klu9

Well, I watched Hawk the Slayer in #Monsterdon, then Beastmaster after in #MonsterMiru... and Beastmaster was so much better!

A great film? No. But an entertaining film? Yes.

klu9 @piefed.social 1w ago

YW 😀

klu9 @piefed.social 1w ago

Part of the joy of watch parties like #Monsterdon / #MonsterMiru is that an awful film can still be enjoyable as everyone riffs on it. But I can understand not wanting to spoil a treasured memory.

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klu9 @piefed.social 1w ago

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(My Drama List often has the most alternate titles for East Asian films.)

The Chinese Connection = 精武門 (1972) = Fist of Fury / Fist of Fury: The Chinese Connection / Fist of Fury 1 / The Iron Handhttps://eggplant.place/movie/5DXKvEdpCOZ8HDYfHHmSfd https://mydramalist.com/3919-fist-of-fury
Kung Fu: Punch of Death = 方世玉 (1972) = The Prodigal Boxer / Death Kick / Death Punchhttps://eggplant.place/movie/4Kd5wQX4iMXkrk7XlCfB7k https://mydramalist.com/70191-the-prodigal-boxer
Dragon Princess = 必殺女拳士 (1976, not 1981 as on DVD cover) = Sonny Chiba's Dragon Princesshttps://eggplant.place/movie/2Kpzf3JfibY8ToD5pkwpui https://mydramalist.com/20906-dragon-princess
Samurai Reincarnation = 魔界転生 (1981)https://eggplant.place/movie/7WjM01YazPXAO9I7tWWuf6 https://mydramalist.com/6227-samurai-reincarnation
Snake-Crane Secret = 蛇鶴丹心震九洲 (1978) = Secret of the Dragon / Snake & Crane Secret / The Secret of the Snake and Cranehttps://eggplant.place/movie/0jnBL7PqDdg1yPGZlOCDcD https://mydramalist.com/704267-snake-crane-secret
Duel of the Iron Fists = ??? There are two David Chiang films from 1971 (not 1972) with "duel" in the English titles. The description on the DVD cover is too generic to tell.
- 大決鬥 (1971) = The Duel / The Duel of the Iron Fist [singular] / Iron Fist Pillage / Revenge of the Dragonshttps://eggplant.place/movie/73zlSBOPZGZ2BSuDhHIYAU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duel_(1971_film)https://mydramalist.com/15365-the-duel
- 拳擊 (1971) = Duel of Fistshttps://eggplant.place/movie/5Kbth4X7VkS7SX9G8B0Shn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duel_of_Fists https://mydramalist.com/9007-duel-of-fists
Legend of the Eight Samurai = 里見八犬伝 (1983)https://eggplant.place/movie/3WtHfCmcRKnFflCpVSRksb https://mydramalist.com/6236-legend-of-the-eight-samurai
Militant Eagle = 俠大兒乞 (1978) = Boxer's Adventure / Great Soldier Wins A Generalhttps://eggplant.place/movie/3LPkDyahvMCnnmy89eJz6N https://mydramalist.com/9193-boxers-adventure
Dragon Lee vs The Five Brothers = 오대 제자 (1978) = Fury Of Dragon / The Angry Dragon / The Five Brothershttps://eggplant.place/movie/09zamzIpiEyYVIVrpqSHwe https://mydramalist.com/67087-dragon-lee-vs-five-brothers

I've only seen two, FIst of Fury, & Legend of the Eight Samurai. I watched that in #MonsterMiru watch party last October. It was on pretty late so I don't remember much except it was pretty bonkers, & rated it 2.5/5.

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klu9 @piefed.social 1w ago

The Chinese Connection is the US title for 精武門 (1972), English title elsewhere Fist of Fury, i.e. my favourite of Bruce Lee's Golden Harvest output. Definite keeper.

I'll have check out the other ones (& any alternate titles that I might know them by). Good excuse to add a bunch of films to my wishlist 😁

klu9 @piefed.social 2w ago

Relevant Spaced clips

https://youtu.be/GgwYr-aDEEY

https://youtu.be/OTDt5PuETLA

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klu9 @piefed.social 2w ago

Doh! Need read when brain work right

klu9 @piefed.social 2w ago

1st time I've seen it, tropey but fun

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klu9 @piefed.social 2w ago

I hadn't realized there was a copy on YT.

I notice that's 9 minutes shorter than the standard. It's also got "HK theatrical subtitles"*, and the translation quality of those is usually... godawful 😆

*HK law back then (maybe still) said films shown in cinemas had to have subtitles in both Chinese and English. But the law never said they had to be any good!

klu9 @piefed.social 2w ago

There's a little bit of Mr Vampire-style spells with chicken blood stuff, but this actually goes with Western-style vampires, not hopping goengsi.

Sammo Hung's Encounters of the Spooky Kind really kickstarted the action-horror-comedy genre in HK and is definitely worth checking out.

https://eggplant.place/movie/79bgibQ35BW3UG4I0IzrTx

klu9 @piefed.social 2w ago

It's a Russian site (part of VK, the social media giant there) and IIRC Russia specifically passed a law removing copyright from "hostile" nations, i.e. ones that participate in sanctions.

Maybe technically legal in Russia but probably nowhere else.

I don't ordinarily look for stuff there, but I got so frustrated yesterday trying to find stuff in my wishlist (only 1 in 20 available thru licensed sites) I resorted to it.

But I understand not wanting such links, I won't post any more OK.ru.

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klu9 @piefed.social 2w ago

The gear icon down at the bottom, under "Continue your search..."

klu9 @piefed.social 2w ago

Cool, looking forward to those features

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klu9 @piefed.social 2w ago

Looks interesting! Will keep trying it over the next few days.

I've already changed the "Continue your search" settings to disable Google & Chat GPT; enabled DDG. Nice to have the option.
Maybe add Marginalia support for small web / indie web results?
I searched for a film title & was pleasantly surprised to see results for streaming sources. Is there a way to get it to return streaming results available in my country?

klu9 @piefed.social 4w ago

You're right, thanks for the catch!