The EL REY Network Thread

[NikoBaltimore]

14 hours ago, J.T. said:

I'm a bit bummed because I am on shift tonight and Holy Flame Of The Martial World comes on this evening in the late block.

I caught some of this last night.  It sure is over-the-top with the dark magic and the constant flying around.  Not sure if I'm going to like this but willing to see the rest.  Then again I'm not fully sold on "wire fu" or whatever they call it.

[J.T.]

Shaw Brothers went through a weird point in time where they were trying to compete with Japanese tokusatsu shows like Ultraman and Giant Robo so they resorted to Kung Fu movies loaded with special effects like Holy Flane, The Battle Wizard, The Web of Death, and a few others.

Shaw even put out a legit tokusatsu movie in 1975 called The Super Inframan which is a beloved cult classic.

China Star rekindled the magic fu love with the Zu movies and Golden Harvest followed up in the 90's with The Storm Riders and A Man Called Hero; aboth adopted from  Ma Wing-shing's graphic novels.

I would be remiss if I didn't include John Carpenter's Big Trouble In Little China in that mix.

[Neil Koch]

On ‎11‎/‎4‎/‎2016 at 4:56 PM, J.T. said:

Shaw Brothers went through a weird point in time where they were trying to compete with Japanese tokusatsu shows like Ultraman and Giant Robo so they resorted to Kung Fu movies loaded with special effects like Holy Flane, The Battle Wizard, The Web of Death, and a few others.

Local box office for kung fu films went way down after Bruce Lee died - a lot of people came to see the Shaw's traditional style as slow and corny - all the Bruce knockoffs didn't help either.  The bigger budget wuxia films were also an answer to Hollywood blockbusters like Star Wars that were starting to make more of a dent at the box office.

[J.T.]

Your upcoming Thanksgiving holiday schedule!  The annual Way of the Turkey marathon will be interrupted on Saturday for a Fan Favorite marathon of Lucha Underground eps and then it will be back to business on Sunday. 

Lots an lots of classic good stuff on the line up and of course there is Lo mother fucking Meng hosting Five Deadly Venoms on Friday.

Thursday Nov. 24th:

• 6:00am et “House of Traps”
• 8:00 am et “Opium and the Kung-Fu Master”
• 10:00am et “One-Armed Swordsman”
• 12:30pm et “Return of the One-Armed Swordsman”
• 2:30pm et “The New One-Armed Swordsman”
• 4:30pm et “Chinese Connection / Fist of Fury”
• 7:00pm et “Executioners From Shaolin” – Hosted by “Lucha Underground’s” Dario Cueto
• 9:15pm et “Legendary Weapons of China”
• 11:15pm et “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” – Hosted by Rza
• 1:45am et “Return to the 36th Chamber”
• 4:00am et “Disciples of the 36th Chamber” – Hosted by Rza

Friday Nov 25th:

• 6:00am et “Clan of The White Lotus”
• 8:00am et “Legendary Weapons of China”
• 10:00am et “House of Traps”
• 12:00pm et “The Flying Guillotine” – Hosted by “Lucha Underground’s” Johnny Mundo
• 2:00pm et “The Flying Guillotine 2”
• 4:00pm et “Five Deadly Venoms” – Hosted by: Lo Meng
• 6:00pm et “The Crippled Avengers” – Hosted by Rza
• 8:00pm et “Chinese Connection/ Fist of Fury” – Hosted by Shannon Lee
• 10:00pm et “Way of the Dragon” – Hosted by Shannon Lee
• 12:00am et “Game of Death” – Hosted by “Lucha Underground’s” Chavo Guerrero
• 2:00am et “The Big Boss”
• 4:00am et “Ten Tigers of Kwangtung”

Saturday Nov 26th:

• 6:00am et “Top of the Ladder” – Season 1 Episode 7
• 7:00am et “A Unique Opportunity” – Season 1 Episode 8
• 8:00am et “Aztec Warfare” – Season 1 Episode 9
• 9:00am et “Grave Consequences – Season 1 Episode 19
• 10:00am et “Trios Champions” – Season 1 Episode 24
• 11:00am et “Fight to the Death” – Season 1 Episode 29
• 12:00pm et “All Night Long” – Season 1 Episode 32
• 1:00pm et “PenUltimaLucha” – Season 1 Episode 37
• 2:00pm et “Ultima Lucha Pt. 1” – Season 1 Episode 38
• 3:00pm et “Ultima Lucha Pt. 2” – Season 1 Episode 39
• 5:00pm et “A Much Darker Place” – Season 2 Episode 1
• 6:00pm et “Death Comes in Threes” – Season 2 Episode 7
• 7:00pm et “Life after Death” – Season 2 Episode 8
• 8:00pm et “Aztec Warefare 2” – Season 2 Episode 9
• 9:00pm et “Cage in a Cage” – Season 2 Episode 14
• 10:00pm et “No Mas” – Season 2 Episode 15
• 11:00pm et “The Contenders’ – Season 2 Episode 20
• 12:00am et “Six to Survive” – Season 2 Episode 21
• 1:00am et “Ultima Lucha Dos Pt. 1” – Season 2 Episode 24
• 2:00am et “Ultima Lucha Dos Pt. 2” – Season 2 Episode 25
• 3:00am et “Ultima Lucha Dos Pt. 3” – Season 2 Episode 26
• 5:00am et “The Amulet” – Season 3 Episode 2

Sunday Nov 27th:

• 6:00am et “Ten Tigers of Kwangtung”
• 8:00am et “Executioners From Shaolin” – Hosted by “Lucha Underground’s” Dario Cueto
• 10:00am et “Chinese Connection/ Fist of Fury” – Hosted by Shannon Lee
• 12:45pm et “Way Of The Dragon” – Hosted by Shannon Lee
• 3:00pm et “Game of Death” – Hosted by Shannon Lee
• 5:15pm et “The Big Boss”
• 7:30pm et “Five Deadly Venoms” – Hosted by Lo Meng
• 9:45pm et “The Crippled Avengers” – Hosted by The Rza
• 11:45pm et “Five Fingers of Death” – Hosted by “Lucha Underground’s” Dario Cueto
• 2:00am et “The Flying Guillotine” – Hosted by “Lucha Underground’s” Johnny Mundo
• 4:00am et “The Flying Guillotine 2”

[Curt McGirt]

Cool, still haven't seen Ten Tigers of Kwangtung. Maybe I can finally catch the entirety of Five Fingers of Death too. 

Sucks that there isn't more of Season 3 LU though

[J.T.]

I can only imagine what the line-up for The El Rey Kaiju Christmas marathon will be. 

It has dethroned 24 Hours of A Christmas Story as our house's Yuletide tradition.

[NikoBaltimore]

3 hours ago, J.T. said:

I can only imagine what the line-up for The El Rey Kaiju Christmas marathon will be. 

It has dethroned 24 Hours of A Christmas Story as our house's Yuletide tradition.

I go to my parents' house and I tried both Way of the Turkey and Kaiju Christmas, sadly it was a no on both counts.  Thank goodness for DVR though.  Even if I've seen the movie I have to record it anyway for the likes of Dario and now Lo Meng.

[RRR]

Watching Kickboxer 4 last night swore I was going to have a Tong Po nightmare given the make-up/mask he was wearing that made him look like a tanned Muay Thai Michael Myers. Once you saw his eyeballs moving around in the mask you just couldn't look away. 

 

Then I noticed Albert Pyun as director and realized maybe he was suppose to be some alien super fighter for this movie. 

[piranesi]

8 minutes ago, Zartan said:

Then I noticed Albert Pyun as director...

Always the key moment where you settle in and just accept everything.

[NikoBaltimore]

Ooh, my DVR is getting a workout this weekend. So much good stuff to check out!

[Curt McGirt]

Next Saturday is the DEADLY VENGEANCE MARATHON with

Death Wish 2-4

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday

Freddy vs. Jason

If you don't love Death Wish 3 and Freddy vs. Jason please put me on ignore. Required Bitching: they need to play The Exterminator and its sequel for a DEADLY VENGEANCE MARATHON

[NikoBaltimore]

I'm happy to see Death Wish 2-4 next week, Charles Bronson is such a badass.  I admittedly haven't seen Freddy vs. Jason, but on a friend's recommendation (and yours too) I'll be sure to remedy that.

[Curt McGirt]

When it came out I watched it at least three times in the theater because for me growing up as a kid, it was a total dream match and just ended up being such a blast. Freddy comes off like such a creep in it and the final battle is the best. And you get all the gore gags and titties that both series deserve in a mashup, so it's all win-win to me. I'd advise loosening the mood with a couple beers and watching with friends if you're unsure.

[J.T.]

On 11/22/2016 at 0:55 PM, Curt McGirt said:

 Sucks that there isn't more of Season 3 LU though

True, but I finally got to DVR the Grave Encounters casket match, so I was good with that. 

[Curt McGirt]

Don't know why I didn't watch more as I was laid up in bed all weekend. The only match I caught was the Cage/Mack brawl. And of course then I fell asleep before Ten Tigers of Kwangtung came on

[J.T.]

20 minutes ago, Curt McGirt said:

Don't know why I didn't watch more as I was laid up in bed all weekend. The only match I caught was the Cage/Mack brawl. And of course then I fell asleep before Ten Tigers of Kwangtung came on

I had to DVR Ten Tigers.  They scheduled those showings way too early for me.,

[Pete]

Thought I might as well throw this here. Angela Mao, AKA "Lady Kung Fu," has resurfaced in Queens running a Taiwanese restaurant I walked past countless times on the way to my wife's old apartment.

[Curt McGirt]

Kaiju Xmas is gonna be 4 days and 20 movies. Well damn. Maybe I can finally catch Godzilla vs. Biollante in full, or really hit the jackpot and see The Wrath of Daimajin or Frankenstein Conquers the World! 

BTW the Deadly Vengeance Marathon is on right now if you wanna see Charles Bronson fight the drug war (AKA the youth of America) HEAD ON~!

[J.T.]

I hit the jackpot last Kaiju Xmas when WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS was on.

[Curt McGirt]

That was the one I was forgetting! Never seen it all the way through. 

[Curt McGirt]

White Lightning and Gator are playing tomorrow. BURT REYNOLDS POWERS ACTIVATE~!

[Curt McGirt]

Holy shit, Gator's dad is the grandfather of the cannibal family from The Hills Have Eyes! And Gator even has the same font for the opening credits! 

[Curt McGirt]

Caught the end of Gator (despite technical difficulties. Get it together El Rey). Has anyone ever mentioned the fact that Gator had the EXACT SAME Empire Strikes Back quote

Quote

"I love you."

"I know."

years prior? I'm not a huge Star Wars nerd but this has got to be a talking point with somebody, surely. And it's kind of nice to have the role reversal, btw, because this is a fucking Burt Reynolds movie

[J.T.]

Here is your beloved El Rey Kaiju Christmas marathon line-up for 2016.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23RD

6:00 AM ET/PT “GOJIRA”
8:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS”
9:30 AM ET/PT “GHIDORAH: THE THREE HEADED MONSTER”
11:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE”
1:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN”
3:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MONSTER ZERO”
5:00 PM ET/PT “MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA”
7:00PM ET/PT “GODZILLA’S REVENGE”
8:30PM ET/PT “TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA”
10:30PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II”
1:00AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA”
3:00AM ET/PT “GODZILLA’S REVENGE”
4:30AM ET/PT “RODAN”

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24th

6:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH”
8:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH
10:00AM ET/ PT “GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS”
12:00PM ET/PT “GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK”
2:00PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH”
4:00PM ET/PT “GODZILLA: FINAL WARS”
6:30PM ET/PT “GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S.”
8:30PM ET/ PT “GHIDORAH: THE THREE HEADED MONSTER”
10:30PM ET/ PT “GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS”
12:30AM ET/PT “GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN”
1:30AM ET/PT “GODZILLA: FINAL WARS”
4:00AM ET/PT “GODZILLA, MOTHRA, AND KING GHIDORAH: GIANT MONSTERS ALL-OUT ATTACK”

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25th

6:00AM ET/PT “MOTHRA VS. GODZILLA”
8:00AM ET/PT “TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA”
10:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II”
12:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA: FINAL WARS”
3:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S.”
5:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA”
7:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA”
9:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. DESTOROYAH”
11:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH”
1:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE”
4:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS”

MONDAY, DECEMBER 26th

6:00 AM ET/PT “RODAN”
7:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA”
10:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA’S REVENGE”
11:30 AM ET/PT “GHIDORAH: THE THREE HEADED MONSTER”
1:30 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MECHAGODZILLA II”
4:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. KING GHIDORAH”
6:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MEGAGUIRUS”
8:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA AGAINST MECHAGODZILLA”
10:00 PM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA
12:00 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA VS. SPACEGODZILLA”
2:30 AM ET/PT “GODZILLA: TOKYO S.O.S.”
4:30 AM ET/ PT “GODZILLA RAIDS AGAIN”

War of the Gargantuas didn't make it back this year but it looks like Godzilla Tokyo SOS took its place. 

El Rey still hasn't gotten the licenses for the Daimajin trilogy. I am not even sure if Kadokawa Pictures ever put them up for sale.. 

I am going to have to remember to DVR Rodan this time around.  It had horrible schedule placement last year too and I missed it every time it came on.

[NikoBaltimore]

It legit has become my new Christmas tradition to watch a bunch of this over Christmas weekend.  And this year the party's two doors down from me, so when everything is done we'll be coming back seeing even more.  Great, great times indeed.