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Vintage 1960s G.I. Joe: America's Original Action Hero!

These iconic 1960s G.I. Joe figures stand ready for adventure, showcasing their classic military gear and impressive articulation. Relive the original 'America's Movable Fighting Man' legacy that inspired generations of play! 🇺🇸🎮

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sgt1372 1d ago

#Movies #ActionHeroes . . .

We male #AAPI #ChineseAmericans have few positive male movie icons or heroes.

For us #Boomer Chinese-Americana, this was #BruceLee, who died far too young. Not only did he have a white wife, he was a "bad dude" & dispelled the negative sexual stereotypes of Asian men that still exist.

While I don't think he's the greatest Asian hero of all time, as the following article suggests, #ChowYunFat was a successor to Bruce & his partnership with John Woo is akin to that between Mifune & Kurosawa but while significant within the genre of Asian action films, far less groundbreaking than the Japanese collaboration was.

In any event, if you never seen #HardBoiled, #ABetterTomorrow & #Killer, you should make the effort to do so, because they are ground breaking movies in the modern #HongKongMovie genre & are essential to a full understanding of Asian action films.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260402-films-greatest-action-hero-is-not-who-you-think

Forget Cruise and Schwarzenegger: Why Chow Yun-Fat is cinema's greatest action hero

The Hong Kong actor made a series of films with director John Woo that revolutionised the action genre – and key to them was his beguiling mixture of toughness and tenderness.

BBC

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sgt1372 Nov 12

@Starcade It's worth watching if you like #ActionMovies, love #ActionHeroes, hate #Nazis & have the stomach for #Blood & #Violence. 😉