tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post9189540369520316746..comments2024-03-28T11:33:16.797-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Kung Fu meets Michael Jackson???Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-9759621652291508412014-06-05T20:32:58.632-05:002014-06-05T20:32:58.632-05:00I lived in Hong Kong in the late 70's - early ...I lived in Hong Kong in the late 70's - early 80's, and many times after finishing work about 11pm, I would put on the chinese t.v. channel, Pearl I think, and watch movies such as this, Run Run Shaw studios were notable in their output of these 'gems'.<br />One of the more memorable was about a chinese type of Popeye, with a sidekick, vanquishing villians they encounter in their travels.<br />The Popeye character was a clone of the original, BUT, his forearms were grotesquely 'ballooned', immensely strong and near impervious to physical damage by whatever instrument.<br />The gymnastics were something to behold, one example, they both did a symmetrical backwards roll on the ground, then jumped, still backwards, up a rock face about 15-20ft high, this looked suspiciously like a stunt reversed, which it so clearly was.<br />So much for CGI!.<br />All good fun. <br /> Stu Garfath, Sydney.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-35633958183264594072014-06-03T15:50:38.259-05:002014-06-03T15:50:38.259-05:00That's just pure, boiled, distilled AWESOME! ...That's just pure, boiled, distilled AWESOME! I laughed so hard I may need to go change my underwear.<br /><br />The "disassemble my dial phones in the middle of a fight and make makeshift nunchuks out of them was the icing on the cake. That, and throwing them at the last, menacing, dangerous thug. :-)<br /><br />FormerFlyerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29598105894616518322014-06-03T07:30:10.490-05:002014-06-03T07:30:10.490-05:00ROTF, he never touched a one of them... and they N...ROTF, he never touched a one of them... and they NEVER threw a punch! ;-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com