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[Episode] Why You Should Watch Hong Kong's Knock-Off Street Fighter | Video Essay

I have no idea why our names keep appearing on each other's Twitter feeds but... I guess this is a cross-over, now?

So when I was teasing my Kung Fu Panda video on my channel page, Xiran Jay Zhao left a joke comment about suing me, unless I review Future Cops for real. This is a review of F...

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[Weekly Update] June 13, 2021

Hope you all enjoy our last video on Kung Fu Panda! That was a highly requested video, ever since our video on Mulan came out.

Actually it all started with me saying "Kung Fu Panda botched Chinese culture and it's still a good movie". Well, now you know where some of the inaccuracies lies!<...

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[Episode] Why China Cared About Kung Fu Panda | Video Essay

Well, this is a highly requested one, isn't it?

I swear I didn't plan for this video to came just two weeks after Xiran Jay Zhao's own video.

Anyway, among our viewers, it should be well known that Kung Fu Panda is a movie that caused a debate in China. People online and in the govern...

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[Weekly Update] June 7, 2021

Summer! E3! Video Games!

Yeah that's my kind of summer, just stay in mom's basement and never go out.

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  • Our next video is complete and ready to go. It is a highly requested one, about the cultural inaccuracies in Kung Fu Panda.
  • I...

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[Weekly Update] May 31, 2021

Welcome to June, the beautiful summer time of sweet 13°C here in Montreal. What is up with this weather.

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  • Hope you enjoyed our bad movie month! I know this type of videos isn't everyone's cup of tea. But I love talking about cult and obscure movies, especiall...

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[Weekly Update] May 23, 2021

Covid restrictions are being loser here in Montreal, and vaccine roll outs are going smoothly. Hopefully things are looking up where you are!

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  • After hosting a few polls on our YouTube community page, our video release strategy has been adjusted accordingly. Yo...

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[Weekly Updates] May 16, 2021

Hope you all enjoy our last video on obscure Hong Kong movies! That one was fun to make and a trip down memory lane for me. I get to track down a lot of movies no one has mentioned to me in over a decade.

Evidently I had a little bit too much fun, because that video contains double the aver...

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[Episode] Sleazy Movies Made in Hong Kong | Video Essay

Decided to go with a very chaotic and crazy looking thumbnail. Let' s see if it'll back fires.

Anyway, when I first came to Canada, I was genuinely surprised how famous Hong Kong cinema is around the world. Whenever our teacher plays a movie for us in class, half the time, it's a Jackie Cha...

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[Weekly Update] May 10, 2021

Just booked my schedule for Covid vaccine. I can't wait to be back in the real world and start making short films/creator projects again. Hopefully things are getting better where you are right now. Stay safe!

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  • No major changes this week. Although writing our ...

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[Weekly Update] May 4th, 2021

May the 4th be with you, everyone! I'm back from my week long break. Movies are being transcoded. Script is being written. New video planned for next week!

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  • Video schedule has been shifted around a bit. I did a bit of research into Tony Leung, with hope of mak...

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[Weekly Updates] April 26, 2021

With out last video of April done, the main channel will enter a bit of a hiatus. I have been working non-stop since late February. I'll take this extra week off to regroup myself and plan for new videos ahead.

Don't worry, updates and bonus videos will still be done. But the next video wil...

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[Weekly Update] April 19, 2021

Not a lot to update this week. Everything is up and ready to go for a Thursday video. Looking forward to heard your reactions!

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  • Ou channel growth has slowed down significantly over the past two months. It appears format fatigue has set in. Admittedly, our videos a...

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[Weekly Update] April 12, 2021

Well, that was a month for Kaiju fans. I don't know if all the upcoming movies all look good, or  because we were starved of content last year. But damn it, Mortal Kombat is looking good, Ghostbusters is looking good, and The Suicide Squad is looking good.

Oh well, at least it's a safe...

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[Episode] Then vs. Now: Differences in Story Philosophy (Part 2) | Video Essay

And here we are, the most anticipated movie of 2021 for me. Like most others, I was not disappointed. While at first, I think I like King of the Monsters more than GvK, the more I think about this movie, the more I like it. This is one of those movies that get better on second viewing.

What...

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[Weekly Update] April 5, 2021

Welcome to April. It's summer in Montreal. Oh, how I wish I can go out and travel. Instead, I have Monster Hunter.

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  • Relatively uneventful week. Everything is going according to plan. The script for our Godzilla vs. Kong video is completed, and will be uploaded...

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Trope Talk: Movie Title Translations | April Fool's Essay

Almost forgot to update Patreon. That's how much it doesn't feel like my video.

But rest assured, it was written by me. Next week, we'll be back to our regular video, narrated by yours truly.

Anyway, I hope you have a fun day today! Happy April Fool's!

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[Weekly Update] March 28, 2021

Oh boy, it's almost April Fool's. What whacky shenanigans have I planned?

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  • Hope you all enjoyed our lastest video on King Kong vs. Godzilla. This one was fun to make. In all honesty, I didn't enjoy rewatching it at first, mainly because I was not in the right ...

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[Episode] East vs. West: Differences in Story Philosophy (Part 1) | Video Essay

King Kong vs. Godzilla! I'm so excited, the video turned into a 2 parter!

Before the movie is released, let's take a look at the 1962 original, in both forms: The Japanese cut, and the American re-edit. The two versions are drastically different,  with completely different story philos...

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[Weekly Update] March 21, 2021

A lot of things had happened last week, from volcanic eruptions to earthquake. But one particular event hit me especially hard, simply because of my ethnicity. I don't think I have to be specific, and I don't think I'm ready to talk about it openly.

I have not been very vocal on my channel ...

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[Weekly Update] March 14, 2021

Daylight saving wrecks my body. I feel old.

Did you know the 1990 was 30 years ago?

Yeah...

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  • I messed up! I thought Godzilla vs. Kong is coming to HBO Max on March 25. But no, it's only in theatres internationally in March 24. It'll come to HBO Max...

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[Weekly Update] March 7, 2021

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  • Hope you like our last video on Uncle Tat's acting. This video was in the back burner for over a year. Originally I wanted to find as much interview footage as possible, as well as talk about his acting in a more general term, with more movie examp...

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Learning From Uncle Tat | Video Essay

This video has been in the work since2019, but I always kept it on the back burner. I really wish I have more time to do it properly, talk about his life, talk about his career, appreciate his work from multiple films. I want to do it right.

I even dream about having him watch my video, and...

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[Weekly Updates] March 1, 2021

This will be a shorter update.

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  • Originally, our next video will be about how to get into the habit of watching foreign films. The script is half way done.
  • And then news of Hong Kong actor Ng Man-tat's sudden passing hit.
  • I had a video in the...

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[Weekly Updates] February 22, 2021

Did anyone get a notification last week, telling them that Patreon may adjust currency exchange rate in the future? I can't find that notification any where. At this point, I'm starting to think I may have imagined it.

In any case, if you see your pledge amount shifted a li...

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[Weekly Updates] February 15, 2021

I look at this thumbnail and was thinking... was I supposed to talk about Star Trek Into Darkness this week? But no, it's Dunkirk. We are talking about war movies.

Man, Hollywood studios and their posters.

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  • Script for the next video is c...

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[Polls] What should we do for April Fool's?

So initially I wanted to make a short film for this April. For obvious reasons, that's not gonna happen this year.

So here are a bunch of backup ideas I have, and I want to know which idea you like the most!

  • Filmmaker's Toolkit: a parody of Mark Brown's Gamemake...

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[Episode] What You Can Learn From HK Romance | Video Essay

Instead of picking between Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996) and Turn Left, Turn Right (2003), I opted to talk about both, while adding Love in a Puff (2010) for good measure. Because love is in the air, why not go above and beyond.

This may be an unassuming video, but it's legit one of ...

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[Weekly Updates] February 7, 2021

Next week, it's Chinese New Year meets Valentine's Day. Are you celebrating? Let me know if you have plans!

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  • Our Valentine's Day video is already completed. But due to some communication error, it is still waiting approval from our sponsor. It'll go live as so...

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[Weekly Updates] January 31, 2021

You know, last time I said that was the last update of January. I totally didn't realized there is another one at the 31st.

24+7 = 31.

How does math work?

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  • Script for our next video is already completed and recorded. But since today there's already an ...

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[Weekly Update] January 24th, 2021

End of the month already!?

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  • Hope you like our video on Jackie Chan! It was one of the bigger project on this channel, but I had a lot of fun making it.
  •  For this video, I watched about 20 Jackie Chan movies and took note during all the fight scen...

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