Though I was allergic then (well as I
am now) to strenuous activities that involve bowing to balding middle-aged,
blustering authority figures, there was of course quite a bit of
bleedover as the decade picked up between the two wish-fulfillment
sub-cultures. Alongside the funny dice there were foam nun-chucks,
there were throwing stars and ninja movies, lots of ninja movies.
For all the aspiring Michael Dudikoffs who played through dungeons and
wilds in the San Fernando Valley Y Camp and behind the temporaries of
Gunn Junior High, the Chaos Monk is for you.
No Cobra vs. Ninja? Literally the best film on the subject ever created.
ReplyDeleteA serious oversight on my part. I mean this guy: http://hotdogsinthedark.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/gordoncobravsninja.jpg
DeleteThere's also this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz2lYUK-sqU
DeleteAmerican Ninja! I remember laughing at that with my high school friends.
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