The backfist sucks.
I don't watch that much television. Actually, I do, but I never really pay all that much attention to it. To me, watching television means I'm doing nothing but paying attention to the television screen. Therefore, I don't really watch television. Anyway, I find television akin to Steven Segal movies, a complete waste of time. Of course, I have no problems with keeping the television on while I'm in front of my computer writing or such.
Every here and there, due to my constant exposure to television, I can't help but notice some really idiotic things on most television shows. One of the things about television that annoy me is seeing the backfist constantly being used. I see it all the time on television shows that have a fight scene take place.
Why the hell do fight coordinators use backfists in their fight scenes? Have these people EVER seen a real fight before? Seriously, when was the last time you ever saw someone use a backfist in a fight in real life?
I like watching real-life fights like Vale Tudo and Ultimate Fighting Championship. I've seen a lot of fights. In basically all those fights, I've seen ONE backfist used. I saw it on some kinda 'Greatest Knockouts' video where someone used a backfist during a kickboxing event and managed to land it and knock his opponent out.
To prevent confusion, let's consider any punches thrown as a 'regular punch'. The 'backfist' will be given its own punching name, the 'backfist'. Now, given the fact that most people throw punches like straights and uppercuts and hooks in a real standing fight, one has to wonder what the ratio is between 'regular punches' and 'backfists'. In all the real-life fights I've seen, I've only seen ONE backfist thrown. Now, i If you combine all the 'regular punches' in all the real-life fights I had to see before I saw that lone 'backfist' I would say the ratio of 'regular punches' to 'backfists' is probably 10,000:1...and that's just me throwing some ridiculously low ratio. I'm sure I've seen close to a hundred times more real-life 'regular punches' thrown before I've seen a 'backfist' but I'm just using that number for the heck of it.
Now, given the ratio, I ask you this, why do we see SOOO many backfists thrown in a fight scene on television. For instance let's take, Hercules: The Legendary Adventures and Xena: The Warrior Princess. I'm sure all you people are familiar with those shows or have. Those shows in particular use 'backfists' in excess. For instance, I remember watching ONE fight scene in Hercules: The Legendary Adventures and counting eight backfists. EIGHT!!! Holy shit, that's a whole lot of backfists. Now, given the ratio of real-life regular punches to backfists, you figure that one fight scene must've had at least 80,000 regular punches thrown. Did I count that many? Not quite. I only counted a marginally more amount of punches than backfists.
I'm pretty sure you think I'm crazy because I'm complaining about backfists on television shows, works of fiction, but still, to all you fight coordinators out there, can't you people at least TRY and curb those damn backfists? Dontcha guys realize that a backfist being used in a fight as is as ugly as Ellen DeGeneres' wrinkly, saggy neck? I can't really stand watching television fights scenes anymore because of the backfist. Every time a fight scene happens, I just know there's gonna be a backfist thrown in there for good measure. The only thing more common than a backfist being thrown in a fight scene is seeing Asian ordering water at a restaurant.
I just thought of the perfect drinking game. Of course, it takes a bit of time to set up, but when you get the set-up done, it'll be worth it. First off, have someone record only the fight scenes on Hercules: The Legendary Adventures and Xena: The Warrior Princess on tape. Record around thirty minutes of fight scenes. It shouldn't be really hard because there are usually around three to five fight scenes per respective show and they last for a few minutes each usually. After you finally compile the tape, throw yourself a house party. When you have yourself a party in full bloom, put the tape into the VCR and say that EVERYONE must take a SHOT of BEER every time they see a backfist being used on the television screen. Have them drink shots of beer, not shots of hard liquor. Having 'em drink liquor will have them suffering from alcohol poisoning before the end of the tape.
By the end of the tape, everyone should be feeling pretty liquored up. Take some time for people to rest a bit and then put the tape back in again. After the third or forth round of watching the tape, everyone should be having a ball. They'll be watching some fights while getting drunk watching it. I dunno if you people know, but watching anything while drunk is hilarious.
I think a drinking game based on seeing backfists on the television is the only way to make it not suck. If you're too lazy to make a drinking game on it, then you should be every bit as annoyed at backfists as I am.
Anyway, the backfist sucks.