Member iron flag Posted February 19, 2014 Member Share Posted February 19, 2014 Robert Rodriguez has his own cable TV channel. Its called the El Rey Network. Theyre showing Shaw Brothers kung fu movies and lots of other good stuff. With commercials but still better than anything else on TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted February 19, 2014 Member Share Posted February 19, 2014 Comcast doesn't get the network in my area until March 13th. In case anyone was wondering what Shaws will be showing... Feb 24th - Heroes of the East and Vengeance March 1st - One Armed Swordsman, Return of the One Armed Swordsman and The New One Armed Swordsman That's all I can gather for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted February 19, 2014 Member Share Posted February 19, 2014 just caught it the other night. Avenging Eagle was on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member NoKUNGFUforYU Posted February 19, 2014 Member Share Posted February 19, 2014 Also, the chinese boxer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member HyperDrive Posted March 15, 2014 Member Share Posted March 15, 2014 They just showed The Dragon Missile with some sort of English dub. Was this supposed to be released on R1 dvd then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Yangstyle13 Posted March 17, 2014 Member Share Posted March 17, 2014 Opium and the Kung Fu Master was on this weekend,also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member iron flag Posted March 17, 2014 Author Member Share Posted March 17, 2014 Nice to have "kung fu theater" on saturday afternoons again yeah I was surprised to see Dragon Missle with English dub also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted March 17, 2014 Member Share Posted March 17, 2014 I haven't had cable tv in quite awhile and I want to keep it that way. No more pestering repair man and customer service is always a drag. Why would I want that when all the stuff I can watch on El Rey already on dvd/bluray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cold Bishop Posted March 18, 2014 Member Share Posted March 18, 2014 Well, these movies need continued exposure if interest in these movies is ever going to last or increase. It probably would never happen, but an Amazon or Netflix or Hulu buying broadcast rights to the full Shaw catalog would be an absolute boon to interest in the genre. Lord knows Celestial would prefer it that way. Although lord knows what they're asking price is: a smart move would be to sell the catalog at a loss for a few years in hopes that the increased notoriety can increase the selling price when contracts are up. I'm genuinely curious what sort of deal El Rey has with Celestial? Are these just the Dragon Dynasty films, unreleased and all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member iron flag Posted March 18, 2014 Author Member Share Posted March 18, 2014 I haven't had cable tv in quite awhile and I want to keep it that way. No more pestering repair man and customer service is always a drag. Why would I want that when all the stuff I can watch on El Rey already on dvd/bluray? I'm not a fan of cable either but Robert Rodriuguez gets my support for showing old school Kung Fu movies on commercial TV! No one else is doing it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OpiumKungFuCracker Posted March 18, 2014 Member Share Posted March 18, 2014 Is the channel at least in HD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cold Bishop Posted March 21, 2014 Member Share Posted March 21, 2014 Not yet, but it seem most of the material is HD, so it'll probably come with success. My cable just picked it up, and its not bad. Yes, they're dubbed, and they're broken up with commercials (although the plus of a new network is that they don't attract as many advertisers, so shorter breaks). On the other hand, the films have been presented uncut and in the right aspect ratio. Certainly not the optimal way to see these films, but if something I've already seen is playing, its not bad to just tune in. They're best bet will probably be digging deeper for the unreleased stuff in R1 (Vengeance, Dirty Ho, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cold Bishop Posted March 21, 2014 Member Share Posted March 21, 2014 One complaint: watching Come Drink With Me, I really wished they ditch the English dubs if they're newly-created. Old dubs have a nostalgic value, which I can understand; these are just lousy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Jeru the Damaja Posted March 24, 2014 Member Share Posted March 24, 2014 Not yet, but it seem most of the material is HD, so it'll probably come with success. My cable just picked it up, and its not bad. Yes, they're dubbed, and they're broken up with commercials (although the plus of a new network is that they don't attract as many advertisers, so shorter breaks). On the other hand, the films have been presented uncut and in the right aspect ratio. Certainly not the optimal way to see these films, but if something I've already seen is playing, its not bad to just tune in. They're best bet will probably be digging deeper for the unreleased stuff in R1 (Vengeance, Dirty Ho, etc.) Dirty Ho is airing this saturday on El Rey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member iron flag Posted March 25, 2014 Author Member Share Posted March 25, 2014 One complaint: watching Come Drink With Me, I really wished they ditch the English dubs if they're newly-created. Old dubs have a nostalgic value, which I can understand; these are just lousy. I hear you but I dont think Mandarin with English subs would be a good choice for the target demographic of El Rey network 5 Element Ninjas and Kid With the Golden Arm double feature coming soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cold Bishop Posted March 25, 2014 Member Share Posted March 25, 2014 Oh, I understand why they do it. But I think its a miscalculation: dubs these bad are likely to drive away as many people as subtitles. And I'll be shocked if they keep it up if they ever start showing genre films from Latin America or Europe. Considering that they repeat the films back to back, it'd be nice if they alternated between dubs and subs for each showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member teako170 Posted March 28, 2014 Member Share Posted March 28, 2014 5 Element Ninjas and Kid With the Golden Arm double feature coming soon Was on last night. Flipping through channels I normally don't view and found The Rey and then remembered this thread. 36 Chamber and Eight Diagram coming up. The channel guide gave 36 Chamber "one star" and starred someone I didn't recognize; definitely not Gordon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OldPangYau Posted March 28, 2014 Member Share Posted March 28, 2014 So, I'm sure some of you have been hearing about Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network, primarily due to the highly publicized "From Dusk Til Dawn: The Series" However, upon further inspection, the channel also plays a variety of "Grindhouse" films... including an assload of Shaw Brothers! Last night, they played the classic dubs of both Kid With The Golden Arm and Five Elements Ninjas. This Saturday, they have what is essentially a marathon: 8am: Heroes of the East 10:30am: Dirty Ho 12:30pm: Invincible Pole Fighter 3:30pm: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin 6pm: Heroes of the East (encore) 8:30pm: Dirty Ho (encore) 11:00pm: Invincible Pole Fighter (encore) 1:30am: The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (encore) Also, I just noticed that it's EVERY Thursday that they have double features known as the *takes deep breath* "Flying Five Finger One Armed Eight Pole Shaolin Exploding Death Touch Thursdays". They had a commercial for next week's showing of Shaolin Mantis and Dirty Ho, appropriately narrated by the guy who narrated the Grindhouse trailers! EDIT: Just found the commercial for last night's double feature! b-a6VbF5088 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted March 28, 2014 Member Share Posted March 28, 2014 http://kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21311 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OldPangYau Posted March 28, 2014 Member Share Posted March 28, 2014 http://kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21311 Crap... I did a search and didn't find anything on here Oh well, guess I didn't search correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member bobo Posted March 28, 2014 Member Share Posted March 28, 2014 well maybe they will show some of the lost dubbed shaws and we will finally be able to see them. so what if there are commercials, most people know how to edit them out. also i thought i would mention when looking up shaw bros trailers on youtube i came across trailers of english dub shaws such as THE PIRATE being shown on something called blackbelt tv. they seem to be showing a number of the lost dub shaws. any one know any thing about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member reason108 Posted March 28, 2014 Member Share Posted March 28, 2014 Yeah, I do not have cable either but I hope that these films are being shown in HD and given the respect that they deserve and not treated like a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted March 29, 2014 Member Share Posted March 29, 2014 Was on last night. Flipping through channels I normally don't view and found The Rey and then remembered this thread. 36 Chamber and Eight Diagram coming up. The channel guide gave 36 Chamber "one star" and starred someone I didn't recognize; definitely not Gordon. Watching the Gordon Liu marathon today and the channel guide rates everyone of them one star! They really know quality Martial Arts films from the crappy ones don't they. Shows the general public doesn't respect these films and lumps them all in as the same, fucking idiots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Chinatown Kid Posted March 29, 2014 Member Share Posted March 29, 2014 Oh, I understand why they do it. But I think its a miscalculation: dubs these bad are likely to drive away as many people as subtitles. And I'll be shocked if they keep it up if they ever start showing genre films from Latin America or Europe. Considering that they repeat the films back to back, it'd be nice if they alternated between dubs and subs for each showing. All the Shaw films I've seen on El Rey have had the original dubs thankfully, nice hearing them again as it takes me back to when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cold Bishop Posted March 30, 2014 Member Share Posted March 30, 2014 From what I can gather, the guides that cable companies use for their ratings don't really bother updating or revising ratings unless they're a "major" title. Even that can take a while for certain cult films: I know I've seen older films suddenly go from one to three stars inexplicably overnight. Most of these reviews are probably knee-jerk dismissals from all the way back when the films first came to television. The good news is that most cable companies are just getting rid of star ratings: I know my company (Comcast) have pretty much replaced them with the Tomatometer, for better or worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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