02-20-2015, 11:22 AM
Yesterday was El Rey's Chinese New Year MUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT Classic Shaw Brothers marathon. Actually, it was just five films, rotated over and over for 24 hours. This was the only one I managed to catch from beginning to end. It was either that or the Two and a Half Men series finale (which I did watch a little of during the ExtenZe commercial breaks).
It struck me how 5EN could really be remade into a crazy cool flick today. The issue would be that filmmakers today would probably default to CGI, just like they did with The Guillotines [http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB3/view...f=6&t=3008] and what 5EN really deserves is to be redone with top-notch Kung Fu weapons masters, which I'm not sure there are enough of in the industry at this time. Of course, my penchant for swordfights weighs heavily on this opinion, and it's unlikely pop culture agrees with me here.
It struck me how 5EN could really be remade into a crazy cool flick today. The issue would be that filmmakers today would probably default to CGI, just like they did with The Guillotines [http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB3/view...f=6&t=3008] and what 5EN really deserves is to be redone with top-notch Kung Fu weapons masters, which I'm not sure there are enough of in the industry at this time. Of course, my penchant for swordfights weighs heavily on this opinion, and it's unlikely pop culture agrees with me here.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse