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Warrior: Enter the Dragon (2020)
I'm in awe. Going to rewatch this 5 more times, haha
Best episode ever, I mean like on any TV show the last 10 years. So much good drama and build-up, it gets you so morally angry, and then an emotional pay-off. I'm going to re-watch this episode over and over. This whole show is amazing.
Warrior (2019)
Incredible Show on HBO Max. So Good.
I just discovered this show today and watched 10 straight episodes on HBO Max. It's epic and amazing. I think this show will be as big as Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, etc. It's so unique but I'll try to explain. It feels like Gangs of New York set in San Francisco during the Gold Rush, with political machinations , epic fights, and some nudity. Not kid appropriate. I really feel like Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones fans will love this show. I also heard it's developed from notes written by Bruce Lee 50 years ago which is a cool tidbit. Incredible show. HBO Max has a winner here.
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
The best Star Trek movie and one of the best sci-fi films ever
So much to love about this movie: - The wonder of space exploration and the fictional history of the first warp drive. Hearkens back to the Wright Brothers and the first ever flight - As the title suggests, an amazing theme to talk about the first time ever meeting other intelligent life - Time travel, the drama around changing historical events in the balance, and a great villain - Entire cast at the top of their form, plus great directing from Frakes - The music is epic and perfect for the themes around humanity, exploration, and wonder
No question the best TNG movie. In my opinion easily the best Star Trek movie ever. On the list for one of the best science fiction movies as well.
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Damaging Film Perpetuates False Stereotypes
This movie was one of the first successful Hollywood movies that featured mostly Asian American characters. However, years from now it will ultimately end up seen in a negative light. This movie perpetuates White Knight archetypes along the same veins as Dances with Wolves, Last Samurai, and even Avatar, in which White males are positioned as the saviors for (backwards) foreigners.
The author Amy Tan is a self-loathing, Uncle Tom writer. She never lived in Asia, exoticizes Chinese and Asian cultures, and improperly interprets Chinese terms and behaviors in all of her works. Her core reader demographic are White Americans who enjoy consuming self-righteous or superiority complex attitudes toward other cultures. Amy Tan, and other "White worshiping" Asian Americans like her (like Michelle Malkin), ultimately enjoy success and acceptance in America by pandering, or by demonizing Asian males.
In terms of other identity or 2nd-generation American immigrant movies, one hardly sees Indian, Middle Eastern, South American, or other males portrayed in movies/books as negatively as Amy Tan portrays Asian males in all of her works. It also perpetuates damaging (and false) stereotypes regarding Asians and gender roles. When one looks at 2nd class status in Western religions, the lives of American women during the same time period, or the lower percentages of women in current political or corporate offices in America compared to China, the damaging stereotypes seem even more absurd.