

Any helps out that or confirmation

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Oct 2006, 11:56

slasher13 wrote:Okay I want to get Ninja Scroll (Anniversary Ed.), and was wondering if the Madman release was not a NTSC->PAL conversion, but native PAL

The R4 of Ninja Scroll is NTSC>PAL and thus is made of absolute fail, you must buy the R1 to win - just live with it being a DVD-18. Also avoid the R4's of the Vampire D movies.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 12 Oct 2006, 12:03

EvaUnit02 wrote:The R4 of Ninja Scroll is NTSC>PAL and thus is made of absolute fail, you must buy the R1 to win - just live with it being a DVD-18. Also avoid the R4's of the Vampire D movies.

Damn... Thanks Eva, thats a shame, oh well, will get it when i get patlabor as well

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Oct 2006, 12:07

slasher13 wrote:Thanks Eva, thats a shame, oh well, will get it when i get patlabor as well

Get the R1 LEs, they are more expensive than Jesus but are made of absolute win (they look so 733t sitting on my shelf). The books in the sets are fucking awesome.

Patlabor 2 is the better of the two films, but have solid detective plots though and excellent music.

I'll do screen caps of them vs. my shitty R4 non-anamorphic NTSC>PAL abortions when I have the time.

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 12 Oct 2006, 12:32

I actually enjoyed Patlabor to Patlabor 2, I use to have these on VHS, but never upgraded so was really happy when I saw the LE versions. Wil def get them

Cheers for the screen cap if you do them

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 12 Oct 2006, 18:01

MichaelDVD don't know shit about writing reviews, which is a pity as it's one of the better R4 Review sites.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 19 Oct 2006, 01:55

Spider Forest. Another reivew.
Native-PAL + DTS. ANOTHER LAME K-HORROR IS FINE TOO.

Silmido.
Might be native-PAL, but only a DD2.0 track is present (the original sound mix is in 5.1). Fuck this release and get an Asian one.

Mechagodzilla vs. Godzilla (1974)
Native-PAL, Jap DD5.1 & 2.0 Stereo and English 2.0.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 19 Oct 2006, 10:14

Madman have acquired the rights to recent Korean swordplay flick, Shadowless Sword (from the Bichunmoo director) and Japanese flick Death Trance starring Tak Sakaguchi from Versus. Both to be released on DVD in 2007.

Source= most recent EE newsletter.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 19 Oct 2006, 13:26

Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla? Yay! Pity the reviewer shows his ignorance by thinking a 1974 children's movie would be in digital stereo.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 19 Oct 2006, 18:41

Thanks Eva.

What went wrong with Silmido, it was supposed to be DD5.1. Idiots. I wasn't going to get it anyway as the HK R3 has DTS but DD2.0. That must be a cop up.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Oct 2006, 21:21

Chris has kindly updated the "Eastern Eye/Madman Coming Soon" Thread:

http://madboards.madman.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=21116

It's worth a gander.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Oct 2006, 21:29

Cheers Brad.

Pulse (Kairo)

Rental/Retail: Retail
Video: 16:9 Anamorphic
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 115 mins
Transfer: Progressive PAL
Audio: Japanese Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0

That is how you win. The only English-friendly distributor to get it right.

Fuck Cutie Honey though. Creator/Writer/Director of one of the greatest shows TV shows ever doing tripe like that is unforgivable.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Oct 2006, 21:34

You also forget it has the same UK DVD extras BUT more importantly a proper Native-PAL Transfer, the UK DVD is reportly awful.

Two in particular that look interesting are:

* Kairo (aka - Pulse), the HK DVD has DD5.1 but no extras, the Japanese only DD2.0 and the UK R2 DD2.0 only again but while it has the same extras as the R4 it has a woeful NTSC-PAL Transfer, it's reportly awful.

* Rashomon: The Criterion has a full length commentary but otherwise only a 13 minute and 6 minute featurette. The Criterion is currently the best world-wide version. The R4 is looking to be the definitive version of this Kurosawa film.

p.s - I'll probably pick up Rashomon but considering the cost of R4 DVDs I doubt I'll pick up Kairo, the film deserves a re-purchase from the HK DVD but over £10 is too much for me.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Oct 2006, 21:54

bradavon wrote:You also forget it has the same UK DVD extras BUT more importantly a proper Native-PAL Transfer, the UK DVD is reportly awful.

I didn't bother highlighting them since they were a given with Madman.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 23 Oct 2006, 21:59

Extras aren't a given.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 23 Oct 2006, 22:03

bradavon wrote:Extras aren't a given.

With the quality of Madman releases as of late, yes they are.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 24 Oct 2006, 01:09

The R4's of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and Cache (Hidden) takes massive shits upon all existing English language releases.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Oct 2006, 20:21

I wouldn't say massive, a bit ott:

* Hidden only has one extra extra: 24 Realities Per Second: A film about Michael Haneke by Nina Kusturica & Eva Testor
* The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada: DTS + in terms of extras lengths there's only 6 minutes in it. I don't know the quality agreed but neither do you:

Audio commentary with Tommy Lee Jones, Dwight Yoakam and January Jones
Making of ~ 14 mins
Making of Soundtrack ~ 7 mins
Deleted Scenes ~ 17 mins
Presentation of the Film at Cannes ~ 15 mins
Interview with screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga ~ 20 mins
Footage from the Paris Premiere ~ 8 mins
Theatrical Poster Gallery ~ 2 mins
Production Stills Gallery ~ 2 mins

On the one hand the new interview and Paris footage comes to an additional 28 minutes but the Making Of. is 12 minutes shorter (possibly a different making of) and oddly the deleted scenes are 10 minutes shorter.

Both the UK R2 and R4 have the commentary and the UK R2 more deleted scenes.

The extras overall agreed go to the R4 but no not a massive improvement and at the end of the day the price for both on eBay is already well under £10 (and online if you look around), the R4 will be more than this for sometime to come.

Both the UK R2 and R4 versions of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and Hidden are respectable and there's not a huge amount in it.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 Oct 2006, 17:55

I bought a Madman anime boxset on Friday (GITS:SAC S1:- native-PAL and superior to the R1 & R2 DVDs which are riddled with problems like sound drop-out, severe compression artefacts, badly timed subs.). Anyway it came packaged in a M-lock case (like what your R4 24 S1 boxset came in, Brad), which the R4 market seems to have shifted towards for packaging TV-DVD boxsets. I'm very pleased with compactness of the packaging, the M-lock case houses 7 discs in a case which is roughly equal in dimensions to two amarays.

There's a violent debate about Madman's shift using to M-lock cases on their forums, if anyone's interested in having their say. (They've made up the term "fatpacks". No one else uses this name for the cases and a google search yields weight loss videos and fat chick pr0n

).

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 28 Oct 2006, 18:03

Shinobi review. Native-PAL transfer + DD5.1 and extras. Good alternative if you're not keen on paying a zillion dollars for the R2J, which I'd imagine is most people.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 28 Oct 2006, 18:33

EvaUnit02 wrote:There's a violent debate about Madman's shift using to M-lock cases on their forums, if anyone's interested in having their say. (They've made up the term "fatpacks". No one else uses this name for the cases and a google search yields weight loss videos and fat chick pr0n ).

I've had my say, what idiot came up with fat-pack?

slasher13 · Post by **slasher13** » 28 Oct 2006, 19:40

EvaUnit02 wrote:Shinobi review. Native-PAL transfer + DD5.1 and extras. Good alternative if you're not keen on paying a zillion dollars for the R2J, which I'd imagine is most people.

I already have it and am very pleased with it

. got this alongside Azumi 2, Now want to get Ping Pong 2 Disk special Edition from Madman, best english friendly version there is

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 02 Nov 2006, 19:04

Front page updated:

Added:

Shinobi
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Pulse/Kairo
Rashomon
A Bittersweet Life
Kwaidan

Removed:

Seven Samurai

Also the following disclaimer added:

If it's not mentioned whether it's NTSC-PAL or Film-PAL it means I don't know. Please be aware it's NOT a definitive list!

p.s - Big Madman sale here: https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... php?t=2712

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Nov 2006, 19:26

EvaUnit02 wrote:The R4's of The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and Cache (Hidden) takes massive shits upon all existing English language releases.

Three Burials £13.99 before vouchers:

http://www.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2. ... ode=390772

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Nov 2006, 23:46

bradavon wrote:Three Burials £13.99 before vouchers:

http://www.cd-wow.com/detail_results_2. ... ode=390772

Meh, I'll be able to pick it up for cheaper than £11.99 locally.