Friday, May 31, 2024

2024 AAPI Month in Digital



Another AAPI month has come and gone. Generally, outside of some call outs, it is not a major mover of things in life. I decided to attach a couple of examples of how AAPI month is advertised.



First is Fanflix, a discount digital provider that sent an email. As you'll notice, the majority of the content is Asian. But not really Asian American.



The second one is Viki, a provider of content from Asian countries, mostly from Korea. But a fair amount from Zhong Guo, Taiwan, and Japan. The AAPI is not even AAPI here, it has been shortened to API. They dropped the American part completely.



Generally speaking, there's so little AAPI led content that most providers have to include content from the motherlands to fill in the space. If there's an AAPI as a supporting role, it'll get lumped in as well.

Friday, May 24, 2024

熱辣滾燙 - YOLO



熱辣滾燙 (YOLO) is an 2024 film out of Zhong Guo. The movie stars Jia Ling and Lei Jiayin. The supporting cast include a who's who of Jia Ling's friends. The movie was released in Zhong Guo during the Lunar New Years film cycle and got first place its first weekend out. At the time of this writing, it is the number one ranked film in Zhong Guo for 2024.



Leying is early thirties but has become a social introvert. Living with her parents, Leying is ok with doing nothing in life and has picked up unhealthy habits such as eating junk food and drinking bears like water. When her family bullies her and her boyfriend breaks up with her to marry her best friend, Leying hits a breaking point. Leying movies out and works at a BBQ store and joins a boxing gym when she gets infatuated with one of the trainers. Leying’s life takes another turn for the worst when the gym teacher scams her. Leying than devotes her life to getting healthy and trains harder in boxing than she ever has. Will these moves in life lead her out of the darkness?



I brought my whole family to watch this movie. It was a feel good movie and we all enjoyed it. Who doesn't want to see an underdog overcome their struggles? I do and so did my family! As for if the movie was any good, who cares?! We all had a good time watching it and talked about it for several more days after. Don't get too caught up in the details of the story and just go along for the ride that the story provides.



Saturday, May 4, 2024

2024 May Disney+ Releases



Disney+ has consistency underwhelmed for about a year. Outside of accasionally watching some NG stuff and old MCU movies, I don't use D+ anymore. Glad it was a hulu add deal and even that seems overpriced.

Wednesday, May 1
  • Life Below Zero: First Alaskans (S3, 20 episodes)
  • Marvel's Daredevil (2003)
  • Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Season 3) - Episode 315 "The Cavalry Has Arrived”
  • X-Men '97 - Ep 108 – Tolerance is Extinction – Pt 1


Friday, May 3
  • Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)


Saturday, May 4
  • How Not to Draw Shorts (Special R2D2 Episode) (S2, 4 Episodes)
  • Star Wars: Tales of the Empire - Premiere - All Episodes Streaming


Sunday, May 5
  • Monsters at Work (Season 2) - All Episodes Streaming


Tuesday, May 7
  • Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story


Wednesday, May 8
  • Me & Winnie the Pooh (S1, 7 episodes)
  • Playdate with Winnie the Pooh (S1 Batch 2, 4 episodes)
  • Let it Be - Premiere
  • X-Men '97 - Ep 109 - Tolerance is Extinction – Pt 2


Friday, May 10
  • Doctor Who - Premiere - Episodes: “The Church on Ruby Road,” “Space Babies” and “Devil’s Chord”


Wednesday, May 15
  • Big City Greens (S4, 4 episodes)
  • Dino Ranch (S3, 5 episodes)
  • X-Men '97 - Ep 110 - Tolerance is Extinction – Pt 3


Friday, May 17
  • Doctor Who - Episode "Boom"


Wednesday, May 22
  • Mickey Mouse Funhouse (S3, 5 episodes)
  • Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life (Season 2) - Premiere
  • Marvel Studios' Assembled: The Making of X-Men '97 - Premiere


Friday, May 24
  • The Beach Boys - Premiere
  • Doctor Who - Episode “73 Yards”


Tuesday, May 28
  • Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (S4, 6 episodes)


Friday, May 31
  • Jim Hensen Idea Man - Premiere
  • Doctor Who - Episode: “Dot and Bubble”








Source: disneyplus.com

Thursday, May 2, 2024

2024 May Netflix Releases



Netflix has lots of things that come and go every month. And its a bit of a struggle to keep up. Here are some highlights.





















Wednesday, May 1, 2024