Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-25 (Saturday) Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 08:50:37 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 84 Message-ID: References: <340a619e7351b35c3f48b68b00406a0b@hamiltonhall.info> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 17:50:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="4d620c4d3d3965dc971c9a6bc70d7df4"; logging-data="125427"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+bneRvbAdzeE1F4n5+B9FS" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:qvyRx+PLbx4SGlQYhmSQYBdKiJE= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4813 On 5/26/2024 7:08 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: > On 5/26/2024 3:25 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >> The Harryhausen Chronicles (Narrated by Leonard Nimoy) >> A hour long special about Harryhausen's work that came on the disc for >> 'Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger'. >> >> We can blame 'King Kong' for inflicting Mr. Harryhausen's work on us.  :P >> >> > > I'm still trying to wrap my head around how the Peter Jackson remake > takes twice as long to tell the exact same story. > Computers are slower than one person moving a dozen joints a millimeter. Just ask Anim. ;) > >> >> Dogfights - Thunderbolt (disc) >> "Time and again the P-47 Thunderbold, or Jug as it was affectionately >> known, managed to survive blows that would have destroyed less rugged >> planes.  This classic World War II workhorse survived machine gun >> attacks and even fire to protect its pilot and keep on fighting. >> > > Cool. > >> >> What Did You Watch? >> >> > > I watched: > > > The Big Boss (blu-ray) 1971 martial arts movie starring Bruce Lee as a > young man who starts working at a factory that is a front for a drug > smuggling operation.  When some friends are murdered after finding out > about the drug ring Lee steps up to find out what happened and bust some > heads along the way.  It's an OK movie. > > > Fist of Fury (blu-ray) 1972 martial arts movie starring Bruce Lee as a > young man who returns home for his teacher's funeral only to discover > his teacher was murdered.  Lee then steps up to find out what happened > and bust some heads along the way.  It's an OK movie. > > > Enter the Dragon (4K disc) 1973 martial arts movie starring Bruce Lee as > a young man recruited by a government agency to travel to an island > that's a front for a drug smuggling operation.  Lee steps up to find out > what's happening on the island and bust some heads along the way.  It's > an OK movie. > > > Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (blu-ray) 1993 biopic starring Jason Scott > Lee as Bruce Lee and Lauren Holly as the love of his life.  The movie > treats Lee's life almost as if it was a movie with Lee constantly having > to engage in epic fights with over the top villains.  Great movie. > Stupid Wikipedia is determined to ruin everyone's fun by pointing out > the movie has almost no relation to the actual events of Lee's life. But > who are you going to believe, the real life people who knew Lee and are > on record as saying the events of this movie are fictitious?  Or the > director who admitted he just made up stuff to make the movie more > entertaining?  Wait something's not right there.  Anyway the movie is > loads of fun.  Who cares if any of it is true or not? > > > The Last Dragon (4K disc) 1985 martial arts movie about a young man > called Bruce Leeroy who must save Vanity from an evil music promoter and > Mr. Nuff who insists he is the master.  I love this movie.  I've watched > it umpteen zillion times.  And it's always entertaining.  The movie > specifically references "The Big Boss," "Fist of Fury," and "Enter the > Dragon."  After all of these years it's nice to finally be able to get > the references.  This new 4K disc has a Dolby Atmos sound track for > movie's wonderful music and a new "fan" commentary that's closed > captions so I can watch the movie with the Dolby Atmos sound while > reading the funny fan commentary. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zlg7S-qVeHw -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.