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I watched the disc, the transfer looks great and al the title cards are back where they belong. Ang Lee's underappreciated masterpiece now has a definitive visual presentation on BD. :)

My corrected disc arrived today. It shipped from Technicolor in La Vergne, Tennessee. The disc was loose inside a cardboard envelope. Luckily it didn't get scratched up. I'll report in after I've watched it all the way through, but I popped it in to check the title cards I posted about...

KL has opened their LUST, CAUTION replacement program for the defective first pressing, which was missing onscreen title cards: https://www.kinolorber.com/lust-cauton-replacement I'm super excited that they went back and fixed the disc, it should be a definitive release now! :)

I have both discs, I didn't rip the video files and do frame cap comparisons, but the discs looked identical in motion to me. I'm 99.999% sure it's the same transfer. That said, those titles are a HUGE selling point for me, I consider the Art Deco font an important part of Ang Lee's intention...

Unlikely. You'll most likely have to send your disc in to them, or at least send them a proof of purchase, and then have a corrected disc mailed to you. The discs that are out there with retailers will likely remain defective until they all run out and more need to be pressed.

I am, indeed, thrilled by this good news. It seems like the situation is very different from a couple of years ago, with their releases of Bitter Moon, The Interpreter and Blackmail. In each of those cases I similarly let them know of technical flaws on discs, and their response was completely...

That's a shame, the R-rated cut is a few minutes shorter, I believe. The sex scenes are absolutely integral to the plot, the manner in which the characters have sex changes over the course of the film and comments on their relationship, it's why Ang Lee fought so hard to have the film released...

KL has announced they will be correcting this disc, hooray!! "We will create a replacement program for this in a few weeks, most likely by last week of May or first week of June. Please be patient." Even better, they said the replacement discs will have the original Art Deco font burned-in...

Let's hope for the best. I contacted them through Facebook and sent the captures. In fairness to Martin, in the three cases I mentioned - Bitter Moon, The Interpreter and Blackmail - KL did deny that the technical issues I politely brought to their attention even existed, but those all were in...

Excellent news!! That means an HD transfer exists with the original burned-in subtitles, and Universal just gave KL the wrong one. Now we have to hope KL agrees to do a corrected disc. I will caution everyone not to get too hopeful, I have tried this before with their discs of Bitter Moon...

The only reason this is so important is that if the iTunes HD version has the original burned-in titles, that means an HD transfer exists containing them and Universal mistakenly gave the title-free overseas transfer to KL, and KL ought to put the US transfer on a corrected disc. However, if no...

Sorry, I might not have been clear, it's a bit confusing. What I mean is, do they appear as part of the video file image, in a nice font, like in this DVD capture, which reflects the way they were on 35mm prints: Those are "burned-in" titles. Or do they appear as generic text titles that are...

Are they present as burned-in titles, like the 35mm prints and the DVD? Or are they player-generated, like the Korean BD? I'm wondering if an HD master exists with them burned-in, the original Art Deco font looks so nice.

I found another one, at 1:10:55: There may be more, but I'd have to rewatch the entire film to catch them, they're onscreen only for about two seconds.

The first two title cards posted above appear within the first minutes of the film, over the montage of the Shanghai neighborhood, before the film goes inside for the mahjong game. Their absence is easy to notice. Without them, that scene loses a lot of its meaning. The one saying "Occupied...

I just popped in the KL disc and unfortunately it has a MAJOR flaw. The KL disc is missing all onscreen title cards for dates and locations. Here are some examples, captured from the DVD: These titles are part of Ang Lee's artistic intent and are necessary to properly follow the film...