BIG TROUBLE in little china: C/D?

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Boring

flappy bird, Thursday, 23 June 2016 02:35 (seven years ago) link

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.

a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Thursday, 23 June 2016 02:42 (seven years ago) link

oh

flappy bird, Thursday, 23 June 2016 05:38 (seven years ago) link

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.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 23 June 2016 12:14 (seven years ago) link

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

forksdippedmayo (how's life), Thursday, 23 June 2016 12:40 (seven years ago) link

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.

the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Thursday, 23 June 2016 14:12 (seven years ago) link

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

forksdippedmayo (how's life), Thursday, 23 June 2016 14:13 (seven years ago) link

three years pass...

https://media.giphy.com/media/hUgYyZwFNvr4A/giphy.gif

mookieproof, Friday, 7 February 2020 00:28 (four years ago) link

OTM

Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 February 2020 00:39 (four years ago) link

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

https://youtu.be/D03E9kUTTtQ

Sammo Hazuki's Tago Mago Cantina (Old Lunch), Friday, 7 February 2020 01:11 (four years ago) link

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

Homegrown Georgia speedster Ladd McConkey (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 7 February 2020 08:11 (four years ago) link

two years pass...

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.

the body of a spider... (scampering alpaca), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 12:47 (one year ago) link

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.

peace, man, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 12:59 (one year ago) link

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.

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 11 May 2022 13:35 (one year ago) link

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).

Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 14:59 (one year ago) link

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

mookieproof, Thursday, 12 May 2022 21:57 (one year ago) link


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