Oldie but Goodie

[seawasp]

This was originally put up QUITE a while ago, but it's still really cool.

If you are old enough to remember Hong Kong Phooey, and if you are familiar with fighting anime and/or Street Fighter, you will love

http://www.cartoonnetworkla.com/english/watch/web_shows/hk_phooey/

Comments

[james8bitstar.livejournal.com]

... That... Was... Amazing.

I almost wish the real Hong Kong Phooey cartoon was like that.

But where's the part where his cat saves him?

I...

[seawasp]

... DEFINITELY wish the real HKP was like that. I'd have WATCHED that show.

The original, in a sense, was a perfect distillation of everything that SUCKED about American Saturday Morning Cartoons -- the neato concept destroyed by incredibly stupid humor, the lame plot device of a hero who couldn't even save pennies in a piggy bank actually being a success due to some sidekick character, etc., etc., etc.

The fact that shows like that (and like many sitcoms) have been considered funny led me to conclude that I have a very picky sense of humor, and one that's easily overloaded.

hong kong phooey

[heracolyte.livejournal.com]

ah ... brings back memories
makes me also think of Underdog!

Yep

[james8bitstar.livejournal.com]

Personally I thought HKP was amusing, but it was not a show I thought I could watch on a daily basis. I personally prefer more action-adventure type stuff, like Centurions, He-Man, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (except for the lame remakes).

Sitcoms... are a bane. I mean really, I have a few people on AIM who always tell me how funny Family Guy and Futurama are, but when I watched the shows, they were these lame, brainless, juvenile pieces of junk that seemed like they were written by cynical high school students (I mean, one entire episode of Family Guy revolved around genital envy--how much more juvenile can you get?)

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Hong Kong Phooey was NEVER that competent.

Re: hong kong phooey

[filkerdave.livejournal.com]

Underdog rocks my world.

But...

[seawasp]

... he SHOULD have been. That's the point. I would have WATCHED that version.

Re: hong kong phooey

[seawasp]

SPEED of LIGHTNING, ROAR of THUNDER, FIGHTING all who ROB or PLUNDER, UNDERDOG!

Re: Yep

[seawasp]

The TMNT comics were good, but the cartoon Teen-rage Moron Nitwit Turtles annoyed me.

The only really GOOD American cartoons became pretty obscure or ignored, and often had hideous animation to make it happen that way (the Star Trek cartoon, for instance).

[corvidophile.livejournal.com]

listened without sound at work and it still rocked.... and if the street fighter movie was just HALF that good it would have made presentable. my mind was filling in all the sound effects. full of lighting blasts and hyruken! (sp) and dragon punch sounds from the game hehe.

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[james8bitstar.livejournal.com]

I dunno. My favorite American cartoons include a few that were quite popular (particularly He-Man, She-Ra, Thundercats, and of course TMNT), though it's true some of the better ones are mostly obscure, like Peter Pan and the Pirates which was seen (and treated) as if it was nothing but filler.

And Hong Kong Phooey was made in the 1970s, which was just a bad decade for cartoons in general... thats when if you wanted to watch cartoons, you had to either watch Archie, a variation of Scooby Doo, or Hanna Barbera superhero crap like the original Space Ghost.

Re: Yep

[seawasp]

My favorite American cartoons were Underdog (when I was little), Rocky & Bullwinkle (and their associated Fractured Fairy Tales, etc.), the Star Trek cartoon, Jonny Quest, and (much later) Mighty Max.

The Street Fighter movie...

[seawasp]

... Which one? The SFII Movie (anime) was very good for what it was, and featured one of, if not the, greatest final fights of all anime.

The live-action so-called Street Fighter, with Van Damme, well, yes, that sucked boulders through a garden hose. The only thing worth watching in that was Raul Julia, who was clearly having fun hamming it up in his last role.

There was a Hong Kong film called "Time Cops" which was nothing more or less than a silly time-travel plot wrapped around an excuse to do a live-action Street Fighter movie. Which, despite silly special effects, kicked a fair amount of ass and had some excellent comedy in it too.

Re: The Street Fighter movie...

[seawasp]

oh... and of course let us not forget the Street Fighter segment in Jackie Chan's "City Hunter" movie... where a crossdressing Jackie looks GOOD as Chun Li!

Re: Yep

[james8bitstar.livejournal.com]

Man I wish Mighty Max was available on DVD.

If I had to make a complete list of American cartoons that should be available on DVD but aren't, it wouldn't fit in LJ's response size limit.

Re: The Street Fighter movie...

[corvidophile.livejournal.com]

oh definitely talking about the live movie hehe. how you described it, fits it to a tee. (and i so miss Raul =,( ..though my fav role he was in was the Addams Family. one of those corny shows i just adore.) the anime was much much better hehe.

the hong kong version of Time Cops sounds interesting.... may have to give a try to see if its in the video store and rent it.

Re: Yep

[heracolyte.livejournal.com]

I still love rocky and bullwinkle.

I remember religiously watching the Star Trek cartoons while eating morning oatmeal. However, it's been so long, I wonder if I saw it nowadays if I'd still like it (or think man that was corny)

Re: Yep

[james8bitstar.livejournal.com]

I still love rocky and bullwinkle.

Cop: "How did you get all those box tops?"
Bullwinkle: "Well I eat a lot of cereal for breakfast."
Cop: "85,000 boxes full?"
Bullwinkle: "Well I like to snack before goin' to bed too."
Cop: "How come you never turned them in?"
Bullwinkle: "Couldn't make up my mind what I wanted!"
Cop:"What do you think, Chief?"
Chief: "He's either a criminal mastermind or a stupid birdbrain."
Bullwinkle: "Do I get a choice?"