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Oh yeah, there was a black guy (more than one even, I think) and even an ASIAN as a french guard.
Obviously stupid and not historically accurate.
But then again, they lampshaded that within the very episode that the Encore is messing up history (Napoleon partying and all) so I guess it's kinda explained away.
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[I]Legends [/I]has never prided itself on historical accuracy :p.
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[QUOTE=Anarchist;4850662]Oh yeah, [B]there was a black guy (more than one even, I think) and even an ASIAN as a french guard.[/B]
Obviously stupid and not historically accurate.
But then again, they lampshaded that within the very episode that the Encore is messing up history (Napoleon partying and all) so I guess it's kinda explained away.[/QUOTE]
Do you know for sure that's historically innacurate?
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[QUOTE=j9ac9k;4850951]Do you know for sure that's historically innacurate?[/QUOTE]
I don't know about the Asian guard, but France had several colonies in the West Indies at the time, so they certainly could have brought back a few natives to work as palace guards.
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Idea for an Encore that also draws directly from Hellblazer: The Family Man
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Genghis Khan on a scooter was quite a sight.
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KHAN!!
Another fun ep. This show always pleases me.
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[QUOTE=Kirby101;4855928]John friggin Woo![/QUOTE]
It was a fun homage, but it's sad people mostly rely on the slo-mo parts of his directing style rather than the non-stop diving, shooting, bullets just missing choreography parts that were so exciting. Can people not stage those kind of sequences anymore?
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[QUOTE=j9ac9k;4856139]It was a fun homage, but it's sad people mostly rely on the slo-mo parts of his directing style rather than the non-stop diving, shooting, bullets just missing choreography parts that were so exciting. Can people not stage those kind of sequences anymore?[/QUOTE]
I am sure they can, but it would take much more time and expense. On a show with a limited budget, I think they did a great job doing a Woolike scene.
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Matt Ryan's performance was excellent this episode.
Also, Charlie finally gets something important to do.
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[QUOTE=Anarchist;4858165]Matt Ryan's performance was excellent this episode.
Also, Charlie finally gets something important to do.[/QUOTE]
IMO, this was the best non-Crisis episode so far this season.
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[QUOTE=Kirby101;4856712]I am sure they can, but it would take much more time and expense. On a show with a limited budget, I think they did a great job doing a Woolike scene.[/QUOTE]
I doubt "The Killer" had a huge budget (they must have spent half on squibs alone) ... but then again, I doubt the Hong Kong studios had the same regulations, unions and payscales that an american tv show would have to contend with. ;) Joking aside, I feel even big-budget movies fail to capture the frenetic, beautiful, choreographed chaos of those HK films from decades ago. But yes, it was nice to see Kahn with the toothpick in his mouth, the two-gun shootups and of course the up-close 3-way mexican standoff. :) Were there also slo-mo doves or did I miss that?
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[QUOTE=j9ac9k;4858356]I doubt "The Killer" had a huge budget (they must have spent half on squibs alone) ... but then again, I doubt the Hong Kong studios had the same regulations, unions and payscales that an american tv show would have to contend with. ;) Joking aside, I feel even big-budget movies fail to capture the frenetic, beautiful, choreographed chaos of those HK films from decades ago. But yes, it was nice to see Kahn with the toothpick in his mouth, the two-gun shootups and of course the up-close 3-way mexican standoff. :) Were there also slo-mo doves or did I miss that?[/QUOTE]
There was a dove flying being Kahn in one scene.