MartinTeller
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Well, I'm buying it. Who the heck watches a Jackie Chan movie for the DIALOGUE anyway?
We the members of the forum are interested in the film product to be recorded and reproduced as closely as possible to the way the original creator(s) of that particular film intended.
I don't see a "with the exception of Hong Kong Films" at the end of the sentence above, which is taken directly from the mission statement of this forum. If this is the best Columbia could do, they need to put more effort into it.
Matt
If the original soundtrack elements are missing, what is the studio supposed to do? What would YOU do? Record new dialogue? Isn't that just as bad?
They did record new dialogue in English. Then they took that English recording and edited into the Cantonese soundtrack.
Recording new dialogue is not so bad if it helps repair damaged portions of some sound elements.
Walt Disney Home Video did it with Fantasia.
Criterion & Universal Home Video did it with Spartacus.
If the original soundtrack elements are missing, what is the studio supposed to do? What would YOU do? Record new dialogue? Isn't that just as bad?
I know 4 or 5 people personally with HK LDs of the movie who would be happy to lend them. Same deal with Rhino and Transformers the Movie. I called them and said we'd be happy to lend our Japanese LD if they couldn't find the original sound track. They thanked me, and later called back and said "Not to worry, we found it".
And where did HK Legends get a serviceable Cantonese track if it was destroyed. Answer: Columbia didnt' care enough to go looking.
And where did HK Legends get a serviceable Cantonese track if it was destroyed. Answer: Columbia didnt' care enough to go looking.
That sounds exactly like what happened.
I checked out the audio on my disc as well and sure enough, there are considerable dropouts to alternate language tracks throughout the entire length of the movie - and many times these segments would last for several minutes.
Where's the respect for the consumer, Columbia? For the art?
This all could have been avoided with a warning sticker.
Get yourself PAL capable and buy the HK Legends disc
So, the current HK Legends DVD is good?