| Curious George 2005-10-18, 11:31 pm |
| F***face, this has nothing to do with rec, games, chess, nor politics. Die.
C. George
"Sam Sloan" <sloan@ishipress.com> wrote in message
news:4354d290.3360921@ca.news.verio.net...[vbcol=seagreen]
>I finally got around to seeing this movie today in DVD format.
> However, there were major, major changes from the original version I
> saw as an in-flight movie on Thai International Airways. The changes
> are so big that it is almost a different movie. Here are some of the
> changes:
>
> The Viet Nam War veteran Winston Taylor part does not exist in the
> original. There is no such person.
>
> The female lead MyLee does not exist in the original.
>
> The only female in the original is the hooker who the elder brother is
> taking into a hotel. The hooker in the original is a different girl
> and more beautiful.
>
> All or almost all of the actors are different. The bad guy Tong Po is
> a different actor in the original. In the original, that part is
> played by a very mean looking black man. He kills three people
> unnecessarily, and is killed himself in the end.
>
> The trainer in the original is a different actor. He is a much younger
> man who merely wants to retire from fighting, so at first he pretends
> not to be that person. We later learn that he is hiding from the Tong
> Po character who wants to hunt him down, kind of like in the old
> western movie where the two fastest gunslingers in the west want to
> battle each other to see who is the fastest.
>
> The final fight scene does not take place in an arena in front of a
> paying audience. Rather, the final fight takes place in the jungle and
> it is a fight to the death.
>
> With all these changes, one must wonder if it is really the same
> movie. Yet, it is clearly the same. The earlier part up to the point
> where the defeated and injured elder brother is taken out and left on
> the street is virtually identical to the in-flight movie I saw.
>
> The movie I saw was very primitive. It looked like it had been shot
> with a home movie camera. What I suspect is that some Hollywood
> producers saw the original I saw, realized its potential and purchased
> the rights and remade the movie completely.
>
> I still prefer the original. Perhaps they should go back and find the
> original if it still exists and remake THAT movie.
>
> Sam Sloan
>
>
> On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:30:30 GMT, Martin Wilber
> <martinwilber@nospam.com> wrote:
>
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