Comments on: Exploitation Friday! http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/ Comic Book Resources Presents... Comics Should Be Good! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:32:54 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Comics Should Be Good! » Another Friday Rooting Through the Bargain Bin http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-602053 Comics Should Be Good! » Another Friday Rooting Through the Bargain Bin Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:48:14 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-602053 [...] Since I finally purchased Enter The Dragon and wish-listed Black Belt Jones not too long ago — you might remember, I wrote about those movies here — Amazon has decided I must like Jim Kelly movies. And I’m finding that, damn, I really do, especially since I keep finding them for a dollar apiece. You can’t even rent a movie for a dollar around these parts any more. [...] [...] Since I finally purchased Enter The Dragon and wish-listed Black Belt Jones not too long ago — you might remember, I wrote about those movies here — Amazon has decided I must like Jim Kelly movies. And I’m finding that, damn, I really do, especially since I keep finding them for a dollar apiece. You can’t even rent a movie for a dollar around these parts any more. [...]

]]> By: FunkyGreenJerusalem http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-527879 FunkyGreenJerusalem Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:51:45 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-527879 I got myself a t-shirt with the painting from a Hammer poster on saturday. http://hammerhorrorposters.com/images/100_0158.jpg It's just the image (same colours), with Frankenstein written in red down the bottom, and Hammer Films written on the back. They also had one with this image on it: http://hammerhorrorposters.com/images/100_0179.jpg I got myself a t-shirt with the painting from a Hammer poster on saturday.
http://hammerhorrorposters.com/images/100_0158.jpg
It's just the image (same colours), with Frankenstein written in red down the bottom, and Hammer Films written on the back.

They also had one with this image on it:
http://hammerhorrorposters.com/images/100_0179.jpg

]]> By: jccalhoun http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-526400 jccalhoun Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:39:05 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-526400 The first story featuring Fu Manchu came out in 1913 so the story is in public domain. However, the character may still be trademarked. The first story featuring Fu Manchu came out in 1913 so the story is in public domain. However, the character may still be trademarked.

]]> By: Perry Holley http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-526385 Perry Holley Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:29:00 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-526385 Does anyone know when the Fu Manchu stories will enter the public domain? Because I'm guessing that only then will Marvel release collections of the MOKF and Deadly Hands issues. Does anyone know when the Fu Manchu stories will enter the public domain? Because I'm guessing that only then will Marvel release collections of the MOKF and Deadly Hands issues.

]]> By: Greg Hatcher http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-524117 Greg Hatcher Sat, 09 Feb 2008 22:31:27 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-524117 <blockquote>In my perfect world, Bruce Lee never died and made “Shaft Goes to Hong Kong” with Richard Roundtree, which naturally went on to sweep the academy awards and become the number one grossing film in the world. And of course, spawned the sequel with Christopher Lee: “Enter the Vampire: Dracula vs. Shaft and Bruce Lee.”</blockquote> Oh, you make me weep for what might have been. Still, you got two thirds of that... sort of. This is one of my most favorite movies in the world, and it's ALMOST Dracula versus Bruce Lee. <strong><em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_the_7_Golden_Vampires">Check it out.</a></em></strong>

In my perfect world, Bruce Lee never died and made “Shaft Goes to Hong Kong” with Richard Roundtree, which naturally went on to sweep the academy awards and become the number one grossing film in the world.

And of course, spawned the sequel with Christopher Lee: “Enter the Vampire: Dracula vs. Shaft and Bruce Lee.”

Oh, you make me weep for what might have been.

Still, you got two thirds of that... sort of. This is one of my most favorite movies in the world, and it's ALMOST Dracula versus Bruce Lee. Check it out.

]]> By: Bic http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-523980 Bic Sat, 09 Feb 2008 21:34:45 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-523980 Whether it's the odd sight of Scatman Crothers as a martial arts expert or the wonder of Jim Kelly's perfectly formed afro, Black Belt Jones has everything you could hope for in a movie. Anyway, thanks for the great article. Seeing all these larger than life, slightly silly stories that I love together in one piece made my day. Whether it's the odd sight of Scatman Crothers as a martial arts expert or the wonder of Jim Kelly's perfectly formed afro, Black Belt Jones has everything you could hope for in a movie.

Anyway, thanks for the great article. Seeing all these larger than life, slightly silly stories that I love together in one piece made my day.

]]> By: sgt pepper http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-523716 sgt pepper Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:07:49 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-523716 I also watched Enter the Dragon for the first time the other day, and while I found the first half hour or so charmingly corny, it soon grew tedious. Terrible script. Terrible pacing. The final claws and mirrors fight was pretty cool, but not enough to make up for the dragging second act. I also watched Enter the Dragon for the first time the other day, and while I found the first half hour or so charmingly corny, it soon grew tedious. Terrible script. Terrible pacing. The final claws and mirrors fight was pretty cool, but not enough to make up for the dragging second act.

]]> By: JC http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-523285 JC Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:30:00 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-523285 A Cage movie would be sweet but I wonder if they're going to do modern Cage or retro 70s Cage. A Cage movie would be sweet but I wonder if they're going to do modern Cage or retro 70s Cage.

]]> By: Sam A. Lam http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-523225 Sam A. Lam Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:01:32 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-523225 There's enough cheese on those covers for a lifetime of hamburgers. Ah, it's the cheese... There's enough cheese on those covers for a lifetime of hamburgers. Ah, it's the cheese...

]]> By: John Seavey http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-523088 John Seavey Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:31:11 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-523088 I suddenly ache to see someone like John Singleton do a Luke Cage movie...and lo and behold, while I'm checking the imdb to make sure I was thinking of the right person, I notice he's actually been announced as doing one! Oh, it has serious "awesome" potential. An escaped con, on the run, trying to clear his name of the crime he didn't commit, setting up shop as a private eye...and oh, yeah, he's bullet-proof. Could be the best movie ever. I suddenly ache to see someone like John Singleton do a Luke Cage movie...and lo and behold, while I'm checking the imdb to make sure I was thinking of the right person, I notice he's actually been announced as doing one! Oh, it has serious "awesome" potential. An escaped con, on the run, trying to clear his name of the crime he didn't commit, setting up shop as a private eye...and oh, yeah, he's bullet-proof. Could be the best movie ever.

]]> By: Reno http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-522869 Reno Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:24:19 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-522869 If you look closely enough, you'd see that the guy whose arm is being twisted by Bruce Lee is none other than Jackie Chan, back during his stuntman days. I love how the Sons of the Tiger are leaping into a fight with their hands in "karate chop" positions. :P If you look closely enough, you'd see that the guy whose arm is being twisted by Bruce Lee is none other than Jackie Chan, back during his stuntman days.

I love how the Sons of the Tiger are leaping into a fight with their hands in "karate chop" positions. :P

]]> By: Matt Bird http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-522291 Matt Bird Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:12:14 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-522291 I haven't read that issue of Backstory, but there was a great "Amazing Heroes" interview with Gulacy in the 80s where he admitted to actually clipping frames out of a print of "Enter the Dragon", turing them into slides, projecting them onto the page, and directly tracing the fight sequences. And don't forget how many MOKF storylines involved island fortresses and missing hands! (Velcro, Razorfist, others) I don't mind. I love the movie and the comic. I haven't read that issue of Backstory, but there was a great "Amazing Heroes" interview with Gulacy in the 80s where he admitted to actually clipping frames out of a print of "Enter the Dragon", turing them into slides, projecting them onto the page, and directly tracing the fight sequences. And don't forget how many MOKF storylines involved island fortresses and missing hands! (Velcro, Razorfist, others) I don't mind. I love the movie and the comic.

]]> By: sluggo http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-521803 sluggo Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:20:18 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-521803 I just read the first Executioner novel recently, so it's fresh on my mind, and the citation that his wife and child were killed by the mob is actually incorrect. Mack Bolan's father got in trouble with the mob and, fearing that they would kill him and his family, his father opted instead to kill his wife, his daughter and himself instead of subject them to what the mob would do to them. Bolan's brother was the only survivor. Odd but true. I just read the first Executioner novel recently, so it's fresh on my mind, and the citation that his wife and child were killed by the mob is actually incorrect. Mack Bolan's father got in trouble with the mob and, fearing that they would kill him and his family, his father opted instead to kill his wife, his daughter and himself instead of subject them to what the mob would do to them. Bolan's brother was the only survivor. Odd but true.

]]> By: Chris http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-521573 Chris Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:42:52 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-521573 I have about 200 Executioner books out in the garage starting with the first one and going in numerical order. Anyway, I forget which one it is (I think the omnuibus version of the first three books) where Pendleton mentioned an "upcoming" Executioner movie starring that swinging young star Burt Reynolds (remember this was the 70's). I have about 200 Executioner books out in the garage starting with the first one and going in numerical order. Anyway, I forget which one it is (I think the omnuibus version of the first three books) where Pendleton mentioned an "upcoming" Executioner movie starring that swinging young star Burt Reynolds (remember this was the 70's).

]]> By: Evan Waters http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-521557 Evan Waters Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:34:59 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-521557 I think the problem with the monster books is that by the time they came out the monster craze of the 60s, with Hammer at the forefront, was dying out. The CCA prevented DC and Marvel from tackling this material until it was reformed, and I think the non-Code magazines didn't get going until the 70s either. So they rushed to finally tackle material they hadn't been allowed to, but popular interest had passed. I think the problem with the monster books is that by the time they came out the monster craze of the 60s, with Hammer at the forefront, was dying out. The CCA prevented DC and Marvel from tackling this material until it was reformed, and I think the non-Code magazines didn't get going until the 70s either. So they rushed to finally tackle material they hadn't been allowed to, but popular interest had passed.

]]> By: Apodaca http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-521539 Apodaca Sat, 09 Feb 2008 01:27:55 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-521539 I love how scared the white guy looks on that Sons of the Tiger cover. I love how scared the white guy looks on that Sons of the Tiger cover.

]]> By: JC http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-521478 JC Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:48:42 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-521478 In my perfect world, Bruce Lee never died and made "Shaft Goes to Hong Kong" with Richard Roundtree, which naturally went on to sweep the academy awards and become the number one grossing film in the world. And of course, spawned the sequel with Christopher Lee: "Enter the Vampire: Dracula vs. Shaft and Bruce Lee." In my perfect world, Bruce Lee never died and made "Shaft Goes to Hong Kong" with Richard Roundtree, which naturally went on to sweep the academy awards and become the number one grossing film in the world.

And of course, spawned the sequel with Christopher Lee: "Enter the Vampire: Dracula vs. Shaft and Bruce Lee."

]]> By: Greg Hatcher http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-521424 Greg Hatcher Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:21:41 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-521424 Oh, I never miss <i>Back Issue.</i> It's awesome. But I should have remembered to plug that one myself, thanks for bringing it up. Oh, I never miss Back Issue. It's awesome. But I should have remembered to plug that one myself, thanks for bringing it up.

]]> By: Greg Burgas http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-521415 Greg Burgas Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:19:24 +0000 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2008/02/08/exploitation-friday/#comment-521415 Back Issue #26, the latest issue, was devoted to spy comics. They had a long interview with Moench and Gulacy about Shang-Chi. It's very interesting, and the rest of the mag is quite good too. If you can find a copy, I recommend it. Back Issue #26, the latest issue, was devoted to spy comics. They had a long interview with Moench and Gulacy about Shang-Chi. It's very interesting, and the rest of the mag is quite good too. If you can find a copy, I recommend it.

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