Kung Fury is the best 80's throwback that I've seen, even with some of the problems it has.
Turbo Kid, on the other hand, I quickly went through it. The score is good but the rest did not give me much confidence.
Kung Fury is the best 80's throwback that I've seen, even with some of the problems it has.
Turbo Kid, on the other hand, I quickly went through it. The score is good but the rest did not give me much confidence.
The way they use the VHS tracking errors for shot transitions at the start of Kung Fury...hilariously genius :-)
Watching Kung Fury via Netflix also led me to Danger 5...uneven but when it is funny, it is damned funny.
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Some of the violence in Kung Fury was not characteristic for the 80's, not the way it was done. But I thought the animation bits were excellent, some of the humour was fun, the score excellent. The visuals and the overall vibe was spot on. It Follows is another film which got most things right.
I watched some bits from Danger 5 and didn't know what exactly to think of it.
There are several other films which try to go back to the style of that decades filmmaking but more often than not it's all either very forced or lacks talent/budget to pull it off.
All right, it's happening...two tickets bought for the JC show in NYC
Sounds like additional US dates may be forthcoming, we'll see if he shows up any closer as well...
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I'm in for the NYC show as well...got very nice seats, dead center. Looking forward to it!
Yep, that's the one. It wasn't terrible but was definitely a lesser Carpenter film. My own personal faves are Prince of Darkness, The Thing, and Assault on Precinct 13.
Speaking of cool JC stuff:
http://www.factmag.com/2016/01/04/jo...vinyl-reissue/
I have the CD preordered already
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Big Trouble in Little China is on my short list of all time favorite movies.
The score has just been rereleased in a 2-disk version by La La Land Records: http://www.lalalandrecords.com/Site/BTLC_R.html
Thanks for the tip! I think I'll pick that up.
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La-La Land previously issued BTiLC as a 2CD in 2009 with an identical track order and running time of 96:29. The chief differences with the new reissue are the text on the cover, "30th Anniversary Edition," additional liner notes, and a booklet with a reversible cover (the new art's not too hot).
If you like Big Trouble in Little China, you need to see the film that inspired it, Tsui Hark’s Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain:
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I think you might be right. I think I need to see that movie.
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I just watched BTiLC again on Saturday. It is a filmic world held together by sheer cheese: from the stilted, exposition laden, dialog, to the sunglasses of the street gang, to the neon in the demonic underground cathedral. It never lets you take it seriously, but all the actors play it straight, never winking towards the camera. So much of the humor is going on at a meta level: like Jack confronting the arch villain with lipstick smeared on his face. No one in the actual film plays it off as a joke. It's just there daring you to laugh at it. It drips with irony, but never admits it for a second.
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Hey, so this is as good a place as any, I suppose:
I have two tix to see John Carpenter in NYC on Friday July 8th (Playstation Theater, I think), plus a voucher for parking. Plans change, and I'm wondering if anyone is interesated in the tickets and/or the voucher?
If so, PM me and I'll sort you out. Thanks!
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Okay. I've watched Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain. All I have to say is that it was strangely satisfying, and that John Carpenter toned down the weirdness for Big Trouble in Little China. Not something I ever thought I would find myself writing. I just love how everyone was flying around on wires throughout the film. It kind of makes me want to watch Hero again.
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