Hey, everyone. I'd like to use this back room channel as an opportunity to gauge interest in something I've wanted to do for a while. As those of you who know about her canon / have threaded sufficiently with Cassie are aware, she is the daughter of martial-arts movie star Johnny Cage. As such, she undoubtedly grew up watching a TON of kung fu movies - both the ones starring her father and the many classics of the genre. It has long been my headcanon that she's something of a fangirl.
There have been a number of movie watch-a-long threads in the main comm - most recently the
Sharknado marathon. I've been meaning to do a martial arts movie watchalong for nearly as long as I've been playing Cassie. Obviously, films exclusive to Cassie's universe are out of the picture - our universe is insufficiently awesome for such a film as
Ninja Mime to exist in it.
My initial film of choice was
Enter the Dragon. The problem is, as great a movie as it is, it's not like
Star Wars - not everyone has seen it. What's more, there isn't anyplace where it's readily available to be watched. You can buy it or rent it, but there aren't streaming services that carry it.
However, recently Netflix added a large number of classic Shaw Brothers films to its streaming catalog - most notably
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, which was good enough for the Wu-Tang Clan to name an album after it so it's sure as shit good enough for you to sit down and watch. Here's a short list of some of the prominent classics that are available on that ever-reliable and popular streaming service:
1.
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin - Quintessential 70s Hong Kong film, and equally quintessential "brash young fighter endures harsh training to become a badass" film.
2.
Fist of Legend - Jet Li's finest hour. Really brutal and intense action. Properly good movie, watchable and accessible.
3.
Five Deadly Venoms - Another classic Shaw Brothers chop-socky film. Fun as hell.
4.
The Legend of Drunken Master - Maybe not the best Jackie Chan movie, but quite possibly the most Jackie Chan Jackie Chan movie. Contains arguably the greatest fight sequence ever filmed. Low on the list because it's the dubbed version. And it ain't an especially good dub, either.
5.
Way of the Dragon - Again, low because it's dubbed. Also, most of the movie is just killing time before the part where Bruce Lee fights Chuck Norris. But, and this the crucial part,
Bruce Lee fights Chuck Norris.All five of these are arguably part of the Great Canon of Martial Arts films. And that's just a few of the great ones available (
Shaolin Soccer and
Kung-Fu Hustle chief among them). I also may say "fuck it" and include
Enter the Dragon anyway, because there has to be a Bruce Lee one, right? I'd like to have a thread dedicated to at least one of those films, but more likely a marathon of two or three. Please tag this thread if you're interested at all. I want to know if enough people would tag for this to be worth it.
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