Member Josh Baker Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 9 minutes ago, Cognoscente said: It would have been difficult to resume filming with James Tien in 1976. Here he is in the September '76 issue of Golden Movie News (#54). Why was that? All he need was a bit of a haircut haha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 He was getting a little bit fat - something that was mentioned in Michael Kaye's '70s magazine (Clash). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Josh Baker Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Cognoscente said: He was getting a little bit fat - something that was mentioned in Michael Kaye's '70s magazine (Clash). Haha I doubt having to finish Bruce Lee's last film would motivate him to go down to the gym- to be honest I didnt notice anything until you mentioned it I think he looks fine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 Maybe it really is just the hair. If you compare the way that Wu Ngan looks in the GOD screen tests versus the HK funeral footage, he looks like he de-aged. Longer hair made him look older and out-of-shape whereas he had a youthful vitality about him when he had shorter hair. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Josh Baker Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 3 minutes ago, Cognoscente said: Maybe it really is just the hair. If you compare the way that Wu Ngan looks in the GOD screen tests versus the HK funeral footage, he looks like he de-aged. Longer hair made him look older and out-of-shape whereas he had a youthful vitality about him when he had shorter hair. I think if the production had gone another way and decided to use Bruce's original storyline I think James wouldve come back. It's just too high profile of a gig to turn down and wouldve given him the opportunity to have a large role in an English language film that would be seen by a worldwide audience, not just a HK one. There wouldve been certain conditions, such as a hefty payday and second billing behind Bruce in the Asian markets, but I think he wouldve come back to finish his scenes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 Then there's the issue of Chieh Yuen... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Josh Baker Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, Cognoscente said: Then there's the issue of Chieh Yuen... Well Chieh Yuan was alive for most of 1977 so I assume he wouldve come back as well if hed shot it in the summer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 Someone needs to ask Andre Morgan why Chieh didn't come back. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Josh Baker Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 7 minutes ago, Cognoscente said: Someone needs to ask Andre Morgan why Chieh didn't come back. I wish I could but Andre wouldnt respond to me on LinkedIn haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 I remember giving you his e-mail address on the Bruce Lee Lives forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted June 16, 2021 Author Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 12 hours ago, Cognoscente said: The problem is that GH backed themselves into a corner where they had to find Hollywood stars to flesh out the running time instead of making the most of the Bruce Lee footage that they had. Having three brand new Bruce Lee fight scenes, was enough to sell a whole new movie back in the late 70's. Even now if someone found three brand new Bruce Lee fights in the vaults now, they could sell it however they wanted to. They didnt need to use anymore footage. Audiences wanted more new Bruce Lee movies becuase he made so few while he was alive. Had Bruce Lee left behind more films, would they have bothered to try release a movie he never completed?. Jackie Chan never completed Fearless Hyena 2, but fans dont seem all that bothered about how it would have turned out?. Is that becuase he made so many movies, that it became less of a big deal to audiences?. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 16, 2021 Member Share Posted June 16, 2021 2 minutes ago, DragonClaws said: Had Bruce Lee left behind more films, would they have bothered to try release a movie he never completed?. Jackie Chan never completed Fearless Hyena 2, but fans don't seem all that bothered about how it would have turned out. Is that because he made so many movies, that it became less of a big deal to audiences? Seeing as how Raymond Chow was so greedy, I would say the sky would have been the limit for him. If Jackie got killed by Triads during the making of Fearless Hyena 2, we would have got a completed movie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member Cognoscente Posted June 19, 2021 Member Share Posted June 19, 2021 On 5/31/2021 at 6:20 PM, DragonClaws said: I found the original... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member makone Posted June 20, 2021 Member Share Posted June 20, 2021 14 hours ago, Cognoscente said: I found the original... Good work, I tried a few times over the years but never found it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted June 23, 2021 Member Share Posted June 23, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 3:15 PM, Cognoscente said: It would have been difficult to resume filming with James Tien in 1976. Here he is in the September '76 issue of Golden Movie News (#54). Wonder what he's looking at? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 23, 2021 Member Share Posted June 23, 2021 Maybe he's afraid that his suit will get wet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted June 23, 2021 Member Share Posted June 23, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 3:28 PM, Cognoscente said: He was getting a little bit fat - something that was mentioned in Michael Kaye's '70s magazine (Clash). Is that Michael Kaye the English dubber? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Cognoscente Posted June 23, 2021 Member Share Posted June 23, 2021 Yeah. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Josh Baker Posted June 24, 2021 Member Share Posted June 24, 2021 Could someone tell me what the missing line from the GoD footage was? It was included in Game of Death Redux but I cant remember what it was. Cheers! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member YATTOU Posted June 24, 2021 Member Share Posted June 24, 2021 4 hours ago, Josh Baker said: Could someone tell me what the missing line from the GoD footage was? It was included in Game of Death Redux but I cant remember what it was. Cheers! its a challenge 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Josh Baker Posted June 24, 2021 Member Share Posted June 24, 2021 33 minutes ago, YATTOU said: its a challenge Ah yeah, thank you! 😊 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Member Killer Meteor Posted July 7, 2021 Member Share Posted July 7, 2021 Bruce is Again? Sheesh! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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