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The Twin Dragons: Universe vs Joy Sales vs TF1
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 17:54
by Markgway
Universe
Joy Sales
TF1
Universe
Joy Sales
TF1
Universe
Joy Sales
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Universe
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TF1
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 18:07
by IronMonkey
It looks like the Joy Sales edition is interlaced to me.
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 18:38
by Markgway
I'd expect both are interlaced as budget releases.
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 19:14
by IronMonkey
Well it still sucks for those of us with progressive displays.
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 19:20
by Shen
wow you know, i have the universe disc, but when i watched the movie i really didnt notice the blurryness of it
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 19:56
by Kurgan
You need to start wiping the dust off the TV screen, Shen
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 19:59
by Shen
nah its too fun to draw in with my finger
but actually i just have a 14" portable tv, which is probably why i dont notice so much
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 20:08
by saltysam
this needs a remaster-i only paid £1.99 so i'm not whinging but such a recent movie should look better imo
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 20:12
by tom2681
I'll add a few pics from the TF1 edition later.
@Mark:
Your Universe caps are slightly vertically stretched (720x542 instead of 720x540).
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 20:24
by tom2681
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 20:33
by grim_tales
The movie is not that recent - its 14/15 years old Sam.
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 20:45
by bradavon
Tom2681 wrote:Overall I prefer the look of the french disc
You would
(you always do).
Both look pretty awful to me but yes the Joy Sales looks better.
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 21:14
by gasteropod
grim_tales wrote:The movie is not that recent - its 14/15 years old Sam.
Yeah, but a film made in the '90s should look better than that!
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 21:34
by Knetan
hey,
youse guys forgot it's HK cinema we're talking about?
Even 90s movies weren't particularly extremely well looked after.
There is a line you draw when collecting this, that is about settling with what you've got and at times not. Image-wise, I can suffer through a lot for instance.
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 21:50
by saltysam
why does the crappy miramax release look so much better ?
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 21:57
by tom2681
Got caps ?
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 22:42
by Markgway
Tom2681 wrote:@Mark:
Your Universe caps are slightly vertically stretched (720x542 instead of 720x540).
542 was as close as I could get for the letterboxed version. I can't imagine the difference should be as visible as it appears though. Could the Universe be stretched anyways? Maybe you could check that out yourself?
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 22:51
by Markgway
I've added in the TF1 caps.
French release is easily the best image-wise.
But without English subs I'd stick with Joy Sales.
Someone at the ADVDG might be doing Miramax caps so I'll add them if and when available.
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 23:08
by EvaUnit02
Is this the charity film that was co-directed by Tsui Hark & Ringo Lam?
Posted: 26 Jun 2006, 23:09
by thelostdragon
The JoySales looks much sharper and is way more colourful.
Posted: 27 Jun 2006, 01:46
by Markgway
EvaUnit02 wrote:Is this the charity film that was co-directed by Tsui Hark & Ringo Lam?
Yes.
Posted: 26 Jul 2006, 00:48
by chenlung
The Joy Sales is edge-enhancement overloaded and the colours are off (orange instead of yellow)
Miramax looks better because they are lucky bastards when it comes to image
. They do GREAT image restorations at times (Swordsman 2 looks extremely clean) but aside, it sucks.
