Drunken Master and Snake In The Eagle's Shadow!!!

[OldPangYau]

Originally Posted by flashback8

Correct. SITES has English credits too.

One more quick update: I'm convinced the Japanese cuts are real HD. They're "as-is" transfers that have good levels of detail but haven't been given a thorough scrubbing (i.e., lots of dust and such). Interestingly enough, they also have English credits! Very strange. Audio for both is Japanese PCM.

The Japanese opening to Drunken Master should be the one at the top of page 2 of this thread, which would be in Chinese writing as Wong Fei-hong performs the Eight Drunk Gods.

[apollo828]

Originally Posted by OldPangYau

The Japanese opening to Drunken Master should be the one at the top of page 2 of this thread, which would be in Chinese writing as Wong Fei-hong performs the Eight Drunk Gods.

As mentioned, the Blu has English credits, unlike the credits in the YT clip.

[OldPangYau]

Originally Posted by flashback8

As mentioned, the Blu has English credits, unlike the credits in the YT clip.

Well, I know that's for the main film, I just wasn't sure if that was also the case for the "bonus" Japanese cut.

[Ken81]

I just got this blu-ray set, so can give some opinions as well

Originally Posted by OldPangYau

Well, I know that's for the main film, I just wasn't sure if that was also the case for the "bonus" Japanese cut.

The bonus Japanese cut of DM also has English credits. Although this version has dirts and scratches, it appears to be clearer with more details and grains than the actual main version on the blu-ray set. But it doesn't mean the main version looks bad, it definitely is true HD, although softer at certain scenes.

Originally Posted by flashback8

The opening fight sequence sounds like Cantonese to me. It's certainly not Japanese or English, and it doesn't have certain tonal qualities I associate with Mandarin. Alas, I can't find my old French DVD which has the complete Cantonese soundtrack, so I can't say for certain, especially since it's possible (but unlikely, IMO) that other sections have patched audio.

-A new 20 minute interview with Jackie Chan, presumably about DM and SITES. Mandarin w/ hard Japanese subs, although he occasionally interjects a bit of English. It'd be nice if somebody could translate or at least tell us interesting tidbits.

The opening fight scene does have the original Cantonese dialogues. But strangely enough the fight yells from the opening fight is not the original one. When the Yuen guy (don't remember his name) gets beaten to death during the opening fight, he has some distinct "aiya" kind of yells in the Cantonese version that are not present here. The fight yells seem to be taken from the Japanese version, although I kind of remember the German version having the same yells. No big deal really, I guess they have lost parts of the audio during this scene.

As for the 20-minute interview, he starts talking in Cantonese, then changes into Mandarin for a couple of minutes, then reverting to Cantonese hehe :P
Although I don't understand the question texts that pop up during the interview in Japanese, his replies are quite interesting. Let me see if I can recall some of it:

- When looking back at his younger self, he despises his younger version. After the success of DM and SITES, he got too much money and attention that he turned arrogant and was a big spender.

- He has been thinking of making Drunken Master 3, but till this day he still hasn't been able to come up with a good storyline. And no other directors have any new ideas either. But if someone has a good idea for a plotline of DM3, they are welcome to tell/share..(I guess to him :P). And if DM3 gets made one day, he probably would suit the Master role more.

- During the shooting of DM and SITES, he rarely got off work. When everybody went home after shooting, he and Yuen Woo Ping would sit on a café and discuss ideas of how to shoot different scenes. After Yuen went to sleep, JC would go back to his hotel room and practice his kung fu styles (for SITES and DM) in front of the mirror.

- He got so many gift from people (fans?) during this period, that he didn't have place to store them. He had to tuck them away somewhere, and he didn't realize some of it was snack and food. So when he unpacked them later (few years or similar?), the bad smells struck his face hehe.

- When he went to Japan, people asked what he liked. Confused of what to answer, he said he liked wasabi.. This lead to tons of gifts to him..of wasabi. Next time he travelled there, someone asked if he wanted/liked wasabi..he said "NO"..no wasabi. Instead he said he liked cars..then he got a lots of cars as gift..that is..toy cars :P

- Time flies fast he says. When he filmed Karate Kid with Jayden, he realized he had stepped into the shoes of Yuen Siu Tien that played his master in DM. Kind of interesting thought he said.

- When asked about what he thinks of a remake of DM, he said he supports the idea. With the technology and special effects nowadays, and past experiences (from him for example), a remake could be quite good.

[reason108]

Just ordered this. Now gotta wait until it arrives.

[reason108]

Well, it arrived. Glad the set turned out so well. I really liked the booklet and artwork that was included. The booklets have some nice pictures from the films.

I compared the blu rays with my Columbia dvd`s. Pretty much agree with everyone else here who has the box set regarding pq and audio. PQ is cleaner and clearer. A lot of the scratches and junk, etc are gone. It is certainly a step up in quality. Though, the Japanese prints do show a little more detail but are not as clean as the main films. SITES only featured the Cantonese audio track with Japanese subs. No Japanese audio track. DM did have the complete Cantonese audio track (no hybrid) and an Japanese audio track. So, the question might be asked how or when did Destination Films get the complete Cantonese track?

The credits text of DM: is slightly different on the blu from the dvd. Perhaps the font thickness is different or slightly different style of lettering. The Columbia dvd has white letters "Drunken Master" as slightly see-through and are out-lined in black. The blu ray is solid white and not outlined in black.

Both movies featured a little more screen image than what showed on the dvd; on the sides and top & bottom.

The Japanese cut of DM is interesting with the alt opening. The other extras are interesting.

That`s about it, I think. Not much else to add.

[reason108]

Columbia DVD: SITES

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SITES Main Feature film:

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SITES Japanese cut:

Japanese Cut 1.jpg

[reason108]

Columbia DVD:

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SITES Main Feature film:

Feature Film blu ray 2.jpg



SITES Japanese cut:

Japanese Cut 2.jpg

[reason108]

Columbia dvd:

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SITES Feature film:

Feature Film blu ray 3.jpg



SITES Japanese cut:

Japanese Cut 3.jpg

[reason108]

DRUNKEN MASTER Columbia dvd:

DVD 1.jpg



DM Main Feature film: (notice the slight green tint?)

Main Feature blu ray 1.jpg





The Japanese version begins with Jackie; cuts off the very beginning that sets up the story.

Japanese Cut 1.jpg

[reason108]

Columbia dvd:

DVD 3.jpg



DM Main Feature film:

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The Japanese cut does not provide a title card. They use the school`s training sign as the title card.

[grim_tales]

Am I correct in thinking there are no English subs on this one?
I have the Columbia DVD of Dm and HK (Mei Ah) DVD of SITES.

[reason108]

Columbia dvd:

DVD 4.jpg



DM Feature Film: (green tint)

Feature Film blu ray 4.jpg



DM Japanese cut:

Japanese Cut 2.jpg

[reason108]

Columbia dvd:

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DM Feature Film:

Feature Film blu ray 6.jpg



DM Japanese cut:

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[reason108]

Originally Posted by grim_tales

Am I correct in thinking there are no English subs on this one?
I have the Columbia DVD of Dm and HK (Mei Ah) DVD of SITES.

Yep, no English subs at all.

[reason108]

Sometimes it appears that the Japanese cut looks the best, that perhaps it looks better than the remaster. But, the actual image in my player looks so much better. And, in motion, the main feature film remaster looks the best hands down.

And, the green tint is not as noticeable in motion.


Just so it`s noted, I play my dvd in vlc and am using dvdfab media player to play the blu ray.

[grim_tales]

Originally Posted by reason108

Yep, no English subs at all.

Thanks

Oh well, guess we'll have to wait and see if this ever comes to US/HK one day...

[gbk666]

thanks for the screenshots.

they kind of fubar'd the colors in SITES. i like the colors of the unaltered japanese cut much more and it looks much sharper.

the title screen of the main version of the bluray has a lot of compression artifcats and looks softer or is this because of too strong jpeg compression?

i think i will wait for an english release by sony

[reason108]

It was interesting that there was that green tint to the image. Rather odd that they did not check it. Destination Films own the print that appeared on the Columbia dvd and the remastered image. Yet, the dvd looks closer to the Japanese print in color. It would be nice if it were to be released in the States with English subs and perhaps a color-corrected image.

[infiniteCR]

OMG I'm excited about these two! I didn't think they existed on Bluray yet. Anyone have any tips on how to order these? The site is hard to read in Japanese.

Do they still have the English Dubs??