04-01-2016, 11:05 AM
I'm eyeball deep in sith right now. So it was funny to see Darth Maul close out season 2. I was ready to bail on it after the weak Leia episode at the beginning of the season, but the last few eps picked up. That being said, I thought they did a horrible job depicting Maul. He was more like Peter Cushing than Ray Park. But I suppose that was closer to the Clone Wars Darth Maul. I might rewatch some of those this weekend - the Darth Maul story arc where his body gets left on a trash planet, and then his bottom half gets rebuilt by trash droids; they give him bionic spider legs. Plus the Maul family is introduces. Rebels takes place after Clone Wars as Ashoka (the only character of interest to come out of Clone Wars) plays a major role.
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But what you're really interested in is my take on CBS's new Rush Hour series, right? meh. I like John Foo (and anyone is better than Tucker), but frankly, if you're going to redo a Jackie Chan film franchise for TV, the fight choreography needs to deliver. The fights were really unimpressive.
What made this even tougher for me was the fact that El Rey's Flying Five Finger One Armed Eight Pole Shaolin Exploding Death Touch Thursday was showing that wonderful 80s Shaw Brothers comedy, Lady Is the Boss. Rush Hour just couldn't hold a candle to Kara Hui, Gordon Liu and Lau Kar Leung, doing disco Kung Fu, dirt bike Kung Fu, and other absurd Fus. I found myself resenting having to flip back to Rush Hour after enjoying some Lady Is the Boss during CBS commercial breaks. Lady Is the Boss would make an outstanding DOOM flick.
But what you're really interested in is my take on CBS's new Rush Hour series, right? meh. I like John Foo (and anyone is better than Tucker), but frankly, if you're going to redo a Jackie Chan film franchise for TV, the fight choreography needs to deliver. The fights were really unimpressive.
What made this even tougher for me was the fact that El Rey's Flying Five Finger One Armed Eight Pole Shaolin Exploding Death Touch Thursday was showing that wonderful 80s Shaw Brothers comedy, Lady Is the Boss. Rush Hour just couldn't hold a candle to Kara Hui, Gordon Liu and Lau Kar Leung, doing disco Kung Fu, dirt bike Kung Fu, and other absurd Fus. I found myself resenting having to flip back to Rush Hour after enjoying some Lady Is the Boss during CBS commercial breaks. Lady Is the Boss would make an outstanding DOOM flick.
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