
I hope you've been waiting for it cause here we go with one of My all-time favorite films...

My VERY IMPORTANT INTRODUCTION! Now this is truly a special and magical movie. Now I know many times I speak bad about My Father but as you know I recently spoke good of him when I showcased My Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Poster that he gave Me when he was a Projectionist at the The Kenrick Theater that I've just talked about, I hope nobody disregards this that! He had his moments and I would like to believe that he really tried











Now this was the first movie I saw Kurt Russell in. He instantly became a favorite of Mine. I didn't see him in John Carpenter's the Thing till years later but I saw him in other stuff like Backdraft as we talked about recently when Me & My Grandparents saw the film together at The Kenrick in 1991. His Jack Burton in BTILC is undoubtedly one of My favs and most iconic of all characters of the 1980s



Now it has a a load of good cast & characters. I loved Jack Burton's friend Wang, he was kinda like Bruce Lee. The film has some nice women too. I absolutely loved the mystical villains.

Before I get any further I want to quote Myself on something special about one of the cast members...Kim Cattrall...
BrandonDaCollector wrote:Now here is an extremely special entry that I hold dear to Me, My Batmobile by MEGO that was made in 1974I wasn't even around when the lines was thriving but somehow I got this milestone
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So here is how I acquired it long ago
One day when I was playing with My neighbors whom are siblings, Timmy & Jenny and gosh I miss them kids and they were good kids, I lost contact with them about 30 years ago when they & their parents Dana & Randy moved away to an unknown location, I hope they are all doing fine as I speak
They were My age. At the time of this We were about 9 or so, I was slightly older though and I was always teaching them a thing a two education-wise and a lot of entertainment stuff it seemed all the time and keep in mid this was a long while before the Internet, We didn't need it back then. Timmy looked like a very young Marky Mark Wahlberg. He was quite a character and was a dark redhead. His sister was just a bit younger. Though I had friends that was girls and not "actual" girlfriends in Kindergarten thru 2nd Grade, Jenny was My first true friend that was a girl. We were still too young to really know that type of stuff. She was a very pretty & attractive girl. She seriously looked like a young version of Kim Cattrall. I regret not spending more time with them, talking to them and even seeing if Me & Jenny could have got it together cause there was a bit of childhood spark there between us
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Here is a pic I made of Wahlberg & Cattrall from their roles in 1996's Fear & 1986's Big Trouble in Little China. I look at this and it's like I'm seeing them all grown up...the Timmy & Mark depiction is like so spot on here, he had that face & expression, its really amazing but see how Kim's face is wide with those thick eyebrows, Jenny was just like that and like I said, she was quite attractive, maybe even deceivingly beautiful
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You can see the whole showcase of My MEGO Batmoblie that they gave Me plus much more here ---> http://www.dctoyrevolution.org/marvel-toy-discussion/my-marvel-collection-dc-toybiz-special-p1-t1294-10.html
Now there was such coolness in the 80s in movies and video games such Double Dragon with action heroes & beat'em ups. I just loved this stuff. I really liked the Lords of Death gang that consisted of Needles, Joe Lucky and One Ear and the alley street fight with the Chang Sing & Wing Kong



However I just loved the Three Storms: Thunder, Rain & Lightning, this is why I got accustomed to Mortal Kombat so quickly because it's very much like this stuff and for a Martial Arts fan like Me it was a no-brainer


I really like their master Lo Pan and that he's ancient, has atomized himself to roam forever till he marries a woman with green eyes






I really liked Thunder's Warrior Ninja Women, women always were great at this stuff


Now the film wouldn't be complete without some creatures. There's a Wild Man, Prehistoric Arthropod as well as a Guardian plus Traditional Warriors in armor. This was all so rad for a youngster Brandon


The mystic battle between Lo Pan & Egg Shen was so colorful, still one of the best


This was the film that I really first knew John Carpenter. As I matured, I realized what such a great talent he is. He's just not a horror master director, he does his own music which he is truly a genius composer and became one of My favorites. My Grandma really liked him as well. I'll get more to that in a bit


Here's the great trailer

Here's some of My favorite scenes

Here's the opening and Jack Burton's Pork Chop Express. Burton says some good stuff especially about "Alone in the Universe"


Here's the cool Lords of Death scene. Listen to how John Carpenter's music perfectly matches it, it's fantastic

Here's the Chang Sing vs. Wing Kong Alley Street Fight. When I first saw this I was astounded by how cool it was. It was something new for Me other than Bruce Lee. This is still one of the best fighting scenes ever in a film IMO

Now this is truly My favorite, The Three Storms, Thunder, Rain & Lightning interrupting the Alley Fight. When I first saw this I adored it, I found it so incredible. Now I spoke of Mortal Kombat earlier, Lord Raiden was an inspiration of Lightning. The special effects is so top notch here. Lightning's bolts looked very similar in style like the ones of the Alien Engine in My Science Project that I just recently spotlighted which is one of the reasons why I'm so high on these special effects of the 80s, they were so excellent and I prefer these over today's CGI any day of the week

Now here's a lot of gifs. Notice how wonderful the special effects are
























Back to Carpenter, when he was in high school, he had his own band called The Coupe De Villes which was John Carpenter, Nick Castle & Tommy Lee Wallace. They all worked on many movies together as well including the original Halloween



I have always loved this song. Now there is actually two versions. The End Credits version is slightly different. Here's the icon music video





Long ago in the early 2000s, My Mom got the score on CD for Christmas. This is one of My favorite cues of the whole score.
However, this is arguably the best one. Carpenter just nailed the Chinese sound and made this really spooky, like I said, he is a true master

Oh My, I can't believe that I did that. Whew that was a lot. I hope you liked this and maybe were even surprised a little especially since I revealed absolute Me & My Father


