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    Image of GuardianOfChaos GuardianOfChaos
    11/09/09

    In reply to Kung-Fu Zombies Don't Shamble Or Run... They Hop!
    I love this movie. My favorite moment is when they ask how he can fight so well without overheating his body. "My Father Trained Me.....Like A Horse" Not as in trained really hard, but literally like a horse. #zombies
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    Image of fistrodisco fistrodisco
    11/04/09

    In reply to Kung-Fu Zombies Don't Shamble Or Run... They Hop!
    It could be worse: they could hip hop!

    (ducks and covers) #zombies
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    LittleDragon promoted this comment fistrodisco was starred fistrodisco was unstarred
    Image of PlaidNinja PlaidNinja
    11/04/09

    In reply to Kung-Fu Zombies Don't Shamble Or Run... They Hop!
    I think those are vampires. I learned recently that Chinese vampires hop:

    [en.wikipedia.org]

    Jiang Shi (traditional Chinese: or; pinyin: jiāngshī; literally "stiff corpse"), sometimes called Chinese vampires by Westerners (despite the fact that they might bear a closer resemblance to zombies), are reanimated corpses that hop around, killing living creatures to absorb life essence (气/氣qì) from their victims. #zombies
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    Image of Bob Lu Bob Lu
    11/04/09

    @PlaidNinja: I'd say for Chinese, traditionally zombies and viampires are pretty much the same thing. As reanimated corpses, Jiang Shi are like zombies. As blood, or "qi" suckers, they are like vampires.

    And I must point out the fact that western zombie are translated as "Jiang Shi" in Chinese language, while vamires are translated as literally "blood sucking monster". #zombies
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    Bob Lu was starred Bob Lu was unstarred
    Image of PlaidNinja PlaidNinja
    11/04/09

    @Bob Lu: Ah, ok. I have to be honest, I have no idea. My experience is limited to Wikipedia and half a film I happened to see on one of the Chinese channels. It was supposed to be martial arts/horror, but all the hopping turned out to be pretty damn funny. #zombies
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    Image of Bob Lu Bob Lu
    11/04/09

    @PlaidNinja: Yeah most of the Jiang Shi movies looks funny nowadays (although many of them are meant to be sort of funny. It is part of what Hong Kong movies were like).

    Personally I will suggest "驅魔探長" (Magic Cop, or "驅魔警察" in Mainland China) if you want to see a little more modernized Jiang Shi movies. It's a 1990 movies so don't expect too much but it does incorporate already awesome Hong Kong style Kung-Fu fighting and well-developed Hong Kong style cop/detective movie with more stylish Chinese zombies (and zombie lords) nicely.

    [www.youtube.com]
    Here is part of the final scene of the movie, in which the detectives found the shrine of the zombie lord (who killed people, turn them into zombies and use them for drug trafficking) and defeated her. The zombie lord here is not fully your traditional Jiang Shi but you can still find some Jiang Shi characters. For example (at least in its true form) the Jiang Shi can't see living people, but can follow living thing's breath. So one of the ways to escape Jiang Shi is holding your breath.

    [www.youtube.com]
    And this is one of my favorite. There is no Kung-Fu fighting in this scene and little special effect, but when you figure out what's going on you really can feel the intense of the spiritual fight between the detective and the zombie lord. #zombies
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    Chuck promoted this comment Bob Lu was starred Bob Lu was unstarred
    Image of PlaidNinja PlaidNinja
    11/04/09

    @Bob Lu: Wow, thanks! I'll check these out later tonight. #zombies
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    Image of Bob Lu Bob Lu
    11/04/09

    In reply to Kung-Fu Zombies Don't Shamble Or Run... They Hop!
    Traditionally in China, when a person dies they/their family want the body be buried with the family. So if someone die in a place far from their home, someone else will have to transport the body. And if the place is a mountain area, it will be hard to transport it with a stretcher or in a coffin. So those who are in charge of transporting the bodies (very often Taoist priest, as shown in those Hong Kong zombie movies) will stick two bamboo sticks through each of the long sleeves of every dead body's clothing, make a string of standing, hand-stretching dead people. And priests will carry the bodies by carrying the ends of the banboo sticks on their shoulder. In the dark it looks like the dead people were jumping, leaded and followed by priests. That's how the legend of Chinese zombies come. #zombies
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    Chuck promoted this comment Bob Lu was starred Bob Lu was unstarred
    Image of Cal Hawks Cal Hawks
    11/04/09

    In reply to Kung-Fu Zombies Don't Shamble Or Run... They Hop!
    Anyone who likes this should also check out Mr. Vampire.

    Zombies and Vampires are mostly the same in China, it would seem. #zombies
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    Cal Hawks was starred Cal Hawks was unstarred
    Image of Guang Guang
    11/04/09

    @Cal Hawks: pretty much. There are a lot of these old Hong Kong "ghost" movies. The monsters hop with their hands stiffly in front of them, and poke holes in people with their hands as well as bite people. The way to stop them is to stick some kind of yellow Buddhist temple-paper on their forehead. #zombies
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    Image of Bob Lu Bob Lu
    11/04/09

    @Guang: The paper is more Taoist. It is sort of like written spell. Sometimes you can cast a spell with it (usually by burning it), sometimes you keep it as a charm. I actually have one in my car for good luck and another (with different spell) in my wallet as a protection against bad spirits. Can't say I believe these but since my family gave them to me I just keep them. #zombies
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    Chuck promoted this comment Bob Lu was starred Bob Lu was unstarred
    Image of Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR!  REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!
    11/03/09

    In reply to Kung-Fu Zombies Don't Shamble Or Run... They Hop!
    It's only missing one thing:

    River Tam #zombies
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    Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! was starred Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!! was unstarred
    Image of micah1_8 micah1_8
    11/03/09

    In reply to Kevin Sorbo Gives Good "Sleazy Guy"
    The real question is, how can we get Kevin Sorbo, Bruce Campbell and Steve Buscemi together in a movie about a team of time-travelling, misfit vigilante superheros? #kevinsorbo
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    LittleDragon promoted this comment micah1_8 was starred micah1_8 was unstarred
    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    11/03/09

    @micah1_8:
    I would pay to see this movie #kevinsorbo
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    Image of micah1_8 micah1_8
    11/09/09


    @Belabras ate my dingo!: How's this? click for the whole picture
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    11/09/09

    @micah1_8:
    In a word, YES. #kevinsorbo
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    Belabras ate my dingo! was starred Belabras ate my dingo! was unstarred
    Image of strideo strideo
    11/03/09

    In reply to Kevin Sorbo Gives Good "Sleazy Guy"
    When the dog begins to transform the kid just stands there cowering. I'd have been three blocks away and still running by the time it finished. #kevinsorbo
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    strideo was starred strideo was unstarred
    Image of Adam Drew Adam Drew
    11/02/09

    In reply to Kevin Sorbo Gives Good "Sleazy Guy"
    Met Sorbo at Calgary Comic Expo a few years back and he was really great. Very friendly, happy to have his picture taken, and totally willing to chat for a minute or two with everyone in line. #kevinsorbo
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    PostMarque promoted this comment Adam Drew was starred Adam Drew was unstarred
    Image of PostMarque PostMarque
    11/03/09

    @Adam Drew: ditto in Calgary, he was taller than I expected #kevinsorbo
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/02/09

    In reply to Kevin Sorbo Gives Good "Sleazy Guy"
    You know, Kevin Sorbo is a lot better an actor than people give him credit for. I remember him doing a guest stint on that mildly entertaining sitcom Dharma and Greg years ago and played a nice flirty professor who hits on the main chick not realizing she's married. (If memory serves)

    Completely bought him as that even though Hercules was still fresh on the brain. It's too bad no one will give him a romantic comedy to do. I think he'd do quite well in it. #kevinsorbo
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    Sunshineyness was starred Sunshineyness was unstarred
    Image of brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(
    11/02/09

    In reply to Kevin Sorbo Gives Good "Sleazy Guy"
    Whatever happened to that show io9 reported that was supposed to star Kevin Sorbo as some sort of Illuminati assassin with compartmentalized personalities that start to fracture? Or was that a fever dream? #kevinsorbo
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( was starred brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there( was unstarred
    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/02/09

    In reply to Kevin Sorbo Gives Good "Sleazy Guy"
    I WANT THAT DOG! #kevinsorbo
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    Image of Jassen Jassen
    11/02/09

    @Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.: The pink one with the diamond inlay ?

    On a side note: I cant think of a time when Sorbo hasn't poked fun at himself. #kevinsorbo
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Jassen was starred Jassen was unstarred
    Image of gertymac gertymac
    11/02/09

    In reply to Kevin Sorbo Gives Good "Sleazy Guy"
    I had an unnaturally strong school girl crush on Sorbo circa 1997.

    At times like this, my lady parts think it's still 1997. #kevinsorbo
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    Jeremy Tapsell promoted this comment gertymac was starred gertymac was unstarred
    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/02/09

    @gertymac: hur hur hur
    - lady parts ~_~} #kevinsorbo
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/02/09

    @gertymac: Hehe. I hear ya sister. I used to watch Hercules every Sunday morning after CCD and gaze dreamily enough at him that I'd have something to say in the confessional by next Sunday... #kevinsorbo
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    Sunshineyness was starred Sunshineyness was unstarred
    Image of KassiaHaoe KassiaHaoe
    11/02/09

    In reply to Kevin Sorbo Gives Good "Sleazy Guy"
    "You really do have to admire Sorbo's willingness to poke fun at himself, screaming into the phone about his lousy ratings and then turning on a dime to hit on the random chick who gets his autograph."

    Excuse me, how is Sorbo poking fun at himself by doing this? Is he a well known flirt with autograph chicks, and a well known screaming into phones when ratings are low?
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment KassiaHaoe was starred KassiaHaoe was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/02/09

    @KassiaHaoe: Whenever a leading man does a big "egotistical jerk" routine, there's always an element of self-mockery. #kevinsorbo
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    11/02/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders:

    I remember when they were filming Hercules in NZ, and when I was just a young naive little christian, Kevin Sorbo used to go my friends church with his family.

    He was actually really cool. He had a really gracious attitude - nothing like an egotistical jerk at all.
    I was really surprised, because you'd think that someone who was playing the semi invincible son of a God (who goes to church!) would have superior notions of himself. #kevinsorbo
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    Jeremy Tapsell was starred Jeremy Tapsell was unstarred
    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    11/02/09

    @Jeremy Tapsell: That's good to hear. I should stress that I know nothing whatsoever about what Kevin Sorbo is like personally. I almost met him at Comic Con last year, but didn't get to. #kevinsorbo
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    Charlie Jane Anders was starred Charlie Jane Anders was unstarred
    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/02/09

    In reply to Kevin Sorbo Gives Good "Sleazy Guy"
    Heh, those are great scenes. I never paid much attention to Sorbo, but he does look like a good actor. #kevinsorbo
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