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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2014 11:45 am
by Barticle
Another video-game reference. Mahjong tiles form part of a cryptic puzzle to unlock an achievement on one of the zombie maps in
Call of Duty: Blops II!
http://callofduty.wikia.com/wiki/High_Maintenance#Step_7
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:35 pm
by Barticle
Obligatory mahjong (erm, "jong-mah") sign in the background in classic cyberpunk anime
Ghost in the Shell.
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:12 am
by Barticle
There's a couple of mahjong scenes in the final episode of season 4 of the fab sitcom
Modern Family.
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:54 pm
by Barticle
Scarlett Johansson enjoys a quick snack off a cluttered mahjong table in Luc Besson's
Lucy (2014).
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(thanks to SJ for the spot (not her, another one!))
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 9:58 pm
by Barticle
The character Litchi Faye-Ling in the
BlazBlue beat-em-up video-games has many special moves with names taken from mahjong, such as Sangenpai, Daisharin, Kokushi and Tsubame Gaeshi.
http://blazblue.wikia.com/wiki/Litchi_F ... /Move_List
The
BlazBlue games are made by Arc System Works who also made the
Tottemo E-Mahjong games for the PS4 and Vita.
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:21 pm
by Barticle
The next line after a famous gag from
Annie Hall (1977) has a Jewish mahjong reference.
"I was thrown out of NYU in my freshman year for cheating on my metaphysics final, you know. I looked within the soul of the boy sitting next to me.
When I was thrown out, my mother, who was an emotionally high-strung woman, locked herself in the bathroom and took an overdose of mahjong tiles."
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 10:39 pm
by Barticle
An intense match of mahjong in the cartoon
Chowder (2007).
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 1:52 am
by Barticle
In
Kung Fu Panda (2008) Po's father lists a chronology of the noodle restaurant's previous owners.
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:25 am
by Ignatius
Barticle wrote:In
Kung Fu Panda (2008) Po's father lists a chronology of the noodle restaurant's previous owners.
kfp.jpg
This scene is really fun.
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 10:22 am
by Barticle
"Oh, careful! That soup is... sharp."
I completely failed to recognize anyone in the stellar VA cast, including the legendary Jackie Chan!
Po's father was Chew in
Blade Runner!!
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 1:59 pm
by Ignatius
The film and the VA cast is awesome.
Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:06 pm
by Barticle
Ang Lee's
Lust, Caution (2007) has several scenes at mahjong tables.
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:06 pm
by Barticle
Mahjong from above in the Filipino movie
Insiang (1976).
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:08 pm
by Barticle
The Chinese movie
Raise the Red Lantern (1991).
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Re: Mahjong at the movies?
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2015 12:10 pm
by Barticle
A promising hand in one of several mahjong scenes in the HK film
The Underground Banker (1994).
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