Hi-de-hi folks. Nice to be back after a long long period away from the evils of Internet life and of course the good stuff like you fine folk of the HTF anime thread. :D I've been away from all things technical except as related to my work unfortunately but I'm back in civilization now and...
Lol! You appreciate this is an anime involving a guy who has a twin brothers disembodied soul tied to a large piece of plate armour and can change the base properties of the materials around him simply by clapping his hands together and willing it right? ;) As far as imports go the improved...
Kong, My bad, I am on unicorn and the character Deflores should be available to befriend but to be honest I must have been online a total of like 10 minutes to half an hour over the last week. :frowning: Works been extra hellish, I had friends down on Friday & Saturday, then just when I...
Lol. A 30 minute documentary on the process of adding cg bikinis. Now THAT'S entertainment. ;)
I'd love to hear a Verhoeven commentary on this one. He's almost always extremely entertaining to listen to.
John : Oh I don't know, if we can get away with row, row, row, roe then so can they. ;) *sigh* You might be right. I live for the day I can read through a Japanese newspaper or magazine and not have to refer to my dictionary though. :D
Kanji are the Japanese's way of getting back at their kids. I weep when I see some of them, honestly it would have been a much better idea to stick with the syllabries[sp?] which would have been much simpler. I remember learning 'yoko' for the first time, in hirigana it's like 2 squiggles...
Darn. The release has dubtitles rather than true subtitles, and it's the voice over I know from my crappy VHS copy. Oh well, at least I have it in the OST now even if I do need to read between the lines. Aside from that this anamorphic picture looks pretty decent and clean. About what I'd...
I said my next post would be about anime and fortunately my Limited Edition Ghost in the Shell box arrived today. It's luvverly. The packaging is rather beautiful in a minimalist sort of way. Solid black with silver text used sparingly, the only things on the front of the box are the...
Just to add a word of caution (and to ensure that this doesn't become an all rave review thread. ;)) I'd like to mention that of all the HK specifically and Asian films in general the ones that translate least well to the novice viewer are often the comedies. Take God of Gamblers for example...
Thanks for that Kong, I shall probably get online and start my (To be-Bard)/White Mage combo late tonight (9pm my time) probably. GF permitting. Sorry about that all, I promise my next post will be about Anime. ;)
Matt, you say the fox releases of the HKL line look better? As a UK resident I've been wallowing in the great HKL releases and the wealth of extras generally on offer but depending on the films I might not be adverse to double dipping for an improved picture. Do any of the foxes have...
Sweet baby J, what a week for shipments this has been. First off I get my Lost in Translation and Passion of Joan of Arc DVD's delivered yesterday, I will be getting my FFXI tomorrow morning along with Juon and today cd japan let me know they've shipped the LE Ghost in the Shell reissue...
Such a shame this has to happen to this film.
Why couldn't something deserving of a DVD impasse like intolerable cruelty get stuck in legal hell instead. :frowning:
*sigh*
That's right, it's by the same director and it shares quite a few similarities with Versus in style of direction. It's also got a few of Versus' flaws though. Eg only about half the cast can act and things happen just because they're kind of cool. On the other hand it's still quite a bit...
Pff, they don't count, they're Fukasaku films. Still whilst we're on the subject - Since you're Japanese enabled you may want to pick up a few R2 Kurosawa films since they sometimes have access to better film elements out there. Criterions are generally excellent but a couple have bucked the...
Not exactly rolling in the new Anime here at the moment.. I simply HAD to have those tickets to the upcoming Pixies reunion gigs and they were costly. :b Favourite. Band. Of. All. Time. The greatest band to boot. So it'll be worth it. However I DO have FFIX on order and I should be...
Gah, whatever the solutions I think it's agreed it's something we would like to do without. Especially (or even specifically) on bought home DVD's rather than rental versions.
Absolutely, add my nameto the list of people who would just love to see a decent anamorphic release, let alone any rumoured special edition. This is a given triple dip for me and many of my friends. Do the right thing Warner! :emoji_thumbsup:
Aye, the problem with the Love Hina anime (one of my guilty pleasures really) is that it doesn't really finish properly at all. I kept waiting for additoinal episodes. Still it's a fun ride while it lasts and you can't help but feel sorry for Keitaro. All that tempting flesh and not a chance...
John : Yeah, there's like 8 tracks on the third disc (all of them in stereo rather than dolby digital). Japanese through to Portugese. So it could well be the space issue. Seems more than a touch redundant though considering the excellent Japanese and English soundtracks on disc 1, it appears...