#Bruce Lee's Matrix

[savoureuxx]

victims, aren't we all?

brandon lee, the crow (1994) / wesley snipes, blade (1998) / keanu reeves, the matrix (1999) / stuart townsend, queen of the damned (2002) / christian bale, the dark knight (2008)

[2t2r]

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[injuries-in-dust]

Alien *watching "The Matrix" with their human friend*: This is amazing, I didn't know humans were capable of such feats.

Human: Oh no, this is all special effects, humans can't move like that.

*NEXT NIGHT*

Alien *Watching a Bruce Lee movie with their human friend*: Wow, the special effects are amazing in this movie.

Human: Huh? No, this is all practical. Bruce really did all that.

Alien:

Alien: What?! But you said humans can't do that!

[dear-indies]

hi cat and mouse! could i please get some fc recs that have facial scars? no gender preference, i’m casting a wide net lol, and thank you so so much

Danny Trejo (1944) Mexican - scarred from cystic acne and boxing.

Steve Buscemi (1957) - knife attack, neck and cheek.

Bruce Campbell (1958) - chin.

Seal (1963) Nigerian / Afro Brazilian - result of a type of lupus called discoid lupus erythematosus.

Dermot Mulroney (1963) - upper lip.

Sandra Bullock (1964) - side of eye.

Tommy Flanagan (1965) - knife attack, sides of mouth to ears.

Angelique Miles (1966) African-American - bottle attack.

Adrian Pasdar (1965) - accident, cheek and chin.

Queen Latifah (1970) African-American - accident, below her hairline.

Mary J Blige (1971) African-American - side of face, under eye.

Joaquin Phoenix (1974) half Ashkenazi Jewish - cleft scar.

Callan Mulvey (1975) Māori and White - car accident, jaw and is blind in his left eye.

Julie Gonzalo (1981) - accident, bridge of her nose.

Katie Piper (1983) - acid attack survivor.

Johnny Flynn (1983) - dog attack, forehead and cheek.

Brittany Snow (1986) - forehead.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (1986) African-American - acne scars.

Kenny Matthews / iKenDawg (1987) African-American - burn survivor.

Turia Pitt (1987) - burn survivor.

Robyn Lawley (1989) - seizure induced fall, forehead.

Demar DeRozan (1989) African-American - acne scars.

Ed Sheeran (1991) - accident, cheek.

Cassandra Bankson (1992) - acne scars.

Alex Terrible (1993) - scarification.

Elise Kearny Eberle (1993) - cheek.

Kaitlyn Dobrow (1994) - quadruple amputee due to meningitis.

Shalom Blac (1995) Nigerian - burn survivor.

Vicky Knight (1996) - burn survivor.

Lakshmi Menon (1996) Indian - cheek.

Taylor Hickson (1997) - side of her face.

Catrin Pugh (?) - burn survivor.

Danna Matrix (?) Unspecified - car accident.

Sophie Lee / sophirelee (?) Unspecified - burn survivor.

Eden Harper (?) - accident. above lip.

Mollye Rogel (?) - accident, forehead.

Yanii Gough (?) Haitian - knife attack, side of eye.

Adetutu OJ Alabi (?) Nigerian - tribal marks.

Jemima Adelekan (?) Nigerian - cheek.

Phyllida Swift (?) - accident, side of face.

Brooklinn Khoury (?) - dog attack survivor, upper lip.

Aweng Chuol (?) South Sudanese - various scars over her face.

Shade / Skinpop (?) Nigerian - tribal marks.

Stephanie Coral Browitt (?) - burn survivor.

Roles, to my knowledge these are not villains or horror characters because that's beyond offensive:

Kelly Reilly (1977) - cheek, Yellowstone.

Sanjeeda Shaikh (1984) Indian - cheek, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar.

Meaghan Tandy (1985) African-American - Teen Wolf.

Hera Hilmar (1988) - cheek and chin, Mortal Engines.

Hope this helps!

[sharpknifesouls]

i think about this tweet at least once a day

the idea of humanity having to prove ourselves to a cold foreign alien superintelligence is just so incredible and funny to me. like a civilization that's at least a 5 on the Kardashev scale that can harvest the energy of entire galaxies and supernovae with merely a thought and command growth and decay with but point of their finger, and they notice a bunch of ants on this weird blue and green pebble in the middle of nowhere and they're like, 'hey, what can you guys do?'

-The year is 2622. Tony Hawk is hanging ten off of a black hole's gaping death-maw of an event horizon shaped like a Penrose triangle, landing LITERALLY impossible tricks

-behind him in the background, Alex Honnel, visible only thru a telescope, is currently on his 5867890th day of free-soloing the Pillars of Creation. he has a single bag of chalk and he's just going ham

-Jimi Hendrix has been resurrected from the dead and has a whole stage devoted entirely to him where he's being forced to try and play a guitar that's been altered on a universal-mechanics level so that not a single note it can play is in tune with any other note, even down to the microtones. his solo is making them all weep

-the entire arena is being continually bombarded by a barrage of flaming meteors at thousands of miles an hour; if just a single one of them lands, the entire place goes up is smoke and humanity is eradicated. they're held back only by Daigo, hooked up to a VR Street Fighter helmet + fight stick programmed to affect reality itself. he is parrying all of them

-a giant lineup of famous comedians are all simultaneously trying to make an ancient alien sage who has no concept of what humor is laugh. if he's displeased they get shot full of holes with laser rifles. there are only two still standing. Gilbert Gottfried is doing a stalling tactic, reciting the longest-ever Aristocrats joke for the past five decades. everybody is mortified of what will happen when he gets to the punchline. standing next to him, miraculously, is Gallagher, whose routine has never worked harder

-the Five Gods of Smash Bros. Melee, along with Wizzrobe, aMSa, Leffen, and Zain are pitted in a 9 vs. 1 grudge match (Final Destination, no items) against a perfect quantum hypercomputer matrix that can precisely calculate any given equation imaginable, answer unknowable questions, and is trained in every game that has ever been recorded. They win if they can take one stock. There is no damage limit; aMSa is on his last legs at 90,156%. Wizzy is still DI-ing every hit. Mew2King is slowly beginning to figure out a way to out-think it. PPMD's impeccable neutral baits the computer into getting hit by Armada (perfect as always), who bounces him into Mang0's backswing that it never saw coming (that's the mango), which whiffs (that's also the mango). After one hundred years, the computer has grown weary and begun to physically deteriorate from how long Hungrybox, determined to win, has been ledge-stalling it. There is simply nothing it can do.

-a tag-team dynamic duo of Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali, both in their prime, hopped up on every hard drug and steroid ever invented and all but immune to pain, are struggling to box with a giant kaiju-gorilla elder god from outer space that has conquered ten worlds. It has just been given its 6,083rd black eye

-Steven Hawking, Plato, Albert Einstein, Confucius, Carl Sagan, and also Michael from VSauce are having a heated, passionate discussion about life, the universe, and everything with a board of alien philosophers in a great pantheon beyond the stars, looking down over everything. it was a challenge originally but now they're just kinda talking

-Bruce Lee is learning to punch faster than the speed of light. If the x2 billion times-slower camera the aliens are capturing his fists with show him in frame for more than 10 picoseconds, he must start over

-Shakespeare is collaborating with Neil Cicierega and Bo Burnham to produce a large-scale comedy puppet musical of the event with an infinite budget in case we all get wiped and the aliens want a fun little jaunty flick to remember us with (livestreamed by Jerma)

-Summoning Salt and Rod Serling are on commentary

-the music is provided by what humanity unanimously agreed was the best song anybody's ever written to represent us, "Down at McDonaldzzz" by Electric Six, who are performing it over a galactic PA system in an opera hall with Dio on backing vocals, Chuck Berry as lead guitar, and orchestral arrangements by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, and Hans Zimmer. the aliens are bobbing their heads in surprised appreciation. of all the things we've done, it really is the most impressive

[apopcornkernel]

funnily enough im pretty sure i did read the actual comics before wfa. i vaguely remember reading utrh first? and then i either watched the movie next or read batman's whole robinjay run + aditf + alpod. and then wfa. i only read detective comics' robinjay after i finished wfa i think. i know i also spedran all of the post-crisis jason's death aftermath/appearances according to the reading list by dailyjasontodd. spedran his stuff post-resurrection too, minus countdown, 52, brothers in blood; i only realized I'd already read outsiders before when i reread it just now, though. which is really funny like the reason i remembered was because anissa and grace got together. that's how i knew I'd read the comic before. i was like oh i remember these gay bitches. i know there was a time after comics where i then dove into fandom and just immersed myself with art, fic, and posts. it was a little weird at first but i hadn't read enough for the other characters to know, and it's very easy to get drawn into fanon bc its satisfying to an extent, you know. ooh, i know i read three jokers early on. i was in love with that artist's jason and i found that one panel really funny (babs "he literally killed a man" bruce "you don't understand... jason's suffering"). i dont remember much about my first batman period. i do know it was all batman tho.

this is getting long.

my second batman period (more accurately termed batman/dc) was mostly me revisiting fics and remembering canon things that made me upset again. oh and also other robinjay stories that i hadn't read before like the cult, etc. but after some time i, and i dont know how this happened, got interested in hal jordan. i genuinely think it was just a fanart i saw of him with white temples. i thought it was hot and imagine my delight when i found out it was canon. and then i found out he turned villain and i was like WOAH I NEED TO GET ON THIS and tada, speedran parallax arc all the way to the spectre. tried reading rebirth and hated it so bad. stopped reading hal after that. somewhere along the way i found myself reading superman. then i dont know how this happened but i got interested in matrix/mae kent specifically and read up on her origin. afterwards i went to death of superman all the way to his resurrection and mae/lex breakup arc. i think this period fizzled out shortly after that. ooh, im checking my gallery rn, apparently i also read death metal and the return of bruce wayne. i dont remember anything about the latter. i remember being pissed at the former. i also read the damian resurrection arc and got really mad at an interview in one of the comics bc it was more of those "bruce feels more strongly for damian than his other kids bc damian is his Real Son" like bitch. No.

OH!! i also read the long halloween & dark victory during this time! this must have been when the batman came out. ALSO READ CONNOR!! i started at the time ollie died and went on until the time ollie came back but connor was now comatose (?). i remember a lot of screenshotting panels bc of how appalling the coloring was, connor's skin color was disrespected so much in this few issues 😭

ooh, interesting. after connor panels there's no more until this year, which would be my 3rd dc period. i reread the long halloween and dark victory, and then finished the last few chapters of the spectre. after that i started young justice but never finished. i reread utrh, and then funnily enough went straight to reading all about steph up to war games. after steph i read some other robin tim issues at random and then i finally read brothers in blood. quick break for batman year 100 and then right into batgirl (this was right after lee and i became mutuals). ooh, spirit world. and then ram v's the vigil. then i read rhato special? special? idk if that's the name but it was like a oneshot for rhato? or was it rhato #0? idk. i laughed the entire time. it was so bad. then i read gotham war, hated it. read some issues of black and white. three jokers again. finally read robins by seeley. robin year one. some pre-crisis jason esp the nocturna arc. tt #29. issues of gotham knights #43 something? + the interview about jason issue. actually i think that's all in the same arc. batman prodigal. pre-crisis talia. mandatory reread of batman #496. tried to start countdown, failed. the cult reread. BIRDS OF PREY!! cry of blood, and then a vichelena binge. the huntress cavalieri! the question o'neil! read a lot of huntress. tripped abruptly into hawk and dove, read a lot of cameos after their solos ended. read identity crisis after seeing the bruce tim panel. read jade (nguyen) in preparation for my comm critical essay. read superman again for the invisible mafia. started both superwoman 2016 and steelworks but never finished. read talia lexcorp arc and Never Recovered. tower of babel. redemption lost (ASS). rucka's wonder woman & the hiketeia. some titans bc of jade. more jade stuff. more huntress stuff (specifically nightwing cameos). read tom fucking taylor nightwing. started but did not finish dixon nightwing after that. started a reread of the spectre. started reading azrael + knightfall stuff but am not finished. was hit with the jli disease (lethal). then went back into superman comics but specifically the start of the lex luthor 2 arc + mae :). and now retracing post-rez pre-morrison jason comics

[big-mawi]

Big Mawi - Z

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[zedxspacess]

I feel like in another universe if Mac was born a little later, he would've been this very specific brand of '90s weeb.

Him being obsessed with karate, leading him to watch bad eng dubs of hong kong movies with bruce lee, jackie chan, and john woo (and by extent, be really into the matrix movies). Being excited to watch lethal weapon 4 because it has jet li in it. Getting nunchucks soley cuz of bruce lee and mimicking his sounds, project badass not only being inspired by jackass but also jackie chan's stunt work, playing street fighter 2 and tekken in the arcades, getting vhs bootlegs of hyper violent anime ovas initially for the fight scenes but then getting really drawn into it for the underlying homosexual tension between the male main characters/enemies. Bro would be trying to do kamehamehas and shoryukens in the school playgrounds and fall on his ass and be bullied for it

[norfkid]

was tagged by @patronsaintofdesire to answer these questions and tag nine people you want to get to know better! thank you, malina :]

last song: as of writing this, marie doucer, marie colère by manon hollander from the john wick 4 soundtrack. it's essentially a french version of paint it black by the rolling stones & it's a banger

favourite colour: i always say yellow (like a gold yellow, #ffc000), but by that i usually mean the combination of black & yellow. i'm also pretty fond of the greyish-blue i use on my blog (#7b9e9a)

last film/tv show: the last thing i watched in full was point break (ty andrew @busaikuknee for initially convincing me to watch it, "keanu reeves has to learn how to surf to solve robberies" is a truly baffling concept & no one will ever do it again). i say "in full" bc also been revisiting a lot of clips from ip man 1-4 so in my head it feels like i've rewatched those too

sweet/spicy/savoury: savoury. i don't have sweet things very often, and while i can tolerate fairly spicy food i just don't enjoy it that much (i'm a massive disappointment to my family)

relationship status: philosophically speaking, aren’t we all single?

last thing i googled: cozmo and vector robots! i saw a video somewhere of these guys and got so excited. they're these rly cute little WALL-E -esque robot friends made by an american robotics/ai startup called Anki, who specialised in robotics technology for children. i looked online to see if they were still around, but they've been discontinued since the company went bankrupt in April 2019 <\3

also related, there's this article from 2019 i read called Discovery of the Uncanny Valley that briefly mentions the Vector robots, but also discusses other examples of technology made in the past that have these human-like attributes given to them. it's a light read & there are some links to other similar articles at the end if you're into that stuff :]

current obsession: well, wrestling is always a given. i've fallen out with njpw for months now, but i've been watching more pro wrestling noah instead & i'm loving it tbh

apart from that, i've been watching a lot of Donnie Yen films bc i'm a little bit a lot in love with the old man (60 y/o btw & looks like that, fucking wild man). and by proxy i've been learning a bit about chinese martial arts (wing chun, in particular (a southern chinese style that influenced guys like ip man, bruce lee, jackie chan, sammo hung, donnie yen, etc etc)) through his interviews and stuff.

it's funny that i'm always so interested in "sports" i can't ever physically do & they always have some element of storytelling/performance and coordination... the martial arts to stunt performance to choreography to dance pipeline is all just so fucking fascinating.

i think chinese martials arts has gripped me bc all these 70s/80s/90s films made in china rely so much on pulling off wild stunts and fights without the budget for cgi and equipment. not to discredit the guys that do their own stunts in hollywood, but it's rare and always cause for celebration... in chinese filmmaking it's so normal. and as a result their performances are just so real and visceral. like, i watch wrestling ffs, ofc i'm drawn to films where storytelling and physicality intertwine. you construct intricate rituals etc etc

on that note, i'm really excited by the new wave of stunt performers turned film directors we've been getting. guys like Yuen Woo-Ping (Matrix Reloaded, Drunken Master) are already established in coordinating incredible scenes and stunts, but more recently: Chad Stalenski (the John Wick films), David Leitch (Bullet Train, Atomic Blonde), Sam Hargrave (Extraction), etc. there's a sort of magic lost in all these mainstream big budget marvel superhero and hollywood action films where fight scenes are so easily ruined by a thousand jumpcuts and wiring and fantasy, but these guys are bringing back that special smth, that authenticity and grittiness (not only in their choreography, but in the filmmaking and cinematography of those fight scenes too). it's so refreshing & i’m fucking nerd sorry

not so much an obsession, but i've also developed a new, old appreciation for woodwork (carving, whittling, joinery, etc) & in another life i think i would have loved to be a carpenter...

last book: admittedly, i don't read. tho i got a joblot of old hellblazer comics from ebay recently and have been meaning to revisit them

looking forward to: not much really... i find it hard to think about the distant future & i don't get that sense of anticipation and motivation from long-term plans. maybe getting this third and last year of uni over and bloody done with? which is incidentally something i'm absolutely dreading (“you need to get a job, you need to get a job, you need to get—”)

[satoshi-mochida]

Chinese developer S-GAME has announced action RPG Phantom Blade Zero for PlayStation 5 and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store). A release date was not announced.

Get the first details below, via PlayStation Blog.

“What’s your plan, knowing you have only 66 days to live?” This journey began with Rainblood: Town of Death, an indie game I made back in 2010. The development process was a creative outlet for me as an architecture student, first in Beijing and later New Haven. When I returned to China, I founded my own development studio, S-GAME, and Rainblood grew into a franchise that would later become Phantom Blade. Most of these titles were for smartphones and never released outside of China, but we still managed to build a fan base of over 20 million players. Now, allow me to introduce Phantom Blade Zero, the spiritual rebirth of the original Rainblood and the game we always wanted to make.

Kung-Fu Punk Phantom World, the universe in which the game is set, is a place where many kinds of powers converge. Here you’ll find Chinese Kung-Fu, intricate machines reminiscent of steampunk, arts of the occult, and other intriguing elements that don’t quite fit into any of these categories. In Phantom Blade Zero, you play as Soul, an elite assassin serving an elusive but powerful organization known simply as “The Order.” Soul is framed for the murder of The Order’s patriarch, gravely injured in the ensuing manhunt, and, though his life is saved by a mystic healer, the makeshift cure will only last for 66 days. Now, he must fight against powerful foes and inhuman monstrosities, all while seeking out the mastermind behind it all before his time runs out. From Louis Cha’s Wuxia stories and Bruce Lee’s films to Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once and Donnie Yen in John Wick: Chapter 4, Phantom Blade Zero draws on a wide range of martial arts icons, but with a twist of its own. What we call “Kung-Fu Punk” instills a heavy dose of punk spirit and our unique visual aesthetic.

Worldbuilding

Phantom Blade Zero unfolds in a semi-open world, consisting of multiple large maps filled with diverse, handcrafted activities. This world of Phantom Blade Zero is bleak and punishing, a constant reminder to never let your guard down. Seeking out the game’s many challenges and power foes will reward you with weapons, armor, artifacts, skills, and other ways to customize or progress your character.

Authentic Action by Mr. Kenji Tanigaki, Action Director

Having a decade of mobile development under our belts, we’ve learned to simplify control inputs for touchscreens, giving players ways to execute elaborate moves without mindless “button-mashing.” We’ve taken these lessons and applied them to action gameplay with a controller. And we’re honored to have Mr. Kenji Tanigaki as our action director, the fight choreography master behind many of the classic martial arts films that inspired us. For Phantom Blade Zero, Kenji-san physically demonstrated each move in the game to be scanned by a camera matrix. This data was then used as reference material for our animation artists, who would then rebuild these moves by hand for use in the game. This is all we can disclose for now, but there is much more to come.

Watch the announcement trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.

Announce Trailer

English

Chinese

[the-everqueen]

WHAT I READ IN 2023

all the books i read this year, not counting DNFs or books that i'm still working through (the Wiliad and Genji are on brief hiatus while i'm traveling over the holidays). an asterik marks a reread, but this was largely a year of new reads for me. shorter than previous years but with several long and/or dense texts. i also went into this year with the goal of intentional reading (what purpose does this serve?) and i feel like i fulfilled that. i welcome any and all asks about this list! i'm going to reblog an end of year book ask lists so if you want to reference any books in particular feel free!

fiction IT - Stephen King Embassytown - China Mieville Hell Bent - Leigh Bardugo Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo Lolita - Vladamir Nabokov The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson Matrix - Lauren Groff The World We Make - N.K. Jemisin Yellowface - R.F. Kuang The Late Americans - Brandon Taylor The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco Sula - Toni Morrison The Terror - Dan Simmons Fledgling - Octavia Butler Lone Women - Victor Lavalle Holly - Stephen King Out There Screaming - ed. Jordan Peele Biography of X - Catherine Lacey Our Share of Night - Mariana Enriquez (trans. Macdowell) Babel - R.F. Kuang Family Meal - Bryan Washington

comix/graphic novels Far Sector - N.K. Jemisin Earthdivers - Stephen Graham Jones Nightmare Country: The Glass House - James Tynion IV She Bites - Hedwig Hale and Alberto Hdez Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1-3 - James Tynion IV

poetry Bless the Daughter Raised By the Voice in Her Head - Warsan Shire Promesas de Oro - José Olivarez

nonfiction Self-Defense: A Philosophy of Violence - Elsa Dorlin How to Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind - La Marr Jurelle Bruce Hijab Butch Blues - Lamya H The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs - Steve Brusatte Ordinary Notes - Christina Sharpe Weavers, Scribes, and Kings - Amanda Podamy Unpayable Debt - Denise Ferreira de Silva Creep - Myriam Gurba All Incomplete - Fred Moten & Stefano Harvey The Undercommons - Fred Moten & Stefano Harvey* Alien Daughters Walk Into the Sun - Jackie Wang Mestizo: Critical Uses of Race in Chicano Culture - Rafael Perez-Torres Black Trans Feminism - Marquis Bey

[frc-heraldofdoom]

Audible's Marvel Wastlanders is gonna be available in italian in june and the voice for Doctor Doom is...

...drum roll please...

... Luca Ward!

YES! 🙌

He's one of the best italian dubbers. He's been the voice of Keanu Reeves in "Matrix", Brandon Lee in "The Crow", Pierce Brosnan as 007, Robert Downey Jr. in "Sherlock Holmes" and many many others (Tom Hanks, Richard Gere, Bruce Willis... he's also been Mufasa in 2019 "The Lion King" and Smaug in "The Hobbit") but what's more famous for is giving the voice to Russel Crowe in "The Gladiator".

He has a warm, deep, smooth voice and I really really hope Ward's gonna be Doom's voice in the movies too... whenever Marvel Studios decide to have compassion of us and introduce him in the MCU, that is -.-

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Famous Relations

Jeffrey Dahmer: Letter to Congress, to serve in the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Given duties of SKI prison bailiff, as reform of prison sodomey and sexual assault, own request.

Ted Bundy: Economist of whaling and portside stations, music and literature attached. Found own sector of economy was being removed, defected to France, against wishes of MI-6; over ninety kills of foreign executives of British Intelligence, due to breed with "Booth" genome, mother's side; father, Chip Charlebois, still manages Bridgewater Triangle Keno; State Police Captain.

Barack Hussein Obama: Executed, electric chair; replaced, John Allen Muhammad, kindergarten CIA counselor, Jewish by miens and translated circuit, "frog"; raised to teach children to use weapons. Still attempting to deduce how inmate, "Chet", "Lee Malvo", continues to connect to internet, after mass e-mail ping in 1996, forcing deportation out of country through print of "The Matrix", self printed as "Neo", "Keanu Reeves".

James Madison: Rumored to be "German", by cousins out of Britain; Olly Olly Oxenfree, applied to man, as British boy, instead of British girl, resulting in crossing of Potomac; Puritan infantry out of Roanoke, still unaccounted for, sensitivity to Ginko Bolaba noted; as secret detective skills, "INTERPOL" organization formed in place; responsible for Great War, in "scientific method" test, to study "gay gene"; non-Talmudic book of law, US Constitution, as crafted by James Madison.

Robert the Bruce: Marijuana dealer to the richest men in Britain, Palestinian Arab in origin, "Ishmael"; arranged marriage, to Jacobin line, supported by blood of Shakespeare, "Booth" family; Booth, William Wallace, beheaded, much to shame of family, after marijuana stocks, released to common Irish of Northern Britain, relabeled "Scottish", "Utopian Society"; marijuana growing public, adding to British Empire's dominance over ale and barley crop, for beers and breads.

Pierre the Coward: Breton Crusader, in service to Frankhart; the defeat of Salah al-Din, through own troops of Arab conscript, having been given mark of Muslim, shaved heads and fast, through crops being burned by identical tactic of Saladin, hence those having found fast now in tithe to Church, the system of luxuries offered found inside of common tax of Europe to support of clergy through mutual payment of injury reported.

Joseph Chillton: Affair with Chinese-Indian woman, of high cast, "Mary", results in a bastard, refusing to serve in military campaigns of construction of roads and civilization in Judea. Military tribunal established, to see whom has themselves admitted to evidence to steal theft and proof of guilt, hence open admission of crime through practice of "Ramadan", placed on multiple days or holidays; actually forbearance with woman, of deliberate sect, preferring her drugged, with marijuana at night, to have sex with her as a victim of sexual assault; any retaining homophobia, as having refused sexual assault, therefore surviving parties, as having retained consumption of alcohol, citrus, and pig. Otherwise, a rapist, to be ignored and commonly mocked, as the Merovingian; refused a career as a police officer, soldier of military, lawyer of courts, criminal adjutator of assistance to government ward, or espionage officer in clandestine control of politician.

Samson the Arab: The prosecutor, and the first on record, having portrayed the love of his wife, as refused, due to her large buttocks, and those men preferring the bosom; thus having seduced to be rumored in arranged marriage, however only by woman, and only by man the rejected oath of poverty; the collapse of the entire Arab Empire, at the love affair, a homosexual androgynous having interfered, with the cult of fetish and domination, having demanded Samson, be on top of a woman, through her offering of her anus, as sodomey; despite the tradition of honeymoon, the woman sitting on the face, as preferable, outside penetration, that for a child; the traditions lost forever, and the Arabs banished, to the Dark, the Vampires; Gypsy, psychics.

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La influencia del Kung Fu en el cine ha sido profunda y global, especialmente notable en Hollywood, donde este arte marcial no solo ha inspirado una plétora de películas dedicadas, sino que también ha enriquecido géneros variados. Desde las icónicas actuaciones de Bruce Lee, que abrieron camino para la popularización del Kung Fu en Occidente, hasta las innovadoras coreografías de lucha en películas contemporáneas, el Kung Fu ha trascendido fronteras culturales. Ha influido en la manera en que se filman las secuencias de acción, integrando filosofías orientales y técnicas de combate en narrativas accesibles para el público occidental. Hollywood ha abrazado este legado, desarrollando películas que van desde homenajes directos hasta fusiones creativas que incorporan elementos de Kung Fu en nuevas formas de contar historias. La influencia del Kung Fu en el cine ha sido un fenómeno fascinante que ha trascendido las barreras culturales y geográficas para convertirse en un elemento indispensable del cine mundial. Este arte marcial, originario de China, no solo ha dado lugar a un género propio dentro del cine de artes marciales, sino que también ha influido significativamente en la forma en que se filman y coreografían las secuencias de acción en Hollywood y más allá. Desde las impactantes y estilizadas peleas de Bruce Lee en la década de 1970 hasta las complejas coreografías de películas contemporáneas como "The Matrix" y "Kill Bill", el Kung Fu ha enriquecido el lenguaje visual del cine y ha elevado el estándar de las secuencias de acción. El atractivo del Kung Fu radica en su combinación de habilidad física, disciplina espiritual y espectáculo visual. Las películas que lo incorporan no solo ofrecen emocionantes escenas de combate, sino que también transmiten mensajes de honor, respeto y perseverancia. Además, la adaptación del Kung Fu por parte de Hollywood ha contribuido a su evolución, integrándolo en una variedad de géneros cinematográficos, desde comedias hasta thrillers de ciencia ficción, demostrando su versatilidad y atractivo universal. Con el tiempo, las películas de Kung Fu han desarrollado una base de aficionados global, inspirando a generaciones de cineastas y artistas marciales. Su influencia se extiende más allá de la pantalla, fomentando un interés creciente en las artes marciales y la cultura china en todo el mundo. A través de su rica historia en el cine, el Kung Fu ha demostrado ser mucho más que meras peleas y acrobacias; es una expresión artística que celebra la fuerza del espíritu humano. Bruce Lee, la leyenda que lo cambió todo Bruce Lee fue una figura revolucionaria que no solo cambió Hollywood, sino que también transformó la percepción global del Kung Fu. Con su carisma incomparable y habilidades marciales sin precedentes, Lee trascendió las barreras culturales, convirtiéndose en un ícono global. Sus películas, caracterizadas por secuencias de lucha innovadoras y una profunda filosofía, introdujeron el Kung Fu a audiencias internacionales, marcando un antes y un después en la industria cinematográfica. La llegada de Lee a Hollywood en la década de 1960 desafió los estereotipos raciales prevalecientes, ofreciendo una nueva visión de los actores asiáticos como protagonistas poderosos y carismáticos. Con películas como "Operación Dragón", demostró que un actor de artes marciales podía llevar el peso de una producción de Hollywood, abriendo el camino para futuras estrellas del género. Además, Bruce Lee fue pionero en la fusión de técnicas de combate con una profunda filosofía oriental, presentando el Kung Fu no solo como un método de defensa personal, sino como un camino hacia el autoconocimiento y la autoexpresión. Su filosofía de "ser como el agua" resonó con audiencias de todo el mundo, fomentando un interés por la cultura y las artes marciales chinas. La influencia de Lee en el cine mundial fue tal que inspiró generaciones de cineastas y artistas marciales, desde Jackie Chan y Jet Li hasta Quentin Tarantino y los hermanos Wachowski.

Sus técnicas innovadoras en coreografía de lucha y su enfoque en la autenticidad marcaron un nuevo estándar en las películas de acción. Bruce Lee no solo transformó la industria cinematográfica, sino que también cambió la forma en que el mundo ve el Kung Fu, elevándolo de un estilo de lucha a un arte y una filosofía de vida. Su legado perdura, manteniéndose como una fuente de inspiración para artistas marciales y cineastas por igual, demostrando que su influencia va más allá del cine y entra en el ámbito de lo cultural y lo espiritual. Te dejamos el listado de las 10 mejores películas de Kung Fu de la historia Explorando el impacto y la maestría del Kung Fu en el cine, te presento una selección de las mejores películas de este género, cada una destacando por su contribución única a las artes marciales y el entretenimiento: "Furia Oriental" (1972) - Bruce Lee contra una escuela japonesa de kung fu. "Fist of Legend" (1994) - Un remake con un enfoque más matizado. "El Furor del Dragón" (1972) - La icónica batalla entre Bruce Lee y Chuck Norris. "Armas Invencibles" (1985) - Comedia y acción con Jackie Chan. "Shaolin Soccer" (2001) - Un creativo cruce entre kung fu y fútbol. "El maestro borracho" (1994) - Jackie Chan y el "boxeo borracho". "Operación Dragón" (1973) - El clásico torneo de artes marciales de Bruce Lee. "Kung Fu Sion" (2004) - Una mezcla única de acción y comedia. "Ip Man" (2008) - La historia de un legendario maestro de kung fu. "Kill Bill Vol. 1 y 2" (2003 – 2004) - La venganza épica de Beatrix Kiddo. Furia Oriental (1972) Esta película es un clásico indiscutible del cine de Kung Fu, protagonizada por Bruce Lee. Representa la historia de venganza de Chen Zhen contra una escuela japonesa de kung fu para honrar a su maestro caído. Es célebre por sus coreografías de lucha innovadoras y por establecer a Lee como un ícono mundial de las artes marciales. Fist of Legend (1994) Protagonizada por Jet Li, esta película es un remake de "Furia Oriental". Con escenas de combate magistralmente coreografiadas, ofrece una narrativa emocionante donde el honor y la justicia se entrelazan con la acción. El Furor del Dragón (1972) Otro clásico de Bruce Lee, famoso por la épica batalla final entre Lee y Chuck Norris en el Coliseo de Roma. La película mezcla humor, acción y filosofía de artes marciales, destacando por su impacto cultural y cinematográfico. Armas Invencibles (1985) Jackie Chan brilla en esta comedia de acción que mezcla acrobacias impresionantes con una trama de misterio policiaco. Chan rompe moldes al incorporar humor físico en las escenas de lucha, reinventando el género. Shaolin Soccer (2001) Una fusión única de comedia, deportes y Kung Fu, donde un equipo de futbolistas shaolín usa sus habilidades marciales en el campo de fútbol. La película es un divertido y emocionante viaje que rompe los límites tradicionales de las artes marciales en el cine. El maestro borracho (1994) Jackie Chan interpreta a Wong Fei-hung en esta película que combina acción y humor a través del estilo de lucha del "boxeo borracho". La película es conocida por sus impresionantes secuencias de acción y el carisma de Chan. Operación Dragón (1973) La última película completada por Bruce Lee antes de su muerte y considerada su obra maestra. Un torneo de artes marciales se convierte en la fachada para una misión de espionaje, destacando por sus icónicas escenas de lucha. Kung Fu Sion (2004) Una combinación de artes marciales, efectos especiales y humor, donde un ladrón aspira a ser miembro de una temible banda. La película es un homenaje a los clásicos del género y muestra el Kung Fu de manera estilizada y espectacular. Ip Man (2008) Basada en la vida del maestro de Wing Chun, Ip Man, esta película cuenta la historia de su vida en Foshan durante la invasión japonesa. Las escenas de combate, junto con una sólida narrativa, ofrecen un retrato íntimo y emocionante.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 y 2 (2003 – 2004) Estas películas de Quentin Tarantino son un homenaje al cine de artes marciales, contando la historia de venganza de La Novia. Con una mezcla de estilos de lucha, referencias cinematográficas y una narrativa apasionante, "Kill Bill" es un viaje estilístico y sangriento a través del género. [content-egg module=Amazon template=item]

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Here are the top 20 iconic action movies, each with a brief description:

1. **Die Hard (1988):** Directed by John McTiernan, this film stars Bruce Willis as NYPD officer John McClane, who single-handedly takes on a group of terrorists in a Los Angeles skyscraper during a Christmas party.

2. **Mad Max: Fury Road (2015):** Directed by George Miller, this post-apocalyptic action film follows Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy) and Furiosa (Charlize Theron) as they escape from a tyrannical warlord across a desert wasteland.

3. **Léon: The Professional (1994):** Directed by Luc Besson, this film tells the story of a hitman (Jean Reno) who forms an unusual relationship with a young girl (Natalie Portman) he takes in after her family is killed by corrupt DEA agents.

4. **John Wick (2014):** Directed by Chad Stahelski, Keanu Reeves plays a former hitman seeking vengeance for the death of his beloved dog, taking on the criminal underworld in a stylish and action-packed manner.

5. **The Dark Knight (2008):** Directed by Christopher Nolan, this Batman film features Christian Bale as Batman and Heath Ledger as the Joker, exploring the battle between order and chaos in Gotham City.

6. **Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991):** Directed by James Cameron, this sci-fi action film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg sent back in time to protect John Connor, a future leader, from a more advanced Terminator.

7. **The Matrix (1999):** Directed by the Wachowski siblings, Keanu Reeves stars as Neo, a computer hacker who discovers the truth about the reality he lives in and becomes a hero in a virtual world.

8. **Gladiator (2000):** Directed by Ridley Scott, this historical action film stars Russell Crowe as Maximus Decimus Meridius, a former Roman general seeking vengeance against the corrupt emperor who killed his family.

9. **Inception (2010):** Directed by Christopher Nolan, this mind-bending action film features Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief who enters people's dreams to steal their secrets, exploring the concept of shared dreaming.

10. **Braveheart (1995):** Directed by Mel Gibson, this historical epic follows William Wallace (Mel Gibson), a Scottish knight who leads a rebellion against the English during the First War of Scottish Independence.

11. **The Bourne Identity (2002):** Directed by Doug Liman, this film stars Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, a man suffering from amnesia who discovers he's a trained assassin, leading to a thrilling chase across Europe.

12. **Speed (1994):** Directed by Jan de Bont, this action thriller stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock as they try to prevent a bomb from exploding on a city bus if its speed drops below 50 miles per hour.

13. **Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) / Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004):** Directed by Quentin Tarantino, these films follow The Bride (Uma Thurman) on her quest for vengeance against her former associates in a stylized and violent manner.

14. **The Raid: Redemption (2011):** Directed by Gareth Evans, this Indonesian action film showcases a SWAT team trapped in a high-rise building filled with criminals, leading to intense and martial arts-infused combat scenes.

15. **Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000):** Directed by Ang Lee, this martial arts epic features a mix of romance and action, telling the story of legendary warriors in ancient China.

16. **The Avengers (2012):** Directed by Joss Whedon, this superhero ensemble film brings together Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, and others to save the world from a powerful alien threat.

17. **Aliens (1986):** Directed by James Cameron, this sci-fi action film is a sequel to Ridley Scott's "Alien" and follows Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) as she returns to the planet where the alien creatures were first encountered.

18. **Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981):** Directed by Steven Spielberg, this adventure film introduces Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford), an archaeologist and adventurer, as he races against Nazi agents to find the Ark of the Covenant.

19. **Django Unchained (2012):** Directed by Quentin Tarantino, this Western film stars Jamie Foxx as Django, a freed slave who teams up with a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner.

20. **Enter the Dragon (1973):** Directed by Robert Clouse, this martial arts film stars Bruce Lee as a martial artist who infiltrates a deadly crime lord's island tournament, showcasing Lee's incredible fighting skills.

These films have been celebrated for their thrilling action sequences, compelling characters, and enduring influence on the action genre in cinema.

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Leeloo’s Favorite Movies/Shows-

Any Magical Girl Show- Sailor Moon and of all things Wedding Peach are favorites

Keanu Reeves is of course her big celebrity crush with The Matrix films, Bill & Ted trilogy and The Day After Tomorrow being the favorites. 

All of Bruce Lee’s films are also on heavy rotation with her. Along with the 90s Mortal Kombat film and the Mission Impossible films.