What Happenns if you cross Bridgerton with GI Joe? Romance Novels & Action Series - who ever heard of such a thing?

Well, apparently, it's definitely a thing on Warrior now. But don't worry - to balance out the secret babies we have necklace fights. No, not that kind, the cool kind!

And there are some fun side roads to take for this episode. That's right - it has returned
(Optional) HOMEWORK:
Learn about Hanuman
(There's a Hulu Series "The Legend of Hanuman" you can watch with subtitles, or just read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanuman - he's a very complex divine dude)
& The Monkey King
(The Anime: _Journey to the West- Legends of the Monkey King_ is the loooong way around, or read
The Chinese Novel: Journey to the West
or just read the Wikipedia )
Anyway - a deep deep well of story for Warrior & Hong to draw on!

Check out the Scarlet Pimpernel (inspiration for 100 movies including Zorro & The Lone Ranger) by Baroness E. Orczy
Or just watch the Daffy Duck Cartoon - The Scarlet Pumpernickel

And just for fun - The 90's flick: Grosse Point Blank

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You episode 1 of seson 2 was trouble - WELL!
Lee is sleeping in his shirt (I can't even see his Jawline)!
Penny is getting backed into corners.
But Sophie is enjoying the town, and O'Hara seems to be gaining the good life.
The costumes are wilder, the fights are showier, and Li Yong is waking up to what he's agreed to.

Now What?

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What happens when Meet The Parents meets Schlock Horror... that's not even really that scary? This film. With plastic skeletons and furniture from grandma's attic.

OK - so it's the Dawn of Color FIlm. There are still people going to the move-ees who can remember when the Talk-ees where the new hotness. So obviously the music is atrocious, the acting is questionable and the "How to Make a Scooby-Doo Cartoon" tutorial is in the making.
If you enjoy watching old movies with the "how did we get to Modern Film" in mind - this is a fun if Cringey flick. If you just want to watch a fun film for the lolz, give this one a miss.

HOMEWORK: Sit down and pull up the freely available copies of the Novella - The Fall of the House of Usher and read it with oyour EYEBALLS! See! I made a link.

Vincent & Mary Price have a compolation cookbook that lets you see what Fine Dining of the 60's/70's was all about. Don't make the Paella, you'll be sad. Don't make the Chinese food, you'll be sad. The steaks are probobly ffine. Check out this TOME: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/137756

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It's Season 2 of Warrior and OH Boy! Does this season look different. Yeah, yeah, last season was super duper historical, true to the way it was... more or less. THis season - we are in a world of Heightened Reality - and let's face it, it looks REAL GOOD!

Are Ah Toy's dresses crazy? Yes, but who cares? Does Mai Ling look ready to take on the Kilingons at DragonCon? Also Yes, but she'll kill you for looking at her funny. This whole thing has been given a fantasy twist and we love it.
But the Fights are just as spectacular. Jump IN!

HOMEWORK! None this week. But we'll keep putting stuff up here as we think of it. Stay Tuned to This Channel

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How is Jamie going to resolve his enjoyment of boats in person, but not liking boat movies?
How bad does a 19thC warship smell?
How much is Greta NOT telling you?

HOMEWORK! (Optional): Books we mentioned
Patrick O'Brian Jack Aubry series. The beginning - Master and Commander
The Age of Fighting Sail & the Horatio Hornblower series - C.S. Forester
Longitude (2000) staring Jeremy Irons (OK this is a movie)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (this is why not to kill an albatross while you are on a boat WAY out at sea)
Buggery and the British Navy - Cecil Adams (2008)
Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition - Barry Burg (1995)
A Sample of 19th Century Sailors Food - Amy Anderson (2009)
A Poor Sailor's Feast - Townsends, YouTube (2023)

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What is the worst marial arts TV show on American television? I'll happily put my money on Kung Fu with David Carradine. As a kid I would try to watch the show, but always think it was a printing mistake in my local paper - this couldn't possibly be a show about a Chinese guy doing Kung Fu. There was no Chinese guy and there was no Kung Fu
But it's worse than that - dead women as your motivation, swamps in Arizona, everyone has zippers! They did get the amount of flies right though - which was lots.

Come listen to Jamie rant about the wandering mustache and Greta loose her cool over an incredible lack of flexibility.

HOMEWORK! (Optional): Books to read for next week - Patrick O'Brian Jack Aubry series. Either start from the beginning Master and Commander or the books it pulls from
Far Side of the World, HMS Surprise, Desolation Island

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Ladies & Gentlemen Boys & Girls gather ‘round, take a seat and view these wonders of Hugh Jackman, Zendaya and Zach Efron in The Greatest Showman
It’s available to watch on several cable providers - and available in the subscriptions of DIsney+, Hulu, Sling

Alternately, strap in for some Circus History and an absolute shredding of the public image of PT Barnum. Who was worse - Barnum or Trump? (we all know who worked harder)

For now - Society was exploding in all the directions! Fashion had purple for all! Science was full of wonders - germs, galaxies, mermaids and giants! Alcohol was becoming cheap and stronger! Magazines, playbills and trading cards! You could cross the country in a single week!
So come along for our goggling at the movie and the century. The history facts fly fast and thick. It’s a show for sure.

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This week we get to see if the Man makes the Clothes, or the Clothes makes the Man.

Also - healthcare in the American workplace is (more or less) the same as it ever was. But at least we can bring waterbottles to the job now.

Everyone is at a fever pitch to get out of this season standing on two good feet - but not everyone will get that. Head wounds and all...

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We have the arena, we have the fighters, we have
The Ring of Fire!!!

And those fashions - it may be shirts off in the ring, but the Ah Toy and Mai Ling are treating this like a Royal French Opera, and have come dressed to kill.

But honestly, once it's all set up it's time to look at some bad ass fightery- and see just what happens to who loses in a fight this big. So get your seats, grab a beer, and place your bets - even the cops are in it for the spectacle.


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So - you find yourself as a woman type person in the 19th century.
How much does that suck?
Lots or slightly less. Mostly that depends on birth - where & how much $$$ Dad & Mom have. But sometimes you can make your own luck. Sometimes you only have to put your life on the line. Or is that - you always have to put your life on the line and the odds change.

Anyway - blood is going to fly.

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