Big Trouble in Little China

Episode 1: Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

Theme: 80s Carpenter Films
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

Welcome to Let’s Talk About Flix — the show where two best friends with minimal credentials and maximum opinions dive headfirst into movies they love, don’t love, and are wildly confused by. In this inaugural episode, Oz and Curtis kick off their first theme month: 80s John Carpenter films, starting with the mystical, martial-arts, truck-driving fever dream that is Big Trouble in Little China.

Join them as they:

• Try to decide whether Jack Burton is the hero, sidekick, or just an enthusiastic bystander with a truck.

• Debate the practicality of using back-alley puddle water as a medical treatment.

• Wonder how a 2,000-year-old wizard couldn’t find a single woman with green eyes until 1986.

• Praise Kurt Russell’s mullet like it’s a supporting character.

• Acknowledge that Wang Chi does all the actual work while Jack mostly gets concussed.

Somewhere between waxing poetic about Carpenter’s synth score and comparing the movie to Star Wars, Oz and Curtis manage to prove that friendship and film discussion can thrive even when neither host knows what they’re talking about.

Verdict: A 9.5 out of 10 from Oz, 72 candy corns from Curtis, and one firm belief that Big Trouble in Little China is the cinematic equivalent of a warm blanket and a cold beer.