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Bruce Lee and Me

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Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by voidfunc »

silisili wrote: post #3
keiferski wrote: post #2

Enter the Dragon was playing a theater near me recently, and for some reason never having seen a single Bruce Lee film, I figured I'd check it out. It was awesome and I ended up down a rabbit hole of reading about Bruce's life and accomplishments. There are some really great interviews with him on YouTube too. It's really irritating that the first thing many younger people will think about Bruce Lee is the near-libel…

Interesting. I never made that connection. I'm not a younger person, but never had any interest in Bruce Lee movies. I've seen a few, it's just not my cup of tea. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was a real stinker of a film, IMO. I'd be highly surprised if young people used it as a benchmark of much. I didn't even remember "he" was in it until this comment.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a stinker... that's a take.

Movie wad fantastic. The Bruce Lee scene is fucking hilarious also.

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Post by e40 »

smurda wrote: post #9

Kareem’s writing is fantastic prose. Thanks for posting this. I’m going to read more of his stuff.

I wish I could write like that. It is so effortless to read his work. To me, that is the mark of a great writer.

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#13

Post by dvt »

As a UCLA alum, I always appreciate seeing Kareem's blog posts on here. I think their friendship was fascinating, and I wish I could have seen Bruce Lee grow old.

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#14

Post by devoutsalsa »

voidfunc wrote: post #11
silisili wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting. I never made that connection. I'm not a younger person, but never had any interest in Bruce Lee movies. I've seen a few, it's just not my cup of tea. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was a real stinker of a film, IMO. I'd be highly surprised if young people used it as a benchmark of much. I didn't even remember "he" was in it until this comment.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a stinker... that's a take. Movie wad fantastic. The Bruce Lee scene is fucking hilarious also.

Meh. I got bored and walked out to be honest. We all have our own tastes.

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Post by vasco »

devoutsalsa wrote: post #14
voidfunc wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a stinker... that's a take. Movie wad fantastic. The Bruce Lee scene is fucking hilarious also.

Meh. I got bored and walked out to be honest. We all have our own tastes.

The phenomenon of walking out of a show I paid to watch, even if I'm not enjoying that much is so alien to me. The first thought I might have is "what am I missing", and throughout I'll be trying to either find something good in it or start joking about it in my head. Maybe it'll turn good, maybe it'll be so bad it's good. Maybe the way they tell the story is bad but I still want to know how the story ends. I feel like I have so many reasons to stay there that it hasn't ever ocurred to walk out. Do you walk out of stuff often?

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Post by trabant00 »

Bruce Lee was a great martial artist who probably paved the way for MMA and a very charismatic man. But people tend to forget that he died at 32 because of his life style. The cause of death, a combination of: he had his armpits sweat glands removed, over-exertion, excessive water intake, overuse of several meds mixed with alcohol. For me that makes him an invalid role model or teacher and leaves him as an extreme entertainer.

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Post by qohen »

e40 wrote: post #12
smurda wrote: post #9

Kareem’s writing is fantastic prose. Thanks for posting this. I’m going to read more of his stuff.

I wish I could write like that. It is so effortless to read his work. To me, that is the mark of a great writer.

Just FYI, among other things, he co-wrote a number of novels about Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock's brother), which he discusses in this interview[0] and was part of the writers room for the tv show, Veronica Mars -- he describes the experience here[1].

[0] https://electricliterature.com/how-kareem-abdul-jabbar-is-re...

[1] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kareem-abdul-ja...

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#18

Post by harry8 »

qohen wrote: post #17
e40 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish I could write like that. It is so effortless to read his work. To me, that is the mark of a great writer.

Just FYI, among other things, he co-wrote a number of novels about Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock's brother), which he discusses in this interview[0] and was part of the writers room for the tv show, Veronica Mars -- he describes the experience here[1]. [0] https://electricliterature.com/how-kareem-abdul-jabbar-is-re... [1] https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kareem-abdul-ja...

Interesting. Did he have anything to do with "Glass Onion" other than a Zoom cameo playing among us alongside Angela Lansbury & Stephen Sondheim?

edit: imdb says no, I guess that's authoritative?

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Post by martyvis »

When Bruce Lee died when I was 10 I remember a school buddy who also had the surname Lee being quite moved. I'm not much of martial arts film fan (but did learn a bit of judo and Taekwondo when I was young). Anyway I caught this documentary program on the Aussie ABC a few weeks ago and he certainly seemed to be guy that would have been nice to see carry on. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/a_life_in_ten_pictures/s02...

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Post by heisnotanalien »

trabant00 wrote: post #16

Bruce Lee was a great martial artist who probably paved the way for MMA and a very charismatic man. But people tend to forget that he died at 32 because of his life style. The cause of death, a combination of: he had his armpits sweat glands removed, over-exertion, excessive water intake, overuse of several meds mixed with alcohol. For me that makes him an invalid role model or teacher and leaves him as an extreme en…

Pray tell, who is your perfect human being role model? Seems to me you have unrealistic standards.
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