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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Eric P on June 25, 2013, 08:41:32 AM

Title: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Eric P on June 25, 2013, 08:41:32 AM

Director / Action Coordinator for Shaw Brothers Films.  Most famous for the 36th Chamber series.  I JUST saw him in Drunken Master 2 on Sunday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJbLRaMmGeo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV4DIRY0OgA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqpVfS8KiGY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3r09EmZCzQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmEMTlSofTI

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Himu on June 25, 2013, 08:43:46 AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

:fbm

Shaw brothers will always be my fave wuxia Kung fu film studio.

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Himu on June 25, 2013, 08:53:09 AM

Ditto. DITTO SO HARD. :fbm

WE should have a Shaw brothers film watch to tribute :fbm

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Himu on June 25, 2013, 08:58:07 AM

Hell ya. Make sure they're SUBBED PLZ

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Eric P on June 25, 2013, 09:07:56 AM

I'm really surprised that Chang Cheh doesn't get more love in hip hop circles as his themes of brotherhood and loyalty fit right in with many of the best aspirational hip hop tracks.  I get why RZA found the 36th Chamber and Wu Tang stuff so pivotal with his own inherent iconoclastic tendencies.  People know the Venoms films but they only know them because of the Venoms rather than the director who pulled them all together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOxGSn_Httk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xvZ4stuk5o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MVsgsxWaHE
plus his movies are crazy violent and wildly fun

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Himu on June 25, 2013, 09:53:43 AM

THE ONE ARMED SWORDSMAN :rejoice :gladbron

Title: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Verdigris Murder on June 25, 2013, 10:22:28 AM

Rice from your grave.

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Himu on June 25, 2013, 10:27:05 AM

Quote from: Eschaton on June 25, 2013, 10:13:16 AM

Now that I know more about CMA i find it funny how these guys spread the myth of Shaolin here to America. All the martial arts they're using in these movies are mixes of Hung Gar, Changquan, Govt. sponsored Wushu, various animal styles, and some Mizongyi for the 'drunken fist' type movies. Little did these cats know they would spawn endless documentaries about bald monks spreading chee to their necks and breaking spears on TV, or funny ass 'shaolin' temples all over the world.

Haha yup

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Himu on June 25, 2013, 10:27:48 AM

Escha, you read this book?

http://www.amazon.com/American-Shaolin-Flying-Buddhist-Odyssey/dp/1592403379/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372170443&sr=8-1&keywords=american+in+china+shaolin

Shit is straight mess

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Himu on June 25, 2013, 10:43:03 AM

I read the comments to that video

(http://www.thebore.com/forum/Smileys/default/holeup.png)

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Himu on June 25, 2013, 11:02:34 AM

word

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: HyperZoneWasAwesome on June 25, 2013, 02:19:31 PM

I never thought a guy this badass could die.  He should have died in an epic mountaintop duel with a flaming ghost tiger, and that's only because the tiger cheated.

his impact on the Hong Kong film industry was seismic, he changed the world for the better(or at least, more awesome), and did more to popularize martial arts then almost any other many alive.  Good job sir.

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Trent Dole on June 25, 2013, 02:23:59 PM

RIP in peace

Title: Re: RIP Lau Kar-leung
Post by: Himu on June 25, 2013, 08:39:38 PM

where's the plug.dj link