Why did they make the fighting in Marco Polo ridiculous? ht

>>1809972
>Like shit nigga this aint supposed to be some fantasy chinese martial arts movie. this is meant to be realistic
>Marco Polo

I didn't watch it, but doesn't it have the Pope fucking around in Central Asia for some reason?

Well the martial art ruleset is point based, so being big only has some advantages. And i thought mobks straight up used weapons and raided pirate ships and shit.

>>1809972
>this is meant to be realistic
The source material of Marco Polo wasn't realistic though.

>>1809972
>Could/did ancient chinks really fight like this back then?
Most of what Marco Polo showcases is Chinese movie Kung Fu from the 20th Century.

Since, you know, you can hire shitloads of Chinese stuntmen and stunt choreographers for that. They happen to be all over not just China but also in Hollywood.

Shit like that didn't exist back in the Yuan period. They most likely resembled sensible kickboxing instead. Like Sanda.

>>1809986
Yes. And fucking Prester John.
>>1810159
>pretty much this
I think the show would have been better if they dropped the:
>oh masterrfur blind kung fu master
>young aprentice ur have to be liek the lotus :^)

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>>1809972
>Young Chu
>an actual tall asian outside the freaks like Yao Ming
>talks like Teal'c
>shaped like your average muscular black man
>but a asian
the fuck am I looking at here?

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>this video contains content from Weinstein company and has been blocked in your country on legal grounds

/Pol/ was right

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>>1809972
>Like shit nigga this aint supposed to be some fantasy chinese martial arts movie.
The fight scenes pay obvious lip service to chinese martial arts.

> this is meant to be realistic
lel, no. It's basically fantasy. Not realistic at all, the history is atrocious. Watch it for fun, not because you think you'll learn something.