From Beijing with Love: Universe R3HK vs HK Vidéo R2FR

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 22 Sep 2007, 12:07

The french DVD is four years late, but better late than never.

French DVD top.
Universe DVD bottom.

The french subs are quite accurate, but they don't translate the puns.
The Da Vinci joke is still impossible to understand for a non-cantonese speaker.

Moving on to picture quality:

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 22 Sep 2007, 12:12

Is the Universe DVD anamorphic?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Sep 2007, 12:25

Nope.
Is "Da Mansi" supposed to be a joke then Tom? I don't get it

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 22 Sep 2007, 13:26

The French DVD wins, though it seems to be missing the blue tint on the last cap.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 22 Sep 2007, 14:42

@Eva:
The Universe disc has an old letterboxed transfer. I just cropped the black bars.

@Mark:
Yes, the blue tint is missing. However, I don't think it has been "removed" as all the other colours are fine (not washed-out).
As it is often the case, the french DVD uses a print that doesn't have any colour filters.

@Grim:
Stephen Chow calls his friend "Man Si" even though he wants to be called "Da Man-Si".
I'm not a native cantonese speaker, but I think "Man Si" means something like "To wipe the shit off your ass".
"Da Man-Si" however is the cantonese pronunciation of Da Vinci.

-Hello, "wash-your-ass".
-Chat, for the last time, call me "Da Vinci".
-Sure thing, "wash-your-ass".