Clones of Bruce Lee Review (Commentaries)

For the most part I enjoy reading your reviews and watching your videos even though you tend to ramble on a lot longer than my attention span can be accounted for.

But a commentary to the review of a movie you watched? How boring. Whoever watches these really must have nothing better to do.

Throat chopping FTW

Ugh, you know, I was willing to pin the throat-chopping thing to just thinking it's funny to see a villain getting their ass awesomely kicked, which I agree with, but then you have to specifically point out that it's hilarious to see women being brutalized. :/ That, along with all the rambling about titties and the racial comments-- it was just way too distracting and uncomfortable for me, and I couldn't even really enjoy the rest of your commentary after that. Sorry, man.

Jesus, Its like cosplay gone horribly, horribly right!

..............Please delete my above comment as well as this, they are posted on the wrong video.

Spoony, this is more than dedication and persistence . This is another form of masochism, consider what this might do to your long term mental health.
You are very entertaining however you might snap and lose the ability to distinguish between game world and reality and I would also lose out on some rare and satisfying free entertainment.

You deserve some good Whiskey and a good night out after that ordeal.
Find a club that plays hard house music and have a relaxed atmosphere, much more healthy than virtual homicide.

As for your question about how he might think weed killer can help him rule the world perhaps he's planning to threaten to spray it over the Great Plains and kill all the grain, etc.

Some of the more fun videos by internet personalities is when they try new things, like making their own characters to help with their videos.

Dr.Insano and Spencer characters aren't used all that much, don't feel so guilty about using them.

for some reason i always saw you more as a riffer and light sketch writer/actor more than a critic, so i really thought those videos were awesome and among your best.

i mean i enjoyed your "hey i just came back from a movie" videos, or the more riff-ish videos like yor, but i can't see why some people may think those are the only ways it can be done.

the only possible objection i can think of is if the sketches had got too irrelevant to the movie. but i thought they were quite on the money in these two videos.

that and i saw something about this exploitation film with dead bruce lee beating up an evil gang in hell led by the godfather (old corleone) with james bond, clint eastwood, dracula, and zatoichi in it (they're not even trying to impersonate any of those at that point...). it's so funny that it's so bad that it's not even funny.

spoony i was wondering if you could review Beowolf vs grendal.

Hi Spoony.

I never noticed the lighting actually. The worst and most noticeable time lapse between scenes I saw was in a project my cousin worked on where food dissapeared from the table the charaters were sitting at as extras grazed between scenes. Hillarious it was.

Alot of your simple reviews The lets plays and your Terror trax reviews do work ver well. But for this movie the clones did add alot to the review, and so did Linkara he brought you back to life afterall.

I like these commentaries as well. Don’t get too complicated but don’t be afraid to try new things either

My take on what you said about the split-screen is similar to what David Cross said on the Mr. Show commentary.

We all know the other two guys are you in a costume, so having the effects perfect isn't that big of a deal. I appreciate that you put forth the effort to make it look fantastic, but ultimately, seeing a seam doesn't matter that much, we're not gonna be like "Hey man, who were those other two guys in this video with you? They looked a lot like y...oh, a seam, it's just split-screen."

For the record I've never felt that the stuff like the "clone" thing here, or any of the other extra scenes in your videos detract from the humor in any form.

I completely get what you mean about trying to not be too self-indulgent (and yeah, I think the Nerd did suffer a bit from that) but I still love Insano. The facial expressions are priceless and I love all Insano's lines. I wouldn't worry too much about the Bum tribute either, since it's not like he's in this one too much (or in any of your videos too much, for that matter) anyway.

Dont listen to number #50. The "This is my work, I do whatever I want", is a retarded argument against criticism used by many, far too many, hacks of anything. I'm not saying that all criticism is always good but it is certainly not always bad. Use your jugement and the one of other to become even better. WE BELIEVE IN YOU!!!

Your commentaries are my favorite part of your website now, they my great things greater-er!

Getting roasted by three Bob Sagets would be brutal lol

Your commentaries are as entertaining as your vids, Spoony.

I'm not sure why anyone has a problem with the videos or label some of them as self-indulgent. They're your videos and your creativity, you don't get paid for doing them, be as self-indulgent as you want.

I always found your creator comentary's uwe bol-esk. erven the comments on the lighting....
Nice parody....

Keep it up dude.

once you shuld try a full commentary in that german-english accent. like, Und i thaught zat ze ligthnink it zis scene was verry gut...

Major LOL-age

I love this stuff. It's always interesting to hear about what goes on in creating these videos. I kind of feel like the self criticism was a bit much. The special effects usually fit in, and rarely feel forced. Plus pointing out the seams is like looking at a Power Ranger show and going, "hey, that's not a monster, it's just a guy in a rubber suit!"

i don't know exactly why but I like your commentaries as much if not a tiny bit more than your videos Spoony man. I guess it's kinda the insight into why you did a review and your thoughts and ideas going into it and looking back on it I guess is the appeal. Anyway can't wait for new vids, maybe commentaries for them or some of your other reviews/LPs. Really can't wait to see a new SWAT 4 or Ripper vid that would be awesome.

really this is the best way to use the doctor insano character, use him to riff on the stupid ideas of other made scientists

Ah don't be so hard on yourself about the split screen. I didn't really notice any seams cause I was too busy watching the characters, besides which, what makes a great splitscreen effect is the characters reacting to each other as if the others are actually there and you definitely pulled that off well.

I didn't mind Insano in this video so much, but he was oddly low-key and coherent, I dunno, it was a little weird. He doesn't seem like a character that can really be sustained with long bits of dialog (except, well, I guess that home shopping network and presidential race bit lol. Don't listen to me.)

Also as a kid I had always heard this "Bruce Li died getting shot in front of the camera" thing. Maybe people were confusing him with Brandon Lee but when I first heard that in the movie I was like "wait is this where that rumor came from?" Hurrdurr.

Do you realize what would HAPPEN to the world if we had three more Chuck Norrises running around?! LOL.

And for the record, some of us like it when you get 'self-indulgent.' I always find Insano hilarious.

This is actually a relief. I'm glad you'll go back to more on topic stuff.

About self indulgence, this had become quite a problem mostly because it was getting too much in the way. Even the crossovers got old pretty fast (in internet years), but you guy had some fun and made friends so I can't really fault you on it. But just talking about the game/movie/whatever would be in my opinion a good step.

I have to admit tough that in that regard you have been pretty reserved, which is why I watch your review the most and multiple times too. I'm really glad you weren't oblivious, should have know better. :D Keep up the good work.

"Gen August 1, 2009 at 11:54 pm

I could never quite understand, just why you can’t show tits or even nipples. I know it’s not just an american thing, what with all the censoring and the prudery (prudity? prudeness?) in the media, but here in germany no one would lift an eyebrow over a couple of scenes with (or a scene with a couple of) nude women."

This is pretty simple Gen. Spoony's hosting these videos on Blip. They dictate what content they're willing to host and nude woman isn't one of them. So if he wants to keep the videos (and his account) he has to cover it up. Also, Spoony is a classy guy

*Woman get's hit in the neck.*

"Hahaha, I'm sorry, but I have to laugh at that scene."

...I stand by what I said.

Firstly, I like your characters because you're actually a good actor but as a MST3K fan I do agree that keeping it simple is good.

Secondly, as "42manZ" said, you should, nay, you MUST do an iRiff for RiffTrax. You are by far the most qualified, experienced and last but not least best riffer outside the MST3K crew. Please, show them how it's done.

Spoony, the single greatest thing you've ever done is phantasmagoria, I admit.

But sometimes its nice to have the smart-alecky family feel of MST3k. I think you're really doing yourself a disservice by deciding to go more low-tech from here-on-out.
ANyways, just my opinion.

It's always nice to hear the commentaries - I also stumbled through the blip.tv page upon some other review commentaries I didn't know existed.

And yes, both the review and the commentary are great. Granted, this movie seems to be kind of an easy target, but I really enjoyed the way you used the "clones" idea and had Dr. Insano justify his appearance by critiquing the movie's Evil Scientist™. Also, I wouldn't worry too much about continuity regarding your characters, they're fine the way they are...

It's good to hear that you went wild with the SFX in the last two reviews but won't continue that as much in the future; while I like to see you grow as a film-maker, so to speak, I still like watching some of your old stuff, like the Terror Trax playthroughs, which basically have you sitting in a chair and talk. I'd say that that is your main strength, and that SFX or guest appearances by other characters can complement that, but aren't really necessary. Keep up the good work!

I like the introduction of the Bum-Clone and the Dr Insano bits - felt liek it added to the reviews more than it distracted from the real thing.

I love your directors commentarys, i love listening to them on dvd anyway, and i'm at about your level of filmmaking too, so its fun all you say. Keep doing them pleaaase.