Martial Arts Movies Question

[Coach]

<p>Why do alot of the &quot;heroes&quot; start out as baddies???</p><p>Chuck in &quot;Return of the Dragon&quot;</p><p>Van Damme in &quot;No Retreat No Surrender&quot;</p><p>Jet Li in &quot;Lethal Weapon IV&quot;</p><p>(Cynthia Rothrock is famous for the &quot;scorpion kick&quot; and having huge boobs )</p>

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[PapaBear]

<p>I was surprised the boys hadn't heard of Cynthia Rothrock yesterday. Then again... I would have no clue about her, if I hadn't been friends with a Rothrock fanatic several years ago.</p><p><img height="455" src="http://pailum.org/images/cynthia.jpg" width="360" border="0" /></p>

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[Coach]

She's from the scranton pa area and her family are Jewelers ( I think her boobs are smaller in your pic)

<font color=black>This message was edited by Coach on 1-25-06 @ 3:01 AM</font>

[Coach]

<p>I always thought she was the basis for the&nbsp; Sonya Blade&nbsp;character in &quot;Mortal Combat&quot; </p><p>But I found this: <a href="http://www.cynthiarothrock.org/biography.htm">http://www.cynthiarothrock.org/biography.htm</a></p><p>If I wanted to hear you moan, I would've Fucked You!</p>

<font color=black>This message was edited by Coach on 1-25-06 @ 3:07 AM</font>

[Freebird]

<p>Jet Li's first movie wasn't Lethal Weapon, just his first to a wide US audience.&nbsp; It is, I think, his first movie as a villain, as he is always the hero.&nbsp; The only other time I think he's been a villain was One, where he managed to be hero and villain in the same flick. </p><p>To answer the question, probably because these people became famous for martial arts, or looking like they do martial arts.&nbsp; Having no proven acting skills or background, you stick them in a film as the heavy, or fighting opponent. Which martial arts movies are good for.</p>

<font color=black>This message was edited by Freebird on 1-25-06 @ 12:27 PM</font>

[Gvac]

Just to get it off my chest, I think Master Po putting Jackie Chan and Jet Li ahead of Bruce Lee in his list of martial arts movie stars is like putting a utility player in the Hall of Fame.

Also, I've never considered Chuck Norris a martial artist. He was a decent sport fighter back in the day when "full contact Karate" was in its infancy, but I think he'd get his clock cleaned by any of today's fighters.

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[PapaBear]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font>Just to get it off my chest, I think Master Po putting Jackie Chan and Jet Li ahead of Bruce Lee in his list of martial arts movie stars is like putting a utility player in the Hall of Fame. Also, I've never considered Chuck Norris a martial artist. He was a decent sport fighter back in the day when &quot;full contact Karate&quot; was in its infancy, but I think he'd get his clock cleaned by any of today's fighters. <img alt="Image hosting by Photobucket" src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/Gvac/seahawksig.jpg" border="0" /> &quot;Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest.&quot; - Mark Twain <br />Po didn't think they were better than Lee. He said he liked their movies better, because they had more action per scene. Bruce Lee films were too &quot;talky&quot; in his opinion.

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[Death Metal Moe]

But isn't that more realistic.&nbsp; You're supposed to train your skills to use only when talking can't keep you out of a fight.&nbsp; That's the 1st thing they taught us in Tae Kwon Do.&nbsp; NOT to go all &quot;Movie Crazy&quot; on our friends just because we were learning fighting skills.&nbsp; You respect the knowledge and power you're learning.

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[PapaBear]

I think he looks at martial arts movies like porn. It doesn't have to be realistic. It just needs to have maximum sex... uh, I mean fighting.

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[Coach]

<p>I should have said &quot;when they come to the US...</p><p>I think even Mr Lee played a baddie at one time.</p><p>And Bolo Yeung why didn't his American Movies take off?</p><p>He was in Bloodsport, AND Enter the Dragon plus a slew of Martial Arts Films, Always as the Baddy.</p><p>that&nbsp;and Professor Tanaka</p>If I wanted to hear you moan, I would've Fucked You!

<font color=black>This message was edited by Coach on 1-26-06 @ 12:28 AM</font>