Podcast On Fire 76: Jackie Chan Special Part 1

[Knetan]

hey,




So here you go with the start of our coverage of Jackie Chan's career. Part 1 of probably 4. Enjoy!

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[Tom K.W.]

Absolutely stoked this sucker is out already but my downloading speeds in the evening are fucking awful

Catch it early tomorrow morning, day off, can't wait !

[jrcma]

yeah the video game is スパルタンX, Spartan X aka Kung-Fu or Kung-Fu Master they take the names of characters from Wheels on Meals
the story line is Thomas's girlfriend, Sylvia is kidnapped & fight to save her from Mr X

[Knetan]

hey,

thanks for the clarification, James.

[Tom K.W.]

Fucking brilliant. Nearly 3 hours of Jackie Chan talk, just covering his early period kung fu films ? EPIC.

How long will this beast eventually be all together ? I'm excited to find out !

Great commentary on the films, I forgot how kick ass the Snake in the Eagles Shadow's soundtrack is- great idea to insert the music cues Ken, really helped me get into the film again and feel passionate about it. Talking about that film and The Young Master has really got me fired up to revisit this period in JC's career again, especially The Young Master as I've never actually seen the full, uncut version. Both that and Dragon Lord I seem to struggle to differentiate between as they were always played back to back on VHS by me, it was strange finding out years later (in Jackie's book) Dragon Lord was meant to be the sequel, as I'd always pictured them connected in my head and always viewed them that way.

Dragon Lord is definitely underrated by fans and critics, I mean it's a transitional movie so there are a few teething problems when it comes to plot and pace but the action is terrific and so is the chemistry between Mars and Jackie, definitely making it worthy of repeated viewings. The Lo Wei Jackie films range in my mind from awful to pretty good, but even the slightly smelly ones I have fond memories of.

And, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow vs. Drunken Master ?

Drunken Master gets my vote. Its slightly slicker and better made then SITES I feel. Although SITES has more emotional content and a more believeable connection between Jackie and Simon Yuen (and a better soundtrack) I tend to laugh more at DM and marvel at the fight scenes a bit more.

Great stuff Ken, and big probs to Brian aswell; you too really made good conversationalists- very interesting, never boring and Brian had some great stories to tell.

Loved it.

[Drunken Master]

I can never make my mind up between "Snake In The Eagle's Shadow" and "Drunken Master". It all depends which one I'm watching at the time usually because it's that close.

I'm surprised you haven't seen "Half A Loaf Of Kung Fu", Ken. It is the type of film that would have gotten more discussion if you had. Dean Shek is classic in it. Sadly my copy is a UK released (Dubbed) version which does not have the credits. God knows why they were cut? I'll have to try and search out a HK release.

After this great opener to the series I must get around to rewatching "Fantasy Mission Force" too. It is a bad film, but a bad film worth watching over and over.

Looking forward to the next ones now.

[Lantern Jaw]

[Drunken Master]

Well done for including music in this epidode, Ken.

I've been humming "Magic Fly" by Space ever since. My brother actually posesses a copy of Space's LP. I'll have to borrow it now to play the damned thing to get it out of my head. :

[Lantern Jaw]

Yeah, I love the bursts of music in the show. The banter between Ken and Brian was great and yeah the bit in Young Master where Whang In Sik breaks loose is a moment of editing genius. Young Master was never one of my faves, too drawn out and I always thought it weird that Holst's the Planet Suite was used in a Kung-Fu movie, so I'd like to re-watch it with the enthusiasm that you two have. Excellent stuff.

[Stoo]

[Drunken Master]

[Stoo]

Possibly the fight against fung hak on and lee hoi sang could have been shorter too, yeah when they started establishing "rounds" in the final fight you knew this fight was going to be a while. But such a good film!!

[Tom K.W.]

[TheShayneShow]

Just finished this episode, I really enjoyed it even though I've only seen a small fraction of Jackie Chan's early films, I may just have to pick up a few of the movies you guys talked about.

[skid]

Does anyone know the intro song to this episode?

Thanks