Story of Ricky 4K UHD (1991) - Blu-ray Forum

brainofj72 · 09-29-2022, 04:23 PM

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OldPangYau · 09-29-2022, 05:15 PM

This may be the first Fortune Star title that was only available restored in 2K to get a new restoration in 4K... as long as Nameless didn't just blow up the 2K restoration and treat it like a 2K DI. Either way, I'm very curious to see how it turns out.

russweiss1 · 09-29-2022, 05:44 PM

I have 3 blu-ray releases for this but would love to see a UHD release. I like the artwork on the covers as well.

VIDEOgameDROME · 10-01-2022, 12:22 AM

Yeeeeessss

Sleazeaddict · 10-01-2022, 12:02 PM

are Nameless a good company ?

The Mole · 10-01-2022, 04:54 PM

No.

SpaceBlackKnight · 10-01-2022, 05:34 PM

Fortune Star has recently completed 4k HDRs of several titles and many of these are on iTunes Hong Kong and Canada. Some like the Bruce Lees and first two Police Stories that were Ritrovata jobs finished in 4k SDR had a simple HDR pass, while many that were 2k masters went back to the raw 6.5k scan files.

Ricky I believe is one of the completely new 4K HDRs FS did from the raw scan files.

saltysam · 10-01-2022, 08:43 PM

Good chance 88 might release a UHD in the UK then.

blackprojection · 10-01-2022, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Sleazeaddict

are Nameless a good company ?

They're mostly releasing Sony back catalogue titles in very limited quantities. PQ is decent for most of their releases. They don't have many UHD releases yet but I didn't hear any big complaints about them.

OldPangYau · 10-03-2022, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

Fortune Star has recently completed 4k HDRs of several titles and many of these are on iTunes Hong Kong and Canada. Some like the Bruce Lees and first two Police Stories that were Ritrovata jobs finished in 4k SDR had a simple HDR pass, while many that were 2k masters went back to the raw 6.5k scan files.

Ricky I believe is one of the completely new 4K HDRs FS did from the raw scan files.

Huh, weird... though I also know some of the iTunes listings can be... not 100% accurate. I've seen some previews for even "HD" transfers on there that turned out to be SD upscales. If Fortune Star themselves decided to revisit this one, that means anyone with the license should be able to have access to the new master. Well, this'll be interesting, lol.

SpaceBlackKnight · 10-03-2022, 08:20 AM

IIRC, Dragons Forever, Rouge, and Center Stage also show up as 4k HDR on iTunes HK. The Dragons Forever preview looked like the remaster and not some old upscale if thats to go by. Not all previews that use old footage indicates what the actual source will be as Cannonball Run is the remaster despite the preview being some janky upscsle.

OldPangYau · 10-03-2022, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SpaceBlackKnight

IIRC, Dragons Forever, Rouge, and Center Stage also show up as 4k HDR on iTunes HK. The Dragons Forever preview looked like the remaster and not some old upscale if thats to go by. Not all previews that use old footage indicates what the actual source will be as Cannonball Run is the remaster despite the preview being some janky upscsle.

Interesting, I wondered if there was that possibility of "eh, just leave the old sample, it's fine", lol. Granted, the 4K restoration of Dragons Forever has been used for HD/1080p releases as well, but who knows?

Either way, hopefully Nameless will follow up on this soon so we can see what exactly is going on with this. It also dawned on me that SOR was actually one of the first 2K restorations from Fortune Star when they were starting to take transfers for blu-ray seriously, as I think I remember seeing a still as far back as 2015 before the older MediumRare disc ever came out.

The Mole · 10-04-2022, 01:01 PM

Yes, SOR was one of the first true HD restorations from FS. The screenshots they published to promote this were unfiltered and therefore hopes were high concerning the quality of the HD master. But then a trailer and the first BD release appeared and it came out that heavy DNR had been applied after those first promo shots were taken.

OldPangYau · 10-04-2022, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by The Mole

Yes, SOR was one of the first true HD restorations from FS. The screenshots they published to promote this were unfiltered and therefore hopes were high concerning the quality of the HD master. But then a trailer and the first BD release appeared and it came out that heavy DNR had been applied after those first promo shots were taken.

Also true, and while the 88 Films release's video was a step up over Medium Rare's (mainly thanks to better compression and correct aspect ratio... not often you see 16x9 CROPPED from 1.85), it can still be better... and that's coming from someone who helped a bit on the 88 Films version, lol.

singhcr · 10-05-2022, 05:05 PM

This would be intriguing to see how it turns out...and one of the only times where I actually want the English dub because it takes an already hilariously over the top movie and makes it comedy gold.

russweiss1 · 10-05-2022, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by singhcr

This would be intriguing to see how it turns out...and one of the only times where I actually want the English dub because it takes an already hilariously over the top movie and makes it comedy gold.

I rarely watch anything dubbed. Something like Ricky that I've seen many times makes me cringe to think of them spouting English dialog.

Shogun Assassin is one of the few that I like the dub and that's an amalgamation of two films so I'm not sure it even has a Japanese soundtrack.

singhcr · 10-05-2022, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by russweiss1

I rarely watch anything dubbed. Something like Ricky that I've seen many times makes me cringe to think of them spouting English dialog.

Shogun Assassin is one of the few that I like the dub and that's an amalgamation of two films so I'm not sure it even has a Japanese soundtrack.

I never watch dubs either but for this movie it's not at all something I would take seriously and the horrible English dub I watched long ago in college in the early morning hours just made it all the more hilarious. I'd still insist on the Cantonese mix for this movie, but here I'd love to watch it with that dub track.

Kakihara · 10-06-2022, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by singhcr

I never watch dubs either but for this movie it's not at all something I would take seriously and the horrible English dub I watched long ago in college in the early morning hours just made it all the more hilarious. I'd still insist on the Cantonese mix for this movie, but here I'd love to watch it with that dub track.

The English dub track for this IS hilarious lol. I also prefer to watch movies in their native language but when it comes to cheesy movies like this one, dubs can add to the cheesiness which is the case here, IMO.

OldPangYau · 10-07-2022, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by russweiss1

I rarely watch anything dubbed. Something like Ricky that I've seen many times makes me cringe to think of them spouting English dialog.

Shogun Assassin is one of the few that I like the dub and that's an amalgamation of two films so I'm not sure it even has a Japanese soundtrack.

I'm sorry, but Story of Ricky is one of the ones where I need the dub, lol. There's a select handful that fall in that category for me, but SOR is one, Master of the Flying Guillotine is another. As long as the original languages are options, of course

MovieBuff647 · 12-20-2024, 05:02 PM

Looks like this is finally out…can anyone confirm if the 4K restoration fixed that color grading issue?

09-29-2022, 04:23 PM	#1
brainofj72 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:USA 4K collection:1031 Blu-ray collection:3606 DVD collection:817 Digital collection:150 iTunes collection:140 Trading Score:152	Story of Ricky 4K UHD (1991) https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...00063608272681

09-29-2022, 05:15 PM	#2
OldPangYau Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Blu-ray collection:596 DVD collection:194	This may be the first Fortune Star title that was only available restored in 2K to get a new restoration in 4K... as long as Nameless didn't just blow up the 2K restoration and treat it like a 2K DI. Either way, I'm very curious to see how it turns out.

09-29-2022, 05:44 PM	#3
russweiss1 Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Feb 2012 Location:Southern California	I have 3 blu-ray releases for this but would love to see a UHD release. I like the artwork on the covers as well.

10-01-2022, 12:22 AM	#4
VIDEOgameDROME Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Mar 2015 Location:Canada 4K collection:493 Blu-ray collection:629 DVD collection:69 Blu-ray reviews:3	Yeeeeessss

10-01-2022, 12:02 PM	#5
Sleazeaddict Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Nov 2014 Trading Score:1	are Nameless a good company ?

10-01-2022, 04:54 PM	#6
The Mole Power Member Member since:May 2014	No.

10-01-2022, 05:34 PM	#7
SpaceBlackKnight Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:346 Digital collection:20	Fortune Star has recently completed 4k HDRs of several titles and many of these are on iTunes Hong Kong and Canada. Some like the Bruce Lees and first two Police Stories that were Ritrovata jobs finished in 4k SDR had a simple HDR pass, while many that were 2k masters went back to the raw 6.5k scan files. Ricky I believe is one of the completely new 4K HDRs FS did from the raw scan files.

10-01-2022, 08:43 PM	#8
saltysam Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Liverpool,UK 4K collection:273 Blu-ray collection:770 Trading Score:3	Good chance 88 might release a UHD in the UK then.

10-03-2022, 08:20 AM	#11
SpaceBlackKnight Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2018 4K collection:25 Blu-ray collection:346 Digital collection:20	IIRC, Dragons Forever, Rouge, and Center Stage also show up as 4k HDR on iTunes HK. The Dragons Forever preview looked like the remaster and not some old upscale if thats to go by. Not all previews that use old footage indicates what the actual source will be as Cannonball Run is the remaster despite the preview being some janky upscsle.

10-04-2022, 01:01 PM	#13
The Mole Power Member Member since:May 2014	Yes, SOR was one of the first true HD restorations from FS. The screenshots they published to promote this were unfiltered and therefore hopes were high concerning the quality of the HD master. But then a trailer and the first BD release appeared and it came out that heavy DNR had been applied after those first promo shots were taken.

10-05-2022, 05:05 PM	#15
singhcr Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Apple Valley, MN Home Theater Gallery:11 4K collection:4 Blu-ray collection:26 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:42	This would be intriguing to see how it turns out...and one of the only times where I actually want the English dub because it takes an already hilariously over the top movie and makes it comedy gold.

12-20-2024, 05:02 PM	#20
MovieBuff647 Power Member Top contributor Member since:Sep 2018 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:-	Looks like this is finally out…can anyone confirm if the 4K restoration fixed that color grading issue?

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