OT- Honour Harrington movie

[dogscoff]

Uh never seen Jow Ga kung fu have you? LOL it is just about the hardest combat style of Kung Fu there is

Note that I said "some flouncy version of kung-fu", which acknowledges the existence of other (and therefore non-flouncy) kung-fu styles as well. I'm not saying all kungfu is like that, just some of it.

It's a sad fact that out of all the hundreds of punching/kicking/grappling/throwing/weapons styles available throughout the world, the stuff they use on screen (particularly in Western cinema) tends to be limited to a small subset of showy styles (with lots of pointless and inneffectual jumps, high kicks and stuff.

Anyone ever see a film called "the hunted"? Utterly crap film- One of the worst I've ever seen in my life- but it had some really interesting knife-work from a Malaysian fighting art called (IIRC) balisong. Stylised for film, obviously, but very interesting nonetheless.

[Suicide Junkie]

Hollywood has the same problem with computers, even aside from the rapid tech advancement.

Usually they have something equivalent to that flouncy movie-fu, which makes DOS look great in comparison for those in the know.

[TurinTurambar]

I too am highly annoyed by representations of computers in Hollywood, ESPECIALLY in TV. I love CSI:Miami, but that show has got to be one of the worst possible offenders. It's almost starting to spoil the show for me now, ever since the bullet-in-the-gas-tank-how's-it-going-to-leak simulator from 2 weeks ago.

EDIT: Wow, that's way OT. Sorry.