I didn't buy the Police Story
All I have is the 720p mkv copy
It looks bad from the 720p version
Anyway I'll not comment further as the quality has been compromised

As for Once Upon a Time in China, I'm yet to receive
It's almost 2 weeks since it's shipped

This post has been edited by robinlim: Oct 11 2009, 11:47 AM

I've asked my friend in US to help me to get the Walmart exclusive Imax Transformers 2
he'll check the price for me first whether it's really USD19.96

Anyone wanna tumpang? I won't be getting more as not to trouble my friend and myself (ketam factor)

I know by unwrapping the items will avoid ketam suspicion
but again these are all new BDs lar
if unwrap means = used copy

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Added on October 12, 2009, 10:04 pmbut dunno whether it's region locked or not
btw, ugpm

This post has been edited by robinlim: Oct 12 2009, 10:04 PM

Finally the good news appeared!!

Please note that the price of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Two-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray] has decreased from $27.99 to $24.99 since you placed it in your Shopping Cart. Items in your cart will always reflect the most recent price displayed on their product detail pages.

Hopefully before the official release date the price will be further decreased

Too bad it's region B locked
In fact this is one of my favorite Stephen Chow movies other than A Chinese Odyssey I & II
Have to wait for HK release

The funniest part of this 'Shaolin Soccer' will be the 'Shaolin Night Singing Session'
This is the lyric of the song that makes me laughing up and down



This post has been edited by robinlim: Oct 13 2009, 09:26 AM

Bro, pls refer to my post of #971
not confirmed yet, need to wait till my friend get back to me
but can reserve one spot for u if u want it

This post has been edited by robinlim: Oct 13 2009, 11:38 AM

will let u know once it is firmed

Ok
3 more units to go for my quota
siapa mau lagi?

P/S:
To those who join my tumpang
pls take note that the tumpang is not confirmed will take off
everything still rely to my friend in US on whether he's able to get them
The number of discs available in the Walmart store near his area is still unknown
he might only be able to get few units only
and whether he's free to go to Walmart on the release day
I'll ask him to try to get for me the numbers of my quota
Any update I'll let u guys know

This post has been edited by robinlim: Oct 13 2009, 12:03 PM

ok
both of u are the last 2 to fill the quota

My quota is full oredi
sorry to other forummers who wish to join me

Finally today I receive my stuff ordered from Yesasia!



It's really hard to imagine that it took 2 weeks to reach me
worse still it's from Hong Kong which is not far from us
nowadays even stuff ordered from Amazon US takes shorter time to reach me (~10 days)

will take a quick review on 'Once Upon A Time In China' later tonight to see whether the PQ is really that bad

P/s: Ronnie, when u want me to send ur thing to u?

UGPM
will send to u a.s.a.p.

I did a 20 minutes of fast review for 'Once Upon A Time In China' late yesterday night
One statement that is being circulated in the net about the PQ that I'd like to correct is
'This is definitely not a DVD upscaled version'

Movie:4.5/5
The storyline is the best among the OUATIC series. The fighting scenes are awesome and enjoying, eventhough not as good as OUATIC 2 (where the fighting scenes are designed and choreographed by Yuen Wo Ping, who choreographed the action scenes in Matrix). This in fact is one of the best movies directed by Tsui Hark which won him numerous awards including Best Director. Because of this movie, Hong Kong movie industry revived the martial art craze and started to produce tons of martial art movies. It's also the turning point for Jet Lee to become a renown international action superstar.

PQ: 2/5
This is the most disappointing part. Like I said, this is definitely not a DVD upscaled version. Fortune Star had done their part to make it a HD version. But the fact is it is a bad transfer, though not as bad as Tomb Raider. I don't know whether they do not have the technology or just being lazy to do a proper transfer, or the film stock itself is too bad in condition for restoration. It's very obvious DNR is heavily applied throughout the film, too heavy till you can see the colors and the shape of objects are distorted. For grain hater, you can hardly see any grain in the film, though you might still get to see some grainy effect in fast action scenes. The people face is waxed, but the effect is not natural. It looks like all those people are putting up a heavy make up.

AQ: 3.5/5
The Cantonese Track is in Dolby TrueHD 7.1. I don't have a 7.1 set-up, but even running at 5.1 the effect of the movie is considered good. The bass is not the biling balang type, but you still can feel the LFE on the punching scenes. The surround effect is also good, as you can hear the whistling sound of the ships coming from surround speakers.

I don't have the Remastered DVD version to do the comparison, but only the cheap speedo ayam version which is far worse. Overall it is still a good movie with a great in-depth storyline. The weakest link still lies on the PQ. If you don't mind the PQ, it's still worth for collection. Now I will wait for the release of 'Once Upon A Time In China 2' to see whether Fortune Star will make any improvement on PQ.

This post has been edited by robinlim: Oct 14 2009, 10:43 AM

sure boh?

wow, very fast bro
bought from amazon or speedy/video ezy?

This post has been edited by robinlim: Oct 20 2009, 10:56 PM

i dunno
heard somebody said video ezy got sell oredi
haven't gone there to have a look

Finally my friend in US managed to get me the IMAX version of TF2!



For those who join the tumpang with me, UGPM!

This post has been edited by robinlim: Oct 21 2009, 05:11 PM

It shd be the other way
they cropped the movie for normal version
IMAX shd be the full shot

The International version is for those 'guai lows' who don't know about the tits and bits of 'Romance of the 3 Kingdoms'
as well as the brotherhood thingy which is very common in ancient China
So they don't have to go through the in-depth details
just sit down and enjoy the battle scenes

Wah bro, u intend to keep both version ar? Normal version by uncle DHL summore

If $122.33+shipping less than $140, ie <RM500
won't kena tax, right?