Ashes of Time
02-05-05, 11:32 PM
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Ashes of Time
I know that the Mei Ah and Zoke versions have horrible transfers, but I found a version I've never heard of on Yesasia.com. Can anyone tell me about the transfer of this DVD.
http://us.yesasia.com/assocred.asp?C...ection-videos/
http://us.yesasia.com/assocred.asp?C...ection-videos/
02-06-05, 12:10 AM
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Good question. The absence of English subs have kept me away and that's probably why there is a lack of English language reviews of this disc. But, ASHES OF TIME seems to be a film that always suffers from bad presentations, and it's really a shame because it's an amazing film. I just hope that this isn't due to problems finding decent source prints of the film and that a full restoration can happen someday. (it's sad that a film so recent can run into problems like this but Hong Kong isn't known for good film preservation, unfortunately).
02-07-05, 08:00 AM
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couldn't find a comparison including this release... not even a screenshot anywhere. I'm sure you noticed, but not only does it lack english subs, but the audio track is Japanese dubbed too. If the transfer was good, someone with alot of free time could take the video and create a subtitle track file and burn it and make heaps off ebay. Mei Ah has been re-releasing some of their films lately with better transfers and such, so maybe this will be on their list.
02-07-05, 08:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Trigger
Mei Ah has been re-releasing some of their films lately with better transfers and such, so maybe this will be on their list.
02-07-05, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Trigger
couldn't find a comparison including this release... not even a screenshot anywhere. I'm sure you noticed, but not only does it lack english subs, but the audio track is Japanese dubbed too. If the transfer was good, someone with alot of free time could take the video and create a subtitle track file and burn it and make heaps off ebay. Mei Ah has been re-releasing some of their films lately with better transfers and such, so maybe this will be on their list.
I noticed the mention of a Japanese audio track at yesasia, but I'm sure that's a mistake. CDJapan mentions a "Chinese" audio track (surely Cantonese), and Japanese releases very rarely (if ever) substitute a Japanese dubbed audio track for the original soundtrack (they may offer it as an option at times, but not instead of). It's funny, I was thinking that if the transfer was good, it would be worth it to try to add subs (I would like to try this with the French SE of FIST OF LEGEND
). Let's hope for a Mei Ah remaster. 
02-07-05, 11:45 AM
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Interesting...are you at liberty to tell us a bit more?
This is my favourite Wong film and one of my favourite films overall, so I'm just dying for a nice DVD of it.
This is my favourite Wong film and one of my favourite films overall, so I'm just dying for a nice DVD of it.
02-07-05, 12:45 PM
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I won't go into details, but the mess over international rights of Ashes of Time was solved only recently. Let's just say that you are likelier to see the film in a theatre again in the near future.
02-13-05, 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by cultshock
I noticed the mention of a Japanese audio track at yesasia, but I'm sure that's a mistake. CDJapan mentions a "Chinese" audio track (surely Cantonese), and Japanese releases very rarely (if ever) substitute a Japanese dubbed audio track for the original soundtrack (they may offer it as an option at times, but not instead of).
02-13-05, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Grimfarrow
I won't go into details, but the mess over international rights of Ashes of Time was solved only recently. Let's just say that you are likelier to see the film in a theatre again in the near future.
02-16-05, 07:57 AM
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Cooooool.
I've never seen the film, not bought the DVDs because of the reportedly terrible quality... so I'd be very interested in seeing it on a big screen. And hopefully then again on DVD.
I've never seen the film, not bought the DVDs because of the reportedly terrible quality... so I'd be very interested in seeing it on a big screen. And hopefully then again on DVD.
02-01-06, 02:35 PM
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Last time I saw Wong he was busy with other projects. Looks like he's put this on the backburner. But I'm not sure, since that was a few months ago...
03-07-06, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by wennma01
so whats the best version out there of this film?
Plus the Region 1 version just went OOP.
11-07-06, 12:39 PM
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Redux? I wonder if anyone's going to bitch about this like they do about Lucas changing Star Wars or Spielberg changing E.T.?
Is this version worth a crap? http://www.fnac.com/Shelf/article.as...b80230008&Fr=0
Is this version worth a crap? http://www.fnac.com/Shelf/article.as...b80230008&Fr=0
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Originally Posted by Trigger
Redux? I wonder if anyone's going to bitch about this like they do about Lucas changing Star Wars or Spielberg changing E.T.?
