Member DragonClaws Posted May 23, 2023 Author Member Share Posted May 23, 2023 Welcome to the forums @Cheer You On & @CastleOfDeath. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member danthemandmv Posted May 24, 2023 Member Share Posted May 24, 2023 Welcome , @Cheer You On& @CastleOfDeath ! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted June 22, 2023 Member Share Posted June 22, 2023 I was going through my old HDD and found some pics of nunchucks I made back in 2001/2, 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted July 4, 2023 Member Share Posted July 4, 2023 Is the main image of BL a bad photoshop? It looks really awkward and what's going on with his trainer laces? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Josh Baker Posted July 5, 2023 Member Share Posted July 5, 2023 5 hours ago, PandaPawPaw said: Is the main image of BL a bad photoshop? It looks really awkward and what's going on with his trainer laces? Yes it is- always found this Japanese poster incredibly awkward but had an awkward film to work with. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted July 5, 2023 Author Member Share Posted July 5, 2023 16 hours ago, PandaPawPaw said: Is the main image of BL a bad photoshop? It looks really awkward and what's going on with his trainer laces? Looks like a combination of G.O.D images, of Bruce Lee barefooted in the Game of Death suit, with a bad photoshop of some trainers added on. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted July 6, 2023 Member Share Posted July 6, 2023 https://www.amazon.co.jp/ブルース・リー-死亡的遊戯2003-スペシャル・エディション-レンタル専用盤-APD-1013/dp/B00A4UGFZA If you scroll down to 'Reviews with images', there is a comparison of the different GOD releases. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Josh Baker Posted July 15, 2023 Member Share Posted July 15, 2023 Anyone seen Final Game of Death yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted July 15, 2023 Member Share Posted July 15, 2023 6 minutes ago, Josh Baker said: Anyone seen Final Game of Death yet? https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=21296081&postcount=723 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Josh Baker Posted July 15, 2023 Member Share Posted July 15, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, PandaPawPaw said: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=21296081&postcount=723 thank you, cant wait to see it Edited July 15, 2023 by Josh Baker 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member fabhui Posted July 15, 2023 Member Share Posted July 15, 2023 40 minutes ago, Josh Baker said: Anyone seen Final Game of Death yet? Yes. I watched it on Wednesday night. It's absolutely superb and the quality is stunning. The new intro credit sequence blew me away and gets you right in the mood for what's about to follow. It tops any edit of the footage that has come before it. Whether it be Artport, A Warrior's Journey or the god awful crap-ness that was Redux. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted July 15, 2023 Member Share Posted July 15, 2023 2 hours ago, fabhui said: Yes. I watched it on Wednesday night. It's absolutely superb and the quality is stunning. The new intro credit sequence blew me away and gets you right in the mood for what's about to follow. It tops any edit of the footage that has come before it. Whether it be Artport, A Warrior's Journey or the god awful crap-ness that was Redux. I watched all three this week in preperation. Warrior's Journey - dated in that it's not 16:9 enhanced, with the subtitles for the Cantonese dialogue hidden if you use the zoom on your TV. John Little's Bruce impression is better than in Enter the Drgon, Kareem sounds half asleep, and Ji Han-jae mangles the English language in ways you wouldn't think possible. Dan Inosanto's non-participation (possibly due to his split with Shannon Lee's re-branding of Jeet Kune Do?) results in him not being clearly seen in the opening credits! Some very nice music. Artport - Bey Logan adds to his crimes with a cringey Elmer Fuddish impersonation of Bruce, and the editing is awful, with lots of shots of the actors waiting for their cues. Some excellent music though, including a funky rock version of John Barry's Game of Death theme. Redux - I like the idea of using John Barry's Game of Death score (great music deserves great footage) but the missing dialogue (mostly Kareem's) and annoying switching back-and-forth between Bruce Lee and Chris Kent for the fight sounds gets really annoying. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Coliseum1972 Posted July 23, 2023 Member Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) On 7/5/2023 at 4:49 PM, DragonClaws said: Looks like a combination of G.O.D images, of Bruce Lee barefooted in the Game of Death suit, with a bad photoshop of some trainers added on. in the Way japanese brochure (backalley scene : theyve photoshopped Lee barechested and Coliseum in the background , its the scene where Nelsson gets hit Edited July 23, 2023 by Coliseum1972 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted July 30, 2023 Member Share Posted July 30, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted July 30, 2023 Member Share Posted July 30, 2023 This hand on the screen all along the first clip is soooooo annoying !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted July 31, 2023 Member Share Posted July 31, 2023 12 hours ago, ShawAngela said: This hand on the screen all along the first clip is soooooo annoying !! Hell yeah! That annoys the hell out of me! What is even the point of it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member CastleOfDeath Posted July 31, 2023 Member Share Posted July 31, 2023 That's the machine guy making sure it's in focus I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member PandaPawPaw Posted August 18, 2023 Member Share Posted August 18, 2023 So that's the pagoda BL was going to use in GOD but why does Kareem's floor have stairs going up as that would lead to nothing surely. A mistake by the set designer? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member CastleOfDeath Posted August 18, 2023 Member Share Posted August 18, 2023 I don't think so, the last stairs probably lead to a tiny room with a mirror, that's what I always thought even before the original movie came out (as by 1975, most of the film intent was already printed in many magazines). Clouse just ruined the whole thing when he wanted to do an american film instead of an HK film, which GOD always was. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member CliveReston Posted August 19, 2023 Member Share Posted August 19, 2023 15 hours ago, CastleOfDeath said: I don't think so, the last stairs probably lead to a tiny room with a mirror, that's what I always thought even before the original movie came out (as by 1975, most of the film intent was already printed in many magazines). Clouse just ruined the whole thing when he wanted to do an american film instead of an HK film, which GOD always was. Game of Death was not, and was never meant to be a typical HK film. That was one if the reasons Raymond Chow and Bruce had conflict about the script in that it wasn't a revenge driven movie. Clouse's film is vastly underrated. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member CastleOfDeath Posted August 21, 2023 Member Share Posted August 21, 2023 Of course the original had ambition, but if, as I think, the 77 GOD was the first half-hour of GOD2, which was going to lead to the pagoda footage, then it just was a typical HK movie. It's obvious Clouse just wiped it all (just reusing some ideas like the funeral footage), and made an american film instead. Remember though, most of the fights in the film are directed by Samo Hung during late reshoots. So Clouse, really, has nothing on that film, all the worse stuff is his fault. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted August 21, 2023 Member Share Posted August 21, 2023 So in GOD '78, who is John (Billy McGill)? The only character I can think of is Bob Wall's friend at the match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl1441996347 Posted August 21, 2023 Member Share Posted August 21, 2023 3 hours ago, Killer Meteor said: So in GOD '78, who is John (Billy McGill)? The only character I can think of is Bob Wall's friend at the match. It's actually the Kareem double seen in two scenes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted August 22, 2023 Member Share Posted August 22, 2023 11 hours ago, shukocarl1441996347 said: It's actually the Kareem double seen in two scenes. Really? Wow! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member shukocarl1441996347 Posted August 25, 2023 Member Share Posted August 25, 2023 Now that I have had chance to view the Arrow edit in the Final (?) Game of Death, I wonder what will happen regarding Alan Canvan's Redux 2.0? Is this in a rights limbo now? Has Arrow's version consigned it to a "lost films" category for good? I had good hopes for it as it featured John Barry's original music cues and was supposed to be leaner and faster. There were parts of Arrows version that I liked, including the legndary "log fight" but it still moves slowly liike the Artport edit and the voice for Bruce Lee was totally wrong. A good try all round but I suspect that Redux 2,0 will turn out to be the better version. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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