[QUOTE=GeneChing;1207019]I agree, which is one reason why I review so many action films that are only peripherally related to martial arts (also because I like going to screeners and the cross-over is crucial for a niche brand like us). But I would say that these stand outside the martial arts genre. That’s an important distinction. It’s like a thriller can have a good scary scene, but you wouldn’t classify it as a horror flick.
I’d actually watch that. You’d probably learn more about street fighting than with UFC. :p[/QUOTE]
Within the MA genre and outside “period pieces” do we even have a MA genre anymore?
If anything, the martial arts genre has expanded. Our past definition was fairly narrow, but now it’s grown to include all sorts of films - kid’s films, period films, fantasy films, etc. It’s also an international genre now; where in the past it was just Asia and Hollywood, now there are plenty of European entries. Perhaps, if you define the martial arts genre on the past, on that old narrow definition, you could say that its gone, but that’s the past. There’s still martial arts sections in netflix and in DVD stores (used DVDs mostly nowadays but the point stands) so the genre is as vital as ever, perhaps even more so.
[QUOTE=GeneChing;1207019] I’d actually watch that. You’d probably learn more about street fighting than with UFC. :p[/QUOTE]
Maybe, but it would **** off most people, especially the fighters. They’d be saying, ‘what dues have they paid to be fighting in the octagon?’ Similar to what many actors would think of MA non-actors given featured roles.
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Speaking of which I am NOT a big fan of the whole “Keysi” methods that Hollywood is starting to do more ( First it was the Batman trilogy and now Jack Reacher).[/QUOTE]
KFM (conceptually) is /approximates actual strategy for a few executive protection training programmes. This is not to say MA is not important or necessary but it fits the scenrios that are often encountered out there.
KFM does happen to choreograph better than usual MA but it is as close to CQC (getting close and personal as deteremind by your opponent).