The Art of War Theater: The Prodigal Son

Welcome to the premiere of a new Saturday (2)dope feature: The Art of War Theater. The goal here is to expose to those who may have never seen these classic Kung Fu flicks every Saturday, in similar fashion to what we saw as kids growing up in the 80s / 90s. I’m pretty sure every city and state had a form of this on Saturday afternoons, showing some of the illest flicks that would be thoroughly discussed and “imitated” at school the following Monday. With the Wu bridging the gap between martial arts culture and Hip-Hop, these flicks became a part of Hip-Hop’s identity, and just as important as new releases at record stores were on Tuesdays, so were kung fu cinema classics on TV on Saturdays. For the premiere episode, we set things off with the 1981 piece, The Prodigal Son. Sit back and enjoy. It’s fucking Saturday.

.

16 Responses to “The Art of War Theater: The Prodigal Son”

  1. Fuck yeah 2DBZ

    BULLCITTTYYYYYY said this on December 29th, 2012 at 4:03 pm

  2. Thanks JES, I hope this is a consistent feature and you dont plan on giving up on It after a week. If you need help with It give me your twitter.

    TheMaster said this on December 29th, 2012 at 4:43 pm

  3. great idea, thanks

    monochrome said this on December 29th, 2012 at 7:29 pm

  4. thia is prolly the illest non-music post ive seen on a blog for a while. dopeness indeed

    Nice said this on December 29th, 2012 at 7:44 pm

  5. great choice, that Sammo Hung fight choreography blew my fkn mind when I was a kid watching this for the first time. classic shit

    jundamane24 said this on December 29th, 2012 at 8:02 pm

  6. 2dope.
    unamela.

    Naija said this on December 29th, 2012 at 8:03 pm

  7. I’ve been looking for this movie for theeee longest time!!!!it goes for like 50bucks on amazon.2BZ pleaase keep this up!

    rswd said this on December 29th, 2012 at 10:18 pm

  8. 2DBZ, way to stay on the pulse of what true Hip Hop heads enjoy.

    If you want to set it off, play The 5 deadly Venoms and show Tupac’s track/freestyle.

    Jules Winnfield said this on December 29th, 2012 at 10:20 pm

  9. Keep this shit going

    B Tank said this on December 29th, 2012 at 10:30 pm

  10. Hell yeah! So stoked about this! Definitely keep it going, you made my Saturday way better

    Scoot said this on December 30th, 2012 at 12:34 am

  11. Yuen Biao is so underrated and this was probably his best film One of my personal favorites.

    DJ Sapien said this on December 30th, 2012 at 10:37 am

  12. @Justice Equality Supreme

    Nah lol, your instincts are on track. Indoctrinate ‘em in the poison clan styles.

    Great job, looking forward to this series.

    Jules Winnfield said this on December 30th, 2012 at 11:07 am

  13. YAAAY!!! Ive been wanting to see classic movies like this, but had no idea where to start. Thanks!

    Sam Flow (yes, im a female) said this on December 30th, 2012 at 12:44 pm

  14. cool new segment!

    scarl said this on December 30th, 2012 at 7:20 pm

  15. This is 2dopes greatest idea!r

    rswd said this on January 1st, 2013 at 7:52 pm

  16. My favorite kung fu flick ever. The fighting is so on point its crazy. Good to see some love for this. Most people just think of bruce lee or chuck faggot ass norris when it comes to kung fu. YEEE!

    Mijo said this on January 3rd, 2013 at 3:12 pm

Site Meter