Back To The 70's

[starbuck911]

Nice pics from the Big Boss up there. I had already seen a few Shaw Brothers films before I saw the preview for the Big Boss. Soon as I saw it, sabi ko "Hey, that's Kato!". When the film finally opened, I was in Baguio at the time, so I caught it at the Plaza theatre (by the market). If I can recall, may aso pa 'kong nakita sa aisle.

 

Anyway, to Bruce Lee's credit, it was he who really introduced HK cinema to the western world. Too bad he wasn't around during the "golden age" of HK action cinema which happened from around 1978-1994. The fight choreography was more intricate, faster and more furious....AND the stars were REAL martial artists (unlike today's canto-pop stars who can't fight but are made to look good with fast editing ). It's really sad that KF films were less popular in our country by end of the 70's. Our people missed A LOT!!!

 

I could start a whole thread on KF films, but I'm hesitant. Most folks today only know Jackie and Jet. Worse, it's their American films that they are being judged for. Sus..... :glare:

Edited August 3, 2006 by starbuck911

[sliderule]

Paglabas namin ng movie house, karatista na kaming lahat...

 

Oh yeah hehehe pag labas ng sinehan , lahat marunong mag flying kick sabay whooooop ! haaaaaaak ! wwwwwooooaaaaa .....a la Bruce Lee hehehe

[starbuck911]

...it also gave Ramon Zamora a boost to his career.

[16track]

Yup! Same effect with "Fists of Fury" {released yata as "Chinese Connection" in some countries}.

 

Who could forget the first time Bruce Lee took out the nunchucks? Chako dito ..chako doon ang makikita mo sa school the next week. heheh! Plus that famous line he uttered: "We are Not Sick Men!"

 

 

 

Oh yeah hehehe pag labas ng sinehan , lahat marunong mag flying kick sabay whooooop ! haaaaaaak ! wwwwwooooaaaaa .....a la Bruce Lee hehehe

Edited August 4, 2006 by 16track

[lomex32]

I chanced upon an old Tagalog movie last night

 

remember ung mga sidekicks na sina

 

Georgie quizon?

 

Palito?

 

Tintoy?

 

Babalu? - RIP

[jt2003]

...it also gave Ramon Zamora a boost to his career.

Remember how Ramon Zamora starred in a movie called "The Pig Boss" way back in the early 70s?

[LYCHEE]

...it also gave Ramon Zamora a boost to his career.

 

+ Rey Malonzo.

[lomex32]

Tsing Tsong Tsai

 

Ernie Ortega

 

--- The sound effects in fight scences .. "KORJIG"

 

+ Rey Malonzo.

[LYCHEE]

Remember how Ramon Zamora starred in a movie called "The Pig Boss" way back in the early 70s?

 

I also remember the hilarious Dolphy and then child star Aga Mulach in FUNG KU.

 

Back to idol Bruce Lee, when his MOVIE FESTIVAL - Big Boss, Fists of Fury and Way of the Dragon-

hit movie houses in Manila years after his death, we were among the throngs of die-hards who

squeezed our way into this crappy Boulevard Theater fronting Quiapo Church. We even brought our

own baon of sandwiches to last the 5-6 hours showing. Buhay pa yata hanggang ngayon ang sinehang ito. :cool:

[16track]

The 70's Kung Fu movies also had Meng Fei, Wang Yu and Chen Xing

( did I spell it right? ). However, try hard as they might, Bruce Lee stood alone in his own class.

[bods1000]

The problem is wala na akong records kahit isa man lang. Sige bro. text me na lang. Baon tayo ng wine?

 

hahaha baka bawal uminom dun sa MCS pare!

I really don't know where you would start, pare, if you have no LP's anymore. From what I can remember in my experience, meron na ako dating mga plaka pa from the 70's galing sa uncle ko but at that time wala na akong turntable. I started buying

LP's pag may nakita akong maganda even though I had no phono yet. The presence of great LPs lying around in your house

waiting to be played is a great impetus for you to look for a turntable, come hell or high water, pare (in your case, pare,

high water siguro since your roots are in Malabon )

 

Hi Storm, Bods, Sliderule, Masi and Ms. Augustmoon!

 

How are you guys?

 

Just finding the time to drop by. Came across Storm at the Time Piece thread too where I was inquiring about some Omega watch service!

 

Been so busy the past months... almost no time for anything else as traveling takes up so much of everything.. Sigh.. too tired.. Been on a trip outside the country 3 times just in the month of May alone.

 

Medyo maluwag na ang schedule ko ngayon for a month or two.

 

Any EB coming up soon? I really loved the EB we had at Masi and I hope we can have one soon before I get to traveling again. I'll birng wine and cheese.

 

Speaking of 70's Travel and movement, does anybody remember:

 

1. The Tropical Hut restaurant on the way to Baguio? Seemed it was only one or two places we can stop for food at that time.

 

2. Action Transfer stickers that you can buy only at the gas stations after filling up?

 

3. The old MIA had an old fashioned Roof Deck where well wishers can view planes land and take off? (60's yun but lasted into early 70's)

 

4. The Datsun 180 B?

 

5. The Toyota Macho Machine?

 

6. The Minica?

 

7. How long it took just to go Batangas, Cavite and Laguna BEFORE the South Expressway was built? That time, we had to take the national highways and a lot of side streets and odd roads. Now going to Tagaytay takes less than an hour.

 

8. The Easy Rider bicycle?

 

9. The old wooden scooters with the noisy Ball bearings as wheels?

 

10. The old KartWay in the JRC compound in Libis -- now its the Eastwood City.

 

Cheers!

 

Welcome back, 16track! yes I do hope may EB na para magkita-kita tayo uli....yes pare when you had to go south before pagtyatyagaan mong daanan yung Las Pinas, Zapote, Baclaran, Don Galo, Bacoor eh puro trapik na nun pa man...also going north, dati sa Macarthur Hiway lang ang daan...

[bods1000]

Remember how Ramon Zamora starred in a movie called "The Pig Boss" way back in the early 70s?

 

I can't remember bakit gumawa ng mga German-German Isprakenhayt itong si Ramon Zamora dati, aside from his Kung Fu antics...Dun yata sa Super Laff-In nag-umpisa itong character nyang German...

[storm]

Hi Storm, Bods, Sliderule, Masi and Ms. Augustmoon!

 

How are you guys?

 

Just finding the time to drop by. Came across Storm at the Time Piece thread too where I was inquiring about some Omega watch service!

 

Been so busy the past months... almost no time for anything else as traveling takes up so much of everything.. Sigh.. too tired.. Been on a trip outside the country 3 times just in the month of May alone.

 

Medyo maluwag na ang schedule ko ngayon for a month or two.

 

Any EB coming up soon? I really loved the EB we had at Masi and I hope we can have one soon before I get to traveling again. I'll birng wine and cheese.

 

Cheers!

 

Welcome back bro! Sige EB tayo next week. I'm part of the exhibit on the 12th at the Heritage Gallery in Megamall.

 

Lahat iyan ay napagdaanan nating lahat. Hindi ko natry yung cart noong 70s but natry ko in the 80s na kasabay nang mauso yung bump car.

 

Malou 3/4 years ahead of us. She just had a sem or two in UP then went to Ateneo....Its was her brother Gabby of the AS Lobby-PL-AS Steps that was a figure in UP. I am pretty sure he is known to you (not discounting that he may even be in your circle) ...I am so very dissapointed that she was just a classmate of yours..or better, I think she is quite disappointed not having had the pleasure (and pride) of having you as, at the least, dance partner :thumbsupsmiley:

 

I read a feature article / saw some pictures of her in the international magazine HELLO last year. She still looks gorgeous, but she barely looks like a Filipina though. Beautiful still..she is in the same caliber as Isabel Preysler, IMO.

 

Wow, she must still be very gorgeous indeed, being in the same caliber of timeless beauty, Isabel Preysler. :boo:

 

Hindi naman niya alam yun. Masaya na akong kabatian siya.

 

She was my classmate in Humanities and laging madilim sa classroom because of the countless slide shows of artworks from all ages. :sleepysmiley03:

 

What was also hot in the 70s was the KUNG FU MARTIAL ARTS movies following the debut of BRUCE LEE in his film THE BIG BOSS (was it in 71?).

 

Sa GALA THEATRE (w/c was muy famoso sa mga bomba films during that era) ko pa yata napanood ito with a bunch of all my classmates in school uniform pa. Paglabas namin ng movie house, karatista na kaming lahat...

 

Tang Lung! Bruce Lee introduced the Kung Fu flicks followed by the TV series of David Carradine which was malayo compared to the great Bruce. But before the Kung Fu flicks, the Japanese Judo and Karate was more popular among Filipinos.

 

Remember sina Tony Ferrer and Roberto Gonzales.

 

We saw The Big Boss and Fist of Fury in Quiapo, tapos kumain kami sa Ma Mon Luk. Whoooaaaah. :thumbsupsmiley:

 

Nice pics from the Big Boss up there. I had already seen a few Shaw Brothers films before I saw the preview for the Big Boss. Soon as I saw it, sabi ko "Hey, that's Kato!". When the film finally opened, I was in Baguio at the time, so I caught it at the Plaza theatre (by the market). If I can recall, may aso pa 'kong nakita sa aisle.

 

Anyway, to Bruce Lee's credit, it was he who really introduced HK cinema to the western world. Too bad he wasn't around during the "golden age" of HK action cinema which happened from around 1978-1994. The fight choreography was more intricate, faster and more furious....AND the stars were REAL martial artists (unlike today's canto-pop stars who can't fight but are made to look good with fast editing ). It's really sad that KF films were less popular in our country by end of the 70's. Our people missed A LOT!!!

 

I could start a whole thread on KF films, but I'm hesitant. Most folks today only know Jackie and Jet. Worse, it's their American films that they are being judged for. Sus..... :glare:

 

 

The 70's Kung Fu movies also had Meng Fei, Wang Yu and Chen Xing

( did I spell it right? ). However, try hard as they might, Bruce Lee stood alone in his own class.

 

Wang Yu was more popular in his sword films. I think he starred in the One Arm Swordsman. I saw Meng Fei in the King Boxer and in another movie (I forgot the title) about the Boxer rebellion. Nakatirintas kasing buhok niya. Naging asawa siya ni Elizabeth Oropesa.

 

hahaha baka bawal uminom dun sa MCS pare!

I really don't know where you would start, pare, if you have no LP's anymore. From what I can remember in my experience, meron na ako dating mga plaka pa from the 70's galing sa uncle ko but at that time wala na akong turntable. I started buying

LP's pag may nakita akong maganda even though I had no phono yet. The presence of great LPs lying around in your house

waiting to be played is a great impetus for you to look for a turntable, come hell or high water, pare (in your case, pare,

high water siguro since your roots are in Malabon )

 

Makinig na lang muna ng LP kung saan pwede. I think, that would be great.

 

Yup, yung German Ramon Zamora started in Super laff-In. Ramon Zamora was also a professional dancer.

[willow_boy]

The 70's Kung Fu movies also had Meng Fei, Wang Yu and Chen Xing

( did I spell it right? ). However, try hard as they might, Bruce Lee stood alone in his own class.

 

Hi everyone,

 

I just want to share a bit of trivia about Bruce Lee that many people may not know. A one-hour documentary of his life was shown on tv in the US a few years ago and it showed that prior to becoming a martial arts expert, Bruce Lee was a very good cha-cha dancer. In fact, he was the champion in a cha-cha dance contest in Hong Kong in the mid-60s. The documentary even showed film clips of him doing the dance steps. :cool:

 

To Mr. 16Track, kudos to you for the Beatles thread you maintained some time back. I came across it a couple of months ago and I was awed by the depth and volume of information you shared. Thank you very much for that. Regards. :thumbsupsmiley:

Edited August 4, 2006 by willow_boy

[Mandrake]

The 70's Kung Fu movies also had Meng Fei, Wang Yu and Chen Xing

( did I spell it right? ). However, try hard as they might, Bruce Lee stood alone in his own class.

 

There was this chinoy KF actor too who stood as the kontrabida in Ramon Zamora's films---TSING TSONG TSAI.

My buddies and I cannot forget this name because we always utter the same words whenever we order tea.

Edited August 5, 2006 by Mandrake