Urban fantasy was around long before your local vampire was at the minimart. In 1986, Big Trouble in Little China brought Chinese mythology into modern Chinatown. It also brought along a trucker who, though a mite clueless, was a good guy. It’s pulp and wonderful pulp at that. Would have loved to see another one made. It would have also made a great RPG gaming world. But Dark Matter, the modern consipracy/magic setting for the Alternity RPG game, can be used for that 😉
Some of Jack Burton’s best quotes:
And in true pop culture form, we now have Lo Pan Style where two piece of pop culture collide:
Club Schadenfreude 