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Kung Fury

Started by JeremyR, April 17, 2015, 06:19:13 AM

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JeremyR

April 17, 2015, 06:19:13 AM
I completely missed out on this, until they released the David Hasselhoff tie in music video today.

https://youtu.be/ZTidn2dBYbY

Basically it's an 80s/90s B action movie homage that was on Kickstarter a couple years ago and is releasing in May. (More 80s in them, 90s in terms of CGI, it looks like Spawn or the later two Matrix movies)

Time travel, dinosaurs, barbarian women riding wolves with machine guns, nazis, ninjas, a Norse god (Thor, I guess) and of course, kung fu.

The Butcher

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April 17, 2015, 07:53:17 AM
I don't want to come across as too harsh or pissing on someone else's Cheetos — the people behind this film are obviously very passionate about a ton of pop culture stuff I too am a fan of, and I wish them the best of luck.

But to me it seemed too over-the-top, too self-aware, too self-deprecating. Kind of like Iron Sky or Doctor McNinja. I saw the trailer and a few of my friends loved it, but I was "meh."

Panjumanju

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April 17, 2015, 10:52:54 AM
I (without irony) loved that music video, and even the premise...but with the content of the film itself, I wish it didn't involve nazis. I feel like there was more than enough material to make a great late 80's / early 90's "Beat 'Em Up" genre video game like film. Both your form and content cannot be drifting, and there does not seem to be anything to ground the material.

I think it's probably a better shtick than it will be a watchable film.

...I may go watch that music video again, though.

//Panjumanju
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Spinachcat

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April 19, 2015, 01:40:41 AM
Thank you JeremyR!!!

That made my day...week...month!

remial

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April 21, 2015, 02:41:45 AM
as someone who backed it on indiegogo, after they left kickstarter, I might not have backed it if I had known they were going to have the Hoff do a song for the soundtrack.

also, from what I remember from the trailer, the only reasons Nazis are involved is because the Karate Cop main character has to go back in time to stop the greatest martial arts master of all time, the Kung Furer, Adolf Hitler.

only he goes too far back, and falls in love with a dinosaur riding viking woman who can summon Thor (she also has an uzi).

jeff37923

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April 21, 2015, 08:56:21 AM
So this is Rifts, The Movie?
"Meh."

The Butcher

#6
April 21, 2015, 09:30:33 AM
Quote from: jeff37923;827075So this is Rifts, The Movie?

No way in hell.

Though I'd totally cast The Hoff in a Rifts movie. Ideally as a villainous-but-honor-bound Coalition officer.
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