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11-11-2024, 02:51 PM | #7391 |
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Let me rephrase: Die Hard was when the Invincible Hero trope really started to become a thing of the past in Hollywood. Elsewhere in the world it was much less common, true, but in American cinema (and Italian knockoffs thereof), the trope was alive and well right up to about the 90s.
I don?t think that this and ?The Invincible Hero? are exactly the opposite thing, at least because for dramatic effect they often tried to emphasize the danger of the last enemy. |
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He was not awesome in his movies and was a sexual predator/serial abuser who also made the very very very bad mistake of being a douchenozzle to Mr Judo Gene Lebell, who choked his arrogant flabby flailing arse to sleep, not just once, but twice and made him crap/pee his pants, and then, in douchenozzle fashion, tried to SUE HIM, but his lawyers( and MANY in the stunt/martial arts community) convinced him that the discovery portion of the lawsuit will show how a 70PLUS year old Grandfather wearing a Pink Gi choked out Mr Action Hero.
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As an example, I immediately remember films with Van Damme. Also with Dacascos and Don "The Dragon" Wilson. To a lesser extent, but it also happened with Lundgren. Albeit in a humorous way, Jackie Chan began to practice this trope almost before anyone else. Snipes in the Blade trilogy also received punches in the final fights. Yes, perhaps this is more true in films about martial arts than in action films with an emphasis on shootouts, in which Schwarzenegger and Stallone starred. And I'm not sure if Die Hard fits into this trope, because Willis suffers throughout the entire film.
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Also the first one has Cynthia Rothrock co-starring, second has Hiroyuki Sanada, and third has Hongo himself, Hiroshi Fujioka. I don't think I've seen the fourth though.
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11-13-2024, 11:26 AM | #7395 |
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Sabrina The Teenage Witch (TGIF series) - WB episodes currently.
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11-13-2024, 01:43 PM | #7396 |
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I think most people ignore 5 onwards for some reason or other.
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11-13-2024, 11:40 PM | #7397 |
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My first Jackie Chan movies were, if I recall, Drunken Master 1, Drunken Master 2, Meals on Wheels, and Dragons Forever. This particular scene from Dragons Forever was what drawed me into Jackie Chan when I was a kid. Fun fact, his co-stars in this scene, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, were the inspirations for Elehan Kinpo and Pyon Pyou in Gekiranger respectively.
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Speaking of Sammo Hung, who remembers "Martial Law", his TV series from the late 90s?
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I actually didn't mind it at the time.
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I found out today that one of my coworkers was on-set for Kyoryuger. That's so awesome. I'm jealous.
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Try checking out the Line of Duty series. No Jackie Chan, but the first two have Michelle Yeoh and damn if that's not appealing in its own way. She's replaced by Cynthia Kahn in 3 and 4 but she's no slouch by any means.
Also the first one has Cynthia Rothrock co-starring, second has Hiroyuki Sanada, and third has Hongo himself, Hiroshi Fujioka. I don't think I've seen the fourth though. Quote:
My first Jackie Chan movies were, if I recall, Drunken Master 1, Drunken Master 2, Meals on Wheels, and Dragons Forever. This particular scene from Dragons Forever was what drawed me into Jackie Chan when I was a kid. Fun fact, his co-stars in this scene, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, were the inspirations for Elehan Kinpo and Pyon Pyou in Gekiranger respectively.
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