Ah sorry! I went back to the original comment (didn't realize that was also you) and saw you are from the Midwest!

I don't know your background, but a lot of things in this show seem very "West Coast Asian" to me. As an Asian on the East Coast, I think California Asians have very different sensitivities and probably a wider threshold for terms like "FOB", and to them it is probably like how some black ppl use the n-word and some…

Constance Wu's accent sounds really weird to me - I can't really put my finger on it maybe it's just inconsistent or maybe b/c I'm used to heavy Chinese and Taiwanese accents and the show does have to appeal to a wider audience (aka they have to be able to understand what she's saying). Her lines are funny and she has…

I could never bring myself to watch the Boondocks as I am such a fan of the original comics and what I've seen of the show through clips and such has not impressed me.
Since you seem to know both (and refer to the comic as the "real" Boondocks :D) I must ask, does it do any justice to the comic or is does it mostly…

I totally agree with you, I feel like the writers sacrificed her character (both historical and in this context) for the benefit of Byama

I was under the impression that Khutulun let Byamba win based on how she didn't offer resistance or seem frustrated and also the fireside conversation where Byamba queried whether she was serious about the fight. I thought that she let him win to offer morale support for Byamba's troops.

If this show were to suddenly turn into a dance/hip hop music video it would probably look sound like this: https://www.youtube.com/wat…

Yeah I thought it was pretty fucking obvious especially when the camera kept panning to Chabi that she was the target. And it was also pretty clear that Mei Lin could have easily kissed the Khan but was trying to kiss Chabi instead.

I think in the context of this fictional world where an Emperor's favorite consort would not have bound feet (as it would make her martial arts moves basically impossible) it is not as strange that her daughter would also not be bound. Historically it would be very likely that her feet would have been bound earlier in…

Can I just say that the Empress Dowager has some killer lines for a relatively minor character (even if her role in history was anything but "relatively minor")

If you watch the Once Upon a Time in China series (If haven't seen them and want to choose ONE to watch, watch the second movie) while they are often goofy and use the stylized martial arts moves, it also revolves around some serious historical themes such as foreign occupation of China and the revolutionary Sun…

Fair points. Hard to argue with that.

Hmm, even including the popularity of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and other films I think NickZou still had a point that wuxia doesn't have a real frame of reference in American TELEVISION. I mentioned Martial Law above, but the only other shows that I can think of with any hints of wuxia themes tend to be catered…

I heartily agree with you (mostly).
Can't we have narrative and action? Is that impossible. I don't know, maybe I just don't agree with the reviewer saying that there is little narrative in this show, since I am getting a whole lot more character from it than he is.
I think it is worthwhile to criticize things, but I…

Yeah I commented somewhere that I thought it was strange they didn't do that, perhaps they thought people would more readily watch if it were named Marco Polo?
Either way I hope that it being named Marco Polo and vaguely following history doesn't mean that sometime in the future we will have a show continuing without…

Yea like I said it wasn't real wuxia but probably the closest we've seen on American TV that I know of. It was episodic but from what I remember he a lot of the cases they worked on revolved around martial arts, Sammo's character would frequently offer martial arts/Chinese insights that we've since seen in "consultant…

It's possible that the only real context of wuxia Americans have is Martial Law (1998). I mean it wasn't real wuxia, but it's probably the closest that has come to American TV. Also one of the only American shows I've seen with an Asian billed at the top. The lesson here is that Sammo Hung is awesome.

Hmm, I thought it was succinctly explained in the Empress Dowagers line which went something like "Your [Sidao's] currency is the fear of war and that has passed." In other words, if there is peace Sidao has no power or authority.
I'm not really sure that he COULD be Emperor even if he wanted since he is not of noble…

I like the opening track but personally I think they went too tame and generic. I've heard a lot of Mongolian music and it has to the potential to be exponentially more powerful, diverse, resonating, haunting and lively.
(I don't know if we can put links sorry but I'm gonna try)
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
cut to the 1…

Yeah it also emphasizes how diverse both the cast is and it works in a sense since the characters themselves are from many different cultures. I think that it works much better than when they did the same thing for Borgia, as much as I love John Doman his Philly accent was really jarring for me!