The Official "Dragon Dynasty" Thread!

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 06 Aug 2008, 18:22

Pretty much every EIV release. The Crow probably being their worst.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 06 Aug 2008, 19:23

Oh yeah, The Crow art is awful.

eon · Post by **eon** » 08 Aug 2008, 12:39

Just watched the DD Come Drink With Me - DVD was of pretty good quality, though I'm not a big fan of the movie, it was ok, just a bit too slow (and the fight scenes were a bit naff too

... yes I realise this was made in 1967, and would've been a landmark back then, but today I don't really see why so many people rate it so highly. :p I did grow up on early 90's kung fu movies though.

Same thing with the first One Armed Swordsman actualy.. just too damn slow. Typical problem of movies from that era (Western movies included (60's and 70's)).

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 08 Aug 2008, 19:14

actually, it was 1966

Come Drink With Me I think holds up well. One Armed Swordsman is rather pedestrain but has its moments

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 08 Aug 2008, 19:42

Come Drink With Me is not too bad, but nowhere near as good as One Armed Swordsman.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 08 Aug 2008, 20:13

HungFist wrote:Come Drink With Me is not too bad, but nowhere near as good as One Armed Swordsman.

They should have made that movie Two Armed Swordsman: twice as good!

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 08 Aug 2008, 21:03

Back to the Fist of Legend artwork, it actually doesn't look too bad. However, I am a bit disappointed that they used the same image from the Dimension. But so did the French HKV. I'm sure this isn't the only image of the film in existance.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 08 Aug 2008, 21:36

I guess they wanted something simplistic and stylish, and ended up with something that just looks simplistic.

Cant say I care very much. only thing I care about is the movie uncut and subbed, in decent videoquality. (And no added soundeffects and that kinda dumbass crap. Just mono)

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 09 Aug 2008, 07:29

I think you should put that in your signature Yi. You can then just say "refer to my signature", the next time you feel the need to say it

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grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Aug 2008, 09:35

I agree with Ivan. I enjoyed One Armed Swordsman, it was a bit long in places but has some great moments, I gave it 4/5

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 09 Aug 2008, 12:09

I think One Armed Swordsman is a very good film in some respects, though the action is rather poor at times - the previous year's Magnificent Trio, from the same people, had much superor fights to OAS and the same year's Trail of Broken Blade

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 09 Aug 2008, 12:20

Big fan of The Magnificent Trio here and I agree that Come Drink With Me is superior to One-Armed Swordsman.

Still haven't upgraded to the DD yet.

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 09 Aug 2008, 13:54

Come Drink With Me is a great film. Magnificent Trio is one of Chang Cheh's most accomplished works. I hope one day it'll get a proper DVD

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 09 Aug 2008, 14:32

I heard Magnificent Trio is a cheap Three Outlaw Samurai rip off...

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Aug 2008, 15:07

I really liked Come Drink With Me, great film

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 10 Aug 2008, 11:36

HungFist wrote:I heard Magnificent Trio is a cheap Three Outlaw Samurai rip off...

I heard HungFist is a ladyboy....

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 10 Aug 2008, 13:08

Markgway wrote:
HungFist wrote:I heard Magnificent Trio is a cheap Three Outlaw Samurai rip off...
I heard HungFist is a ladyboy....

And you just had to let everyone know :x

Killer Meteor · Post by **Killer Meteor** » 10 Aug 2008, 13:42

HungFist wrote:I heard Magnificent Trio is a cheap Three Outlaw Samurai rip off...

And Fistful of Dollars is a cheap Yojimbo rip off

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Aug 2008, 13:45

Youth of the Beast is a Yojimbo rip off too.
And Magnificent Seven is a cheap Seven samurai rip off...

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 10 Aug 2008, 14:01

Ivan Drago wrote:
HungFist wrote:I heard Magnificent Trio is a cheap Three Outlaw Samurai rip off...
And Fistful of Dollars is a cheap Yojimbo rip off

That's why it's not such a great movie, although it's superior on some areas (soundtrack for example).

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 10 Aug 2008, 14:04

AFAIK neither Magnificent Seven or Fistful of Dollars are cheap.

Last Man Standing is a remake of Yojimbo too.

saltysam · Post by **saltysam** » 10 Aug 2008, 14:13

Fistful Of Dollars was cheap.Eastwood only got the role because the budget wouldn't stretch to Leone getting Fonda or Brosnan in the lead. great movie though.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 10 Aug 2008, 14:33

A Fistful is otherwise great but the storyline makes it a bit boring at times when you know exactly what's going to happen next and which camera angle will be used in the next shot.

saltysam wrote:Brosnan in the lead.

Bronson?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 10 Aug 2008, 14:53

Fistful is very good but its not the best of the Dollars films.

DangerousLeeHandsome · Post by **DangerousLeeHandsome** » 10 Aug 2008, 17:40

Specs for: Fist of Legend and The Rebel.