Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness (1972)

[Drunk Monk]

This is another Immortal Studios Movie Night over Discord showing films based on stories by Shiao Yi, the father of our company’s founder. It’s one of those shared viewings where we log and and can’t make comments. It’s sorta MST2K but not as witty. Only about a half dozen people show but that’s fine. It reminds me of the good ol’ daze (or knights) of D00M when we used to watch movies together over libations.

This plot was simple. The villains killed Jimmy Wang Yu’s family and he’s out for revenge. I’m not a big fan of Jimmy. He’s been in many classics like the One-armed Swordsman, but he wasn’t a Kung Fu practitioner - he was a swimming champion - so his fights look awkward to me.

The funniest thing about this was the version which was dubbed to English with Spanish subs and bot-generated English subs that were bad (Kung Fu is subbed as Gum Food at one point). Also, they lost the soundtrack for the final fight and replaced it with some odd German techno music, and that really worked well - artsy and abstract.

Sword fights, decapitation, hay cart fu, darts, some really dumb checkpoint guards, branding torture, bad Ennio Moricconi wannabe soundtrack. 

Rather amusing but not D00M recommended.

[cranefly]

Again I almost delved into this.  But I don't know.  Maybe an awkward time? I dunno,  Just haven't jumped in.

[Drunk Monk]

It's totally skippable. The only reason it was of interest to me was that it was Shiao Yi and my connection to Immortal Studios.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

In a barely related note, one of our fencers is working for Immortal Studios now: Nicholas Wong. Probably doing something artsy.

[Drunk Monk]

Cool! Haven’t crossed path with him yet but IS is setting up a bay ares office. How old is he?

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

Just finishing senior year in high school, freshman in college? He’s a kid. Very creative, though.

[Drunk Monk]

Interesting. Thanks for the tip. Maybe I’ll play it off like ‘Are you a fencer?’ ‘Yes! How did you know?’ ‘By the way you move…’ He’ll be flattered and impressed. It’s an old trick - I’ve used it before in many different ways. What weapon does he fence?

[cranefly]

Interesting. Thanks for the tip. Maybe I’ll play it off like ‘Are you a fencer?’ ‘Yes! How did you know?’ ‘By the way you move…’ He’ll be flattered and impressed. It’s an old trick - I’ve used it before in many different ways. What weapon does he fence?

My god.  I'm witnessing chicanery in action.  The man behind the curtain.

[Drunk Monk]

Chicanery is one of my favorite words. I think I learned it from a bugs bunny cartoon. 

If D00M can’t aid and abet each other’s chicanery, then we are truly lost…