Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're keeping the Halloween decorations up as we discuss Tsui Hark's We're Going to Eat You starring Norman Chui and Eddy Ko!
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(1:16) Why this movie
(3:26) Carlos and Marty initial thoughts
(6:19) Tsui Hark style and influences
(10:36) Hong Kong character actors!
(16:06) The music
(17:28) Horror and Action
(19:33) Back of the VHS
(20:09) Movie Recap
(53:32) Final thoughts
(1:01:56) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're joined by SWIMFANS co-host Jennifer Hocking to close out our summer arc with 2002's critically acclaimed crime drama, Infernal Affairs!
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(1:09) Jennifer Hocking
(2:00) The Departed
(7:51) Andrew Lau and behind the scenes stuff
(13:14) Back of the VHS
(13:58) Movie Recap
(1:20:53) Final thoughts
(1:29:40) Listen to Swimfans!
(1:33:25) The End??
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're sneaking out in costume to grab a snack to discuss the 2004 superhero film Zebraman directed by Takashi Miike and starring Sho Aikawa!
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(0:52) Why Zebraman
(4:05) Matthew's History
(5:59) Marty's Experience
(9:47) Miike as a director
(14:30) Zebraman Production
(20:11) Show Aikawa
(22:40) Back of the VHS
(23:27) Movie Recap
(58:50) Final thoughts
(1:00:14) Zebraman 2
(1:03:03) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're joined by The Fanatical Dragon to celebrate 150 episodes and discuss Jackie Chan's take on Indiana Jones/James Bond, Armour of God!
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Welcome to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're talking Spielberg and Wong Jing with the martial arts comedy adventure, The Magic Crystal starring Andy Lau, Cynthia Rothrock, and Richard Norton!
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TimesSqKungFU compares the 88films and Vinegar Syndrome BR release of Magic Crystal
Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(2:37) The fight choreography
(4:09) The TWO blu ray releases!
(9:36) Production background
(16:08) Carlos history with the film
(18:06) Back of the VHS
(18:42) Movie recap
(1:25:52) Plugs and Training for next episode
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're putting our protective gear on and running straight into the fire as we discuss the South Korean disaster film, The Tower directed by Kim Ji-Hoon!
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(0:51) Why The Tower
(1:13) Disaster Movie Talk
(12:23) Overall thoughts
(20:14) Back of the VHS
(20:51) Movie recap
(58:08) Final thoughts
(1:02:39) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! Join us as we have a little fun celebrating 8 years of the show!
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(1:23) Outed for having a podcast
(4:24) Quiz question 1
(6:08 Question 2
(6:13) Burp diversion
(6:48) Question 2 for real
(10:55) Question 3
(13:33) Question 4
(16:50) Question 5
(20:16) Question 6
(23:20) Question 7
(29:51) Matthew's Question
(32:35) Marty's Question
(36:54) Carlos G-Fest Update
(42:17) Let's talk about this street fighter live action movie casting
(51:34) Wrapping up
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Vintage Henshin's Mike Dent to discuss Kinji Fukasaku's 1978 space opera Message From Space starring Vic Morrow, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Etsuko Shihomi!
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You can buy the Eureka Region B release of Message From Space here!
Check out Vintage Henshin for all your classic tokusatsu needs!
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(0:31) Why Message From Space
(5:37) Behind the scenes
(14:16) Strengths of Message From Space
(21:52) Back of the VHS
(22:33) Movie talk
(1:19:43) Final thoughts
(1:24:12) Mike plugs
(1:25:20) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we begin our summer arc of Hollywood blockbusters from Asian cinema with the 1977 giant monster film The Mighty Peking Man, directed by Ho Meng-Hua and starring Danny Lee, Evelyne Kraft, and Ku Feng!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:19 Why The Mighty Peking Man
22:46 Back of the VHS
22:24 Movie Recap
1:10:18 Final thoughts
1:13:11 Plugs and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Josh McKenzie to discuss the 1989 original video animation, Riding Bean created by Kenichi Sonoda!
Full cast and credits at Anime News Network
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Listen to Josh on Swimfans!
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(1:04) Why Riding Bean
(23:44) OVA Discussion
(51:32) Plugs and what we've been watching
(59:06) Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we conclude our first look into the works of Zhang Yimou with the 2018 desaturated wuxia epic, Shadow!
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Zhang Yimou Q&A at TIFF in 2018
Come see Carlos host a talk back for the premiere of Africa: A Kung Fu Story along with Executive Producer and Composer of the film, Arnold Cifax Jr.!
June 5th, at the Milwaukee Art Museum
Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(2:24) Carlos on a panel about Africa A Kung Fu Story
(4:03) Our Shadow history
(5:53) Shadow is a mixed bag visually
(15:41) Pretty with no charisma
(20:40) Shadow Visuals
(29:31) Getting into the movie itself
(30:09) Amazon synopsis
(30:37)
(56:53) Final thoughts
(58:57) Overall Zhang Yimou thoughts
(1:07:04) Plugs and training for next week
(1:07:35) Surprise Fanmail section!
(1:13:38) Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast. This week we discuss Zhang Yimou's wuxia follow up to Hero, 2004's House of Flying Daggers starring Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Ziyi!
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The video of our 2025 VGM Con panel "The Bruce Lees of Fighting Games" is now on youtube! Plus us chatting about VGM Con a bit. Please check it out in the link below!
https://youtu.be/40Rs0v_hpYY
This week on Heroes Three podcast we're in the thralls of preparing our VGM CON panel, so please enjoy this short discussion on Cause: The Birth of Hero and a little preview of our upcoming panel!
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Today on Heroes Three our very regular hosts have a very normal time talking about the very regular film The Avenging Fist directed by Andrew Lau from 2001!
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Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we discuss the worldwide hit film Hero from 2002, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, and Donnie Yen!
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Welcome to the latest episode of Heroes Three podcast! This week we are continuing our look at the works of Zhang Yimou with 1994's To Live, starring Ge You and Gong Li.
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(1:01) Why To Live
(15:05) Technical aspects of the film
(20:55) Novel talk
(22:46) A bit about puppets
(25:34) Movie talk
(41:50) Tanget on 90s alt comedy
(42:41) Movie talk 2
(1:07:59) Book ending and final thoughts
(1:13:41) Plugs and Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This episode we begin an arc discussing the work of Zhang Yimou, beginning with Raise the Red Lantern (with a touch of Red Sorghum for comparison) from 1991 starring Gong Li.
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(0:57) Why no Red Sorghum?
(4:38) Zhang Yimou Background
(7:51) Different kind of movie for Heroes Three
(9:21) Matthew's limited Yimou experience
(10:52) Gong Li and Red Sorghum
(14:24) Movie Discussion
(1:09:18) Final Thoughts
(1:13:29) Plugs and Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This episode we're warming up with another look at a handful of animated shorts.
Ek Cup Chaha from 2019 by Sumit Yempalle
The Boy Who Cheated Death from 2024 by Pipou Phuong Nguyen
Gurren Lagann Parallel Works episode 8 from 2008 by You Yoshinari
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(01:05) The Heroes Three catch up
(05:42) A Cup of Tea
(11:37) The Boy Who Cheated Death
(16:02) Gurren Lagann Parallel Works Ep 8
(26:51) Onimusha 3 Intro
(39:31) Plugs and training for next week
Happy Holidays from Heroes Three! This week we are closing out 2024 with Marty's host pick, God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai directed by Wong Jing and starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, and Gong Li!
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Timestamps
(0:00) Intro
(3:00) Production background
(6:36) Carlos and Matthew Initial Thoughts
(8:40) Hong Kong cross talk with hollywood
(11:01) Movie Thoughts
(16:05) Gong Li: Too Hot for Taiwan?
(26:22) Back to the movie
(58:40) Possible releases in the US
(1:01:14) Ng Man-tat and Stephen Chow
(1:03:10) Final thoughts and plugs