Chew, if only you could see what I've seen with your eyes!

-Roy Batty

Great movie if you haven't seen it.

"I'm gonna tell you about an accident and I don't wanna hear "act of God", OK?"

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James Hong has been in so many movies

I recently rewatched* this movie and it's so great. I love how Kurt Russell is just a huge dope who thinks he's the protagonist.

I only drive as fast as I can see.

Love🖤❤🖤

Now this really pisses me off!

Calm down, Dave.

And still working!

This is still one of his best roles, though I think his most interesting, lower key, role was as a sleazy private eye in 1987's Black Widow.

IMDB this guy! What an amazing career.

Lo Pan, David Lo Pan

Lopan!

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Indeed!

“You are not put on this earth to get it, Mr. Burton.” I actually apply this line in my daily life quite often.

He gets a bit typecast though. James Hong has been the old Asian guy in nearly every American movie with an old Asian guy, for my entire lifetime.

I was glad when they let him start portraying ducks.

There's a recent well reviewed comic series co-written by Carpenter that picks up where the film left off

Seinfeld, 4!

Really? He doesn't look a day over 57

James Hong is awesome and in so many great films.

"His name is DAVID Lo Pan?"

Hong is a Efin legend

“Look at me. Real tough guy, huh?”

Amazing how it was a commercial failure while the Golden Child wasn’t🤷🏻‍♂️

Two absolute legends!

Both are great!

“I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-Want the knife!”

Apparently the studio had real problems with this! During the whole movie making they were dumbfounded that Kurt Russell’s character behave the way he did and wasn’t some major hero.

Yes, I also heard Carpenter really had to fight them on that

Amazing movie that even has its own music video to boot

Chunky Asses? Sir! You forgot your copy of Chunky Asses!!

In those scenes as Lo Pan, Hong actually adlibs a bunch of Cantonese that is just hilarious.

Well, let’s be fair… he IS an old Asian guy. And who better to play an old Asian guy then an old Asian guy?

It’s part of the fun, in my opinion. It completely runs amok with the “Hero With a Thousand Faces” path and, still, is an absolutly fun and interesting story. Joseph Campbell must be in after lige scratching his head and wondering “how the heck did this actually worked?”

Seriously!!! Sir, you just did my night!!!

Well... It works by playing with expectations off the hero's journey (including the casting choice). Because the other side characters are actually the heroes.

Exactly. A complete reversal of the plot that should be “irreversible”. 😄👍

“I know what you mean, my wife got it for me on my birthday.” To this day that line makes me cackle.