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Originally posted by bas You missed the point, but ok.

Well, so did you, sort of. The hand-to-hand combat and self defense you talk about is not the crap you see in the movies. Audiences don't wanna see some pudgy cop wrestling a perp to the ground and macing his face - they wanna see a half-naked Jean Claude Van Damme (he gotta be half naked) give someone a taste of his SWAT boot in mid-flight.

and I think that's what IGK was getting at. Besides, ever see a "real" fight between a cop and perp? I've seen a few. Usually doesn't last very long and I've yet to see a cop raise his foot from the ground. And usually it's when perp is on the ground - to keep his ass down.

I watched "alias" yesterday (and I mean tried to watch) - it was pathetic. First it was cheesy-over-done-seductress-seduces-some-geek-scientist-with-some-secret-stuff-or-technology-seductress-spy-hot-girl-wants-to-steal. Then, it was a crappy fight scene. On a train. In a luggage cart. With a spy-girl-in-question hanging out of the door over the bridge (very "Under Seige 2"-like). I turned it off after that. The fight scene ruined it for me.

anywho. rant over.

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Originally posted by emc^2 and I think that's what IGK was getting at. Besides, ever see a "real" fight between a cop and perp? I've seen a few. Usually doesn't last very long and I've yet to see a cop raise his foot from the ground. And usually it's when perp is on the ground - to keep his ass down.

Don't give him that much credit

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Originally posted by bas Don't give him that much credit

hayah

[karate chop to the head]

I still want to know why vampires do karate? *cough Blade

I really HATE that stupid motif where every strong female character has to be kicking a freaking bag. really...why do they do that? have them do something else for a change...

kung fu hustle was better than citizen kane imo

+1 so f--king true

its so rare to see a movie fight that actually looks like a real fight its always like at least boxing style....Geez.

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Originally posted by Floorfiller I really HATE that stupid motif where every strong female character has to be kicking a freaking bag. really...why do they do that? have them do something else for a change...

because women that kick ass are sexy and sex sells... I keep spending my money on it and it sounds like everyone else here does, too.

if they could make uma into a black belt then anything is possible

*pussywagon