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- From: npalmer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Nicholas P Palmer)
- Subject: Re: RAVEN and TV shows (was Re: Space Rangers
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:36:54 GMT
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- In article <19930122.112812.11@almaden.ibm.com> dcthomas@.vnet.ibm.com (Dave Thomas) writes:
- >Sad news to report about our friend Jeffrey Weeks. I saw a TV interview
- >with him a few months ago and he claimed to have NOT studied martial
- >arts. He is coached for each fight scene by someone who evidently
- >has studied some martial arts. Bummer that Hollywood couldn't come up
- >with a martial artist who was also an actor. The way it stands, you
- >could picture Meeks selling sparring equipment and saying "I'm not a
- >martial artist, but I play one on TV..."
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- AUGH! My image is shattered (not).
- Oh well, that's what I was wondering or not, glad to have found out.
- Hmm... He does have a hell of a lot fo flexibility and mild prowess to pick up
- some things, but that could also be a stunt double...
- A flying double kick (HWRANG-DO STYLE?) in one episode comes to mind.
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- Hmm.. Interesting.
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- Shade
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