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Post by The Mad Plumber on Nov 15, 2011 1:34:14 GMT -5
Thanks to georgeworge, afriendlychicken, and Ijon the Extinction Event for your answers to my 2001: A Space Odyssey inquiries. Please tell me where this scene comes from ... The tags on the YouTube page indicate that the two actors seen in the video are Jackie Chan and Roy Horan. Based on the comments from the YouTube users as well as searching Roy Horan's IMDB page and finding the only title that features Jackie Chan in top billing, my top guess would be Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978).
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Post by Satchmo on Nov 18, 2011 0:11:50 GMT -5
Thanks to georgeworge, afriendlychicken, and Ijon the Extinction Event for your answers to my 2001: A Space Odyssey inquiries. Please tell me where this scene comes from ... The tags on the YouTube page indicate that the two actors seen in the video are Jackie Chan and Roy Horan. Based on the comments from the YouTube users as well as searching Roy Horan's IMDB page and finding the only title that features Jackie Chan in top billing, my top guess would be Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978). I can't thank you enough.
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Post by The Mad Plumber on Nov 22, 2011 13:00:03 GMT -5
I have a question about 1982's The Thing:
Sometime after Blair is thrown into the tool shed, a section of the crew talks about how they are going to discern which crew members are Things. Copper proposed contrasting blood samples against pure blood that is in storage. When they go to find the pure blood, all the packages have been sabotaged. Copper and Garry state that they are the only two people who have access to the key that opens the refrigerator. MacReady's improvised test, however, reveals that neither Copper nor Garry were Things. I feel this leaves open a logic or plot hole that is never addressed.
Have I noted a legitimate plot hole or is there a piece of data that I've missed? Thank you.
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Post by Joker on Nov 22, 2011 14:48:11 GMT -5
The Thing seemed to have incredible strength at times and probably just tore open the door. That's probably what happened.
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Post by BJ on Nov 22, 2011 21:45:19 GMT -5
There is also the question of whether someone could have lifted the keys to open the lock and replaced them without him noticing. The Thing has a lot of unanswered questions like that, so I'd consider it more a point of thought than plot hole. There's some other hypotheses on the IMDB faq as well. www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/faq
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Post by The Mad Plumber on Nov 24, 2011 11:10:33 GMT -5
Okay, I didn't know about the FAQ page on IMDB. I looked at the theories about how the Thing got to the blood and, assuming there wasn't an oversight by Carpenter, the theory that Windows' keys were utilized seems to be the soundest. I'm rejecting the idea that it improvised a key or a jimmy from its body. It's a Thing, not a T-1000; as such, I reason it can only create appendages and facsimiles of creatures it's once assimilated.
Still, I'm strongly discounting the Windows theory as well. In the conversation, they only mention one key being capable of opening the fridge and that Copper and Garry are the only two members that ever have access to it. Windows was never suspected in the conversation. You guys will probably disagree, but I'm going to boil it all down to Carpenter not having thought it through or having improvised the story in mid-production.
There's a lot of interesting data on that page, and I like seeing that someone has the same theory about Norris that I do: that Norris was slowly infected by the Thing, and his "heart attack" was actually the final effects of the assimilation / transformation. I personally don't give any credence to the theories of MacReady himself being a Thing and I think some people are just over-thinking the film.
Thanks for your input, guys!
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Post by TheNewMads on Nov 28, 2011 14:20:46 GMT -5
Please tell me where this scene comes from; I must know: i shopped this around and am told it is from "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow" starring Jackie Chan and his legendary "twig-and-berry" kung-fu style.
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Post by Frameous on Nov 29, 2011 0:14:27 GMT -5
I have a question about 1982's The Thing: Sometime after Blair is thrown into the tool shed, a section of the crew talks about how they are going to discern which crew members are Things. Copper proposed contrasting blood samples against pure blood that is in storage. When they go to find the pure blood, all the packages have been sabotaged. Copper and Garry state that they are the only two people who have access to the key that opens the refrigerator. MacReady's improvised test, however, reveals that neither Copper nor Garry were Things. I feel this leaves open a logic or plot hole that is never addressed. Have I noted a legitimate plot hole or is there a piece of data that I've missed? Thank you. The Thing seemed to have incredible strength at times and probably just tore open the door. That's probably what happened. There is also the question of whether someone could have lifted the keys to open the lock and replaced them without him noticing. The Thing has a lot of unanswered questions like that, so I'd consider it more a point of thought than plot hole. There's some other hypotheses on the IMDB faq as well. Please, join me. forrestcrow.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=movies&action=display&thread=20875
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jan 22, 2012 16:50:02 GMT -5
So this should be one of Jackie Chan's relatively early Chinese movies. I have no memory of the plot, but I remember in the outtakes at the end, he fell from a bar like 20 feet in the air that he was supposed to be crossing by hanging underneath. All that I remember otherwise is one scene where he hops over a stone gate rather than opening it (something which took them about 10 tries to shoot correctly in the outtakes).
The only reason I care is that it was the first Jackie Chan movie I ever saw.
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Post by Torgo on Jan 22, 2012 19:45:28 GMT -5
I know this is of no help, but that kind of sounds like all of them. I've seen a lot of Jackie Chan movies, but after a while they just kind of merge together. The only thing I know for certain is that it's one with bloopers, which doesn't scratch many off.
Early one you say? Might want to start with Police Story. Even if that's not it, the ending brawl rocks so it's no big loss. Of the top of my head, maybe Armor of the Gods or Supercop. That's just me pulling titles out of my ass with what might fit with your description.
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jan 22, 2012 20:50:44 GMT -5
Thanks. I'll give those a try. I really have nothing to go on.
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Post by Torgo on Jan 22, 2012 21:58:28 GMT -5
I'm gonna dig around in my Chan flicks and see if I can find those bloopers. They're buried around here somewhere. If I find something, I'll let you know.
Do you know what year you watched it? Might narrow it down to anything before that.
Movies it's NOT so far: First Strike Police Story 2 Police Story Armor of the Gods
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Post by Torgo on Jan 22, 2012 22:38:57 GMT -5
Update: Think I found it, mumms. Check out Operation Condor. The bloopers have a scene of him swinging from a chain and falling to the ground and a scene where he jumps over a gate several times.
It's a favorite of mine too, so enjoy!
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Jan 23, 2012 2:15:18 GMT -5
Update: Think I found it, mumms. Check out Operation Condor. The bloopers have a scene of him swinging from a chain and falling to the ground and a scene where he jumps over a gate several times. It's a favorite of mine too, so enjoy! Yes! I just checked Netflix, and that's definitely it. Don't know how I forgot that crazy wind tunnel thing at the end. You, Torgo, are awesome.
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Post by Torgo on Jan 23, 2012 2:40:09 GMT -5
I just have a ton of action movies. But no prob!
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