08-27-2016, 11:15 PM
Just a couple observations. Unlike our last outing (League of Gods), where we were two of maybe five in the audience, Time Raiders drew 50 to 75 people, maybe more -- almost entirely Asian. I don't really understand what made the difference. I guess the Chinese just really liked Raiders of the Lost Ark.
There was one scene where the uncle bankrolling the expedition decides to get serious about getting all the necessary equipment, regardless of cost, and goes to a Chinese website. It was a two-letter site starting with J -- such as jm.com. It went by too fast for me to see. But the Chinese in the audience were all atwitter about it, chuckling, making comments. Any idea what that was about, DM?
My favorite line, for whatever reason, was when they enter a new level of the tombs and somebody says, "Wow, this is like ancient Persian architecture." I guess the Persians were really into "gratuitous gears," as DM put it.
A surprisingly blatant homoerotic angle between the two male leads. Just didn't expect that in a Chinese film with all their censors. Or was I just reading too much into several of the scenes?
Agree with DM that this tentacled woman wasn't on a par with the one in League of Gods. The insects and worms also seemed a bit crudely done. Still, it works, perhaps by the sheer weight of inventiveness and unrelenting action.
P.S. Figured it out. The website was jd.com, a major competitor of Alibaba's stuff.
There was one scene where the uncle bankrolling the expedition decides to get serious about getting all the necessary equipment, regardless of cost, and goes to a Chinese website. It was a two-letter site starting with J -- such as jm.com. It went by too fast for me to see. But the Chinese in the audience were all atwitter about it, chuckling, making comments. Any idea what that was about, DM?
My favorite line, for whatever reason, was when they enter a new level of the tombs and somebody says, "Wow, this is like ancient Persian architecture." I guess the Persians were really into "gratuitous gears," as DM put it.
A surprisingly blatant homoerotic angle between the two male leads. Just didn't expect that in a Chinese film with all their censors. Or was I just reading too much into several of the scenes?
Agree with DM that this tentacled woman wasn't on a par with the one in League of Gods. The insects and worms also seemed a bit crudely done. Still, it works, perhaps by the sheer weight of inventiveness and unrelenting action.
P.S. Figured it out. The website was jd.com, a major competitor of Alibaba's stuff.