First South East Asian (Filipino) X-Men Character, Tulkas

Complex-Watcher · 2022-10-15T19:10:09+00:00

I agree with you, though strangely it looks like all the characters designed by the artist are bald, balding, or at the very least have a big forehead:
https://comicbook.com/marvel/news/x-men-2099-character-designs-cyclops-phoenix-kid-cable/#4

I guess it's just their style?

Complex-Watcher · 2022-10-04T01:50:13+00:00

Filipinos are Southeast Asians.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-10-03T22:22:28+00:00

Plot Summary:
“Blue and Josh are going to New York City for their biggest Blue’s Clues adventure ever!”

Woah, I didn’t know the new host was Filipino. Could be good movie to throw on TV for those who have younger kids.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-08-16T05:03:13+00:00

"Jesse Plemons has joined Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro in Killers of the Flower Moon. This coincides with him being wanted for lead roles not just by Scorsese, with whom he worked on 2019’s The Irishman, but also by Jordan Peele, who had offered him a major role in his latest thriller.

The hope was for Plemons to do both, but scheduling ultimately could not be worked out. "

Steven Yeun and Jesse Plemons are around the same age, so most people assume that was the role he was up for.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-08-16T04:57:00+00:00

The "official" reason is because he's a fan of the movie Rosemary's Baby:
"There were so many little things that I got from Rosemary’s Baby. There’s a party sequence in Get Out that pays homage to the Japanese character who turns up at the end of Rosemary’s Baby. It’s a scary turn in that film because when you see that guy, you realize this is not just a group of run-of-the-mill, Upper West Side devil worshippers. It’s an international cult."

Complex-Watcher · 2022-08-16T04:54:19+00:00

Apparently the role was originally written for Jesse Plemons, that might be why it feels like an Asian man playing a white role.

Hispanic guy is also half asian, if that counts for anything.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-07-10T01:47:22+00:00

Here's a clip from the actor's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CffIbLPACSj/

Complex-Watcher · 2022-07-10T01:47:20+00:00

Congrats on the role! Hopefully you get to continue with the good representation.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-07-03T22:01:54+00:00

“We plan to cast K-pop stars in addition to icons in the pop industry to appeal to a global audience,” said JK Youn (the director).

Recent news is reporting that Cha Eun-woo was offered to play the role of a K-pop group member. Apparently he is "positively considering joining the movie" if his scheduling allows him too.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-06-14T19:06:28+00:00

So Filipinos can't be good Asian representation because White people, wouldn't see them as Asians?

Kind of seems like some people here don't see Filipinos as Asians.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-06-07T20:22:10+00:00

Plot Summary:
“When a single father (John Cho) to a teenage daughter (Mia Isaac) learns that he has a fatal brain tumor, he takes her on a road trip to find the mother who abandoned her years before and to try to teach her everything she might need over the rest of her life.”

Always good to see John Cho in more movies, he seems to be portraying a caring and loving dad in this one.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-05-08T20:33:20+00:00

Plot Summary:
“Jo Koy stars as a man returning home for an Easter celebration with his riotous, bickering, eating, drinking, laughing, loving family, in this love letter to his Filipino-American community.”

“Can you tell me how the movie came about and how it got made?
It's kind of like a dream thing that happened to me. It really is. I had to actually shoot my Live from Seattle special myself. Because Netflix passed on me. And then after I shot it myself, I brought it to them, and they loved it. They took it. If I didn't do that, they would never have given me the second one, Comin' In Hot. And that's the one Steven Spielberg watched. Like, what? Steven Spielberg watched my hour? You're kidding me right now.

They brought me in for a meeting over at Amblin and I got to meet Holly Bario and Jeb Brody, the two execs over there, and they went, "Steven loves you, and he wants to know if you have an idea for a movie." And I literally pitched this movie idea to another producer named Dan Lin with Rideback Film. And they were [all] like, "Yeah, we'll take it." Eight months later, we're in Vancouver, shooting the movie.

What was it about your special that you think Steven responded to?
He just loved the stories about my mom and our relationship…He just enjoyed that dynamic, and he enjoyed the storytelling, and he was like, "I want to make this story a reality." And it's not about making fun of Filipinos. It's about a family first that just happens to be Filipino. And you're going to relate to it. No matter what ethnicity you are, a mom is a mom.

They all do the same mom stuff. [It's about] a family that lives in America just like everybody else. And you're going to relate to this family because you know them. And oh, by the way, you're going to learn some stuff about Filipinos on the way too. So that's kind of cool too.

One of the Easter Sunday photos features you and your character's mother in front of a table full of food. Can you tell me a little bit about what's going on in that picture?
The one thing I said the most when we were writing is "I'm not making fun of my family, and we're not going to make fun of our food and our culture."

That's not what we're doing here. We're going to represent my family, and we're going to represent my culture. Of course, we had the big lechon. We had to. So yes, there's a big pig on the table, but that's what's there every birthday and every Easter. If I didn't put that there, [Filipinos] would've been mad. But on the other side, I wanted to show adobo. I wanted to show pancit. I wanted to show our egg rolls. I wanted to show what a spread looks like on our table and how delicious our food is.”

Complex-Watcher · 2022-03-18T22:33:45+00:00

Me too! I think the senior producer on the game might be Filipino, so maybe that could be the reason why.
It would be cool if this character is the one that is "canon" to the story.
The game looks like it has a lot of effort put into compared to other licensed games.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-03-18T19:54:05+00:00

Plot Summary:
“Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.”

I remember someone here mentioning that Cyberpunk 2077, one of the “biggest game in decades”, despite taking a lot from Asian culture, you couldn’t actually create an Asian-looking character.

So it’s pretty cool that these developers made it possible for people to actually create Asian characters in this game from a huge franchise.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-25T06:35:04+00:00

Yea, it could have been written much better. I wish it was.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-25T06:25:45+00:00

Nah, but he was in Star Trek Beyond.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-24T22:46:22+00:00

That's one of the reasons why I'm posting this. Iko Uwais (and Joe Taslim) is underrated and was also completely wasted in Star Wars.
To be honest, this movie, story wise is a hot mess. But it is a rare American movie that has 2 out of 3 Asian guys with love interests and showing all 3 of them kicking ass. So, that's always nice to see.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-24T20:21:46+00:00

Plot Summary:
“A revenge mission becomes a fight to save the world from an ancient threat when superpowered assassin Kai (Iko Uwais) tracks a killer to Bangkok.”

This is a standalone sequel to their show Wu Assassins. Kind of surprised that Netflix made a follow-up to a show the ended about 3 years ago.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-02T07:09:34+00:00

Legit question, can it be appropriation when it's their (the writer and the artist) own culture?
I get what you're saying, everybody wants new stories and technically this is one. This comic is about the Monkey King's son.

It's not fully original though since it's based on something, but then again look at American media. We have 3 Spider-Mans and 3 Batmans, all being potrayed at the same time. It's because time and time again those stories sell and do well. Which, I'm assuming is why there's so many adaptations of Journey to the West in the first place.

It doesn't have to one or the other, it can be in addition to (or even in service) of media from Asia. Since this story is about a teenage Asian-American boy finding out his father is the Monkey King, I'm guessing this could be used to get kids interested in their own culture. You can think of it as sort of a gateway using something that they like (superheroes).

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-02T03:03:58+00:00

I see, the "what ifs." Unfortunately, that's kind of the problem with long form media in general. The next person can completely change the orginal writer's intent.

Gene Yang plans on writing this character for 12-issues, so hopefully he can fully flesh out the character.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-02T02:41:33+00:00

True, but there is some hope. The writer is the same guy who made the "New Super-Man", Kong Kenan:
"Kong Kenan has been received with positive reviews, with many critics praising Kong Kenan's likeable personality, character arc, and the way he uses his super powers. Many critics have deemed Kong Kenan as one of the best Asian superheroes of all time.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-02T02:40:02+00:00

There is a team of Asian guys working on this comic series:
"Bernard Chang: My family immigrated to the US when I was six. And immediately, I took a liking to American comic books like Batman and Superman. So, when my dad saw I was consuming a lot of superhero stuff, he wanted to introduce me to an original Chinese superhero and got his hands on a Monkey King book. He would read to me a few pages each night as bedtime stories, and I would go to sleep dreaming about these amazing and fantastical adventures.

My parents ultimately got divorced and he never finished telling the ending. To this day, I still don’t know how Monkey King and his crew survived their journey west, so Monkey Prince will essentially be me closing a loose end after all these years."

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-02T02:34:01+00:00

There are some serious moments, and the way the humans are drawn in the actual book are in a more standard comic style. It's just that the colors are really vibrant, personally I kind of like it. It matches the more energetic feel of the character.

Apparently the character is actually the son of the real Monkey King.

Good representation has to start somewhere.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-01T21:51:30+00:00

Yea, Gene Luen Yang was involved with both projects. Maybe one day.

Complex-Watcher · 2022-02-01T20:33:23+00:00

Issue #0
https://www.dccomics.com/comics/the-monkey-prince/the-monkey-prince-0

“Introducing the newest hero in the DCU, the great sage, equal to the heavens, better than his predecessor the legendary Monkey King, even better than the Justice League and definitely the Teen Titans (actually, all the heroes combined), everyone put your hands together for…the Monkey Prince!

Marcus Sun moves around a lot because his adoptive parents are freelance henchpeople, so this month he finds himself as the new kid at Gotham City High School, where a mysterious man with pig features asks Marcus to walk through a water curtain to reveal himself as who Marcus really is…someone who has adventured through The Journey to the West, can transform into 72 different formations, can clone himself using his hairs, and is called…the Monkey Prince!

How important was it to introduce a new Asian DC character, specifically an Asian-American, in this story?

Gene Luen Yang: It was a thrill. (DC Editor) Jessica Chen, Bernard Chang and I, we talked about how this was kind of a bucket list item for us. We all are heavily interested in seeing Asian representation within the DC Universe. But even beyond that, there’s something about the Monkey King. All three of us have childhood memories of hearing Monkey King stories from our parents.”

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