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Your Monday Morning Mental Sorbet: Retro Fu Theatre Presents: Buddha's Palm!

By Widge - posted 11.07.11 @ 12:01 am
Buddha's Palm 1964

When we can find something worthy of your attention, something we feel will kickstart your Monday (and the rest of the week) properly, we put it here. It's sorbet for your mind.

How could I resist this: part of the 1964 serial Buddha's Palm, which is drenched in so much awesome, it's ridiculous. A budget of early series Doctor Who proportions. One of the most echo-y soundstages ever. And there's nothing wrong with shooting fight scenes on a soundstage...but--let's just put it this way--don't hire more henchmen than your set can support. And if you do...adjust before shooting. Because I think we've just discovered a new cinematic malady: Henchmen Cram.

Lastly, the wuxia style of battle has come a long way when you consider one of the high points in this looks like an 8-bit video game. All of this makes this snippet ridiculously awesome. Enjoy.

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Widgett Walls is Need Coffee's Chief Cook and Bottle Washer. He is the author of the novel Mystics on the Road to Vanishing Point, and two collections of short stories, Magnificent Desolation and Something Else: The Complete First Season. He is also co-author of the children's book There's a Zombie in My Treehouse! All of those books are available in paperback or for the Kindle from Amazon. He is also the narrator and publisher of the first unabridged recording of Seneca's letters, available here. He is active on both Twitter and Facebook. (If you befriend him on Facebook, do say you came via Need Coffee.) He lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. He hardly ever sleeps.

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