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Tharizdun posted:Recently, I got a chance to show Master of the Flying Guillotine to some friends, who all loved it, but I was taken aback by how bad it looked on DVD. Growing up, it was just accepted that OTA broadcast looked bad (especially on our ancient 80s TVs), but no I guess the movies were just filmed on that grainy a stock, with very little attention paid to focusing on a particular depth of field. I have the 2 disc anniversary edition DVD and there's a disclaimer before the movie starts that says the print was heavily damaged and this was basically the best they could do with it.
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I've been ripping Bey Logan's Dragon Dynasty commentaries from my DVDs so I can listen to them on my MP3 player at work. I wish he had stuck with DD a little longer, I'd love to hear his commentary on Blood Brothers, Executioners from Shaolin, etc.
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May 6, 2014 21:19
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I don't think they had a choice with the limited budget to get an actual Indian guy to play that part. And without blackface Chinese guy we would never have Dhalsim from Street Fighter 2. My favorite part of MotFG is the fact that the Japanese samurai is played by the guy who played Black Betty in Kung Pow: Enter The Fist.
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May 12, 2014 00:44
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Picked up some DVDs at the dirt mall this weekend: Ashes of Time Redux $2 - A Wong Kar Wai film Treasure Hunt $2 - Early Chow Yun Fat film co-staring Gordon Liu Mr. Nice Guy $3 sealed - Jackie Chan Dragon Heat $7 sealed - Dragon Dynasty release/ Sammo Hung, Maggie Q I haven't seen any of these yet so I'm looking forward to checking them out. On that note I now have 43/58 Dragon Dynasty releases 
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May 18, 2014 01:39
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Miracle Fighters is one of my favorites. But I think I like Shaolin Drunkard a little more. edit--> Where can I get Miracle Fighters cheap on DVD? I've been looking to pick that one up. Best I can find is $14 used on Amazon. Boinks fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Jun 1, 2014 |
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Jun 1, 2014 20:49
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:How can you not like the final competition in Miracle Fighters more? The different techniques for getting the key, crossing the bridge and the stop motion titan. Also quick change martial arts, creating chicken noodles, and summoning the rain storm...Drunkard is fantastic but Miracle Fighters is sublime. Miracle is a better movie I'll give you that. I guess I just have a soft spot for drinking in kung fu movies.
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Jun 2, 2014 00:21
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I watched Shaolin Prince (1982) over the weekend and that had a lot of wire work in it too. I really enjoyed it, especially the 3 mad monks and the giant diagram of monks near the end.
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Jun 2, 2014 15:19
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Does anyone own this DVD of Taoism Drunkard? The cover says widescreen but the specs on Amazon and other sites say it's 1:1.33, so which is it? 
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Jun 11, 2014 23:24
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 I finally finished my Dragon Dynasty collection! It's going to be weird not looking for the little number on the spine when I browse used DVDs.
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Mar 6, 2015 15:29
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I can vouch for the Dragon Dynasty Police Story DVD transfer being good but I have no idea about Blurays, sorry.
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Mar 10, 2015 20:18
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I've actually been considering getting a tube tv just so I can watch my lovely kung fu dvds again. You know the ones. Copy of a copy of a damaged vhs tape.
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Mar 11, 2015 00:46
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FeastForCows posted:I already posted this in the "Identify a movie for me" thread a couple of weeks ago, but maybe the chances of someone knowing this movie are better in here. The end of Half a Loaf of Kung Fu is similar, minus the animations.
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Mar 30, 2015 14:51
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FeastForCows posted:Holy poo poo, I think that's it. I don't know where I got the bit with the "animation" from (maybe still from a different movie), but I'm pretty sure I was thinking of this one. Thanks! No problem! I actually just watched it a few weeks ago so it was fresh in my mind.
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Apr 1, 2015 15:53
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Abu Dave posted:I binged through the One Armed Boxer and Flying Guillotine, is there anymore films to those ones? Watch the One Armed Swordsman films next. Then if you can't get enough of cripples watch Return of the Five Deadly Venoms A.K.A. Crippled Avengers. And if you're really desperate for some more cripple action watch The Crippled Masters.
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But you should definitely watch Five Deadly Venoms sometime if you haven't seen it.
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Abu Dave posted:What's the absolutely most ridiculous martial arts movie around? I think I saw a image of a penis monster or something earlier in this thread? Watch this early Yuen Woo-Ping trilogy: The Miracle Fighters http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084557/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPm3kt9gMQ Shaolin Drunkard http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086303/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYqbf_XexnA Taoism Drunkard http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085628 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DatkVK-q2N8
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Apr 20, 2015 16:21
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LORD OF BUTT posted:Oh poo poo, I just found out Bey Logan is producing Crouching Tiger 2. He should release commentary tracks for 99 cents online. I'd buy every one even if I didn't have the movie to watch along with it.
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Apr 21, 2015 19:32
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This might actually not suck.
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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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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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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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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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Jul 8, 2015 17:14
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Moacher posted:Thanks to this thread I just went on an amazon spree and bought some movies: If you haven't bought these yet they're probably the best deals out there for kung fu DVDs (all single disc versions with fantastic transfers):  $8.72 http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Dynasty-Collection--Sheng-Fu/dp/B006JD48GY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1436379264&sr=8-1&keywords=dragon+dynasty  $6.99 http://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Dynastys-Ultimate-Kung-4pk/dp/B005E7SEZW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1436379264&sr=8-2&keywords=dragon+dynasty
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Moacher posted:Oh nice! Thanks for the suggestions. Are they good movies? I don't recognize any of the titles as the usual "big name must-see" ones that usually pop up on lists and such. 3 Chang Cheh films and 2 Lau Kar-leung films (top tier Kung Fu directors, if you see either of these names and a Shaw Brothers logo you're in for a treat). I'd say Executioners from Shaolin and Golden Swallow are top 20 classics.
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I own every Dragon Dynasty DVD and haven't seen anything bad about them. The latter releases are all barebones though. I have heard terrible things about their bluray releases.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:So, uh. I just, uh, just saw Holy Flame of the Martial World. If you haven't seen Miracle Fighters, Shaolin Drunkard and Taoism Drunkard watch those next. They put Holy Flame of the Martial World to shame.
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RoboChrist 9000 posted:I've seen the Miracle Fighters. God, what a ride. I'm scouring about for a copy of Shaolin Drunkard, so in the meantime, anyone have any other similar insanely OTT kung-fu recommendations? I have Buddhist Palm on my list, and have already seen Holy Flame of the Martial World. I think the Wu Tang DVD is your only option unless there's an import copy I'm not aware of. I have the Wu Tang copy, they spell the name of the movie wrong on the side and nothing on either cover is in the movie. However it is in widescreen! It's also only a few bucks used on Amazon.
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Rex Deckard posted:Can I use the collective knowledge here to help me find a particular movie. This was probably a late 70s film, as it was broadcast in the early 80s during the Martial Arts movie block that was shown on Saturday afternoons when I was growing up. I believe this is Five Fingers of Death AKA Shaolin Martial Arts from 1974. You can watch it for free on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071619/   Not to be confused with Five Fingers of Death AKA King Boxer from 1972, which was the first kung fu movie to come to the US and launched the whole 70's kung fu craze.
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Neurophage posted:My girlfriend really likes this kind of movie, and we decided to watch at least one every week. She generally prefers light-hearted stuff, but her favorite one so far was Crippled Avengers, which was indeed amazing(great fights, great villain, great ending). I would suggest the original Drunken Master, Project A or Operation Condor.
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Aug 7, 2015 14:59
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Does anyone else have any love for Fearless Hyena?
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Aug 7, 2015 16:56
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thatfuturekid posted:http://www.tasteofcinema.com/2014/20-best-kung-fu-movies-that-are-worth-your-time/ Ugh..The Grandmaster? Really? I own the Blu Ray and still can't stay awake through the whole thing.
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I like Ip Man but it definitely drags at times and gets a bit heavier than I usually like my martial arts films. Oh man, I wish I could watch Heroes of the East for the first time again!
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Sep 24, 2015 02:21
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:The best Dhalsim is Simon Yam in Future Cops. Woah this is on Prime with subtitles. And I just got Prime.
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Sep 30, 2015 19:20
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Iron Monkey is so close though. I've heard the US version is garbage compared to the original cut, but I've only seen the US DVD version.
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Could be Duel to the Death https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HeXZ9Q0UmAA Boinks fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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Nov 17, 2015 01:54
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I'm all for it. I love that movie and there's all kinds of crazy stuff you can do now.
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Nov 17, 2015 13:07
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Are Chow's From Beijing With Love and The Royal Tramp I & II any good? I own them but haven't watched em.
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Dec 16, 2015 13:45
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Now you'll have to track down and watch Golden Swallow, the sequel to Come Drink With Me
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I watched Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame on Netflix this weekend and loved every minute of it.
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Hat Thoughts posted:WTF? Died of kidney failure. Apparently caused by being a crackhead in the 90s. https://www.gofundme.com/esiy74
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