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Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
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Wed May 26, 2010 5:47 pm
by Knetan
hey,
So here you go with the start of our coverage of Jackie Chan's career. Part 1 of probably 4. Enjoy!
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Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
Posted:
Wed May 26, 2010 8:03 pm
by Tom K.W.
Absolutely stoked this sucker is out already but my downloading speeds in the evening are fucking awful
Catch it early tomorrow morning, day off, can't wait !
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
Posted:
Thu May 27, 2010 12:12 pm
by jrcma
yeah the video game is スパルタンX, Spartan X aka Kung-Fu or Kung-Fu Master they take the names of characters from Wheels on Meals
the story line is Thomas's girlfriend, Sylvia is kidnapped & fight to save her from Mr X
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
Posted:
Thu May 27, 2010 12:15 pm
by Knetan
hey,
thanks for the clarification, James.
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
Posted:
Thu May 27, 2010 12:19 pm
by Tom K.W.
Fucking brilliant. Nearly 3 hours of Jackie Chan talk, just covering his early period kung fu films ? EPIC.
How long will this beast eventually be all together ? I'm excited to find out !
Great commentary on the films, I forgot how kick ass the Snake in the Eagles Shadow's soundtrack is- great idea to insert the music cues Ken, really helped me get into the film again and feel passionate about it. Talking about that film and The Young Master has really got me fired up to revisit this period in JC's career again, especially The Young Master as I've never actually seen the full, uncut version. Both that and Dragon Lord I seem to struggle to differentiate between as they were always played back to back on VHS by me, it was strange finding out years later (in Jackie's book) Dragon Lord was meant to be the sequel, as I'd always pictured them connected in my head and always viewed them that way.
Dragon Lord is definitely underrated by fans and critics, I mean it's a transitional movie so there are a few teething problems when it comes to plot and pace but the action is terrific and so is the chemistry between Mars and Jackie, definitely making it worthy of repeated viewings. The Lo Wei Jackie films range in my mind from awful to pretty good, but even the slightly smelly ones I have fond memories of.
And, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow vs. Drunken Master ?
Drunken Master gets my vote. Its slightly slicker and better made then SITES I feel. Although SITES has more emotional content and a more believeable connection between Jackie and Simon Yuen (and a better soundtrack) I tend to laugh more at DM and marvel at the fight scenes a bit more.
Great stuff Ken, and big probs to Brian aswell; you too really made good conversationalists- very interesting, never boring and Brian had some great stories to tell.
Loved it.
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
Posted:
Thu May 27, 2010 5:30 pm
by Lantern Jaw
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
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Fri May 28, 2010 5:10 am
by Drunken Master
Well done for including music in this epidode, Ken.
I've been humming "Magic Fly" by Space ever since. My brother actually posesses a copy of Space's LP. I'll have to borrow it now to play the damned thing to get it out of my head. :
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
Posted:
Sat May 29, 2010 9:12 pm
by Lantern Jaw
Yeah, I love the bursts of music in the show. The banter between Ken and Brian was great and yeah the bit in Young Master where Whang In Sik breaks loose is a moment of editing genius. Young Master was never one of my faves, too drawn out and I always thought it weird that Holst's the Planet Suite was used in a Kung-Fu movie, so I'd like to re-watch it with the enthusiasm that you two have. Excellent stuff.
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
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Sun May 30, 2010 1:28 pm
by Stoo
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
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Sun May 30, 2010 3:49 pm
by Drunken Master
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
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Sun May 30, 2010 4:53 pm
by Stoo
Possibly the fight against fung hak on and lee hoi sang could have been shorter too, yeah when they started establishing "rounds" in the final fight you knew this fight was going to be a while. But such a good film!!
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
Posted:
Mon May 31, 2010 6:58 pm
by Tom K.W.
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
Posted:
Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:18 am
by TheShayneShow
Just finished this episode, I really enjoyed it even though I've only seen a small fraction of Jackie Chan's early films, I may just have to pick up a few of the movies you guys talked about.
Re: Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1
Posted:
Fri May 06, 2011 1:06 pm
by skid
Does anyone know the intro song to this episode?
Thanks