I'm seriously didnt get that while I was a kid English isnt my native language and when im old enough to understand it He is so dark. So complex too. Literally the best kfp villain. I was kinda bored, only appreciating some of the film. But now i look at it, its just one beautiful film
It's so funny how Shen comes back to his parents all happy after killing all the pandas. He's like, "Mom, dad! You're gonna be so proud! I COMMITED GENOCIDE!" Then he's shocked when they're completely mortified LOL
@@anotherordinaryfellow6935it's really no wonder why he was more close to soothsayer than his own parents, in the dreamwork site it said that she was his nanny
Its bcuz the soothteller got more influence to ruler than you see, he just have to physically reverse it so his royal family might trust he can be the right successor.
What I love about Shen is that despite having an army at his disposal he is actually a competent fighter, he was able to keep up against two masters and only backed away when the third arrived. He knows the limitations of his own combat which is why he decided to build weapons yet will not shield himself with his own troops for protection.
It is possible that when he was still living in the palace and his true nature was revealed his parents wanted him to know how to fight so he could defend himself in case of an invasion and that he just kept practicing even after he was banished
I agree. It adds to his grandeur, taking out enemies by himself rather than using his soldiers. That way he’s able to put on a show. Using his tail feathers as a distraction/shield, the way his combat is a display of elegance rather than brute force, how he is dressed in robes instead of armor, how when he produces a throwing knife it almost sounds like a bell or wind chime. He was such a good character as well as a good villain!
Required to train maybe, but he definitely put lot's of effort into. He can actually fought with furious level fighters, and the figure and shape of him doesn't make it easy. What a sad and beautiful character
An interesting part of his backstory is that the Soothsayer goat was apparently a caretaker of his during his youth, so she has the unique position of testing his patience or calling him out.
Soothsayer should have never phophesied. Gotta love the Greek tragedy though. She said he would be killed by a warrior of black and white. Lord Shen assumed it would be an external force, like a panda. He never considered that he, himself, a leucistic peacock with black accents, would cause his own death.
2:28 THEY LITERALLY ANIMATED HIM POUTING!!!! THAT'S INSAAAANE!!!!! And i never expected a villain being treated like an actual character and being allowed to have a life, dreams and be funny. I could follow the story through him and would love it, that's how villains should be.
The specific thing I love is how Shen uses his tail feathers while fighting, as one of the uses in the real animal is to appear bigger for intimidation. He's so extra, but you can't doubt that it fits him perfectly. Love when Dreamworks clearly does their research.
Dreamworks did jack shit. The people they hired did all this, DESPITE Dreamworks, not BECAUSE of Dreamworks. After KFP4, y'all gotta stop huffing the hype juice for Dreamworks.
Meant to represent him throwing away his family, and replacing them with the giant cannon, which is a symbol of desperate measures he took to protect himself. It _literally_ symbolizes Shen throwing his family out the window for his creation. I love this movie
@@SagaciousWizard fr same! I couldn't believe they would treat him so disrespectfully. He didn't even put up a fight like Tai Lung and it was embarrassing! And he's my fav so I'm mad! Guess I could say the same for Kai too even though he's not my fav but they did him dirty too.
IMO, Lord Shen is the best Kung Fu Panda villain and one of the most underrated villains. He's sadistic and power hungered to take over China. He's literally the main reason why Po's character arc began.
@@THEONEANDONLYRICKASTLEYDOG Actually like that evil and completely intelligent character you know He was just surprised that he was going to be defeated.
I like how the "scars heal, wounds heal" dialogue sounds like a comedic moment at first, but it perfectly showcases the fundamental difference between Po and Lord Shen. Po believes that achieving inner peace means reconciling with your past and moving on, thus letting the scars heal, while Shen believes only the wound heals, but scars don't. He may have gotten over his parents "abandoning" him and tried to move on, but failing to accept the truth, that his parents genuinely loved him and only wanted to keep him safe, has resulted in his scar not healing.
Thats what I thought too. What Shen said reminds me of a quote from Helluva Boss "I'm not over it, im over you" Shen went from being heartbroken and furious his parents never loved him to not caring about them. But the pain of their abandonment is still there, it still drives him and hurts just like a scar, closed but still painful
Scars don’t heal though. That’s a fact. They remain permanently and when conditions are met can quite literally reopen of your body doesn’t have the nutrients to constantly keep them healed.
@@AluminumFusion22 Was a weird way to put it. Wish they’d do a show where they let someone actually get their pound of flesh. Not all things need forgiveness or moving on.
_Wounds heal, but scars _*_fade._* Wounds heal into scars. And scars will, ultimately, fade. One picks at his own scars, never letting them fade, he hangs onto them like they're trophies; that they define his whole being, and control his actions - his very fate - since they had first appeared, excusing himself of any of his actions thence. The other tolerates and comes to accept his scars. That they've merely marked a particular event in his life; a small part of the greater story of his life. The story of his scars may be influential perhaps, but never domineer his course of actions, for he knows he alone is the maker of his own destiny.
One of my favourite villains, ever. He's got...A classy style. A unique design. An elegant form of fighting. A great backstory. A *lovely* voice. A beautiful theme...I could go on. If I ever manage to produce some form of media, I'll certainly have a character inspired by Shen.
I'm personally a fan of how Shen *immediately* pulls a 180 when he's talking to the soothsayer. "My parents wronged me, and I will right that wrong." "They loved you, they loved you so much that sending you away killed them." Shen then goes instantly from "The past is the most important thing to me" directly into "The dead exist in the past, and I must attend to my future". He still needs the justification to follow through with his genocide, but it's so hollow he can flip it on a dime when it suits him.
He's ultimately a moral-less psychopath that only wants power and immortality but will come up with any excuse on the fly to make himself sound like the hero in his own mind. It's like he comes off as a generic baddie but you realize it's all an act and he's actually waaay more deranged than that
According to TV Tropes, he takes no pleasure in being the villain; and in that moment, he truly regrets his parents' death and realizes just how evil his actions up to his goodbye with the soothsayer are, and he only marches on because he thinks himself too far to turn back (and to be fair, he did commit outright genocide).
@@Wyrmshield It's not power, it's validation, he always thinks he's the victim and therefore wants to prove to a certain someone (on base level his parents, but in reality himself) that he is capable of more than he is given. Shen throughout the film has lived in doubt and always assumed his family set him up to fail but when the Soothsayer blows his fantasy out, Shen feels regret and guilt for all he's done. Shen himself does not want any more suffering to ensue but now it's too late to turn back for him.
actually if you pay attention in the final scene he's cutting the ropes on purpose. he's done running so he's going to end it himself, a peacock of black and white
Some yes. I assume he was banking on crippling po and then dropping the cannon on him if he couldn't skewer him first. But then saw what he did and decided it was better to die than live and be saved by the panda he wanted dead
Exactly. I don’t think Shen closed his eyes accepting that fate got to him. I think he accepted that if dying is what it takes to dodge fate, then that’s enough. His destiny said he would lose to a warrior of black and white. He’s white and red. He ended his own life. He successfully changed his destiny, even if the destination was all the same
@@nerdthatcantfit1079 But at the same time, does his crest, the patterns on his feathers, not incorporate black? Maybe he thought he could change it, in regards to his demise. But Destiny will always forever have the last laugh.
@@ironbrw3467 shen’s primary colors though are red and white. And the Gen if you do incorporate the black dots on his feathers. He’s not a warrior of black and white. It’s black white and red. Shen successfully defied destiny. He still died in the end, but not in the way destiny foretold
2:38 I still laugh seeing this guy actually practice his villain lines. Most other villains just say what comes to them in the moment, but Shen just frickin rehearses and practices his lines ahead of time instead. 😂
We seriously don't talk enough how good Gary Oldman was in voicing Shen. He can be extremely funny and intimidating at the same time, i'm sure he had a great time voicing Shen
Gary Oldman's one of the best living actors. He flawlessly transitioned between Shen's emotional states whilst maintaining his intimidation. Even in comedic moments, there's still something terrifying about him, mostly because of Oldman's voice. Shen isn't exactly the most intimidating creature to look at - the tail feathers make him look bigger but they emphasize beauty as much as intimidation, unless you have a specific trauma like Po did - but combining that voice with his actions and behaviour makes him horrifying. "Part of you here, part of you there, part of you WAAAY over there, STAINING THE WALL!" I also like that there are some moments where Shen's voice wavers. For example "Fire! F-fire at them!" emphasizes his panic and desperation even as he's barking orders. Little moments like that make him feel more alive.
I’ll never forgive Dreamworks for how much they disrespected Lord Shen and Kai in Kung Fu Panda 4. Neither of them have a single line of dialogue, man.
That’s because Shen and Kai were last minute decisions. As were the 5. None of them were supposed to be in the film until the director had to be forced to put them in there. It’s quite insane actually.
It'll always be amazing to me how Dreamworks managed to not only make a peacock genuinely intimidating, but make a talking peacock that gets harassed by an overweight panda and a moderately challenged wolf be an absolute badass and fantastic villain. Shen was one hell of a character.
on chinese tiktok .. there was viral vid from the zoo.. a panda plucking and chasing a peacock 😂😂 thinking back... to this ... made it more funny.... the fact it aline...
Can we talk about the brilliant symbolism at 2:28? It literally represents Shen throwing his family out the window to make way for his desperate measures.
I love how the animators conveyed so much just through Shen's eyes, how he looks genuinely deranged just from the eye movements alone. They cooked so hard with this character.
9:50 i cannot explain how much i fucking LOVE when movies or entertainment in general has this type of parallel coloring. the dark reds and musty grounds that shen was lying in in contrast to poes golden and white is so stunning and the way both of them were fighting in both areas showing how each of them had their good and bad times but it's the way you handle it as a person that makes you grow
This is one of the only animated where I actually notice the directing because of the colors, lighting, and different animation styles. It's so specific that it really shows that the director had a vision. And it's a damn good one at that.
the end where he just closes his eyes and accepts his fate is honestly such a fitting end imo. the dude wanted to die, deep down he probably wanted to die more than he wanted to win
He wanted to prove the suthsayer wrong. He didn't care about taking over China all he wanted to prove her wrong. And all those feelings of his parents hating him and abandoning him feeding his delusion that he has to prove everyone wrong. He 100% was a mess internally and was just hoping his end wasn't by a panda. But when it came down to the end he gave up.
@@vu9977tHe actually prove her right. "You'll be kill*d by warrior in black & white", he is a leucistic white peacock with black & red accent, he prove her right by su*cide
Who would have thought that a peacock, one of the world's most beautiful birds, and fireworks, one of the world's most beautiful entertainment could be so scary. Edit 24/6/2024: 1.000 likes?! Thank you.
8:57 My "favourite"-ish Shen moment is the one that immediately precedes this one. When he is panicked, screaming at the top of his lungs to open fire on the advancing Masters regardless of the collateral, and the Wolf Captain turns to him, throws down his torch and replies, "No." We get a half-second to admire the Wolf's loyalty to his own men, before Shen wordlessly cuts down his ally of thirty years without hesitation and fires the cannon at point blank range, obliterating half his armada. His demented desperation leads him to wipe out his own soldiers and kill someone who has been at his right hand for decades. His vascillation between his sneering noble uppity veneer and the terrified desperation it conceals makes his such an excellent villain.
Whoever decided to make a peacock this scary and badass deserves some awards. Not only designing a scary villain, but also animating his fighting style must be appreciated. The use of his feathers as a distraction and shield against master Croc was genius.
Gary Oldman has long been lauded for his versatility, method, and dedication in his acting. People nowadays are critical of the current trend of having A-list actors star in animated mocies, but Gary Oldman is one big name who could be a fantastic honest voice actor if he applied himself to the craft.
“Consider it your parting gift. Part of you here, part of you there, and part of you waaaayy over there STAINING THE WALLS!” That line was pretty hard for a Dreamworks film. Gary Oldman was peak casting.
I'm surprised they allowed that, he basically said master ox was gonna be scattered horrifically in bloody pieces and considering the cannons power I wouldn't be surprised if that's how he actually dies😬😬😬
Probably kept her around out of respect. It was her propechy that started everything, so he wanted her around to prove her wrong. He almost might care for her some as the last remnant of his past or even some kind of caretaker.
Tbh i could see why Shen didn't hurt the soothsayer, because in the official DreamWorks web (Not Wiki, i swear i read this web somewhere in Google) she was his caretaker/nanny when he was a kid, not sure if he cares about her but i think he does (a little bit.)
Looking at it now, I think I favour villains who use their intelligence as a weapon rather than their strength, because Joker has been my favourite fictional character of all time- I'm talking since I was a kid. Shen gets to Po mentally, just like Joker gets to Batman mentally. Love it
The fact that Shen just gaslight Po into thinking his parents dosent love him, but he’s the one that dosent think his parents love him. But Shen’s parents could’ve kill Shen if they truly hate him. What he did was beyond redemption but they still want to protect him by sending him away.
Shen is without a doubt the best Kung Fu Panda villain. He’s evil, sadistic, intimidating, threatening, menacing, vicious, cruel, violent, cunning, remorseless, and vindictive. His design is elegant and graceful, but still badass. I still can’t believe the animators managed to make a peacock look so villainous. His backstory, while not quite as tragic as Tai Lung’s, is still incredibly tragic. He believed his parents never truly loved him when he was banished as a result of his massacre on the half the pandas. He’s also responsible for the death of Po’s mother and Po being separated from his family. In fact, he’s the only villain who serves as a personal burden to Po and made Po nervous during the final battle, as he aggressively attacked him with his feather blades. And of course, I have to commend Gary Oldman for his sensational vocal performance by sounding slimy, cold, malicious, and cruel! 🤩🤩🤩🤩👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🦚❤🔥
I absolutely adored Shen the whole movie. He's a great villain from start to finish. He's ruthless, cunning, threatening and skilled, but the movie does a good job of showing he isn't invincible by any means.
I agree. Death is terrifying in his own right, but Shen has more personality. He can be funny to watch as well as frightening, while Death is all about the intimidation factor.
@@rebeccaarts15 Death is not "just doing his job" because it wasn't time for Puss to die yet. He just got tired of all the insults the fearless feline threw his way for all of Puss' nine lives and decided to just kill him then and there with no respawns. He takes the form of a wolf to scare Puss, he repeatedly tortures Puss with his whistles and in general was "cheating", as the gambler puss in that cave said.
@@AverageNecronEnthusiastexactly i hate how people ignore the cave of past lives scene, death is a villain and him sparing puss doesn’t make it any less of it
Idk if you've ever seen it, but there's a deleted scene where he's practicing other intros that got cut with full animation and voice acting, and it's so funny and adorable🤣
"He would be defeated by a warrior in black and white" *proceeds to kill all of the pandas* Right... because we do not know of any FREAKING SNOWLEOPARDS who could be a threat, do we!?
@@peteralexandergraae2830From what we know about the timeline, Po is about 30 years old in the second movie. Tai Lung went rogue about 20 years before the start of the first movie and there isn't much of a time skip between the two movie. And Tai Lung would of been in his 20's when he went rogue which would put him in his 40's when he escaped prison. That would mean that when Po's people were killed and he was found by Mr. Ping, Tai Lung would of at least been a older child at the time. No older than a teenager at most.
What I find interesting about Shen at 11:01 is that he accepts his fate SO easily, but it's so much deeper than simply "giving in." (1) I think he doesn't hesitate because on the SURFACE, it's not Po the Panda who directly causes his demise, it's the canon that does it, so in that moment in his mind it's almost as thought he "wins" on a technicality. (2) He has been struggling for his entire adult life (even though he essentially caused his own misery) to achieve his personal goals that horrified others, being cast out feeling abandoned and unloved, that the canon falling towards his direction is his chance to finally be free. He has been fighting for so long, that when the opportunity came, he simply accepted it instead of trying to keep fighting (3) The canon falling on him is definitely representative of how all his efforts to defeat Po are what ultimately caused his own demise.
The fact that this franchise got incredible actors like Ian McShane, Gary Oldman, J.K. Simmons, and Viola Davis to voice the Kung Fu Panda villains is absolutely amazing
7:00 They could have just made him hop off that ledge but no, they had to animate him opening and closing his tail feathers while adding a screech and metallic clangs. I love it.
*Tai Lung:* breaks out of the prison, knocks out 1000 guards and destroys everyone getting in his way *Lord Shen:* is a cruel dictator, commits genocide, kills anyone with his army and cannons, even his own wolf army *General Kai:* is a ruthless warrior, who wiped countless people, stole chi from the pandas, did a lot of damage to the valley of peace, has insane chi power *The Chameleon:* pushes someone down the stairs
Ah yes, Pushing someone down the stairs.. Classic but very OP lol- Edit : (Ngl, people might say it reminds them of Omori. Meanwhile me right here, thinking of Sin mal pushing Bronya down from the stairs in Honkai impact-)
Shen: "my father's throne. he used to let me play here beside him, promising one day this throne would be mine." me: _thinking this will be a heartfelt sentimental moment for Shen_ Shen: *chucks the throne out the window* me: . . . oh. . . wow. . .
Lord Shen is, by far, the most ruthless of all the villains and one with the greatest villain design of all the - now - 4 villains in this amazing franchise. Also, the fact that he just defenestrates the throne out his pagoda tower is STONE COLD!
6:30 That scene showed Shen was more than just a villain, but someone who spent his life believing his parents hated him. It's very made clear the last time he saw them, it was when they banished him and threw him out. That scene gave him more depth and still makes him a very complex villain.
Even though Gary Oldman is most recognized as for his live-action performances, his voice-acted roles are easily his most memorable. Viktor Reznov and Lord Shen are characters I will never forget and Oldman made sure of that.
Gary Oldman puts just as much talent in his voice-acting roles as in his live-action performances, and I praise him for that! Too often celebrity voice-casting is so underwhelming and an obvious cash grab
@@KroyyieGroft-cd8jg@KroyyieGroft-cd8jg She(Goat lady) asks him if he would finally be satisfied after conquering all of China. And his reply is to that. Converting basement into dungeon is just him being snide with her. Edit: His big character flaw is that while he has the potential to be a great leader he's very paranoid and insecure. And she's basically trying to tell him he's overreacting and to calm down. She's trying to save Shen from himself so he can be a good ruler like his father was.
One thing I love about Shen's cannon is that they snarl before the shot is fired. An amazing detail behind Shifu's description of the weapon that "breathes fire and spits metal"
8:23 I LOVED THIS SCENE it feels like it’s making fun of anime scenes where the characters are in a really loud environment and they can somehow still hear each other lol
The way he just expects his death, he doesn’t even try to dodge. I think he could have if he had really wanted to. I love Shen he’s absolutely one of my favorite villains. His choreography and sound design are incredible.
"O...kay...?" Is such a proper response to po throwing the 'disk of destruction', you can hear that in shen's tone, the line is delivered as "all right, so this is what we're working with here...?"
WAIT. MICHELLE YEOH WAS THE SOOTHSAYER??? MY QUEEN 🙇🏽♀️ 2:31 i coughed my drink out through my nose 3:32 wait i dont 3:52 i dont remember these scenes man yknow what, maybe the reason they deleted these scenes was to remove his relatability to the audience, make him less likeable and therefore people are not as mad when he dies. but oops some of us still wish he was written w/out death being the end 😭 5:04 YOUR EDITING IS TOP TIER OMG
@@jammygamer8961 Nah, Tai did too. He was touched when Shifu saying he’s sorry, throughout most of the movie he believed Shifu lied to him and regret nothing, he hears him apologize and his eyes well-up. It’s not as noticeable as Shen’s, but it is there.
@@Dr.Oofers that was just an emotional reaction. Shen also had that, at least two infact Shens beliefs actually changed which was him finally accepting that Po was fated to beat him. Every other villain was just like "Noooooo" upon being beat but Shen fully accepted it in the end. He's not the only one to actually change in his own film but to change in a positive way too.
5:53 to 6:39 will always be my favorite scene. When the Soothsayer told Shen that when he was banished, it killed his parents due to how much they loved him dearly, and were saddened by the cruel path he took. And instead of retorting, he acts surprised, but says that he is moving forward in the future, when ironically, he’s still stuck in the past. He may be a genocidal pile of trash, but deep down, he did genuinely love his parents, even if he didn’t fully love them back afterwards.
One of my favorite things about kung fu panda is its ability to take its “final battle” scenes like 8:20 and sprinkle just enough humor to balance it out, while not being too humorous to diverge from how serious the stakes are.
@@FirithPanda True- I plan on dropping the Frollo vid later this month, I have two others I'd like to get out of the way. Thanks again for sticking around :)
@@LenaHyena Always. This content is as the kids would say "bussin." And remember, Pronce John wants to be called King. Continue mocking him, oo-de-lally
The last part at 10:00 It might imply that when his parents sent him away it crushed him so bad he couldn’t find iner peace, so it was strange to him that po could
As much as I love out-and-out uncomplicated villains, I do love complex villains that are understandable without being relatable. You can see the steps he took and how his ego and misguided beliefs led him to doing terrible things. His death scene sticks with me as an amazing almost-redemption, where he realises he cannot win against Po’s undying love despite everything. He isn’t redeemed in a traditional sense, but he kind of reaches a messed-up kind of inner peace that he was WRONG.
And this is why the second movie will always be my favorite. He was such a well written villain. The story was darker than the other ones. I watched the 4th movie, and it was really great. Loved it! But nothing could top the 2nd movie for me.
If we learn anything from KFP3, they only hires important VA. But for them to not acknowledges and paid VA for all KFP villain is a crime In KFP3, master croc returns and he got not a single dialogues. Just dumb reptile. But WHO THE FUCK PITCHING THE SAME IDEA IN KFP4? WHO have audacity to say "yeah lets not hire all po villain VA and make them dum NPC"
One thing I really love about Shen is that this is all about their pride. They won't accept anyone being better than them or deciding their fate. In the end scene where Poe grabs him and he slashes him you can hear his rage and pain in that shout at the thought of being defeated by anyone. But in the end I believe they only closed their eyes because they realized it wasn't Poe who was the warrior of Black and White, it was Shen. The Seers words about if he wins then what, it's a bottomless cup. His whole life has revolved around him not letting anyone else decide his fate. So when his own cannon fell on him he accepted his defeat from himself because it was own doing, he could of easily dodged but he realized he will never find peace otherwise. So him knowing that only he himself defeated himself brought him peace in those last moments, that the seer was wrong that it wasn't Poe. The seer only said a Warrior of Black and White, not a Panda. Rip Shen...
"It's your parting gift... in that it will part you. Part of you here, part of you there, part of you way over there, staining the wall!" That line has no right being in an animated kid's film. Good lord, that goes hard!
Wolf: “I saw a panda!”
Shen: A P A N D A
Po: *puts on hat*
Shen: *gasps* Po the panda!?!?!?
3:13 💀
@@ganeshwaarmahendran4825ah pery the platapus
“i thought we weren’t supposed to do this in public” 😭😭😭😭
@@lord_ozymandiashow often do you think Shen chokes him out?💀
The amazingly sadistic delivery of "Part of you way over there staining the wall" always gets me
I'm seriously didnt get that while I was a kid
English isnt my native language and when im old enough to understand it
He is so dark. So complex too. Literally the best kfp villain.
I was kinda bored, only appreciating some of the film. But now i look at it, its just one beautiful film
He's so unhinged I love him
1:50
I quote this line so much, I love Shen
that quote sent shiver down my spine i shriek inside😭😭
It's so funny how Shen comes back to his parents all happy after killing all the pandas. He's like, "Mom, dad! You're gonna be so proud! I COMMITED GENOCIDE!" Then he's shocked when they're completely mortified LOL
Man was born insane and wanted to make his parents proud, kinda sad 😢
Tbph they were neglectful of him, and considering he was desperate to honor his parents just for one bit it it pretty sad.
@@anotherordinaryfellow6935it's really no wonder why he was more close to soothsayer than his own parents, in the dreamwork site it said that she was his nanny
Its bcuz the soothteller got more influence to ruler than you see, he just have to physically reverse it so his royal family might trust he can be the right successor.
@@GirlieMiseryyeah and why he was so stunned when she said that they died of grief after banishing him
What I love about Shen is that despite having an army at his disposal he is actually a competent fighter, he was able to keep up against two masters and only backed away when the third arrived.
He knows the limitations of his own combat which is why he decided to build weapons yet will not shield himself with his own troops for protection.
It is possible that when he was still living in the palace and his true nature was revealed his parents wanted him to know how to fight so he could defend himself in case of an invasion and that he just kept practicing even after he was banished
I agree. It adds to his grandeur, taking out enemies by himself rather than using his soldiers.
That way he’s able to put on a show. Using his tail feathers as a distraction/shield, the way his combat is a display of elegance rather than brute force, how he is dressed in robes instead of armor, how when he produces a throwing knife it almost sounds like a bell or wind chime.
He was such a good character as well as a good villain!
Yeah, I feel like it’s really tropey to have characters with armies and super weapons who can’t fight
Eastern/Asian royalty and their children were usually required to be trained in martial arts.
Required to train maybe, but he definitely put lot's of effort into. He can actually fought with furious level fighters, and the figure and shape of him doesn't make it easy.
What a sad and beautiful character
An interesting part of his backstory is that the Soothsayer goat was apparently a caretaker of his during his youth, so she has the unique position of testing his patience or calling him out.
Yeah, and we can see that in the movie, he never hurts her, he just gets angry at her but doesn't make anything more
Oh yes, I remember commenting that on Schaffrillas’ vid with my alt account- I actually might make a video highlighting their moments but I'm not 100%
The goat is his mother figure.
Rich kid who's nanny cares more than his "important" parents is a trope apperantly
Soothsayer should have never phophesied. Gotta love the Greek tragedy though. She said he would be killed by a warrior of black and white. Lord Shen assumed it would be an external force, like a panda. He never considered that he, himself, a leucistic peacock with black accents, would cause his own death.
2:28 THEY LITERALLY ANIMATED HIM POUTING!!!! THAT'S INSAAAANE!!!!! And i never expected a villain being treated like an actual character and being allowed to have a life, dreams and be funny. I could follow the story through him and would love it, that's how villains should be.
Same 😆
The fuck is pouting
How is that pouting..?
@@-Clutch-think they meant 3:28 not 2
The specific thing I love is how Shen uses his tail feathers while fighting, as one of the uses in the real animal is to appear bigger for intimidation.
He's so extra, but you can't doubt that it fits him perfectly.
Love when Dreamworks clearly does their research.
Apparently it’s also based off a fighting style that uses metal fans
@@crocoboi7936I knew it was familiar! Dreamworks did a brilliant job combining it
Dreamworks did jack shit. The people they hired did all this, DESPITE Dreamworks, not BECAUSE of Dreamworks. After KFP4, y'all gotta stop huffing the hype juice for Dreamworks.
@@lazaroskarmaniolas7410ehhhhhh
man hush. Don't see Disney getting any better
HELP THE FACT HE JUST THROWS THE THRONE OUT THE WINDOW 💀💀💀
Meant to represent him throwing away his family, and replacing them with the giant cannon, which is a symbol of desperate measures he took to protect himself.
It _literally_ symbolizes Shen throwing his family out the window for his creation.
I love this movie
Let’s just say that the throne was THROWNE!😂
@@loganthevillager9176Ba dum tss. (sorry I had to)
Hey look, it’s daddy’s chair!
“yeet”
Husk: Daddy Issues 😏
"My favourite shen moments"
proceeds to show every shen screen time even the deleted scenes
Shen is love, Shen is life
@@tardigrade228now which will you give to shen?
live laugh love shen
Videos title is "why is shen my fav villain" not favorite scenes😂
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Chameleon WISHES she was like Shen.
What they did to shen in that movie really pissing me off.
Shen only made one sound and it's a peacock moan lol
I know! He look so majestic in that animation though! Wished they gave him a line at least or they him apologizing to Po for what he did to him.
@@SagaciousWizard fr same! I couldn't believe they would treat him so disrespectfully. He didn't even put up a fight like Tai Lung and it was embarrassing! And he's my fav so I'm mad! Guess I could say the same for Kai too even though he's not my fav but they did him dirty too.
@@TheArtformers LMAO yeah like what the heck was that sound he made hahaha. I literally facepalmed when that happened
IMO, Lord Shen is the best Kung Fu Panda villain and one of the most underrated villains. He's sadistic and power hungered to take over China. He's literally the main reason why Po's character arc began.
He’s actually overrated
@@THEONEANDONLYRICKASTLEYDOG Actually like that evil and completely intelligent character you know
He was just surprised that he was going to be defeated.
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How dare you! He is just the right amount of rated!
@@Sunset_Shimmer_Fan_
Slightly underrated
@@prasanth2601 thank you
Thai lung was a physical challenge, Sheng was a traumatic challenge, and Kai was a spiritual challenge
Facts
What about the chameleon
@@Tyrelshed123 Shiii idk 🤷🏾♂️
@@Tyrelshed123A challenge for the audience to give a shit
@@Tyrelshed123A moral challenge ig?
My brain: “KFP? What’s KFP?… Kentucky Fried Peacock?”
…
“OH right! Kung Fu Panda.”
that was really just an excuse not to make a long title tbh-
@@LenaHyena Oh yeah, no problem, just took my brain a moment to process it lol
Lol poor Lord Shen 😭✌️
@@christianbryan6961 you do have me wondering if kentucky fried peacock would be any good tho 👀
@@LenaHyena >:)
Gary Oldman did NOT have to go all in for a charismatic and sadistic peacock overlord but he did it for US anyways and I am all the better for it
Fr bro, and he's one of my favourite actors
@@LenaHyena ‘The only reason why you’re still alive is that I find your stupidity mildly amusing.’
Gary Oldman/Shen’s voice has me on my knees atp.
@@lxiza_velvettecakes-…what donyou mean by that?
IN MY HONEST OPINION, he did Sirius Black better
@@LenaHyenaApparently Gary Oldman was a huge fan of the first _Kung Fu Panda_ film that he wanted to have a role in the sequel.
I like how the "scars heal, wounds heal" dialogue sounds like a comedic moment at first, but it perfectly showcases the fundamental difference between Po and Lord Shen. Po believes that achieving inner peace means reconciling with your past and moving on, thus letting the scars heal, while Shen believes only the wound heals, but scars don't. He may have gotten over his parents "abandoning" him and tried to move on, but failing to accept the truth, that his parents genuinely loved him and only wanted to keep him safe, has resulted in his scar not healing.
Thats what I thought too. What Shen said reminds me of a quote from Helluva Boss "I'm not over it, im over you"
Shen went from being heartbroken and furious his parents never loved him to not caring about them. But the pain of their abandonment is still there, it still drives him and hurts just like a scar, closed but still painful
Scars don’t heal though. That’s a fact. They remain permanently and when conditions are met can quite literally reopen of your body doesn’t have the nutrients to constantly keep them healed.
@@magnarcreed3801 That's true, but it shows how Po is willing to move on but Shen isn't.
@@AluminumFusion22
Was a weird way to put it.
Wish they’d do a show where they let someone actually get their pound of flesh. Not all things need forgiveness or moving on.
_Wounds heal, but scars _*_fade._*
Wounds heal into scars. And scars will, ultimately, fade.
One picks at his own scars, never letting them fade, he hangs onto them like they're trophies; that they define his whole being, and control his actions - his very fate - since they had first appeared, excusing himself of any of his actions thence.
The other tolerates and comes to accept his scars. That they've merely marked a particular event in his life; a small part of the greater story of his life. The story of his scars may be influential perhaps, but never domineer his course of actions, for he knows he alone is the maker of his own destiny.
“Promising some day this throne would be mine.”
*Proceeds to throw the throne out the window.*
Guess you could say it was **throne** out the window (you may now laugh)
@@NovaRhodes 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Nice one! I love terrible puns.
@Neoplushfilms HAHAHAHA so funny 😐(I’m not calling you unfunny)
@@gtdc4685 nah you good lol
@@NovaRhodes I just put that there for all the snowflakes.
And people ask me why I love peacocks..
Elegant, graceful, sharp, and vain. Everything Shen was, is, and shall be.
that may be what shen is, but irl peacocks are not so graceful and have awfully loud screams
@@ieatkids8348and harass females alot
@@ieatkids8348 Tbf Shen also does horribly loud screams
Real peacocks are loud. They’re fcking loud.
@@ieatkids8348 have you seen a peacock gliding tho
One of my favourite villains, ever. He's got...A classy style. A unique design. An elegant form of fighting. A great backstory. A *lovely* voice. A beautiful theme...I could go on.
If I ever manage to produce some form of media, I'll certainly have a character inspired by Shen.
Gary Oldman is now my favourite actor because of this video
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I'm personally a fan of how Shen *immediately* pulls a 180 when he's talking to the soothsayer. "My parents wronged me, and I will right that wrong."
"They loved you, they loved you so much that sending you away killed them."
Shen then goes instantly from "The past is the most important thing to me" directly into "The dead exist in the past, and I must attend to my future". He still needs the justification to follow through with his genocide, but it's so hollow he can flip it on a dime when it suits him.
Me too
He's ultimately a moral-less psychopath that only wants power and immortality but will come up with any excuse on the fly to make himself sound like the hero in his own mind. It's like he comes off as a generic baddie but you realize it's all an act and he's actually waaay more deranged than that
I love that they left the comparison to Tai Lung's similar moment of disregarded revelation in this video
According to TV Tropes, he takes no pleasure in being the villain; and in that moment, he truly regrets his parents' death and realizes just how evil his actions up to his goodbye with the soothsayer are, and he only marches on because he thinks himself too far to turn back (and to be fair, he did commit outright genocide).
@@Wyrmshield It's not power, it's validation, he always thinks he's the victim and therefore wants to prove to a certain someone (on base level his parents, but in reality himself) that he is capable of more than he is given.
Shen throughout the film has lived in doubt and always assumed his family set him up to fail but when the Soothsayer blows his fantasy out, Shen feels regret and guilt for all he's done.
Shen himself does not want any more suffering to ensue but now it's too late to turn back for him.
4:23 Born to "we meet at last," forced to "hey." Hilarious line. 😂
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Greetings, panda
We meet at last@@Lord_shen_official
@@anjupradhan8464hey.
actually if you pay attention in the final scene he's cutting the ropes on purpose. he's done running so he's going to end it himself, a peacock of black and white
Some yes. I assume he was banking on crippling po and then dropping the cannon on him if he couldn't skewer him first. But then saw what he did and decided it was better to die than live and be saved by the panda he wanted dead
Exactly. I don’t think Shen closed his eyes accepting that fate got to him. I think he accepted that if dying is what it takes to dodge fate, then that’s enough. His destiny said he would lose to a warrior of black and white. He’s white and red. He ended his own life. He successfully changed his destiny, even if the destination was all the same
@@nerdthatcantfit1079in the end, life always ends. Only the way it does and its impact on life changes.
@@nerdthatcantfit1079 But at the same time, does his crest, the patterns on his feathers, not incorporate black?
Maybe he thought he could change it, in regards to his demise.
But Destiny will always forever have the last laugh.
@@ironbrw3467 shen’s primary colors though are red and white. And the Gen if you do incorporate the black dots on his feathers. He’s not a warrior of black and white. It’s black white and red. Shen successfully defied destiny. He still died in the end, but not in the way destiny foretold
2:38 I still laugh seeing this guy actually practice his villain lines.
Most other villains just say what comes to them in the moment, but Shen just frickin rehearses and practices his lines ahead of time instead. 😂
Improv is nice but practice makes perfect they say 😆🤣
Classic introvert sooo much 😂😂
It fits his character, he’s a control freak wanting to change destiny itself. Everything must go the way he planned it.
I love it so much 😂
It's been years since I saw this movie and I STILL remember that scene!
We seriously don't talk enough how good Gary Oldman was in voicing Shen. He can be extremely funny and intimidating at the same time, i'm sure he had a great time voicing Shen
I agree because Shen scarred me for life and never realised gary voices him
Now Leo DiCaprio won an Oscar, Gary Oldman inherits his title of "Fantastic Actor Underappreciated By The Academy"
Gary Oldman's one of the best living actors. He flawlessly transitioned between Shen's emotional states whilst maintaining his intimidation. Even in comedic moments, there's still something terrifying about him, mostly because of Oldman's voice. Shen isn't exactly the most intimidating creature to look at - the tail feathers make him look bigger but they emphasize beauty as much as intimidation, unless you have a specific trauma like Po did - but combining that voice with his actions and behaviour makes him horrifying.
"Part of you here, part of you there, part of you WAAAY over there, STAINING THE WALL!"
I also like that there are some moments where Shen's voice wavers. For example "Fire! F-fire at them!" emphasizes his panic and desperation even as he's barking orders. Little moments like that make him feel more alive.
Shen is a character who could very easily slide past comedic straight into stupid, but Oldman's fantastic delivery sells it.
"How worthless would you have to be, for your own flesh and blood not to love you, even a little"
goddamn, now I know why that is a deleted scene
I know right?
Timestamp?
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But they did it darker for the death guy in puss in boots
Sounds like projection more than writing
I’ll never forgive Dreamworks for how much they disrespected Lord Shen and Kai in Kung Fu Panda 4. Neither of them have a single line of dialogue, man.
IKR!? I only went to see the dang movie for shen, but they done instead butcher the guy!
I mean were they meant to play a major role lol. I don't think ut matters that much
@@tobsonasanya4765 Yeah true lol tho I was still disappointed
Come on it's not like he had a big role in the movie especially since he's voice actor has retired
I love Shen but they probably didn’t have the budget…
For the record, Shen is the only villain in this series that forced Po to retreat during their final fight.
He was kinda vicious with those blades.
True. You can clearly tell how nervous and frightened Po was when he was defending himself against Shen’s rage.
He didn't just force Po to retreat. He BLASTED HIM WITH A CANNON out of the fireworks factory.
Very vicious!!!
@@Gloom_Shroom_Gaming if it wasn't for Soothsayer Shen would have straight up won
@jammygamer8961 If it weren't for the soothsayer, he also wouldn't have killed all of the pandas though.
4:45 not only was he well written, but Shen is the most aesthetically drawn. His look when his feathers are out and open is incredible
It honestly sucked that shen or Kai stay muted in the fourth movie, everyone was disappointed in that scene
Not me! Because I was fine with that
That’s because Shen and Kai were last minute decisions. As were the 5. None of them were supposed to be in the film until the director had to be forced to put them in there. It’s quite insane actually.
I wish the movie just left them out
Shen in KFP 4 is a Walmart version of Shen KFP 2. Such a disappointment
@@ArcticWolf00Alpha0I hate Mike Mitchell, I don’t want him directing these movies. HES TERRIBLE
It'll always be amazing to me how Dreamworks managed to not only make a peacock genuinely intimidating, but make a talking peacock that gets harassed by an overweight panda and a moderately challenged wolf be an absolute badass and fantastic villain. Shen was one hell of a character.
on chinese tiktok .. there was viral vid from the zoo.. a panda plucking and chasing a peacock 😂😂 thinking back... to this ... made it more funny.... the fact it aline...
@@shirleneyap1730peacock: FIRE, FIRE, SEND IN THE WOLVES!
Also, while he kinda "weaker" than other villains, I think he's far more intimidating psychologically/mentally
8:29 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 How the movie can be so serious and so goofy at the same time????? Legendarily hilarious, actually.
Stares at Spy Kids
It's kung fu panda lol
Even if it is serious(well written if I may)
It's still gonna be funny
Can we talk about the brilliant symbolism at 2:28?
It literally represents Shen throwing his family out the window to make way for his desperate measures.
Shen was willing to make all he done amount to something.
At any cost...
He replaced the throne with a gun it's so juicy
@@Wyrmshield now I have a mental image of someone biting a gun and ...
And here we are, shen BOWING AT PO IN THE 4TH MOVIE. GOD I HATE THE 4TH MOVIE
@@Jason-..- Shen grew a tiny bit of respect for Po for getting his kung fu back.
and bro was reduced to a peacock noise in kpf 4. rip
Kung Panda Fu
Rip
They did Shen and Kai so dirty 😭
Avoid that movie at all costs. Got it!
@@pierrebegley2746 please do. You're better off watching episodes from the Nick series and calling it a day. Same budget but with actual clever humor.
I love how the animators conveyed so much just through Shen's eyes, how he looks genuinely deranged just from the eye movements alone.
They cooked so hard with this character.
9:50 i cannot explain how much i fucking LOVE when movies or entertainment in general has this type of parallel coloring. the dark reds and musty grounds that shen was lying in in contrast to poes golden and white is so stunning and the way both of them were fighting in both areas showing how each of them had their good and bad times but it's the way you handle it as a person that makes you grow
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You get it! I love it when movies take the time to really convey the mood or motivations of characters through more artistic methods.
This is one of the only animated where I actually notice the directing because of the colors, lighting, and different animation styles. It's so specific that it really shows that the director had a vision. And it's a damn good one at that.
"Good afternoon. Now that we got the pleasantries out of the way, please leave my house."
Me whenever anybody comes over
Your house?
@@prasanth2601Yes, didn’t you see the peacock on the front door?
@@VanessaSerpenteagleAh, Soothsayer. It appears your fortune telling skills are not as good as you thought.
@@SS_Atlantic_Greyhound1119 We shall see, Shen.
@@VanessaSerpenteagle We shall see, old goat. 😠
Where were we? 🙂
the end where he just closes his eyes and accepts his fate is honestly such a fitting end imo. the dude wanted to die, deep down he probably wanted to die more than he wanted to win
He wanted to prove the suthsayer wrong. He didn't care about taking over China all he wanted to prove her wrong. And all those feelings of his parents hating him and abandoning him feeding his delusion that he has to prove everyone wrong. He 100% was a mess internally and was just hoping his end wasn't by a panda. But when it came down to the end he gave up.
@@TenderofyggdrasilI mean, technically he did prove her wrong since he caused his own death, not Po.
@@vu9977tHe actually prove her right. "You'll be kill*d by warrior in black & white", he is a leucistic white peacock with black & red accent, he prove her right by su*cide
@@hartoramasenju4012 That actually makes a lot of sense.
He also spends last seconds of his screentime (and life) raising wings as if trying to embrace it.
Who would have thought that a peacock, one of the world's most beautiful birds, and fireworks, one of the world's most beautiful entertainment could be so scary.
Edit 24/6/2024: 1.000 likes?! Thank you.
Have you met peacocks? They're mean little shits at times.
Well these Feathers aren't just for show
Hate to be that guy but the danger of fireworks is well known. It damages animals, environment and even other humans.
:)
Can we agree that not only is he the best Kung Fu Panda villain, but he's the best DreamWorks villain of all time?
Yessir
I think that Death is above, but just by a little bit.
@@Adrian-ze9udI think Lord Shen still better written villain than Death
@@Adrian-ze9ud I don't think death really counts as a villain
@@DumpsterFire620 Yes he does. Please, explain me your reasons to believe that he isn't a villain
8:57 My "favourite"-ish Shen moment is the one that immediately precedes this one.
When he is panicked, screaming at the top of his lungs to open fire on the advancing Masters regardless of the collateral, and the Wolf Captain turns to him, throws down his torch and replies, "No."
We get a half-second to admire the Wolf's loyalty to his own men, before Shen wordlessly cuts down his ally of thirty years without hesitation and fires the cannon at point blank range, obliterating half his armada. His demented desperation leads him to wipe out his own soldiers and kill someone who has been at his right hand for decades. His vascillation between his sneering noble uppity veneer and the terrified desperation it conceals makes his such an excellent villain.
"The dead exist in the past.. and I must attend to the future." That line goes raw as HELL
Ironic for a guy who made his persona after an event that happened in the pass
@@angelzavala2254he was in denial.
Whoever decided to make a peacock this scary and badass deserves some awards. Not only designing a scary villain, but also animating his fighting style must be appreciated. The use of his feathers as a distraction and shield against master Croc was genius.
do I look really that scary? Thank you.
@@Lord_shen_official lord shen is that you!!! 😂😂😂😂
@@phosphophilite1130 yes of course its me
Gary Oldman has long been lauded for his versatility, method, and dedication in his acting. People nowadays are critical of the current trend of having A-list actors star in animated mocies, but Gary Oldman is one big name who could be a fantastic honest voice actor if he applied himself to the craft.
MY NAME IS VICTOR _RRRRREZNOV_ and I will HAVE MY RRRRREVENGE!
“Consider it your parting gift. Part of you here, part of you there, and part of you waaaayy over there STAINING THE WALLS!”
That line was pretty hard for a Dreamworks film. Gary Oldman was peak casting.
I'm surprised they allowed that, he basically said master ox was gonna be scattered horrifically in bloody pieces and considering the cannons power I wouldn't be surprised if that's how he actually dies😬😬😬
He was a Rhino@@ganeshwaarmahendran4825
@@ganeshwaarmahendran4825Master Rhino died to the cannon, not Ox.
@@YAH93 Shen was talking to Ox when he said that line, not Rhino.
“Depending on the time, he could be in one spot... or SEVERAL.”
Lord Shen: *Genocides an entire race of people*
Also Lord Shen : *Keeps an old goat that doesn't like him around for no reason*
Probably kept her around out of respect. It was her propechy that started everything, so he wanted her around to prove her wrong. He almost might care for her some as the last remnant of his past or even some kind of caretaker.
Tbh i could see why Shen didn't hurt the soothsayer, because in the official DreamWorks web (Not Wiki, i swear i read this web somewhere in Google) she was his caretaker/nanny when he was a kid, not sure if he cares about her but i think he does (a little bit.)
The soothsayer is the closest thing he has to a mother
@@subhasishghosh6924 Even Though he already has one...
@@angelzavala2254 She's dead and she never was that attentive towards him
It's funny how other KFP fans say we dickride Shen when we said that he's the best villain when he literally is the most evil of all KFP villains
Shen is The Joker of DreamWorks villains.
More like Frieza from dragon ball series
more like Ruber from Quest for Camelot
Looking at it now, I think I favour villains who use their intelligence as a weapon rather than their strength, because Joker has been my favourite fictional character of all time- I'm talking since I was a kid.
Shen gets to Po mentally, just like Joker gets to Batman mentally. Love it
@@LenaHyena how about Ruber from Quest for Camelot? both voiced by Gary Oldman
@@ChristHoon Good performance but an alright villain imo
"It's your parting gift; in that it will part you. Part of you here, part of you there and part of you *way over there* , STAINING THE WALL!"
DreamWorks have never dropped such a cold line since
Hes cruel and insane but man is he funny
YOU INSOLENT FOOL!
9:15 Surrounded by water, but uses mouth to douse flame
....Again!
This is why shen finds his stupidity mildly amusing.
The fact that Shen just gaslight Po into thinking his parents dosent love him, but he’s the one that dosent think his parents love him. But Shen’s parents could’ve kill Shen if they truly hate him. What he did was beyond redemption but they still want to protect him by sending him away.
He was projecting.
"Meow, fuck out the way" killed me, bc I totally envision him thinking exactly that when walking past these guards
LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣💀
1:06 Me to my sister who came to my room to avoid conversation with the relatives and now they are gone
HAHA REALL
Shen is without a doubt the best Kung Fu Panda villain. He’s evil, sadistic, intimidating, threatening, menacing, vicious, cruel, violent, cunning, remorseless, and vindictive. His design is elegant and graceful, but still badass. I still can’t believe the animators managed to make a peacock look so villainous. His backstory, while not quite as tragic as Tai Lung’s, is still incredibly tragic. He believed his parents never truly loved him when he was banished as a result of his massacre on the half the pandas. He’s also responsible for the death of Po’s mother and Po being separated from his family. In fact, he’s the only villain who serves as a personal burden to Po and made Po nervous during the final battle, as he aggressively attacked him with his feather blades. And of course, I have to commend Gary Oldman for his sensational vocal performance by sounding slimy, cold, malicious, and cruel!
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Lord shen was awsome Villain a very evil Pyschopath peekcook
Shen also had some funny moments
“How dare you? That is the finest silk in the province!”
@@springheartedtiger Lol! I love that line!
True
Tai Lung is the best in one scene though. When he beats Sifu. With logic and facts.
Damn that was badass.
I absolutely adored Shen the whole movie. He's a great villain from start to finish. He's ruthless, cunning, threatening and skilled, but the movie does a good job of showing he isn't invincible by any means.
Maybe instead of a soothsayer, they should’ve consulted a psychologist
Before Death, there was Shen.
They're both great. But Shen is greater.
Death is just doing his job, i think, but yeah, Shen is amazing
I agree. Death is terrifying in his own right, but Shen has more personality. He can be funny to watch as well as frightening, while Death is all about the intimidation factor.
@@rebeccaarts15 Doing his job by tormenting puss and taking his life with his own hands? lmao
@@rebeccaarts15 Death is not "just doing his job" because it wasn't time for Puss to die yet. He just got tired of all the insults the fearless feline threw his way for all of Puss' nine lives and decided to just kill him then and there with no respawns. He takes the form of a wolf to scare Puss, he repeatedly tortures Puss with his whistles and in general was "cheating", as the gambler puss in that cave said.
@@AverageNecronEnthusiastexactly i hate how people ignore the cave of past lives scene, death is a villain and him sparing puss doesn’t make it any less of it
"I find your stupidity mildly amusing" is my favorite line
“Thank you. But I find your evilness incredibly annoying.”
” Who do you think you are Panda?”
who do you think you are, peacock?
@@nobody7204 (Laughter)
@@loganthevillager9176 Why are we laughing?😆
0:22 Zebras: I'm gonna end this chickens hole career.
Lord Shen Himself: *kills self*
*Reads in Chris Rock’s voice*
Shen practicing his introduction to meet Po some time, is actually just seemingly silly of him.
I love how seriously he takes it
Idk if you've ever seen it, but there's a deleted scene where he's practicing other intros that got cut with full animation and voice acting, and it's so funny and adorable🤣
And of course when he actually meets Po it's "hey" 😂. I mean I know he wanted to say smth else but just going along with Pos greeting is just funny
@@gut853 I really need those to see it XD
@@Erzhler It was all for nothing, his practice turns out to be useless. Po just does a simple greeting and that's it lol
"He would be defeated by a warrior in black and white"
*proceeds to kill all of the pandas*
Right... because we do not know of any FREAKING SNOWLEOPARDS who could be a threat, do we!?
Maybe they were next on the list? Or ruled out as more of a black and grey?
Well there aren't any snow leopards around other than tai lung who was probably a kid training under shifu during shen's panda purge
@@Godofnothingness6 i am pretty sure that he was in prison at the time
Tbh Tai long is more grey
@@peteralexandergraae2830From what we know about the timeline, Po is about 30 years old in the second movie. Tai Lung went rogue about 20 years before the start of the first movie and there isn't much of a time skip between the two movie. And Tai Lung would of been in his 20's when he went rogue which would put him in his 40's when he escaped prison.
That would mean that when Po's people were killed and he was found by Mr. Ping, Tai Lung would of at least been a older child at the time. No older than a teenager at most.
What I find interesting about Shen at 11:01 is that he accepts his fate SO easily, but it's so much deeper than simply "giving in."
(1) I think he doesn't hesitate because on the SURFACE, it's not Po the Panda who directly causes his demise, it's the canon that does it, so in that moment in his mind it's almost as thought he "wins" on a technicality.
(2) He has been struggling for his entire adult life (even though he essentially caused his own misery) to achieve his personal goals that horrified others, being cast out feeling abandoned and unloved, that the canon falling towards his direction is his chance to finally be free. He has been fighting for so long, that when the opportunity came, he simply accepted it instead of trying to keep fighting
(3) The canon falling on him is definitely representative of how all his efforts to defeat Po are what ultimately caused his own demise.
5:30 Jumpscare alert!
“NOW! Now, now, now, now, now!”
5:35
*N O W*
✨NoW nOw NoW nOnOnOw✨
*E V E R Y O N E*
5:42
The fact that this franchise got incredible actors like Ian McShane, Gary Oldman, J.K. Simmons, and Viola Davis to voice the Kung Fu Panda villains is absolutely amazing
Makes me wonder who the final two will be. Cuz all of the villain voice actors so far are so well-known for playing good villains.
@@LenaHyenawouldn’t mind someone like Mark Hamill or James Woods if they wanted a more “relaxed” dialect using villain
@@LenaHyenaFR, Ian McShane, Gary Oldman, J.K. Simmons and Viola Davis are the ✨ICONIC✨ voice actors of Tai Lung, Lord Shen, Kai and The Chameleon
@@LenaHyena They should bring in Jim Cummings and have him do the voice he did for Steele in Balto. That would be awesome if it's another dude.
7:00 They could have just made him hop off that ledge but no, they had to animate him opening and closing his tail feathers while adding a screech and metallic clangs.
I love it.
Ah yes, the KFP Villains
1. I have daddy issues
2. I committed genocide
3. I’m pissed at my ex
KAI'S DESCRIPTION 💀
Kai’s description is so me
4. I have a napoleon complex
@@GojiBoiEarth1964. Makes sense as they both are known to be short
@@MoskusMoskiferus1611 Napoleon being short is a myth, actually. He's 170 cm (5'7) in reality.
*Tai Lung:* breaks out of the prison, knocks out 1000 guards and destroys everyone getting in his way
*Lord Shen:* is a cruel dictator, commits genocide, kills anyone with his army and cannons, even his own wolf army
*General Kai:* is a ruthless warrior, who wiped countless people, stole chi from the pandas, did a lot of damage to the valley of peace, has insane chi power
*The Chameleon:* pushes someone down the stairs
ah yes the classic stairs... **stares at omori**
down d stairs might be the most overpowered villain
Ah yes, Pushing someone down the stairs.. Classic but very OP lol-
Edit : (Ngl, people might say it reminds them of Omori. Meanwhile me right here, thinking of Sin mal pushing Bronya down from the stairs in Honkai impact-)
I warned you about the stairs man!
Told ya dog!
Aye like Po said, stairs was his old enemy 😂
Shen: "my father's throne. he used to let me play here beside him, promising one day this throne would be mine."
me: _thinking this will be a heartfelt sentimental moment for Shen_
Shen: *chucks the throne out the window*
me: . . . oh. . . wow. . .
Lord Shen is, by far, the most ruthless of all the villains and one with the greatest villain design of all the - now - 4 villains in this amazing franchise.
Also, the fact that he just defenestrates the throne out his pagoda tower is STONE COLD!
Also, did you use that clip due to that also the legendary GARY OLDMAN?
@@bayouwolf220 You know it! Stansfield is probably my favourite character of his- or I should say it's definitely tied with Lord Shen
Tai Lung - Violent and tragic
Lord Shen - Merciless and elegant
Kai - Powerful and vengeful
Haven't seen KFP 4 yet
@@MatthewCYN15 The Chameleon: Wasted potential (there, did it for you)
@@MatthewCYN15
Chameleon - Evil because she is small
That's it.
6:30 That scene showed Shen was more than just a villain, but someone who spent his life believing his parents hated him. It's very made clear the last time he saw them, it was when they banished him and threw him out. That scene gave him more depth and still makes him a very complex villain.
Im a bigger fan of tai lung but even I cannot deny that shen did not mess around
6:40 that flicker of humanity and regret. darn.
I love Shen as a villain. Like dude heard a prophecy he didn't like and goes "aight, genocide!"
I love how intimidating yet weirdly relatable he is. He's the best villain simultaneously because of how he's written and how hilarious he can be.
Even though Gary Oldman is most recognized as for his live-action performances, his voice-acted roles are easily his most memorable.
Viktor Reznov and Lord Shen are characters I will never forget and Oldman made sure of that.
Gary Oldman puts just as much talent in his voice-acting roles as in his live-action performances, and I praise him for that! Too often celebrity voice-casting is so underwhelming and an obvious cash grab
MY NAME! IS VICTOR! REZNOV! AND I WILL! HAVE! MY! REVENGE!
Ignitus from the Legend of Spyro video game series is an elite role of his too in my opinion.
He voiced Reznov?! Shit! Now I can hear it
He voiced Reznov?! Lmao one of the goats
Shen really said "You know what beats kung fu ? GUNS"
😅
Fuck yeah.
I just realized that! How did he acquire American knowledge!? XD
Black Powder style.
Crips blazing palms.
Way of the Right to Bear Arms.
@@wantonmee23Super Saiyan Glock
6:10 This honesty should have been in the movie. It goes better with that whole complex he had about his parents not loving him
What did he mean tho I didn’t catch it when he said convert basement into a dungeon
@@KroyyieGroft-cd8jg@KroyyieGroft-cd8jg She(Goat lady) asks him if he would finally be satisfied after conquering all of China. And his reply is to that. Converting basement into dungeon is just him being snide with her.
Edit: His big character flaw is that while he has the potential to be a great leader he's very paranoid and insecure. And she's basically trying to tell him he's overreacting and to calm down. She's trying to save Shen from himself so he can be a good ruler like his father was.
One thing I love about Shen's cannon is that they snarl before the shot is fired. An amazing detail behind Shifu's description of the weapon that "breathes fire and spits metal"
8:23 I LOVED THIS SCENE it feels like it’s making fun of anime scenes where the characters are in a really loud environment and they can somehow still hear each other lol
The way he just expects his death, he doesn’t even try to dodge. I think he could have if he had really wanted to. I love Shen he’s absolutely one of my favorite villains. His choreography and sound design are incredible.
"O...kay...?" Is such a proper response to po throwing the 'disk of destruction', you can hear that in shen's tone, the line is delivered as "all right, so this is what we're working with here...?"
Lord Shen is amazing
Ayeeee- And that's absolute facts, he’s my favourite Dreamworks villain atm
YEEN SPOTTED
WAIT. MICHELLE YEOH WAS THE SOOTHSAYER??? MY QUEEN 🙇🏽♀️
2:31 i coughed my drink out through my nose
3:32 wait i dont
3:52 i dont remember these scenes
man yknow what, maybe the reason they deleted these scenes was to remove his relatability to the audience, make him less likeable and therefore people are not as mad when he dies. but oops some of us still wish he was written w/out death being the end 😭
5:04 YOUR EDITING IS TOP TIER OMG
He was very threatening but he had a soft spot for his caretaker and he gave his respect to Po after he defeated the Chameleon
Yeah
He did accept his fate in his death so yeah
@@QihwjsishwjsdbTo add to this, Shen was the only villain to undergo any change/have any arc within their own film
@@jammygamer8961 Nah, Tai did too. He was touched when Shifu saying he’s sorry, throughout most of the movie he believed Shifu lied to him and regret nothing, he hears him apologize and his eyes well-up. It’s not as noticeable as Shen’s, but it is there.
@@Dr.Oofers that was just an emotional reaction. Shen also had that, at least two infact
Shens beliefs actually changed which was him finally accepting that Po was fated to beat him.
Every other villain was just like "Noooooo" upon being beat but Shen fully accepted it in the end.
He's not the only one to actually change in his own film but to change in a positive way too.
Chen was like: “I’m going to eradicate half the population of Panda’s to impress my family”. That goes to show how dark he can be.
5:53 to 6:39 will always be my favorite scene. When the Soothsayer told Shen that when he was banished, it killed his parents due to how much they loved him dearly, and were saddened by the cruel path he took. And instead of retorting, he acts surprised, but says that he is moving forward in the future, when ironically, he’s still stuck in the past. He may be a genocidal pile of trash, but deep down, he did genuinely love his parents, even if he didn’t fully love them back afterwards.
One of my favorite things about kung fu panda is its ability to take its “final battle” scenes like 8:20 and sprinkle just enough humor to balance it out, while not being too humorous to diverge from how serious the stakes are.
Not me reading KFP as ‘Kentucky Fried Peacock’
Wtf 😂😂😂😂 underrated comment
4:36 My favourite line in all of KFP. It's the perfect mix of the theatrics Shen was practicing and just being terrifying and slightly psychotic.
RIP old upload. Shall comment on the new version. He's still not allowed to look good before and after genocide, but he does.
This is literally the third time I've had to reupload this vid...
_Can we make it to 4 UA-cam???_
@@LenaHyena Would fit in with the amount of movies this franchise has. Can't wait for the Judge Frollo or King John video.
@@FirithPanda True- I plan on dropping the Frollo vid later this month, I have two others I'd like to get out of the way. Thanks again for sticking around :)
@@LenaHyena Always. This content is as the kids would say "bussin." And remember, Pronce John wants to be called King. Continue mocking him, oo-de-lally
The voice acting at 7:50 is remarkable, you can really hear the subdued pain in it.
The last part at 10:00
It might imply that when his parents sent him away it crushed him so bad he couldn’t find iner peace, so it was strange to him that po could
As much as I love out-and-out uncomplicated villains, I do love complex villains that are understandable without being relatable.
You can see the steps he took and how his ego and misguided beliefs led him to doing terrible things. His death scene sticks with me as an amazing almost-redemption, where he realises he cannot win against Po’s undying love despite everything. He isn’t redeemed in a traditional sense, but he kind of reaches a messed-up kind of inner peace that he was WRONG.
And this is why the second movie will always be my favorite. He was such a well written villain. The story was darker than the other ones. I watched the 4th movie, and it was really great. Loved it! But nothing could top the 2nd movie for me.
Lord, shen was nothing in the 4th movie, unlike him in this movie
If we learn anything from KFP3, they only hires important VA. But for them to not acknowledges and paid VA for all KFP villain is a crime
In KFP3, master croc returns and he got not a single dialogues. Just dumb reptile.
But WHO THE FUCK PITCHING THE SAME IDEA IN KFP4?
WHO have audacity to say "yeah lets not hire all po villain VA and make them dum NPC"
@@theswags9675Forreal. I was so hyped to see Shen and Kai appear in the fourth movie and they did them so dirty 😭. I like the fourth movie but still
@@Abner-gu3veIk Gary oldman left but the way Dreamworks dissed shen made me mad
Wouldn't say the 4th movie is anything groundbreaking. It's mid at best, but I'm glad you liked it; opinions are opinions.
0:36 "Wait, was genocide not the way to go about that?"
Lmao
“I thought we weren’t gonna do this in public” nah that line crazyy 😭
One thing I really love about Shen is that this is all about their pride. They won't accept anyone being better than them or deciding their fate. In the end scene where Poe grabs him and he slashes him you can hear his rage and pain in that shout at the thought of being defeated by anyone. But in the end I believe they only closed their eyes because they realized it wasn't Poe who was the warrior of Black and White, it was Shen. The Seers words about if he wins then what, it's a bottomless cup. His whole life has revolved around him not letting anyone else decide his fate. So when his own cannon fell on him he accepted his defeat from himself because it was own doing, he could of easily dodged but he realized he will never find peace otherwise. So him knowing that only he himself defeated himself brought him peace in those last moments, that the seer was wrong that it wasn't Poe. The seer only said a Warrior of Black and White, not a Panda.
Rip Shen...
Damn the explanation makes the scene much more deep.
GODDAMN 💥🔥🖤
5:00 was awesome. Didn’t realise what Dreamworks did there. Wether by coincidence or on purpose. But like Oogway said, “there are no accidents”
"Run, run," this fits perfectly
"It's your parting gift... in that it will part you. Part of you here, part of you there, part of you way over there, staining the wall!"
That line has no right being in an animated kid's film. Good lord, that goes hard!
Facts
“Have fun with your trauma ✌️” I like that part 😂
THIS PART MADE MY SOUL OUT OF MY BODY 😂 5:15
“If he continues down this dark path”
Shen: Why not make it darker?