Watched in the #KungFuSat watch party on Mastodon.

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Scene from Big Trouble in Little China (1986). A large red-lit chamber. In the centre, a large sculpture of a skull with large teeth (its edges defined by green neon), from the mouth of which emerges a staircase on which stands a man in Qing-era clothing. On the left wall, the Chinese character for "sun": 日. On the right wall, the Chinese character for "fire": 火.

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[–] 12 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I saw this movie for the first time last year.

It fucking rules.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    It’s one of the only movies I can watch multiple times (bc of my crazy good memory, I know all the beats, plots, and most lines to everything I’ve seen) bc it’s so fun.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Another like that for me: Tremors. I'll watch them both every chance I get even though I know exactly what's going to happen.

    Both in my list of action-comedy-horror favourites.

    BTILC is an annual watch every August in the #KungFusat watch party, & in #FridayThrillerClub we're about to embark on a marathon of all 7 (😲) Tremors films starting 6 November.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    I think it’s my favorite premise of all time. Not only is it an accidental hero, he’s largely incompetent. He’s carried by the team and gets all the credit. Not in a, “that guy didn’t didn’t help the group project at all” but they all love him.

    Does he have imposter’s syndrome? Hell no. He’s boastful and arrogant.

    But he’s so fucking charming and I want to have his babies.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago

    When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, and he looks you crooked in the eye and he asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Ah, another opportunity to post my favorite Youtube video!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xiAbDkXDgg

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    "Hollow?"
    "Hollow."
    "Fuck it..."

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    This is my favorite movie of all time. No horseshit. No other comes close for me, tho my next favorite action movie is also stars Kurt Russell.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Escape From New York? Another of my faves.

    Loved BTILC for decades, in my list of action-comedy-horror favourites.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago*

    Yup! Showed that one to my 15 year old at the start of October and he loved it too. He liked Big Trouble, but was a little confused by it, but it was a few years ago and he's probably better equipped for it now. I can just about always rewatch either.

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  • Truly ahead of its time. Had a token white guy who was a brave but inept at fighting with a huge Asian cast.

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