VCDQuality Forums (http://forum.vcdq.com/index.php)
- DVDR (http://forum.vcdq.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=24)
-- Hero *SubbeD* *Directors Cut* NTSC - DVDRIP - HkM (http://forum.vcdq.com/showthread.php?threadid=45003)

Awesome anyone know when they will release this movie in the states?

Not for awhile .. it's just gonna hit theaters (as a limited release here soon). Glad that this one finally came out, although i already own the foreign dvd.

9/10/8

Woot, been waiting for a dvdr of this. grabbed an old crappy dvd/sub of this awhile ago, great movie.
Seen a preview of this not long ago in US theaters, release date was *edit august (2004).

will edit when i get>
9/8/8
*yes the face logo pops up quite often, and the audio quality isnt perfect.
also no subs at the begining/intro or at the end. <same with the imbt release, which i prefer over this one, even tho its svcd.

DC isn't supposed to be an awful lot better than the standard cut. its a mainland china release, which is never of the standards of outside the area.

__________________
563-773-1880

<Dwaggy> i caught you a delicious Bass
<The404> This is because you are an idiot

been waiting for this for a while movie looks good hope its as good as the previews

This was a great movie I like it alot. The fact that it had 3 versions of a story being told was one of it's best features.

Well I didn't pick this one up, but I got an ogg/ogm off a torrent a long time ago and I just recently converted it to an avi and embedded the subs. It was a bitch but worth it! (I got to watch it on my dvd player which doesn't support ogg/ogm)

Anyway
?/?/9

well i think im gonna get this one:

Hero.2002.Complete.DTS.PAL.DVDR-FoA

seeing as it has 5.1 unlike the hkm release that only has DTS.

__________________
Dust myself up
and I scream at the sky
It's been so hard
but I can't let it die
Turn my head up,
looking at the stars
So many years,
I still wonder where you are?
Dust myself up
and I scream at the sky
Every day I ask myself why?
So much pain pouring
from inside
Above me I feel the spirit fly

There are rumours floating around that this is actually some kind of elaborate bootleg version.

I have not seen it myself yet, but I've read these things about it:

* The running time is 108 mins, but it claims to be 118 on the box
* The audio quality is rather poor
* There is a watermark with the letters "Face" showing on the screen throughout (not always) the movie

Can anyone confirm this?

"This edition of the film is the director's cut version which offers a running time of 108 minutes, approximately 10 minutes more than the original version."

That is what yesasia said on their page for this edition. As far as I know, this only release in china at this moment, and this is indeed a different version from the 2003 release of hero which is only 98min long.

its a bit of a shady release, and the watermark appears when you have subtitles on. i can't confirm this myself, but i've heard this from a fair number of sources (from the actual disc, not the hkm rip)

personally, i'm more than happy with the standard cut, but its nice to know there's a longer cut out if required. in the theater, this film should look awesome. its absolutely epic, the scale is just thru the roof, and the use of colour is glorious. jet li FINALLY back to form (before going back to USA to churn out more shit.)

now if only woo would return home to make a good movie, that'd be nice.

__________________
563-773-1880

<Dwaggy> i caught you a delicious Bass
<The404> This is because you are an idiot

That stupid "FACE" thing is annoying. It pops up like every 5 minutes. In case anyone was interested, here is an interisting page about the many different releases of HERO. Obviously lots of work was involved:
207.136.67.23/film/DVDCompare3/hero.htm

yeah its a really handy site, along with dvdcompare.net, if you're an avid importer like me

i have a dvdr of the original guang dong face release, which i'll probably replace with a legitimate elite group disc at some point.

__________________
563-773-1880

<Dwaggy> i caught you a delicious Bass
<The404> This is because you are an idiot

what scenes are different? i'll stick with the 98min vers unless the extra 10 mins are just stellar

:: current DC is supposed to be bunk, i'd stink to the < 100mins too. pHo

No sound on DVD Player

Hi

Have a copy of this plays fine in Windows Media Player 10, however when I play on my Pioneer DVd Player there is no sound with the main film.

Anyone help!

Cheerz

its probably trying to output in dts, which cannot be downconverted. if there's a 2.0 soundtrack, switch to that.

__________________
563-773-1880

<Dwaggy> i caught you a delicious Bass
<The404> This is because you are an idiot

The DVD Player does say something about "DTS cut-off". Trouble is my Chinese aint so good, could someone point me to where in the Set-up Menu I can id whether there is another audio option?

Cheerz

im also having the sounds problem... and im so pumped ot watch this movie too. help please!

__________________
"or maybe its just Gods salt... and hes waiting to eat us"