lordzeppelin

So I wasn't paying attention when I placed my order from DDD on Bichunmoo, and I didn't realize that it was a FULLFRAME disc, and I just popped it in and I'm soooooooooo pissed at myself...

So does anyone own the Region 3 Widescreen version? How is it? I'm gonna have to ebay the fullscreen and try and pick up the region 3 2-disc...

Still though, What a friggin movie. Despite the fact that I'm disappointed at the crammed looking fullscreen...

roseart

I would bare with it and wait for the Hong Kong Legends version coming in August.

lordzeppelin

Oh really? I was unaware...Thanks roseart!

roseart

FYI: This is a list that HKL has the rights to (some have the realease dates next to them), from BulletsnBabes:

Avenging Fist, The(2001)(rel. Aug 2002)
Better Tomorrow 2, A(1987)
Better Tomorrow 3, A(1989)
Better Tomorrow, A(1986) (Dutch Release Only)
Bichunmoo(2000)(rel. 2002)
Big Heat, The(1988)
Black Cat(1991)(rel. Aug 2002)
Blade, The(1995) (Dutch Release Only)
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Legend(1988)
Bullet in the Head(1990)
Bury me High(1991)
Chinese Ghost Story 2, A(1990)
Chinese Ghost Story 3, A(1991)
Chinese Ghost Story, A(1987)
City on Fire(1987)
City War(1988)
Crime Story(1993)
Dance of the Drunk Mantis(1979)
Dragon from Russia(1990)
Dragon Lord(1982)
Dragons Forever(1988)
Drunken Master: Platinum Edition Q2 2003
Easy Money(1987)
Erotic Ghost Story(1990)
Erotic Ghost Story 2(1991)
First Option(1996)
Flaming Brothers(1987) (aka The Flame Brothers)
Forbidden Arsenal(1991) (aka In the Line of Duty 6)
Force of the Dragon(1988) (aka In the Line of Duty 3)
Full Contact(1992)
Green Snake(1993)
Hand of Death(1976)
Heart of the Dragon(1985) (aka First Mission)
Iceman Cometh, The(1989)
Killer, The(1989)(rel. Oct 2002)
Knockabout(1979)
Legacy of Rage(1986)
Long Arm of the Law(1984)
Middle Man(1990) (aka In the Line of Duty 5)
Musa: the Warrior(2001)
My Lucky Stars(1985)(rel. Sept 2002)
Odd Couple, The(1979)
Once a Thief(1991)
Outlaw Brothers(1990)
Peking Opera Blues(1986)
Prison on Fire 2(1991)
Prison on Fire(1987)
Prodigal Son(1982)(rel. 22 July 2002)
Project A part 2(1987)
Project A(1983)(rel. 24 June 2002)
Protector, The(1985)
Righting Wrongs(1986) (aka Above the Law)
Robotrix(1991)
Royal Warriors(1986) (aka In the Line of Duty, aka Police Assassins)
Scorpion King, The(1992) (aka Operation Scorpio)(rel. 27 May 2002)
Sea Wolves(1991) (aka In the Line of Duty 7)
Secret Rivals 2(1977)
Secret Rivals(1976)
Shanghai Express, The(1986) (aka The Millionaire's express)
Shaolin Plot, The(1977)
Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon(1990)
Snuff Bottle Connection, The(1977)
Story of Ricky(1992)(rel. Oct 2002)
Swordsman(1990)
Tai Chi Boxer(1996) (aka Tai Chi 2)(rel. 10 June 2002)
Tiger Cage 2(1990)
Tiger Cage 3(1991)
Tiger Cage(1988)
Tiger on the Beat(1988)
Triads: The Inside Story(1989)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Lucky Stars(1985)
Warriors Two(1978)
Wheels on Meals(1984)
Wing Chun(1994)
Winners and Sinners(1984)
Young Master, The(1980)
Zu: Warriors of the Magic Mountain(1983)(rel. 27 May 2002)

lordzeppelin

roseart...I can't thank you enough for the info. I really appreciate it. It's good to have someone be nice to me once in a while, as things have been kinda rough for me lately (not on this board, but in like real life). So I really really appreciate it.

gabegarwick

Dang! That's a lot of reasons for me to break down and get a malata! (that darn PAL thing is curbing me until I get one...) Hopefully, we'll hear good things about the new one soon.

Cheers,
Gabe

roseart

No problem Hope things get better.

dorian

the R3 special edition is quite nice, great extras on the bonus disc, with one (slight?) disappointment. good thing we're seeing decent releases of things like shiri, so I won't do things like this anymore:

step 1. buy HK release knowing is 4:3, find out that it's cut. ("insult to injury"!)
step 2. buy R3 release, find out that it's also missing the same scenes.

(anyone know if the HKL version will have the same edits, or...?)

cheers
++dg

Trigger

I had the full frame DVD from DeltaMac (I think it was them) and I didn't think it was all that bad. I thought the transfer and sound were great. I didn't notice it being cut, but that's the only version I had seen. The disc is the same exact thing as the Tai Seng release. I sold it and bought the 2-disc version and have yet to watch it.

JHosk

i have the deltamac version...its ok, the pan and scan doesn't bother you as much as some of them do. The DTS track is solid.

As far as the movie goes, it falls in the same category as versus. Great the first time...but doens't hold up to repeat viewings. Second time viewing both of these movies I found them to be boring.

roseart

FYI, HKL has the rights to Ichi the Killer...

ntuc

great. some titles I want are in the list.

hopefully they will be out soon.

axolotls return

cut to shreds undoubtedly. there is no way they'll (the bbfc) pass it uncut, especially during the rape/torture/ichi scene...

lordzeppelin

Are there a few subs missing on the Delta disc, or is it just me? There were 2 times where I was like "what the hell did I just miss?" because there were no subs for the dialogue...

roseart

I figured as much.