 COMMANDO vs BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, Dumb 80's action flicks |
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 Apr 11 2006, 12:34 PM
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"Mus" à gauche, "TANG"  Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 15,567 Joined: 11-November 04 From: London Member No.: 2,740  |
This week to dumb-but-fun 80's Action flicks
COMMANDO Ex-Special Forces Austrian man mountain is blackmailed into doing a bit of badness or his daughter gets it. Features a Charmed sister, a famous dope head's daughter and one of the most campest scripted fights in cinema history. BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA Mullet haired trucker helps rescue friend's fiance and a the girl he fancies, fighting big hat wearing kung-fu masters on the way. Features the resident bike from Sex In The City, the inventor of "Graboids" and Goldie Hawn's toy boy. Vote now |
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Apr 11 2006, 12:42 PM
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It's got to be Big Trouble in Little China.
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Apr 11 2006, 12:45 PM
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Fallon Group: Senior Members Posts: 10,262 Joined: 17-December 04 From: The Scary-Go-Round Member No.: 2,946 |
It's probably unfair to vote as I've not seen Commando, but Big Trouble is so odd and amusing, I couldn't just ignore it.
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Apr 11 2006, 12:49 PM
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All out of mercy today. Group: Senior Members Posts: 7,109 Joined: 30-November 05 From: Here to Eternity (Just outside Bolton) Member No.: 4,706 |
I've seen Commando more, and that would usually make me vote against it, but I've gone for it over Big Trouble because of the way Rae Dawn Chong doesn't believe any of it at all, and Arnie's ridiculous attempt at being James Bond by using a throwaway line is utterly hilarious:
"I let him go." 
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Apr 11 2006, 12:49 PM
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Addict Group: Senior Members Posts: 6,116 Joined: 16-March 05 From: Cardiff: "Capital City of The Future" Member No.: 3,662 |
QUOTE (ipse dixit @ Apr 11 2006, 01:45 PM) It's probably unfair to vote as I've not seen Commando, but Big Trouble is so odd and amusing, I couldn't just ignore it.   You must watch. The best, cheesiest and frankly gayest 80s action extravaganza you could imagine. Riddled with the stupidest continuity errors ever seen and some of the best/dumbest dialogue you could hope for. Truly one of Arnie's finest hours. |
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Apr 11 2006, 12:54 PM
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You do scribble Group: Senior Members Posts: 14,968 Joined: 7-October 04 From: East Member No.: 2,423 |
I have a fondness for most of Arnold's 1980s films, but I've gone off Commando since I saw it recently. All the stuff I enjoyed as a kid looks really silly now. His one-liners are embarrassingly bad, and the villians are far too camp. Matrix's assault on the mansion at the end is so much like Hot Shots Part Deux that it's difficult to tell which is the parody.
Big Trouble is inventive and fun, and Kurt Russell is great as the put-upon action hero. |
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Apr 11 2006, 12:57 PM
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I'm sorry; I meant, "Drop dead, *comrade*." Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,352 Joined: 21-January 05 From: CTU Member No.: 3,252 |
How can anyone not vote Big Trouble in Little china... It's got everything a cheesy 80s movie needs!
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Apr 11 2006, 12:59 PM
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You do scribble Group: Senior Members Posts: 14,968 Joined: 7-October 04 From: East Member No.: 2,423 |
I have to mention one of my favourite Schwarzequotes here though, "Don't distuoirb my friend. He's dead tired".
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Apr 11 2006, 01:00 PM
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I'm sorry; I meant, "Drop dead, *comrade*." Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,352 Joined: 21-January 05 From: CTU Member No.: 3,252 |
Remember I told you I'd kill you last...
Yeah you said that... I lied... It is embarrasingly cheesy! |
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Apr 11 2006, 01:03 PM
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Would you like to see my mask? Group: Senior Members Posts: 8,101 Joined: 6-October 04 From: Yorkshire - a place, a state of mind Member No.: 2,406 |
I'll have to move Big Trouble up my "to watch" list and vote then...
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Apr 11 2006, 01:05 PM
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I'm sorry; I meant, "Drop dead, *comrade*." Group: Senior Members Posts: 4,352 Joined: 21-January 05 From: CTU Member No.: 3,252 |
"I eat green berets for breakfast. And right now I'm very hungry. "
Does it get any cheesier? |
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Apr 11 2006, 02:09 PM
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Cent Dix-Sept Group: Senior Members Posts: 2,968 Joined: 1-October 04 From: London Member No.: 2,258 |
No! I cannot decide!
I love them both like children! Muscular violent children with cheesy quips, sure, but children nonetheless. I'd be inclined to vote Big Trouble... because it is one of my defining films I saw as a child - I must have seen it 60 times by now. But Commando is such a shameful joy, its impossible to put into words the feelings I have for it - "Why don't they just call him 'Girl' George?". Hotdog's article a while back about the character of Bennett was spot-on about how his revenge against Matrix stemmed from a homosexual advance when they were squadded together was rejected by Arnie and so on. I don't know! I've just been watching The Running Man (see signature below), so I'm in an Arnhald mood, but I also watched Big Trouble not too long ago and started planning sequel ideas in my head. I'm gonna have to sit out of this one for now. If I make my mind up, I'll vote - but you may have finally stumped me Sostie! 
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Apr 11 2006, 02:10 PM
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No more smiling. Group: Senior Members Posts: 8,025 Joined: 25-October 05 From: Good ole Germaniah Member No.: 4,601 |
Commando, coz it's worse. Love both of them.
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Apr 11 2006, 02:13 PM
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"Mus" à gauche, "TANG" Group: Senior Moderators Posts: 15,567 Joined: 11-November 04 From: London Member No.: 2,740 |
QUOTE (Kick in the Head @ Apr 11 2006, 02:09 PM) I don't know! I've just been watching The Running Man (see signature below), so I'm in an Arnhald mood, but I also watched Big Trouble not too long ago and started planning sequel ideas in my head. Running Man is one of the few Arnie no-brainers I really hate, maybe because if made true to the book, it would be one of the greatest action films ever. |
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Apr 11 2006, 02:16 PM
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All out of mercy today. Group: Senior Members Posts: 7,109 Joined: 30-November 05 From: Here to Eternity (Just outside Bolton) Member No.: 4,706 |
QUOTE (Crutch @ Apr 11 2006, 03:10 PM) Commando, coz it's worse. Love both of them. That was my thinking. Only a more eloquent version. |
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