Drunken Master II: Warner vs Dimension vs Speedy

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 04 Oct 2006, 15:20

Drunken Master II

If anyone wants to add the Thakral or another then please do so.

Top: Dimension (R1) - The Legend Of Drunken Master
Middle: Warner (R0)
Bottom: Speedy VCD (Malaysian)

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 04 Oct 2006, 17:01

720x490 for the Warner ? That can't be right...

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 04 Oct 2006, 17:10

But at least it has more picture information than the Dimensions one.

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 04 Oct 2006, 17:15

Agreed LD. Take Cap 3 for example: The bloke on the far right is almost completely gone on the Dimension print.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Oct 2006, 17:19

Which Warner release do you mean?

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 04 Oct 2006, 17:31

Same as this one: http://www.hkflix.com/xq/asp/filmID.3156/qx/details.htm

Only mine is region free, has chinese text on the front and a shiny sticker thingy.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 04 Oct 2006, 17:33

In case you haven't heard me Keung, your Warner caps have got to be screwed-up.

Or is the Warner naturally squeezed ?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Oct 2006, 17:50

Cheers keung

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 04 Oct 2006, 17:57

I'll post screencaps of the only version out there that is:

- completely uncut
- has the original Cantonese audio track
- Mandarin dub (who needs it anyway)
- uncropped (maybe slightly only)
- and with the worst picture quality, too. LOL!

I'm talking of the Malayan Speedy VCD that features these scenes:

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 04 Oct 2006, 18:03

Can't find that factory shot. Only another one from the same angle, but it looks differently.

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... n/dm01.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... n/dm02.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... n/dm03.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... n/dm04.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... n/dm05.jpg

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Oct 2006, 18:17

thelostdragon wrote:But at least it has more picture information than the Dimensions one.

It doesn't mean a lot when it looks as bad as that.

tom2681 wrote:In case you haven't heard me Keung, your Warner caps have got to be screwed-up.
Or is the Warner naturally squeezed ?

Yeah Keung please fix.

thelostdragon wrote:I'll post screencaps of the only version out there that is:

- completely uncut
- has the original Cantonese audio track
- Mandarin dub (who needs it anyway)
- uncropped (maybe slightly only)
- and with the worst picture quality, too. LOL!

Don't forget unreadable subs.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Oct 2006, 18:21

I've watched the Disney R1 (which is the same as the Disney R4) and yes it looks great but the dub is awful so unwatchable IMO. The Warner has no English subs so immediately knocks it out.

The R1 cut doesn't bother me as it's an awful scene anyway. Not because I found it particularly offensive it just felt tacked on (I bet it was), out of place and at the end of the day not funny.

The only DVD worth owning (until DD "hopefully" do us proud on R1) if you can source it is the Thakral. Yes it's severely cropped and non-anamorphic but has a decent enough transfer and frankly being in flipping Cantonese is such a huge bonus it immediately wins.

The film is uber dull but the Thakral is definitely the way to go.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 04 Oct 2006, 19:37

Offensive? You know what is offensive? Removing the wonderful soundtrack and replacing it with crap.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 Oct 2006, 20:25

Obviously the Dimension has a far better image, but as has been said it's cropped on all four sides. The Warner caps are incorrect and make the image look squashed a bit.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Oct 2006, 20:42

thelostdragon wrote:Offensive? You know what is offensive? Removing the wonderful soundtrack and replacing it with crap.

I hear you. JC voicing WFH is something but that's far from a good enough reason.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 04 Oct 2006, 20:43

Let's see...

-R1 is cut and has no original audio.
-Warner is cut and has no subs.
-Thakral is uncut but cropped.
-VCD is... well... a VCD.

I'm still keeping my Thakral. Can't do caps, though. My DVD-Rom can't handle that DVD.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 04 Oct 2006, 20:46

I'm keeping my Thakral also

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 05 Oct 2006, 01:13

I have the Mei Ah VCD.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Oct 2006, 13:11

What's cut in the WB?

martin · Post by **martin** » 05 Oct 2006, 14:50

Hello everyone! (my first post here!)

What's cut in the WB?

I think the only thing cut from the WB is the very last moment of the film - its cut from the r1. It was classed as 'insensitive'.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 05 Oct 2006, 15:01

My film teacher has an Aussie VHS which is 2.35:1 widescreen Cantonese with theatrical subs and uncut. But the sound is so quiet I can barely hear a thing throughout it

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Oct 2006, 19:39

I think the only thing cut from the WB is the very last moment of the film - its cut from the r1. It was classed as 'insensitive'.

Welcome Martin

Thanks. So it's the same as the R1 Disney cut then, cheers.

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 05 Oct 2006, 20:16

Ivan Drago wrote:My film teacher has an Aussie VHS which is 2.35:1 widescreen Cantonese with theatrical subs and uncut. But the sound is so quiet I can barely hear a thing throughout it

I have this VHS and the audio on mine seems to be fine.

tom2681 wrote:In case you haven't heard me Keung, your Warner caps have got to be screwed-up.
Or is the Warner naturally squeezed ?

Well, when I set the capture screenshot size to "720 x 404" the image comes out vertically squashed so I had to click "keep aspect ratio" for it not to do this.

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 05 Oct 2006, 20:46

bradavon wrote:What's cut in the WB?

The Warner DVD ends just before Jackie falls after blowing the bubbles out of his mush.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 05 Oct 2006, 20:48

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... MWARN1.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... MWARN2.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... MWARN3.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... MWARN4.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... MWARN5.jpg
https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... MWARN6.jpg

Here you go. Warner in the proper aspect ratio.