This is topic What can approach the greatness of the 'Kung Fu' television series? Nothing. in forum Books, Films, Food and Culture at Hatrack River Forum.
CT reminded me that I've been meaning to remind everyone else that Kung Fu is the best television series ever. That's right. I'm saying that all the other television programs before or since have been nothing but yellow bellied, flaccid shadows of the greatness that is...'Kung Fu'.
*Audacious Show Concept--Kung Fu master in 19th century America wanders around righting wrongs and beating the crap out of people. Doesn't ever get the girl because he's an ascetic.
*Best Introductory Scenes for a Show Ever--Who can forget the young Kwai Chang Caine sparring with the bo, walking over rice paper, and lifting a molten pot with his bare arms?!? I can't.
*Slow Mo Ass Kicking--How many other show's stars use their antagonist's power against them in slow mo? O.K. Walker Texas Ranger, but come on. Karate is for girly men and the show itself was so cheesy old people watched it to keep their calcium levels up.
quote: "It is said a Shaolin priest can walk through walls. Looked for, he cannot be seen. Listened for, he cannot be heard. Touched, he cannot be felt."
[ March 05, 2004, 06:22 PM: Message edited by: Storm Saxon ]
Posted by Book (Member # 5500) on :
How about that one video of the sedated bear falling out of the tree onto the trampoline and bouncing about a mile in the air before crashing into the ground?
That's pretty good.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Kung Fu is great...I even loved Kung Fu: The Legend Continues.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Get back in your rocker, old man. I'll be payin' fer your social security soon.
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
That's the one with David Carradine, right? My mom watched that show...
David Carradine plays Bill in Kill Bill...
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Why hasn't the second one come out yet?? Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I loved that show.
Yes, it had David Carridine.
There's a dark side to it, though. The show concept was originally developed by Bruce Lee and was supposed to be a vehicle for him. Imagine the kung fu we would've seen THEN!
Well, the network decided that the world wasn't ready for an actual Chinese man to play a Chinaman on TV. So, the took the concept, ripped off Bruce Lee, and put David Carradine in it.
Still, it was a good show, grasshopper.
I always wondered though why Grasshopper didn't just slap the bottom of the guy's hand and get the pebble that way.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
A friend of mine studied Kung Fu and took his black belt test in the actual Shao Lin temple. He has some AMAZING stories about that trip. He passed the test, which is also pretty awesome considering that they conducted it on a marble floor in the temple with NO padding and the monks didn't hold back.
OUCH!
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
My other and I used to watch that show. David Carradine's half brother plays the dad on Lizzie McGuire, and David had a guest part on one of my favorite episodes.
I won't fix my typo, because it makes the next post make more sense.
[ March 05, 2004, 08:22 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
PSI T wrote: "My other and I used to watch that show."
Sorry, just had to point out how funny the typo was to me.
That said, I loved King Fu.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Kahn: "Look to the water at your feet. Does not the sage say: "What is more yielding than water? Yet, back it comes again, wearing down the ridged strength, which cannot stand to its strength. What is more forceful than quite water?" "
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:There's a dark side to it, though. The show concept was originally developed by Bruce Lee and was supposed to be a vehicle for him. Imagine the kung fu we would've seen THEN!
I still haven't forgiven Hollywood for this.
Dagonee
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
Bob: WOW. WOWOW. There are no words to describe how incredibly impressive that is to me... Your friend is awesome...
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Yeah, he's also thin, in shape, and has a longer ponytail than I do.
But I got this whole Jerry Garcia thing going. Well, except the death part.
Posted by T. Analog Kid (Member # 381) on :
Bob, if you are interested, there is a genuine Kung Fu Master with a really impressive lineage just down the road from you in Austin... His name is Scott Leitch, though I don't know if he is currently teaching. I get to meet him on Mar 20th.
you're probably not but I had to do something to make myself feel more adequate after hearing about your friend. My black belt was much less spectacular.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
Upstaged by Bob!
(That is pretty darn cool, Bob. )
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"He has some AMAZING stories about that trip ."
Hmm. Combined with your self-professed Jerry Garcianess, I am unsure what to think, Bob.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
The only drugs I do nowadays are the kind you sort into those giant plastic pill cases with 7 days of the week and 5 different times of each day.
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
quote: I always wondered though why Grasshopper didn't just slap the bottom of the guy's hand and get the pebble that way.
Master Poe would have slapped him silly.
Seriously.
Posted by Storm Saxon (Member # 3101) on :
It's like asking why he didn't just run around the rice paper, rather than over it. Sheesh. No respect for tradition. These young people.
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WOW. WOWOW. There are no words to describe how incredibly impressive that is to me... Your friend is awesome...
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