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Post by Otto Harkaman on Dec 8, 2020 9:23:23 GMT -6
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Dec 26, 2020 12:18:02 GMT -6
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Post by tkdco2 on Dec 28, 2020 14:56:34 GMT -6
The Flying Guillotine is another good movie you can mine for ideas.
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Dec 29, 2020 21:16:31 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2020 7:06:10 GMT -6
Would the Romance of the Three Kingdoms tv shows fit into this genre, or the movie Red Cliff?
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Dec 30, 2020 13:00:56 GMT -6
Would the Romance of the Three Kingdoms tv shows fit into this genre, or the movie Red Cliff? Yes I think Romance of the Three Kingdoms would although I haven't seen the TV series, I will have to see if I can download them. I don't know about Red Cliff I and II, I've got the movies downloaded but haven't watched them yet. They are more grand historic movies about the fall of the Han dynasty and the rise of the Three Kingdoms? With the great generals Cao Cao, Liu Bei and etc. But I think we can discuss a wide range of Chinese, Korean and Japanese cinema  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2020 16:03:14 GMT -6
Would the Romance of the Three Kingdoms tv shows fit into this genre, or the movie Red Cliff? Yes I think Romance of the Three Kingdoms would although I haven't seen the TV series, I will have to see if I can download them. I don't know about Red Cliff I and II, I've got the movies downloaded but haven't watched them yet. They are more grand historic movies about the fall of the Han dynasty and the rise of the Three Kingdoms? With the great generals Cao Cao, Liu Bei and etc. But I think we can discuss a wide range of Chinese, Korean and Japanese cinema I personally prefer the newer Three Kingdoms series to the older one. The older one has a better Zhuge Liang but the newer one has a better Cao Cao, and I love that villain. The Red Cliff movies are just a big budget re-telling of the failed assault by Wei's forces against the allied Shu and Wu forces. Basically roughly the middle point of the narrative of Romance. That critical battle where Wei loses its fleet and has to run home to nurse its wounds. Also based on the novelization but definitely more "Big Cinema" style than the tv shows. |
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Post by stevemitchell on Dec 30, 2020 16:15:52 GMT -6
I think this one fits in the Wuxia genre; it's a personal favorite of mine: THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR with the great Brigitte Lin in the title role.
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Dec 30, 2020 17:12:15 GMT -6
I am not sure about "The Flying Guillotine" even though its by the Shaw Brothers, lol seems almost like a horror movie to me  The Flying Guillotine's Greatest Hits Oh cool "The Bride with the White Hair" looks good, downloading a copy  |
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Post by stevemitchell on Dec 30, 2020 17:56:38 GMT -6
Otto, I hope you enjoy it! There was a sequel, THE BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR 2, also with Ms. Lin; it's enjoyable, but not as good as the first.
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Post by stevemitchell on Mar 14, 2021 21:12:04 GMT -6
I saw a good one today that was new to me--SEVEN SWORDS. This is Tsui Hark's Wuxia version of THE SEVEN SAMURAI/THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN. Lots of great action and some cool magic swords!
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Post by tkdco2 on Mar 14, 2021 22:05:09 GMT -6
The Legendary Twins has been made several times into movies and at least one television series.
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Jun 23, 2021 22:29:05 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2021 15:09:50 GMT -6
I'm not sure if it would be a fit, since it's not a movie but a series, and I don't know if it would be more appropriate to label it as Wuxia or Kung Fu (or something else), but: This is the best series I've ever watched. Marco Polo. Although the history is about Kublai Khan and the Mongol Empire (I'm ignoring the explicit "Marco Polo" in the name), all the main characters and villains are versed in Kung Fu and it have the best Kung Fu fight scene I saw in cinema so far.
It actually makes me want to run an OD&D game on the genre, three core classes... Cleric would be "Monk" instead, Magic-User could be called Mystic/Wu/Fa Shu/Taoist Sorcerer or something, and the Fighter could be called Wanderer or Vagrant I think, since in most of these movies there are those wanderer adventurers without a home or a cause. And they're often the protagonists. This could also help a lot to start the game, in some of these movies the "hero" just happen to be passing by when he is caught in the middle of something, likewise we can run some adventures without worrying about a big plot going on, we can just put some guys with bamboo hats, cloaks and daggers flying and we're good.  And I think there is a lot of space for dungeon crawling in the genre as well, I can see lost tombs scattered all over China with a lot of golden dragon statues to be found.  |
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Post by Otto Harkaman on Jun 24, 2021 17:09:49 GMT -6
Great visuals but the Australian accents makes me cringe like in the movie "300"
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