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Being Chosen: a motif that resonates deep   5 comments

Just thinking about Kung Fu Panda again. I remember as I was watching and we were coming to the part of the story where Ooglay, the Turtle, must choose the Dragon Warrior, that I smiled. Something about that motif always pleases me. It’s a universal desire: being chosen. And not just being chosen, say, in [...]

Posted June 16, 2008 by jstueart in Mishmash

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How Kung Fu Panda Gets Fantasy Writing Right   1 comment

Brilliantly concevied and executed, Kung Fu Panda soars as a Fantasy compared to The Forbidden Kingdom. And essentially, they have the same plot. Take a fan of martial arts and make him the only one who can stop the big villain in a martial arts film. The post-modernism of films is actually a delight to [...]

Posted June 14, 2008 by jstueart in Mishmash

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