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Martial-arts movies on TV!
Posted: 30 May 2007, 14:08
by sky75
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.
Posted: 30 May 2007, 16:00
by Markgway
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.
Posted: 30 May 2007, 16:10
by grim_tales
I'll try and see OUATIC 4/5. I've never seen them

Posted: 30 May 2007, 16:15
by Markgway
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.
Posted: 30 May 2007, 17:15
by sky75
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 .
Posted: 30 May 2007, 17:16
by grim_tales
I think it was cropped, wrong language and cut for animal cruelty.
Posted: 30 May 2007, 17:19
by sky75
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.
Posted: 30 May 2007, 22:29
by thelostdragon
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?

Posted: 04 Jun 2007, 13:10
by sky75
Incidentally Jet Li's the Legend is on UK G2 this Friday night.
Posted: 04 Jun 2007, 13:20
by Killer Meteor
I remember a channel called CNX used to show HKL transfers - to the extent of including those wretched DVD layer changes!
Posted: 04 Jun 2007, 14:34
by sky75
yeah CNX was great! the post midnight repeats were shown, mostly , ad free!!!

I even liked the Bey Logan intros too.
Posted: 04 Jun 2007, 16:14
by Markgway
They showed a version of Burning Paradise that was longer than the UK VHS.
Posted: 04 Jun 2008, 21:23
by Killer Meteor
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!
Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 02:31
by Markgway
Er, why was this bumped??
I thought someone had news about some upcoming TV-Fu.
Bah!
Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 03:17
by bradavon
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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Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 10:17
by EvaUnit02
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.
Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 12:07
by Killer Meteor
Sorry, I'm a bit of a sucker for ensuring all historical data on the forums is accurate!
Posted: 05 Jun 2008, 12:51
by bradavon
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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Posted: 29 Jun 2008, 12:59
by Killer Meteor
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!
Posted: 29 Jun 2008, 23:40
by Markgway
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.

Posted: 01 Aug 2008, 17:20
by HungFist
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)
Posted: 01 Aug 2008, 18:01
by Markgway
Seen them all anyways.... 8)