By John Lee
The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.
"Escape from Mogadishu" is a movie that is based on real-life events that took place in 1991. In 1991, South Korea and North Korea were lobbying UN General Assembly member states to vote for their respective bids to be accepted as UN member states. One of those countries that the two Korean governments lobbied was Somalia in the same year when Somalia was about to be engulfed in a vicious sectarian civil war. As conflict breaks out, the two Korean groups work together to escape from Mogadishu.
Show Notes:
● Stream "Escape from Mogadishu" on Netflix
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
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I would not be exaggerating at all when I say that "Pachinko" is the best television show that I have seen for about as long as I can remember. The show is dense and has a lot to unpack, but I cannot talk about everything as that would take too much time. But believe me when I say that you should watch the show if you haven't yet.
Show Notes:
● Stream "Pachinko" on Apple TV+
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
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I would not be exaggerating at all when I say that "Pachinko" is the best television show that I have seen for about as long as I can remember. The show is dense and has a lot to unpack, but I cannot talk about everything as that would take too much time. But believe me when I say that you should watch the show if you haven't yet.
Show Notes:
● Stream "Pachinko" on Apple TV+
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
Follow me on other social media sites at:
● Twitter
● Facebook
● YouTube
"Twenty-Five, Twenty-One" is a South Korean TV series that is originally produced by tvN that is streaming on Netflix. The show is set in 1998 South Korea, and it's about a high school girl who does everything that she can to pursue her dream - fencing. The show has 16 episodes, but so far, only two episodes have aired. So, for today's episode, I want to talk more about the show's setting, which the show doesn't explain for its international viewers.
Show Notes:
● Stream "Twenty-Five, Twenty-One" on Netflix
● Link to my Twitter thread about the show
● YouTube link to Jaurim's "25, 21"
● Link to my translation of Jaurim's "25, 21"
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
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"All of Us are Dead" is the latest South Korean zombie show to hit Netflix that has taken the world by storm. As a long-time zombie fan, I couldn't wait to sink my teeth into this show. But as I binged it the day after it dropped, I realized that it was not what I expected. I had to take some time off to think about the show, the times, and even my own age to understand what I had watched.
Show Notes:
● Stream "All of Us are Dead" on Netflix
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
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"The Silent Sea" had an amazing trailer that promised a tense sci-fi horror. It was supposed to be scary and dark. Instead, it was a mediocre TV show whose short plot was dragged for eight unnecessarily long episodes. This is my review of "The Silent Sea."
Show Notes:
● Stream "The Silent Sea" on Netflix
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
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"Don't Look Up" boasts a talented director and a cast filled to the brim with some of the best actors that Hollywood has ever produced. They still managed to produce a terrible movie. In today's episode, I explain why this movie didn't do it for me, and I also compare it to other movies like "Casablanca," "Thank You for Smoking," and the "Atlas Shrugged" movie trilogy.
Show Notes:
● Stream "Don't Look Up" on Netflix (but only if you hate yourself)
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
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"Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" is one of the highest-grossing movies of 2021. It's made so much money that Kevin Feige even announced that it will get a sequel and that it will also get some kind of Disney Plus spin-off. I watched the movie on opening day at the theater and then again one more time on Disney Plus. I really wanted to like this movie. But I don't. I explain why in today's episode.
Show Notes:
● Stream "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" on Disney Plus
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
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A new South Korean TV show is taking over Netlfix - "Hellbound." This is a dark, dense, and violent TV show that delves into some uncomfortable topics such as cultism, religious extremism, violence, and vigilantism.
Show Notes:
● Stream "Squid Game" on Netflix
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
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Ever since "Squid Game" has taken the world by storm, there has been no shortage of hot takes and op-eds about the show and Korean culture. In today's episode, I talk about why it is unhelpful to gatekeep one's culture and insist that one has to truly understand Korean culture to be able to understand "Squid Game," while also explaining why, though it is unhelpful, such reactions are understandable.
Show Notes:
● Stream "Squid Game" on Netflix
● Music: Nine Lives by Unicorn Heads (YouTube Audio Library License)
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The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.