Tuesday, August 30, 2022

NinetyForChill: The #Podcast - "Big Trouble in Little China": CouchMan Lo Pan vs. Jorge Shen

NinetyForChill.com: The #Podcast

Episode 83: Big Trouble in Little China: CouchMan Lo Pan vs. Jorge Shen (We shake the pillars of Heaven.).

Big Trouble in Little China: CouchMan Lo Pan vs. Jorge Shen

August 30, 2022
"Big Trouble in Little China" is a film of such greatness that Cool Movies Darth brings in two Internet powerhouses to chat about it. Friend of the podcast Andrew Tiede from Baking While Baked returns to represent the Midwest and Jorge from the "Not a Strong Start" podcast represents the West Coast. It is CM Darth's attempt to take the best of two cultures to properly honor The Horror Master John Carpenter and the wild aura of the eighties.

Allow me to get out of third-person. Happy Prof. Shurtleff of Illinois Central College? I (CM Darth) will try not to make so much light of violent death in this summation. This is my declaration of changing perspective.

This was definitely one of the most fun podcasts that I have recorded. I suppose the trick to make me think that you are serious about being on the podcast is to respond to my pleas on Twitter with a fun GIF. How can I not follow up on one's sincerity when they reply to the suggestion of "Big Trouble in Little China" as a topic with the following:

The only other person who seemed invested in the thread was Andrew Tiede. I have been wanting to get him back on the show since we had our "Bust'n Meatballs at the Caddyshack (The secret "Ghostbusters" episode)" podcast. So after I narrowed out the time with Jorge Marrero to record, the invitation was sent off to @CouchManBakes. No promises were made.

Two time zones to negotiate with, my work schedule constantly being changed, and the monthly goth night at the Rose Bowl hangover were not enough to stop our ode to "Big Trouble in Little China". We had the podcaster/wrestler who claims to have cockblocked Billy Corgan, the comedian who has dedicated his TikTok to culinary criticism while stoned, and the West Coast filmmaker come together to demonstrate Egg Shen's philosophy about China.

Of course the Chinese mix everything up. Look at what they have to work with. There's Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoist alchemy and sorcery. We take what we want and leave the rest. Just like your salad bar.

We definitely go on tangents, but this is the most Eighties movie ever. How can that be avoided? It was not that difficult to avoid getting away from the feature. As long as I had the film on mute in my peripheral, time management was pretty easy. Also, it was only 5:30 pm CDT when we started. How drunk can I possibly get in the 45 minutes I had between leaving work and starting the show? I'm out of Malort.

@the_couch_man Snacking While Baked. #PostitAffirmations #WeStickTogether #foryoupage #fyp #funnyvideos #snack ♬ original sound - Andrew Tiede

There was only one word that had to be censored when I edited the podcast (I think Jorge may have slipped one in, but three people talking.), so I did take some notes about some of the tangents we went on. After the prior movie that got its own podcast was "John Carpenter's They Live", we obviously talked about wrestlers in movies and the concept of a remake of this feature. The suggestion of the remake got us chatting about the idea of a legacy sequel.

And of course, we just had to talk about the eighties. Grace Jones was a cinema icon with "A View to a Kill" and "Conan: The Destroyer". Andrew had brought up the idea that Grace may have never actually acted. I think this needs to be explored further. "Conan 2" does qualify for the podcast. Any volunteers?

Follow me on Twitter @catbusruss. If you want to be on the show, contact me on Twitter or send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com. All we need is a theme, movie, director, or actor and a focus on sub 100-minute material. As long as the credits start before the 1:39:59 mark on the runtime bar, the movie qualifies.

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The Undrafted and Wrongfully Drafted

"Bull Durham" was not drafted on the Baseball Draft (A film that can only be drafted at #1)
"No Fear of a Black Hat" on the Fictional Band Mini-Mega Draft
The entire George Lucas Draft
"The Birdcage" instead of "La Cage Aux Folles" on the Drag Draft
"Road Trip" was not even mentioned during the Road Trip Draft
"Major League" instead of "Drop Zone" on the Wesley Snipes Draft
"Black Swan" instead of "Mermaids" on the Wynona Ryder Draft
"Akira" instead of "Ghost World" on the Comic Book Movie (Non-Super Hero) Draft. Tetsuo is a Supe.
"Now You See Me" instead of "Diggstown" on the Con Artist Movie Draft
"The Onion Movie" instead of "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask" on the Sketch Comedy Anthologies Draft
"The Big Lebowski" not being marked eight on the Coen Bros. Draft
"Labrynth" or "Dark Crystal" not receiving the number 1 or 2 spot in the Jim Henson Draft
"Stage Fright" on the Giallo Draft. It is a slasher despite the presentation.
"Assault of Precinct 13" and "Prince of Darkness" Instead of "Escape from New York" and "The Thing" on the John Carpenter Draft
"Con Air" instead of "US Marshalls" and "Universal Soldier" instead of "Time Cop " on the 90's Action Draft
"WarGames" instead of "Spies Like Us" on the Cold War Draft
"Traffic" instead of "Side Effects" on the Steven Soderbergh Draft
"Fight Club" instead of "The Virgin Suicides" on the 1999 Draft ("Suicides" made the Actor Directorial Debut Draft)
Any Kirk Douglass instead of "The Shining" being on the Kubrick Draft
"Return of the Jedi" instead of "Tokyo Drift" on the Threequels Draft (there's only one "Return," okay, and it ain't "of the King," it's "of the Jedi.")

Deserves a Second Chance

Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).

I find the DC movies, or at least Zack Snyder, was trying to bring comic books to the big screen as opposed to adapting comic books for the big screen. If you read, (or watch the excellent animated adaptation of) "The Dark Knight Returns", it is a very slow build to the battle between the Bat and Supe. This is regarded as one of the best threads in comics.

As a guy who fell in love with wrestling in the 1980's, the very methodical showdown is what I loved. It's a love letter to comic book fans who read and note every detail and want to try figuring out the plot before the character do. Come at the flick this way, and I think you will get something out of it.

Tropic Thunder (2008)

This is a feature that dares you to be offended. When director Ben Stiller is that forthcoming like Robert Downey Sr. was with 1969's "Putney Swope", an audience saying that something is in poor taste, hence not funny, means they are afraid to make a mockery of a concept.

My own experience with junkies bankrupting me allows me to thoroughly enjoy Jack Black's making addiction seem ridiculous. Robert Downey Jr. nails his taboo performance and I would say helps the call for actors from a demographic to be the first people called on for the roles representing them. As for the "Forest Gump" knock off jokes, they serve as a way to ridicule us for what we accepted (and encouraged) as fine a decade prior. The narrative that controls the pace in the second act can drag, but the content that is delivered cannot be cut.

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