Wow, a lot of new faces this week. Thank you all for the support! I hope you find the extra content here satisfactory.
If you wish your name in the video credit to be different than your Patreon user name, please contact me or leave a common below.
Without further ado, here is this week's update:
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- Our Ip Man 4 video turns out to be a attention grabber in more ways than one. Not only did the view count sky rocketed in the first ...
2020-04-20 00:53:37 +0000 UTC
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You voted for it, you got it! Here is my take on Ip Man 4, a film that I turned a 180 on in just a few month's time.
Admittedly, with the world's current political climate, my judgement (and most likely everyone else's) is still clouded at this time. Let me know if you agree with me!
2020-04-16 19:59:09 +0000 UTC
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Been playing Minecraft all day everyday. Cabin fever is getting real. Anyway, here's our update of the week.
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- Script for our next episode is finished and will be uploaded tomorrow. As decided by your vote, we'll be talking about Ip Man 4, and how it writes racism.
- The original script was approaching 17 minutes long. To keep the video concise, I deleted a big part of it, where I shared my personal experience with racism, and how it stack up to the ...
2020-04-13 01:52:19 +0000 UTC
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Well, it has been a couple of weeks since our last update, although content is pretty constant. I hope you'll forgive me for skipping a week.
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- I hope you all enjoyed the April fools video on Minecraft. Before studying cinema, I went to a local college to study game design, so I actually have a lot to say about video games, as well.
- Fun fact: All the footage used in the episode is captured with the internal video share on a Nintendo Switch, which e...
2020-04-06 16:01:47 +0000 UTC
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If you were thinking why there wasn't a weekly update last Sunday... well first, thank you for caring about weekly updates, and second, this is why.
Hope you all enjoy this little extra. Stay home and stay safe! Bonus video will be coming in just a couple of days.
2020-04-01 10:59:47 +0000 UTC
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Well, this whole series got bigger than I thought. Still, I'm proud of it.
In this episode, we'll talk about the Kung Fu actresses after the 80s, Kara Hui, Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi. We'll explore their career and talk about some of their personal stories. I hope you enjoy!
Unrelated to this episode: I'll be slightly delaying the Patreon bonus video for a few days, for a reason that'll become clear in a few days. If you are planning of stop your pledge before April, but sti...
2020-03-28 03:46:43 +0000 UTC
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Looks like we are getting a lot of new comers this week. You support is much appreciated! I hope you can find all the bonus content satisfactory. Speaking of which, I'm about to prepare for this month's bonus video. I'm thinking of talking about Nick Cage in Color Out of Space.
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- As the channel grows, I find myself gravitate towards topics that are way too big for my own good. Despite splitting the Kung Fu Heroine series into two parts, the...
2020-03-23 03:03:13 +0000 UTC
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So, on top of the page, there should be tags that you can click on. They bring you to all the bonus videos, script previews and other things from the page's past. However, it doesn't always appear for me.
Do they show up for you?
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- I hope you enjoy our part 1 of the Kung Fu Heroines series. Admittedly it is a history oriented episode, which comes out rather dry. But information is limited, and visual medium is even more scarce. After multiple rewrites...
2020-03-16 02:21:01 +0000 UTC
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Well, this episode was meant to come out as Mulan is coming out. But then the movie got delayed.
This episode took way longer than expected (seems like a trend now), and ended up a bit dry. Many of the informations are hard to come by, and even harder to find visual for. I promise the part 2 will be better.
Either way, I hope you enjoy!
2020-03-13 23:41:05 +0000 UTC
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Woohoo, I can pin post in Patreon now! Remember to go to the top of the page and vote for your preferred topic for next month!
Before we begin, if you'd like your name in the credit to be different from your Patreon user name, please message me, or leave a comment below! We have a lot of new patrons since last month. Welcome aboard and thank you for the support!
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- Script for our next episode is complete. It'll be upda...
2020-03-09 02:55:39 +0000 UTC
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What would you like to see in episode 34? Cast your vote!
Episode 32 is currently in production, and will come out next week. In the meantime, let me know what you'd like to see next! Leave a comment if you have other ideas, too!
Note that this is a multiple choice poll. You can vote for all your favourite options, not just one. Hell, vote for all three if you like them all!
Poll ends at noon, March 27th, EDT.
2020-03-06 19:24:43 +0000 UTC
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Long time no see, everybody. Let's get back into our regular routine, shall we?
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- New episode is currently being written as we speak. The material is a bit bigger than I expected, so I might ended up splitting it into a two parter. It's a fun subject, something martial arts related. Shall we say, it may be a subject you don't know you are interested in.
- New episode will be out before the 15th.
- Stay tuned to Patreon. We'll be holding a ...
2020-03-02 03:09:25 +0000 UTC
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In this episode, I'm going to break out of character and tell you all about the most memed Chinese bad movie ever. But I'm not just going to mock it. I'm going to show you how and why a movie can be bad, and maybe you can learn from it.
I find this episode to be unexpectedly difficult to write, because words cannot describe how I feel about this movie. Hopefully I managed to show you how shockingly bad this movie is.
2020-01-23 01:16:07 +0000 UTC
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Alright, this is the last update for this "season", some house keeping to do.
But before we start, I'd like to do a credit name check: If you'd prefer a different name in the video credits, please comment below, or direct message me!
Alright, let's get to it.
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- Sorry for not being very active for the past two weeks. I have been busy working on the final video of this month, which should be up in a couple of days.
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2020-01-21 01:03:43 +0000 UTC
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Woohoo, finally done with that big episode.
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- Our last episode on the history of Chinese animation is doing surprisingly well. I did not expect how many people out there are actually interested in this topic, not to mention the topic has been covered by other channels before.
- It seems as result of the channel's growing popularity, we have quite a few patrons joining our club. So, here are some book keepings:
- We ...
2020-01-13 00:34:57 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the longest episode in the channel's history, yet!
2019 was a great year for Chinese animations, to a point where I can't help but get excited. That's how I got carried away and made a 20 minute long episode.
It has been forever since I have any desire to watch Chinese animations. Why? Well, in this episode, we are going to explore the history of Chinese animation, and explain my cynicism, why it existed, why it was wrong, and give you a bunch of Chinese animations to w...
2020-01-08 20:06:56 +0000 UTC
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Happy New Year!
Just when we hit 2020, our channel reached 70k subscribers. I can't believe how quick the channel is growing. To think I've been doing this just a bit over a year, I'm blessed by all of you.
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- Some of you may know, there will be two more episodes for January. There won't be a concrete release schedule for them. I want to take this month and do something slightly larger in scale than our usual analysis. The quality should be worth it.<...
2020-01-01 23:10:47 +0000 UTC
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays! While being Chinese, I don't celebrates Christmas all that much, but the Christmas spirits (and Mariah Carey) are infectious, how can I resist? So, allow me to use this opportunity to introduce you to one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time.
2019-12-23 23:55:50 +0000 UTC
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Christmas is in a few days, are you excited?
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- Sorry about the lack of update and video this week. Because of some sponsorship shenanigans, everything on the original schedule went out the window.
- The new episode is almost done and will be uploaded within the next day or two, just in time for Christmas.
- Originally I wanted to take January off. But with a new sponsorship approaching, My month-long break is delayed to February.
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2019-12-23 00:11:49 +0000 UTC
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Happy Holidays! Are you sick of Mariah Carey yet?
They cancelled one of the Christmas Market in Montreal due to construction. This city never ceases to annoy me.
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- The channel is seeing rapid growth in the past few days, to a point where I can't keep up with all the replies anymore. It'd appear YouTube is recommending my content once again. Thank you all for the support in helping this channel grow!
- I'm currently planning a Christmas episode....
2019-12-16 23:47:16 +0000 UTC
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Hope you enjoy the last episode!
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- I fully expect to be roasted alive by the Star Wars fandom, but I got almost nothing but constructive criticism and civil discussions. What a fandom. I guess we all grew up quick after we experienced Jar-jar Binks.
- Next episode, we are going back to individual film highlights once more. I have a very special film for you guys, and it is not what you expect.
- I also want to make a Christmas special, but si...
2019-12-09 00:53:43 +0000 UTC
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Are you excited for The Rise of Skywalker? I'm not, but I still want to talk about Star Wars for a bit. Mainly, the mishandling of lightsaber fights in recent Star Wars movies.
It wasn't until Mandalorian came out that many fans, myself included, remembered that the series was meant to be a samurai western. In that case, it is only fair to look at sword fights from Asian films, and see how we can improve lightsaber fights.
2019-12-05 19:47:28 +0000 UTC
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Oh my god, the year is almost over. I feel old. Remember when the year 2020 sounded so futuristic?
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- Hope you enjoyed the Joker bonus video. The video was meant to be longer, but I find myself too invested in analyzing every detail, and it practically became a 20 minute episode. I ended up having to scale back so I can make it and the next episode in time.
- New episode is coming up, this is a fun one and been in the work for a while. Although progre...
2019-12-02 00:37:51 +0000 UTC
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The channel is gaining tractions on Twitter for some reasons. Or maybe the channel is bigger than I thought... Jesus, one dude retweeted my content and he has 8000 followers.
I don't know why I'm intimidated.
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- Hope you enjoy our last episode. It's gonna be the furthest away we'll be from our usual Asian and world cinema roots.
- However, younger me had face the exact same question of wether or not to go to film school. I know there are a lot ...
2019-11-25 02:06:56 +0000 UTC
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We are not doing video essay, today.
Instead, we are going to talk about film school. As this semester is ending, many students are starting to wonder where they should go next. If you are a fan of this channel, the thought of going to film school might temps you sometimes.
But should you? So many videos make it seem like a terrifying process. So, I'm going to share my experience with you. Here is what I did in film school.
2019-11-22 18:25:52 +0000 UTC
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The year is nearly over, I hope your New Year's resolution is successful. Mine wasn't, but it's very close. I also started working out and looking less like a frail nerd.
I guess that's a sign of mid life crisis, actually...
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- Both the Parasite episode and the Eye episode started getting attentions, for some reason. I guess people like their horrors after Halloween?
- The video was shared a few times on Twitter, but the engagement is not nearly...
2019-11-17 23:57:32 +0000 UTC
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Hope you all enjoy the last episode on Parasite. Evidently people really like to talk about this film, as discussions of it continues in the comment sections and in discord.
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- It has been a while since I do these types of aesthetic analysis. It brings me back to the days of film school. I was afraid it maybe too dry and technical, but it seems like a lot of people like it.
- It seems that, thanks to this episode, the channel's subscriber growth is bo...
2019-11-11 02:25:40 +0000 UTC
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Parasite is perhaps my favourite Bong Joon-ho film, certainly the one that I ponders the most after watching. Even outside of its story, there are many things a beginning filmmaker like me can learn from.
So today, let's take a detail look at the techniques in this film, and see how you, too, can elevate your film into an art house movie.
2019-11-07 17:17:27 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, sorry for the lack of updates. I'm in a bit of a time crunch again, so allow me to skip on this week's update.
I was going to go watch Terminator Dark Fate and share some thoughts with you all, but I ended up not having time to watch it.
To hold you over, here is the thumbnail for the next episode, coming out... Oh crap, tomorrow!
And if you are interested, check out the 15 second horror film I did the sound design for! It just won the best actress in the compe...
2019-11-06 10:22:06 +0000 UTC
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So how do you like our last episode? Halloween is in a few days, I hope you are having a fun and spooky time.
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- Life is still busy, and progress is a bit slow. I still aim to upload the bonus video by the 31st. Please look forward to a small retrospective on the Terminator series.
- The horror episode is fairly well received. I'm honestly surprised how many people saw the film. It's always fun to read the comments and see people sharing their memorie...
2019-10-30 00:13:39 +0000 UTC
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