# Black Dynamite! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285 "2011-06-29T17:57:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/1 "2011-06-29T17:57:07Z")
Thanks to the miracle of Netflix, the other night I watched **Black Dynamite**. It was fun; a light-hearted spoof of the old blaxploitation flicks. Our hero is a pimp (of course) and an ex-CIA man with righteous kung-fu skills! His quest to find out who killed his little brother Jimmy takes him all the way to the top, as he uncovers a sinister plot! The grand finale is a kung-fu battle between Black Dynamite and Tricky Dick Nixon. …with pauses along the way for a fun scene in which he and his bros deduce the nature of the plot, a discussion of the eternal nature of pimping, and a hilariously stiff romantic montage with a Righteous Sister. Anyway, goofy fun! Big R says thumbs up! ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/2 "2011-06-29T18:00:45Z")
I am smiling. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/3 "2011-06-29T18:26:35Z")
My favorite thing about that movie was the sheer, loving detail they took with it. The clothes, the acting, the visible boom mike, the messed up continuity in certain scenes - I’ve watched a lot of actual blacksploitation flicks, and Black Dynamite did an absolutely amazing job of being both homage and parody. Also, funny as shit. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/4 "2011-06-29T18:28:09Z")
This movie is hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/5 "2011-06-29T18:36:14Z")
Speaking of the things like the visible boom mike: There’s a scene outside the (chili and donuts?) place where some bad guys pull up, get out and start shooting. The car starts to roll off and one guy has to jump back in and set the brake. According to the DVD special features, the driver actually neglected to set the parking brake and the scene wasn’t staged to happen like that. They loved it though and kept it in the final product. “Killed by kung-fu treachery!” ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/6 "2011-06-29T18:48:46Z")
I’m just amazed at the versatility of the phrase [“Who the hell is interrupting my Kung-fu?!?”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xamCYGhIRHo) ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/7 "2011-06-29T19:03:39Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > I’m just amazed at the versatility of the phrase [“Who the hell is interrupting my Kung-fu?!?”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xamCYGhIRHo) I like to bust a "Your knowledge of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is only outmatched by your zest for kung-fu treachery! " once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/8 "2011-06-29T20:34:04Z")
I figured Dopers would be tuned into this awesomeness. _Doctor examines Black Dynamite’s gunshot wound…_ **Doctor:** You’re lucky, Black Dynamite. Three inches to the left and we wouldn’t be having this conversation. **Black Dynamite:** Three inches to the right and he would’ve missed my black ass. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/9 "2011-06-29T20:51:27Z")
Just watched it maybe 3 or 4 weeks ago for the first time, after hearing about it from some podcast or another (maybe it was The Morning Show?) (ETA: No, it was on the Nerdist podcast.) Anyhow, fucking golden. Loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/10 "2011-06-29T21:09:48Z")
> [@Tixenfleaz](#): > > I figured Dopers would be tuned into this awesomeness. > > _Doctor examines Black Dynamite’s gunshot wound…_ > **Doctor:** You’re lucky, Black Dynamite. Three inches to the left and we wouldn’t be having this conversation. > **Black Dynamite:** Three inches to the right and he would’ve missed my black ass. I love how awful the actor playing the doctor is. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/11 "2011-06-29T21:59:19Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > I’m just amazed at the versatility of the phrase [“Who the hell is interrupting my Kung-fu?!?”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xamCYGhIRHo) That is a brilliant phrase and the bit with the camera view centered on the one guy trying to get away to the right, then to the left, then to the right again and being stopped each time is funny, funny stuff. This is a great movie, but I’d say that there’s almost _too_ much stuff in it. I’m saying almost though – there’s not a way you can do a blaxploitation parody and not overstuff it with all the things that make those films the way there are/were. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/12 "2011-06-29T23:08:12Z")
…and as we all know, Asclepius is the son of Apollo! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/13 "2011-06-30T03:36:40Z")
Yup yup, I saw this in the theater and agree with all about the awesome awesomeness of the movie. I hear there’s rumblings of a sequel, and I’d like to see it. Michael Jai White nails the role and I want to see more. [off topic]I thought of this movie the other night when I was at the theater to see **[The Troll Hunter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1740707/)** (for an insanely fun double feature with **[Attack The Block](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478964/)**) and I saw a preview of what I thought was a satire/parody/homage to the '70’s. I thought to myself “Wow, they did an even better job than Black Dynamite getting the look and the feel right, even the film stock!” Turns out it was the original preview to a movie called [Skatetown, U.S.A.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079912/) which was released in 1979. I _thought_ that one guy looked like Scott Baio, but thing is, **Black Dynamite** and **Super 8** has me primed now to look for current movies made to look like movies of that era. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/14 "2011-06-30T04:28:35Z")
There’s an [animated series](http://www.deadline.com/2011/04/adult-swim-pick-up-black-dynamite-series/) in the works. Also, “I threw that shit before I walked in the room!” ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/15 "2011-06-30T05:02:23Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > I love how awful the actor playing the doctor is. 😃 I love how they describe the wound as a through-and-through, then make a point of showing us the lack of an exit wound on the back of BD’s shoulder. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/16 "2011-06-30T12:48:39Z")
My momma said Black Dynamite is my Daddy! Lotta cats 'round here have that name. The movie is indeed genius. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/17 "2011-06-30T13:52:54Z")
And who can forget [Captain Kangaroo pimp](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhtaf2ei491qhju0no1_500.png). ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/18 "2011-06-30T15:40:48Z")
Now I am one down cat. I just looked it up on Netflix and it’s not streaming anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-dynamite/587285/19 "2011-06-30T18:18:14Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Now I am one down cat. I just looked it up on Netflix and it’s not streaming anymore. Well, I just mailed it back a couple days ago, so you could order the DVD from them. 😉 > [@Lobot](#): > > …“I threw that shit before I walked in the room!” A great line, especially how gleeful BD is!