BIG TROUBLE in little china: C/D?

he posts on ilx as "dandy don weiner."

Also classic: 80s rock movie themes that involve the title of the film being sung over and over again

So many kilos of blow and ferraris were purchased with songs of this very type.

Goddamnit, why wasn't I born a decade earlier?

I blame the parents

Kurt Russell: is he Hollywood's most likable Libertarian?

dang, someone already did "you were not put on this world to "get it"!

how about, "what?! what'll come out no more?!"

John Carpenter wrote and performed the theme song!

80s rock movie themes that involve the title of the film being sung over and over again.

agreed that theme is a beautiful thing, and knowing that carpenter wrote/song it only makes it better.

I have also always liked this exchange:

Eddie:Well sure it was a war. And anybody that showed up was gonna join Lem Lee in the Hell of Being Cut to Pieces.
Jack Burton: Hell of being what?
Eddie: Chinese have a lot of Hells.

Oh, wow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D03E9kUTTtQ&hl=en

The many moods of Jack Burton.

Ha!

I have not seen this movie in probably fifteen years!

I SUGGEST YOU FIX THAT PROBLEM.

Oh man!! My roommate used to work at this theater with a DVD projector and we would break in after hours to watch whatever movies we wanted (and DRINK) with the theater all to our selves...ah but no longer. BTILC would be so perfect.

Though if you ever have the chance, really drunk + empty movie theater + Over The Top is a pretty good time.

Highly recommended.

Chanting USA is key.

Hahahaha, Jeff Treppel to thread. (Drinking + his apartment + that film = a mini-LA FAP last December.)

"What does that say?"

"Hell of Boiling Oil."

"You're kidding."

"Yeah, I am. It says Keep Out."

ilx0rs got a lot of hells

This really pisses me off to no end!

I'm a reasonable guy. But, I've just experienced some very unreasonable things.

Just re-watched last night for the first time since childhood. Great monsters, hilarious fights, horrible screenplay/editing/direction/acting.

Must hear commentary.

This movie rules.

forever and all time classic
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I wholeheartedly endorse this as a classic. Hilarious garbage, from start to finish.

I really feel like BTiLC deserves respect as a genuinely good film! There's probably some really good detailed defense of the Carpenter aesthetic out there, but it seems to me that a lot of what could be perceived as bad about this and other films of his is really in the service of art. I don't know if it's Camp, but it's something akin to it, right?

james hong has 345 credits on imdb

big trouble is one of a short list of things i will defend to the end on the internet with a bunch of strangers.

*does the hand sign thing*!

Must hear commentary.

― Nate Carson, Thursday, January 7, 2010 3:52 PM (4 hours ago)

holds true for all JC movies!

Mrs. Kongvs and I agree that if we can't agree on a movie to watch at night, we are both perfectly happy with this one.

Plus, everytime we get in an elevator together, she says "What's this - ChiNEESE or something?"

stone cold classic <3

ned to watch this again.

uh, need to watch this again. i wasn't offering bets on ned watching it again.

Plus, everytime we get in an elevator together, she says "What's this - ChiNEESE or something?"

haha! sometimes we go, "i feel pretty good. invincible or something."*

*warning: may be a slight misquote

love this, movie is perfect

should be another jack burton film, his legacy was meant to go on

the beast WAS hanging onto the porkchop express at the end, setting it up for the sequal

This is still Momus' best nickname.

haha! sometimes we go, "i feel pretty good. invincible or something."*

*warning: may be a slight misquote

― andrew m., Friday, January 8, 2010 9:43 AM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Me too! I got a very positive attitude about all this.

uh, need to watch this again. i wasn't offering bets on ned watching it again.

But at some point, I will.

Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."

Just saw a screening of this at the Alamo... oh, I love this movie.

Film 4 now :)

Such a good film!

awesome for all time, no question

"if we're not back by dawn, call the president"

my mind and spirit are also going north and south tbh

So good. It's this batshit supernatural martial arts action film that gallops along with the cadences of a classic screwball comedy. Such on odd one-off hybrid. No coincidence that it was supposedly entirely rewritten from the original script by W.D. Richter.

I mean, it's not tax deductible.

we take what we want and leave the rest, much like your American salad bar

this is just so shocking. i mean i must just be so monumentally naive.

This perfectly illustrates the problem with overly abbreviated communication. Yes, it may save time and keystrokes to say "Boring", but more accurately, what you meant to say was, "Personally I found this to be boring." This kind of amplification and expansion, while time consuming, also has the effect of removing the idiocy from what you said and replacing it with a measured and true statement of fact.

oh

Maybe they found the BIG TROUBLE part to be boring, because yeah, the BIG TROUBLE is maybe a little boring, but the rest of the movie rules.

We gotta run
Run into the mystic night
Run until they take us away
Take us away!
Taaaake us awaaaaaay!

This perfectly illustrates the problem with overly abbreviated communication. Yes, it may save time and keystrokes to say "Boring", but more accurately, what you meant to say was, "Personally I found this to be boring." This kind of amplification and expansion, while time consuming, also has the effect of removing the idiocy from what you said and replacing it with a measured and true statement of fact.

Yup. Love ILX most when it's a discussion board, not Comic Book Guy terse opinions.

This movie's a regular rewatch for me, and I still laugh/marvel at bits I've seen a dozen times before: Jack shooting the ceiling in the big fight and knocking himself out, lipsticked while facing Lo Pan, Egg at the opening when lightning travels around his hands, etc.

Re: the first comic trade, I liked it a lot, once I got used to the exaggerated art. BTiLC ending with the beast clinging to the truck always bothered me, preferring resolution, so it was nice to have that settled. There are 3-4 later trades listed on Amazon. I'll be buying those eventually.

Thought I found about the Funko Pop BTiLC figures here, but didn't run across a mention, rereading this thread. So FYI. There's a glow-in-the-dark Lo Pan that's not shown on that page, but might still be available elsewhere.

It played last night at the Senator theater in Baltimore. I didn't find out about it until too late.

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OTM

I take every evocation as an invitation, and you're welcome

https://youtu.be/D03E9kUTTtQ

lol i knew exactly what that was gonna be before i clicked the link

Here's some good news: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-05-10/james-hong-star-hollywood-walk-of-fame-ceremony

His "Indeed!" is one of my favorite sound bites from this film.

So happy to see him recognized. I'll have to check out that Everything Everywhere All at Once movie. I think the last thing I "saw" him in was Kung Fu Panda.

Love that he has a prominent and very memorable supporting part in a successful, buzzy film at this same moment. Dude is a living legend.

As soon as I heard his voice at the beginning of Everything Everywhere All at Once I knew it was him... he pops up in so much of the schlock that I enjoy watching. Look at his IMDB credits, dude has been in everything. Most underrated role: the Jeweler in Diablo III (a video game).

James Hong with BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA costars is all I care about today, and always. pic.twitter.com/KFKiSipZdr

— Jon Abrams (@RealJonAbrams) May 12, 2022