#wu assassins netflix

[lewistanfanpage]

Lord have fucking Mercy

#lewis tan #lewistan #netflix #shadown and bone #wu assassins #lu xin lee #fistful of vengeance #mortal kombat #lewis tan smut #shadow and bone

[tajesworld]

Wu assaisan season one review

#youtube #wu assassins #netflix #black youtuber

[miscellaneousjay]

Please?! I really want/need Season 2 for “Wu Assassins” for this reason aaaaannnddd because WE KNOW UNCLE SIX AIN’T REALLY DEAD!!!!!😏🔥🫶🏾

#wu assassins #netflix #fistful of vengeance #spin off #fangirl #love this show #bring it back #asap rocky #please and thanks <3 #miscellenous #jay #doaom #black girls who blog #black girl blogger #blackblr #asian representation #cultural appreciation #thailand #action #aapi month #show support #coincidence #one of my faves

[pearwaldorf]

If you have Netflix and you're not watching The Brothers Sun, please do that. A triad leader's son goes from Taipei to Los Angeles to protect his mom and brother who had to flee the country. The vibe it gives me is Leverage: good and logical characterization, where characters can only make the choices they make because it's who they are.

It's also a lot like Leverage in that the humor can be kind of goofy but in a cute way. (In episode 1 assassins are disguised in dinosaur costumes because they're infiltrating a children's birthday party okay?) It is the type of cheesy, affectionate roasting only a lover of genre can do.

As an Asian person watching something about an Asian family, I will say it gets it right. (The showrunner Byron Wu is Chinese and the writers' room is all-Asian.) There's the little details like the calendar in the kitchen and the passive-aggressive mom bullshit. And the big things, all that duty to family stuff and parent-child relationships. It is accurate to my experience, and I am grateful for it.

The show is smart and expects you to be able to understand subtext, which is kind of incredible these days. The characters aren't lobotomized and actually think about shit. Mama is playing 5D chess in the most incredible way, and I love that about her.

The character interaction is fantastic, in that you can understand everybody's motivations and relationships with each other. Nobody's wrong, but not all those paths are compatible with each other. Occasionally they can intersect, but guanxi is a very real thing in this world.

I do have to give a content warning for kinda fat shaming? One of the brother's childhood nicknames was "Little Fatty" and I swear it sounds cuter & more affectionate in Mandarin. There is cultural-context I'm not sure I can really explain that it's not as bad as it sounds, but they also could have left it out.

Here's the trailer. I hope you'll give it a chance.

#the brothers sun

[geekcavepodcast]

The Brothers Sun Teaser

After the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is assassinated, his eldest son, killer Charles "Chairleg" Sun, heads to LA to protect his mother Eillen and younger brother Bruce, who's been sheltered from the truth about his family. "But as Taipei’s deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance — Charles, Bruce and their mother must heal the wounds caused by their separation and figure out what brotherhood and family truly mean before one of their countless enemies kills them all." (Netflix)

The Brothers Sun stars Michelle Yeoh (Eileen), Justin Chien (Charles Sun), and Sam Song Li (Bruce). The drama is created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu.

The Brothers Sun hits Netflix on January 4, 2024.

#the brothers sun #brothers sun #michelle yeoh #justin chien #sam song li #brad falchuk #byron wu #netflix #TGCLiz #Youtube

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday actor Tommy Flanagan who turns 58 today.

Flanagan was born in Eaterhouse, Glasgow on July 3rd 1965, the former painter and decorator got into acting after a stint DJ'ing and a violent episode which left him with his distinctive scars, he was randomly attacked outside a Glasgow bar, slashed horribly and robbed.

His friend Robert Carlyle then persuaded him to join him with his theatre company, Raindog Theatre, but it was not an overnight success for either of them as Flannagan admitted in an interview neither of them ha “a pot to piss in” he remembers “touring the Highlands in this old blue Transit van, but it had a broken window. It was so freezing inside, one of us had to hold a piece of cardboard up to stop the wind coming in.”

Two years later, he, and almost every other actor in Scotland, appeared in Braveheart. But Flanagan stood out. Mel Gibson told him to come to America. A year later, the Scot did, but the journey west was more about being with his then wife Rachel, an American film producer. Rachel, was from San Diego and he followed her home.

Of course Tommy had appeared in a couple of things beforehand, the obligatory Taggart being the standout, but it was after the William Wallace romp that he got noticed, Rab C Nesbit, A Mugs Game and The Saint followed that, of The Saint, he confirms something I assumed for a few years "Val Kilmer is a prick”.

Tommy got roles in Face Off , The Game and Plunkett & Macleane before the excellent Ratcatcher, set in 1970’s Glasgow and written and directed by fellow Glaswegian Lynne Ramsay, Flanagan plays the main part’s Da, George Gillespie, if you haven’t seen it do so, it’s a great film. One person who agrees with me about Ratcatcher is actress Drew Barrymore, who had seen Tommy in the film and called him up and offered him a part, of the film Tommy admits “You get to have your ass kicked by Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore. What’s bad about that?” Who gave you the best ass-kicking? “That’d be Lucy.”

Among Tommy’s other films are Trauma, Smoking Aces and Sin City, he was making a steady living in Hollywood but it wasn’t until the part of Filip ‘Chibs’ Telford in Sons of Anarchy in 2008 that people started recognising him for his acting, rather than the glesga guy in the films with scar, he is also an occasional face in the spin off Mayans MC.

The series was an international hit. But Flanagan had mixed feelings about the role. His character was called Chibs, for a start. Flanagan didn’t miss the irony; he’d gone to Hollywood to forget the worst memories of Glasgow life and was playing the sort of creature who’d attacked him.

Flanagan admits to previously playing up to the hard man characters he portrays, but his wild days have been behind him since meeting Dina his second wife, they have been married for 12 years now and they have a daughter together.

Tommy has recently appeared in the TV series’, Westworld and Wu Assassins which are on Sky Atlantic and Netflix respectively. We also seen him in the movie There Are No Saints, teaming up with SOA co-star Ron Perlman and fellow Scot Brian Cox, I wasn’t impressed with the film, but if you like action and gore you might want to give it a go.

I have been more impressed with Tommy in the latest instalments of the Power Book series, where protagonist Tommy Egan heads for Chicago and pits his wits against Walter Flynn, played by Flanagan. The series can be viewed as a stand alone, or you can go back and watch the beginnings in Power, which ran from 2014 to 2020.

Tommy will be back with season two of the gangster saga which is premiering on September 1st. Tommy has two movie projects set for next year, Road Movie Casey and Mary and Sleeping Dogs.

#scotland #scottish #actor #glaswegian #glasgow #cinema #television #happy birhtday

[abnerkrill]

Shawna and Julie Benson (writers from Star Trek: Prodigy, Wu Assassins, The 100, and more) streamed live on twitch from the Los Angeles WGA strike earlier today! i'm sorry I missed it live, but they might stream again in the future and their first two-hour video is a great look at the picketing line at Netflix!

#wga #wga strike #star trek #the 100

[laf-outloud]

@felixmagazine Check out this behind the scenes look of our recent photoshoot with “Wu Assassins” @Netflix star Lawrence Kao @iamlawrencekao. Kao’s journey to find his passion for acting is not like any other.

Coming Soon… read more about Lawrence Kao @iamlawrencekao at www.felixmag.co and pick up a copy of @felixmagazine 2022 Gratification issue on @magcloud to read the full story. All net proceeds from @felixmagazine advertisement sales benefiting @apareciofoundation and girls’ education.

Credits: Lawrence Kao: @iamlawrencekao Megan Shuptar: Photographer @meganshuptar Jean Ramos: Hair/Makeup @jeanramos_h_mua Irena Iverson: Stylist @flaricent_style Katie Schuppler: Fashion Director @ksstyleconsulting Rafal Cwiok: Filmmaker @rafalcwiok Marshelle R. Sanders: Writer @mtheebartender Jessica George: Publisher @jessicanhgeorge Sarah Vargo: Copy Editor @stargolove

Designers: @boohomanofficial, @perryjonescollection, @zara, @zanerobe, @tommyhilfiger, @bariii_rtw, @kennethcole, @trendhousethe

Special thanks to the InterContinental Hotel Downtown Los Angeles @intercontinentaldtla

Music: Paid License Epidemic Sound / Gimme All U Got (Instrumental Version) by ELLA FAYE.

Lawrence looking fabulous (and adorable) in a photoshoot for Felix Magazine and the Aparecio Foundation.

@bozly22 Thought you might like this one in particular!

#lawrence kao #felix magazine #aparecio foundation #lawrence photoshoot #WIndy #walker independence

[webseriesviral]

Fanatic Feed: The Brothers Sun Trailer, Ray Romano & Lamorne Morris Head to Netflix, and More Here is a wrap-up of all the ne... #movie quote #movies #movie line #movie line #movie scenes #cinema #movie stills #film quotes #film edit #vintage #movie scenes #love quotes #life quotes #positive quotes #vintage #retro #quote #quotes #sayings #cinematography

[thisent1]

Shining Example featuring Lawrence Kao [A Column about Acts of Kindness] Negativity and selfishness gets great p...

#ShiningExample #ActsofKindness #AlexTheHost #KINJAZ #LawrenceKao #Mr.JoeWalker #THISENT

[lewistanfanpage]

New Rolling Stone interview and Photoshoot

This man is superior and no one can tell me otherwise..

#lewis tan #lewistan #wu assassins #lu xin lee #fistful of vengeance #netflix #mortal kombat #shadown and bone #rolling stone magazine #rolling stone interview

[mrmonster459]

MrMonster's Martial Arts Journey 4: Pencak Silat

Country of Origin: Indonesia

History: Silat's true origins are hard to come by. It is by far the oldest martial art we've visited so far, maybe one of the oldest in the world.

The earliest recorded history of Pencak Silat begins in the 6th century, when warriors known as hulubalang trained to defend their regional monarchs. Penchak Silat’s first true test was during the Mongol invasion of Java, where Silat trained warriors successfully repelled the Mongol army.

Silat gained rapid popularity during Indonesia's brutal colonial occupation by The Netherlands. Dutch colonists had a lot of advantages, but the Silatists on the islands were known to fight like Hell.

After the end of Dutch rule, modern Silat began to take shape with the formation of the IPSF, an organization created to unite all of Indonesia’s martial arts styles under one roof. The martial art is now the standard martial art of the Indonesian military, an extracurricular in Indonesian schools, and a sport in the Southeast Asian games.

Techniques

Silat has many varied substyles. Some are more sport oriented, and take on a very karate-like system of striking. Others are more military/self defense oriented. Regardless of which focus it takes, most substyles of Pencak Silat have the same basic techniques including…

Kicks

Blocks and Traps

Knife Fighting

Knife Defense

Sweeps

Famous practitioners

Indonesian actor Iko Uwais, known for roles such as Rama in the The Raid duology, and Kai in the Netflix series Wu Assassins.

#martial arts #martial artist #indonesia #indonesien #nonfiction #silat #hand to hand combat #fighting #combat #Combat sports #self defense #self defense moves

[charlesvvane]

#wu assassins #wu assassins netflix #kathryn winnick #lewis tan #christine gavin #lu xin lee #christine x lu xin #lu xin x christine #gah this scene #first gifs i've made in a LONG time #like a long ass time #i'm so rusty #myedits #waedits

[shieldmaiden19]

Okay, I’m four episodes into Wu Assassins, and I had a brainwave regarding representation, which is this:

When going up against racial stereotypes, you either work against it, or you make it work for you.

If you already have this ingrained stereotype of Asian-Americans as good/nerdy citizens who are all good at martial arts, you can either 1) push against the current and create stories and characters that face those stereotypes head-on or 2) you can let the current do the bulk of the work, leaving you with more energy and freedom to dismantle far more harmful stereotypes.

Crazy Rich Asians does the first. It looks at all the those awful stereotypes of Asians and Asian-Americans and goes, “Henny, no.” The Youngs are fabulously rich and glamorous, you want it, they have it. And Rachael Chu is educated, but she’s educated on her own terms. There is not a shred of those racist tropes in that story because the story as a whole is constructed from the ground up as their polar opposite. 

Wu Assassins does the second. Yes, it is a kung fu movie trope goldmine, and yes, almost every character is insanely good at hand-to-hand fighting. But underneath that surface-level stereotype, the writers are developing some really intricate interpersonal histories and some really beautiful character development. The more I’m watching, the more I see that every character’s fighting style is different, and what’s more, the fight scenes themselves are actually advancing each character. CG (one of my favorite characters and a prime example of how to write an excellent female character) fights to survive. One scene she does deck a guy to make a point, but every other fight in the show she’s fighting low and she's fighting desperately...because she worked as an undercover cop in Vice (for those of you not in the cop show loop, that covers prostitution, soliciting, all that stuff). To be caught unbalanced or vulnerable in an environment like that would mean a beating or worse, and all of her fight scenes reflect that and serve to push her story and her character forward. And that’s not even getting into the tapestry of Asian-American representation I’ve seen  in the first four episodes alone. There’s a lot of other great representation stuff I’ve seen, but that  was the biggest observation I wanted to share.

TL;DR? By leaning into the trope of “all Asians are good at martial arts,” these writers gained themselves the flexibility to explore both their characters’ humanity and the Asian-American experience AND push back against other, more harmful stereotypes about Asians and Asian-Americans. Four episodes in, and Wu Assassins has been a great example of how and why to pick your battles. I’m really interested to see how this show influences writers’ approaches to tackling stereotypes in the next few years. 

(And on a different note, I watch a lot of action movies, and by a lot, I mean a lot, and these fight scenes are some of the best I’ve ever seen. 10/10 would recommend just so you can watch these actors kick ass multiple times an episode) 

#representation matters #asian representation #asian representation matters #asian-american #asian-american representation #tropes #kung fu cinema #a+ women representation too #women representation #poc women representation #i just have a lot of feelings #wu assassins #crazy rich asians #racial stereotypes #cw racial stereotypes mention #wu assassins netflix #i'm so curious where it's all going #i really don't want this show to disappoint me when it's already done so much good #i guess we'll see #challenging stereotypes #challenging racism #racist stereotypes #shield says #shieldmaiden19

[geekcavepodcast]

The Brothers Sun Trailer

After the head of a powerful Taiwanese triad is assassinated, his eldest son, killer Charles "Chairleg" Sun, heads to LA to protect his mother Eillen and younger brother Bruce, who's been sheltered from the truth about his family. "But as Taipei’s deadliest societies and a new rising faction go head-to-head for dominance — Charles, Bruce and their mother must heal the wounds caused by their separation and figure out what brotherhood and family truly mean before one of their countless enemies kills them all." (Netflix)

The Brothers Sun stars Michelle Yeoh (Eileen), Justin Chien (Charles Sun), and Sam Song Li (Bruce). The drama is created by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu.

The Brothers Sun hits Netflix on January 4, 2024.

#brothers sun #michelle yeoh #justin chien #sam song li #brad falchuk #byron wu #netflix #TGCLiz #Youtube

[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday actor Tommy Flanagan who turns 57 today.

Flanagan was born in Eaterhouse, Glasgow on July 3rd 1965, the former painter and decorator got into acting after a stint DJ'ing and a violent episode which left him with his distinctive scars, he was randomly attacked outside a Glasgow bar, slashed horribly and robbed.

His friend Robert Carlyle then persuaded him to join him with his theatre company, Raindog Theatre, but it was not an overnight success for either of them as Flannagan admitted in an interview neither of them ha “a pot to piss in” he remembers “touring the Highlands in this old blue Transit van, but it had a broken window. It was so freezing inside, one of us had to hold a piece of cardboard up to stop the wind coming in.”

Two years later, he, and almost every other actor in Scotland, appeared in Braveheart. But Flanagan stood out. Mel Gibson told him to come to America. A year later, the Scot did, but the journey west was more about being with his then wife Rachel, an American film producer. Rachel, was from San Diego and he followed her home.

Of course Tommy had appeared in a couple of things beforehand, the obligatory Taggart being the standout, but it was after the William Wallace romp that he got noticed, Rab C Nesbit, A Mugs Game and The Saint followed that, of The Saint, he confirms something I assumed for a few years "Val Kilmer is a prick”.

Tommy got roles in Face Off , The Game and Plunkett & Macleane before the excellent Ratcatcher, set in 1970’s Glasgow and written and directed by fellow Glaswegian Lynne Ramsay, Flanagan plays the main part’s Da, George Gillespie, if you haven’t seen it do so, it’s a great film. One person who agrees with me about Ratcatcher is actress Drew Barrymore, who had seen Tommy in the film and called him up and offered him a part, of the film Tommy admits “You get to have your ass kicked by Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore. What’s bad about that?” Who gave you the best ass-kicking? “That’d be Lucy.”

Among Tommy’s other films are Trauma, Smoking Aces and Sin City, he was making a steady living in Holywood but it wasn’t until the part of Filip ‘Chibs’ Telford in Sons of Anarchy in 2008 that people started recognising him for his acting, rather than the glesga guy in the films with scar, he is also an occasional face in the spin off  Mayans MC.

The series was an international hit. But Flanagan had mixed feelings about the role. His character was called Chibs, for a start. Flanagan didn’t miss the irony; he’d gone to Hollywood to forget the worst memories of Glasgow life and was playing the sort of creature who’d attacked him.

Flanagan admits to previously playing up to the hard man characters he portrays, but his wild days have been behind him since meeting Dina his second wife, they have been  married for 12 years now and they have a daughter together.

Tommy has recently appeared in the TV series’, Westworld and Wu Assassins which are on Sky Atlantic and Netflix respectively. We also seen him in the movie  There Are No Saints, teaming up with SOA co-star  Ron Perlman and fellow Scot Brian Cox, I wasn’t impressed with the film, but if you like action and gore you might want to give it a go.

I have been more impressed with Tommy in the latest instalments of the Power Book series, where protagonist Tommy Egan heads for Chicago and pits his wits against  Walter Flynn, played by Flanagan. The series can be viewed as a stand alone, or you can go back and watch the beginnings in Power, which ran from 2014 to 2020.

Tommy will be back with season two of the gangster saga which is currently in production.

#Scotland #scottish #glaswegian #Glasgow #actor #happy birhtday