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Eastern Condors is easily one of my faves.
It's crazy brutal.
Don't get too attached to any character as it's unlikely they'll make it to the end.
There are asshole stabbings, ball kicks, hands lopped off, snakes skinned and all sorts.
I think it's the snake scene that was previously cut, so I'm unsure why the BBFC are cool with it now?
It's the fight scenes that make it though.
Sweet criminy, they're amazing. Sammo Hung is still the best living fight choreographer and possibly of all time, IMHO.
Dat end fight tho.
Yuen Biao looks amazing as he flips and kicks with classic moves. Ahhh, you gotta see it, but wow!
It's also the way Hung captures the action. Rock steady camera, but also kinetic, following the fighters' movements and cutting at the right time.
Look at this shot.
Yuen Biao is fighting Yuen Wah (who always does a great bad guy).
Biao kicks high and is blocked. Cut.
Wah's punch is blocked. Cut.
Wah kicks and the waist-high camera pans up. They trade blows and Biao dodges backwards from a kick, revealing behind them Sammo fighting on a balcony. Cut.
Sammo's fight then becomes the focus and he flips across the balcony.
Perfection in fight choreography in my eyes.
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Originally posted by QualityChimp View PostEastern Condors is easily one of my faves.
It's crazy brutal.
Don't get too attached to any character as it's unlikely they'll make it to the end.
There are asshole stabbings, ball kicks, hands lopped off, snakes skinned and all sorts.
I think it's the snake scene that was previously cut, so I'm unsure why the BBFC are cool with it now?
It's the fight scenes that make it though.
Sweet criminy, they're amazing. Sammo Hung is still the best living fight choreographer and possibly of all time, IMHO.
Dat end fight tho.
Yuen Biao looks amazing as he flips and kicks with classic moves. Ahhh, you gotta see it, but wow!
It's also the way Hung captures the action. Rock steady camera, but also kinetic, following the fighters' movements and cutting at the right time.
Look at this shot.
Yuen Biao is fighting Yuen Wah (who always does a great bad guy).
Biao kicks high and is blocked. Cut.
Wah's punch is blocked. Cut.
Wah kicks and the waist-high camera pans up. They trade blows and Biao dodges backwards from a kick, revealing behind them Sammo fighting on a balcony. Cut.
Sammo's fight then becomes the focus and he flips across the balcony.
Perfection in fight choreography in my eyes.
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Originally posted by QualityChimp View PostNot even heard of this before, thanks, TA.
I'll investigate!
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I saw the trailer for Hobbes & Shaw and although funny, there was no tension.
The action looks all CGI and the fights had no threat to them, just wading through disposable henchmen.
Here's why: They have a contract to never lose a fight and stipulate how many times they can be punched.
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I've a question for you, [MENTION=3542]Team Andromeda[/MENTION] (and anyone else interested).
Saw a clip of a Donnie Yen in one of his earlier films and they really seemed to speed him up - noticeably so.
It looked a bit silly in a Benny Hill kind of way.
Quite often with the re-releases of these older films, they re-do the subs.
Now some people like that but others say making them less silly loses some of the charm.
Would you welcome a remaster of some of these films with ridiculous overcranking slowed down to make them more realistic, or shouldn't you meddle with something that's been that way for 20+ years?
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Originally posted by QualityChimp View PostI've a question for you, [MENTION=3542]
Would you welcome a remaster of some of these films with ridiculous overcranking slowed down to make them more realistic, or shouldn't you meddle with something that's been that way for 20+ years?
It's very silly and very trivial but there you go
Its very
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I’d be happy to see the action at genuine speed and the subtitles as accurate as possible. Overcranked action looks terrible at the lousy 24fps used for films.
And I’d happily see dubbing another language onto films disappear altogether. There’s a disconnect when you can see and hear voices that just don’t belong there.
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Originally posted by CMcK View PostAnd I’d happily see dubbing another language onto films disappear altogether. There’s a disconnect when you can see and hear voices that just don’t belong there.
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There's a charm to "Your Kung Fu... is weak... prepare... to die... You bastard!"
Also, not everyone can read, so I want things accessible.
Things is, updated dubs is fine (IMHO), although when you've seen something a dozen times, it's surprising to see a different sub pop up.
As far as I know, nobody has tinkered with the framerate of something, that's why I was asking what you guys though. Forgot how much you've seen too. [MENTION=8265]CMcK[/MENTION]. I wonder what [MENTION=11673]shinobi7000[/MENTION] would think?
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