If I’m gone, please find me in Redmond
December 02, 2001
I’m going to reinstall windows tonight because I’m way overdue. I’ll be studying alongside so that I won’t be wasting too much time. If you don’t see me online all night, it’s probably because I’m going to skin some windows programmers down south and make them produce a high quality product. Hey, how is XP everyone? Is it worth upgrading?
Good morning crappy Saturday weather!
It sure is.
Most of you know, that in the 70’s, when Bruce Lee’s movies came out, they revolutionized the way Hong Kong cinematics were made (for action flicks anyway). Prior to the craze of the Dragon, most fighting movies were very simple with crappy choreography and visible wires that let actors fly around. Anyway, after Bruce Lee’s initial success of The Chinese Connection (released in America as Fists of Fury), MANY film makers jumped on the Bruce Lee bandwagon craze and created similar looking movies hoping to cash in on Lee’s success (he broke all box office records).
Thus were born the Bruce Li’s, the Bruce Le’s, the Bruce Ly’s, and any sort of play on the real Bruce Lee’s name. The actors were even cast to look like Lee. Being a hardcore Lee fan, I despise all of these copycat movies because they don’t capture what Lee was trying to convey - he wanted to show the world what real kung fu was like. These fake movies wanted to capture money. Needless to say, none of them did very well because why buy Kalvin Clein when the CK store was right beside you and the price was the same?
Anyway, I’m writing this because on Tuesday on the Drive-in Classics channel, they’re airing a tribute to the Bruce look-a-likes. They’re showing a few of these copycat movies from 9pm onward. I think I’ll catch one or two just to enjoy the pathetic attempt to be like Lee.
Oh yeah, they’re revealing what Ginger really is on Monday on Goodmorning America. I bet it’s just some sort of new blender with an anti-grav machine strapped on. Psh. Big deal.
