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Losin' It and Rock of Ages.
The background reminds me of a lozenge, especially the Lockets brand.
I'm reminded of a Winger song which goes "She's only seventeen."
Agreed. In 1982, a female martial artist named Anne Winton was stabbed to death.
He had an affair with Tawny Kitaen: https://popcultmaster.com/2021/06/03/fawning-over-tawny/
Jeanne Tripplehorn would have been preferable.
His best movies for martial arts are the ones where he still had blond hair. Once his hair got brown, the quality went down.
In a book about his films, director Peter Chan said: <i>"The film’s main theme is equilibrium, which is similar to the doctrine of the five elements in Taoism and even vaguely resembles the Yin and Yang. This is exemplified by the dialogues on accomplices in what is my favourite scene. If Tang Wei’s husband in the film hadn’t abandoned her, Donnie Yen would not have married her. It has to do with karma - each sin committed by an individual is a sin commited by all. In a sense, the world is a manifestation of the butterfly effect, and we are all accomplices. Even the most accomplished martial artist cannot overcome the forces of karma."</i>
In a book about director Peter Chan, he said: <i>"At one point in the script development phase, someone pointed out that the plot resembled an episode of CSI. I was inclined to agree despite never having seen the show. To me, House was the more obvious influence - Takeshi Kaneshiro’s character was definitely inspired by Dr. Gregory House."</i>
They could have got Brion James for part 3, and John Lone for part 4.
Gunn did a series called PG Porn.
In Donnie Yen's memoir, he spent more time talking about Peter Chan (the main producer) than Teddy Chan (the director). If you had read his book, you would think that Peter had directed the film. In fact, Donnie only referenced Teddy once: "Teddy Chan asked me to star in the film several years ago. At that time, I was not very interested, so I never agreed. It was not until he brought it up again in February 2009 that we met again and learned more about the production. Peter Chan is the producer. It is rare to work with a director whom I have admired for a long time, so naturally everything is easy to discuss."
The boom mike cameos were off-putting.
When his three year contract with Yuen Woo-Ping came to an end after the making of Mismatched Couples, he could have joined Sammo's stunt team. Instead, he left Hong Kong and returned three years later in 1988 - the year that he had a supporting role in Yuen's Tiger Cage.
<blockquote>I have my doubts it's real as we would have seen something by now. I'm sure Cobra is real and I'm not saying it's not, but, we would have seen something by now.</blockquote>
Look at how long it took for the missing footage of Bruce Lee's The Big Boss and The Game of Death to be seen.
<blockquote>Glover never really spoke about the Stoltz scandal.</blockquote>
In 2003, he talked about Stoltz in the audition process and what may have led to the firing: "There was a certain type of people they were bringing in and Eric Stoltz came in and the scenes were playing better when he was playing it, but it wasn't quite as light or comic. But he was a better actor than the other people that were coming in. What happened was there were probably personal aesthetic contradictions going on at the time with the director."
In the Fall 1993 issue of Femme Fatales, there was a long excerpt from Monique Gabrielle’s unpublished book (Confessions of a Hollywood Sex Symbol) where she talked about being privately attacked by an actor from Dragnet (which resulted in her scene being left on the cutting room floor). I would like to know what Tom Hanks thinks of this because Monique had previously appeared in one of his earlier films - Bachelor Party.
Later on, Sly had the opportunity to do a similar style of film with The Executioner but the project didn't materialize. For that film, he wanted William Friedkin to direct. This fascinates me because I get the impression that Sly wanted the car chase in Cobra to be just as exciting as Friedkin's car chase in To Live and Die in LA.
Stallone's movies had more heart whereas Arnie's movies were funnier.
Jeff Bridges.