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Bruce Lee and Me

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Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by wheels »

vasco wrote: post #15
devoutsalsa wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 li…

I don't watch enough movies in a theater to measure walk outs there (though I would have walked out of the latest Avatar had I not been there with my son; so boring and long...), but I do stop maybe 1/5 novels without finishing and maybe 1/20 movies without finishing them. There's more interesting stuff I could be doing with my time, and if they are completely not my taste, I'd rather be ding those things.

Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by throw_pm23 »

vasco wrote: post #15
devoutsalsa wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 li…

Walked out once of a movie people convinced me to go to. I found it childish and boring, kept thinking it is a nice sunny weather outside, what am I doing wasting my life in this darkness watching this commercial crap. It felt great being outside. I wish I had used my time similarly wisely in the years that followed :)

Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by worrycue »

vasco wrote: post #15
devoutsalsa wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 li…

Not him but I have video games I didn't complete and books I stop reading midway. You already wasted your money, why compound the loss further by wasting your time on things you don’t care for.

Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by hutzlibu »

heisnotanalien wrote: post #20
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.

I believe there are some people around, who did get older than 32 because of their life choices.

Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by actionfromafar »

harry8 wrote: post #18
qohen wrote: post #17

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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?

Now that movie is bad.

Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by actionfromafar »

hutzlibu wrote: post #24
heisnotanalien wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I believe there are some people around, who did get older than 32 because of their life choices.

Christ?

Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by hutzlibu »

actionfromafar wrote: post #26
hutzlibu wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I believe there are some people around, who did get older than 32 because of their life choices.

Christ?

Well, probaboy not, depending how you count and what you believe. But yes, there are other metrics for role models, except long life.

Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by noduerme »

>> For me, my hook shot was the one kick practiced 10,000 times

I honestly think Kareem is being a bit modest here. His one weird shot completely changed basketball for a couple of decades.

I went to school with one of Kareem's kids who's now a neurosurgeon (although, looking back, I have no clue how any of us even graduated high school). The father, Kareem, is an honest to God treasure of a human being who has just always had this need to go farther out to discover new facets of what makes existence worthwhile. I didn't even know about his connection with Bruce Lee, but it makes a ton of sense now.

Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by boyka »

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

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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...

Thanks, this is incredible! As a Doyle fan, I didn't know this and am looking forward to reading Kareem's novels.

Re: Bruce Lee and Me

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Post by vijucat »

I've always held this conjecture that Jeet Kune do (JK do, so to speak) was actually a nod to JK, Jiddu Krishnamurthi, whose writings deeply influenced Bruce Lee while being bedridden in hospital for many months.

He was the David Goggins of that generation. What an amazing human being.

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