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    That's a bit generous of you; I'm just a regular old school film nerd with a copy of The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film, living in a city with one of the greatest video stores in the country. I like movies.

     

     

    You know who would make a great Daredevil? That guy from Gymkata.

     

    But seriously, let's talk Luke Cage casting. Terry Crews? Terry Crews.

     

    Hmm... can Daredevil's fighting style be considered Gymkata?

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    I'm a proud owner of the entire Lois Lane run. It's one of my all-time favorite comics. They're so glorious schlocky, they're brilliant. How can you not love a cover like this:

     

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    More on Black Lois for those who are interested:

    http://www.cracked.com/article_18502_the-5-most-unintentionally-offensive-comic-book-characters_p2.html

     

    I first heard of this on the PBS Superheroes Documentary. They had a section on Comics and Human Rights Issues.

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    When trying to find the exact one they were talking about, I stumbled across these too, as well as several articles that talk about what a fucked-up comic it was. Again, it comes down to making Lois look like a fucking idiot at every turn. Apparently, there was also one where her and Supes were also incredibly racially insensitive in one of those stories that addresses a societal injustice in such a misguided way that really does more damage than good.

     

    Oh yeah, and that first cover there reminds me of one for World's Finest or Secret Origins or something where it proclaimed "The Origin of the Jimmy Olsen and Robin Super-Team!", and then you open it, and the very first page is Batman and Superman standing at the graves of Jimmy Olsen and Robin. Today, that would have been a good joke, but since it was back then when they almost certainly didn't see it with those eyes, it was a MASTERPIECE of unintentional comedy. Of course they weren't dead though, but later on, it did inspire me to do a project for some class or another that I was taking in college where I pitched a comic called "Kid Crossfire and the Fantastic Union of Costumed Kids Evading Demise" ("F.U.C.K.E.D. For Life!" for however long that was going to be...) that featured a sidekick character that wore a bright green and yellow costume with targets all over it and a mask that really didn't disguise his identity at all, as well as a (constantly) revolving roster of supporting characters. Jeez, I need to get that idea rolling again...

     

    Crossfire!!!

     

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    OMISSION: Delroy Lindo says "Liar, liar, pants on fire" with a TON of conviction.

     

    ALSO: During the powerpoint presentation at the beginning of the movie, shown to many supposedly important scientists, there is a clip of a man using the same technology Amy has. He signs "this is the first time I've heard my own voice" and the robot voice says it for him, and NO ONE bothers to explain to this poor deaf man that he doesn't really sound like an AT&T answering machine. That's the computer talking, not you, deaf guy! They just let this man believe that that's his real voice??

     

    The premise that this technology is mind-blowing and will change the lives of many deaf people was also kind of dismissive of deaf people, as if they can't get through life now without it? The only reason this technology was created is because the hearing population is too lazy to learn sign language. No other benefit as far as I can see. Deaf people don't need this technology, hearing people need it to avoid having to learn sign language.

     

    Terrible terrible movie. A whole hour could have been spent on Ernie Hudson's amazing dapper-Englishman-to-New-Yorker-Ernie-Hudson accent transitions.

     

    If he's deaf, how can he hear his "voice" for the first time?

    (if a tree falls in a forest....)

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    Who's eyeball was that in the beginning? The one that Bruce Campbell picked up. I thought it was Grant Heslov's eyeball but, he had both eyeballs when they see him later on. Did he find the missing eyeball and pop it back in?

     

    I don't know if I agree that the apes were the good guys. They were dicks! Throwing eyeballs and throwing heads at people.

     

    R.B. Travis (Bruce Campbell's father) was on the brink of discovering Blu-Ray technology with the blue diamonds. Ironically, Congo is not out on Blu-Ray.

     

    Also, HUNGRY HUNGRY HIPPOS!

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    That line confused me. Was it supposed to be intentionally funny? I assume that when they were writing the script, that line was intended to be the comedic highlight of the film, but for me it really fell flat.

     

    Hope to tell ya!

     

    It was weird. The way the line was delivered and in that context, it seemed like the hardware was for Kurt Thomas. He had his hardware swinging and thrown at Kurt Thomas. Maybe I'm just filling in the blanks to get the joke.

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    Well, with the onset of VHS, companies just said, let's cut to the fucking and have nothing else. And I do think the people who were in the early days of porn did see themselves as artists/counter-culture rebels, so there was a little more thought put into those movies.

     

    During the 80's and the early 90's, the movie posters for most of the foreign films at the art house theater in our town were quoted as:

    "An exotic journey"

    "An erotic adventure"

    "Sexy, sensual, seductive..."

     

    I used to think foreign films distributed in the US was an excuse for intellectual, artsy people to watch porn. But today I learned that artists/counter-culture rebels were creating the porn and distributing them.

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    I'm not a scientist either but, I do practice Karate and know a bit about STREET FIGHT-TERS....

     

    Gymkata is roughly translated to Gymnastic Routines. The moves the Gym Fighter used in the movie can be parts of the Kata/Routine which he practices with every day. The Kata/Routine showed him the way to pommel horse kick assery. So, instead of "Gymkata," I think the title should be "the Way of Kicking Ass with Gymnastics." You know, like "Way of the Dragon." Or maybe, they did mean to use "Gymkata (Gymnastics Routines)." This IS insane. "Gymkata" does have a nice ring to it.

     

    Maybe this flashback will shed some light on it. Remember when cat & beard said:

    "You wouldn't actually use a kata in a fight or anything, they're just for your practice."

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    At 1:17:24 of the Podcast, Chris was right: "Gymkata" is not the proper fusion of the two disciplines. "Gymkate" (The Way of Gymnastics or Kickass Gymnastics) would be better . The lady who "knew" the answer was wrong about the title.

     

    She did get the correct definition:

    Kata, n, pl

    "A system of basic body positioning in movement exercises as in Karate or Judo."

     

    Yes, Kata is body positioning exercises that is used to practice martial arts, like Karate. Within the discipline of Karate, there are many Kata. Which are strengthening, balancing and breathing exercises. It's like in the discipline of Gymnastics there are many routines.

     

    So if you say "Gymkata", that's like saying "Karate-routine."

     

    Here's an example of a Kata in Karate:

     

    http://youtu.be/ys2NeiBlk8k

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    not that i feel the need to defend the sexuality of ken or anything but just a fun fact: Ken is married to Eliza Masters. if you beat street fighter 2 with Ken he gets married in the end. and she is also in the anime street fighter 2 the movie. Ryu on the other hand..... who knows...

     

    That what makes the 1994 Anime Movie interesting to watch. Actually, there's a few interesting things in that movie (Chun Li fan service). Ryu is constantly on Ken's mind, even when he's with his wife, Eliza. During the final battle between Ken, Ryu and M. Biston, a love song was playing in the background. If you get a chance, I recommend checking out the Anime Movie. The characters are truer to the source materlel and there are more "street" fighting.

     

    Here's another fun fact: In Street Fighter IV, Ken and Eliza has a son.

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    But anyways, I would just like to say THANK YOU PAUL!!! I knew I wasn't the only one who saw that there was a sexual tension to Ken and Ryu's relationship! I don't know why, but when they said 'I only saw the left side' 'Good I saw the right', it just felt dirty.

     

     

    It's pretty interesting how Paul picked up on that. Ryu and Ken did seem to have a more than friends relationship and I don't mean brotherly love. They are supposed to be from the same Karate (Shotokan) school, has the same master and are brotherly close The Anime, Street Fighter II The Movie (which came out before Street Fighter the Movie), expanded on their brotherly relationshp but it was written poorly and made it seem like Ryu and Ken had a hard on for each other (not that there's anything wrong with that). This was later exploited in other Street Fighter games and expanded universe. The Japanese game developers recognized the potential homo sexual undertone which they can use to draw in the female demographi, they redesigned Ryu and Ken to be more "Bishonen" (attractive males) and turned them "ambiguously gay." There was a lot of that going in Anime around that time.

     

    HDTGM crew thank you so much for this! An amazing episode!

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    Karen Gillan is on "NTSF:SD:SUV!!!" I just found this out today! My question is, "How did you guys manage to make my day better?!" Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael working with Karen Gillan?! The three most beautiful people in the world together at last! With that said, I find Karen Gillan more attractive out of the three of you. Sorry Paul. Will Karen show up on "How Did This Get Made?" You guys can do an English movie. Something classy like "The Day of the Triffids."

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