Guys!! I scheduled an interview with Thunder (Carter Wong)!! Do you have any questions for him? Please let me know ASAP!

I've waited over 30 years for someone to translate parts of the Chinese characters to English, thank you!

I have loved this movie for years, but hearing you two translate the Chinese ( whether it's the scenery or the words ) in the movie makes it so much more interesting.

"He was in another movie where he likes to drive and hit women" haha I've never heard Death Proof described that way but I love it, and Kurt Russell is an national treasure!

The first draft of the script took place in the 1870's during The Tong Wars, when there actually were gangfights and brothels in SF Chinatown. Jack was a cowboy who lost his horse instead of his truck. They decided to set it in the present day because they felt that all the supernatural stuff ON TOP OF being in the Old West would be too far from reality. They wanted to start with the "normal" world being more familiar. But then that reinforces these old stereotypes.
But, the reason this movie is a comedy is that it is MAKING FUN of older more racist Hollywood movies that Bruce Lee was talking about, where the white hero saves the hapless foreigners. The poster is supposed to make you think it's that kind of movie so that it's a surprise when it turns out that he's NOT the hero and that Wang is.

I don't think Old Lo Pan's voice was modified. James Hong can really sound like this in real life.  Jessie really needs to read the Bio of James Hong, he has starred in more films than any other Hollywood actor in history! He has pretty much been in every movie that cast Asians.  He really should get a lifetime achievement award from the Oscars. I'm gonna be pissed if he is not recognized except as an "In Memory" segment after he dies. James Hong is 92 years old and still going strong, making films and TV.

Yep, Wang is the main hero, Jack is the side kick but you are seeing it from Jack's perspective.

You're spotting everything...signs, lazy stuntmen,  hidden stunt mats. It's pretty impressive.

@8:54 "Don't panic it's only me Gracy Law" is one of most hilarious lines in any movie ever 😂

The slit glasses are ('I think) based on inuit eye protection against snow blindness and they were kind of a fashion accessory in the 80s.

John carpenter meant for Wang to be the hero and Jack to be the sidekick. The studio just wouldn't let him market the movie that way back then.  They wanted Kurt Russell marketed as the hero. He added the opening scene in response to that.

I’m actually impressed how much this movie apparently got right.  It’s been a favorite of mine for 30+ years.

4:45 That’s the stuntman Al ‘Kabong’ Leong. He was in all the biggest tv shows and movies in the 80s. Bill and Ted, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon. Man’s a legend.

Soul resurrection knife... my mind is BLOWN. I've seen this movie a hundred times. this was excellent. THANK YOU

At 20:25 I wondered if you would pick up that Wang is actually the lead of the movie and Jack is the sidekick but doesn't realize it. This was deliberate as it lampooned the typical western hero architype.

I got more in the first 4 minutes of this video than I do with most other 'reaction' videos. It's nice having someone fluent in a particular language used in a film to help explain.

7:04  "Two back scratchers" killed me!  🤣  Ever since I first saw this film, long ago, we called those 'the back-scratchers of death!'

Jack is the confident,brave funny guy who can't fight but always has your back and Wang is the badass who can fight and shows jack his culture. They both are a team and compliment eachother.

Big Trouble In Little China is definitely meant to poke fun at old hollywood tropes, that's why Kurl Russell's character is constantly the butt of jokes, as a clueless Westerner caught up in an ancient power struggle he doesn't understand and fumbles his way through, barely surviving.  

In much to same way, John Carpenter's "Escape from New York" and "Escape from LA" (especially) are meant to be "bad films" ("so bad they're good"), full of cheesy one liners, gruff characters who don't say much, etc.

Indiana Jones was meant as a homage to the old serials from the 1930s silent film era.

John Carpenter is an Auteur, and if you think something is crassly stereotypical or cheesy, it's because he put it there deliberately on purpose. He has made so many cult movies, it's hard to remember them all: Halloween, Christine,  Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble in Little China, The Thing, They Live, Prince of Darkness, and on and on.

"They Live" is a perfect example of a campy movie with a deliberate subtext: It lets those in the West feel like what it feels if a much stronger power gains a huge sphere of influence over your politics, culture, and elite establishment, and the intense feelings of alienation that would result.  You can't communicate to an American why someone in say, Rwanda, might all of a sudden be upset if all of the big business and politicians in the country were educated outside and beholden to foreign money, but if you watch the movie, you'll get a taste -- wrapped up in a cheesy dialogue and a main actor who was a wrestler.

BTW, one thing I notice is that Chinese commenting on Wetsern movies often seem to focus on stuff like "they used a small eyes/slanty eyes actor. Why not someone better looking with double fold, it must be to make fun of Chinese", but in the West people don't go crazy when a director uses a "non traditionally beautiful" actor or model. Often, it is done for effect to make the character unique. Many James Bond films include "ugly" male actors, the villains are always chosen to look that way, be they Caucasian or Asian. From Dr No, to Metal Mouth, to the last bond films (Casino Royale's villain, No Time To Die's Villain).  In the fashion and marketing world especially, people are chosen because they don't look like everyone else, but have a striking look.

The lightning guy inspired Rayden from Mortal Kombat. This was most probably the first movie that had real Kung fu stars like Carter Wong, from HK, who plays Thunder. Great video!