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Why in the 80s and 90s, there was a LOT of martial arts movies made, why did they become so popular in the US and other Western nations?

FaxModem1 wrote:Why in the 80s and 90s, there was a LOT of martial arts movies made, why did they become so popular in the US and other Western nations?

There's only so far you can take gunfights methinks, and I guess people became a lot more curious about other cultures, and again I cite the Karate Kid.

thats like asking "Why so many pokemon-like games?" in the middle of the pokemon craze, or "why do many virtual reality movies?" in the middle of the Matrix craze. any time one thing becomes really popular others try to capitalize on the popularity.

It was just a craze. One that got so big that the Thai military even made a martial arts movie to augment its budget one year.

Plus, people just like watching Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan beating the shit out of people.

hehe, because if it was a movie, and you were in the 80's, and you knew karate........................................................ you were invincible

Dalton wrote:Plus, people just like watching Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan beating the shit out of people.

I know I do. But, damn it all, Jackie Chan has been making some crappy movies as of late. I mean, look at the up and coming "The Medallion." In it, Jackie'll be suspended from ropes and he'll jump about like he's in Crouching Tiger and have crappy kung-fu fights BECAUSE of the wire-tricks they'll be using.

Anyone ever see "The Legend of the Drunken Master"? Now that's a Jackie Chan movie. No wires, no CG, no fancy camera angle, just Jackie Chan beating redshirt ass. They dubbed it half-assed too. Why? Cause no one gives a shit about the plot or how Jackie talks; all we wanna see is Jackie go fuck-nutty on a group of thugs and totally own their asses. Which he does kick-assedly in Legend of the Drunken Master. Go see it now, even if you have see it again. It rules that much.

Darth Garden Gnome wrote:

Dalton wrote:Plus, people just like watching Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan beating the shit out of people.

I know I do. But, damn it all, Jackie Chan has been making some crappy movies as of late. I mean, look at the up and coming "The Medallion." In it, Jackie'll be suspended from ropes and he'll jump about like he's in Crouching Tiger and have crappy kung-fu fights BECAUSE of the wire-tricks they'll be using.

Anyone ever see "The Legend of the Drunken Master"? Now that's a Jackie Chan movie. No wires, no CG, no fancy camera angle, just Jackie Chan beating redshirt ass. They dubbed it half-assed too. Why? Cause no one gives a shit about the plot or how Jackie talks; all we wanna see is Jackie go fuck-nutty on a group of thugs and totally own their asses. Which he does kick-assedly in Legend of the Drunken Master. Go see it now, even if you have see it again. It rules that much.

Yeah, but at one point, hes gotta capitalize on his resources ... wouldn't you ? I mean, hes just a guy who wants to try everything once, hes never done an old school school CG, wire, camera angle stunt movie. Now because of his popularity, he gets that chance. It should be interesting ... i liked Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, but i liked The Legend Of the Drunken Master as well.


Word to the wise, the Lone ninja warrior is the best kung fu movie ever.

FaxModem1 wrote:Why in the 80s and 90s, there was a LOT of martial arts movies made, why did they become so popular in the US and other Western nations?

Because they're damn cool. I mean they're cool to see an became something of a trend.

1 Ninja = SUPER DEADLY BADASS MARTIAL ARTISTS

More then 1 Ninja = Redshirts in Training.