Well, as a practitioner of said style, I do like watching it on film, with the caveat that some of the choreo in Redbelt was a bit stiff.  I actually think there is a way to make sub-grappling exciting on film, and have toyed with it in some of the choreo that I do.  I think as MMA becomes more widespread we'll see more examples of exciting grappling exchanges and therefore give choreographers a better frame of reference to choose from.

I liked REDBELT immediately once I realized it wasn't a martial arts movie. It was a movie about martial arts philosophy, a la KARATE KID, but not one you watch for the fight scenes. But of course I'm an admitted kung fu snob when it comes to movie aesthetics.

redxavier: the Donnie Yen movie you're talking about is most likely FLASH POINT. Like you say, I think it works quite well in combination with the usual, well-telegraphed kung fu choreography.

I like it. Make it so! How much choreography have you done?

Would you guys consider doing commentaries for From the Earth to the Moon and the Right Stuff?

*Poof*

I'm sure we'll do Right Stuff eventually; don't know if we'll ever do From the Earth to the Moon, as much as I love it and as big of an influence as it's been, I don't know if I have twelve some hours of space talk in me (let alone anyone else), especially since the basis of most of what I know is from Earth to the Moon and the book it was based on, A Man on the Moon.

A couple choice episodes might be fun though, I'd love to do That's All There Is; it'd be great to introduce people to the coolness incarnate that is the crew of Apollo 12.

Didja see that?  He actually redshifted.

How about Is That All There Is and Spider?  That'd add up to about a movie-length, we'd just need to do a second un-pause in the middle of the episode.

That's three, motion carried.

I actually knew that, but I was hung up on "violet shifted" because it seemed like that would be the term and it sounded wrong to me.

Shoulda Wikipedia'd it.     Dammit, Trey, think next time...

Reach down, God, give Zarban a high five.

I LOVE THIS THREAD TODAY

Plan 9 is one of those movies that SOUNDS like it would be fun.  Try actually watching it.  My Dad owned it on VHS and the novelty wears off very quickly.  Sorta like the Star Wars Holiday Special.

I adore Plan 9. The trick is buying the Rifftrax Live version first.