Heroes Three Podcast

Take some time to catch up with this in between episode where the H3 boys take a li'l break to talk about what we've been up to lately. Talking trips, concerts, aviation history, games, and movies of course. Join us next week for our episode on Daimajin!

Satan's Sword Trilogy from Umbrella Entertainment! Johnny's commentary is on movie 2!

Media mentioned

Baldur’s Gate 3

Deltarune

Mina the Hollower

Öoo

Absolum

Isle of Reveries

Final Fantasy 7 Remake (and the full Final Fantasy series)

“Theme of Love” FFIV Mariachi

Toy Robot release of Roaring Tiger (aka Hoero Tekken) and Gyver

Jackie Chan 4k release

Sword of Doom

Satan’s Sword trilogy

Arrow release of Samurai Revolution

See you next week!

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're discussing Sun Haipeng's animated martial arts action sequel, I Am What I Am 2 aka The Kung Fu Kid!

Cast and credits - Wikipedia

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Timestamps

(0:00:00) Intro

(0:00:59) Initial Thoughts

(0:04:43) A bit about "The Kung Fu Kid"

(0:09:43) Behind the scenes

(0:15:22) More initial thoughts

(0:19:06) Kung Fu Kids Games

(0:29:11) Plot Summary

(0:36:09) Movie discussion

(0:52:51) Martial Arts and the danger of optimization

(1:05:07) Back to the movie

(1:09:37) Housekeeping and new hosting site

(1:11:42) Fan mail!

(1:15:57) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're discussing the debut of Jet Li in the breakthrough mainland classic from 1982, The Shaolin Temple!

Full cast and credits - HKMDB

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:17) Movie Background

(26:18) Back of the VHS

(27:06) Movie Talk

(1:26:46) Plugs and Training for next week

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're discussing the wuxia manhua adaption Blades of the Guardians, directed by Yuen Woo-ping and starring an ensemble cast led by Wu Jing!

Full cast and credits - IMDB

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(01:23) Blades of the Guardians Well Go US release

(04:28) Initial Thoughts

(19:03) Matthew's comic report

(25:47) More behind the scenes

(28:52) Back of the VHS

(29:28) Movie talk

(1:34:04) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! We got another little quiz and some fun discussion to celebrate 9 years!

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Timestamps

(0:00) Intro

(0:48) Chattin' about physical releases

(9:27) Quiz Time

(9:37) Question 1

(12:30) Question 2

(20:43) Question 3

(24:18) Question 4

(26:27) Question 5

(32:06) Question 6

(37:12) Wrapping up

Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're following up our discussion on The Furious with a young Xie Miao starring alongside Jet Li and Anita Mui in My Father Is A Hero directed by Corey Yuen with story by Wong Jing!

Full cast and credits - HKMDB

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:52) Why My Father is a Hero

(02:12) The 90s Hong Kong golden era

(21:33) Back of the VHS

(22:06) Movie talk

(1:28:12) Final thoughts

(1:30:13) Plugs and training for next week

Heroes Three is going to the movies this week as we discuss our thoughts on the wild ride that is The Furious directed by Kenji Tanigaki alongside an all star cast of modern action cinema!

Full cast and credits - IMDB

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:58) Carlos's experience and thoughts

(17:22) Marty's take

(34:30) Matthew's take

(40:28) Movie talk

(1:02:48) Final thoughts

(1:05:57) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome back to another animated interlude episode of Heroes Three! This week we are doing a lion dance as we discuss Sun Haipeng's I Am What I Am from 2021!

Full cast and credits - IMDB

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And YOU can click here to watch the film for free on YouTube thanks to Tiger Pictures Entertainment!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(05:01) Marty thoughts

(13:07) Matthew Thoughts

(16:13) Southern China in film

(08:35) Why isn't this one being pushed?

(19:03) Comedy and possible references to classic Hong Kong cinema

(21:04) Lion dance

(23:50) A brief aside on bikes

(26:07) The emotional arc of the film

(30:15) Personal connection to Carlos

(31:27) The character designs

(34:35) Lion design and action

(46:10) Final thoughts

(37:22) The Ending

(47:39) Plugs and training for next week

(48:08) What we would want in a dub

(49:43) Training for next week

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Craig Neeson from SWIMFANS to talk about Nobuhiko Obayashi’s summer romance film, His Motorbike, Her Island from 1986 starring Riki Takeuchi and Kiwako Harada!

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Listen to SWIMFANS

Full cast and credits - Wikipedia

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(0:40) Craig on the pod

(1:11) Why His Motorbike, Her Island

(6:08) Playful black and white

(11:21) Motorcycles and Kawasaki

(15:00) Experimental filmmaking

(18:29) Back of the VHS

(55:26) Final thoughts on Obayashi

(59:02) Listen to Swimfans

(1:00:03) Plugs and training for next week

Welcome to the Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by ninja pop culture expert Keith Rainville to discuss the brutal and unflinching ninja classic, The Ninja Hunt directed by Tetsuya Yamanouchi and starring Jushiro Konoe and Bin Amatsu!

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Check out the secret scrolls at Vintage Ninja!

Check out Keith talking with Fanatical Dragon!

Full cast and credits - Wikipedia

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Timestamps

(00:00) Intro

(00:38) What is Vintage Ninja?

(02:56) Ninja Gari background

(12:42) Our initial thoughts

(26:02) Back of the VHS

(26:39) Movie Talk

(1:23:16) A bit about the 1982 remake

(1:30:14) Go to Vintage Ninja dot Net!

(1:38:47) Plugs and training for next week