Originally posted by pongza at 2007-7-5 06:24 PM


What exactly is a VCD? lol ya sorry, I don't know. Is it like a DVD, or is it like a huge cassette
tape?

I've never seen one before.

Originally posted by yulien at 2007-7-5 04:25 PM




Video CD (aka VCD, View CD, Compact Disc digital video) is a standard digital format for storing video on a Compact Disc. VCDs are playable in dedicated VCD players, nearly all personal computers, most modern DVD-Video players, and some video game consoles

DVD ("Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc") is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. DVDs resemble Compact Discsin that they have the exact appearance (i.e. diameter: 120mm or4.72in., occasionally 80mm or 3.15in.) and both are optical storagemedia so similar that a DVD reader or writer can usually read CDs, butDVDs are encoded in a different format of much greater density, allowing a data storage capacity 8 times greater (single-layer, single-sided)

basically, they are both CD in different format.

PS: info got from Wiki

Originally posted by pongza at 2007-7-7 03:04 AM


Thank you Yulien.

Tin, yeah I'm serious. Just be lucky I know what DVDs and blueray are..

Originally posted by RenRen at 2007-7-6 11:18 AM


*sigh* You should move into a big city.

Originally posted by pongza at 2007-7-7 03:26 AM


Into the bigger Boonies?

Ya I know, but it's just so peaceful here.

Originally posted by RenRen at 2007-7-6 03:35 AM

Umm...so why are we comparing four actors who are all in a different point in their careers?

Originally posted by yulien at 2007-7-6 08:32 AM
  my take, i see Terence as a more potential actor...maybe Andrew but i don't know cause i never really seen all of their movie. my POV regarding Terence having the potential is cause he really know how to let loose and joke around. so, i guess he can take part in a role and 'get into' being the character easily.

  i have to say (again), i love Daniel's acting in Divergence (wtih Ekin and Aaron). i think he played his character well, and i see that he sorta understand his role better than the rest he had played before. New Police Story is a good one as well.

Originally posted by pongza at 2007-7-6 02:26 PM


Into the bigger Boonies?

Ya I know, but it's just so peaceful here.

Originally posted by anita_luong at 2007-7-9 03:15 PM


pongza, i don't believe that you don't know what VCDs, DVDs, or Blu Rays are. if you've got a comp. to log onto AnD, you should know what VCDs are...you're messing with us.

Originally posted by pongza at 2007-7-9 15:27

Oh no no no. I just didn't know what VCDs where. My comp can play them, but never seen one or
heard anyone around me use one before.  
The only people I hear using them are asians. And there are no asians here with VCDs.

Originally posted by peachey at 2007-7-9 04:12 PM


Where have you been the last year or so on AnD? I've been pissing about how I usually buy VCDs of chinese movies and Tin was all aghast with blood coming out of his eyes. Granted, I'm not "around" you but same thing.

Originally posted by andy_lau_spain at 2007-7-7 03:43 AM
well...vcds are not worldwide...in spain we never get the vcd system,so many people in spain dont know what's a vcd at all...it's not soweird not to know...^^U

Originally posted by tinlunlau at 2007-7-9 05:30 PM



granted, they're not worldwide but i think you're kinda missing the point here.
pongza's from the asian community despite what country she's in.  and being from a chinese family, particularly one that speaks cantonese and is clearly rooted in hong kong, she should know what vcd's are because practically all chinese families have depended on VCD's for entertainment at one point.  hence, my "are you kidding?" reaction and it's weird for her not to know.

Originally posted by pongza at 2007-7-9 17:40

We used to get hacked cable here until that was over. Then we got DirectTV. Thats where I get my cantonese stuff from. Still no VCDs.

Originally posted by director at 2007-7-8 08:20 PM


sometimes ppl are in the (film) industry by chance and just continue with it; whether or not they have a talent for it is another case.



yeah my reasons are similar, in the improv scenes (credit to daniel's direction) in the heavenly kings, whilst all the others were reasonably restrained and played it simple, terence was the one really bringing the dialogue to the table..

i saw divergence recently and i agree daniel was pretty decent in there. characters with attitude he can portray convincingly; in protege as someone with deeper emotions e.g sympathy, moral dilemma
etc he pulled it off decently.

though saying that derek yee has the got best of every actor he has worked with imo in the films, lost in time, one night in mk, 2 young and protege..

p.s i don't get with the aaron kwok bashing in divergence e.g overacting, unintentional hilarious scenes (car rolling backwards). i thought he was really good and it's commendable he's lauching himself as a  ...

Originally posted by yulien at 2007-7-10 10:14 AM




SPOT ON BOUT AARON KWOK!!! but didn't he won some kind of award specifically for tht role??? man..he over 'act' all the scene. and have you seen his latest, After This Our Exile?? man...seems like he just take the character from Divergence and move to the movie. too much too much. all and all, i don't see aaron kwok as a 'stand out' celebrity. normal. though i dislike leon lai, but some of his feature kinda 'stand out'. hahaa...hmm....

anyway, anticipating Blood Brothers and trying to get Ming Ming...but have to wait!!!!!
is terence in any new movie????

Originally posted by peachey at 2007-7-9 10:27 PM
Ming Ming VCD is available for $8.49 at yesasia.com.

Yulien, director actually likes Aaron Kwok.