Did he just call himself a bad actor on accident? It’s not a good thing to admit that you wouldn’t get hired if it weren’t for diverse hiring practices. Does he even feel like he earned it?
Ding. Exactly right. It's what happens when you hire check marks instead of actual talent on both sides of the camera. They hire hack writers with no experience and hand those scripts to actors with all the charm of a parking valet. All based on shallow traits like race.
1st Asian Lead Actor in a Superhero Movie, YES that is a huge accomplishment. Asian Americans/Canadians are people too, We have money to spend, and we want to see MORE Asian lead actors positive representation in Hollywood.
@@deltablueprint3186 Not even thats correct lol Brandon Lee in the Crow? Donne Yen in Legend of the Fist and Flashpoint? Marc Dacascos in Crying Freeman and Drive? Danny Lee in the Super Inframan? Simu Liu is full of shit and so are you BARS
Simu liu is that one kid who brags about memorizing his favorite power rangers episode, word for word. (That also not a joke, he had openly admitted this)
Simu Liu doesn't realize that Bruce Lee changed Hollywood's action films into a faster pace. Before Bruce Lee, John Wayne's cowboy films were as fast as it got. Plus, John Woo changed Hollywood's gun shooting scenes into a much faster pace too, such as Face Off with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta.
Yeah, and Quentin Tarantino totally disrespected Bruce Lee and his accomplishments by unilaterally rewriting his history and then publicly insulting and slandering his surviving family members.
@@deltablueprint3186 are we still complaining about a fictitious movie that rewrote history. God forbid it uses some revisionist history for Bruce Lee in their universe...
Those are indie stars with bland acting skills. Those "asian star" are not even on Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith Leonardo de Caprio's league. The only real asian stars with legit acting skills are Daniel Dae Kim, Steven Yeun, Henry Golding, Ryan Potter, Ross Butler, Manny Jacinto, Brian Tee, Charles Melton, Andrew Koji, Ludi Lin, and Joe Taslim
@@deltablueprint3186 Those are indie stars with bland acting skills. Those "asian star" are not even on Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith Leonardo de Caprio's league. The only real asian stars with legit acting skills are Daniel Dae Kim, Steven Yeun, Henry Golding, Ryan Potter, Ross Butler, Manny Jacinto, Brian Tee, Charles Melton, Andrew Koji, Ludi Lin, and Joe Taslim
@@deltablueprint3186 Maybe Quentin hates Bruce Lee. I heard that he originally planned to make Bruce Lee look much worse, but Brad Pitt and other employees talked him out of it because it was too disrespectful. Who knows.
Have you seen "Battle Royale"? Quentin Tarantino was friends with the director of that film, Kinji Fukasaku, before he passed away. He cast one of the girls from that film, Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill. Battle Royale is a great movie, one of my favorites of all time. If you haven't seen it definitely give it a shot.
Yeah, the only good director marvel has had was Sam raimi, and he couldn’t even make a good movie. Edgar write was smart to drop out of Antman. James Gunn is ehhhh.
@@geeebuttersnap2433 What about Jon Favreau? He is definitely a good director. Iron Man 2 was only disappointing and underwhelming cause of Ike Perlmutter and Marvel Entertainment interfering.
@@philithegamer8265 Because it was supposed to adapt the Demon in a Bottle comic book storyline (which Jon Favreau wanted), but ended up getting sidelined or scrapped by Marvel. The skydive scene originally featured Tony vomiting in the toilet inside his private jet from drinking too much but it ended up getting cut to make the sequel more family-oriented. Ike Perlmutter made Terrence Howard walk out on Marvel cause they reduced his payment for the sequels so it can go to Robert Downey Jr.’s earnings and he recast his role with the inferior casting of Don Cheadle which screwed up continuity especially knowing they really do not look alike. Jon Favreau wanted the story to be great and wanted it to live up to the first Iron Man film and maybe even surpass it, but Marvel was too focused on setting up future installments by shoehorning in the Black Widow and S.H.I.E.L.D. in the movie which so heavily detracted the story to the point where the movie seemed like it was more of a commercial for The Avengers (which it did not even directly lead into) than a movie with it’s own creative freedom of quality storytelling. War Machine lacked screentime.
@@MelonieMacGoBoom Christian Bale Says Hollywood (and the World) Would Be Better If ‘White Dudes’ Weren’t in Charge of Everything The actor says there would be "so much better films and so much more interesting stories" if white dudes weren't running Hollywood. Zack Sharf Dec 19, 2017
I actually own both Hong Kong version and Tarantino's produced and distributed version of Iron Monkey. You can tell he loves the genre. He revamped the sound effects for the movie which greatly increased the impact of the fight scenes. Highly recommend that movie.
He's also the one who fought for the theatrical release of Hero (2002) back then and he got Yuen Woo-Ping as the fight advisor for the Kill Bill movies.
hmm former MCU CEO Ike Perlmetter reportedly said something similar when they fired Terrance Howard and replaced him with Don Cheadle for the character of Rhodey in the Iron Man movie series. That supposedly pissed off Kevin Feige a lot what he said and threatened to leave so Disney let Kevin work under Alan Horn instead.
@@thedestroyer2alltrolls411 nah he was head of everything thats why Feige had to answer to him too besides Marvel Entertainments Jeff Loeb, who (Jeff) continued to have to answer to him until 2019. Then Feige got that huge promotion end of 2019
It really is remarkable. It's like a movie where the people are crazy and only call out certain people for being racist. The white boogeyman is like a movie.
The funny thing is, super hero themed shows/movies CAN be profound and as thought provoking as a Taratino film. Batman the animated series has won numerous awards for its story telling. The problem with MCU is that it's cheap, amazon quality product that is dumb downed for children and is more stuffed with awful jokes than a thanksgiving turkey. I think the actor is salty because he realizes this, that the works he is in are not as profound as he'd like them to be, and this bruises his ego.
Given that Tarantino is a fan of Kung Fu movies (as evidenced by Kill Bill) and Simu wasn’t even referenced by him, you’re not the only one. I keep forgetting that movie even came out
Those are indie stars with bland acting skills. Those "asian star" like Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, The Kill Bill girl are not even on Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith Leonardo de Caprio's league. The only real asian stars with legit acting skills are Daniel Dae Kim, Steven Yeun, Henry Golding, Ryan Potter, Ross Butler, Manny Jacinto, Brian Tee, Charles Melton, Andrew Koji, Ludi Lin, and Joe Taslim
Yep I’m sick and tired of people making a sob story of how they are an “inspiration” to younger folk and how they “broke the glass ceiling” and pushed through the patriarchy or racism and gave a voice to their people! It’s all a tactic to make themselves even more famous in the eyes of the public because at the end of the day they just want brownie points to be able to stay in the spotlight
@@James_Bee References [in sophisticated and complex stories] is not considered borrowing/stealing. In that respect, Tarentino's movies are pastiches of a wide range of cinema, from spaghetti westerns to samurai Valve is overrated
Imagine Tarantino and Kojima working together in a movie or videogame! Would be an awesome collab for sure, i have always wanted Kojima to do a movie, I really love every single cutscene of the MGS series
I would watch Daniel Lu, Andrew Koji, Daniel Dae Kim, Byron Mann, Benedict Wong, Rick Yune, and the entire cast of Marco Polo in leading roles before I'd spend money seeing Simu Liu in a film.
Those asian actors you mentioned are predominantly indie stars or background actors. They're not blockbuster. No one remembers them because they barely have a line or a scene. Don't blame Simu, blame Hollywood. Hollywood wants to promote diversity, make them cast the asian actors you mentioned as leading roles. Not secondary, leading roles.
@@geraldbataga7510 Simu was even MORE of a nobody than them prior to being cast as Shang Chi. And I havent seen him blow up outside said movie since. THATS his POINT They are all better actors to him than Simu.
@@budgiecat9039 yeah they should've casted someone like Ludi Lin or Alex Landi. At least, those actors are not arrogant or a showoff like him. The problem here is Ludi Lin is working with WB as Liu Kang. For Alex Landi, he mostly stars in TV shows
@@budgiecat9039 Sadly, Ludi Lin had a contract with WB. If only Rick Yune, Karl Yune, and Brian Tee gets more recognition they deserve, they should've been the one casted and not Awkwafina and Shang chi's sister. They've been in the business for decades now and barely have a leading role.
Simu scored a role in Greta Gehrwig's new Live-Action Barbie movie with Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie. Why does he need Quentin Tarantino? It's not like Quentin would cast an Asian man as the lead actor before or anytime soon.
@@N7Tigger Really? He was in Kill Bill 2? I'm gonna have to look it up, I have no memory of that, which doesn't say a lot because I'm always forgetful lol.
My first comic book was a Captain America Comic from 1990, I have been a big fan of Marvel ever since, even cried when Stan Lee passed. What Disney is doing to Marvel is absolutely unforgivable! Marvel delved into issues of the time. Disney doesn't need to bastardize our favorite characters to scale these stories for the modern times. They should just hire writers and directors who actually give a shit about these IP!
My first comic books were gifted to me by a neighbor downstairs moving out that my dad rented out to. He mostly gave me: ROM Space Knight PowerMan & Iron Fist Shogun Warriors Godzilla Micronauts Shang Chi X-Men Hulk
Torentino made a great point about the movie being bigger than the star, I don't see why that passes the dude off, Torentino is practically fighting for you and other actors, dude. But it is telling, that I only know this man as Shang chi
Liu probably forgot Bruce Lee's movies, Jackie Chan's, The Karate Kid movies, The Last Samurai, and of course Kill Bill (Uma Thurman dressed in Bruce Lee yellow suit while swinging katana, come on).
@@Revan-eb1wb I was kidding based on her mispronouncing his name throughout the video. My entire life I've heard it pronounced Score-Say-Zee and never seen him correct it if that's wrong. My people came to this country with a hard to spell and pronounce name as well so it was changed somewhere along the way. I'm glad we don't really do that anymore.
To be fair, Simu Liu was getting a lot of acclaim for starring in Kim's Convenience (Canadian TV Show) & he legit made a cool choreographed fight scene with a stunt team as an audition tape for consideration to be cast as Shang-Chi...+ the movie was actually very good, IMO.
But "Sean" is a protagonist with no agency. He's overshadowed by TWO infinitely more compelling characters who should've carried the movie in his stead, i.e. his sister and especially his father. Resting sidekick face somehow levels up to Hawkeye 2.0 within 24 hours of archery practice. His sister reaches the peak of martial arts mastery ... by watching others train from afar. Riiiight. Both The Mandarin - a villain who could easily give the Avengers a run for their money across multiple phases if not an entire saga - and Tony Leung - a thespian oozing with charisma and screen presence - are utterly wasted as the antagonist is killed off. Instead of leaning even more heavily into the fresh tournament setting, the movie unravels into a generic CGI shit show extravaganza come its third act.
I'm a big fan of Tarantino, don't really care about the soulless factory made MCU movies. But honestly Disney has been targeting Tarantino for a while now, maybe because he doesn't want to join Disney. But the first time this was made public was the hateful 8 vs Force awakens. When Disney bought out all the movie theaters, just so Tarantino would fail. And the sad part was when everyone was attacking Tarantino, not knowing what Disney would do to star wars.
"Score-say-zee." Also, unlike some other actors, Robert Downey Jr. has had a lot of other roles beside Iron Man. His Sherlock Holmes roles are amusing.
Those are indie stars with bland acting skills. Those "asian star" like Jackie Chan Bruce Lee The Kill Bill girl, Jet Li and Mister Miyagi guy are not even on Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith Leonardo de Caprio's league. The only real asian stars with legit acting skills are Daniel Dae Kim, Steven Yeun, Henry Golding, Ryan Potter, Ross Butler, Manny Jacinto, Brian Tee, Charles Melton, Andrew Koji, Ludi Lin, and Joe Taslim
To me it reads as Simu, has fallen into the trap that most people seem to fall into these days. He heard what Quinten said second hand, or only heard a part of what he said from some article and jumped to his conclusion. If he looked into it fully he would have seen that Quinten wasn't even putting down the actors in the movies or even the movies themselves, he was lamenting the fact that movies with established IP's and fanbases seem to be the only thing that Hollywood is focused on any more. His gripe isn''t really with the "Marvel-ization" of Hollywood, cause that was just the best solution studios came up with to the actual problem, which is the digitalization of movies. Being able to pirate and stream movies online has indirectly forced studios to change how they promote movies and what movies they make, because the only movies that make enough money to be worth making are ones that are as guaranteed as can be to make a profit, or at least not make a loss. And that is movies with established fanbases. The only other movies that get made movies with a budget so that it's not as hard to make back the money that went into it, like Blumhouse movies. the TL;DR is: Simu, like SO many other people these days, needs to do his research before he decides to go pubic with every little thought he has...
Anthony Mackie (Falcon) said the same thing Tarantino said 5 years ago. and Simu didnt say shit. Simu only feel emboldened to speak out cause Tarantino isnt part of the Disney machine and he's "white"
He did the same thing when Chapek talked about the 45 day wait between theater to streaming experiment. He mistook Shang-Chi as the experiment and took it personally. Seriously, Simu needs to pay attention and stop looking so unprofessional.
This Simu Liu has bugged me so much even right before joining disney, he was suddenly everywhere like the next big thing, and continues for some quite good while after the movie released. Disney sure is feisty with their buzzers.
Shang-Chi is just OK its not great. His best friend whose never fought or held a bow landed a killshot on a crazy demon dragon thing after like a day of archery training while men who clearly trained their whole lives all died around her.
Martin Score-Say-See. I'm sure you've heard the name mentioned along with Tarantino in the past. They're the two biggest names in quality films, hands down.
No, Lucy Liu had already starred in the big budget blockbuster "Charlie's Angels 1 and 2", and played a gang boss character in Mel Gibson's "Payback" revenge film (Basically the same character as in Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2, nothing new). Lucy got her big break on the 90's comedy TV show Allie McBeal, where she was promoted from minor recurring character to series regular. That's where it all started. Quentin Tarantino cast her in Kill Bill 2 because she was already famous, and probably the ONLY Asian actress who was recognizable to American audiences at that time.
What annoys the tar out of me about all theses actors of different races, is that they all ignore all the actors before them that made movies and were stars. Like Jackie Chan and Jet Li. They both successfully led movies as Asians and are well loved by their fans that come from all races. And how about Sidney Poitier, he was the first black actor to win an Oscar and that was all the way back in 1964. But all these actors today talk like none of those movies or actors ever existed before them. It's extremely disrespectful, and makes these crybabies look like the fools they are.
Wow, I’ll be the first to say that I’m not a Tarantino fan, but that dude is one of the totally non racist people out there. He’s not even close to being a bigot.
The MCU's biggest problem right now (and there is a list), is that they are actively chasing away the diehard fans to pander to a fanbase that doesn't care about the IP at all. Most diehard fans want to see the comics and cartoon heroes and villains 'come to life',, and now we have the SFX to do it and make it look good. But they are being served twisted and nerfed perversions of those characters called by the same names and they are justifiably passed off.
Tarantino created iconic characters and scenes from SCRATCH. He didn't rely on pre established comics, stories or characters. Agree or disagree, what he said should make people think. Simu isn't thinking.
Tarantino could write a better script and screenplay on a napkin at lunch than any of these people involved with Hollywood today could ever do Ps. Irrelevance loves making noise and pointing fingers
I see a new video from Melonie Mac, I watch, I like :) Side note: I completely forgot the real name of the actor for Shang Chi until now. But Benedict Wong from Dr Strange would absolutely crush him
Scor-tze -see, you've heard the name like a 1000 times but I bet you never saw how it's written. The only reason I know it is because I saw it once at a shop where they had the CC turned on
"Scorsees" lol. She's doing it on purpose now 🤣🤣. And the inevitable Lara detour. 😁 Melonie, are you going to be watching/reviewing Willow? I love the original movie and I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch the new show.
@@darthgorbag She struggles with pronunciation or mispronounces stuff all the time. It's adorable. In this one she kept saying Scorsees instead of Scorsese
The 3 Spidey flicks were just a roundabout origin story arc to get him to officially become the local friendly neighborhood version people know. No problem...
At least Anthony Mackie admits he’s not famous like older actors and when people see him, they first think Falcon (or Clarence if you’re cultured). He’s right that famous IPs sell movies more than most actors nowadays. Spider-Man is one of the most known superheroes of all time and look how it blew up the actor’s namesake in the mainstream. Anytime you see Maguire, Garfield, or Holland you think Spider-Man. Plenty of people thought Garfield sucked prior to No Way Home despite him having the best credentials now due to awards and nominations and his work with big name directors because they were clouded by the lackluster Spider-Man franchise Sony gave him.
I absolutely don’t agree with everything Tarantino said in his article but the way simu reacted like a toddler just made me agree with Tarantino more lmao
I saw an ad with him promoting a condo in downtown Toronto with his name attached to it. If the movie actor thing ever fizzles out of irrelevance, he can always become a real estate agent since that seems more of his calling.
The Multiverse has always been apart of Marvel and DC. Back in the late 90's Marvel and DC even did a cross over series called Marvel Vs. DC. After the initial series Amalgam Comics was born, which was various Marvel Characters that had fused with DC characters as a result of their respective Universes colliding. Like Batman and Wolverine, Captain America and Superman, and so on. The Multiverse is a huge part of Comics.
Also, Tarantino literally got these talking points from Anthony Mackie, the black guy who plays Faclon. Who has the exact same opinions, so how the fuck is Tarantino racist here???
I've heard that CLOWN will actually REFUSE to sign 1970s era copies of Marvels Shang Chi Master Of Kung Fu at Comic Book conventions because they are allegedly"RACIST"!! Imagine the ARROGANCE of an actor .. who's ONLY claim to fame will EVER be the fact that he was chosen to PLAY the character of Shang Chi.. telling a fan who might have waited on a LINE to get his comic book signed . only to told NO!! Also.. the fact that he believes that he had ANYTHING to do with the box office success of that movie.. when it's OBVIOUS that the fans of the Shang Chi character would have gone to see that movie REGARDLESS of who the actor playing him was! Lastly..I doubt VERY MUCH that Scorcese & Tarantino could GIVE A F that this NOBODY called them RACIST!! 🤬🤬
Ur Spider Man point is legit. I almost can't stand how soft and lame they made him. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him and u nailed it I think.
I just saw a video about Croft Engine. Since Melonie is a Tomb Raider fan, i thought she'd be interested. It's a framework with lots of enhancements for the old TR games
Tarantino is right but I think probably the one exception to it is Chris Hemsworth. Because of how everyone else in Avengers already had names prior to the franchise with the exception of him and Tom Hilddleston. But after Thor popped out we started seeing Chris Hemsworth everywhere and then out of nowhere we find out he has a brother in the business too and all that. So I think Chris Hemsworth and maybe Tom Holland as the exception to what Tarantino said
Idk if you remember QT telling people who have a problem with him say n***er in his films to go watch something else, well maybe he needs to follow his own advice instead of complaining about superhero films like Scorsese did. You notice how NO ONE in these hero films are complaining at all, except two old caucasian farts. Even Sam Jackson had to clap back, which I'm sure you did or didn't mention, 'cause I didn't even watch the whole video since you want to start attacking people from the start for standing up to people or complain. Quentin and Martin are the two old farts in The Muppet Show, lol.
Tarentino can write a great script with a 5 million dollar budget look way better than any other mcu movie
hell even for 100k he can make something better than mcu
he already did that, and even for way less. just 1.2 mio dollars. Resevoir dogs
His Kill Bill vol.1 & 2 alone is far better movie than MCU
Reservoir Dogs only cost $1,200,000!
He did. He made an Asian django that was amazing
Did he just call himself a bad actor on accident? It’s not a good thing to admit that you wouldn’t get hired if it weren’t for diverse hiring practices. Does he even feel like he earned it?
Shots fired 😉😆😆😆
Ding. Exactly right. It's what happens when you hire check marks instead of actual talent on both sides of the camera. They hire hack writers with no experience and hand those scripts to actors with all the charm of a parking valet. All based on shallow traits like race.
Rights that all these people ever sound like. I’m always just thinking, like you consider yourself a pity diversity pick?? Lol have some damn pride
He knows he's a diversity hire. He's basically saying he wouldn't have been hired based on merit like during Tarantino Golden days
By accident* Sorry. Just in case you wanna know and don’t.
Let's give a big *clap clap* 👏 for the first asian actor in history. So stunning and brave
slow clap, sarcastically.
chirp I hear crickets
1st Asian Lead Actor in a Superhero Movie, YES that is a huge accomplishment. Asian Americans/Canadians are people too, We have money to spend, and we want to see MORE Asian lead actors positive representation in Hollywood.
Melanie is Asian? I think she deserves applause with or without Asian privilege.
@@deltablueprint3186 Not even thats correct lol
Brandon Lee in the Crow?
Donne Yen in Legend of the Fist and Flashpoint?
Marc Dacascos in Crying Freeman and Drive?
Danny Lee in the Super Inframan?
Simu Liu is full of shit and so are you
BARS
Simu is that one kid who would take his ball and go home once he started losing
Simu is the kind of person who would sign an autograph picture of himself and then give it to himself
Simu liu is that one kid who brags about memorizing his favorite power rangers episode, word for word. (That also not a joke, he had openly admitted this)
That kid always pissed me off.
Yeah me too. One day I burst his ball😄
Does he say, “Screw you guys” first? 😂
Simu Liu doesn't realize that Bruce Lee changed Hollywood's action films into a faster pace. Before Bruce Lee, John Wayne's cowboy films were as fast as it got. Plus, John Woo changed Hollywood's gun shooting scenes into a much faster pace too, such as Face Off with Nicolas Cage and John Travolta.
Yeah, and Quentin Tarantino totally disrespected Bruce Lee and his accomplishments by unilaterally rewriting his history and then publicly insulting and slandering his surviving family members.
@@deltablueprint3186 are we still complaining about a fictitious movie that rewrote history. God forbid it uses some revisionist history for Bruce Lee in their universe...
Those are indie stars with bland acting skills. Those "asian star" are not even on Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith Leonardo de Caprio's league. The only real asian stars with legit acting skills are Daniel Dae Kim, Steven Yeun, Henry Golding, Ryan Potter, Ross Butler, Manny Jacinto, Brian Tee, Charles Melton, Andrew Koji, Ludi Lin, and Joe Taslim
@@deltablueprint3186 Those are indie stars with bland acting skills. Those "asian star" are not even on Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith Leonardo de Caprio's league. The only real asian stars with legit acting skills are Daniel Dae Kim, Steven Yeun, Henry Golding, Ryan Potter, Ross Butler, Manny Jacinto, Brian Tee, Charles Melton, Andrew Koji, Ludi Lin, and Joe Taslim
@@deltablueprint3186 Maybe Quentin hates Bruce Lee. I heard that he originally planned to make Bruce Lee look much worse, but Brad Pitt and other employees talked him out of it because it was too disrespectful. Who knows.
Have you seen "Battle Royale"?
Quentin Tarantino was friends with the director of that film, Kinji Fukasaku, before he passed away. He cast one of the girls from that film, Chiaki Kuriyama as Gogo Yubari in Kill Bill.
Battle Royale is a great movie, one of my favorites of all time. If you haven't seen it definitely give it a shot.
I’ve seen that movie at least five times. Great flick.
@@blockmasterscott The novel is even better, too. Kind of want to read it again now I'm thinking about it.
Phenomenally good movie
Tarantino actually dedicated Kill Bill to Fukasaku
Good movie.
Honestly I'd take a Tarantino movie over a Marvel movie any day! Tarantino is a master of dialogue.
Yeah, the only good director marvel has had was Sam raimi, and he couldn’t even make a good movie. Edgar write was smart to drop out of Antman. James Gunn is ehhhh.
Funny, I thought a lot of subscribers of this channel were M-She-U simps according to the comment section of her ‘Namor was ruined’ video?
@@geeebuttersnap2433 What about Jon Favreau? He is definitely a good director. Iron Man 2 was only disappointing and underwhelming cause of Ike Perlmutter and Marvel Entertainment interfering.
@@thedestroyer2alltrolls411 Mind if you explain that debacle?
@@philithegamer8265 Because it was supposed to adapt the Demon in a Bottle comic book storyline (which Jon Favreau wanted), but ended up getting sidelined or scrapped by Marvel. The skydive scene originally featured Tony vomiting in the toilet inside his private jet from drinking too much but it ended up getting cut to make the sequel more family-oriented. Ike Perlmutter made Terrence Howard walk out on Marvel cause they reduced his payment for the sequels so it can go to Robert Downey Jr.’s earnings and he recast his role with the inferior casting of Don Cheadle which screwed up continuity especially knowing they really do not look alike. Jon Favreau wanted the story to be great and wanted it to live up to the first Iron Man film and maybe even surpass it, but Marvel was too focused on setting up future installments by shoehorning in the Black Widow and S.H.I.E.L.D. in the movie which so heavily detracted the story to the point where the movie seemed like it was more of a commercial for The Avengers (which it did not even directly lead into) than a movie with it’s own creative freedom of quality storytelling. War Machine lacked screentime.
I didn't even know who Simu Liu was until I heard of someone call him "the guy that played the Asian Black Panther".
Always makes me smile to see a new video from Melonie! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family, Melonie.
Thank you so much, God bless you ^_^
@@MelonieMacGoBoom Christian Bale Says Hollywood (and the World) Would Be Better If ‘White Dudes’ Weren’t in Charge of Everything The actor says there would be "so much better films and so much more interesting stories" if white dudes weren't running Hollywood. Zack Sharf Dec 19, 2017
Lmao I love how the title gets straight to the point 👌 . Also, him calling Tarintino racist, honestly?..... sigh
Shiiiiiit, negro!
That’s why he got ratioed in his own tweet. The guy doesn’t know he was so diverse in his casting more than Marvel lol
Yeah that was a foolish statement for sure. Obvious virtue signal was obvious
and the irony that simu liu made a racist comment in his dumb tweets lol
This bitch thrive off negatively tho gangy
I actually own both Hong Kong version and Tarantino's produced and distributed version of Iron Monkey. You can tell he loves the genre. He revamped the sound effects for the movie which greatly increased the impact of the fight scenes. Highly recommend that movie.
He's also the one who fought for the theatrical release of Hero (2002) back then and he got Yuen Woo-Ping as the fight advisor for the Kill Bill movies.
Iron Monkey? I first heard of him on American Dad! in one episode.
I'm not saying that all Asians look alike (I'm Asian too btw) but Liu can easily be replaced for his role and no one's gonna notice, or complain.
hmm former MCU CEO Ike Perlmetter reportedly said something similar when they fired Terrance Howard and replaced him with Don Cheadle for the character of Rhodey in the Iron Man movie series. That supposedly pissed off Kevin Feige a lot what he said and threatened to leave so Disney let Kevin work under Alan Horn instead.
@@budgiecat9039 You mean former Marvel Entertainment CEO.
@@thedestroyer2alltrolls411 nah he was head of everything thats why Feige had to answer to him too besides Marvel Entertainments Jeff Loeb, who (Jeff) continued to have to answer to him until 2019. Then Feige got that huge promotion end of 2019
Just a reality check on who's more relevant: I didn't have to Google who Quentin Tarantino is.
Tarentino: Movie stars aren't movie stars anymore.
Simu:........................RACISM!
It really is remarkable. It's like a movie where the people are crazy and only call out certain people for being racist. The white boogeyman is like a movie.
The funny thing is, super hero themed shows/movies CAN be profound and as thought provoking as a Taratino film. Batman the animated series has won numerous awards for its story telling. The problem with MCU is that it's cheap, amazon quality product that is dumb downed for children and is more stuffed with awful jokes than a thanksgiving turkey. I think the actor is salty because he realizes this, that the works he is in are not as profound as he'd like them to be, and this bruises his ego.
Am I the only one that keeps forgetting that Simu Liu is still a thing?
Given that Tarantino is a fan of Kung Fu movies (as evidenced by Kill Bill) and Simu wasn’t even referenced by him, you’re not the only one. I keep forgetting that movie even came out
Who?
Nooope.
Who?
who?
He likes to ignore the achievements of Asian actors that came before him. Such an inflated opinion of himself.
Those are indie stars with bland acting skills. Those "asian star" like Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, The Kill Bill girl are not even on Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith Leonardo de Caprio's league. The only real asian stars with legit acting skills are Daniel Dae Kim, Steven Yeun, Henry Golding, Ryan Potter, Ross Butler, Manny Jacinto, Brian Tee, Charles Melton, Andrew Koji, Ludi Lin, and Joe Taslim
Yep I’m sick and tired of people making a sob story of how they are an “inspiration” to younger folk and how they “broke the glass ceiling” and pushed through the patriarchy or racism and gave a voice to their people!
It’s all a tactic to make themselves even more famous in the eyes of the public because at the end of the day they just want brownie points to be able to stay in the spotlight
@@geraldbataga7510 I’ve never even heard of any of those “real Asian stars” you mentioned.
Not really. Asian actors are underrepresented in the media overall. While there are a few good ones you can't deny that simple fact.
@@thedestroyer2alltrolls411 it's your problem. Compared to 75 million people who knew them 🤷🏻♂️
Tarentino is the Hideo Kojima of movies so that's projection on their part
He is like David cage and hideo kojjima of cinema
He borrows/steals all his ideas from western cinema and is overrated?
@@James_Bee References [in sophisticated and complex stories] is not considered borrowing/stealing. In that respect, Tarentino's movies are pastiches of a wide range of cinema, from spaghetti westerns to samurai
Valve is overrated
Imagine Tarantino and Kojima working together in a movie or videogame! Would be an awesome collab for sure, i have always wanted Kojima to do a movie, I really love every single cutscene of the MGS series
@@James_Bee you technically described most of the movie industry...
Shang Chi was forgettable:
The best friend (loudx obnoxious), the sister (feminism "I'm better than you"), and the ending dragon thing messed him up
I would watch Daniel Lu, Andrew Koji, Daniel Dae Kim, Byron Mann, Benedict Wong, Rick Yune, and the entire cast of Marco Polo in leading roles before I'd spend money seeing Simu Liu in a film.
Those asian actors you mentioned are predominantly indie stars or background actors. They're not blockbuster. No one remembers them because they barely have a line or a scene. Don't blame Simu, blame Hollywood. Hollywood wants to promote diversity, make them cast the asian actors you mentioned as leading roles. Not secondary, leading roles.
@@geraldbataga7510 Simu was even MORE of a nobody than them prior to being cast as Shang Chi. And I havent seen him blow up outside said movie since. THATS his POINT They are all better actors to him than Simu.
@@budgiecat9039 yeah they should've casted someone like Ludi Lin or Alex Landi. At least, those actors are not arrogant or a showoff like him. The problem here is Ludi Lin is working with WB as Liu Kang. For Alex Landi, he mostly stars in TV shows
@@geraldbataga7510 Ludi Lin woulda been great. Simu is a turd.
@@budgiecat9039 Sadly, Ludi Lin had a contract with WB. If only Rick Yune, Karl Yune, and Brian Tee gets more recognition they deserve, they should've been the one casted and not Awkwafina and Shang chi's sister. They've been in the business for decades now and barely have a leading role.
Simu Liu: Quintin Tarintino is a racist!
Also Simu Liu: Can I have a role in a movie now?
BAHAHAHA
Simu scored a role in Greta Gehrwig's new Live-Action Barbie movie with Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie. Why does he need Quentin Tarantino? It's not like Quentin would cast an Asian man as the lead actor before or anytime soon.
Quentin*
Well, that explains why Samuel L Jackson was in six of his movies... he's keeping an eye on him.
Wow, six of them? I never realized it was that many!
Ok, Jackie brown, pulp fiction, hateful 8 and Django unchained, what are the other 2?
@@geeebuttersnap2433 A small part in Kill Bill Vol. 2 and the narator who introduces Stiglitz in Inglourious Basterds.
@@blockmasterscott Yeah the whole "Golden Age of only hiring White people" like Smu says 🤣
@@N7Tigger Really? He was in Kill Bill 2? I'm gonna have to look it up, I have no memory of that, which doesn't say a lot because I'm always forgetful lol.
You are soo amazing the way you can articulate what’s in your head is something else
Melonie pronouncing names is one of my favorite things.
Simu Liu would not have lasted in the heyday of Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Jet Li.
My first comic book was a Captain America Comic from 1990, I have been a big fan of Marvel ever since, even cried when Stan Lee passed. What Disney is doing to Marvel is absolutely unforgivable! Marvel delved into issues of the time. Disney doesn't need to bastardize our favorite characters to scale these stories for the modern times. They should just hire writers and directors who actually give a shit about these IP!
My first comic books were gifted to me by a neighbor downstairs moving out that my dad rented out to.
He mostly gave me:
ROM Space Knight
PowerMan & Iron Fist
Shogun Warriors
Godzilla
Micronauts
Shang Chi
X-Men
Hulk
I guess he never saw Django Unchained.
Torentino made a great point about the movie being bigger than the star, I don't see why that passes the dude off, Torentino is practically fighting for you and other actors, dude. But it is telling, that I only know this man as Shang chi
Liu probably forgot Bruce Lee's movies, Jackie Chan's, The Karate Kid movies, The Last Samurai, and of course Kill Bill (Uma Thurman dressed in Bruce Lee yellow suit while swinging katana, come on).
Disney needs to put a leash on this one cause this is the 2nd time he went all bonkers 😂
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Simu Liu be living in a SimuLATION
I've been mispronouncing Scorsese for like 30 years.
Lol evidently Mr. Scorseeze has been mispronouncing his own name as well.
@@Shagrath71 he did not, it happened when his parents arrived in america. The guards mispelled their names. It happened a lot with italian immigrants
@@Revan-eb1wb I was kidding based on her mispronouncing his name throughout the video. My entire life I've heard it pronounced Score-Say-Zee and never seen him correct it if that's wrong. My people came to this country with a hard to spell and pronounce name as well so it was changed somewhere along the way. I'm glad we don't really do that anymore.
@@Shagrath71 ah ok. Got ya^^
@@Shagrath71 Same here about the pronunciation. I've heard it pronounced Score-See-Zee, too, but mostly the other way.
To be fair, Simu Liu was getting a lot of acclaim for starring in Kim's Convenience (Canadian TV Show) & he legit made a cool choreographed fight scene with a stunt team as an audition tape for consideration to be cast as Shang-Chi...+ the movie was actually very good, IMO.
But "Sean" is a protagonist with no agency.
He's overshadowed by TWO infinitely more compelling characters who should've carried the movie in his stead, i.e. his sister and especially his father.
Resting sidekick face somehow levels up to Hawkeye 2.0 within 24 hours of archery practice.
His sister reaches the peak of martial arts mastery ... by watching others train from afar. Riiiight.
Both The Mandarin - a villain who could easily give the Avengers a run for their money across multiple phases if not an entire saga - and Tony Leung - a thespian oozing with charisma and screen presence - are utterly wasted as the antagonist is killed off.
Instead of leaning even more heavily into the fresh tournament setting, the movie unravels into a generic CGI shit show extravaganza come its third act.
I'm a big fan of Tarantino, don't really care about the soulless factory made MCU movies. But honestly Disney has been targeting Tarantino for a while now, maybe because he doesn't want to join Disney. But the first time this was made public was the hateful 8 vs Force awakens. When Disney bought out all the movie theaters, just so Tarantino would fail. And the sad part was when everyone was attacking Tarantino, not knowing what Disney would do to star wars.
"Score-say-zee." Also, unlike some other actors, Robert Downey Jr. has had a lot of other roles beside Iron Man. His Sherlock Holmes roles are amusing.
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Tarantino cast the legendary Sonny Chiba in Kill Bill, a man Simu Liu will never be.
Those are indie stars with bland acting skills. Those "asian star" like Jackie Chan Bruce Lee The Kill Bill girl, Jet Li and Mister Miyagi guy are not even on Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Will Smith Leonardo de Caprio's league. The only real asian stars with legit acting skills are Daniel Dae Kim, Steven Yeun, Henry Golding, Ryan Potter, Ross Butler, Manny Jacinto, Brian Tee, Charles Melton, Andrew Koji, Ludi Lin, and Joe Taslim
Oh hell no he didn't just go after my main man Quentin Tarantino that's a losing battle right there
Fr. U don’t go after the goats.
To me it reads as Simu, has fallen into the trap that most people seem to fall into these days. He heard what Quinten said second hand, or only heard a part of what he said from some article and jumped to his conclusion. If he looked into it fully he would have seen that Quinten wasn't even putting down the actors in the movies or even the movies themselves, he was lamenting the fact that movies with established IP's and fanbases seem to be the only thing that Hollywood is focused on any more.
His gripe isn''t really with the "Marvel-ization" of Hollywood, cause that was just the best solution studios came up with to the actual problem, which is the digitalization of movies. Being able to pirate and stream movies online has indirectly forced studios to change how they promote movies and what movies they make, because the only movies that make enough money to be worth making are ones that are as guaranteed as can be to make a profit, or at least not make a loss. And that is movies with established fanbases. The only other movies that get made movies with a budget so that it's not as hard to make back the money that went into it, like Blumhouse movies.
the TL;DR is: Simu, like SO many other people these days, needs to do his research before he decides to go pubic with every little thought he has...
Anthony Mackie (Falcon) said the same thing Tarantino said 5 years ago. and Simu didnt say shit.
Simu only feel emboldened to speak out cause Tarantino isnt part of the Disney machine and he's "white"
He did the same thing when Chapek talked about the 45 day wait between theater to streaming experiment. He mistook Shang-Chi as the experiment and took it personally. Seriously, Simu needs to pay attention and stop looking so unprofessional.
He is just reactionary type of guy.
This Simu Liu has bugged me so much even right before joining disney, he was suddenly everywhere like the next big thing, and continues for some quite good while after the movie released. Disney sure is feisty with their buzzers.
@Simu Liu Shut up sheep
Martin Scorsese, pronounced: score-say-zee. You weren't far off
Tarantino has 2 Oscars and 10 nominations. How many does Simu have?
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Good to see you in the comments as always ^_^
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They could have gotten Tom Cruz to play the role. It would have made a billion 😂
I forgot about that movie that I never watched or wanted to watch. I didn't even know his name, and I already forgot it again just now.
I am also obsessed with Tomb Raider, which is one of the reasons I subscribed to this channel.
Simu Liu... Marvel Studios didn't create the role for you Marvel Comics did back in 1973.
It's kind of impressive how fast Simu Liu has risen to be one of the most insufferable people in Hollywood.
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Melonie's brain: Bring up Lara Croft.
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Shang-Chi is just OK its not great.
His best friend whose never fought or held a bow landed a killshot on a crazy demon dragon thing after like a day of archery training while men who clearly trained their whole lives all died around her.
Simu wants to be The Bride in the Kill Bill reboot.
Martin Score-Say-See. I'm sure you've heard the name mentioned along with Tarantino in the past. They're the two biggest names in quality films, hands down.
'Gatekeeper' Tarantino gave Liu and other Asians a huuuge opportunity to star in a big film... I'm speaking, of course, about Lucy Liu.
No, Lucy Liu had already starred in the big budget blockbuster "Charlie's Angels 1 and 2", and played a gang boss character in Mel Gibson's "Payback" revenge film (Basically the same character as in Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2, nothing new). Lucy got her big break on the 90's comedy TV show Allie McBeal, where she was promoted from minor recurring character to series regular. That's where it all started. Quentin Tarantino cast her in Kill Bill 2 because she was already famous, and probably the ONLY Asian actress who was recognizable to American audiences at that time.
@@deltablueprint3186 Are you really that dense?
What annoys the tar out of me about all theses actors of different races, is that they all ignore all the actors before them that made movies and were stars. Like Jackie Chan and Jet Li. They both successfully led movies as Asians and are well loved by their fans that come from all races. And how about Sidney Poitier, he was the first black actor to win an Oscar and that was all the way back in 1964. But all these actors today talk like none of those movies or actors ever existed before them. It's extremely disrespectful, and makes these crybabies look like the fools they are.
I’ll consider taking Simu Liu seriously as soon as he explains what “point their nose at me” means.
Asians joke about white people noses the way white people (used to) joke about Jewish noses
Wow, I’ll be the first to say that I’m not a Tarantino fan, but that dude is one of the totally non racist people out there. He’s not even close to being a bigot.
The MCU's biggest problem right now (and there is a list), is that they are actively chasing away the diehard fans to pander to a fanbase that doesn't care about the IP at all. Most diehard fans want to see the comics and cartoon heroes and villains 'come to life',, and now we have the SFX to do it and make it look good. But they are being served twisted and nerfed perversions of those characters called by the same names and they are justifiably passed off.
Shang Chi 2: The Legend of the Shadow Trainer Xialing
Shang Chi 3: The Legend of the 5-Minute Lesson in Archery
I don't see Simu in a Scorsees movie any time soon.
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Score says see. Pronounced as such. J2LYK. He's a really a legendary director.
Tarantino created iconic characters and scenes from SCRATCH. He didn't rely on pre established comics, stories or characters. Agree or disagree, what he said should make people think. Simu isn't thinking.
Quentin hears a Liu. The Lius must shout "We are here! We are here! We are here!" As loud as they can so their speck of MCU will get a sequel.
“Score-Say-Z” 😉
Tarantino could write a better script and screenplay on a napkin at lunch than any of these people involved with Hollywood today could ever do
Ps. Irrelevance loves making noise and pointing fingers
You rock Melonie.
I see a new video from Melonie Mac, I watch, I like :)
Side note: I completely forgot the real name of the actor for Shang Chi until now. But Benedict Wong from Dr Strange would absolutely crush him
Scor-tze -see, you've heard the name like a 1000 times but I bet you never saw how it's written. The only reason I know it is because I saw it once at a shop where they had the CC turned on
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Mel. And isn't that the guy from a sitcom that 10 people saw before he was picked because of his skin color?
Subscribed. Love your takes! Love your hair!
don't give up on your dream melonie, you can still grow up to be and look like Lara Croft
Who tf is this "Simpu" dude? Never heard of him, but I watched several Tarantino's movies, so talent speaks for both of them.
The only thing i remember from that movie, is him being kicked in the balls 30 minutes in and apparently he never recovered.
I Agree with all u said except with joker being a masterpiece
To be fair, Shang Chi was probably the best phase 4 thing
But the point remains: Do you call him by his name or as Shang chi guy? He isn’t a movie star and is butthurt because some facts were said
@@jackjohn4156 oh I pretty much agree with everything in this vid haha
Yes, it was very good. It's too bad Liu seems determined to turn us away from the franchise with his ongoing dumb takes.
Not because of Simu Liu, it was mostly because of Tony Leoung
Martin "Score Sees" - love it 🤣🤣🤣
"Scorsees" lol. She's doing it on purpose now 🤣🤣. And the inevitable Lara detour. 😁
Melonie, are you going to be watching/reviewing Willow? I love the original movie and I'm not sure I can bring myself to watch the new show.
Is there a story behind the "Scorsees" thing that I missed?
@@darthgorbag She struggles with pronunciation or mispronounces stuff all the time. It's adorable. In this one she kept saying Scorsees instead of Scorsese
I thought it's like Scorsese watching 😅
Score-say-zee NOT Score-sees.
The 3 Spidey flicks were just a roundabout origin story arc to get him to officially become the local friendly neighborhood version people know. No problem...
At least Anthony Mackie admits he’s not famous like older actors and when people see him, they first think Falcon (or Clarence if you’re cultured). He’s right that famous IPs sell movies more than most actors nowadays. Spider-Man is one of the most known superheroes of all time and look how it blew up the actor’s namesake in the mainstream. Anytime you see Maguire, Garfield, or Holland you think Spider-Man. Plenty of people thought Garfield sucked prior to No Way Home despite him having the best credentials now due to awards and nominations and his work with big name directors because they were clouded by the lackluster Spider-Man franchise Sony gave him.
SCORE-SAY-ZEE
Love your vids, Mel. :)
I absolutely don’t agree with everything Tarantino said in his article but the way simu reacted like a toddler just made me agree with Tarantino more lmao
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I saw an ad with him promoting a condo in downtown Toronto with his name attached to it. If the movie actor thing ever fizzles out of irrelevance, he can always become a real estate agent since that seems more of his calling.
The Multiverse has always been apart of Marvel and DC. Back in the late 90's Marvel and DC even did a cross over series called Marvel Vs. DC. After the initial series Amalgam Comics was born, which was various Marvel Characters that had fused with DC characters as a result of their respective Universes colliding. Like Batman and Wolverine, Captain America and Superman, and so on. The Multiverse is a huge part of Comics.
Almost to 100k congrats
100% agree with you on Joker. It’s actually heavily influenced by Scorsese. It could almost pass as a “Taxi Driver” remake.
Also, Tarantino literally got these talking points from Anthony Mackie, the black guy who plays Faclon. Who has the exact same opinions, so how the fuck is Tarantino racist here???
I've heard that CLOWN will actually REFUSE to
sign 1970s era copies of Marvels Shang Chi Master Of Kung Fu at Comic Book conventions because they are allegedly"RACIST"!!
Imagine the ARROGANCE of an actor .. who's ONLY claim to fame will EVER be the fact that he was chosen to PLAY the character of Shang Chi.. telling a fan who might have waited on a LINE to get his comic book signed
. only to told NO!!
Also.. the fact that he believes that he had ANYTHING to do with the box office success of that movie.. when it's OBVIOUS that the fans of the Shang Chi character would have gone to see that movie REGARDLESS of who the actor playing him was!
Lastly..I doubt VERY MUCH that Scorcese & Tarantino could GIVE
A F that this NOBODY called them RACIST!!
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Ur Spider Man point is legit. I almost can't stand how soft and lame they made him. I couldn't figure out what was wrong with him and u nailed it I think.
Happy belated birthday, Melanie. 🎂
Well there was no MCU anywhere, when there was 3 Blade movies already!
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He reminds me of this scene from GoT:
Joffrey: "I am THE KING!"
Tywin: "Any man who must say 'I am the King' is no true King."
I just saw a video about Croft Engine. Since Melonie is a Tomb Raider fan, i thought she'd be interested. It's a framework with lots of enhancements for the old TR games
Tarantino is right but I think probably the one exception to it is Chris Hemsworth. Because of how everyone else in Avengers already had names prior to the franchise with the exception of him and Tom Hilddleston. But after Thor popped out we started seeing Chris Hemsworth everywhere and then out of nowhere we find out he has a brother in the business too and all that. So I think Chris Hemsworth and maybe Tom Holland as the exception to what Tarantino said
Idk if you remember QT telling people who have a problem with him say n***er in his films to go watch something else, well maybe he needs to follow his own advice instead of complaining about superhero films like Scorsese did. You notice how NO ONE in these hero films are complaining at all, except two old caucasian farts.
Even Sam Jackson had to clap back, which I'm sure you did or didn't mention, 'cause I didn't even watch the whole video since you want to start attacking people from the start for standing up to people or complain.
Quentin and Martin are the two old farts in The Muppet Show, lol.
Fail
Keep in mind this is that same actor that said that pedophilia is no different than being gay and is just a sexual preference.