12-19-2014, 12:01 PM
I saw this for the first time last night on Flying Five Finger One Armed Eight Pole Shaolin Exploding Death Touch Thursdays on EL REY. It's one of those classic Shaw Brother wuxia flicks, directed by Chang Cheh, based on some novel so Chinese supertitles of the name of the character appear alongside their first appearance on screen (it's not much help as, typical to this genre, there are way too many characters to keep track of anyways). It's got plenty of wacky weapons and deliciously affectatious performances and stars the great Alexander Fu Sheng, Kara Hui and the Venoms crew (Sheng Chiang is my fav here as 'Whipper Tang' - that name might be my new rap name - it just makes me chuckle). But the best part was the soundtrack. Kung Fu films are notorious for stealing music. In fact, KFM has a thread solely devoted to this that's now over 18 pages and some 280+ examples (see <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?63823-Movie-soundtracks-used-in-old-school-KF-films">http://www.kungfumagazine.com/forum/sho ... l-KF-films</a><!-- m -->). The soundtrack used in LG for the intro and finale is none other than the triumphant finale music as Arthur and Bedevere approach the Castle Aargh in one of my all-time favorite films, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). 
LG is fun film especially if you dig the wuxia genre like I do, but given the soundtrack I kept thinking how hilarious it would be if Monty Python gave it the What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) re-dub treatment. I could totally imagine Terry Jones doing his falsetto female cross-dressing voice for one of the main female characters.
LG is fun film especially if you dig the wuxia genre like I do, but given the soundtrack I kept thinking how hilarious it would be if Monty Python gave it the What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) re-dub treatment. I could totally imagine Terry Jones doing his falsetto female cross-dressing voice for one of the main female characters.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse
