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Matt_Stevens
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Help: looking for... A BETTER TOMORROW and FIST OF LEGEND laserdiscs - Anyone have them? I need the soundtracks for restorations. Also GOD OF GAMBLERS and DRUNKEN MASTER 2.
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11-Nov-2012, 11:45 AM

For Drunken Master II I will need to use multiple sources. It's gonna be a bear to deal with and I am not yet sure how I will handle it. I need cleaner video and would like to get access to the Warner VD, which is the best (if memory serves). I don't know of any Blu-Rays. 

However A BETTER TOMORROW will be my first go at it. If anyone can allow me to borrow the Blu-Ray that'd be great. I sold mine since I hated the remix so much. I regret that now! I'll re-buy if I have to. 

I'll edit from the 1080p BD and use the PCM laserdisc sound wherever possible. The Anchor Bay DVD has a mono track at 192k and if there are any area on the PCM that are shotty I can pull the sound from that DVD track. ONLY when absolutely necessary. There will be no remixes on my version. 

Same goes for ABT2. 

GOD OF GAMBLERS should be fairly easy. I'll keep the 5.1 remix in-tact. I'll also combine the original 2.0 mix from it with the PCM from the laserdisc. The LD is cut by about 7 minutes so it's not possible to use only PCM for that title. 

I'd also love to have an even better subtitle translation. The Mei Ah DVD is the best I've sen, but not exactly perfect English, if you get my meaning. 

FIST OF LEGEND is a favorite and I am hoping it' easy to fix.

BULLET IN THE HEAD would so crazy difficult that I just can't take the time to deal with it. I don't really like the film all that much (too oppressive for me). That being said, I do have a VHS version taken from a private telecine of John Woo's personal extended print. It's the longest version I know if and has the full urine drinking scene. If anyone had the time and ability they could capture the VHS, use avsynth to clean it up and then splice in the extra bits from it. It'd be a huge job.