Octopus Overlords

oooh. Looks fun.

I hope Uppa is finally proud of him...

Looks fun. I have zero background knowledge with this one. So no expectations to get in the way.

coopasonic wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:36 am I hope Uppa is finally proud of him...

It would be great if they all had cameos.

The actor that plays Kimchee was in the final season of Wynonna Earp on SyFy (filmed in Canada); I thought it was pretty cool.

coopasonic wrote: ↑Mon Apr 19, 2021 11:36 am I hope Uppa is finally proud of him...

I wonder if he even knows given that a long time ago he was in a galaxy far, far away.

Damned rest-of-the-world dates. I was all excited to find it was going to come out last month.

Better than Iron Fist.

Hong Kong Phooey was better than most of Iron Fist.

I'm excited to see Awkwafina drive a bus all crazy like that!

Z-Corn wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:17 pm I'm excited to see Awkwafina drive a bus all crazy like that!

She's the millennial Sandra Bullock!

Trailer didn't do much for me and I have no idea who Shang-Chi is... On the other hand, it's the MCU so I am sure I will love it!

Personally I'm holding out for 11 rings.

Theres a woman who named herself after bottled water but spelled it all elitist?

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:14 am Theres a woman who named herself after bottled water but spelled it all elitist?

Not exactly.

stessier wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:29 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:14 am Theres a woman who named herself after bottled water but spelled it all elitist?

Not exactly.

But kind of?

In a Galore interview, Awkwafina discussed how she thought the process of coming up with product names, especially names like Neutrogena and Aquafina, was funny. So she made her stage name Aquafina. A video producer told her that she needed to at least change the spelling of the name so they wouldn’t get sued by Pepsi.

coopasonic wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:45 am

stessier wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:29 am

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:14 am Theres a woman who named herself after bottled water but spelled it all elitist?

Not exactly.

But kind of?

In a Galore interview, Awkwafina discussed how she thought the process of coming up with product names, especially names like Neutrogena and Aquafina, was funny. So she made her stage name Aquafina. A video producer told her that she needed to at least change the spelling of the name so they wouldn’t get sued by Pepsi.

Right. I take exception with "elitist".

Yeah, I mean there is nothing elitist about it, but it takes me back to the original l33tsp34k of the late 90s internet. It's kind of that form of elite, not actual elitism like liberals have (/s).

I have a friend who absolutely loves Legend of the Five Rings. This must be twice as good!

Blackhawk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:29 pm I have a friend who absolutely loves Legend of the Five Rings. This must be twice as good!

Unless the other 5 are just filler.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:14 am Theres a woman who named herself after bottled water but spelled it all elitist?

I've also read an interview where she said she chose the spelling because she was awkward as a kid.

I find her hilarious and really sweet-hearted.

10 rings in this one:

Why does every film that features martial arts action that is made in, or imported to America inevitability get a rap soundtrack?

I think they should mix it a up a bit and add a bluegrass soundtrack!

I know very little of the character from the comics. I always thought he was meant to be a normal person who was just really, really good at martial arts. But it looks like this version of the character will have some form of power or dabble in mysticism at the very least.

I was meh going into this, or as meh as I can be for an MCU movie. I thought this trailer was excellent though, especially that part at the end. You know which one.

Back in 1966, DC had their martial arts character. Karate Kid.

Karate Kid sounds familiar. Where have I heard that before....

We went to see it today, I thought it was excellent. Some fantastic martial arts choreography, the acting is top-notch, and the story weaves into the MCU nicely.

Heads-up: there are both a mid-credit and a post-credit scene.

Exxcited to see this. My friends and I are waiting for Disney +.

This was great on multiple levels. The fights are excellent (I was worried about this, since Cap 2 & 3 are the only MCU flicks to do hand-to-hand combat really well). The jokes are good and there aren't too many of them. Simu Liu is very charismatic and makes Shang-chi the MCU hero that I most want to have a drink with. There is way, way more subtitling than I ever expected to see in a Hollywood blockbuster, which was absolutely the right choice.

And casting Tony Leung was a masterstroke; he brings such complexity to his character.

Spoilery observations:

Got back from seeing it with my 15 yr son. He didn't like it at all. I thought it was an ok Marvel movie. We both agreed that the last 1/3 of the movie was the worst part. Too predictable and unbelievable.

I haven’t seen it yet, but is it more or less believable than half of all life being extinguished by a single snap of a finger by a giant purple guy who looks like Grimace with pants and a gym membership?

I had relatively low expectations for this, even debated whether to see it in the theaters. But the buzz seemed so good, and my nephew and sister wanted to see it, so... I went and it was really excellent!!! I'd say amongst the top few MCU movies as a stand-alone. My 16yo nephew loved it too. In terms of feel I'd say it reminded me the most of how I felt after Black Panther (mix of family story, close combat and epic large scale battles). But in all honesty I enjoyed this much more, and that's likely because I'm Chinese and this movie is as much a Chinese martial arts story as a MCU piece. As mentioned, having Tony Leung anchor the cast was brilliant (for those unaware he was as big in his prime in Asia as say, Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise, like superstar level). I wish Michelle Yeoh had been given more to do, but her presence is similar to having Angela Bassett in BP, just having a queen-like figure played by perhaps the most famous Asian actress for American filmgoers. I had reservations about Simu Liu in the lead, but he turned out fine, mostly because he worked well with Awkwafina who seems able to bring her humor into any situation and still make it reasonably believable and fun. He did really well with the action sequences too. I was also very impressed with the actresses playing the mom and sister, who I wasn't familiar with. All in all, a very interesting story, excellent action sequences (particularly some of the early stuff), and a fantastic cast made for a great movie, MCU or not.

rittchard wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 12:43 pm

Spoiler:

That scaffolding fight was so so cool, fantastic set piece. Nuff said.

HAHA Mix, that's hilarious!!!!

Anyone else planning to see it? Curious if it gets the kind of traction Black Panther did (or at least Crazy Rich Asians lol).

rittchard wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 4:00 pm HAHA Mix, that's hilarious!!!!

Anyone else planning to see it? Curious if it gets the kind of traction Black Panther did (or at least Crazy Rich Asians lol).

If it weren't for the pandemic I'd be there. I guess I still might be if I check and the theater is going to be close to empty. I saw Wicked in a full house show last month so really a movie shouldn't be much of a difference, but it feels different anyway.

Just got back and really enjoyed it. My only complaint
Other than that, I really enjoyed it! I liked the Kim's Convenience callbacks.

Have to wait for it to be available on Disney+. The movie theatres are still closed at Jakarta and even if they're open, I'm probably not going to risk sitting two hours in the same room with people around.

Yeah my friends and I are thrilled we can watch this on Disney + within 45 days of release. I am disappointed they are going back to a theater only model going forward. There is absolutely no way I am going to a movie theater until Covid is a distant memory - and that may well mean I never go to one again.