{"id":11407,"date":"2019-01-07T15:22:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T21:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=11407"},"modified":"2019-01-07T15:22:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T21:22:12","slug":"beyond-retro-episode-67-the-last-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/07\/beyond-retro-episode-67-the-last-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Retro Episode 67 &#8211; The Last Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CqKMHSJh3mE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/k4fqt-a3d047?from=yiiadmin&amp;download=1&amp;version=1&amp;skin=2&amp;btn-skin=113&amp;auto=0&amp;share=1&amp;fonts=Helvetica&amp;download=1&amp;rtl=0\" width=\"100%\" height=\"122\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Last Dragon<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(sometimes listed as\u00a0<strong>Berry Gordy&#8217;s\u00a0<em>The Last Dragon<\/em><\/strong>) is a 1985\u00a0martial arts film\u00a0produced by Rupert Hitzig for\u00a0Berry Gordy\u00a0and directed by\u00a0Michael Schultz.<sup class=\"reference\">[3]<\/sup>\u00a0The film stars\u00a0Taimak,\u00a0Vanity,\u00a0Julius J. Carry III,\u00a0Chris Murney,\u00a0Keshia Knight Pulliam, and\u00a0Faith Prince. Choreography was done by\u00a0Lester Wilson\u00a0and\u00a0Lawrence Leritz.<\/p>\n<p>It was released in theaters by\u00a0TriStar Pictures\u00a0on March 22, 1985. The film was a critical disappointment but a financial success, and is considered a\u00a0cult classic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Last Dragon\u00a0(sometimes listed as\u00a0Berry Gordy&#8217;s\u00a0The Last Dragon) is a 1985\u00a0martial arts film\u00a0produced by Rupert Hitzig for\u00a0Berry Gordy\u00a0and directed by\u00a0Michael Schultz.[3]\u00a0The film stars\u00a0Taimak,\u00a0Vanity,\u00a0Julius&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[14,32,33,63],"tags":[353,352],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/50160219_315201932431693_3783395145827745792_n.jpg?fit=842%2C452","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7675,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/24\/beyond-retro-episode-43-video-game-movies\/","url_meta":{"origin":11407,"position":0},"title":"Beyond Retro Episode 43 &#8211; Video Game Movies","author":"DiRT","date":"July 24, 2018","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KVpR7SqFvPo&feature=youtu.be BEYOND RETRO podcast discusses what makes a GOOD and BAD film adaptation of video games!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Beyond Retro&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Beyond Retro","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/category\/beyond-retro\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/37681692_10213808741106199_7349154093924876288_n.jpg?fit=842%2C461&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/37681692_10213808741106199_7349154093924876288_n.jpg?fit=842%2C461&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/37681692_10213808741106199_7349154093924876288_n.jpg?fit=842%2C461&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/37681692_10213808741106199_7349154093924876288_n.jpg?fit=842%2C461&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14921,"url":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/18\/beyond-retro-episode-70-rocky-ii\/","url_meta":{"origin":11407,"position":1},"title":"Beyond Retro Episode 70 &#8211; Rocky II","author":"DiRT","date":"March 18, 2019","format":"video","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Myda7_OACgQ Rocky II is a 1979 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. 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