What characters were your childhood hero's?

^ I loved the series too, I belive they did a highlander 3, with both the leads in it, Christopher Lambert, and Adrian Paul.

Top acting points to the Kurgan actor, who also played Bif in Back to the future.

 

The Kurgan was my favourite as a kid. The first vaguely martial arts thing I ever did was memorising and copying his sword wangling when he's assembling it in the hotel.

 

Different guy!

Kurgan is Mr. Krabs in Spongebob Squarepants though.

 

Your right! Doh, sorry for spreading an alternative fact everyone!

 

Ah the Kurgan. One of the most on the nose Bad guys in cinema history. Total absence of any attempt at deconstruction.

Lets go through the list shall we?

• Wears black? CHECK
• Evil Scar: CHECK
• Evil Voice: CHECK
• Bigger/Stronger than hero? CHECK
• Just as/More skilled than hero: CHECK
• Overconfident Bully? CHECK
• Has Skullz? CHECK (wears one as a hat)
• Mean to Grannies CHECK (drives car with granny on boot of his car)
• Hard to Kill? TRIPLE CHECK
• Kills Heroes Father/Mentor: CHECK
• Foul mouthed to Religious authority: CHECK (father I am a worm!)
• Kidnaps heroes girlfriend? CHECK
• Rapes heroes wife: CHECK
• Kool Iconic Weapon: CHECK
• Uses prostitutes: CHECK
• Awesome iconic line? CHECK ( I have something to say! Its better to burn out than to fade away!)
• Honour code? CHECK (Holy ground highlander! Remember whar Ramirez taught you)
• Stomps stuff: CHECK
• Defeated after final battle? CHECK

EDIT:

• Total lack of any remorse or doubt or justification: CHECK

Ah for the days when it was obvious who the bad guys were....

 

Maybe you can build a fire, sing a couple of songs, why don't you try that?

 

Yes! Although I recommend listening to Alien: River of Pain (the audio play, not the audiobook of the novel) beforehand. The same actor plays Newt in both productions.

 

Got that too.

Vasquez was a legitimate badass. It makes me chuckle when people say so-and-so in the latest superhero movie is the first real strong female lead, and I'm sat here thinking, "Ripley? Vasquez? Newt?"

 

I didn't realise there was an audioplay! Nice, I've read the book, I'll definitely give it a go, thanks!!

 

I think Ripley, Vasquez, and T2 Sarah Connor were my childhood favourites, which long term meant we were more then prepared for lockdown, last year.

Had copius food supplies, check,
Enough hard booze, check
Got a cat, check,

Sorted!

 

Robin Williams, Jackie Chan

I have a big nose like Chan, but I could never have the amazing spirit or humor of Williams.

 

I never got the appeal of Bruce Lee, but Jackie Chan is such an incredible talent.

The Police Story movies and Drunken Master were firm favourites of mine when I was young.

 

Definitely, there has never been anyone quite like Jackie Chan. I must have watched Rumble in the Bronx and Rush Hour 50 times in elementary school.

 

It's got to be his Hong-Kong movies for me. Hollywood would never insure him for the stuff he got up to in his earlier films.

 

When I was a kid, and we're talking early 70s, Bruce Lee and Kwai Chang Caine....before that, we're talking Batman

 

We're they one of the reasons you ended up taking martial arts classes?

 

I'm surprised noone has mentioned "Monkey magic" yet?



That and the green hornet were my first introduction to martial arts, without me really being aware what it was.

From monkey I learnt to be impressible / have a big mouth, carry a little big stick, and often take Buddha's name in vain.

70's kids TV was awesome!

 

Never saw The Green Hornet, but I loved Monkey. The episode where Pigsy turns around and doesn't have a face is the first time I remember being scared at something on screen.

A group of anti-authoritarian outcasts travel the world helping out people in need and righting wrongs... much like the A-Team!

 

My all time favorite.

 

I think Bruce Lee has screen charisma off the charts in a way that Jackie Chan never has. That bit at the end of Enter the Dragon where the whole courtyard is fighting and Bruce is just staring across into the camera!? Awesome.

Although I love Jackie Chan too. Snake in Eagle's shadow, Drunken Master, etc were on heavy VHS rotation in my house as a kid. We watched "Spy next door" recently and my 7 year old son was watching Jackie Chan and just said, eyes wide, "That's the best man I ever seen"....hahaha