night_supervisor

I'm just a cheeseburger in paradise!
Big trouble, little China.
C-Beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser gate

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@kickitupanacho Hell yeah!!

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@kickitupanacho This guy was on Dana Gould's most recent podcast. Good interview.

[Consumer Time Capsule @consumertc]

As you party on the 4th of July, it's important to take a moment to remember that Spuds Mackenzie's vital role in the signing of the Declaration of Independence. (Bud Light calendar, 1990)

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

John Carpenter on how the studio, audience and critics reacted after watching "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986) & the reason for movie's failure:

"Carpenter: I thought about writing a book about my experiences in Hollywood being a director, mainly because I was burned out on making movies. But | didn't do it because | thought, “I’m not ready yet. | don't have enough to say yet. I need to make more films and | don’t want to quit yet.”

Interviewer: How did Fox executives react when they saw the movie for the first time?

Carpenter: Needless to say, they had a few problems with the movie. They sat down with me and we went through the film. They didn’t like that the white hero was such a buffoon, and that he was being shown up by the Asians. They were afraid the audience wouldn't think this guy was brave, so they asked me to cut out the humor and emphasize his bravery, which was impossible to do. Then we got to the preview stage. The audience that saw it really loved it and laughed, so they wanted me to put the humor back in and go back to what it was—they still hated the movie, though. They didn't want Kurt to play it plenty. They wanted him to be an action hero, a real live action hero, not Jack Burton. They wanted him to be more like Rambo or Stallone. They wanted him to play it straight and it wasn't straight.

Interviewer: How was the movie perceived by the audience and the critics?

Carpenter: Nobody got it. Like I said earlier, timing was never my thing in terms of when my movies come out. This movie was completely and totally misunderstood. The critics and the public thought it was just bad, and there is nothing | can do about that."

("John Carpenter - The Prince of Darkness", Gilles Boulenger, 2001)

P.S: On this day, 40 years ago, "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986) was released in the USA.

[ULTRA🏝️BLAST @ultrakillblast]

rolling into the weekend...

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@kickitupanacho Sounds like a Moscow mule made with that would have quite a kick

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@kickitupanacho I usually know one of the three. If one isn't always Paul Lynde it sucks.

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@weatherchannel It's amazing. Can you do the same thing with the App?

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@LearnToToad @FreeTheMitten

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@kickitupanacho Absolutely unnecessary update: Jeopardy aired uninterrupted today. Amazing!

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@0hour1 @ScottlizardA ... damn ... now its getting real...

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@kickitupanacho Dave’s archives is my favorite channel on YouTube .. hell yeah! Thanks!

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@kickitupanacho I'm not tech savvy enough to figure out the posting video thing either. For some reason I find watching commercials from the 80's particularly comforting. There are some great youtube channels with amazing "retro" commercials.

[night_supervisor @Darby27]

@LearnToToad Could be a typo … but the second g is missing.

[ULTRA🏝️BLAST @ultrakillblast]

You will be haunted by three spirits...