Question: Hong Kong Legends - Once Upon a Time In China!
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Question: Hong Kong Legends - Once Upon a Time In China!
I recently picked up the US release of 'Once Upon a time in China', I dig the movie but the transfer is god awful. So, how is the Hong Kong Legends version? I know it says re-mastered for DVD, but that means nothing for most companies.
Reviews? Etc?
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Reviews? Etc?
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It's better. Not that that means anything. It's still a bad print of a great movie.
If you can play PAL discs, then you should upgrade to the HKL. If you can't, then it's not worth getting a new player for it.
If you can play PAL discs, then you should upgrade to the HKL. If you can't, then it's not worth getting a new player for it.
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It's miles better than the awful us dvd (interlaced 4:3 letterbox upconverted to 16:9) and well worth the pickup. It's available fairly cheap as a 3 part trilogy housed in a digipack.
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Iron Monkey is uncut, has accurate subtitles, and has the correct music track. The transfer is a little less than the R1 Miramax, but the film is better represented on the Hong Kong Legends disc.
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HKL has a new version of iron monkey coming out in february, so you may want to wait a bit. But the US disc actually has the best transfer and sound, although it is slightly modified from the original cut.
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these and all your questions can be answered at http://www.asiandvdguide.com/
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You're a senior member and you still haven't heard about http://www.dvd-basen.dk? Anyways, here are some reviews:
http://www.bulletsnbabesdvds.com/mod...rder=0&thold=0
http://www.dvddebate.com/article.php?sid=1748
http://www.hkdvdheaven.co.uk/OnceUpon1.htm
http://www.carly.clara.net/ouatic.htm
http://www.bulletsnbabesdvds.com/mod...rder=0&thold=0
http://www.dvddebate.com/article.php?sid=1748
http://www.hkdvdheaven.co.uk/OnceUpon1.htm
http://www.carly.clara.net/ouatic.htm