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Post by Batflunkie on Aug 19, 2021 20:53:00 GMT -5
I remember buying a copy of Return Of The Street Fighter at the Walgreens right across the street from me and loving how ridiculously brutal and over the top it was. Thanks for the memories Sonny, you will be missed...
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 19, 2021 21:48:25 GMT -5
First saw Chiba in Champion of Death, aka Karate Bullfighter, portraying his teacher, May Oyama (founder of Kyokushin karate), where he kills a bull, with (allegedly) bare hands. Kind of a dull and needlessly brutal film, not to mention the brutality to an animal. The dullness wasn't Chiba's fault, as it was just the story and the style of the production. Later watched the Street Fighter series and then came across his outing, as the manag anti-hero Golgo 13, in Operation Kowloon. That was later followed by Bullet Train (which also featured Takakura Ken), which was an inspiration for the film, Speed, and a couple of his other 80s action films, before Tarantino worshipped at his altar, in Kill Bill. I forget when I finally saw Message From Space.
Chiba had a few comic book or superhero connections. Aside from being the second actor to portray Golgo 13 (Takakura Ken portrayed him in a 1973, in Golgo 13, which was shot in Iran, under the Shah), he portrayed Spectrum Mask in the Toei series, he was in the film Golden Bat (based on the manga), and, of course, Message From Space, Toho and Toei's rip-off of Star Wars (which ripped of Kurosawa, so, fair's fair). He also portrayed members of the Hanzo clan in different time periods, in the tv series Kage no gundan, aka Shadow Warriors, which led to his character, in Kill Bill. He also portrayed Space Sheriff Voicer in the series Space Sheriff Gavan, part of the long running Space Sheriff/Metal Hero series (a companion to the Super Sentai series, which provided the basis for the Power Rangers). The Space Sheriff series featured intergalactic polic officers, fighting criminal organizations and their monster henchmen, while wearing metallic cybernetic suits. The Metal Hero series featured similar heroes, though the Space Sheriff series was a particular sub-set of that genre. The American series VR Troopers was made with footage from Space Sheriff Shaider (third of the Space Sheriff series) and two Metal Hero series: Superhuman Machine Metalder and Dimensional Warrior Spielban.
He had pro wrestling connections when he shared the screen with Abdullah the Butcher, in Roaring Fire (1981) and Roddy Piper, in Immortal Combat (1994)
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Post by junkmonkey on Aug 20, 2021 19:03:28 GMT -5
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 20, 2021 22:38:57 GMT -5
R. I. P. Tom T. Hall. Hall’s music was part of the soundtrack of my life. He was ubiquitous both on country radio and in our house growing up. Periodically he’d pop back up on my radar through the years. He was, quite simply, The Storyteller. He weaved small stories into great songs about ordinary people. “The man who preached the funeral said it really was a simple way to die.” Time for some hot baloney, eggs and gravy and then a beer.
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Post by brutalis on Aug 21, 2021 1:50:02 GMT -5
Ow to Tom T. Hall's passing. Grew up with his music as he was one of mom's favorites and had lots of his albums. His songs and mild mannered laid back style always gave me a smile. A toast of Watermelon wine to the master storyteller with a tear in my eye...
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 21, 2021 18:40:05 GMT -5
Another from the era where I didn't mind country music and even liked some of it ( a lot of it, actually). Pre-1980s Country is good stuff (not everything, but a lot of it); but, I can't stand much from the 80s onward, especially modern stuff.
Hee Haw was my main country outlet, but the good songs used to get played on non-Country radio stations, before everything was so ghettoized.
Hall had good stuff. Losing a lot of the greats, anymore.
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 22, 2021 12:07:40 GMT -5
RIP to Don Everly, of the Everly Brothers. Phil proceeded him in death, in 2014. Hugely popular in their day and a massive influence on the generations that followed. When Happy Days debuted it seemed that half of the music was the Everly Brothers and the other half was Fats Domino.
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Post by Farrar on Aug 23, 2021 13:04:42 GMT -5
Oh no! I just heard of Rod Gilbert's passing. He was 80. Even though I haven't followed NHL hockey in decades, I have very fond memories of when I loved it as a kid, watching games with my father. The Rangers' GAG line was legendary. My school even had a "Knicks and Rangers Club"; many of my friends loved Brad Park but Gilbert was mine RIP
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 23, 2021 15:42:10 GMT -5
I remember Rod Gilbert and the GAG line. I was a Rangers fan until the Devils arrived; I was very into being a New Jerseyan and felt obligated to switch.
RIP Monsieur Zhil-bair!
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 23, 2021 22:13:32 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2021 22:21:48 GMT -5
That book was game changing for me early in my teaching career. Sad to hear he has passed, but his legacy remains hopefully (I know fair number of people who could benefit from reading that book). -M
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Post by EdoBosnar on Aug 24, 2021 3:30:22 GMT -5
Crap! I didn't realize Loewen was that old (although 79 isn't necessarily 'that old'). But yeah, loved his work, and yeah, "Lies" should be required reading if not in high school, then at least in US history 101-type courses in college.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2021 12:05:10 GMT -5
RIP to Charlie Watts, legendary drummer of the Rolling Stones. He was 80. The Stones had recently announced Watts was not going to participate in their upcoming tour as he was recovering from a medical procedure that was a complete success, but it is unknown if his passing was related to that procedure, -M
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 24, 2021 12:08:38 GMT -5
RIP to Charlie Watts, legendary drummer of the Rolling Stones. He was 80. The Stones had recently announced Watts was not going to participate in their upcoming tour as he was recovering from a medical procedure that was a complete success, but it is unknown if his passing was related to that procedure, -M I just saw this. The Stones are one of the few rock bands from that era for whom that I can still muster some interest and I'm super happy that I got the opportunity to see them in concert. R.I.P.
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Post by Mormel on Aug 24, 2021 12:47:04 GMT -5
Thanks you for the music, Mr. Watts. Many musicians can be super envious of your career. Indelible part of rock & roll history. =(
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