Legend of Bruce Lee (2008 TV Series)
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Legend of Bruce Lee (2008 TV Series)
RELEASE DATE: November 1, 2016
Well Go USA presents the DVD for Legend of Bruce Lee: Volume One, a 2008 martial arts series that centers around the legendary Bruce Lee.
Legend of Bruce Lee: Volume One contains the first ten episodes. The remaining 20 episodes will soon follow. Note: Previously, this series was partially released in the U.S. by Lionsgate in a condensed 183 minute “movie” version (trailer below reflects the Lionsgate version). In its original CCTV run, the series’ consisted of 50 episodes.
Young Bruce Lee (Danny Chan of Shaolin Soccer and Ip Man 3) has no interest in studying and is obsessed with martial arts. After losing a street fight, he resolves to master kung fu under the tutelage of Master Ye Wen. Targeted by street gangs after standing up for the weak, Bruce has no other option but to leave Hong Kong for a strange and far off land: America…
Legend of Bruce Lee: Volume One also stars Michelle Lang, Gary Daniels, Ted Duran, Natalia Dzyublo, Wang Luoyong, Hazen McIntyre, Ray Park, Tim Storms, Micheal Jai White, Traci Ann Wolfe, Mark Dacascos and Ash Gordey.
Product Features:
Chinese Language (English/English SDH)
First ten episodes on 3 DVDs
Well Go USA presents the DVD for Legend of Bruce Lee: Volume One, a 2008 martial arts series that centers around the legendary Bruce Lee.
Legend of Bruce Lee: Volume One contains the first ten episodes. The remaining 20 episodes will soon follow. Note: Previously, this series was partially released in the U.S. by Lionsgate in a condensed 183 minute “movie” version (trailer below reflects the Lionsgate version). In its original CCTV run, the series’ consisted of 50 episodes.
Young Bruce Lee (Danny Chan of Shaolin Soccer and Ip Man 3) has no interest in studying and is obsessed with martial arts. After losing a street fight, he resolves to master kung fu under the tutelage of Master Ye Wen. Targeted by street gangs after standing up for the weak, Bruce has no other option but to leave Hong Kong for a strange and far off land: America…
Legend of Bruce Lee: Volume One also stars Michelle Lang, Gary Daniels, Ted Duran, Natalia Dzyublo, Wang Luoyong, Hazen McIntyre, Ray Park, Tim Storms, Micheal Jai White, Traci Ann Wolfe, Mark Dacascos and Ash Gordey.
Product Features:
Chinese Language (English/English SDH)
First ten episodes on 3 DVDs
Was debating where to put this thread. Since it's not a BD release, it has to go into DVD unfortunately and I know most here won't find it.
I've been wanting to see this for years, but I recall mrhan, one of the posters here, saying that it was terrible.
It was originally a 50 episode miniseries, but Lionsgate hacked it up to a 3 hour movie. Now Well Go is releasing 30 episodes (10 here)
Is this really that horrible? I heard the hacked up "movie" version was unwatchable, so I didn't bother with it.
Seems like it has a decent cast though.
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Re: Legend of Bruce Lee: Volume One -- TV series -- Coming 11/1/16
Don't know how good it is, but I heard about it on a martial arts movie group on Facebook I'm a member of.
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Re: Legend of Bruce Lee: Volume One -- TV series -- Coming 11/1/16
http://instantwatcher.com/title/7022...e=New%20Titles
This is now available on Netflix.
50 episodes total.
This is the full Uncut version.
Can a Mod please change this to:
"Legend of Bruce Lee 2008 TV Series" and move this over to TV Talk? It's not going to get any traction here in DVD Talk.
Thanks
This is now available on Netflix.
50 episodes total.
This is the full Uncut version.
Can a Mod please change this to:
"Legend of Bruce Lee 2008 TV Series" and move this over to TV Talk? It's not going to get any traction here in DVD Talk.
Thanks
Last edited by DJariya; 07-08-17 at 01:00 AM.
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Re: Legend of Bruce Lee (2008 TV Series)
The actor who plays Bruce is decent and it's funny that he hasn't aged a bit because he also plays Bruce as a teenager in Ip Man 3.
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Re: Legend of Bruce Lee (2008 TV Series)
HDNet has been playing a semi-documentary from the 1980s? called The Legend of Bruce Lee. I don't think it's related but figured a mention wouldn't hurt.
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Re: Legend of Bruce Lee (2008 TV Series)
Are you talking about Bruce Lee: The Legend? If so, that old Golden Harvest documentary was for years, one of the few videos that contained actual footage from Game of Death. If it's something else, well, nevermind.
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Re: Legend of Bruce Lee (2008 TV Series)
I'm sure that was released in the early or mid 80's in the U.S. but maybe earlier elsewhere. It was a follow up to Bruce Lee,The Man and the Legend which was released shortly after his death. Both docs. were produced by Golden Harvest.
Last edited by mrhan; 07-11-17 at 08:15 PM.
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Yeah, I still have a VHS copy I think. 1984. "1977" is an error. It includes interviews with Nora Miao and Jackie Chan footage from the eighties.
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The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008) on Netflix
As people probably know I'm laid up recovering from back surgery so I've been looking for something long to watch. I found the whole Legend of Bruce Lee series was up on Netflix so decided to give it a watch. I'm about 10 episodes in and it's great. I don't really watch too many Chinese series because many of them are extremely anti-Western (this is no exception) but in context it works because Bruce was brought up in British controlled Hong Kong where life was rife with racism. The production values are great, as one would expect the choreography is outstanding- one thing I find a bit odd about the show is much of it is clearly shot in English, dubbed to Mandarin and then subbed to English again. It's unfortunate they didn't leave the original language track intact (with English)- it's kind of odd to watch it this way.
Curious if anyone else has watched the show and what they think? I take a lot of it with a grain of salt- It's interesting to see such an idealized version of Bruce Lee.
Curious if anyone else has watched the show and what they think? I take a lot of it with a grain of salt- It's interesting to see such an idealized version of Bruce Lee.
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Re: The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008) on Netflix
I made a thread about this almost 3 years ago
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/63...tv-series.html
I've only seen a few episodes and just kind of stopped with so many other things to watch. But, there's some context in this if it helps.
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/63...tv-series.html
I've only seen a few episodes and just kind of stopped with so many other things to watch. But, there's some context in this if it helps.
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Re: The Legend of Bruce Lee (2008) on Netflix
I made a thread about this almost 3 years ago
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/63...tv-series.html
I've only seen a few episodes and just kind of stopped with so many other things to watch. But, there's some context in this if it helps.
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/tv-talk/63...tv-series.html
I've only seen a few episodes and just kind of stopped with so many other things to watch. But, there's some context in this if it helps.
Oh wow, I’ve made it to the part where he makes it to the US. It’s so offputting to see them not even try to make it seem like it’s the early ‘60s. Not only that, it’s so ani-American it’s ridiculous. Bruce was born in the US so he’s a US citizen and has access to public schooling. They make it seem like everyone in the US is oppressed, has to pay for everything, etc. The worst American stereotypes. Total Chinese government propaganda. This is why I’m not big on watching Chinese produced shows.
Hopefully it gets better as the show moves along.
Holy shit, this show is so racist it’s ridiculous.
Last edited by Eric F; 02-21-20 at 04:26 AM.
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Re: Legend of Bruce Lee (2008 TV Series)
i'm about 14 episodes in (haven't watched any in a while), yeah it's a big offputting when english characters like Linda are speaking mandarin in America, not english
50 episodes are a lot, so it is very slow moving. I am a huge Bruce Lee fan, and love the detail, but even i found the pacing an issue.
I will finish it off one day
50 episodes are a lot, so it is very slow moving. I am a huge Bruce Lee fan, and love the detail, but even i found the pacing an issue.
I will finish it off one day
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I’ve pretty much lost interest. There is like zero production value once Bruce gets to the US. It’s all in English yet dubbed into Mandarin, extremely pro-Chinese, anti-American and just flat out racist. I’m having difficulty watchIng it.
Its supposed to be the early 1960’s, they clearly reference it at times yet they show modern Seattle with the modern buildings and cars, etc, it’s so weird.
Its supposed to be the early 1960’s, they clearly reference it at times yet they show modern Seattle with the modern buildings and cars, etc, it’s so weird.
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Yeah, well it was made for China market.
Budget per episode would have been low, so recreating the 60s definitely not in the cards
Budget per episode would have been low, so recreating the 60s definitely not in the cards
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It's not so much them filming in modern Seattle that bugs me, but it's the blatant racism and anti-Americanism. I've seen plenty of other Chinese productions which were shot in the west which had some elements of this but were nowhere near as bad.