148 The Tower
147 Message From Space
146 The Mighty Peking Man
145 Riding Bean
144 Shadow
143 House of Flying Daggers
142 Hero
141 To Live
140 Raise the Red Lantern
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we're putting our protective gear on and running straight into the fire as we discuss the South Korean disaster film, The Tower directed by Kim Ji-Hoon! Full cast and credits - IMDB Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:51) Why The Tower (1:13) Disaster Movie Talk (12:23) Overall thoughts (20:14) Back of the VHS (20:51) Movie recap (58:08) Final thoughts (1:02:39) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Vintage Henshin's Mike Dent to discuss Kinji Fukasaku's 1978 space opera Message From Space starring Vic Morrow, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Etsuko Shihomi! Full cast and credits at IMDB Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito You can buy the Eureka Region B release of Message From Space here! Check out Vintage Henshin for all your classic tokusatsu needs! bit.ly/VintageHenshin Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full blogpost with gifs here! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:31) Why Message From Space (5:37) Behind the scenes (14:16) Strengths of Message From Space (21:52) Back of the VHS (22:33) Movie talk (1:19:43) Final thoughts (1:24:12) Mike plugs (1:25:20) Plugs and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we begin our summer arc of Hollywood blockbusters from Asian cinema with the 1977 giant monster film The Mighty Peking Man, directed by Ho Meng-Hua and starring Danny Lee, Evelyne Kraft, and Ku Feng! Full cast and credits at HKMDB Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:19 Why The Mighty Peking Man 22:46 Back of the VHS 22:24 Movie Recap 1:10:18 Final thoughts 1:13:11 Plugs and training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we are joined by Josh McKenzie to discuss the 1989 original video animation, Riding Bean created by Kenichi Sonoda! Full cast and credits at Anime News Network Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Listen to Josh on Swimfans! Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full post with gifs! Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:04) Why Riding Bean (23:44) OVA Discussion (51:32) Plugs and what we've been watching (59:06) Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we conclude our first look into the works of Zhang Yimou with the 2018 desaturated wuxia epic, Shadow! Full cast and credits at HKMDB Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Zhang Yimou Q&A at TIFF in 2018 Come see Carlos host a talk back for the premiere of Africa: A Kung Fu Story along with Executive Producer and Composer of the film, Arnold Cifax Jr.! June 5th, at the Milwaukee Art Museum Timestamps (0:00) Intro (2:24) Carlos on a panel about Africa A Kung Fu Story (4:03) Our Shadow history (5:53) Shadow is a mixed bag visually (15:41) Pretty with no charisma (20:40) Shadow Visuals (29:31) Getting into the movie itself (30:09) Amazon synopsis (30:37) (56:53) Final thoughts (58:57) Overall Zhang Yimou thoughts (1:07:04) Plugs and training for next week (1:07:35) Surprise Fanmail section! (1:13:38) Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast. This week we discuss Zhang Yimou's wuxia follow up to Hero, 2004's House of Flying Daggers starring Andy Lau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Zhang Ziyi! Full cast and credits at HKMDB Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Full episode with gifs here!
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This week we discuss the worldwide hit film Hero from 2002, directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi, and Donnie Yen! Full cast and credits at HKMDB Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Come check us out live at VGM CON, April 11-13th! We will be hosting a panel on the influence of Asian cinema on video games Saturday at 1:30pm! More info at the VGM CON website HERE! Full blogpost with gifs here!
Welcome to the latest episode of Heroes Three podcast! This week we are continuing our look at the works of Zhang Yimou with 1994's To Live, starring Ge You and Gong Li. Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Timestamps (0:00) Intro (1:01) Why To Live (15:05) Technical aspects of the film (20:55) Novel talk (22:46) A bit about puppets (25:34) Movie talk (41:50) Tanget on 90s alt comedy (42:41) Movie talk 2 (1:07:59) Book ending and final thoughts (1:13:41) Plugs and Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This episode we begin an arc discussing the work of Zhang Yimou, beginning with Raise the Red Lantern (with a touch of Red Sorghum for comparison) from 1991 starring Gong Li. Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3Podcast Email us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Timestamps (0:00) Intro (0:57) Why no Red Sorghum? (4:38) Zhang Yimou Background (7:51) Different kind of movie for Heroes Three (9:21) Matthew's limited Yimou experience (10:52) Gong Li and Red Sorghum (14:24) Movie Discussion (1:09:18) Final Thoughts (1:13:29) Plugs and Training for next week
Welcome back to Heroes Three podcast! This episode we're warming up with another look at a handful of animated shorts. Ek Cup Chaha from 2019 by Sumit Yempalle The Boy Who Cheated Death from 2024 by Pipou Phuong Nguyen Gurren Lagann Parallel Works episode 8 from 2008 by You Yoshinari Onimusha 3: Demon Siege intro cinematic from 2004 directed by Takashi Yamazaki, with fight choreography by Donnie Yen and Kenji Tanigaki Check out some H3 art and merch! - https://www.teepublic.com/user/kf_carlito Find us online - https://linktr.ee/Heroes3PodcastEmail us! - heroes3podcast@gmail.com Timestamps (0:00) Intro (01:05) The Heroes Three catch up (05:42) A Cup of Tea (11:37) The Boy Who Cheated Death (16:02) Gurren Lagann Parallel Works Ep 8 (26:51) Onimusha 3 Intro (39:31) Plugs and training for next week