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sw4gg1e4life · 3 years
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Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Movie Review)
Overall an Amazing Movie! I have to personally give it a 10/10. Finally Asian representation in a big Hollywood blockbuster movie and yes in the Marvel Universe. 
I will try to avoid spoilers but spoiler alert anyways.
My Context: I watched in AMC theater with a friend in those nice AMC recliner chairs, Dolby, Friday noon of release weekend. 
Overall Plot: 9/10 - Nice introduction to the characters, left a little mystery but not too much to confuse us as this is a super hero film not a thriller or mystery. Lot’s of good humor, nice elevation from a calm start to a climactic ending. It isn’t the best Marvel movie but it is definitely a pretty good one.
Characters & Cast: 20/10 - Amazing cast line-up. We already knew Simu Liu and Awkwafina were the main duo we’d recognize at least being Asian American. I’m glad they let Awkwafina be herself, someone who’s VERY Americanized half-Chinese, half-Korean. Then I realized Tony Leung the legend in Hong Kong is the antagonist and dad of Shang-Chi. This was perfect. Ronnie Chieng showing up was hilarious. Majority of the cast being authentically East Asian (mostly Chinese) and can speak fluent Chinese properly with their wardrobe and respect for Chinese culture. Where was this level of effort for live-action Mulan? Nonetheless, Disney redeemed themselves.
Action: 7-8/10 - I love action. I love fight scenes. I’m a huge fan of the awesome fight choreography involved but that is exactly why this is my only negative feedback on this part. As someone who is a huge fan of watching martial arts, kungfu, taekwondo, wing chun and any form of fighting style movies, I’ve seen the amazing works of Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen and although they all are different styles and levels, I’d expect Marvel & Disney to push Simu harder than they did. It is quite amazing that someone with little to no background in training martial arts could suddenly stretch, fight, and jump split kick. However, many of those punches especially in the bus scene looked very mediocre for someone who’s character trained all his life. The kid and teenager versions of Shang Chi seemed way more trained than Simu. I say it’s a decent start but I’d really love for him to go through more intense kungfu or wingchun or any Asian fighting style training when Shang Chi is supposed to represent the top Asian super hero. I don’t even mind if they use a stunt double to do it but I’d really love it to look more high level authentic here. 
More: 9/10 - The rest is hard to categorize but we all know that after a Marvel movie is over we want the mid and end credits scene to tell us what’s next? I don’t want to spoil it here but definitely there’s more to come. It may be a Shang Chi 2 movie or another avenger’s movie. I’m definitely excited. I only say 9/10 is because there’s a lot of uncertainty. Also Simu please go through more kung fu training camp. 
I’d definitely watch it again. I don’t mind watching this in regular or Dolby or that other AMC effects thing. No need for 3D though. 
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sw4gg1e4life · 3 years
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Yu Yu Hakusho (Reviewing 25 years later)
This anime is like a forgotten gem. It doesn’t come to mind as #1 first but when mentioned everyone goes oh yea that was like one of the best anime’s of all time. I feel like most anime’s don’t have the same level of action, adventure, comedy, drama, and growth that this show offered. Whether you watch it as a kid for action & childish humor or as an adult for the deeper drama, life lessons and adult humor, it’s great across generations and across time whether you watched it as a kid in the 90s/00s or now in 2021. 
Let me simplify it because there’s so much in-depth analysis I could go into.
Ratings per Arc/Saga:
Spirit Detective - 8/10
Dark Tournament - 10/10
Chapter Black - 8/10
Three Kings - 7/10
Deeper Analysis:
Spirit Detective - Honestly this arc had amazing parts to it, introducing the main characters, slowly improving enemies, and setting up for the Dark Tournament. I love the intro and how Yusuke has to undergo his ordeal showing his relationship with Kuwabara, Keiko, his mother, Boton, Koenma and everyone else around him. We’re introduced to a brat who doesn’t really belong but slowly finds his place and purpose starting here as Spirit Detective. I loved the deeper stories with introducing Hiei and Kurama. The introduction of Genkai was amazing, it showed there’s different aspects of growing and trying to master spirit energy. I only wish that section was a bit longer, maybe just 2-3 episodes of more unique competitors. The Spirit Beasts section is what made it a tad lackluster. This is their first real mission to spirit world and the abilities of the 4 spirit beasts just felt somewhat limited to me. Especially the fire-tiger beast, his tenacity just became annoying at some point. This is what dropped the Spirit Detective Saga to an 8 for me or else I would’ve made it a 9. The final part is amazing, it brings some backstory to Hiei by introducing her sister and most importantly the Toguro brothers leading to the Dark Tournament. 
All together, it’s probably one of the best intro sagas to any anime I’ve seen at least. There’s simplicity but also complexity at the same time depending on how deep you look into it. They didn’t just half ass the action like many of my other favorite action-packed anime (DBZ, Fairy Tail). There’s a lot of mystery, dark moments, and strategy for a supposed kids cartoon for the haters out there. 
Dark Tournament - This has to be the best saga in any ever because of the different strategies, emotions, growth, and somehow comedy still added in. I can’t help but re-watch this saga again and again every few years. We start with a mystery question: how much did the main characters grow in strength, abilities, and strategies? Now as a teen then now adult, the masked fighter is obviously Genkai because of the height, outfit and abilities, but as a kid, she was such a mystery for me haha. Anyways we go into the tournament and the committee seems hell bent on pitting everything against Yusuke & friends. I like that though Yusuke’s team comes out on top at the end of each fight, they do lose some individual matches for multiple different reasons. Instead of mindless matches purely on the fighting, we actually learn some backstory about many enemies and our main characters. It didn’t take long either; there wasn’t a ridiculous amount of episodes spent per backstory like Naruto or Fairy Tail. Genkai showed even more wisdom but also understanding of humanity as she knows her time is ending so she passes on her power abilities and most importantly wisdom to her favorite dim-wit. And throughout the story, we get to know more about Genkai and Toguro’s backstory and how power, morals and unfortunate events can change one’s future. The part that most people forget is the final episodes of the Dark Tournament: Toguro has been and wants to continue punishing himself. He actually does care for Genkai and Yusuke. He knows Yusuke has greater potential to grow into something great but needs proper and sometimes drastic measures and guidance to do so.
This saga had an amazing start, several related series of actions in the middle and a proper explanation at the end for many questions we had. On top of all that we’re left clues to the next arc, subtle clues you don’t realize until the next arc comes around. Episode 66, was shocking, Koenma actually granted Yusuke’s wish for his mentor and friend to be revived to live until the end of her life in peace as much as possible. 
Chapter Black - This saga was great. You really don’t know what it is until it’s fully explained. We all know there were stronger demons deeper in spirit world. But something deeper darker is coming and it’s crazy because after 66 episodes we realized we never wondered about a previous Spirit Detective. What happened to that one? Now we get a trio of test spiritually aware humans just to test Yusuke & Kuwabara, but the really interesting part is when Sensui and his team is brought in. A few abilities were obvious but others were so mysterious with a constant ominous presence and heartbeat music looming over. What is each unique opponent’s abilities and what is Sensui’s background and end goal? His multiple personalities each containing yet even more unique abilities with his desire for an open tunnel into the depths of Spirit World for A/S class demons is insane. It seems impossible for Yusuke to win here even with Kuwabara’s sacrifice again. But wow what a reveal that he does have a secret demon king lineage in his blood. I both love and hate this at the same time. It feels like a cop-out but also explains everything at the same time. It’s like Super Saiyan in DBZ but different because at least here it took until the 3rd Saga and several arcs to reveal it. I guess in the overall scheme of things it’s like having Dragonball before Dragonball Z. Anyways the ending is amazing as we see them fight and find out just why Sensui wanted this all along as well as his gay partner’s obsession over him. 
This was a great saga with a truly ominous back story and I love it. The only reason I keep it rated at 8/10 is unfortunately it happens right after the best saga ever in the Dark Tournament. At this point, power scaling and the use of demon king lineage in Yusuke just unfortunately puts the rating here. And we already know what the next saga is about for sure. There’s nothing left to really explore.
Three Kings - Here we go, the finale of Yu Yu Hakusho. We know Yusuke is of demon king lineage so of course he’s going to go train in Demon World. Hiei and Kurama obviously would follow along. Now with everything being obvious, why is it still interesting? Somehow the writers/producers of Yu Yu Hakusho find a way to bring even more back story in appropriate timing without it becoming filler. Learning about the deep ancient history of Raizen vs Yomi vs Mukuro shows how even as demons they have a human aspect: Raizen who ended up loving a human, Yomi who had a child and history with Kurama, and Mukuro with her tragic backstory that led to an odd relationship with Hiei. The ending is great with yet another tournament. As a kid, I wished they had a full tournament arc, but decades later I realized how much sense it makes that they didn’t show us the whole tournament, just key battles and how no one in our main crew won. Yusuke, Kurama and Hiei still has much to learn and grow. Yomi and Mukuro’s time has passed. A new brighter future awaits the demon world. Yusuke finally gets his happy ending with Keiko. 
This final saga unfortunately because of its timing and closure gets a rating of 7/10. For an ending it’s great and I’m not sure how to improve it. That’s why I’m not a producer/writer haha. But it is definitely amazing and I appreciate it. Yusuke went from a kid/teen to a young adult. The story we came to know and love is over and he did NOT end up obsessed like Toguro. He didn’t choose the demon life. He also didn’t choose a psychic path like Genkai. He chose his own path with his friends in the human world continuing as spirit detective but living as close to a normal life as possible. I love this ending, The ending and whole narrative makes me give this show a 10/10. Yes I know they released 2 specials in 2018 but why not that’s a small treat for us fans. They can do specials maybe every decade or so. I don’t actually want them to do a new continued series like Dragonball Super. Let the original show be what it is and be remembered in history as one of the most unique shows with catchy theme songs. Also the Eng dub is actually good haha. Listen carefully for the adult humor hidden in the show if you’re re-watching it. You likely didn’t understand every NSFW joke as a kid. I know I didn’t haha. 
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sw4gg1e4life · 3 years
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I...
I don’t need a stimulus check. I need a new job. Something that interests me. Something with some level of guidance. 
How do you post a job saying 2 years EXP and then NOTHINGGGG at all about PCB. just some level of familiarity with consumer electronics..... and then im pretty fcking sure this is why I was rejected... I DEFINITELY SHOWED PASSION THIS TIME. I HAD DREAMS then WOKE UP AND NONSTOP kept thinking of engineering ideas for the next AR Smartglasses. I WAS INSPIRED. I HAVENT FELT THIS INSPIRED SINCE I FIRST WORKED AT GE.... 
Dear all future MECHE’s LEARN YOUR EE’s or just SWITCH TO EE or double major/minor in EE. you NEED PCB/FPCB/Arduino’s WAYYY more than 1 simple mechatronics course can teach you.... 
This is complete bullshit. im so sick of it all. WHY ARE BIG TECH COMPS SO ANAL ABOUT University students vs professionals? IM ONE PERSON stuck in the 2-4 year exp range. IM WILLING TO SUCK IT THE FUCK UP and LEARNNNN as an Intern WORK MY WAY UP. EARN THE FCKING DOLLAR instead of getting paid $100k+ off the bat like other engineers. 
NOBODY TOLD ME ANYTHING BACK THEN. WHAT THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO DO!??! I DONT EVEN KNOW WHO TO ASK!??!?! 
My education almost means completely nothing. My job exp same shiet... 
my shoulder is sore too right now... Way to fucking start Christmas.... 
I can already see it.. if they suddenly change their mind or open something new. They can low-ball the fuck out of me cuz they have the advantage over me. 
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sw4gg1e4life · 3 years
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Please
Please luck, universe, god, gods, spirits, ancestors, magic, and anything or anyone else. Please, I promise to work harder, be nicer, work smarter, be more considerate. I....I really need a new good job asap. Preferably I’d like to stay in Seattle, if not then at least let me be partially remote for a good bit (Snapchat would be AMAZING). I made and met such great friends and the best girlfriend I could ever hope for. I don’t wanna lose it all and start over... They’re all such amazing people. The good and the bad, we worked through everything. We learn from each other. I really want to succeed. Please give me a chance whether its with Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft or First Mode, Product Creation Studio, Helion Energy, USNC-Tech or any of these similar growing tech companies that will really let me design new products... I really want to design and create for a better future.... Pleaseeeee... if around mid-late January I don’t see anything then I will be more desperate and look into internships too. 
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sw4gg1e4life · 4 years
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What the *** why **** cant ......
UGH frustrated.... Why am I so unlucky? No? It’s just my fault, its always my fault. I can’t do it right... I can’t do anything right... 
I try to save the world... i try renewable energy wind power..... i get that “dream job”, socially outcasted and then laid off despite working my ass off.. ok i can still get my masters wooo.... 
time for a new job... west coast here i come? silicon valley? somewhere? please anything as a stepping stone to better company.... 
ok chinese company no problem, ill learn ill work through this as best as i can... oh chinese not good enough.. let me travel to china, how can i help? idk how you can help.... what? can i design? id like to design? no show me ur expertise be a consulting engineer, offer ur professional opinion..... uhhh I don’t know enough, i’ll try my best to learn and pick up on the small detail... ok good yay projects are doing ok .... covid here i come... weekly meetings? but to update what? no new projects yet, old project delayed indefinitely, current small project onging for a bit.... oh shit parents have covid... dad is literally dying.... ok ok thank god he got better... im still worried... like what happens to my mom... my grandma on my dad’s side.... i dont have the financial or enough experience or something to be the lead - male figure in my family... ok ok we got the new project yay! ok what’s next? something? no update... nothing new? wait when did? I did something so badly wrong that i got BCC’ed on my birthday o.O.... ok not their fault... they dont know its my birthday... still it seemed real petty to bcc me over something sort of small... ok ok lets see how carbon fiber goes... im learning here’s some weekly reports... not good enough.. want a white paper... here we go lets try this... ok i got all these references... half year review that has like so many steps..... i got shitted on... not proactive.... but i had a feeling we dont have new projects ..... and when i did ask we didnt think of many new ideas.... like what? .... 1 month to go... look for a new job.. DURING COVID!? cmon pls big tech companies u have MORE MONEY STILL DURING COVID where’s the positions... ok there are positions.... wait referral is better... but what about cover letter? oh website is a good idea... ok finally yay sent out a few... wait if i get rejected from interview... im on probation from applying there for months? o.O I CANT AFFORD THIS.... if i get probated out of big tech companies.... NO SMALL COMPANY IS HIRING WTF ... PLEASE IM QUALIFIED I DIDN’T GET a bachelors and masters in mechE at Cornell for NO REASON, I CAN WORK HARD I CAN LEARN I WILL TRY HARDER but someone please gimme a chance... at the very least training work needs to be in english..... u cant expect me to grow 10-20+ years of chinese asap o.O 
.... please someone gimme a chance... can i still apply for ur internship.... or can u open up more entry positions... BIG TECH U HAVE THE MONEY PLEASEEE I WILL GLADLY TAKE A PAY CUT AS LONG AS I HAVE A MEANINGFUL JOB I WANT TO LEARN AND WORK AND GROW AND BE PART OF SOMETHING USEFUL..... 
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sw4gg1e4life · 4 years
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Birthdays...
I know it seems spoiled but I’ve almost always had a good birthday. One surrounded by friends and/or family and generally a good happy mood even at summer school or work. I’m quite lucky & privileged to have many that cared about me... but this year hmm covid19 ugh I was gonna plan to reserve my favorite dance studio for a private class with friends for a birthday class celebration and eat out together or hang. Sadly couldn’t do that thanks to covid19... Im so happy & grateful my gf got me amazing food for my bday. its so sad her sleep cuz of work + stress and my work + stress made us unable to fully enjoy it... I even took a dance class today for fun and on any other day it would’ve been fun.... In the moment I was having fun, but the back of my head I was sad, mad, worried by myself at myself cuz of my own current job situation. I know I should be grateful for having & keeping a job that I can work from home but you know what? fuck it let me complain. Without covid19 lets get back to normal days, I’m the engineer working for a shitty chinese company who has no training not even a remote guideline on how to develop me as an engineer. How do you ever expect an engineer to learn when they’re so young and experienced? There’s so many fields to go into, I can’t just blindly dive into everything. No one can. Good American companies offer training & guidance. Mediocre american companies offer some sort of occasional guidance. At the very least I can ask a more experienced engineer similar in past experience to learn from properly. Here I have no proper guidance just basically what can you do, ask whatever you can, go learn it yourself, oh but remember this isn’t a school so learn it on your own time.... I get it I haven’t been pro-active about searching for more stuff but then again going on a weekly basis doesn’t offer much improvement... its just annoying to be honest... I know I should ask maybe every 2 weeks or 3 weeks. But damn as a decent person who only manages a few employees... itd be nice to have our birthdays on your schedule, just to give a simple oh happy birthday. Instead this totally ruined my day. There’s 365 days in a year, this is a leap year so 366 and there’s 362 days in the year to criticize me (ignoring my birthday, new years, lunar new years, and christmas) have some decency.... Anyways rant over. thanks a lot 2020
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sw4gg1e4life · 4 years
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Please watch! We tried really really hard! It was an extremely difficult cover to do in 1 week! I had a lot of fun; this definitely is my favorite A.C.E dance. We kept filming for hours in the rain across 2 days at different locations until we got it right. Please share, watch, like, comment and subscribe on youtube! 
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sw4gg1e4life · 6 years
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[SPECIAL 3K Subs!] TWICE(트와이스) "What is Love?" Dance Cover
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EXID 이엑스아이디 - DDD 덜덜덜 Dance Cover 댄스커버
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sw4gg1e4life · 6 years
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oooooo Latata Cover its so good :O I hope they win the 1thek contest! They dance great and mouth the lyrics too! #CoverOnPoint
https://youtu.be/FRkuVXxDxEM
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sw4gg1e4life · 6 years
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My Last showcase with Cornell E.Motion 
We gotta show some love to the best kpop girl group ever SNSD! This is an All Night Holiday Medley!!!
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sw4gg1e4life · 6 years
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I’m in this :D find me and pick me haha
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sw4gg1e4life · 6 years
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[Cover] MOMOLAND (모모랜드)- BBOOM BBOOM (뿜뿜) We want to be as EXCITED AS JOOE
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sw4gg1e4life · 6 years
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sw4gg1e4life · 6 years
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Check out my E.Motion friends' cover of TWICE's Likey!
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sw4gg1e4life · 6 years
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TWICE is such a Heart Shaker! [Reaction & short Dance cover!]
Please enjoy my TWICE Heart Shaker Reaction Video & Short Dance Cover :D 
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