For the #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon, it’s martial arts comedy Disciples of the 36th Chamber (a.k.a. Disciples of the Master Killer or Master Killer III), a loose sequel to The 36th Chamber and Return to the 36th Chamber, written, choreographed & directed by Lau Kar-leung, and starring Gordon Liu, Hsiao Ho and Lau Kar-leung.

Join us as we watch the movie (each person plays from their own source, e.g. Youtube) and comment live on Mastodon, with the hashtag #KungFuSat.

Synopsis

Fong Sai Yuk’s uninhibited arrogance toward a Manchu lord forces him to seek refuge in a Shaolin temple. Although well trained in the martial arts, he is no match for Master San Te, the creator of the 36th Chamber of Shaolin. Exhausted by his frequent defeats, Fong leaves and crosses paths with a governor, who rewards him with a yellow robe granting immunity from any Manchu. But what are the governor’s true intentions? Will Fong feed his foolish ego and betray the Shaolin Temple?

Trailer

Full Movie

Movie Info

Time: Saturday 3rd January, 12pm US ET

Watch Party Info

Squirrel has found a restored, widescreen, subtitled print from Shaw Brothers:
DISCIPLES OF THE 36th CHAMBER (1984)
Starring Gordon LIU Chia-Hui
Directed by LIU Chia-Liang
https://youtu.be/kcVWkICe5N8
(link available to most of the world)

Watch Party Calendar

#KungFuSat Collection

Growing collection of movies shown in #KungFuSat, includes all of 2025

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  • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    This is the first time I’ve seen and clicked on an event, and I want to watch the GONG FOO! I figured out when, but I’m not 100% on how. I’m on mastodon.social, how do I uh, join the stream?

    • klu9@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      Sorry, I only just saw your reply, so the event is over today. 🙁 But we’re here every week! 😁

      #KungFuSat is an example of a “bring your own media” watch party. But today the movie was on Youtube worldwide (AFAIK), from the licensed Shaw Brothers Cinema channel. So everyone could watch from the same link.

      In one window or device, have the Youtube video.

      In another window or device, have Mastodon open and go to the #KungFuSat hashtag.

      Then at the appointed time, the host posts on Mastodon “Press Play now!”, everyone presses Play and begins watching & commenting.

      Here’s an example of me doing it all on my laptop with two browser windows side-by-side (there are other ways):

      Watch party setup, browser window with Youtube playing film on left, another browser window with Mastodon on right

      Next week, the film Code of Silence is not on a worldwide-licensed Youtube channel. In that case, the host (next week @MatthewTitus88) will post a streaming link from another site a few hours before the watch party.

      You can use that link or find the movie another way. E.g. DVD/Blu-Ray, paid site (Netflix, Prime etc).

      Have a look at the “What’s a watch party?” links in the OP for a bit more info.

      • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        4 months ago

        What the hell? Did I not understand how timezones work again? How long ago was this?

        I need my GUNG FHOO! Haiiyya!

          • tomiant@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            Huh, weird, because it said event starts at midnight GMT+1, and that’s my timezone.

            Wait, no it doesn’t. I must have mixed it up with some other event! My bad.

            See you next sat then! :)

            • klu9@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
              2·
              4 months ago

              Just dealing with the time change a xouple months ago (most watch party hosts in places that do Daylight Savings, I am not) did my head in. 😂

              See you then!