The film is based on a Classical Chinese historical fantasy novel called “The Investiture of the Gods”. It takes place during the rebellion against a tyrant Emperor of ancient China’s Shang dynasty. The author of the novel added gods to the rebel army. The strategist of the army is Jiang Ziya not “Chang China”. The main character of the novel is a god reincarnated as a boy called Li Nezha (the character who looks like Chun Li). Li Nezha is also known as the dragon slayer because he slaughters a dragon. Bruce Lee apparently takes the role of a another god sent to help the rebels with three eyes called Erlang Shen. The emperor’s concubine is called Su Daji. She was historically a beautiful but cruel woman so the author of the novel wrote that she was actually a fox demon disguised as a human.
Not to mention that a new line of Ultraman model kits called "The Armour of Legends," has Ultraman Orb, Ginga, and Victory dressed as Jiang Ziya, Nezha, and Erleng Shen. Plus, Tregear as Shen Gongbao.
@@Nik-ff3tu Nah. It’s just that the novel it’s based on has a very long story, one that couldn’t conceivably be told in one movie. That might have something to do with why most of the latter half of the movie is just images flashing on screen.
I think it's awesome that you know this as I have a fascination with mythology, especially those of various Asian cultures. I also enjoy Greek, Celtic, and Norse mythology among others. What I'm getting at is that I greatly appreciate you sharing your knowledge on the subject. :)
I worked at a video store in the early '90's and this was one of my favorites! It came in one of those over-sized "clamshell" VHS boxes. I would torture co-workers by having this on ALL the time! It's insane.
4:37 Chalk this one up to crap translation and bad cuts in the US version. Okay, I'll explain this one on the off chance somebody cares, just this once. First a li'l backstory: King Chou, a fair enough ruler but lewd dude, made comments about wanting to bang the goddess of a temple he was visiting, so the goddess sent three demon sisters (fox, jade lute, pheasant) to seduce him into madness and tyranny, destroying his empire. So that's where those ladies came from. The "embankment" bit is a scheme to have Chou enlist the priest who killed the maneating jade lute demoness*, so her sisters could have their revenge. The loyal elderly minister is friends with the priest and warns him, knowing full well that Chou will slay him when the priest flees. The priest gives the minister a charm in the form of a scripture that will protect him from mortal injury--keeping him alive even after Chou has him cut out his own heart. Naturally, the demonesses immediately realize magic is afoot, so the pheasant demoness ambushes the minister on his way home, posing as a peasant selling "cabbages without hearts." The minister says, "But cabbages cannot exist without hearts!," whereupon the demoness snatches away the charm keeping him alive, sneering "Neither can men!" The minister immediately falls dead. *aw, you left out how the priest tries to sniff her butt and she farts in his face
I will tell you, I watched this whole movie, (so I could draw the title card), and I could not tell of any of that was happening. I was so lost the first half. But I do like you taking the time out to write down exactly what was suppose to be happening. I like to learn new stuff like that :)
This movie was (is?) incredibly popular in Europe--the German DVD is called "Tarzerix: The Elephant Policeman" (!!!) and was given a kid-friendly opening theme song which you can find on TH-cam. There was also a six-part comic-book adaptation (also titled "Tarzerix" which is apparently the name given to the Bruce Lee character) in Spain. But the (Taiwanese) movie itself is based on the Chinese novel "Investiture of the Gods," which is ONE HUNDRED chapters long. (My English copy had to be printed as two volumes.) It was preposterous to think they could cover even a fraction of it properly in less than ninety minutes. (See also: Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings.) If you like, look up "Investiture of the Gods" on Wikipedia; the article includes brief capsule of stories that made it into the movie (and at least one that didn't). "Story of Chinese Gods" is not even listed in the adaptations of the novel. :(
Thanks for the explanation. I'm fairly unfamiliar with Chinese epic novels. This DOES feel like the Ralph Bakshi Lord of the Rings-bad animation, incoherent editing, sloppy translation of the story, and really trippy imagery
Thanks for the info. I know bits of this story but I didn't know the whole thing. Not to mention that Japan took parts of these legends and made them into theire own stuff wich make this thing extra confusing to look up.
The confusion might be chalked up to this being a tv series re-cut to be a movie. I remember lots of anime vhs releases way back being like that, especially ones from streamline pictures
In case anyone's wondering, the "Bruce Lee" character is Erlang Shen from Chinese mythology. He's pretty badass, no wonder they wanted Bruce Lee to represent him!
Giving Erlang Shen his own movie is like giving Tien Shinhan his own movie... especially considering Tien is actually Erlang but without the spear. And I'd actually like to see that. It's just a shame that this is one of the only movies like that.
@@southanime that my friend is Wu Ji. He was a wood cutter who insulted Jiang Ziya when he couldn't understand the sages wisdom. He also mocks Jiang Ziya when he proposes becoming minister. Jiang Ziya predicts he commit murder and die if he goes into town that day, but Wu Ji disrespects him for a third time and ignores his warning. Guess what happens to Wu Ji? Moral of the story: don't mock what you can't understand, don't put other people down for their ambitions, and heed the warning of your elders.
@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 Yeah! Like that guy on that old Dick Tracy cartoon, with other partners such as Go-Go Gomez and Heap 'O Calories, who I'm going to assume were Scandinavian and Afrikaan characters respectively~
Not to mention that trippy "space ship" sounding series of notes behind the really "drug-inspired" scenes. I know that weird arrangement from another piece of '70's what-the-hell-ery, "Drugs Are Like That." I'm not a huge Bruce Lee fan, but the man deserved better than this acid-fest.
"I didn't kill those two men, I swear! They dropped to the ground and then proceeded to assault my boot with their stomachs till they passed out. At least, I thought they were just passed out..."
5:48 Freaking Lol! Even on the 5th watch of the review that part is hilarious for some reason. I just can't explain how I find the guy's answer so funny.
Eh, if I ever want to watch an animated version of the 16th century Chinese novel Fengshen Yanji, I'll stick with Soul Hunter. ...Yeah, this movie is based on medieval Chinese literature. No joke.
To add to the explanations in the comments: Bruce is playing three-eyed warrior god & bad ass Er Long Shen. (The character also inspired Tien in the Dragon Ball franchise) Also, I get the feeling this is another case of a foreign show being edited into a movie...
It's not a compilation film, but it's based on a very long, very strange (by Western standards) novel that's been so crunched down and condensed that any kind of context or coherency got squeezed out. The same novel, Feng Shen Bang, had several adaptions into live-action shows that each lasted several dozen full-hour episodes each.
You do know that for most of human history owning your own farmland was the dream to have right? hell, most revolutions in the the 19th century were fought over giving peasants the land they had worked as sefs. (note, the american revolution was at the end of the 18th century)
@@michaelccozens the joke is funny only if your only frame or reference is present times where 95% of people live in a city. Since things were literally the reverse for most of human history, greater historical contex makes the joke look more like an uninformed remark than a joke.
@@AlucardNoir Was the joke being made in a "greater historical context", or specifically in relation to modern attitudes? Why you think you can unilaterally re-define the context of a statement is your question to answer. You're assuming ignorance because you want it to be there, for your ego. Please stop making people hate history; they know little enough of it as it is.
1:40: That, or rejected Tekken characters 2:11: Are those demon ballsacks? 2:19: Chinese Pit looks pissed. Is it because he looks more like the Captain N version instead of the game version-icus? 2:28: Sounds like a porno 2:42: It's the Watermelon Monster! 3:00: OOOOOHHHH, right in the boobs! 3:34: Chang Chee-Na? Sounds like a stereotypical Asian name from a Looney Tunes cartoon 5:20: Pyramids in China? The conspiracy theorists were right all along! 7:25: Were these demons rejects? They act too goofy to be demons! 7:43: That, or Herculoids rejects 8:51: Attack the cheese? WHAT? Did they just found a deli shop somewhere in Ancient China? 9:11: OK, detaching your head does not work against Garuda 9:32: General Bat vs. Garuda? Sounds like an idea for the sequel to the Thai kaiju movie 9:48: King Harkinian: "OAH HO-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO!" 10:26: If only Wreck-It Ralph was here.... 10:52: How did this become Slither.io? 10:58: Now all we need are Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Tetris 12:03: OK, now you're going into more obscure video game territories by referencing The Ocean Hunter (except that thing from The Ocean Hunter was a giant worm) 12:26: That, or the Giant Claw 12:37: A Madame Mim/King Ghidorah hybrid? That's just asking to be sued by both Disney and Toho! 12:42: The Reluctant Dragon? That looks more like a bird-headed lizard to me 13:43: Well, you better have Water or Ground type Pokemon in your team..... 13:51: OK, did the kitsune learned the "LET ME HAVE 'EM!" technique from Scrappy-Doo? 14:07: Great, Bruce just turned into Charizard. That's enough Pokemon AND video game references 14:43: This is your brain on blue meth 15:10: Ah, yes. The Hamboning Fist of Death, invented by the great martial artist known as Rigby the raccoon because he thinks it will save your life some day 15:35: Again, this is your brain on blue meth 15:54: Actually, more like *"FATALITY!"*
I remember in the 80s when this used to show up on Kung Fu Theater type late night time slots. It must've been included in a TV syndication package deal. It was utterly mystifying.
@Mike Rodgers the time slot is about right, but it wasn't Michigan or anywhere in the greater midwest. In those days local TV markets subscribed to the same syndicated programs all over the country, especially non network affiliated stations.
Oh thank you for recognising that voice too! I had no idea what his name was, but as soon as I heard one sentence I could tell it was 'that guy'. Very unexpected.
yup this animation is based on the novel Fengshen Yanji based on the downfall of the kingdom of Shang by King Zhou who was corrupted by his concubine Dakki(Daji) who was actually a nine tail demon fox in the late 17-16th century B.C the 3 eyed Bruce Lee lookalike is a warrior god known Erlang Shen if you want to watch a decent animation I suggest you watch the anime' Soul Hunter' or the 2016 Chinese movie 'League of Gods'.
Okay, after seeing this review, I'm certain there's a second Brucesploitation Animation! I remember years ago regularly renting a videotape of a 'Bruce Lee' cartoon. Years later when the 'Chinese God' DVD came out, I assumed this was the same cartoon. Seeing this review, this is not what I remember, although the end final fight with the tyrant (and the hand-waving) I do remember, making me think the second Bruce Lee cartoon edited some footage from this one. The story from the one I remember was a pretty traditional 'Bruce Lee battles against an evil tyrant' sort of film, defending a village as well I believe. He's a villager and he's looking after his mum who gets attacked at one point. It was in English, and they may have even referred to his character as 'Bruce'. That's all remember. Does anyone else remember it?
In Germany this was marketed completely different. They added a new dub with the Bruce Character (or Erlang Shen) constantly talking - he just never stops mumbling one-liners, really stupid insults or just commenting his own actions. The Movie itself was cut into several VHS-Tapes, marketed as a cartoon-series completely around this one character - including a complete new titlesong where his name was "Tarzerix". The song is kind of hilarious, the refrain was like "Tarzerix the Kung-Fu Hero who never falls on his snout" - well, it rhymes in german... ("Tarzerix der Kung-Fu Held der niemals auf die Schnauze fällt"). Sorry for bad english and greetings from Germany - big Fan over here.
I feel like it would be very difficult to hold any kind of conversations if Chun Chi-Na (or however it's said) and Frau Blucher are in the same building.
That feeling when you play alot of Smite and Warframe and as such you recognize, Erlang Shen, Nezha, Daji and the Jade Emperor in a trippy Chinese cartoon... Whos says video games dont teach you anything.
9:58 "Birdman is a robot! BIRDMAN IS A GODDAMNED ROBOT!!" "If you find this movie, burn it. If you're a big Bruce Lee fan, burn it twice". This is the movie you put on when the stuff your friend scored turns out to be ditchweed and oregano.
The King has something that makes Hugh Hefner jealous. A swimming pool filled with Booze and BBQ meat hung from trees for insta-food. Complete with nekkid chicks for insta-hump. It is called 酒池肉林 ( Jiu Chi Rou Lin ) in Chinese. Meaning Pool of Wine, Forest of Meat.
Ah, this brings back memories of watching Tat Mau Wong's Kung Fu Theater late nights on KTSF Channel 26 in CA. I was always tired for work the next day but it was worth it......most of the time. (:\
The woman who is a demon looks like a shamsen, a guitar like instrument, so I'm lead to believe she is similar to a japanese spirit which inhabits an inanimate object, like a mirror or umbrella. To see such ghosts, watch Yokai Monsters (1968).
I just had a toke or two and a beer and settled down to check this out. I'll let you know if that's a good choice or not, but 36 seconds in it already looks good.
I kinda dig the shapeshifter battle at the end. Isn't that pretty common in these kind of Chinese epics? I know there's a couple shapeshifter duels in Journey to the West.
05:17 Pyramids have been found in China, tyvm. I mean, it's not just Egypt that has them. Similar structures have been found in Latin America and Eastern Europe too.
whatwith all of the shots where characters are outside the left and right side of the frame I'm guessing this was originally a shawscope clone production horribly pan-scanned for video release... Does that mean that the original widescreen is more coherent? Not necessarily... I'm just slightly curious about how the original frames looked.
I actually watched this movie as a kid during the VHS boom in Egypt, it was the English dub but back then it was called Bruce Lee And The Chinese Gods.
OH. MY. GODS. I love this flaming train wreck so much I hate that I have to wait until I get home from work to watch it. Merry Christmas, Brandon! I've got three different versions on DVD (US, Aussie and German--all with a variety of transfers, missing scenes and degrees of film damage) plus the TH-cam rips of both the Japanese VHS (which is the most brightly-color-adjusted of the lot but full frame and the audio is crap) and the original widescreen theatrical version (with the traditional three layers of awful subtitles on the bottom). I even started reading the preposterously long "Investiture of the Gods" to try to make sense of it. It...helps?
She should have remembered that Ninetails is much better with special attack and special defense. Arcanine is the mythological Fire-type you turn to for physical attacks.
The film is based on a Classical Chinese historical fantasy novel called “The Investiture of the Gods”. It takes place during the rebellion against a tyrant Emperor of ancient China’s Shang dynasty. The author of the novel added gods to the rebel army. The strategist of the army is Jiang Ziya not “Chang China”. The main character of the novel is a god reincarnated as a boy called Li Nezha (the character who looks like Chun Li). Li Nezha is also known as the dragon slayer because he slaughters a dragon. Bruce Lee apparently takes the role of a another god sent to help the rebels with three eyes called Erlang Shen. The emperor’s concubine is called Su Daji. She was historically a beautiful but cruel woman so the author of the novel wrote that she was actually a fox demon disguised as a human.
Can you list a Chinese gods that's appear in this movie?
This guy got so high he understood the movie 😂
Not to mention that a new line of Ultraman model kits called "The Armour of Legends," has Ultraman Orb, Ginga, and Victory dressed as Jiang Ziya, Nezha, and Erleng Shen. Plus, Tregear as Shen Gongbao.
@@Nik-ff3tu Nah. It’s just that the novel it’s based on has a very long story, one that couldn’t conceivably be told in one movie. That might have something to do with why most of the latter half of the movie is just images flashing on screen.
I think it's awesome that you know this as I have a fascination with mythology, especially those of various Asian cultures. I also enjoy Greek, Celtic, and Norse mythology among others. What I'm getting at is that I greatly appreciate you sharing your knowledge on the subject. :)
Something tells me this started out as an innocent animation about Chinese Mythology then was changed to cash in on the passing of Bruce Lee.
i wouldn't be surprised that is true
I worked at a video store in the early '90's and this was one of my favorites! It came in one of those over-sized "clamshell" VHS boxes. I would torture co-workers by having this on ALL the time! It's insane.
You are a legend.
LMAO 😂😂
Sweet Bejeezus, it's like an episode of Jackie Chan Adventures being directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Bahahahahahaha!!!!! That's pretty damn accurate.
With Carlos Castaneda as the animator.
@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 under the direction of his mentor Don Juan.
Actually I think it'd still make sense
A Jodorowsky film would have far better production values than this abomination!
that "Bruce Lee guy" is actually God Er Lang Shen, his trademark is his third eye in his forehead
I take it he was the inspiration for Tien in the Dragon Ball franchise.
I mean, sure, but it's also very clearly Bruce Lee, unless Shen is known as the creator of Jeet Kune Do.
4:37 Chalk this one up to crap translation and bad cuts in the US version. Okay, I'll explain this one on the off chance somebody cares, just this once.
First a li'l backstory: King Chou, a fair enough ruler but lewd dude, made comments about wanting to bang the goddess of a temple he was visiting, so the goddess sent three demon sisters (fox, jade lute, pheasant) to seduce him into madness and tyranny, destroying his empire. So that's where those ladies came from.
The "embankment" bit is a scheme to have Chou enlist the priest who killed the maneating jade lute demoness*, so her sisters could have their revenge. The loyal elderly minister is friends with the priest and warns him, knowing full well that Chou will slay him when the priest flees. The priest gives the minister a charm in the form of a scripture that will protect him from mortal injury--keeping him alive even after Chou has him cut out his own heart.
Naturally, the demonesses immediately realize magic is afoot, so the pheasant demoness ambushes the minister on his way home, posing as a peasant selling "cabbages without hearts." The minister says, "But cabbages cannot exist without hearts!," whereupon the demoness snatches away the charm keeping him alive, sneering "Neither can men!" The minister immediately falls dead.
*aw, you left out how the priest tries to sniff her butt and she farts in his face
I will tell you, I watched this whole movie, (so I could draw the title card), and I could not tell of any of that was happening. I was so lost the first half. But I do like you taking the time out to write down exactly what was suppose to be happening. I like to learn new stuff like that :)
This movie was (is?) incredibly popular in Europe--the German DVD is called "Tarzerix: The Elephant Policeman" (!!!) and was given a kid-friendly opening theme song which you can find on TH-cam. There was also a six-part comic-book adaptation (also titled "Tarzerix" which is apparently the name given to the Bruce Lee character) in Spain.
But the (Taiwanese) movie itself is based on the Chinese novel "Investiture of the Gods," which is ONE HUNDRED chapters long. (My English copy had to be printed as two volumes.) It was preposterous to think they could cover even a fraction of it properly in less than ninety minutes. (See also: Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings.)
If you like, look up "Investiture of the Gods" on Wikipedia; the article includes brief capsule of stories that made it into the movie (and at least one that didn't). "Story of Chinese Gods" is not even listed in the adaptations of the novel. :(
Thanks for the explanation. I'm fairly unfamiliar with Chinese epic novels.
This DOES feel like the Ralph Bakshi Lord of the Rings-bad animation, incoherent editing, sloppy translation of the story, and really trippy imagery
if I make an movie based on the Investiture of the Gods I keep all the chapters K.
Thanks for the info. I know bits of this story but I didn't know the whole thing. Not to mention that Japan took parts of these legends and made them into theire own stuff wich make this thing extra confusing to look up.
thank you for that In-a-gadda-da-vida placement, it was playing in my head before you started it lol
The confusion might be chalked up to this being a tv series re-cut to be a movie. I remember lots of anime vhs releases way back being like that, especially ones from streamline pictures
This is the funniest and best damn review ever. I watch this one over and over. When "In a Gadda da Vida" cuts in, I lose it. It never gets old.
Okay. Who the Hell spiked my drink and with what?
@@BroomPusher2024 You forgot the meth.
GENERAL WAN
Ah a fellow league player
Blue meth?
Now I see the inspiration for the animation in the Zelda CD-I game.
Oliver Starley Chun-Chi-Nah betrayed the king!
Mah boy, this lack of mythological context is what all true warriors strive for!
Oh my goodness! This is awful!
Be wary of Dingo Pictures then, their animation or lack of is complete shit...for you.
Squala-la-la
Still better animation than Dingo Pictures.
Can’t argue with that!
True, but in terms of writing and dubbing and making any sense; it’s about the same
God I’d love to see Brandon review those
OMG! I searched for this movie for decades! Now i found it at last, thanks to you! Awesome ♥
Thank you!
In case anyone's wondering, the "Bruce Lee" character is Erlang Shen
from Chinese mythology. He's pretty badass, no wonder they wanted Bruce Lee to represent him!
Ok, what about the guy who breathed in someone's finger?
Giving Erlang Shen his own movie is like giving Tien Shinhan his own movie... especially considering Tien is actually Erlang but without the spear. And I'd actually like to see that. It's just a shame that this is one of the only movies like that.
@@WillieManga...and if Bruce Lee was alive to play the part 🤯
@@southanime that my friend is Wu Ji. He was a wood cutter who insulted Jiang Ziya when he couldn't understand the sages wisdom. He also mocks Jiang Ziya when he proposes becoming minister. Jiang Ziya predicts he commit murder and die if he goes into town that day, but Wu Ji disrespects him for a third time and ignores his warning. Guess what happens to Wu Ji?
Moral of the story: don't mock what you can't understand, don't put other people down for their ambitions, and heed the warning of your elders.
Okay, and who's the "Chun-Li" character?
This retelling of the story is so inaccurate. They don't even show Jiang Ziya riding a flying, white hippo or piledriving an alien.
"Be on every drug at the same time"
That maybe laugh out loud, too funny!!
...
Thumbs up that was awesome!
40 Chinese gods downvoted this, only one man could be behind this..
Chun-Xi Na!
(odd, drawn-out sting of brass notes)
Chang Chee-Na sounds more like the name of a stereotypical and probably racist nowadays Asian character from a Looney Tunes or Hanna-Barbera cartoon.
@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 Yeah! Like that guy on that old Dick Tracy cartoon, with other partners such as Go-Go Gomez and Heap 'O Calories, who I'm going to assume were Scandinavian and Afrikaan characters respectively~
It's like Chinese mythology, LSD, and the people behind Garzey's Wing came together like some unholy trinity and shat on Bruce Lee.
Garzey's wing was made by none other than Yoshiyuki Tomino.
Not to mention that trippy "space ship" sounding series of notes behind the really "drug-inspired" scenes. I know that weird arrangement from another piece of '70's what-the-hell-ery, "Drugs Are Like That." I'm not a huge Bruce Lee fan, but the man deserved better than this acid-fest.
I might be wrong, but I think "Chun Li" is Prince Nezha
It is.
"I didn't kill those two men, I swear! They dropped to the ground and then proceeded to assault my boot with their stomachs till they passed out. At least, I thought they were just passed out..."
I have been watching your videos since 2014! And I think your videos are great! Your videos inspire me to try to make reviews myself! Thanks!
13:41 Oh my God! This is the inspiration for Naruto!
Dollar Store Kurama the Nine-Tails (NOT Ninetales and NOT to be confused with the OTHER Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho, although they're all kitsune)
5:48 Freaking Lol!
Even on the 5th watch of the review that part is hilarious for some reason. I just can't explain how I find the guy's answer so funny.
Eh, if I ever want to watch an animated version of the 16th century Chinese novel Fengshen Yanji, I'll stick with Soul Hunter.
...Yeah, this movie is based on medieval Chinese literature. No joke.
Hey, it's in the same boat as all those anime based on "Journey to the West" that only use the base story and do whatever they want to fill the rest.
Is the 2016 movie based on this novel any good? The one with Jet Li and Fan Bingbing?
The fight scenes in this film feel like the characters are fighting underwater.
Okay, it's official: I ABSOLUTELY...DO NOT...NEED...TO SLEEP TONIGHT!
Aww, an early Christmas present, thanks! :D
I might know one of those gods. Baby Chun Li is Nehza. Also he's a dude.
But given this movie, you need to ask yourself: "Who gives a shit?"
True.
tyrongkojy
Did you hit "Reply" to soon? Was there supposed to be a comment, there?
Sorry I hit the wrong button while trying to scroll down.
2:18 Well, Depends On Which Version Of Icarus Were Talking About.
To add to the explanations in the comments: Bruce is playing three-eyed warrior god & bad ass Er Long Shen. (The character also inspired Tien in the Dragon Ball franchise)
Also, I get the feeling this is another case of a foreign show being edited into a movie...
It's not a compilation film, but it's based on a very long, very strange (by Western standards) novel that's been so crunched down and condensed that any kind of context or coherency got squeezed out. The same novel, Feng Shen Bang, had several adaptions into live-action shows that each lasted several dozen full-hour episodes each.
@@stevendobbins2826 OH! 😲
Thank you.🙂
You do know that for most of human history owning your own farmland was the dream to have right? hell, most revolutions in the the 19th century were fought over giving peasants the land they had worked as sefs. (note, the american revolution was at the end of the 18th century)
"Thought over?"
@@PhazonEnder fixed. Thanks for pointing it out.
It's almost like he's telling jokes or something.
The info is appreciated, but the snark is silly.
@@michaelccozens the joke is funny only if your only frame or reference is present times where 95% of people live in a city. Since things were literally the reverse for most of human history, greater historical contex makes the joke look more like an uninformed remark than a joke.
@@AlucardNoir Was the joke being made in a "greater historical context", or specifically in relation to modern attitudes?
Why you think you can unilaterally re-define the context of a statement is your question to answer.
You're assuming ignorance because you want it to be there, for your ego. Please stop making people hate history; they know little enough of it as it is.
Many of the voice actors in this are veterans of many Kung Fu movies dubbing
The "Story" Of Chinese Gods, watching it is like taking every drug at the same time!
The Bruce Lee guy's name is Erlang-Sheng. A shapshifter god and rival to Sun Wukong
Oh yeah, wasn't he the guy who kicked him out of heaven?
merry Christmas brandon and thanks for the drug up cartoon
1:40: That, or rejected Tekken characters
2:11: Are those demon ballsacks?
2:19: Chinese Pit looks pissed. Is it because he looks more like the Captain N version instead of the game version-icus?
2:28: Sounds like a porno
2:42: It's the Watermelon Monster!
3:00: OOOOOHHHH, right in the boobs!
3:34: Chang Chee-Na? Sounds like a stereotypical Asian name from a Looney Tunes cartoon
5:20: Pyramids in China? The conspiracy theorists were right all along!
7:25: Were these demons rejects? They act too goofy to be demons!
7:43: That, or Herculoids rejects
8:51: Attack the cheese? WHAT? Did they just found a deli shop somewhere in Ancient China?
9:11: OK, detaching your head does not work against Garuda
9:32: General Bat vs. Garuda? Sounds like an idea for the sequel to the Thai kaiju movie
9:48: King Harkinian: "OAH HO-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO-HO!"
10:26: If only Wreck-It Ralph was here....
10:52: How did this become Slither.io?
10:58: Now all we need are Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Tetris
12:03: OK, now you're going into more obscure video game territories by referencing The Ocean Hunter (except that thing from The Ocean Hunter was a giant worm)
12:26: That, or the Giant Claw
12:37: A Madame Mim/King Ghidorah hybrid? That's just asking to be sued by both Disney and Toho!
12:42: The Reluctant Dragon? That looks more like a bird-headed lizard to me
13:43: Well, you better have Water or Ground type Pokemon in your team.....
13:51: OK, did the kitsune learned the "LET ME HAVE 'EM!" technique from Scrappy-Doo?
14:07: Great, Bruce just turned into Charizard. That's enough Pokemon AND video game references
14:43: This is your brain on blue meth
15:10: Ah, yes. The Hamboning Fist of Death, invented by the great martial artist known as Rigby the raccoon because he thinks it will save your life some day
15:35: Again, this is your brain on blue meth
15:54: Actually, more like *"FATALITY!"*
15:54: Alternatively, *"ULTRAAAAAAAAAAAAAA COOOOOOMMMMMBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!"* or *"ULTRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!"*
Eat shit unfunny timestampers
This review was a trip, thanks for making me laugh my ass off while having my Xmas Eve lunch!
12:43 is 10 of the funniest seconds of internet..... EVER!!! 😆
How did you know that i had brucesploitation at the top of my Christmas Wishlist?
brandon tenold=santa confirmed
Thank you for posting this! I saw this on tv probably in the 80's and never heard anything about it ever again. I never thought I'd learn the title.
this was fuckin brilliant Merry Christmas Brandon
I'll be honest, with a little script reworking, a new dub, and a remaster on the visuals, this might be kind of an interesting movie.
Maybe someone can make it a fan project.
I remember in the 80s when this used to show up on Kung Fu Theater type late night time slots. It must've been included in a TV syndication package deal. It was utterly mystifying.
Are you from Michigan? Did this show start at 11:30pm.
@Mike Rodgers the time slot is about right, but it wasn't Michigan or anywhere in the greater midwest. In those days local TV markets subscribed to the same syndicated programs all over the country, especially non network affiliated stations.
@@Al_NERi okay. I used to watch something similar.
It makes a little more sense if you know some chinese mythology.
Seriously? There's little guy with a drill on his head but we get *no* Puppetmaster references? Tisk tisk. :P
I got this as part of a Bruceploitation movie multipack.
I must've watched it at least five times.
I still have no idea what the fuck goes on in it.
Oh snap! That's legendary Hong Kong dubber Ted Thomas doing several of the voices.
Oh thank you for recognising that voice too! I had no idea what his name was, but as soon as I heard one sentence I could tell it was 'that guy'. Very unexpected.
what did I just see was that a Three Eyed Bruce Lee fighting The First Emperor of China?
snakes3425 Yup
snakes3425 Looks like bruce lee is yami yugi.
China was not an empire yet, so no emperor that time. He is the King Zhou of the Shang dynasty.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Zhou_of_Shang
OOOOOH, THAT'S WHAT IT IS! THAT'S THE LAST ONE! IT'S OVER!
yup this animation is based on the novel Fengshen Yanji based on the downfall of the kingdom of Shang by King Zhou who was corrupted by his concubine Dakki(Daji) who was actually a nine tail demon fox in the late 17-16th century B.C the 3 eyed Bruce Lee lookalike is a warrior god known Erlang Shen if you want to watch a decent animation I suggest you watch the anime' Soul Hunter' or the 2016 Chinese movie 'League of Gods'.
The In A Gadda Da Vida bits killed me
3:19 She is a guitar demon.
I think I might have actually seen this. The mini Chun Li scene has sparked a couple of long-forgotten memories.
I seen this a long time ago ….I thought I hallucinated it all these years
I have the dvd, this movie was my thing back in the day
FIrst 30 seconds in and already I'm feeling like its a movie about Shin Megami Tensei series. Great.
And that wouldn't be awesome? I mean....I'd watch a series based on Nocturne in a HEARTBEAT.
12:00 Reminds me of South Park's Lemmiwinks episode.
I fucking lost it when you let loose with the iron butterfly. LOL!
Okay, after seeing this review, I'm certain there's a second Brucesploitation Animation! I remember years ago regularly renting a videotape of a 'Bruce Lee' cartoon. Years later when the 'Chinese God' DVD came out, I assumed this was the same cartoon. Seeing this review, this is not what I remember, although the end final fight with the tyrant (and the hand-waving) I do remember, making me think the second Bruce Lee cartoon edited some footage from this one. The story from the one I remember was a pretty traditional 'Bruce Lee battles against an evil tyrant' sort of film, defending a village as well I believe. He's a villager and he's looking after his mum who gets attacked at one point. It was in English, and they may have even referred to his character as 'Bruce'. That's all remember. Does anyone else remember it?
No, but interesting, if you find it on youtube, send it to Brandon.
Slow down Brandon; let's not bring Caillou into this!
This is one of your funniest videos. It's always a good time when you do an animated movie.
That's Da Ji, isn't it?
I hear in-a-gadda-da-vida!!!
Fun fact, the magic SFX were used on Deep Purple's first album (on their cover of Help).
In Germany this was marketed completely different. They added a new dub with the Bruce Character (or Erlang Shen) constantly talking - he just never stops mumbling one-liners, really stupid insults or just commenting his own actions. The Movie itself was cut into several VHS-Tapes, marketed as a cartoon-series completely around this one character - including a complete new titlesong where his name was "Tarzerix". The song is kind of hilarious, the refrain was like "Tarzerix the Kung-Fu Hero who never falls on his snout" - well, it rhymes in german... ("Tarzerix der Kung-Fu Held der niemals auf die Schnauze fällt").
Sorry for bad english and greetings from Germany - big Fan over here.
OMG I remember seeing this movie as a kid in some random latin cable channel.I couldn't stop laughing at how poorly animated this was.
Let's be honest to all those who actually do notice this is just a Dollar Store version of Journey to the West
Well this movie isn't aimed at kids. I mean it's rated R on my DVD.
I think that actually *was* the king from the Dragon Lives Again.
Animation is incredible!
Yeah now feel like I just did about 2 hundred pounds of s shrooms 🤷🏼♂️💯📜👈😺🤠🪓
@14:40 Was that Iron Butterfly?
The animation makes Clutch Cargo look like Spirited Away.
I feel like it would be very difficult to hold any kind of conversations if Chun Chi-Na (or however it's said) and Frau Blucher are in the same building.
That feeling when you play alot of Smite and Warframe and as such you recognize, Erlang Shen, Nezha, Daji and the Jade Emperor in a trippy Chinese cartoon...
Whos says video games dont teach you anything.
9:58 "Birdman is a robot! BIRDMAN IS A GODDAMNED ROBOT!!"
"If you find this movie, burn it. If you're a big Bruce Lee fan, burn it twice".
This is the movie you put on when the stuff your friend scored turns out to be ditchweed and oregano.
14:30 I don't know why I like this part
I think the floating head thing was in a "Speed Racer" episode once, but I'm not sure . It need further investigation ',:^(
The King has something that makes Hugh Hefner jealous. A swimming pool filled with Booze and BBQ meat hung from trees for insta-food. Complete with nekkid chicks for insta-hump.
It is called 酒池肉林 ( Jiu Chi Rou Lin ) in Chinese. Meaning Pool of Wine, Forest of Meat.
It's good to be da king
When the "Death is a Slap on the Wrist" trope comes to its logical extreme.
How the hell do I recognise Nezha despite not knowing Nezha's story?
Ah, this brings back memories of watching Tat Mau Wong's Kung Fu Theater late nights on KTSF Channel 26 in CA. I was always tired for work the next day but it was worth it......most of the time. (:\
...You have some pretty weird things in America...
So this is what Lovecraftian insanity looks like.
The woman who is a demon looks like a shamsen, a guitar like instrument, so I'm lead to believe she is similar to a japanese spirit which inhabits an inanimate object, like a mirror or umbrella. To see such ghosts, watch Yokai Monsters (1968).
This is what she was: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipa_Jing
I didn't know China had a version of Yokai
Japan took everything it has from China.
Which kinda would make sense?
They're called tsukumogami dumbass!!!
Serious question-does China have an equivalent of Yokai?
If you want to cross this bridge you must beat me first.
If you fail you must help me attack the cheese.
You understand what I'm saying?
8:47
"If you fail you must help me attack the CHEESE. You understand what I'm saying?"
I just had a toke or two and a beer and settled down to check this out. I'll let you know if that's a good choice or not, but 36 seconds in it already looks good.
0:22 what's "The Creature that challenged the world'' doing here ?
Thanks for the SNK reference Brandon
I kinda dig the shapeshifter battle at the end. Isn't that pretty common in these kind of Chinese epics? I know there's a couple shapeshifter duels in Journey to the West.
This still makes more sense than Mormon Jesus.
05:17 Pyramids have been found in China, tyvm. I mean, it's not just Egypt that has them. Similar structures have been found in Latin America and Eastern Europe too.
Don't forget Southeast Asia.
what the hell. this movie is nuts
Why does the film’s audio sound like it’s at half speed? Was this a 40 minute short that someone slowed down to pad it to feature length?
whatwith all of the shots where characters are outside the left and right side of the frame I'm guessing this was originally a shawscope clone production horribly pan-scanned for video release... Does that mean that the original widescreen is more coherent? Not necessarily... I'm just slightly curious about how the original frames looked.
2:23 kind of sounds like when Pickles thought he was going to die and got super wasted.
I actually watched this movie as a kid during the VHS boom in Egypt, it was the English dub but back then it was called Bruce Lee And The Chinese Gods.
How do you find these movies?!?
Rik Thomas's voice again. On lost-my-head dude. Man, he dubbed, like, everything.
You should Try out the monkey king movies
OH. MY. GODS. I love this flaming train wreck so much I hate that I have to wait until I get home from work to watch it. Merry Christmas, Brandon!
I've got three different versions on DVD (US, Aussie and German--all with a variety of transfers, missing scenes and degrees of film damage) plus the TH-cam rips of both the Japanese VHS (which is the most brightly-color-adjusted of the lot but full frame and the audio is crap) and the original widescreen theatrical version (with the traditional three layers of awful subtitles on the bottom). I even started reading the preposterously long "Investiture of the Gods" to try to make sense of it. It...helps?
Everyone in late 2018 or early 2019 when brandon makes the kid icarus joke "I NEVER LEARNED HOW TO READ!!!!!"
She should have remembered that Ninetails is much better with special attack and special defense. Arcanine is the mythological Fire-type you turn to for physical attacks.