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BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA Watch-Along - Saturday, February 4

post #1 of 442
1/16/12 at 10:22am
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As prompted by Judas Booth here, we're going to attempt another watch-along!

 

The movie? The John Carpenter-Kurt Russell classic genre mashup BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.

 

The date? Saturday, February 4th, 2012.

 

The time? 11 AM, Eastern (USA-time). 

 

 

 

Who's in make the pillars of heaven shake?

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post #2 of 442
1/16/12 at 10:28am

Fuck. I'm shooting that day. Bullshit.

 

I'll do my best to dip in and be a total cunt to you all.

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post #3 of 442
1/16/12 at 11:08am

I was born ready.

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post #4 of 442
1/16/12 at 11:14am

What the hell.

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post #5 of 442
1/16/12 at 11:54am
If I'm not there on time...call the President.
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post #6 of 442
1/16/12 at 11:55am
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It's gonna take Cracker Jack timing to get this right!

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post #7 of 442
1/16/12 at 1:22pm

Jack Burton says I'm in.

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post #8 of 442
1/16/12 at 1:24pm

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post #9 of 442
1/16/12 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by SeanCE View Post

Fuck. I'm shooting that day. Bullshit.

 

I'll do my best to dip in and be a total cunt to you all.


SHUT UP SEAN! You were not put upon this Earth to dip in!

 

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post #10 of 442
1/16/12 at 2:42pm
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Originally Posted by MichaelM View Post

As prompted by Judas Booth here, we're going to attempt another watch-along!

 

The movie? The John Carpenter-Kurt Russell classic genre mashup BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA.

 

The date? Saturday, February 4th, 2012.

 

The time? 11 AM, Eastern (USA-time). 

 

 

 

Who's in make the pillars of heaven shake?



Oh hell to the shit yeah baby!

 

I'm in like this guy...

 

robin_hood_errol_flynn.jpg

 

 

ETA: Hang on fellas...

 

 

 

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Location Local time Time zone UTC offset
New York (U.S.A. - New York) Saturday, 4 February 2012 at 11:00:00 AM EST UTC-5 hours
Melbourne (Australia - Victoria) Sunday, 5 February 2012 at 3:00:00 AM EDT UTC+11 hours

 

I'll do my best to make it, but may not make any promises.

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post #11 of 442
1/16/12 at 4:10pm
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RD, hope you can. 

 

And the Flynn version of ROBIN HOOD would also be a great watch-along.

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post #12 of 442
1/16/12 at 4:25pm

For what it's worth, I reckon Fantastic Mr Fox would be great fun.

 

I'm trying to work out if I'll try and stay up until 3 or try and crash for a few hours beforehand

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post #13 of 442
1/16/12 at 7:05pm
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Originally Posted by MichaelM View Post

 

And the Flynn version of ROBIN HOOD would also be a great watch-along.


I'd be up for THAT in a heartbeat.

 

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post #14 of 442
1/16/12 at 7:51pm

I'm in.

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post #15 of 442
1/17/12 at 2:36am

I'm down like Donkey Klown.


 

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Originally Posted by The Rain Dog View Post

For what it's worth, I reckon Fantastic Mr Fox would be great fun.

 

I'm trying to work out if I'll try and stay up until 3 or try and crash for a few hours beforehand

 

Not that Commando, Big Trouble and Transformers (1986) aren't brilliant, classy, flawless films, but they're the kind of brilliant, classy, flawless films which lend themselves to copious amounts of piss being taken out of them. With Fantastic Mr Fox we have a widely beloved film but, fortunately or unfortunately depending upon your point of view, it's not one with a tone which lends itself to such an extraction.

 

As for the time diff there's no right or wrong answer for a 3am launch. I have 5am so my thing has been to get some shuteye beforehand so the old synapses and eyeballs are nice and rested beforehand, but if you're sure you can keep the old eyelids peeled then the delirium of sleep defered may well add even more flavour to the experience.

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post #16 of 442
1/17/12 at 3:30am

I think I may be in.

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post #17 of 442
1/17/12 at 4:42am
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Originally Posted by Bucho View Post

 

As for the time diff there's no right or wrong answer for a 3am launch. I have 5am so my thing has been to get some shuteye beforehand so the old synapses and eyeballs are nice and rested beforehand, but if you're sure you can keep the old eyelids peeled then the delirium of sleep defered may well add even more flavour to the experience.


A barely coherent Rain Dog would be a pretty fun add-on for the watch-along, I'm thinking.

 

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post #18 of 442
1/17/12 at 5:59am

I hope I can make this one.

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post #19 of 442
1/17/12 at 6:17am

This is one of those films that I'm ashamed of myself for never having seen, I'm in.

 

But I'll be nude the entire time, I hope that's cool with everyone.

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post #20 of 442
1/17/12 at 6:21am
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Originally Posted by roboTimKelly View Post

This is one of those films that I'm ashamed of myself for never having seen, I'm in.

 

But I'll be nude the entire time, I hope that's cool with everyone.


Ideally, you'd be seeing it with other people present, but this is close to that. BTILC, for me, isn't a film that's as fun to watch solo as with a crowd.

 

Re: your nudity: just be careful with that coffee, my friend.

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post #21 of 442
1/17/12 at 6:24am

Of course I'm joking! I'll be wearing a hat.

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post #22 of 442
1/17/12 at 6:37am
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Originally Posted by roboTimKelly View Post

Of course I'm joking! I'll be wearing a hat.

 

NSFW photo of Tim in action!

Warning: Spoiler! (Click to show)

 

 

roboTimKelly.jpg

 

 


Edited by MichaelM - 1/17/12 at 6:53am
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post #23 of 442
1/17/12 at 6:51am

Some would consider this NSFW. Please edit or I will in five minutes. 

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post #24 of 442
1/17/12 at 6:53am
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My apologies, stelios. No rules infraction was intended!

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post #25 of 442
1/17/12 at 8:15am

It's a good-lookin' hat.

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post #26 of 442
1/28/12 at 8:25pm
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Just bumping this thread - we're a week away from the watch-along!

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post #27 of 442
2/3/12 at 9:25am

"You never know 'til you try..."

 

Tomorrow's the watch-along. Everyone still on board?

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post #28 of 442
2/3/12 at 9:26am
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I'm still in! Will finally make one of these.

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post #29 of 442
2/3/12 at 10:18am

I'm most likely on-board as well.  

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post #30 of 442
2/3/12 at 10:32am

I most definitely am on board.

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post #31 of 442
2/3/12 at 10:36am
I'm out. Gotta drive out of town to wish the father in law a happy fucking birthday and then drive back. If I'm not back by Sunday...call the President.

Have fun!
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post #32 of 442
2/3/12 at 12:06pm

We doing this here or in chat?

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post #33 of 442
2/3/12 at 12:17pm

The most recent watch-alongs have been done on the boards.  Keeps the hilarity for posterity and now there's rep!

 

Sorry to say, I won't be able to make this since I'm out of the country and don't have easy access to the movie.  Have fun everyone!  I'll be looking forward to reading through the thread afterwards!

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post #34 of 442
2/3/12 at 12:30pm

I might watch on mute, and just blast the Coupe de Villes' album.

Which exists, contrary to what I've heard is popular belief.

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post #35 of 442
2/3/12 at 12:53pm
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post

 

Sorry to say, I won't be able to make this since I'm out of the country and don't have easy access to the movie.  Have fun everyone!  I'll be looking forward to reading through the thread afterwards!


 First you taunt me on FB. Now you're bailing on the watch-along?

 

We're through, nooj! You hear me? THROUGH!

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post #36 of 442
2/3/12 at 12:54pm
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post

We doing this here or in chat?


Just to echo nooj, yup, we'll do it here on the boards. In this very thread, even!

 

Hope you can make it, Richard.

 

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post #37 of 442
2/3/12 at 1:00pm

I should be here.  Planning to see Chronicle on Saturday, but not until the afternoon.

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post #38 of 442
2/4/12 at 3:08am

To get this started on the right foot, here's a small gift:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiQp3UC15yI

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post #39 of 442
2/4/12 at 3:16am

Well then... I'm now properly romanced.

 

 

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post #40 of 442
2/4/12 at 4:39am
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I....I...feel so violated. And yet....I liked it.

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post #41 of 442
2/4/12 at 6:14am

Stuck at work, but its relatively quiet, so my responses may be sporadic, but goddammit, I'll be here. I've got a very positive attitude about all this.

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post #42 of 442
2/4/12 at 6:56am
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Are we ready to shake the pillars of heaven?

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post #43 of 442
2/4/12 at 7:26am

I got a very positive attitude about this.

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post #44 of 442
2/4/12 at 7:37am
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No horseshit, Richard?

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post #45 of 442
2/4/12 at 7:49am

Do we have a countdown clock for this like last time?

 

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post #46 of 442
2/4/12 at 7:51am

Nobody panic. I'm here.

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post #47 of 442
2/4/12 at 7:53am

Feelin' kinda invincible right now.

 

No I'm not, I'm hung over like a motherfucker.

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post #48 of 442
2/4/12 at 7:56am

I'm on the menu screen as we speak.

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post #49 of 442
2/4/12 at 7:57am
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Three minutes!

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post #50 of 442
2/4/12 at 7:57am

Same here

 

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