"How Bruce Lee Changed The World" - History Channel documentary

Danny Tse
Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
edited May 2009 in Music & Movies
Anyone watched this 2 hour documentary last night?

I am not a big Bruce Lee fan, but I was able to catch the repeat at midnight (yeah, I stayed up 'til 2 am to watch this). In this documentary, it discussed Lee's influences on everything from movie-making to mixed martial arts, and from music to his philosophies. Notable people paying tribute included director Brett Radner (of the "Rush Hour" trilogy), director John Woo, Sugar Ray Leonard, LL Cool J, Jackie Chan, Stan Lee (creator of Spiderman and is apparently making a computer-generated movie on Bruce Lee), etc. While there're many documentaries on Bruce Lee, this one mixed things Bruce did in his life while he was alive and the influences they have until now. Quite an eye-opener....especially those black-and-white films of Bruce demonstrating his techniques in a packed gym. Highly recommended!
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  • acsubie
    acsubie Posts: 773
    edited May 2009
    caught the last 1/2 hr. Hope to catch the rest very soon. It was very interesting for sure.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited May 2009
    Grew up on Lee as a kid as well. He was one bad a$$ dude. A true legend for sure.
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  • shawn474
    shawn474 Posts: 3,052
    edited May 2009
    I have been waiting for this for a long time, as Bruce Lee is one of my childhood idols. It did not disappoint and had a lot of footage that I have never seen before. He is a true legend.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited May 2009
    I thought the special was pretty crappy. It was more of an advertisment for the people involved than it was a deep history of Bruce Lee.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2009
    Bruce Lee may have changed the world but Chuck Norris created it.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited May 2009
    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited May 2009
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    Bruce Lee may have changed the world but Chuck Norris created it.

    Lee changed the world. Chuck is doing infommercials.

    And Bruce kicked his **** too...:)
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2009
    venomclan wrote: »
    Lee changed the world. Chuck is doing infommercials.

    And Bruce kicked his **** too...:)

    Chuck Norris just mind round house kicked you in the head.
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited May 2009
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    Chuck Norris just mind round house kicked you in the head.

    Sorry, I just blocked him with Johnny Depp as a human shield!
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited May 2009
    Bruce Lee was the MAN!
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