Episode 552 : Tupperware Parties

5 Responses to Episode 552 : Tupperware Parties

1. Azuretalon says:

   October 14, 2021 at 3:42 pm

   Bulk and Skull! That’s it!

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2. jas says:

   October 14, 2021 at 7:36 pm

   I love Ghosts! Charlotte Ritchie is also on the show Feel Good on Netflix and I highly recommend it.

   Black Widow–I also love Florence Pugh and really liked her in this. I also really like David Harbour and liked him in this. Overall, I agree with Tony that it was tonally off. I’m not a great fan of Ray Winstone and I also didn’t like the whole Harvey Weinstein shtick in this.

   In contrast, I really liked Shang Chi except for the fact that they mixed various Asian mythologies into one general grab bag.

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   • Azuretalon says:

     October 22, 2021 at 6:00 am

     I haven’t seen Shang Chi yet because I am not okay with going to a theater yet, AND this is just me wondering and spitballing not “white guy well anding”… So with that caveat out of the way I know in our world mixing all the mythology together is problematic, but is that something that works in fiction because there was an objective truth in the past over a large region that got all chopped up after that ancient civilization fell into modern-day mythology? Sort of like how the various Fallout games have different vestiges of American depending on where in the country it’s set? Maybe that’s just not okay in the real world, at least if it’s not explicitly spelled out? Just an odd thought I had when reading this.

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     • jas says:

       October 22, 2021 at 1:12 pm

       Well just to give you a sense of what I mean. The realistic part of the story is Chinese and American-Chinese. Then in the fantasy setting you’ve got Shishi (Chinese guardian lions) hanging out with 9-tail foxes. Granted, the Japanese did adopt the Shishi so if our hero was Japanese, the fantasy world would make sense. But as he’s Chinese and the fantasy world is throwing in Japanese mythological creatures, I think that comes from a bit of sloppy–let’s-throw-all-the-Asian-mythology-together thinking. It’d be like watching the movie “Brave” and having the main character meet Artemis. Celtic mythology/Greek mythology what’s the dif? It’s all European right? And the guys wear kilts in both countries, so there you go.

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       • William says:

         October 22, 2021 at 3:54 pm

         And the witch in Brave is Circe.

         It all makes sense now! 😀

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