And Sean Connery's not doing Indiana Jones movies anymore, and he's not doing regular movies either?
Now we're saving a vampire from vampires. I got two words for that -- Nuh and uh.
Gunn ,'Underneath'
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Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2007 8:32:33 am PDT #9162 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sean K - Jun 14, 2007 8:33:00 am PDT #9163 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Yeah, Sean's retired, and apparently happy about it.
§ ita § - Jun 14, 2007 8:34:29 am PDT #9164 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sean, does "martial arts epic"=="wu shu" for you?
I can see how the cases mostly are equivalent, but I really wish I could remember where I read the quotes from him on his completion of the genre. They were tied into the wu shu-ness of it, not the epicness.
Aims - Jun 14, 2007 8:34:41 am PDT #9165 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Yeah, Sean's retired, and apparently happy about it.
Gives him more time to slap women around.
Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2007 8:38:57 am PDT #9166 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I can see how the cases mostly are equivalent, but I really wish I could remember where I read the quotes from him on his completion of the genre. They were tied into the wu shu-ness of it, not the epicness.
I don't know the difference, ita, but the trailers used the phrase "martial arts epic," if I recall correctly. Is wu shu a fighting style? Does that mean he would do a martial arts epic in another fighting style?
Tom Scola - Jun 14, 2007 8:39:13 am PDT #9167 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
When was the last time that Sean was in a movie that didn't suck?
Aims - Jun 14, 2007 8:39:49 am PDT #9168 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
When was the last time that Sean was in a movie that didn't suck?
Last century.
Cashmere - Jun 14, 2007 8:40:38 am PDT #9169 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Polter-Cow - Jun 14, 2007 8:41:45 am PDT #9170 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The answer is either 2000 (Finding Forrester, which is worth it simply for "You're the man now, dawg!") or 1996 (The Rock). I don't think Entrapment sucked, but it was hardly memorable or worth existing.
Maybe 1998 (Playing by Heart, which I've never seen, but looks like a good cast).
The term wushu consists of two Chinese characters. 武 (wǔ), meaning "War Art",
Okay, then I find it slightly hilarious that the first movie Jet Li does after swearing off wu shu movies is called War.
Sean K - Jun 14, 2007 8:49:58 am PDT #9171 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Sean, does "martial arts epic"=="wu shu" for you?
Well, no, not really. And my original answer to P-C was going be all "yes and no" and go into the definitions of each, and include links to Wikipedia entries.
Then I checked the Wikipedia page for wu shu, and found that the wikipedia definition for wu shu boils down to "martial arts epic".
So I tossed my original post and went with a simplified "yes".
But I know what you're talking about. I think you and I talked about it back when he first made his announcement about "no more wu shu". I think we have similar definitions. I'm just feeling intellectually lazy this morning. More than usual. Intellectually lazier.