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Fu Mangrood!
Topic Started: Mar 13 2010, 05:46 PM (22,171 Views)
panzer the great & terrible
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I've always thought it the best Republic serial, but that spiteful Dr. Grood knows I think so and won't send me the copy I paid for a decade ago. Hell with him.
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Creepygirl
Jun 30 2012, 08:06 PM
The serial is one of Republic's best and this restoration may help it back on to many top 10 lists.
I can't imagine it not being on somebody's Top Ten list.
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I am happy with my VCI copy.
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riddlerider
Jul 1 2012, 03:27 AM
Creepygirl
Jun 30 2012, 08:06 PM
The serial is one of Republic's best and this restoration may help it back on to many top 10 lists.
I can't imagine it not being on somebody's Top Ten list.
It is on my top two list, the other being FLASH GORDON.
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Ditto, Pa. My runner-up to those two would be Gangbusters.
Edited by panzer the great & terrible, Jul 1 2012, 09:54 AM.
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Always wondered where that great shot in GANGBUSTERS, of the car going over the side of a bridge, came from. Obviously, I'm assuming it was stock.
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Sure. The Universal serials had a huge advantage that way; but I can't tell you what it came from, partly because much of the Universal library seems to be gone.
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Let me point out my "May put Fu Manchu back on folks top 10 lists" was just from the lists from a couple of sights I've read on all sound serials. I didn't see a list on The Balcony.

About 50 to 60% did have it in the top 10 somewhere around #7 - 9. 50 to 40% didn't have it at all. Yes, a few had it in the top 3.

The lists span 2000 to 2012. Maybe some hadn't even seen it when making a list back in 2000 or 2001? I don't know. Maybe an update is in order.

My simple point is see the restored SS version and maybe those that didn't rate it top 10 will think twice. It's thier opinion and they can do what they want. :)
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Didn't mean any criticism, Creepygirl. Of course there are people who haven't seen Drums yet, and equally of course they have their opinions anyway. Just human nature.

I think you're right -- it is time for a Balcony top ten list, so I'll start one tomorrow.
Edited by panzer the great & terrible, Jul 2 2012, 04:49 AM.
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Thank you Panzer.
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I will go for that, Panzer.

BTW, how do you like your new location?
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I love it, Pa. It.s a little island of tranquility on the very edge of the city. It has a swimmable little lake and a clubhouse with free shows of live music. There are so many trees you can't have a dish so I have cable with movies on demand and the hi-def version of Turner Classic Movies. Great place for a retired guy.
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I just saw the first two chapters of the Serial Squadron's Drums of Fu Manchu. It is a very good restoration, much better than what I've seen before.

I was wondering though, just what are the Drums? I don't see any actual drums anywhere. I think it's a magical power or something. It almost seems like a musical cue that the characters can hear.

I'm not familiar with the Fu Manchu stories, are there any "Drums" in there?
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Pa Stark
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The serial is based more on the plot of MASK OF FU MANCU than on it's namesake novel. I believe in the novel, the drums were the result of a drug that increased the victim's blood pressure so high, he could hear the sound of drums in his ears. In the serial, fu Manchu was given the super natural ability to produce the sound of drums at will. At the cliffhanger for chapter 10, the heroes are in a cave and the drums are used to cause the roof to collapse on them.
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As plausible as jumping out of your car at 50 mph, I suppose.
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