One annoying thing....


It's 2019, about 2 decades past those hip-hop laced Jet Li Hollywood flicks. I think Asian culture can be cool on its own merits. You don't need to overcompensate with all the hip hop and rap tracks. It gave me a late 90's, early 2000's vibe because that was what Hollywood was doing with all those Jet Li flicks. Some hip hop is cool but then it got obvious they're trying too hard. At least season 1. I'm still watching though. It's binge-worthy once you give it a chance.

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FYI, Hong Kong and China are still making kung fu films to this day, because it's part of their culture----they didn't stop making them just because Hollywood stopped making them. Unfortunately, most of them rarely get U.S. releases any more, so you can only see them on Netflix or whatever streaming service one has. Nowadays, you can see more Thai kung fu flicks, and a Cambodian one just came out recently. To find out what the latest kung releases are, or just what the latest Asian film releases are, you can check out this site called Asian Movie Pulse: https://asianmoviepulse.com/. Iko Uwais has been one of my fave martial artists/actors since I first saw him in The Raid---I also liked another film he did called Headshot, which is one of his better ones. I'd heard about him doing a series with Netflix months ago, but hadn't heard anything about it until the show started streaming 3 weeks ago---it just snuck up out of nowhere without any prior promotion. I'll check it out when I get a chance.

And the hip-hop tracks are being pushed for the simple reason that kung-fu films have always been popular with African-American audiences----that's how kung-fu films as a genre got so popular in the U.S. to begin with, because black folks loved them. I liked that track with Snoop Dog and the Asian-American rappers for the show---it's pretty good.

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Thanks for the reply, I actually get all that. I'm old school. I used to watch Black Belt theatre every weekend. I know the Wu Tang Clan gets all their references from old school kung fu dubs by Shaw Brothers and stuff. I always felt Hollywood tried too hard with Jet Li. Jackie Chan Hollywood movies did not push rap tracks like Jet Li flicks. The black community embraced all those kung fu dubs and Bruce Lee flicks in the 70's and 80's without hip hop music at all. I just thought some of the hip hop was out of place, and some scenes would have been better served with instrumental scores.

We're just talking soundtrack here, in terms of plot, it made no sense. The driving force for all their actions is the fear that Uncle 6 is evil and wants to rule the world, but it turns out, he's a softie after all. Then later the driving force for all their actions was that they needed to stop the Irish healing Wu because he wanted to rule the world? Or, did he really? Seem to me, he just wanted to go to his family. SMH.

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The hip hop seemed out of place at first but it matches the flow and pacing of what's happening onscreen so it was cool. I was more put off by the bad fight choreography and bad acting by Winnick than anything else. Oh, and the fact the plot doesn't make any effing sense.

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I don't get why Asians need black hiphop to justify their actions? Is there no Asian hiphop? All I hear is one black hiphop after the next as if I'm watching a black tv show instead with gangsters and shit. Seems like a insult to Asians as if they have no music culture or something.

Sadly I dropped this series after it got too boring after episode I think 6 or so. Felt too corny.

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Wow good point about the hip-hop music I totally agree. It was strange seeing the main actor in a softer, supernatural show/film. The Raid and The Night Comes For Us this show was not. I'm bummed about Uncle 6 they did him dirty.

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Hm; that's too bad. I'm no fan of rap or hip-hop but can see where they make sense in a show or movie with black leads or cast. I wouldn't see why an Asian kung-fu show would need heavy doses of it, either.

Were it not for that I'd have tried the show, except for one other annoying thing that turned me off immediately: after selecting the show in Wokeflix, in that damn video preview feature you can't turn off, instead of a clip showing some action or the show's plot, I got a character lecturing some waitress about white racism against Asians.

I can't stand watching anything on that service anymore. The propaganda is so blatant at this point.

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I agree.

Mixing black culture with Asian is a crime because they are nothing alike, at all.

I'm happy this is a quality show with Asian people though, that's great!

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I didn't have a problem with it. I thought it was just American music since they're in the US.

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