Kung Fu - The Complete First Season
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Movie Reviews of Kung Fu - The Complete First Season
Movie Review: Great product
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I grew up watching this series and now we are introducing it to our kids. The teachings of Master Po to Grashopper during the flashbacks are great and can be applied to nowadays.
We are very happy with it and we are planning on buying Season 2!
Thanks,
mconn
Movie Review: Inspiring words have no end
Summary: 5 Stars
This is by far the most inspiring show I have ever seen. Every episode has meaning, purpose, and value. There is always a lesson to be learned, or in some ways, several lessons, that touch your heart and reach out and grab your soul, begging it to listen. Movie Review: Kung Fu but a lifestyle
Summary: 5 Stars
I forgot how old I was when I first saw the pilot. Shaolin Kung Fu is a life style not only a Martial Art. David Caradine who played Kwai Chang Cain was not the actor who was to be. Bruce Lee originated the concept and wanted to be the main actor. His son Brandon Lee played in one of the roles in a future episode. Bruce Lee was too Oriental or Asian to play the part and never acted the role. Wonder what Kung Fu would have been like if he did. We will never know.
This is not an action movie like Jackie Chan or Jet Li. It is a movie to show the philosophy behind Kung Fu. The movement of animals, the balance between man and nature. Black and White. Soft and Hard. Man and Woman. Yin and Yang. Give and Take. Push and Pull.
Kung Fu showed the simple things in life are always the best. Just a bag Kwai Chang Cain carried after given to him by his Senior Priest and Sifu(Master). In it a bowl, a book, some trinkets and a memory. What would you carry in your bag? Money? Makeup? Would it be half full or half empty?
Movie Review: Um, It's just a TV show...
Summary: 5 Stars
When anything is presented by the television industry there is an amount of conceit. Television shows aren't written in the altruistic desire to better the world or bring about a greater quality of life. They are created to create revenue for advertisers and networks. With all of this being true, the fact that Kung Fu was EVER produced, in whatever form, is astounding. Here is a television show that preaches the basic Buddhist and Taoist concepts of non-action, non-contention, non-violence, charity, humility, peace and inner growth. Depictions of the futility of violence, racism, vengeance crop up in every episode. In today's world, such messages should be cherished and presented to our children; that they might learn to RESPECT LIFE and ignore the bravado and pretence that lead to a withered soul.
If you are looking for fight scenes from The Matrix (silly as THOSE are), you're out of luck. Shaolin monks don't tend to spout tough catch phrases and fly through the air. Like others who have actually studied martial arts seriously I will admit that David Carradine is not phenomenal, but he was not a martial artist. He did endeavour to improve as time went on, when he could have insisted on a full-time stuntman and really cheated the audience. The producers chose who they chose, it's been thirty years and recalling the realities of the past seems fruitless given that the show obviously inspired some of us to better ourselves physically, mentally and spiritually. I learned far more about how to treat others from watching this show that I did from the realities of Hollywood, which is not exactly the Mecca of common sense or decency.
The aspect ratio is what it is. I watch this show for the simple wisdom it offers, not for cinematic value. I see no purpose in railing against what I cannot change, although I am pleased that comments have made it to the manufacturers and the other seasons are presented in full screen.
I have noticed several claims of racism, although I have not as such noted a predominant ire from Asians- the only party with the right to make a fuss. None of these inflammatory rants seemed to point out Koreans and Japanese `defiling' themselves by pretending to be Chinese for the role they played. I do not believe that Albert Salmi was actually Irish, nor is Gregory Sierra Armenian- I, for one, would not expect them to change chromosomes in order to play a role. I believe that William Shatner is Canadian, but he dared to play a starship captain from Iowa! Are dwarves being persecuted because Ian Holm played Bilbo Baggins? Dennis Franz played an Italian cop on Hill Street Blues, while wantonly remaining German. As an American Indian, I am pleased that my people were often asked to portray Indians. A great deal of racial respect seems to have resided in this show, given the times in which it was made.
Finally, one personal point of disapproval regarding comments: The formidable folks in my Jujitsu class seemed rather impressed that I studied Tai Chi for years, noting how fast people with Tai Chi training picked up other martial arts. Granted, one may not find 'Tai Chi Master' as a choice for an Xbox game- that does make an ancient martial art worthless. I've seen Tai Chi students make rather effective use of their art. We don't earn sashes because we beat the top level of Demon Ninja Piggies. Most importantly, those who study such disciplines have an obligation to cherish and preserve life. We prove ourselves through our actions, not needless displays of brute force and never through empty boasts or uninformed verbiage.
Purchase this set, watch it with your family and think about what is being said. Your world is what YOU make it to be. Make it a better place by asking rather than assuming. Then turn the television off and get some exercise- it's a nice day out there.
Movie Review: "Kung Fu", season one review.
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched "Kung Fu" when it debuted and I was age ten. I must admit I watched the show for the fight scenes. Now at age 44 I'm watching it again. It's a good show, less is more, I'm glad I bought the DVD.