Martial-arts movies on TV!

sky75 · Post by **sky75** » 30 May 2007, 14:08

Once Upon a Time in China 4 is on Monday 4th June at 9pm on Bravo Two plus a repeat on Wednesday 6th June at 11pm.

Once Upon a Time in China 5 is on Tuesday 5th June at 9pm on Bravo Two plus a repeat on Thursday 7th June at 11pm.

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and skinny Tiger fatty Dragon are on about 3 o'clock in the morning on Tuesday 5th June and Wednesday 6th June again on Bravo Two... Sorry I can't remember which is on which day.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 30 May 2007, 16:00

SITES will no doubt be the HKL travesty... whilst I recall Bravo screening an Eng dub of SKINNY TIGER many, many years ago...

But the OUATIC films are new to UKTV.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 30 May 2007, 16:10

I'll try and see OUATIC 4/5. I've never seen them

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 30 May 2007, 16:15

Also showing within the same week on Bravo 2 are NEW DRAGON GATE INN, TIGER ON THE BEAT and FULL CONTACT. The listings only go up to the second week in June.

sky75 · Post by **sky75** » 30 May 2007, 17:15

Markgway wrote:SITES will no doubt be the HKL travesty... whilst I recall Bravo screening an Eng dub of SKINNY TIGER many, many years ago...

But the OUATIC films are new to UKTV.

Yes I recall when Bravo used to show loads of Jackie Chan and Sammo movies including the English dub of skinny Tiger. From what I've seen more recently though they have been showing original language versions.

What's wrong with the Hong Kong legends version of snake in the Eagle's Shadow ?

I haven't seen the once Upon a Time in China sequels (the none Jet Li ones) so I'm quite looking forward to those .

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 30 May 2007, 17:16

I think it was cropped, wrong language and cut for animal cruelty.

sky75 · Post by **sky75** » 30 May 2007, 17:19

I've never understood why they have cut-out animal cruelty on older films. These things have happened long before anyone actually gave a crap.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 30 May 2007, 22:29

I thought that "OUATIC IV" was actually quite good. Isn't it cut in the UK, due to Billy Chow's way of treating horses in that film?

sky75 · Post by **sky75** » 04 Jun 2007, 13:10

Incidentally Jet Li's the Legend is on UK G2 this Friday night.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 04 Jun 2007, 13:20

I remember a channel called CNX used to show HKL transfers - to the extent of including those wretched DVD layer changes!

sky75 · Post by **sky75** » 04 Jun 2007, 14:34

yeah CNX was great! the post midnight repeats were shown, mostly , ad free!!!

I even liked the Bey Logan intros too.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 04 Jun 2007, 16:14

They showed a version of Burning Paradise that was longer than the UK VHS.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 04 Jun 2008, 21:23

sky75 wrote:I've never understood why they have cut-out animal cruelty on older films. These things have happened long before anyone actually gave a crap.

Actually, the cuts are mandatory under a law dating back to the 1930s!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 05 Jun 2008, 02:31

Er, why was this bumped??

I thought someone had news about some upcoming TV-Fu.

Bah!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Jun 2008, 03:17

I await Eva and Lourdes to now comment at how dumb it was to bump this, unless of course they only pick at my comments

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EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Jun 2008, 10:17

He fucking killed Apollo Creed. I wouldn't mess with a hardcase motherfucker like that, unless you wanted the Iron Curtain to come crashing down on your puny English arse.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 05 Jun 2008, 12:07

Sorry, I'm a bit of a sucker for ensuring all historical data on the forums is accurate!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 05 Jun 2008, 12:51

When I used a similar excuse a few months back, no one bought it

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EvaUnit02 wrote:He fucking killed Apollo Creed. I wouldn't mess with a hardcase motherfucker like that, unless you wanted the Iron Curtain to come crashing down on your puny English arse.

I knew you were picking up on my comments specifically

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Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 29 Jun 2008, 12:59

MoviesforMen has shown several Korean kung fu movies, in their IFD, English dubbed, pan'scan versions. Revenge of the Drunken Master, Magnificent Natural Fist, Snake Strikes Back etc

Films24 showed The Real Bruce Lee last night. First half hour is a condensment of the Dick Randall documentary The Young Bruce Lee, showcasing clips from 4 of Bruce's childhood films, and then some (specially shot?) footage of Bruce Li recreating scenes from The Green Hornet, The Big Boss, and Fist of Fury. The Randall documentary was full frame (presumbly produced for television?) and here was awkwardly cropped to widescreen (about 2.10:1) as The Real Bruce Lee was in theatres. The last 70min or so is the Dragon Lee film Last Fist Of Fury (?), in widescreen and completely bonkers!

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 29 Jun 2008, 23:40

Lol, these channels are really going for quality aren't they?

Actually, I don't watch Korean Kung Fu so in fairness those might be good, but in re-edited, dubbed versions, I doubt it.

Don't get those channels, so I'm glad I haven't missed anything.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 01 Aug 2008, 17:20

Finally Shaw on Finnish TV. Good news... to me

8.9.
Come Drink with Me

15.9.
The Magnificent Trio

22.9.
The Heroic Ones

29.9.
The Oily Maniac

6.10.
The Mighty Peking Man

13.10.
36th Chamber of Shaolin

20.10.
The Five Venoms

27.10.
Human Lanterns

3.11.
Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

http://www.yle.fi/teema/elokuvat/kino_into/
(not fully up to date)

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 01 Aug 2008, 18:01

Seen them all anyways.... 8)