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slee915 · 07-07-2009, 04:20 AM

There used to be lots of poorly dubbed asian kung fu movies shown on TV around 2am. Wonder what happened to them.

Sorry, a little off topic.

EricJ · 07-07-2009, 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by slee915

There used to be lots of poorly dubbed asian kung fu movies shown on TV around 2am. Wonder what happened to them.
Sorry, a little off topic.

What happened was a perfect storm of the Infomercial, the VHS killing off TV movies, the corporate devouring of the mom-'n-pop UHF station, local network affiliates eliminating their original-station programming and sinking all their limited funds into their news divisions, and studios realizing they could make more money holding on to their vault movies than selling them as station filler.

But there's been a movement now to Bring the Late Show Back to Free TV--
If you're on digital channels (and we assume you are, if you've got an HDTV on which to play Blu-rays), check out whether you're in the area to pick up ThisTV on one of the splinter affiliates.

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slee915 Senior Member Member since:May 2007 4K collection:20 Blu-ray collection:985 Blu-ray reviews:10	There used to be lots of poorly dubbed asian kung fu movies shown on TV around 2am. Wonder what happened to them. Sorry, a little off topic.

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