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Cake day: June 4th, 2025

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  • I bought a second-hand Phillips CD-i around '97 (once the format flopped, they were pretty cheap) with FMV (Full Motion Video) chip, and bought a few VCDs in Chinatown.

    Can’t remember all of them (some HK action flicks) but I definitely had The Replacement Killers, one of the few Western films they sold, because it starred Chow Yun-Fat.

    (Also had the Demolition Man game for the CD-i. And got a bunch of other obsolete/flopped consoles: Panasonic 3DO, Atari Jaguar, Sega Game Gear etc.)

    But I don’t have any of that any more, all gone in various moves over the years.

    I do still have a few films in .rmvb, the “VCD of filesharing formats” ;) as it was very popular for sharing East Asian films.

    Anyways, I don’t think you’re unwell but then who am I to talk? :D










  • Well, that was a fun ride!

    Donnie Yen doing some amazing and just plain bonkers stuff, thanks to Yuen Woo-ping and choreography by “Yuen’s Clan” (that is literally the credit in the opening titles).

    Highlights include:

    • Donnie in his buff prime
    • Bike fu!
    • Lydia Shum wiping the floor with everyone
    • Fireworks fu!
    • Donnie does Al Bundy from Married… with Children
    • Assassin does Weekend at Bernie’s
    • Inkbrush fu!
    • Monkey style
    • Puppet peeing ink like a pervy squid
    • Puppet versus clown
    • Soundtrack of butt rock, disco and electro!
    • Puppet master sifu and turntable aerobics
    • The Hamster Wheel of Death!
    • Call animal welfare :(
    • Yin yang ball!
    • Donnie breaking, popping and locking to an electro version of Tequila!!!
    • Peach of immortality fu!
    • Finally, some hardcore drinking. Baijiu power-up!
    • In the kingdom of the blind… they’ll kick each other’s arses!

    Video clip

    Donnie’s breaking, popping, locking and moonwalking

    The Tequila riff begins at 1’58".