Lame 80s Fight Scenes
April 14th 2006 02:18
The 80s were a period of delight for some. The music, the hair, the enormous computers, the fear of homosexuality and AIDS...
Movies from the 80s, however, have a certain visual stink to them that will never fade. Some of them can be so utterly cheesy that it's painful to watch.
Some might attribute it to the horrendous 80s synth pop, all keyboards and the nasty drum machines, taking away all sense of drama and tension.
I, personally, hold a grudge against the thousands of generic martial arts movies that I watched as a kid in the 80s. Everyone from Chuck Norris to The American Ninja took the dignity out of Asian martial arts by bastardizing it in film.
My father loves those films, so I watched nearly every single one. I've seen one man take on so many Russians and evil ninja battalions that it's lost all meaning.
This video from an unknown 80s martial arts movie is the most mesmerizing display of on-screen cheesiness.
It's the worst/best/worst(again) clip of fake martial arts kookiness that you'll ever see.
It's hard to say what the best part is - the terrible acting?
The blantanly fake punches?
The homoeroticism of tearing one's shirt off?
It's a showdown in every sense of the word, and I can't believe someone filmed it and said 'That's a wrap, people'.
Fromage
Some might attribute it to the horrendous 80s synth pop, all keyboards and the nasty drum machines, taking away all sense of drama and tension.
I, personally, hold a grudge against the thousands of generic martial arts movies that I watched as a kid in the 80s. Everyone from Chuck Norris to The American Ninja took the dignity out of Asian martial arts by bastardizing it in film.
My father loves those films, so I watched nearly every single one. I've seen one man take on so many Russians and evil ninja battalions that it's lost all meaning.
This video from an unknown 80s martial arts movie is the most mesmerizing display of on-screen cheesiness.
It's the worst/best/worst(again) clip of fake martial arts kookiness that you'll ever see.
American Ninja poster
The blantanly fake punches?
The homoeroticism of tearing one's shirt off?
It's a showdown in every sense of the word, and I can't believe someone filmed it and said 'That's a wrap, people'.
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I especially liked the ParaOlympic section where there's a half blind guy fighting a girl with her arm in a sling - but never fear she can still do backflips on it...
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