One of the highlights of the festival each year is the Fantastic Debates. Two men enter. They bicker a bit. They enter the ring and one man leaves as they say. If done right and in the spirit of fun the debates can be downright hysterical. Our own lord and master has entered the ring twice in years past and has come out victorious both times. And festival founder Tim League always offers his body science in the name of entertainment and always caps off the evening with a debate and fight of his own. And this year he entered into a debate with
Man of Tai Chi director Keanu Reeves about the merits of Tae Kwon Do versus Tai Chi. Then he fought Tiger Chen. Though word has not trickled down from our team at the festival how the debate and fight went the photographic evidence and Tim's bloody nose suggests that the fight went in favor of Tiger Chen.
And what is with Todd eating his own shirt before the screening of R100? Todd saw a film that he liked a lot during TIFF. So he went online and said if he found a crazier film during the festival he would eat his own shirt. A couple days later he saw R100. As Todd is a stand up fellow and a man of his word he ate his shirt before the screening at Fantastic Fest. As far as we know he is still alive.
Tiger Chen, Keanu Reeves and Tim League at Fantastic Debates
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Noah Segan at Fantastic Debates
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Noah Segan at Fantastic Debates
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Russ Fischer and Greg Maclennon duke it out at Fantastic Debates
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Keanu Reeves at Fantastic Debates
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Tim League at Fantastic Debates
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Tiger Chen vs. Tim League at Fantastic Debates
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Tim League with a bloody nose at Fantastic Debates
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Drawn And Quartered Shorts Program Q&A
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Director Frank Pavich and host Devin Faraci introduce Jodorowsky's Dune
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Tiger Chen on the red carpet for Man Of Tai Chi
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Twitch Founder Todd Brown eats his shirt at the R100 screening as Tim League Looks On
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Twitch Founder Todd Brown eats his shirt at the R100 screening, with Tim League
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Twitch Founder Todd Brown eats his own shirt at the R100 screening
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