As with all the other imports I have received this last week or so, I still need to watch this, other than just doing a quick check to see what it will play in.
However for those interested.
It is region locked!
It lists only 2.0 English, yet having a quick look at it, I am getting 5.1 using WinDVD 9.
No English subs
I'll get to this one soon....hopefully..... and post my impressions.
crap, i got all excited at the thread's title thinking they announced the US release of Fist of Legend on BD. This is Jet Li's best movie in my opinion too.
No subtitles? English 2.0 audio? Region locked???
arghhhhh
oh well, thanks for posting about it anyways. How is the PQ? The quality could be an indication of what the US version will look like someday.
For the time being, Dragon Dynasty's recent SD release offers the best PQ available, as the video has been upgraded to anamorphic....it looks mighty impressive upconverted, even on my 140" screen. BTW, the aspect ratio on the German BD packaging is incorrectly labelled as 2.35 -- it's no wider than 1.85 (1.78 on the DD release)....as well, the running time appears to be 5 mins shorter than the N. American release, which is 103 mins.
This is not the uncut version of the movie. This IS the Dimension version. Aside from having the Dimension intro and not the original, this is missing the last moments of the movie where we see the on screen epilogue text and then we see Chin Siu Ho running with the other students (along with even the last bit where we see the crew posing for the camera right after the ending credits). This print, just like the Dimension print, freeze frames the car driving away instead of us seeing it drive off where the on screen text is supposed to come up. This even has the credits directly lifted from the Dimension version.
This release has severe problems because of the improper conversion from a PAL source. The image is constantly sped up or slowed down to match audio. Dragon Dynasty's release of Tai Chi Master also has this problem.
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Originally Posted by Matt_Stevens /forum/post/15245557
That release has numerous problems:
This is not the uncut version of the movie. This IS the Dimension version. Aside from having the Dimension intro and not the original, this is missing the last moments of the movie where we see the on screen epilogue text and then we see Chin Siu Ho running with the other students (along with even the last bit where we see the crew posing for the camera right after the ending credits). This print, just like the Dimension print, freeze frames the car driving away instead of us seeing it drive off where the on screen text is supposed to come up. This even has the credits directly lifted from the Dimension version.
This release has severe problems because of the improper conversion from a PAL source. The image is constantly sped up or slowed down to match audio. Dragon Dynasty's release of Tai Chi Master also has this problem.
The ONLY correct versions are the original Mei Ah VCD and LD that was released 16 years ago. There is also the uncut Ritek version but that only had a Mandarin track. The original is in Cantonese.
I was hoping to get rid of the VCD and LD but still hold on to them because it's the only way to watch them uncut.
It's absolutely appalling how HK and Chinese film is treated. It seems that any film before the millenium is bound to have numerous editing, language or quality issues. These releases make the Gladiator release seem like the epitome of perfection.
It' so sad to think my last uncut copy is the asian laserdisc that is gathering dust in my cupboard at the moment. I hope Hong Kong blu-ray distributors will release the uncut version of the film one day(it's also very difficult to get an uncut copy of Jackie's Drunken Master 2 even on dvd)
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It' so sad to think my last uncut copy is the asian laserdisc that is gathering dust in my cupboard at the moment. I hope Hong Kong blu-ray distributors will release the uncut version of the film one day(it's also very difficult to get an uncut copy of Jackie's Drunken Master 2 even on dvd)
The sad truth is that back in the 90's these movies had no future in Hong Kong. They were mis-treated and stored under piss-poor conditions. When superstars like Jackie Chan and Jet Li successfully transitioned to Hollywood, the HK ditributors saw an opputunity to make a quick buck and sold off most of their good properties. So if our faves are covered in legal red tape, we can partially blame the HK ditributors for putting them there. For now, just stick with your uncut FOL laserdisc and I'll stick with my DMII VHS.
I own almost every version of FOL in the world and the Dragon Dynasty is heads and shoulders above the rest in terms of A/V quality. Anybody who says otherwise is either talking through their ass or is relying on others' opinions. It's a shame that it loses the final 10 seconds or so. That's not gonna kill me. But I would love to add the German dvd to my collection since it is the ideal release, being uncut with English subs and all.
No upscale. Compared to the DD DVD release this is a huge improvement and there is much, much more detail in these screencaps.
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