Many thanks to Dear Reader Charles for the first question:Great Leader,A very good question. Perhaps you are aware that Bruce Lee is of Mongul blood, and therefore I count him as a son to me. So I find this remake most disturbing. For the younger audiences who are unaware, the title Enter the Dragon has nothing to do with the plot of the movie, but instead with the movie's purpose, the entrance of Lee Jun-Fan, known as Bruce Lee, to America.
What should we make of this story about a remake to Enter the Dragon?"
So what is the purpose of a remake (titled Awaken the Dragon)? There cannot be another Dragon: Lee was a first to the West, and there is only one first. Perhaps Warner Bros, with whom Lee had a contentious relationship, feel that they are the Dragon, and would like to rewaken their oppression of foriegn actors?
But the truth is probably much simpler. Note that the remake no longer targets drug and slave trafficking, but instead targets fight clubs. It is true, it targets fight clubs. Hmmm, people getting together to practice the arts of physical combat -- sounds like the kind of thing Lee started, not the sort of thing he would target in a movie.
It is a shameful thing, and the work of those who do not know what it means to fight.
"I'm not a master. I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning. So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word 'master.' I consider the master as such when they close the casket." -- Bruce Lee
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