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Got around to watching a few early Jackie Chan flicks this week. THE YOUNG MASTER (out of a 5-DVD box set I grabbed solely for FANTASY MISSION FORCE) is pretty worthless, and practically Jackie-free. FEARLESS HYENA on the other had was a blast. Once you got past Jackie's dubbed-accent, which made him sound like a member of Herman's Hermits.
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Distorted Kiwi posted:Got around to watching a few early Jackie Chan flicks this week. THE YOUNG MASTER (out of a 5-DVD box set I grabbed solely for FANTASY MISSION FORCE) is pretty worthless, and practically Jackie-free. FEARLESS HYENA on the other had was a blast. Once you got past Jackie's dubbed-accent, which made him sound like a member of Herman's Hermits. Young Master is ok. Are you sure you didn't see Young Tiger by mistake? Young Master ends with this hilarious image: 
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May 4, 2015 14:18
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Boinks posted:Young Master is ok. Are you sure you didn't see Young Tiger by mistake? Yep, you're right. YOUNG TIGER it was. Not-Actually-Starring Jacky (sic) Chan and co-starring his giant stick-on hairy mole.
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May 4, 2015 14:31
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Boinks posted:Young Master is ok. Are you sure you didn't see Young Tiger by mistake? Young Master is a bit better than just okay.
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May 5, 2015 01:18
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No one has mentioned A Touch of Zen (侠女) (1971) yet?  Like Come Drink with Me (大醉侠) and Longmen Inn (龙门客站) , AToZ is directed by King Hu (湖金铨). It's also by far the longest-- almost 4 hours in total, I think. Xu Feng (徐枫) is pretty cool. The film itself is really pretty. You could probably lose the subtitles and still watch. IF you've seen Longmen Inn, you might recognize the scholar-trope, second from the left. This movie sort of serves as his backstory. Almond Crunch fucked around with this message at 16:02 on May 31, 2015 |
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May 31, 2015 15:57
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Five Elements Ninjas was crazy. 
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Jun 1, 2015 20:26
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The loving scene where the dude gets stabbed in the taint so many times his intestine falls out
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Jun 1, 2015 21:02
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That movie is A+ kung fu violent madness. Was it the subbed or dubbed version?
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Jun 2, 2015 06:33
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Almond Crunch posted:No one has mentioned A Touch of Zen (侠女) (1971) yet? King Hu owns.
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Jun 2, 2015 15:29
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Don't forget Green Dragon Inn if you're talking about King Hu. I like Hark's New Dragon Inn better, but that's probably because of my Brigette Lin obsession.
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Jun 2, 2015 15:48
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Lurdiak posted:That movie is A+ kung fu violent madness. Was it the subbed or dubbed version? Dubbed, I couldn't find the subbed one. Crippled Avengers is still my favorite out of all the ones i've seen. Granted i've still YET to watch Lady Snowblodo or Chambers of Shaolin.
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Jun 2, 2015 23:58
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Don't forget Green Dragon Inn if you're talking about King Hu. What is Green Dragon Inn? I am a well-respected King Hu expert and have even gotten a copy of The Fate of Lee Khan (迎春阁之风波) with a mandarin softsub file(!!!). I don't think Green Dragon Inn is a King Hu film.
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Jun 3, 2015 11:46
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The original title is Qing long ke zhan. Hu isn't credited for it, but it seems to be a common belief that he secretly directed the film. e: Dragon Gate Inn may have been the one the poster was thinking of, though.
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Jun 3, 2015 12:22
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LORD OF BUTT posted:The original title is Qing long ke zhan. Hu isn't credited for it, but it seems to be a common belief that he secretly directed the film. Dragon Gate Inn it is! I don't know how I got the name screwed up.
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Jun 3, 2015 15:45
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Dragon Gate Inn it is! I don't know how I got the name screwed up. Dragon Gate = Longmen (龙门) LORD OF BUTT posted:The original title is Qing long ke zhan. Hu isn't credited for it, but it seems to be a common belief that he secretly directed the film. As a King Hu expert, this is really news to me. I googled and baidued and found nothing. Can you share a source? Almond Crunch fucked around with this message at 15:57 on Jun 3, 2015 |
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Jun 3, 2015 15:50
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Abu Dave posted:Dubbed, I couldn't find the subbed one. You can just stop watching movies altogether, to be honest. It'll only be downhill from here.
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Jun 3, 2015 17:47
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Almond Crunch posted:Dragon Gate = Longmen (龙门) It's just mentioned in a couple IMDB reviews, I don't know if there's actually anything to it. 
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Jun 3, 2015 20:03
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Boinks posted:Young Master is ok. Are you sure you didn't see Young Tiger by mistake? fun fact: this is a real image of Jackie Chan after breaking all hi bones while filming and he got back into it after a short lunch break
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Jun 4, 2015 13:15
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Alan Smithee posted:fun fact: this is a real image of Jackie Chan after breaking all hi bones while filming and he got back into it after a short lunch break Maybe if it was a still from Project A I'd believe you 
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Jun 4, 2015 15:19
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This thread makes gives me crazy nostalgia. When I was a kid I saw Heroic Trio on TBS and went into my local comic shop asking about it. The guy working there told me they didn't have any of that stuff, but to come back next week. When I went back, he handed me a stack of VHS tapes-- a bunch of movies he had copied over from Tai Seng laserdiscs. I got Wing Chun, Heroic Trio and Executioners, the Bride with White Hair (which was a little over my head at that time), Wheels on Meals, Dragons Forever, etc. It actually kind of ruined this stuff for me because a lot of the DVD releases we got of these later were such poo poo. I think Tai Seng is gone now which is depressing.
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Jun 6, 2015 02:31
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When I thought I couldn't find anything as mind breaking as Descendant of the Sun, I ended up getting my hands on a copy of the "Holy Flame of the Martial World." These early 80s shaw brothers super powered kung fu movies are just insane. I can't tell if I'm supposed to watch these types of movies sober to avoid permanent brain damage or if I'm supposed to watch these completely blitzed out on drugs so that they make sense: https://youtu.be/aWltGHdAysY
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Jun 7, 2015 18:48
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"Bone Incineration by Fire" is one of my favorite attack names in any HK flick. Although it's sort of misnamed since it reduces you to a skeleton. vvv Boinks posted:the beams that shoot the skeletons out of people's bodies. Hell yeah. moller fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Jun 8, 2015 |
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Jun 8, 2015 00:15
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G-III posted:When I thought I couldn't find anything as mind breaking as Descendant of the Sun, I ended up getting my hands on a copy of the "Holy Flame of the Martial World." These early 80s shaw brothers super powered kung fu movies are just insane. I can't tell if I'm supposed to watch these types of movies sober to avoid permanent brain damage or if I'm supposed to watch these completely blitzed out on drugs so that they make sense: I just watched my DVD of that the other day. Loved the echoes and the beams that shoot the skeletons out of people's bodies. Also watched Brothers Five last night. What great fight scenes! They reminded me of Dynasty Warriors.
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Jun 8, 2015 00:52
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El Rey is running a Chang cheh marathon on Fathers Day. Granted it's all dubbed but hey 
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Jun 8, 2015 12:57
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G-III posted:When I thought I couldn't find anything as mind breaking as Descendant of the Sun, I ended up getting my hands on a copy of the "Holy Flame of the Martial World." These early 80s shaw brothers super powered kung fu movies are just insane. I can't tell if I'm supposed to watch these types of movies sober to avoid permanent brain damage or if I'm supposed to watch these completely blitzed out on drugs so that they make sense: Duel to the Death is like this too. The drinking game is every time there is a scene in which ninjas explode, take a shot. You can't do it off each ninja or you'll die in the intro. The scene where the 20 foot ninja shows up, then explodes into smaller ninjas counts too.
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Jun 8, 2015 14:44
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Just watched Wheels on Meals last night. Can someone explain, in the scene where the Client first offers Moby the job to find Gloria, he also gives him a sheet of paper with something tiny and (at least on the version I was watching) unreadable written on it. Moby then throws water on the paper, and says something that was translated in the subs to "more antiseptic this way" (or similar). What was written on the paper? Why does he throw water on it?
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Jul 6, 2015 17:10
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Let's talk about Lín Qīngxiá aka Brigitte Lin. One of my all time favorite actresses. Born in Taiwan she did a few dramatic roles before being picked up to act in the infamous Fantasy Mission Force. After that she was in the original Zu and then as the damsel in distress in the very first Police Story movie (the second time she worked with Chan). Damsel in distress is not what she did best though. She became the badass of badasses in Swordsman II (as Asia the Invincible) and New Dragon Gate Inn. These two films gave her a rep for 'Pants' roles or a woman playing a masculine character. She reprised the role of Asia the gender-bending anti-hero in Swordsman III (also known as East is Red) then another pants role in Deadful Melody and then her finest role as The Bride with White Hair. She basically retired in 2001 after a string of classic films including Wong Kar-Wei's Chungking Express and Ashes of Time (along with the parody of the latter; Eagle Shooting Heroes). Always cool and classy Brigitte Lin is an amazing screen presence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PziO8VcIkt4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_va9XLuUrgc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysk1O5BPMEk
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G-III posted:When I thought I couldn't find anything as mind breaking as Descendant of the Sun, I ended up getting my hands on a copy of the "Holy Flame of the Martial World." These early 80s shaw brothers super powered kung fu movies are just insane. I can't tell if I'm supposed to watch these types of movies sober to avoid permanent brain damage or if I'm supposed to watch these completely blitzed out on drugs so that they make sense: Love the music - same song used in Kung Fu Hustle in the big fight with the Landlady and Landlord versus The Beast.
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Jul 8, 2015 08:54
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Boinks posted:the beams that shoot the skeletons out of people's bodies.
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Watched Kung Fu Jungle and thought it was OK. I don't think I've seen a good Donnie Yen film yet, either that or I just don't like his face/style...
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Jul 8, 2015 13:37
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Chas McGill posted:Watched Kung Fu Jungle and thought it was OK. I don't think I've seen a good Donnie Yen film yet, either that or I just don't like his face/style... Watch Iron Monkey or Once Upon a Time in China II
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OxMan posted:Duel to the Death is like this too. The drinking game is every time there is a scene in which ninjas explode, take a shot. You can't do it off each ninja or you'll die in the intro. The scene where the 20 foot ninja shows up, then explodes into smaller ninjas counts too. Don't forget the lady ninja who spontaneously tears off her clothes so as to subdue a Buddhist monk.
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Is Ip Man not well regarded around here? I like it but I don't have the hatred for Donnie Yen that seems to be pretty common. I did think someone's post a few weeks ago about him always having to put his rear end in every movie he directs/stars in was pretty on point though.
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Jul 8, 2015 16:02
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Samovar posted:Don't forget the lady ninja who spontaneously tears off her clothes so as to subdue a Buddhist monk. Isn't this a thing in other movies, too? I could have sworn there was another martial arts film I once saw where this happened. I mean, like, a hot lady fighter stripping explicitly to distract/subdue/seduce a celibate monk, not the simple act of nudity in a film. I haven't, to my knowledge, seen Duel to the Death, so yeah. But a 20 foot ninja who explodes into smaller ninja sounds very much like something I need to see, so I'm tracking down a copy as we speak!
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Jul 8, 2015 16:09
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:Isn't this a thing in other movies, too? I could have sworn there was another martial arts film I once saw where this happened. I mean, like, a hot lady fighter stripping explicitly to distract/subdue/seduce a celibate monk, not the simple act of nudity in a film. I haven't, to my knowledge, seen Duel to the Death, so yeah. It happens in practically every single martial arts movie I've seen with a female ninja in it.
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Jul 8, 2015 16:26
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:Isn't this a thing in other movies, too? I could have sworn there was another martial arts film I once saw where this happened. I mean, like, a hot lady fighter stripping explicitly to distract/subdue/seduce a celibate monk, not the simple act of nudity in a film. I haven't, to my knowledge, seen Duel to the Death, so yeah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68wa2DLVmow&t=2726s it is a good movie (boobs at 46:45) Mechafunkzilla fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Jul 8, 2015 |
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Jul 8, 2015 16:48
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RichterIX posted:Is Ip Man not well regarded around here? I like it but I don't have the hatred for Donnie Yen that seems to be pretty common. I did think someone's post a few weeks ago about him always having to put his rear end in every movie he directs/stars in was pretty on point though. That hatred thing is new to me. I like the guy and everything he has been in that I've seen. Ip Man is a pretty fantastic film. The second one is great too, if only for some of the fights.
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Yeah, I hadn't heard that before.
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Jul 8, 2015 16:51
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Ip Man is fine, but I didn't love it. I didn't think there was a whole lot of story or imagination to the fights, and it's so self-serious.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:I need this in my life. Which film was this? Holy Flame of the Martial World? Sure is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke-9n2xcUiY
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