Member sdog2006 Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 Brandon Lee RIP - 18 years ago today - I can't believe that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Son Of A Gun Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 The same year River Phoenix died. Was a double shocker that year. The Late Brandon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bigrogie Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 Brandon Lee RIP - 18 years ago today - I can't believe that! 18 years already..............Man time flies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 Damn time does fly, what could have been an illustrious career for Brandon... The Crow, love that movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member kingofkungfu2002 Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 I recently uploaded this to Youtube, for anyone who hasn't seen it: CpA8s9Ho1ek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Son Of A Gun Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 Great documentary. Used to own it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member blue_skies Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 wow 18 yrs already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member makone Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 a damn shame he had a lot mor to give , just like is father. r.i.p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sen_pai Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 That was my favorite movie as a kid. I use to run around pretending I was the Crow. I shared it with my cousin who is like 15 years younger than me..10 or so at the time. He loved it!! His other movie "Rapid Fire" I believe. The fighting was amazing!! Imagine if he was making movies today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member gorhama Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 Oh man I remember hearing the news 18 years ago....I was devasted. At least we have the few movies he made and I still watch Rapid Fire and love the fight between him and Al Leong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 Oh man I remember hearing the news 18 years ago....I was devastated... Same here. I had high hopes for this young man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Fat_Dragon Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 I Love all of brandons movies But i prefer legacy Of Rage Over Rapid Fire he was awesome in Kung Fu the Movie Also also like and own Laser Mission R.I.P Brandon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member thehangman Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 He is sadly missed R.I.P Brandon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member danthemandmv Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 Hard to believe it's been 18 years;as with his father,one can only wonder at how much Brandon would've accomplished had he lived.Both their legacies live on-may they both Rest In Peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Dragons Fury Posted March 31, 2011 Member Share Posted March 31, 2011 Brandon lee was brilliant in Legacy of Rage and in all his other films, R.I.P Brandon lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted April 1, 2011 Member Share Posted April 1, 2011 18 years? Really? Wow. What a freaky accident. It's a shame he didn't live to receive the accolades he so richly deserved for his performance in The Crow. I enjoyed his movies so much. He definitely had screen presence and talent. I don't think he was interested in following in his father's footsteps as far as being a MA star but I do wish, as do we all, that he had managed to get in a few more films. I watch Showdown In Little Tokyo and Rapid Fire at least every other year or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member The Dragon Posted April 1, 2011 Member Share Posted April 1, 2011 It makes me mad when he died nobody did anything about it..no justice was served. Why did he die, was he murdered? I think so father and son don't just die for unexplainable reasons. When he was shot he died, he could of been shot anywhere on the body but the bullet was a killing shot. My sentiments exactly. Something's terribly wrong with this situation. They pull a .45 caliber shell from the man's body?! What the Hell are .45 caliber shells doing on a freaking movie set-period?!! A Bruce Lee fan couldn't help but relive the scene from G.O.D. when the character Stick arrives on Billy Lo's set and puts a live round in his gun after blanks were distributed by the director. This type of negligence, (on the set of The Crow), should have absolutely, positively, never, ever, ever, happened!!! Just imagine if Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger were killed on the set of one of their high volume action shoot 'em up flicks!!! Hollywood would have closed shop! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted April 1, 2011 Member Share Posted April 1, 2011 I have the dual Biography eps of Bruce and Brandon Lee recorded on an old vhs somewhere. Regarding Brandon's death, what I recall from the Bio ep is that the wares of a pawn shop were bought out to use as props for the pawn shop in the movie: The Crow. This included ammunition (shell casings and loads) that were also used in the film. There's a scene in the film where bullets were loaded into a revolver. They were "dead" rounds. That is, the gunpowder had been removed and the bullets fitted back to the shell casings so that they looked like "live" rounds for the filming of the scene. It is believed that the actor using the gun or the prop guy dry-fired the revolver at some point while the "dead" rounds were in the cylinder. Air pressure within the casing caused one of the bullets to dislodge into the barrel. Then when filming the scene where Brandon is shot, blanks were used which are low grain live rounds but with paper wads placed where the bullet would be. When fired at close range to Brandon, there was enough force from the low grain gunpowder in the blanks that it forced the slug in the barrel out and shot him in the chest. It's an absolute tragedy but totally accidental. Irresponsible? Yes! But how often has something like that probably happened before on a movie set but the bullet didn't dislodge into the barrel. It's just a shame it happened to him. It's been a while since I watched The Crow. May have to go dig that out for this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AndyWayne84 Posted April 2, 2011 Member Share Posted April 2, 2011 I remember when i was a kid hearing about Brandon's death and thought someone was playing a bad prank on me at first till i watched the new's with my Mom that he died. I was crushed about it because i had such high hope's for him after seeing Showdown in Little Tokyo and Rapid Fire which i consider my time Brandon Lee flim's, R.I.P Brandan you died too young and i'd wished you were alive today i know your in heaven with your Father now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Kunoichi Posted April 2, 2011 Member Share Posted April 2, 2011 It's an absolute tragedy but totally accidental. Irresponsible? Yes! But how often has something like that probably happened before on a movie set but the bullet didn't dislodge into the barrel. It's just a shame it happened to him. Wasn't Jon-Eric Hexum killed under similar circumstances? Deadly accidents like this don't occur often, thank goodness, but you'd think movie firearms experts could have come up with a less dangerous method for using prop guns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member sdog2006 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Member Share Posted April 2, 2011 That is what they say, but I say that is made up crap. In the United States you can get anything you want with money.You can beat murder, you can cause murder everything in with money and everything in between... Never have I ever heard any reasons or excuses for his death that made me think it was logical. Death isn't always logical dude, in fact it rarely is. This was a tragic accident, nothing more and nothing less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member MG Lerox Posted April 2, 2011 Member Share Posted April 2, 2011 He was big talent and great man, too bad that he finished tragic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShaOW!linDude Posted April 2, 2011 Member Share Posted April 2, 2011 Wasn't Jon-Eric Hexum killed under similar circumstances? Deadly accidents like this don't occur often, thank goodness, but you'd think movie firearms experts could have come up with a less dangerous method for using prop guns. Kind of. He got bored on the set and was horsing around with the gun, stuck it up to his head, and pulled the trigger. You shouldn't do that even with blanks loaded in one. According to Wikipedia, the concussive force resulted in blunt force trauma causing a a piece of his skull to break off and go into his brain. When I was in the Army, during basic training some stole a load of blanks used in M16's. Our drill sergeant took us into a bay with props set up and showed what blanks could do at close range. They were anonymously returned. No one ever knew who took them or ever claimed to have taken them. I guess a good thing about CGI is there's no need for a firearms expert. All the gunfire and squib f/x can be done with a computer now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted April 3, 2011 Member Share Posted April 3, 2011 It was irresponsible and carelessness that killed this young man... A horrible film crew, like something that would happen on a Bollywood film set, unfortunately it had to happened on his breakthrough film to superstardom... So to save time and money, they improvised and use real bullets and try to convert them to dummy bullets?? Isn't this a Hollywood film production with Insurance clause and all that stuff?? Safety should always be the main priority... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TheDenizen Posted April 8, 2011 Member Share Posted April 8, 2011 Never have I ever heard any reasons or excuses for his death that made me think it was logical. Give us one logical reason why someone would plot and execute the murder of Brandon Lee. What's the motive? An accident isn't logical, it's just something that happens. If you're going to make extraordinary claims, the onus of proof is on you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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