Love all the "you are" jokes. There have to be a few others.
Jack: I'm starting to feel like an outsider here.Gracie: You are.
Margo: This is just so shocking. I mean I must just be so monumentally naive. Eddie: You are.
― beachville, Monday, 27 February 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
I think I've gone through life with this impression that Kurt Russell is some kind of generic tough guy actor (like a Seagal or a Van Damme),
I envy your being disabused of this notion
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
Have we done a Kurt Russell poll? Dude is solid IMO
― dollar eye twinkling (admrl), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
ah search function
Kurt Russell
WD Richter is some kind of genius.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Stealth was on TV at one point over the weekend too. I caught about 20 minutes of it.
― beachville, Monday, 27 February 2012 18:11 (twelve years ago) link
he's pretty fun in Sky High
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Russell that is
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 27 February 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
I even watched Tango and Cash this weekend because meh Kurt Russell is still better than anything else on tv.
― Nicole, Monday, 27 February 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
Plus, Teri Hatcher's crazy dancing (and hair).
― Nicole, Monday, 27 February 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
BIG HOOS in little china
― flagp∞st (dayo), Sunday, 11 March 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
http://io9.com/5953874/big-trouble-in-little-china-%252B-gangnam-style-john-carpenter-approves
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
Nerd nirvana! Loved it.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:20 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvYEdmW47gQ
― how's life, Friday, 30 May 2014 11:03 (nine years ago) link
Also, there's a Big Trouble in Little China comic coming out, with input from Carpenter. First issue comes out next week:
http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3292934/big-trouble-little-china-returns-john-carpenter-eric-powell/
― how's life, Friday, 30 May 2014 11:15 (nine years ago) link
Don't think I liked that particularly much. The art is incredibly cheesy and the pacing was very whiz-bang without a the tension and atmosphere that made the movie great. I plan on keeping up with the issues to see where it goes, but I'll be surprised if I end up enjoying it.
― how's life, Thursday, 5 June 2014 17:26 (nine years ago) link
So racist, this movie
― Kornblud (admrl), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
one of the few American movies of the 1980s overtly influenced by Hong Kong -- I think a major reference point is Tsui Hark's "Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain." I don't that exactly mitigates what you might feel is the film's "racism," but I think it explains a lot of Carpenter's film's zaniness and outrageousness. of course the movie kind of pales in comparison to Tsui's, and I think there's a tendency to overrate the movie (at least by people who give a shit) because of today's pervasive "LOL randomness" taste culture. but it's a pretty fun movie, russell is fantastic as always, it's never boring....
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:31 (nine years ago) link
Compared with a lot of other movies from this era, I'll take it xp
― 龜, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:33 (nine years ago) link
i liked this movie a lot from the moment i saw it in 1986 or 1987 (on VHS)
when I caught up with "Zu Warriors" (and other '80s Tsui Hark + Hong Kong ghost movies) around 2000 a lightbulb went off
that didn't really diminish my appreciation of Carpenter's film but it suddenly seems pretty clear where it's coming from.
aside from parts of they live, did carpenter ever return to the tone of this film again?
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
For a while Carpenter had the kind of golden b-movie writer's touch I would kill for. Some of his movies are One-Liner Paradise. I loved this movie so much as a kid because every character has great lines, and it helps the whole film be so memorable. Plus the special effects/post-Ghostbusters mysticism (which is probably a main reason why I also liked Mortal Kombat the first time I saw it).
"Zu Warriors" is AMAZING but yeah two totally different movies. Love the pervading sense of fantasy in that one.
― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
well overall two different movies, but you can't see the connection in terms of the zany humor, the overall manner of plot construction, the nature of the fights and their use of wires and FX etc.?
i mean big trouble is like strong doses of HK fantasy/mythology/martial arts self-consciously filtered through wisecracking '80s american action cinema.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:42 (nine years ago) link
did carpenter ever return to the tone of this film again?
not really, unfortunately
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
william friedkin was a huge fan of asian genre cinema, including HK martial arts and Japanese yakuza films. but with a few exception moments or set pieces I don't see much of that fandom in his films. esp. not the HK-style action aesthetics.
american genre cinema of the 70s and 80s might have been more interesting had more directors taken cues from HK cinema.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 5 June 2014 21:44 (nine years ago) link
Big Trouble harkens back to the good old days when John Carpenter movies were fun
sometimes parts of the movie blend with Golden Child in my head which makes a p awesome mashup
Big Trouble in Little Golden Child
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 June 2014 01:13 (nine years ago) link
Golden Child has been sitting on our shelf for ages, tempting us but never looking THAT good. Should we watch it?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 6 June 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
i am kinda partial to it, but that is fuelled by childhood nostalgia so ymmv :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 6 June 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link
Huh.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/06/01/the-rock-to-star-in-big-trouble-in-little-china-remake
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:10 (eight years ago) link
I just don't understand why. This film isn't even that good.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Monday, 1 June 2015 23:24 (eight years ago) link
after three or so viewings i feel comfortable reiterating that this film is pretty awesome but not in a single way that any remake would possibly capture. i mean this is true of most remakes but this one in particular is just baffling.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 1 June 2015 23:28 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, it's a good film but I agree just not worth remaking. Also without Russell's humour I just don't see any point.
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Monday, 1 June 2015 23:44 (eight years ago) link
(that's what I meant by 'not that good', not that its shit, just not really great)
― Drop soap, not bombs (Ste), Monday, 1 June 2015 23:45 (eight years ago) link
yeah i imagine they would retain the plot, but who cares about the plot?
not really a "good movie" IMO but interesting as a suggestion of where US genre cinema might have gone had it borrowed more heavily from contemporaneous HK stuff.
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Monday, 1 June 2015 23:52 (eight years ago) link
Awesome? That seems to be rating it on the high side. Obviously, the film is about as deep as a saucer and not meant as anything more than a good way to waste a couple of hours. It certainly succeeds on those terms.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:00 (eight years ago) link
What the fuck? I watch this film every night. FPd all of you.
― what sounds 'cutting cheese' in 2015? (how's life), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:08 (eight years ago) link
the remake of btilc was p much "the mummy" tbh
― thoughts you made second posts about (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:13 (eight years ago) link
Russell was great at balancing dumb action movie swagger with self-aware dorkiness. I like the Rock as a choice, but it will be a totally different film.
I thought it was really great because it was a post-Ghostbusters/Star Wars take on b-movies, with all the special effects and cool supernatural stuff. It was like a Kung Fu mix of Indiana Jones and Rambo.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:15 (eight years ago) link
So much of what's lovable about the film is Russell's goofery and John Wayne impression, the way everybody is really emphatically talking past/at each other in this absurd situation, and the generally gleeful ridiculousness of the script, set amidst lots of charming practical effects and sets and stuff. The story is just a dumb setting for that, it's not like it's a classic tale that you can sorta imagine maybe being good brought up to date with a new cast. Or could have sorta imagined, once, but no longer can after the past eons of terrible generic remakes.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:27 (eight years ago) link
i enjoy this movie, but i also enjoy gunga din and i that would be a really fucking stupid movie to remake as well
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:32 (eight years ago) link
feel like the original has a "just hangs together, barely" aspect to it that a remake will surely crush
― 龜, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:33 (eight years ago) link
dude is already doing a jack burton imitation in a lot of movies anyway
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:34 (eight years ago) link
also this movie wasn't remotely a hit when it came out - is the rock dying? is this his make-a-wish foundation request?
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:38 (eight years ago) link
you'd think the smarter road if you want to make a nu-carpenter remake with the rock would be snake plissken
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:42 (eight years ago) link
Escape From Witch Mountain
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:45 (eight years ago) link
haha yeah i did realize after the fact he's already done some VERB FROM A PLACE movies. But still, remaking a cult dystopia hit makes a lot more sense today than remaking a cult camp kung fu flop
― da croupier, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 00:50 (eight years ago) link
Dr. Casino otm, loveable goofery and gleeful ridiculousness are v apt.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:02 (eight years ago) link
the key to the movie is that wang rules and if they miscast him/diminish his importance nothing else will matter
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
When is the buckaroo banzai remake happening
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:11 (eight years ago) link
The thing is, an an Escape to Witch Mountain reboot hardly makes a ton of commercial sense either! Though apparently it did pretty good. Maybe the rock has just committed himself to using his stardom to force forgotten properties of his youth back onto the American public. Buckaroo Banzai not so unlikely really.
The lamest thing about remake-topia is that it never actually enables a proper do-over a movie to bring out its best ideas. Like, I just watched D.A.R.Y.L. recently (dunno why I'm picking that, maybe witch mountain made me think of it), and it's got many charms but many faults, and I just caught myself thinking "why can't the Rock remake D.A.R.Y.L. instead?" which is crazy because obviously it would just be awful and certainly missing everything I found really lovable out it (mainly: gentle early 80s woodsy suburban milieu, kids dressed exactly like me at that age).
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:15 (eight years ago) link
otm about Wang. Also Egg.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 01:18 (eight years ago) link