Big Trouble in Little China (1986 film) - Revision history

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2018-05-06T04:57:26Z

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 * race:  [[Human Cultist]]s
 * race:  [[Witch]]es, warlocks, wizards
-* race:  "The Three Storms" (Thunder/Lei-Kung, Rain/Y'u-Shi, Lightning/Dian-Po - apparently magic-using demi-gods?)
+* race:  "The Three Storms" (Thunder/Lei-Kung, Rain/Y'u-Shi, Lightning/Dian-Bo - apparently magic-using demi-gods?)
 * race:  [[Troll|Yeren]] or [[Ghoul]] ("Chinese Wild Man")
 * race:  "[[Guardian]]" (eye creature)

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 * Country/Language:  USA, English
 * Genres/Technical:  Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Horror, Comedy
 * Runtime:  1 hr 39 min
 * Starring:  Dennis Dun, Kurt Russell
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 ===Associated Mythos Elements===
-* setting:  ''[[Pulp Cthulhu]]''
+* setting:  ''[[Pulp Cthulhu]]'' (Chinatown)
-* [[Lich]] ([[Lo Pan]])
+* location:  the [[Dreamlands]] or [[Other Side]] ("Chinese Hells")
-* cultists
+* character:  [[Egg Shen]], wizard
-* [[Ghoul]]s
+* characters:  [[Jack Burton]], [[Wang Chi]] - pulp action-adventurer investigators
-* witches, warlocks, wizards
+* race:  [[Lich]] (David [[Lo Pan]])
-* the [[Dreamlands]]
+* race:  [[Human Cultist]]s

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 * Michael Den Boer at 10,000 Bullets ([http://10kbullets.com/reviews/b/big-trouble-in-little-china-arrow-video-steelbook-bluray/ link]) - "From its opening moments, right on up until its unforgettable climax ''Big Trouble in Little China'' is a highly entertaining film that like fine wine gets better with age and subsequent viewings."
 * Roger Ebert at Roger Ebertdotcom (2 Stars) ([http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/big-trouble-in-little-china-1986 link]) - "It may not be true that Chinatowns are honeycombed with subterranean throne rooms, but isn't it kind of fun once in a while to pretend?"
-* Johnny LaRue at Johnny LaRue's Crane Shots ([http://craneshot.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/big-trouble-in-little-china.html link]) - "An imaginative adventure film packed with funny lines, amusing performances, and colorful visual effects supervised by Richard Edlund (''Star Wars'')... ...plays like a true American original, despite its cribbing from Asian culture. Carpenter packs the film with sensational action and martial arts sequences..."
+* Marty McKee at Johnny LaRue's Crane Shots ([http://craneshot.blogspot.com.au/2016/07/big-trouble-in-little-china.html link]) - "An imaginative adventure film packed with funny lines, amusing performances, and colorful visual effects supervised by Richard Edlund (''Star Wars'')... ...plays like a true American original, despite its cribbing from Asian culture. Carpenter packs the film with sensational action and martial arts sequences..."
 * J.P. Roscoe at Basement Rejects (8/10) ([http://basementrejects.com/review/big-trouble-in-little-china-198/ link]) - "Directed by John Carpenter, Big Trouble in Little China is a very odd movie. ... The movie can’t really be easily classified.  I would say it is an action comedy, but there are also a lot of sci-fi and fantasy to it as well. ... ''Big Trouble in Little China'' is a fun ride that can entertain fans of a lot of genres.  The movie has a crazy feel to it and it is too bad that it didn’t do better after its initial release because I would have enjoyed seeing the characters return for another adventure."
 * Richard Scheib at the Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (3/5 Stars) ([http://moria.co.nz/fantasy/big-trouble-in-little-china-1986.htm link]) - "It is by no means what one might call a great film but it entertains considerably and is certainly not the failure that a lot of people who lambaste John Carpenter like to call it."

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 * Michael Den Boer at 10,000 Bullets ([http://10kbullets.com/reviews/b/big-trouble-in-little-china-arrow-video-steelbook-bluray/ link]) - "From its opening moments, right on up until its unforgettable climax ''Big Trouble in Little China'' is a highly entertaining film that like fine wine gets better with age and subsequent viewings."
 * Roger Ebert at Roger Ebertdotcom (2 Stars) ([http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/big-trouble-in-little-china-1986 link]) - "It may not be true that Chinatowns are honeycombed with subterranean throne rooms, but isn't it kind of fun once in a while to pretend?"
 * J.P. Roscoe at Basement Rejects (8/10) ([http://basementrejects.com/review/big-trouble-in-little-china-198/ link]) - "Directed by John Carpenter, Big Trouble in Little China is a very odd movie. ... The movie can’t really be easily classified.  I would say it is an action comedy, but there are also a lot of sci-fi and fantasy to it as well. ... ''Big Trouble in Little China'' is a fun ride that can entertain fans of a lot of genres.  The movie has a crazy feel to it and it is too bad that it didn’t do better after its initial release because I would have enjoyed seeing the characters return for another adventure."
 * Richard Scheib at the Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (3/5 Stars) ([http://moria.co.nz/fantasy/big-trouble-in-little-china-1986.htm link]) - "It is by no means what one might call a great film but it entertains considerably and is certainly not the failure that a lot of people who lambaste John Carpenter like to call it."

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 * J.P. Roscoe at Basement Rejects (8/10) ([http://basementrejects.com/review/big-trouble-in-little-china-198/ link]) - "Directed by John Carpenter, Big Trouble in Little China is a very odd movie. ... The movie can’t really be easily classified.  I would say it is an action comedy, but there are also a lot of sci-fi and fantasy to it as well. ... ''Big Trouble in Little China'' is a fun ride that can entertain fans of a lot of genres.  The movie has a crazy feel to it and it is too bad that it didn’t do better after its initial release because I would have enjoyed seeing the characters return for another adventure."
 * Richard Scheib at the Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (3/5 Stars) ([http://moria.co.nz/fantasy/big-trouble-in-little-china-1986.htm link]) - "It is by no means what one might call a great film but it entertains considerably and is certainly not the failure that a lot of people who lambaste John Carpenter like to call it."
-* [[User:Graham|Graham]] - This movie aside being a lot of fun, is an incredibly rare thing, Hollywood taking something from another culture (Hong Kong Action/Fantasy movies)and doing it right.
+* [[User:Graham|Graham]] - This movie aside being a lot of fun, is an incredibly rare thing, Hollywood taking something from another culture (Hong Kong Action/Fantasy movies) and doing it right. This is another of those films that presents the idea of a rubber reality, with strange things living alongside the everyday.
 ==Synopsis==

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 * Richard Scheib at the Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film Review (3/5 Stars) ([http://moria.co.nz/fantasy/big-trouble-in-little-china-1986.htm link]) - "It is by no means what one might call a great film but it entertains considerably and is certainly not the failure that a lot of people who lambaste John Carpenter like to call it."

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 * Producer/Production Co:   Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
 * View Trailer: ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=592EiTD2Hgo link])
+* IMDb page: ([http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090728/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 link])
 ==Ratings==

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 ==Synopsis==
 <!-- Optional; Objective, unbiased, detailed synopsis of film's plot and themes -->
-Hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown, where an ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crime lord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit.
+{{spoiler|Hard-boiled truck driver Jack Burton gets caught in a bizarre conflict within, and underneath, San Francisco's Chinatown, where an ancient Chinese prince and Chinatown crime lord has kidnapped a beautiful green-eyed woman, who is the fiancee to Jack's best friend. Jack must help his friend rescue the girl before the evil Lo Pan uses her to break the ancient curse that keeps him a fleshless and immortal spirit.}}
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