Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Now it's The Cinema Snob's turn to sit through "Riki-Oh." And someone is going to have to pay!
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The Cinema Snob: Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
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Epic!
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Always thought the actress playing the effeminate fighter was kind of hot.
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The actresses name is Yukari Oshima; a very popular Hong Kong action star. It's suprising that the snob forgot to mention her name, but it was a funny episode never the less.
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OMG! My dream review coming true. Long live the Snob!!!!
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Darkman reference! Huzzah!
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that was insanely epic! well done. and i personally love this movie because of how bullshit it is. hah
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That was fantastic! Even though I really enjoyed Riki-Oh, I can't disagree with any of your points. I guess I just enjoyed it like most good action movies should be enjoyed. Brain off.
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I'm impressed that you were able to fake fight in a suit jacket without it getting torn all to hell.
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Story of Ricky is fantastic. My favorite scene is where the riot squad busts in and all the prisoners stand on one side while all the SWAT stands on the other while one prisoner gets the tar beaten out of him by a lone officer.
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LMAO! Hilarious! That was too epic for one Internet.
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Holy shit, Brad! That was awesome! The dub change was gold!
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I really enjoyed this one, but i couldnt help but notice your friend playing you over and over again during the fight at the end. I know, what else would you have done. Hell, I thought it was fun to pick out when it switched from you to him. Keep up the great work and congrats on your marriage.
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Holy crap! That was awesome! And honestly, the matching on your friend wasn't too bad, either. If you could have convinced him to shave for the role, it'd have been pretty good. I'm curious as to where you got the gun though. I mean, you're not like the Critic, whipping out his piece all the time.
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Yeah, this was pretty fucking awesome. Seriously, you made my evening.
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exactly what I was expecting, awesome job. i love the body double work
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"How is my real life taking place in a world of shitty editting!?"
XD Great episode! The review was funny and the fight scene was the best part.
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I love how you picked this apart because of how simply inconsistent everything is in this story, haha. Illustrator Tetsuya Saruwatari (and possibly author of the Riki-Oh manga as the guy credited is probably a pseudonym) also did a manga called Dog Soldier the same year, in which a character too alike to Rambo took on military organizations all the over with typically gory outcomes. This was unfortunately never adapted into live-action, as it would have been Story of Ricky meets Strike Commando if it would have been. Had to love all your editing in the fight scene with Ted, and how it's so obviously a friend at parts, haha, not to mention the dub, great touch.
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Wow, I need to proof-read next time.
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Hello from Sweden! this just have to be the best episode by far. Keep upp the awsome job!
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This was great. Awesome work
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Excellent episode Snob, I really want to track down a copy of Riki-Oh seeing how much out of it's mind this movie is. Also the editing in the fight sequence between the Snob and Ted was amazing. It really felt like I was seeing an old 80s-90s action flick and in some parts you couldn't distinguish what part Brian was playing. Awesome well scripted and edited episode.
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Was that the freakin' MASTER SWORD (from The Legend of Zelda series) that Kung Tai Ted was wielding?!
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I love Riki-Oh for the fact it is so over the top, insanely violent and gory. Now you just need to review Peter Jackson's 'Dead Alive'.
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Oh God yes -- if only for the possible humor to be mined out of the fact that Peter Jackson now has a knighthood. Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Carrol Reed, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, that we can understand -- but Sir Peter Jackson?? SnobBrad's head would explode.
The only downside is that it's hard to make fun of a movie like DEAD ALIVE that doesn't take itself seriously anyway.
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That fight at the end was epic as all hell. I wonder if this is a display of your fighting prowess that will appear again in the TGWTG anniversary?
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If you're in the corner and have no money to move out from that point, you will require to take the loan. Because it should help you unquestionably. I get term loan every time I need and feel good just because of it.
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Begone, Spam Bot! I cast thee out!
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Another great review. But I was hoping you were gonna review a Nightmare on elm street rip off this time.
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this was the greatest thing EVER! worth the wait!
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That was just beautiful.
The review, the film and the references heavy fight.
btw
If anyone cares the song is "Alphaville - Jet Set".
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Thank you!!! Finally I know!
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The end song was so cool I downloaded it to my iPod and listen to it regularly!
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Dear god, that was hilarious. I can't breathe!
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This was epic!
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loved the ninja untouchables fight
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Additional Special Thanks to:
Alphaville
Thanks for making kick-ass music since the 80s. An Alphaville soundtrack makes every scene so much better.
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Am crying! Am crying like a woman who just had her first orgasm!
Truly a wondrous working of SNOB.
I also cried when the Snob's pristine suit hit the ground in the Snob Vs Ted battle of decimating limbs.
Hail The Cinema Snob! He should get paid for this.
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Epic review! Loved the fight scene at the end, major awesome!
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Well, I have to say that the fight scene came out better than I could have hoped. I think the only way we could have looked more dissimilar, though, is if I had actually worn a clown costume for all of my parts.
As a side note, I never really realized how much taller I am than Brad. I mean, the Ted outfit was pretty small on me, but seeing us in that first face-off scene really makes it apparent.
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Riki-OH is the shit! The guy who was obviously a woman was the "Osh" Yukari Oshima, a fine martial artist in her own right. Um, where did you find the Riki-Oh manga in english?? I must find it!! Oh, and the chinese version is way better. I think the english version is has a few scenes cut out.
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I love the fight scene, that was great haha
It was also great how obvious it was that you had brian double for you instead of green screening a double. The fact that his glasses were also different and he has a thicker beard is a nice touch.
All around great episode. I think this is your best and was definitely the most epic!
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heheh awwesome
and damnit now I wanna watch Shane
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Ang Lee was the Hulk!
Seriously, he did most of the motion capture for the character. The majority of the Hulk's acting in that movie was all him.
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I wan't to see this movie. It seems cool and violent.
Where is the a nightmare on elm street remake review? Is it better or is it just a copy of copy?
Have a nice
Truman
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Snob, you officially rule the Universe.
--javacrypto
PS--Best Wishes to you and Jillian!:>
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that. was. amazing.
I LOVE YOU TED-SAMA
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This is the single most epic Cinema Snob episode ever.
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oh dear he's finally snapped and is beating himself up XD
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Ninja Untouchables reference ^_^ Pierre Kirby FTW! Epic ending BTW
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Do you really hate kids, Brad? Or is that just the snob? It's kinda hard to separate you two sometimes. And yeah, that fight was great. Especially the abrupt dub actor change.
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That was Just 2 grate Brad is the best self crossover artist out there and the best critic of all time 5 star
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Speak of Ennio and he doth appear. Or at least his music. "Come back, Shane! I mean Snob!" Great job there. I loved how you used the Pierre Kirby moves from the Pierre Kirby Week clip, too. I'm such a nerd I noticed things like that. Also, long live Skitch!
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Well, it would seem that this is the first movie Cinema Snob has reviewed that I actually have on video. In fact, I think this is the first movie Cinema Snob has reviewed I have even SEEN!
I like how in the opening scene, when Ricky is brought into the prison, the narrator explains the offenses and the punishments of a couple of fellow newcomers...whom we never see again, making this what at first seems like foreshadowing completely pointless.
But in the end...this movie is absolutely ridicilous and gory as hell, and sometimes, that's all it takes to make an entertaining movie.
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Prepare yourself for a rather big pun sent directly from England:
"I've heard about beating yourself up but this is ridiculous!"
And so ends the pun, I hope you enjoy hanging your head and groaning at how terrible it was.
Signed with a classy English accent,
Odin.
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i actually own this movie:p
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Brad, that was a shit-ton of awesome! Referential and self-referential to the nines. This may be seen as your magnum opus, but I'm sure we're all going to continue enjoying a lot more of your work.
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I have a movie suggestion, the Dingo Pictures version of Aladdin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKyMlJZaiMg&feature=channel_page
Yes this was actually released on DVD, not done in a kindergarten class as an excercise.
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I love how when you're fighting Kung Tai Ted, it's obviously a completely different actor switching in and out! LOL
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Awesome review. The ending was an uncommon classic.
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Badass! First time poster here, but long time lurker. I dig all the reviews Brad, but this one takes the cake. That was a crossover of epic proportions!
Out of curiosity do you plan on tackling the sequel, "Dint King, Inside King"? I hear it's supposed to be exceptionally bad.
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Hey,
I'm a new fan so I don't know if Brad has answered this already, but where did Brad download the films like Bruno Matti's Terminator 2 and The Refrigerator or are they available on youtube like this one and i can put them together on a DVD?
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That was awesome Brad. I'm glad to see so many new Snob episodes coming out. The Shane reference at the end was awesome too ^_^
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The review was great. Looks like a great movie if I ever get into my gore phase again--especially with that ending!
And the ending fight scene! I was rocking out to the music! it was likie a Pierre Kirby movie in its awesomeness! Youtube's loss is definitely our gain!
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nice Shane ending if I remember right.
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Hey Brad, nice job as usual. Was that Brian playing your stunt double? He did a good job. Too bad you don't have the budget for street fighter style moves; there needs to be a move called "Ted-doken."
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Thank you Mike, I fill in where I can.
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Was that a moomins referance at the end...?
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This is why you remain the best of the best man!! You and your crew are hysterical!
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This is your best review and action-packed martial arts sequence so far!
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There are two things that make for horrible movie material: anime and video games.
If somebody Rule 34's THIS flick, I'll kill myself slowly and painfully.
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Man, I love me some good bad fighting.
Loved the voice switching and 'Shane' ref.
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I absolutely love that 80's music you keep using for Kung Tai Ted scenes!
Is there any way to get those without extracting the VHS audio?
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I seriously think this was my favorite video of yours. You really seemed to have a lot of fun during it too.
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I'm sure you've had this requested of you many times before, but you should do a top 10 of your favorite exploitation films, much like Doug did on TGWTG. I'd love to see it!
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Great scott! I just noticed just before Brad shot that red devil Kung Tai Ted he shouted the magic words, "JESUS CHRIST!" That must have been the Jesus shotgun lost for centuries in the backwoods of Louisiana! They need to make a toy of inspiring sacred violence of this miraculous holy tool for all the children just like...
THE JESUS CHRIST ACTION FIGURE!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5cDwHZ4sXU
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Jeebus, what is the deal with the japanese(/east asian) people and their love of SUPER IMMORTAL protagonists. I cannot count the times watching east asian action/adventure type shit that I have found myself rooting for the bad guys, since they are obiously the ones at a disadvantage, even though they're superior in number.
Well I guess that isn't something that's only found in east asian entertainment; those guys Mel Gibson and Steven Seagal and Charles Bronson have made kinda successful careers out of playing SUPER IMMORTAL characters too.
Well anyways, as super immortal characters go, this Riki-Oh takes the cake, hands down. He punched a hole through a PRISON WALL. Just 'cause he felt like it. What a menace to society! <:O
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Oh btw, I really enjoyed this review! Keep uppp!
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lol, that was awesome dude! Epic battle!
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Hehe, great fun seeing The Snob taking on this little gem. This movie is so awesomely over the top and enjoyable, I'm glad it gets a bit of spotlight.
Great review. The body double fight in the end was a lot of fun.
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I fucking love this movie!
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I have to say for a movie bad as it was. It did have some cool gory makeup scenes. But it was either great or super cheesy. I love how you threw in the gag of making it obvious that Brian was playing your double in the ending fight scene. lol
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I have to say for a movie bad as it was, it did have some cool gory makeup scenes. But it was either great or super cheesy. I love how you threw in the gag of making it obvious that Brian was playing your double in the ending fight scene. lol
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God, I love this website. Keep it up Snob!
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"Actually, Riki just goes Robert Ginty on his ass and shoves him in a meatgrinder"
Haha. Love the 'The Exterminator' reference.
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Hey Brad! I there any way you could email me the MP3 of the amazing 80s song during the fight scene?
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Heh. Brilliant stuff at the end there. Doesn't look like one of the worse movies you've reviewed, but that sort of inconsistency is pretty damned annoying.
Also, one million points forever for the Fistful Of Dollars music
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I there any way you could email me the MP3 of the amazing 80s song during the fight scene
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what is the song used when toy fight kung tai ted?
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Ha ha, you didn't even have him shave his beard. That was great.
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So how do you really feel about the movie? I like the video, but I liked the movie too. I was actually putting off watching this review because I wanted to watch the movie first, so I just literally finished it about 20 minutes ago.
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The one movie out of all of these that I have actually seen, and it was epic. I love Riki-Oh, it's so insanely over the top with its silly violence. This is the one movie that I actually was able to just sit around with high school friends and watch like I'm sure all you internet reviewers do all the time, so this is the first time I've truly been able to identify with the utter ridiculousness of a Snob review target. Bravo.
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Hey Cinema Snob, did you know there is a sequel to this film?
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You mentioned Jew Wario in your thanks. How come?
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Gotta say my favorite overall Cinema Snob joke is featured in this episode. The Big Jim Slade joke. LMAO
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that's one obvious stuntman too many, brad. your slim n' sexy bodice totally gave it away. however, that was still an awesome fucking fight scene.
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I seen this movie on a spanish channel one day.Picture watching this dubbed in fucking spanish it gave me a fuckin migrane,try sittin through that but I watched the whole movie cause in chinese films there is no real story just fighting.
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Thats cool...
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I miss Pierre Kirby now.
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I guess that to receive the loans from banks you ought to present a great reason. However, once I have got a consolidation loan, because I was willing to buy a bike.
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Best review ever! I love this stupid movie
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I actually want to see this movie now, sure its inconsistent but it doesn't look boring at all.
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I love this review! This is one of the films the Snob has reviewed that I've ACTUALLY seen!
I want to know though, what was the name of that song at the end? (The same one used for Pierre Kirby week I mean)
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This movie is, to me, all that's great and fun about chop socky films; ridiculous lines and non-stop "WTF?!" fighting scenes.
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On dolce gabbana ring April 2
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Wow. All this was missing was a close up of the cat in the background for no reason and Ted should know that you need to put the grass in your opponent's mouth to kill them.
But then again how many obscure movie references can you fit in one video?
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Kind of strange i read Blade of the Immortal and Gunnm, but the gore scenes in this movie looked kind of pukeworthy for me, even though they were absolutly fake. I guess it's the close up or that you simply don't expect them in a lifeaction movie because of how unrealistic they were.
I guess you guys can call me a weakling for that.
But yeah the movie seems to be funny in how uneven the power levels seem to be. It's as if Superman beats up a giant killer robot with ease and is then shot by a mugger with a gun and nearly dies from it.
I wonder if the makers did it on purpose, being unable to take the manga serious.
Anyway nice fight scene against Kung Tai Ted at the end.
Plus the Piere Kirby music.
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Ok. The last couple films were 16:9 matted onto 4:3. Some were even 4:3 matted onto 16:9 matted again onto 4:3. But this one I swear must be 16:9 matted onto 4:3 matted again onto 16:9 and then matted one more time onto 4:3! It's too fucking small! Stop all this matting! The most you should have to matte anything is once! The videos should be 16:9, no encoded mattes. People with 16:9 monitors don't need you to put black bars at the top and bottom. If the movie is 16:9 matted onto 4:3, just cut off the mattes! It's easy! Stop making the video clips so damn small!
But I did enjoy the fight.
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...where did that gun come from?
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brad, i just wanna sa that your videos changed my life
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This is probably the closest thing to a well-known movie you've reviewed. As a completely ridiculous action movie, I liked it.
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Really enjoyed the fight scene at the end, very nicely put together.
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Who was the kid at the end?
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actually you can whistle with leaves. although you push the entire leaf flat to your mouth, not just the side.
so even though it's possible they still screwed it up.
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That was great. The snob knows kung fu and can kick Kung Tai's ass. Plus he can exit a scene like Clint Eastwood and Shane all at the same time. A barrel of laughs.
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By the way, great Pierre Kirby referance!
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В ЖЖ за такой пост какашками закидают.
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Seen this dub all the way through on Google Videos; the movie is fucking hilarious.
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Definitely in contention for "Best Snob Review Ever" in my book! The review made me wanna go see the movie (which is STILL easy to find on Youtube!), and the Snob/Ted fight scene just took the cake! Well done Brad!
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Yes! Pierre Kirby's famous fight scene from Untouchable Glory! BEST SNOB EPISODE EVAR!
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I just noticed the "Fake Bruce" credit. I approve.
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Boo! I could see when Brad's stunt double was being used. :p
This was a good review and the movie was so ridiculous.
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Actually they do explain that Ricky uses a special form of martial arts called Qigong in which he controls his breathing and temper to become immune to pain. When caught off guard his abilities don't work quite right and he is able to be hurt.
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Brad,
I've seen this video ridiculous amounts of times... It always makes me laugh. This fight seen alone made you my favorite internet reviewer out of an endless sea of reviewers. There is just a little snob in all of us.
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*scene.. ugh I always have to noob things up with grammatical errors...
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