Yeah, more of me spunking all over John Carpenter. But I don't care. The man played a massive role in my crucial developmental years. So, this is just one of my favourite songs from a JC movie with some nice pictures from Big Trouble In Little China.
"It's all in the reflexes." That's what Jack Burton says. He demonstrates those reflexes here, catching a bottle destined for his face. Wang says he couldn't cut the bottle in half because his Chi is all out whack but I think he's just talking bullhonkey. Who the hell bets $1,148 x2 on being able to chop a bottle in half? It seems like something one of my Uncles would do after eighteen or so pints.
Eeee! Lo pan! Eight foot tall roadblock with light coming out of his mouth some of the time, scary old man the rest of the time. When I was young, this scene was one of the scariest things I'd ever seen. Then I saw a giant floating testicle covered with eyes, and nothing was ever the same.
Knife to the forehead! Take that, Lo Pan! You evil dickhead. Jack's reflexes once again save the day, this time after Lo Pan's pathetically inept attempt at a knife throw. It seems he isn't all that without the shock and awe of light coming out of his mouth.
This guy, who was clearly the inspiration for Raiden from Mortal Kombat, spends 95% of his time showing off his cool powers of electricity manipulation instead of just frying people up. Him and the other henchman who inflates himself to death are prime examples of the need to pick your henchmen properly. It's all well and good having these awesome powers, it's another thing entirely to apply them judiciously.
*NOTE: I have no idea why blogspot decides sometimes to alter the size and font of the lettering on a whim. Maybe because it's not very good.*
Eeee! Lo pan! Eight foot tall roadblock with light coming out of his mouth some of the time, scary old man the rest of the time. When I was young, this scene was one of the scariest things I'd ever seen. Then I saw a giant floating testicle covered with eyes, and nothing was ever the same.
It's like something out of Zelda, no?
"Dude, It's like... Two guys fighting, mystically and shit. Lo Pan and Egg Shen's powers, like, animated into a scene from classical Chinese mythology."
*NOTE: I have no idea why blogspot decides sometimes to alter the size and font of the lettering on a whim. Maybe because it's not very good.*
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