Wesley Snipes

[Machimurasan]

Originally posted by apoweyn



reporting live, from the interior of my own arse, this is machimurasan saying, "goodnight, KFO."

You must be American Kenpo or TKD. How about Oblivious Ryu? As for the location of my broadcast, "live from your moms ass with the 6 o'clock news, the story I gots to tell you is you ain't gots no clue"!

Unknown + Quantity = Ultimate Terminus...

[Chang Style Novice]

A good night's sleep hasn't changed you from an irritating lackwit, I see.

[FatherDog]

Originally posted by Chang Style Novice
Isn't Richard Stark really Donald Westlake?

Yes, Richard Stark is the pen name he writes the Parker series under.

And while Machimura is a bit more eloquent than Tinman or Ralek, he's apparently just as much of a mongoloid retard. Sadly, while we suspect that Ralek and Tinman are deliberate trollers, the general tone makes me suspect that Machi really is convinced that Shotokan is the be-all end-all, rendering kempo and TKD useless in comparison. Saddening, but not shocking, since the general tone also makes me suspect that he's about as bright as a bag of wet hair.

[PHILBERT]

According to the Internet Movie Database, Snipes

He is a 5th Degree Black Belt

Practices Capoeira, Brazilian martial arts.

Doesn't say what the 5th Degree Black Belt is in though. Might be Capoeira.

[Mr Punch]

Originally posted by rogue
For the life of me I'm drawing a blank on the JB of Casino Royale.

David Niven.

Thank you to everyone for such enriching contributions to the English language such as 'lackwit' (it's been a long time...!) and 'as bright as a bag of wet hair', so I suppose I should, by proxy, thank the redoutable Machimura ('Waiting Wall'??? Nandarouna?!) for reporting live, from his own arse!




James Bond has never regained the heights achieved by Sean, dear Sean. Gave up watching them without whisky.

BTW Ap (was it?)... why do you think Point Blank is better than Payback? I really really liked Payback, but I don't remember Point Blank...

[Chang Style Novice]

Mat -

I don't know if Ap said be preferred Point Blank, but I did.

For one thing, Marvin's performance. He gets across the notion of single-minded, cagey badass in a way that Gibson just fails to, in my mind.

For another, the writing. Each of his schemes to get close to the mobsters is simple and elegant, rather than fancy and improbable.

For a third, the overall direction. Payback is full of picturesque, campy silliness, like a Disneyland ride called "Thugs of the Underworld" not just in the sets, but in the costuming, acting, casting and everything else. In Point Blank (with only two exceptions I can think of) things stay pretty low-key, and everyone just sort of acts like they've got a job to do - a job that involves money-laundering, robbery, drug sales, murder and all that, but it's a nine to fiver like anything and we may as well do it now so we can go have some beers and catch a ball game tonight. Theme music and fancy camera tricks are kept to a minimum so the story does all the work. It's just altogether more grim, gritty, and hard boiled. It's almost flat, in fact, which gives me a more naturalistic view of events that I find a lot more convincing than the 'song and dance' approach of Payback. And since I'm more convinced of its veracity, I'm drawn in more.

[Former castleva]

I always liked Moore the best,still do.

BTW,if someone happens to remember George Lazenby with his single Bond flick "At her Majesty´s service" if I remember the name correctly.
Well even though I´ve never seen him in any other movies (which is no surprise) I think he had this one tough guy film "Stoner" or something like that in which Sammo Hung,according to his own words "taught him to fight" or related.

[Stacey]

been watcing bond films and the fight scenes are more realistic than Romeo Must Die or many other contemperaries.

Its based on Judo and boxing I think, but sometimes joint locks don't work, so he has to hit them and improvise. The power generation is all wrong, but I'm not trying to be picky. The fight choreographers did well though.

[Chang Style Novice]

The only Roger Moore Bond movie worthy of attention is "For Your Eyes Only", where they tone down the goofiness and nonsense enough to make it halfway believable (and thereby allow you to care what happens.)

The best of all time is of course "From Russia With Love."

[PHILBERT]

Wasn't From Russia With Love the one where Bond and the girl are on a speed boat being shot at, then dump ALL there fuel barrels off the back (which they needed for the voyage) and shoot them (which of course takes out all the bad guys) then in the next scene they are in there destination (which of course, without running out of fuel)? I remember seeing that in one Bond film and thought "Um...yeah, and HOW did they get there without gas?"

[FatherDog]

Originally posted by PHILBERT
I remember seeing that in one Bond film and thought "Um...yeah, and HOW did they get there without gas?"

Nothing beats You Only Live Twice, where Sean Connery disguises himself as a humble Japanese fisherman by getting a deep tan and squinting.

[apoweyn]

Originally posted by SevenStar


Did you catch the one with the espada y daga guys? Yeah, the series definitely ended too early.

hmm... i don't think so. you mean the western espada y daga? or filipino?

there was a guy that worked on that show, anthony... somebody, who was big into western weapons, yeah? and the bullwhip too. i think he had an italian surname.

...

bugger.


stuart b.

[apoweyn]

Originally posted by Machimurasan


You must be American Kenpo or TKD. How about Oblivious Ryu? As for the location of my broadcast, "live from your moms ass with the 6 o'clock news, the story I gots to tell you is you ain't gots no clue"!

Unknown + Quantity = Ultimate Terminus...

well gee ****, rocket scientist, how about you hit the prominent button that says 'profile' and look for yourself.

...

nevermind. it involves an awful lot of moving your hand and clicking buttons. so i'll spare you. i haven't studied taekwondo for years and years. never studied kenpo.

speaking of profiles, you were born in 1967. and you've been practicing for more than 20 years. i have to tell you that i find that really hard to accept.

no expiration date on being an arsehead, i suppose.


stuart b.

[edited to point out that apparently we can't say 'wh!z' on KFO]

[apoweyn]

BTW Ap (was it?)... why do you think Point Blank is better than Payback? I really really liked Payback, but I don't remember Point Blank...

not me. i haven't seen 'point blank.' chang style novice replied to you though. i suspect he's the guy you were referring to.


stuart b.

[African Tiger]

Whew! Sorry guys, went to South Carolina for the holiday!

Um, you guys probably have posted more about his BG than I can inform you. He does have over 20 years in various arts, which include Chinese Kenpo (verified by Stephen Dorriff's stuntman, that I met while working Martial Law), Capoera definitely (you can see some of that in the previews of The Art of War), and I certainly suspect Shotokan and TKD - he executes some pretty nice jump kicks in Money Train and Passenger 57.

Never met the man, unfortunately, but now that my own career is fast-tracking to the top (THANK YOU JESUS!!! - apologies to non-Christians ) I definitely will.

To speak on honorary belts, let's not forget that Elvis was given one of his advanced ranks honorarily by Sensei Parker. Although from what I understand, Elvis was very dedicated to Kenpo. He went so far as to place Ed Parker's logo on his guitar, and even appears in a training film that has recently surfaced.

And...Kenpo does not suck! Besides, we all know for a fact that Savate and Shotokan reign supreme in the world of worthless martial arts. And Shaolin Do (rk) and Temple Dung-Fu are straight up scams...but, I'm preaching to the choir......