Bruce Lee: T1000 Terminator of Bosnia

[Tuckerfan]

As a way to heal the divide in Bosnia, the various ethnic groups decided that they would erect a statue that Serbs, Croats, and Muslims could all agree on. The only person they could all agree on was Bruce Lee.

Tell me that the picture doesn’t remind you of the T1000 from T2.

[wolfman]

The Mostar unveiling was attended by the ambassadors of China and Germany, both of whom assisted the project.

Kinda Random.

Official: “Okay guys were a building a statue of A Hong Kong guy who moved moved to America, to symbolize peace between Muslims, Croats and Serbs, who is most appropriate to help?”

Smartass in back of room : “Hey, how about the Germans”

Official: “Sounds good to me”.

[ultrafilter]

Damn, that’s kinda weird.

[GIGObuster]

Yeah it sounds weird, but if one knows the history of Buce Lee one has to remember his struggles against prejudice in Hollywood; and in more than one movie, he kicked the butts of racist characters.

[Leviosaurus]

@GIGObuster

…in more than one movie, he kicked the butts of racist characters.

Oh, okay. Now it totally makes sense. :rolleyes:

[China_Guy]

Enter the Dragon has Bruce teamed up with a black guy (who kicked the shite out of some racist white southern cops in one scene) and a white guy to go stop an evil Chinese dude that trafficked in female sex slaves and heroin.

It’s a bit of a stretch but some positive messages there that may help Bosnia.

[GIGObuster]

@China Guy

Enter the Dragon has Bruce teamed up with a black guy (who kicked the shite out of some racist white southern cops in one scene) and a white guy to go stop an evil Chinese dude that trafficked in female sex slaves and heroin.

It’s a bit of a stretch but some positive messages there that may help Bosnia.

I never said it made a lot of sense, only that there is some method to their madness:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005BCKA/002-0172527-6872022?v=glance&n=130&v=glance

When “The Chinese Connection” aka “Fist Of Fury” was released in Hong Kong in 1972, it had an even greater box office impact than Lee’s first kung fu spectacular “The Big Boss”. Once again, Chinese film fans flocked in their thousands to see this handsome, virile and athletic Chinese actor who wasn’t afraid to say he was proud to be Chinese, but more than that, he throttled his Japanese adversaries and made them respect him and his Chinese kung fu. And when Bruce goes strolling into a park and is denied entrance due to a sign saying “No Dogs or Chinese Allowed”, he vents his anger on mocking Japanese students, and then splinters the sign with a leaping front kick. It’s interesting to note that Bruce Lee had a similar effect on Chinese audiences, in much the same way that “blaxploitation” films of the same period hit the right note with African American audiences. Jim Brown, Fred Williamson and Bernie Casey were very similar to Bruce Lee…good looking, hard hitting tough guys who didn’t take insults lying down, and they took a stand and fought back. No wonder highly popular kung fu and blaxploitation films often turned up on double bills across the USA in the mid 1970’s !

[China_Guy]

@GIGObuster

I never said it made a lot of sense, only that there is some method to their madness:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00005BCKA/002-0172527-6872022?v=glance&n=130&v=glance

I’m not being snarky about Enter the Dragon. What’s the one with Chuck Norris, set in Rome. It’s another anti-racist one.

[JeffB]

@China Guy

I’m not being snarky about Enter the Dragon. What’s the one with Chuck Norris, set in Rome. It’s another anti-racist one.

Return of the Dragon (among other names)