Gaijin: "Guess how they were smuggling guns." Me: "I dunno. Please don't tell me they hid them in ramen containers. That would be so dumb." Gaijin: "They hid them in tuna." Me: "Oh...what's so bad abou..." Gaijin: "Tuna can go for $10K." Me: "...Maybe ramen isn't as stupid as I thought."
Ninjas used guns: fact, probably the second set ever made. Also a fact: medieval knights also used guns, the first set of guns in fact (blew up a lot) It's not hard to believe any warrior in history at some point integrated guns into their warfare whenever they were introduced.
I mean, if troops go into melee, death is just so much more likely. This then wastes human life, as well as every bit of resources that went into those now dead troops. Alternatively, you have them stand back and pull a trigger because guns. Like, why would any sane person ever not just use firearms in warfare? The point is to win, anything else is an unnecessary and wasteful risk. Have fun with all that "honor" when you're lying in a ditch somewhere.
It's so funny to see people thinking of ninjas as these ultra stealthy warriors that you would never hear ever, considering the amount of explosives they used. Sure they knew how to sneak, but ya know.
Hearing Gaijin complaining about "Honor" and ninja reminded me of that one scene in Ghost of Tsushima where the uncle keep talking about "fighting with honor" and Jin say something like "honor won't help us win"
If there's any sect that should _not_ have "honor", it's the shinobi. Any other Snake Eyes would've picked up a mac from inside the tuna and make the Yakuza here look stupid. In GoT, at least honor had a definition to Jin, and while he pushed past his uncles lines and abandoned the concept of honer, he never stopped protecting those who could not fight for themselves, as he says as a kid that's what honor means to him when Shimura says it's just a word.
Tangentially related, I like how in Batman Begins the very first time we see the League of Shadows, which is established explicitly as a ninja clan, they all have rifles slung over their shoulders. We do see katanas and black uniforms later, but that seemed mostly to be a "teach our students _every_ kind of combat" deal or during their League-specific rituals. When they invade Bruce Wayne's home, they're all wearing expensive suits and modern hairstyles, no black uniforms or face coverings. We then learn their main forms of attack on Gotham were economic and poison, and to disrupt/kill Batman, they do what ninja do and simply commit arson on his "castle." It's never noted, there are no lines like "you think ninja are only this way but we also use _guns_ and _social stealth_ too!" Chris Nolan just knew they were more than a fighting skill and a black uniform and that in the modern day a league of world-shaping assassins would look like other modern killers with modern weapons, there are no "tradition" or "honor" hang ups, just crime, loyalty and betrayal. And that movie was released 16 years before Snake Eyes. SE was truly behind its time.
Can’t wait to see how you breakdown Snake Eyes, when I watch Which Ninja is that even the most absurd ninja in media have something that can make them ninja.
I remember a quote from some old movie, I can’t remember the name: “They’re ninjas but they’re using guns?” “Then they’re not ninjas.” Guess they where wrong huh…
Like if I had to explain Ninja? BATMAN! "I'm batman!" To be exact Batman's backstory is also what made a ninja a ninja. Bruce trains martial art and is also a great at collecting intel. Like if only they knew they already had their own "Ninja" character.
It's possible that the swords over guns choice was made to appease parents. There are SO MANY parents who strictly avoid all things gun-reminiscent for their little ones.
I would be fine with one or two stereotypes as in-jokes to the absurdity of them, but when you have every possible thing in the checklist, that's just lazy writing. So many of these reboots/adaptations just feel like they missed the mark from what they intended to do, or just aren't interesting. Maybe our standards are just too high now for movies to be produced to the quality to satisfy our ever increasing demand, while trying to satisfy the thousands of different groups all at each other's throats. Either way, I had fun with this video (more fun than most modern movies).
ok here's what kills me of the "Criminals use Fancy weapon" Trope: Shit's expensive!! just buy a whole Crate of Cardboard cutters that you can hide way easier & you can buy extra blades legally on any School supplies shop. Criminals aren't fancy & the ones who do tend to be the newbies that get arrested on their first day
I know Shad from @shadiversity would appreciate your take on crucible steel! You two need to collaborate; your palpable love for Japanese culture and his passion for medieval weaponry are literally on the same level.
I was looking for this. Shad's covered the katana, the katana myths, the whole nine yards. I don't like shilling, but it's a great (researched) bit from someone who has a clue what they're talking about. Iirc (and I don't claim to), once Japan made proper iron and steel out of the sand, it was just iron or steel. The origin didn't matter, because you forge it, which does all kinds of things I don't understand.
Given how bad the yakuza are portrayed in this movie, it would been more accurate if all yakuzas all had shotguns or assaults rifles, and military equipment.
All of that kinda reminds me of an old website I had stumbled upon a few years back. The guy had made an article about his visit to Japan, calling himself a journalist, and talked about how it was very common to see samurais in full armor and ninjas in the streets, like going to buy groceries and the like...
To be perfectly fair Gaijin. Japan is also blatantly culturally tone deaf quite often when it comes to referencing foreign nations while asserting to each other that its highly authentic take on said stereotyping of any given nation. Also a weird fascination with Nazis and their uniforms which is shown in a concerning positive light.
Devils Advocate: To be also fair, Japan has been one of the most socially isolated countries with a LOT of baggage carrying over from sakaku and imperial superiority complexes. In more recent years having to be more reliable on popular media to get any sort of understanding about foreign countries, and we all know how horrible an example THAT is when portraying ANYTHING. However, having seen evidence in their popular media, I think Japan is making far greater strides to be more world conscious. So I then have to ask, what excuse does the great Melting Pot/Salad Bar that is the U.S. have for holding 40 year old tropes?
@@gaijinperspective133 By how you got triggered over how the movie talkedv about "honor", I hgave come to believe that Snake Eyes is not that ninja. I see the black uniform, you point out the overuse of honor and the stereotypes, also the whole ridiculous use of kastana. With this, Snake Eyes is not a good ninja, not even a good Modern ninja.
@@blackRXrider Oh America being tone deaf. Yeah thats a concept the west is use to. We all know the stereotype that most americans can't name most countries in a world map, even ones in their own continent besides mexico and canada. Oh and I guess I addressed you there Gaijin. Americans have no excuse. Japan frankly. Doesn't either. I'm aware of the transitional period they had to go through to modernise. But you also have to observe that this is a country that can rapidly modernise at an astonishing rate. With that in mind. Wtf excuse does such a modernist country have, when its past is so full of leaps and bounds when its more modern day iteration is so blatantly culturally stagnant? And yeah even post war. The rebound they did after the war is astonishing when you compare the shit show germany had to go through to find themselves again.
I'm sorry Gaijin, but I have to disagree with you about the He-man revival on Netflix. Kevin Smith lied nonstop about the show being "all about He-man". It was never about the beefy women for me. It was the constant lies and crap. Evilin gets a lot of development but then throws all that away when her bone daddy comes back from the grave. Orko gets some amazing development but then they kill him off. and whats even dumber is they kill off Adam, the He-man not once...but potentially twice. He-man, the guy who's NAME IS ON THE TITLE, only ever appears in the first episode and doesn't show up for the rest of the first 5 episodes. Its only Prince Adam in the final episode. (granted I did tear up when Cringer sees Adam after the boy returned from the afterlife, so good job on that). If you think about it too deeply, it starts to get offensive considering the fact that Revelations is mostly about Teela and they slapped He-man's name on it, probably believing that a show titled "Teela and the Sword of Power" wouldn't be watched so they needed to use He-man's name to prop up Teela. Just... think about that.
It hurts deeper when you are basically told that should Adam die a second time, his very soul will be gone... Then they proceed to kill him off right there 🤦🏻♂️. It felt like they were intentionally trying to hurt fans of the show.
Granted, I haven’t watched the new He-Man and I’ll likely never will. The animation from what I’ve seen, is fantastic, and the character designs are alright, but Kevin Smith lied out of his teeth about the contents of the show, and his constant temper tantrums about it has forever turned me off from his work. Amazing video otherwise and I pretty much agree with everything said about this… “film”.
@@blackRXrider To be fair on it, Clownfish report on rumors a lot of the time and even say so in the videos. Kevin Smith specifically spoke like he was saying facts.
I don't know this correct or not I heard that the character Tesla in the new He-Man is really badly written and compared to the rest of the cast that is actually good written characters
@@blackRXrider thank you so much. Even when they talk about rumours and opinions, they present it as facts and code everything through their biases. Simply terrible.
@@chatleslorenzo6164 She is. Mangakamen explains it better than I ever could though. Also what was the name of Teela's sidekick/partner? She was so forgettable.
On the katana note, did no one grab one of the fish knives? It’s concealable, sharp, and if they ask you have an excuse for possession. I mean kitchen knives and other cheap blades should be easy to get and use.
To me the sad thing is it's one thing to do something wrong and do it genuinely wrong, it's another for a studio to claim they're going to be culturally appropriate or claim to be better than the rest and then when they're wrong they yell at us the consumer saying we either aren't woke enough or find some other excuse when the problematic factor is that the Asianism in the film is actually highlighted even more by companies claiming that this is "Cultural appropriation and if you don't watch it you're against progress" (I've seen 3 articles that more or less say that trying to defend this movie) It reminds me of when Sia made a movie about Autism but was surprised when she got called out because she and her crew fired the autistic actress they were working with because they couldn't compensate for her needs or accomodate her in any way. This was talked about for maybe 2 weeks and then forgotten about but, then when the film came out and people asked why I didn't like it they told me I wasn't woke enough to appreciate it even though I being an autistic person did not at all feel represented by the film.
Now, I just wanna see gaijin talk about 'honor' and the whole perspective around it. After hearing him rant about it, now I am curious about what it entails nowadays, and what we should use besides 'honor'
Sorry to say, Gaijin, but there's one reason and one reason alone why Hollywood would pump out such a blatantly culturally deaf movie... *_MONEH!_* If Hollywood can make a quick buck off of something, it won't matter how insensitive or how poorly-made it is. They will pump it out and they will put their name on it like it was a badge of honor.
I like how you used the Fortnite screenshot interpretation of Snake Eyes for your thumbnail for your future Which Ninja video. It was a long time coming and everyone knows it
i think it's more of show don't tell, whereas this movie was clearly a case of espousing the word to make it seem like it's embodying it, but not really showing it. Even in the Japanese media that espouse the word, it's in the context of showing why something is honorable or dishonorable You know a good example of a Western show that did the whole Japanese honor concept better than this, aside from Avatar: The Last Airbender? BEAST WARS FUCKING TRANSFORMERS, GI Joe's more successful little brother. Namely, with the character of Dinobot. He's spoused the word several times to being the plot point, but at least it's a case of showing along with telling. His final episode is full of the concept of honor, namely that he's dishonored himself to the point of pretty much almost committing seppuku. ON A KID'S SHOW. THAT TREATED IT SERIOUSLY BUT WELL I mean, it's not clearly stated to be suicide, let alone seppuku, but how else can you interpret how he's kneeling and holding his sword toward himself?
+Gaijin Perspective Hey GG I was wondering if you would consider doing an episode on My favorite Super robot Getter Robo as the recently released Getter Robo Arc has some interesting cultural inspections when it comes to it's 3 form's names and designs
Thing is, I do believe GG's fine with Zuko. It's really the usage of the word that sets him off. Compared to Zuko who had his reputation/honor wrongfully ruined, you have this movie using honor in the very outdated "asian semblance of morality" sense (as GG explained himself).
Thanks to all of your educational videos, I went into Snake Eyes knowing that I wasn't gonna see an accurate representation of Japanese culture. BUT. I feel that this was a stuntperformer community passion project and watching Corridor Crew's Stunt Men React series made me go into Snake Eyes looking to appreciate the fight choreography, which was pretty good.
He did a 2 part Which Ninja on how good of a ninja Zuko is, so I'm gonna say he thinks highly of him. He's probably more forgiving of Zuko because the fire nation on the whole doesn't talk about honor as much as Zuko does, so it seems less like an annoying Asianism and more like it's something Zuko personally values.
Personally...I wish they took some inspiration from the "G.I. Joe - Renegades" series. That was actually very good IMHO and may have made a better foundation for anything new.
Disagree on he-man but I agree with you on Snake eyes. In the old sires Snake eyes was a Vietnam vet who went to study after he fell in love with japanes culture. They wanted to make Snake eyes something he wasn't and wanted to make him vary japanes with this version despite the river ninja hated Snake eyes because he was a outsider who got accepted and over shadowed him.
Revisiting this video after a while. 17:20 In one of the other two Joe movies, Storm Shadow is able to tell an Arashikage-made sword as a fake by breaking it with his bare hands because, in his words, "[real] Arashikage steel does not break." It's exactly as stupid as it sounds. And I say this as a legitimate fan and appreciator of katanas.
To be fair, I myself live in Minnesota and for plenty of my childhood many of my fellow citizens wouldn't be able to find Mexico on a map by themselves and I'm only 20 years old. So I can't really say I'm surprised that they got so much of Japan wrong. Besides America isn't really known to be one the most culturally aware countries in the modern world. As sad as it is we still have a long way to catch to other nations with our educational systems. I my self just find it incredibly stupid that so many Americans refuse to allow non whites into our communities and our nation was built in immigration, and not peaceful immigration by any means. Any ways I'm just trying to say I share your pain gaining and keep it up with awesome videos that educate us on largely unknown culture in the US of a
2:10 This is unrelated to the video, but I completely agree with you on the Masters of The Universe Netflix series. I went in with little to no expectations, since I only saw a little of the original show growing up, and I really enjoyed it *because* of the different direction the story took. Characters I never took seriously in the original (most of the side characters/henchmen) I was really invested in, even emotional about. Can’t wait to see where part 2 goes.
I'm curious about your thoughts on the various atrocities the Empire of Japan committed back in the day, and how the modern government has tried to deny or suppress information about it to their populace.
When is obon? Is that how you spell it ? Yah know big elevated stage with tyco drums and people dances in unison .that festival do you know when it is this year? Because I can't figure it out
I can get behind Lupin Sansei's Goemon being a samurai/ninja from Iga, but he was purposely meant to be a walking anachronism of Japanese culture because Monkey Punch wanted to add a little Japanese feel to his overall Western-centered manga.
I am enjoying this take (or review) of the accuracy of ninja portrayal in the movie. This shows how people will sacrifice the inclusion of a good story just to make money, which is just silly in my opinion.
Togakure ryu is not a ninjutsu school, it's a martial art school and some ninjutsu is in it thanks to the fact that samurai scroll have pice and bits of ninjutsu in them. It's grand Master is not even pretending anymore after people found out that his lineage is made up.
I smell a video coming up about how clans still survive in Japan. But putting that aside, it feels like you can make a drinking game out of this. Take a shot for every katana you see in the movie. As for this video? Every time goomba says katana.
Ah Gaijin, you never disappoint with your rant videos. Also like a ninja your videos have helped me with my reconnaissance and I now know your one weakness: Honor!🤣
My problem is the whole fake advertising. You get excited by the return of your childhood hero, and in the first episode he is practically taken out of the story.
My writing philosophy is "be interesting, be humorous, be respectful" I am researching the origin of the classic Green Ranger Dragon Shield, as I want to make a tribute to Jason David Frank you know Tommy Oliver. But I can't find much information on the origin and I know it is Asian inspired because Azula has the same style armour in Avatar the last air bender. Honor is not being used by any characters in my work, unless it means Honor as in did the right thing at the right time, or keeping your word.Ohana is a concept I wish to incorporate too, not Disney Ohana the Polynesian true meaning. Honor is not something that has lost meaning, it needs to be fixed.
Found the information, the Dragon Shield is known as a Mantel Armor, a mix of a set of Pauldrons and a Georget chest piece. Seen in so much Asian media and Asian inspired (Azula is a great example) media and now I can indeed properly tell my friend who I commission for design concepts (I am a sprite and Pixel art guy I need a reference to refine my designs) the reference. Also Honor in my creations will reference Chivalry style Honor, like a certain knight in a certain FPS.
Do you think you can do a video on what honor (as it pertains to the Japanese) actually is/was? Grew up around the same time as you and thought I had it worked out, but after hearing this video, I'm not sure anymore.
I don't know if you gave done a video on this yet, but it would be interesting to learn to where the whole honor thing comes from. Is it based on something? Is it pure western misrepresentation? What is the origin and history of the asian honor stereotype?
I actually like it for Zuko because it was a non-word. It was a fabrication word that to him meant acceptance, but to Iroh, Ang and others, they knew what Zuko's "honor" really meant. A goal forced on him. Honor to Zuko changed from what his father wanted to what HE wanted.
gaijin you watched master of universe drunk? theres attempt at nuance, theres attempt at worldbuilding or character development, then literalyl everything catches on fire of not doing bare minimum with tropes and taking viewer for granted. and that not even begins to cover it.
If they were smuggling drugs, I'd give them a pass on the fish since that's a viable tactic to counter police dogs, based on the crime shows I've watched, but with those comparative prices for handguns... whoof. Thanks for calling out the steel quality and how katanas aren't that good.
Strangely enough, your opinions about the new He-Man Way more accurately describe MLP:FiM than anything else.THAT was a show that managed to stay true to its roots while expanding its lore and audience in a direction that no one thought could happen. All of the female characters of that show are better than what "Teela and friends" could ever be. Great Movie review though!
To be honest people that bitch about new MOTU do so because they feel that it doesn't fit they sensibilities and want it to be cancelled based on that. Irony considering how they speak about "cancel culture" while complaining about how bad other side is. They are hypocrites pure and simple.
You know nobody is intrested in the movie when half the comments is about that gaijin mentioned he-man in passing. Just a thing out of touch exec ordered and nobody wanted to work on.
Honestly, I never really got into G.I.JOE. I was more into classic heroics where if someone wrongs you, you can use your wits to set things right. Though I have been watching shows like Adam Ruins Everything, where he debunks common misconceptions and gives people a hard time about it. One example he reveled is that many "health" foods has the opposite effect. Like diet food has replaced fat (good and bad) with sugar which actually makes you fat.
He gets his sources from many books that cover historical ninja examples being The Bansenshukai, True Path of the Ninja, and more. He also gets information from when he is traveling, going to museums, and getting info from professionals. If you wanted to get into ninja highly recommend The Bansenshukai book and True Path of the Ninja you can find them on amazon.
I'm getting flash backs to X-men Origins Wolverine what do u think of Ninja Assasin from 2009 (the last halfway decent Ninja movie)......I mean there are plenty of movies featuring Ninja that are not Ninja movies, but the Ninja parts are really good The Wolverine 2013 Blade II (vampire ninjas) from 2002 Batman Begins DareDevil Season 1 and 2
I hate to defend the movie, because I also didn't care much for it. But the whole mention of "I saw honor in your eyes," that Snake Eyes said to Tomi was something that the Yakuza Kenji wanted Snake to say to his cousin because he knew he'd fall for that stereotype. That's why Tomi responded in kind and that's why everything about Tomi's character fit the stereotypical Asianism. So while I appreciated the film's attempt to make Storm Shadow a more interesting and nuanced villain, the use of "honor" really only came up because of him and the Arashikage.
I mean, Ronin Katanas' are apparently pretty good for their price. Some of the Hanwei blades are pretty good too (but why use them when there are more practical weapons?).
I havent seen the movie yet, just the trailer, and there is so much bad cheese im seeing from this that my lactosentolerant ass is going to be living on a toilet for days. C'mon hollywood, you have the internet, look up stuff and be factual, go to a museum, cross reference, something o-o i know G.I Joe is from the 80's, but we are not and are not closed off in knowledge as we were. Even from just the trailer when it was gang stuff happening i was thinking "why all the swords i thought yakuza used whatever they could like brass knuckles or knives?".
Gaijin: "Guess how they were smuggling guns."
Me: "I dunno. Please don't tell me they hid them in ramen containers. That would be so dumb."
Gaijin: "They hid them in tuna."
Me: "Oh...what's so bad abou..."
Gaijin: "Tuna can go for $10K."
Me: "...Maybe ramen isn't as stupid as I thought."
Forget the guns, these yakuza should be smuggling the tuna! XD
Hell...
Smuggling in guns would have been easier if they used model kits with metal parts...
@@26th_Primarch yeah but that's not a Japanese stereotype.
@@edmg7 I wasn't talking stereotypes, only a practical smuggling method that would make sense... Or smuggle the guns in a container full of electronic
Ninjas used guns: fact, probably the second set ever made.
Also a fact: medieval knights also used guns, the first set of guns in fact (blew up a lot)
It's not hard to believe any warrior in history at some point integrated guns into their warfare whenever they were introduced.
I mean, if troops go into melee, death is just so much more likely. This then wastes human life, as well as every bit of resources that went into those now dead troops. Alternatively, you have them stand back and pull a trigger because guns. Like, why would any sane person ever not just use firearms in warfare? The point is to win, anything else is an unnecessary and wasteful risk. Have fun with all that "honor" when you're lying in a ditch somewhere.
It's so funny to see people thinking of ninjas as these ultra stealthy warriors that you would never hear ever, considering the amount of explosives they used. Sure they knew how to sneak, but ya know.
@@ratoh1710 in people's minds "if it's not a frontal assault then it's stealth, no other way around that"
Hearing Gaijin complaining about "Honor" and ninja reminded me of that one scene in Ghost of Tsushima where the uncle keep talking about "fighting with honor" and Jin say something like "honor won't help us win"
"Honor died on the beach."
Then never read Legend of the Condor Heroes.
Shimura: "You have no honor"
Jin: "And you're a slave to it"
If there's any sect that should _not_ have "honor", it's the shinobi. Any other Snake Eyes would've picked up a mac from inside the tuna and make the Yakuza here look stupid.
In GoT, at least honor had a definition to Jin, and while he pushed past his uncles lines and abandoned the concept of honer, he never stopped protecting those who could not fight for themselves, as he says as a kid that's what honor means to him when Shimura says it's just a word.
Tangentially related, I like how in Batman Begins the very first time we see the League of Shadows, which is established explicitly as a ninja clan, they all have rifles slung over their shoulders. We do see katanas and black uniforms later, but that seemed mostly to be a "teach our students _every_ kind of combat" deal or during their League-specific rituals.
When they invade Bruce Wayne's home, they're all wearing expensive suits and modern hairstyles, no black uniforms or face coverings. We then learn their main forms of attack on Gotham were economic and poison, and to disrupt/kill Batman, they do what ninja do and simply commit arson on his "castle."
It's never noted, there are no lines like "you think ninja are only this way but we also use _guns_ and _social stealth_ too!" Chris Nolan just knew they were more than a fighting skill and a black uniform and that in the modern day a league of world-shaping assassins would look like other modern killers with modern weapons, there are no "tradition" or "honor" hang ups, just crime, loyalty and betrayal. And that movie was released 16 years before Snake Eyes. SE was truly behind its time.
Can’t wait to see how you breakdown Snake Eyes, when I watch Which Ninja is that even the most absurd ninja in media have something that can make them ninja.
I remember a quote from some old movie, I can’t remember the name:
“They’re ninjas but they’re using guns?”
“Then they’re not ninjas.”
Guess they where wrong huh…
I WANT to say that line was from Three Ninjas, but man it's been so long since I've seen it.
Ninja in media: gun are dishonorable
Ninja in real life: if the job then I will abused it.
Like if I had to explain Ninja?
BATMAN!
"I'm batman!"
To be exact Batman's backstory is also what made a ninja a ninja.
Bruce trains martial art and is also a great at collecting intel.
Like if only they knew they already had their own "Ninja" character.
It's like the old saying goes: He who lives by the sword dies by the sword... unless the other guy has a gun, in which case, you WILL die by the gun.
It's possible that the swords over guns choice was made to appease parents. There are SO MANY parents who strictly avoid all things gun-reminiscent for their little ones.
Ah yes, pick up the Kitchen knife and play ninja little Timmy.
To be fair, i get what you mean.
I can't stop laughing because every time he talked about the over use of honor I thought of Zuko from avatar XD
I would be fine with one or two stereotypes as in-jokes to the absurdity of them, but when you have every possible thing in the checklist, that's just lazy writing. So many of these reboots/adaptations just feel like they missed the mark from what they intended to do, or just aren't interesting. Maybe our standards are just too high now for movies to be produced to the quality to satisfy our ever increasing demand, while trying to satisfy the thousands of different groups all at each other's throats.
Either way, I had fun with this video (more fun than most modern movies).
Thundercats 2011 was absolute genius until it was canceled after one season.
80s shows can be adapted well, if the studio gives a crap.
Bruh.....😡 they stupid
WHY! WHY DID THEY CANCEL IT!😭
@@totallycrazystudios1801 It didn't sell enough toys.
@@Devilsblight86
Boo that's not fair
@@totallycrazystudios1801 Darn right, especially since I never saw any of those toys, and other CN shows had pretty lousy toys.
ok here's what kills me of the "Criminals use Fancy weapon" Trope: Shit's expensive!! just buy a whole Crate of Cardboard cutters that you can hide way easier & you can buy extra blades legally on any School supplies shop. Criminals aren't fancy & the ones who do tend to be the newbies that get arrested on their first day
"I expected nothing and was still disappointed..."
I know Shad from @shadiversity would appreciate your take on crucible steel! You two need to collaborate; your palpable love for Japanese culture and his passion for medieval weaponry are literally on the same level.
I was looking for this. Shad's covered the katana, the katana myths, the whole nine yards. I don't like shilling, but it's a great (researched) bit from someone who has a clue what they're talking about.
Iirc (and I don't claim to), once Japan made proper iron and steel out of the sand, it was just iron or steel. The origin didn't matter, because you forge it, which does all kinds of things I don't understand.
Given how bad the yakuza are portrayed in this movie, it would been more accurate if all yakuzas all had shotguns or assaults rifles, and military equipment.
Why were they even in the movie
bro imagine this is the part where they showed actual shinobi tactics of using what they have
All of that kinda reminds me of an old website I had stumbled upon a few years back. The guy had made an article about his visit to Japan, calling himself a journalist, and talked about how it was very common to see samurais in full armor and ninjas in the streets, like going to buy groceries and the like...
"Embarrassingly stuck in the past" yeah, that pretty much sums up the GIJoe franchise and Fandom in a nutshell.
Man it sums up the he man fandom! 😂
To be perfectly fair Gaijin. Japan is also blatantly culturally tone deaf quite often when it comes to referencing foreign nations while asserting to each other that its highly authentic take on said stereotyping of any given nation. Also a weird fascination with Nazis and their uniforms which is shown in a concerning positive light.
This
Devils Advocate: To be also fair, Japan has been one of the most socially isolated countries with a LOT of baggage carrying over from sakaku and imperial superiority complexes. In more recent years having to be more reliable on popular media to get any sort of understanding about foreign countries, and we all know how horrible an example THAT is when portraying ANYTHING. However, having seen evidence in their popular media, I think Japan is making far greater strides to be more world conscious. So I then have to ask, what excuse does the great Melting Pot/Salad Bar that is the U.S. have for holding 40 year old tropes?
@@gaijinperspective133 By how you got triggered over how the movie talkedv about "honor", I hgave come to believe that Snake Eyes is not that ninja. I see the black uniform, you point out the overuse of honor and the stereotypes, also the whole ridiculous use of kastana. With this, Snake Eyes is not a good ninja, not even a good Modern ninja.
Even America is tone deaf bruh.
@@blackRXrider Oh America being tone deaf. Yeah thats a concept the west is use to. We all know the stereotype that most americans can't name most countries in a world map, even ones in their own continent besides mexico and canada.
Oh and I guess I addressed you there Gaijin. Americans have no excuse. Japan frankly. Doesn't either. I'm aware of the transitional period they had to go through to modernise. But you also have to observe that this is a country that can rapidly modernise at an astonishing rate. With that in mind. Wtf excuse does such a modernist country have, when its past is so full of leaps and bounds when its more modern day iteration is so blatantly culturally stagnant? And yeah even post war. The rebound they did after the war is astonishing when you compare the shit show germany had to go through to find themselves again.
I'm sorry Gaijin, but I have to disagree with you about the He-man revival on Netflix. Kevin Smith lied nonstop about the show being "all about He-man". It was never about the beefy women for me. It was the constant lies and crap. Evilin gets a lot of development but then throws all that away when her bone daddy comes back from the grave. Orko gets some amazing development but then they kill him off.
and whats even dumber is they kill off Adam, the He-man not once...but potentially twice. He-man, the guy who's NAME IS ON THE TITLE, only ever appears in the first episode and doesn't show up for the rest of the first 5 episodes. Its only Prince Adam in the final episode. (granted I did tear up when Cringer sees Adam after the boy returned from the afterlife, so good job on that).
If you think about it too deeply, it starts to get offensive considering the fact that Revelations is mostly about Teela and they slapped He-man's name on it, probably believing that a show titled "Teela and the Sword of Power" wouldn't be watched so they needed to use He-man's name to prop up Teela. Just... think about that.
It hurts deeper when you are basically told that should Adam die a second time, his very soul will be gone... Then they proceed to kill him off right there 🤦🏻♂️. It felt like they were intentionally trying to hurt fans of the show.
Granted, I haven’t watched the new He-Man and I’ll likely never will. The animation from what I’ve seen, is fantastic, and the character designs are alright, but Kevin Smith lied out of his teeth about the contents of the show, and his constant temper tantrums about it has forever turned me off from his work. Amazing video otherwise and I pretty much agree with everything said about this… “film”.
As opposed to clownfish tv constantly lying about Kathleen Kennedy getting fired every week? Lol.
@@blackRXrider To be fair on it, Clownfish report on rumors a lot of the time and even say so in the videos. Kevin Smith specifically spoke like he was saying facts.
I don't know this correct or not I heard that the character Tesla in the new He-Man is really badly written and compared to the rest of the cast that is actually good written characters
@@blackRXrider thank you so much. Even when they talk about rumours and opinions, they present it as facts and code everything through their biases. Simply terrible.
@@chatleslorenzo6164 She is. Mangakamen explains it better than I ever could though. Also what was the name of Teela's sidekick/partner? She was so forgettable.
On the katana note, did no one grab one of the fish knives? It’s concealable, sharp, and if they ask you have an excuse for possession. I mean kitchen knives and other cheap blades should be easy to get and use.
I love the yakuza games no matter how ridiculous or stereotypical they are.
To be fair, the Yakuza games have so much more to them that makes them great than the stuff that's on the surface.
The Yakuza game are the most Japanese games I’ve seen and I don’t use that as a insult, rather as a compliment
They're like that by design there is no need to disclaimer your like for it when it's unashamed itself.
@@nicodalusong149 Well, it's the interent. better to be safe then let people assume ill intent.
@@darienb1127 That being said, even with that in place there are still people who'll manage to misunderstand.
To me the sad thing is it's one thing to do something wrong and do it genuinely wrong, it's another for a studio to claim they're going to be culturally appropriate or claim to be better than the rest and then when they're wrong they yell at us the consumer saying we either aren't woke enough or find some other excuse when the problematic factor is that the Asianism in the film is actually highlighted even more by companies claiming that this is "Cultural appropriation and if you don't watch it you're against progress" (I've seen 3 articles that more or less say that trying to defend this movie)
It reminds me of when Sia made a movie about Autism but was surprised when she got called out because she and her crew fired the autistic actress they were working with because they couldn't compensate for her needs or accomodate her in any way. This was talked about for maybe 2 weeks and then forgotten about but, then when the film came out and people asked why I didn't like it they told me I wasn't woke enough to appreciate it even though I being an autistic person did not at all feel represented by the film.
Now, I just wanna see gaijin talk about 'honor' and the whole perspective around it. After hearing him rant about it, now I am curious about what it entails nowadays, and what we should use besides 'honor'
Sorry to say, Gaijin, but there's one reason and one reason alone why Hollywood would pump out such a blatantly culturally deaf movie...
*_MONEH!_*
If Hollywood can make a quick buck off of something, it won't matter how insensitive or how poorly-made it is. They will pump it out and they will put their name on it like it was a badge of honor.
hmmm...i wonder if they'll take all that money with them in the afterlife?
Agent 47 is the modern shinobi.
Given that they smuggle the guns inside tunas, it'd have been funny if the Yakuza had at least used tuna knives instead of katana.
The honor thing will continue as long as the "Honor/Shame Culture" paradigm is popular in academia in the west.
Love that "BIG OL FISH" line.
On my birthday!? What a lovely present, Gaijin. Thank you!
I like how you used the Fortnite screenshot interpretation of Snake Eyes for your thumbnail for your future Which Ninja video. It was a long time coming and everyone knows it
To be fair, other than the "honor" crap, anime does stuff like this all the time.
Yeah let’s be honest Japan does encourage honor crap as well.
@@starmaker75 I'm not gonna say they dont, I personally just haven't seen it in a while that's all.
@@corvotheblack5066 its still in there aslo look at got they have that same it dishonoreable to use stealth tactics etc
i think it's more of show don't tell, whereas this movie was clearly a case of espousing the word to make it seem like it's embodying it, but not really showing it.
Even in the Japanese media that espouse the word, it's in the context of showing why something is honorable or dishonorable
You know a good example of a Western show that did the whole Japanese honor concept better than this, aside from Avatar: The Last Airbender?
BEAST WARS
FUCKING TRANSFORMERS, GI Joe's more successful little brother.
Namely, with the character of Dinobot. He's spoused the word several times to being the plot point, but at least it's a case of showing along with telling. His final episode is full of the concept of honor, namely that he's dishonored himself to the point of pretty much almost committing seppuku.
ON A KID'S SHOW. THAT TREATED IT SERIOUSLY BUT WELL
I mean, it's not clearly stated to be suicide, let alone seppuku, but how else can you interpret how he's kneeling and holding his sword toward himself?
I mean he hates that to. Like if Naruto were honest it would have advertised itself as a series about sorcerers, and he doesn't like it for that.
+Gaijin Perspective
Hey GG I was wondering if you would consider doing an episode on
My favorite Super robot Getter Robo as the recently released Getter Robo Arc has some interesting cultural inspections when it comes to it's 3 form's names and designs
Zuko wants to know your honor's location.
Thing is, I do believe GG's fine with Zuko. It's really the usage of the word that sets him off. Compared to Zuko who had his reputation/honor wrongfully ruined, you have this movie using honor in the very outdated "asian semblance of morality" sense (as GG explained himself).
Thanks to all of your educational videos, I went into Snake Eyes knowing that I wasn't gonna see an accurate representation of Japanese culture. BUT. I feel that this was a stuntperformer community passion project and watching Corridor Crew's Stunt Men React series made me go into Snake Eyes looking to appreciate the fight choreography, which was pretty good.
Lol, if he hates "honor" how does he feel about Zuko.
He did a 2 part Which Ninja on how good of a ninja Zuko is, so I'm gonna say he thinks highly of him. He's probably more forgiving of Zuko because the fire nation on the whole doesn't talk about honor as much as Zuko does, so it seems less like an annoying Asianism and more like it's something Zuko personally values.
Wow, I could tell this was serious because there wasn't even a Which Ninja intro to this video.
Glad to see you decided to release this. I have similar thoughts on the film and glad to see you voicing it
Great video, man. Commenting and liking for the algorithm.
Also, your "Love You" picture is crooked :p
D'OH!
MLP, Strawberry Shortcake, She-Ra, Pound Puppies, Voltron. Oh yeah, there's been good reboots from the 80s stuff.
I mean Voltron kinda crashed and burned into absolutely terrible nonsense, can't comment on the others.
@@lancestriker0111
Depends on who you ask, but fair point. The others did well enough. MLP especially
Personally...I wish they took some inspiration from the "G.I. Joe - Renegades" series. That was actually very good IMHO and may have made a better foundation for anything new.
Naw resolute
Don't even start with Honor... this remember me why always there was a big problem with the Horde in general! >_>"
"boss why don't we shoot them"
"No, we fight with Honor"
Disagree on he-man but I agree with you on Snake eyes. In the old sires Snake eyes was a Vietnam vet who went to study after he fell in love with japanes culture. They wanted to make Snake eyes something he wasn't and wanted to make him vary japanes with this version despite the river ninja hated Snake eyes because he was a outsider who got accepted and over shadowed him.
Where the hell did the 80's to now concept of "Honor" even come from?
I wonder if it there was a mistranslation and it just sounded good so they ran with it.
Revisiting this video after a while.
17:20 In one of the other two Joe movies, Storm Shadow is able to tell an Arashikage-made sword as a fake by breaking it with his bare hands because, in his words, "[real] Arashikage steel does not break."
It's exactly as stupid as it sounds. And I say this as a legitimate fan and appreciator of katanas.
The truth is that they weren't katana they were zanpakutou homes.
To be fair, I myself live in Minnesota and for plenty of my childhood many of my fellow citizens wouldn't be able to find Mexico on a map by themselves and I'm only 20 years old. So I can't really say I'm surprised that they got so much of Japan wrong. Besides America isn't really known to be one the most culturally aware countries in the modern world. As sad as it is we still have a long way to catch to other nations with our educational systems. I my self just find it incredibly stupid that so many Americans refuse to allow non whites into our communities and our nation was built in immigration, and not peaceful immigration by any means. Any ways I'm just trying to say I share your pain gaining and keep it up with awesome videos that educate us on largely unknown culture in the US of a
2:10 This is unrelated to the video, but I completely agree with you on the Masters of The Universe Netflix series.
I went in with little to no expectations, since I only saw a little of the original show growing up, and I really enjoyed it *because* of the different direction the story took.
Characters I never took seriously in the original (most of the side characters/henchmen) I was really invested in, even emotional about.
Can’t wait to see where part 2 goes.
Yeah, I don’t get why people throw such a fit over it.
I'm curious about your thoughts on the various atrocities the Empire of Japan committed back in the day, and how the modern government has tried to deny or suppress information about it to their populace.
When is obon? Is that how you spell it ? Yah know big elevated stage with tyco drums and people dances in unison .that festival do you know when it is this year? Because I can't figure it out
I can get behind Lupin Sansei's Goemon being a samurai/ninja from Iga, but he was purposely meant to be a walking anachronism of Japanese culture because Monkey Punch wanted to add a little Japanese feel to his overall Western-centered manga.
I am enjoying this take (or review) of the accuracy of ninja portrayal in the movie. This shows how people will sacrifice the inclusion of a good story just to make money, which is just silly in my opinion.
Gaijin: “I’m going to see the new ’Snake Eyes’ movie!”
Gaijin (a few hours later): “…my disappointment is immeasurable… and my day is ruined😐
Togakure ryu is not a ninjutsu school, it's a martial art school and some ninjutsu is in it thanks to the fact that samurai scroll have pice and bits of ninjutsu in them.
It's grand Master is not even pretending anymore after people found out that his lineage is made up.
I smell a video coming up about how clans still survive in Japan. But putting that aside, it feels like you can make a drinking game out of this. Take a shot for every katana you see in the movie. As for this video? Every time goomba says katana.
Ah Gaijin, you never disappoint with your rant videos. Also like a ninja your videos have helped me with my reconnaissance and I now know your one weakness: Honor!🤣
Gotta disagree whole heartedly about about Masters of the Universe, but I loved the rest of the video
My problem is the whole fake advertising. You get excited by the return of your childhood hero, and in the first episode he is practically taken out of the story.
My writing philosophy is "be interesting, be humorous, be respectful" I am researching the origin of the classic Green Ranger Dragon Shield, as I want to make a tribute to Jason David Frank you know Tommy Oliver. But I can't find much information on the origin and I know it is Asian inspired because Azula has the same style armour in Avatar the last air bender.
Honor is not being used by any characters in my work, unless it means Honor as in did the right thing at the right time, or keeping your word.Ohana is a concept I wish to incorporate too, not Disney Ohana the Polynesian true meaning. Honor is not something that has lost meaning, it needs to be fixed.
Found the information, the Dragon Shield is known as a Mantel Armor, a mix of a set of Pauldrons and a Georget chest piece. Seen in so much Asian media and Asian inspired (Azula is a great example) media and now I can indeed properly tell my friend who I commission for design concepts (I am a sprite and Pixel art guy I need a reference to refine my designs) the reference.
Also Honor in my creations will reference Chivalry style Honor, like a certain knight in a certain FPS.
It's Hollywood I say. That answers all questions and reasons.
This movie didn't kill him it just straight murdered him with how bad he was losing his mind over how bad the movie is.
Maybe it would’ve been better if it didn’t plan it like some “Cinematic Universe”, it would’ve been good.
Hahaha, I see that Gundam-San ending. Very nice.
Do you think you can do a video on what honor (as it pertains to the Japanese) actually is/was? Grew up around the same time as you and thought I had it worked out, but after hearing this video, I'm not sure anymore.
Some guns can easily go up to 10K but most little slide pistols/Revolvers go between $200-$600 fron what ive been seeing
for a moment i was reminded or that chanel awesome joke with the suko VA firing "honor" firebals out of his crotch XD
I reffer to the "honor" word as, in this case 8:22, "I saw shonen in your eyes"
I don't know if you gave done a video on this yet, but it would be interesting to learn to where the whole honor thing comes from. Is it based on something? Is it pure western misrepresentation? What is the origin and history of the asian honor stereotype?
You should look up cool history bros he has a video about the origin of the Asian honor stereotype
I have no plans of seeing the movie, but I'm loving you tear into the movie.
Snake eyes G.I. origins suffers from the serious case of Family Guy Syndrome
19:20 Maybe? Geebus!
i have a bad habit of leaving new movies on hold for years hahahaha spoil me
TIL that Snake Eyes is so god-damn awful that it makes Masters Of The Universe: Revelation look good in comparison.
I don't quite remember but did Gaijin ever cover the game "Mark of the Ninja"?
It was the game that spawned Which Ninja
YEAAAAAARS and years ago, but yes.
What are your thoughts on Avatar: The Last Airbender usage of the word honor?
I actually like it for Zuko because it was a non-word. It was a fabrication word that to him meant acceptance, but to Iroh, Ang and others, they knew what Zuko's "honor" really meant. A goal forced on him. Honor to Zuko changed from what his father wanted to what HE wanted.
9 out of 10 needs more "it just kills me"
Ah yes you dont turn your back on two things honor and family*van deisal drives off to the sunset*
gaijin you watched master of universe drunk? theres attempt at nuance, theres attempt at worldbuilding or character development, then literalyl everything catches on fire of not doing bare minimum with tropes and taking viewer for granted. and that not even begins to cover it.
Huh, I didn't know that the honor thing was that much of a stereotype. Arigathanks gozaimuch for telling me about it... Anyways, pain peko...
Game of Thrones killed my acknowledgement of the word Honor
Do we have modern Ninja?
I think they are called Special Operations Operatives.
Just going by what they are supposed to do. I could be wrong.
Are you going to do the Naruto Bijuu / Jinchuriki obon song?
If they were smuggling drugs, I'd give them a pass on the fish since that's a viable tactic to counter police dogs, based on the crime shows I've watched, but with those comparative prices for handguns... whoof.
Thanks for calling out the steel quality and how katanas aren't that good.
Could have made more money selling the fish
Strangely enough, your opinions about the new He-Man Way more accurately describe MLP:FiM than anything else.THAT was a show that managed to stay true to its roots while expanding its lore and audience in a direction that no one thought could happen. All of the female characters of that show are better than what "Teela and friends" could ever be.
Great Movie review though!
That actually is true. TMNT has done good at modernizing too.
To be honest people that bitch about new MOTU do so because they feel that it doesn't fit they sensibilities and want it to be cancelled based on that. Irony considering how they speak about "cancel culture" while complaining about how bad other side is. They are hypocrites pure and simple.
Man, this is making me want to re watch the Yakuza papers trilogy again. Absolutely love thoes movies. Very brutal and gritty though.
You know nobody is intrested in the movie when half the comments is about that gaijin mentioned he-man in passing. Just a thing out of touch exec ordered and nobody wanted to work on.
6:42 man this sounds like this is indonesia *shows Bali only*
Honestly, I never really got into G.I.JOE. I was more into classic heroics where if someone wrongs you, you can use your wits to set things right. Though I have been watching shows like Adam Ruins Everything, where he debunks common misconceptions and gives people a hard time about it. One example he reveled is that many "health" foods has the opposite effect. Like diet food has replaced fat (good and bad) with sugar which actually makes you fat.
bluetooth 9.0 katanas with 10G network support
Central time. Same time zone as I am in lol. Course I will be at work at the time.
Hey gaijin were do u get all your info on ninja
He gets his sources from many books that cover historical ninja examples being The Bansenshukai, True Path of the Ninja, and more. He also gets information from when he is traveling, going to museums, and getting info from professionals. If you wanted to get into ninja highly recommend The Bansenshukai book and True Path of the Ninja you can find them on amazon.
Time to give ninjas a BFG.
I don't mean to bother you but we're is the Donna video my doll maker wifu diserves it . but I've waited this long so I can keep waiting
Great video.
I'm getting flash backs to X-men Origins Wolverine
what do u think of Ninja Assasin from 2009 (the last halfway decent Ninja movie)......I mean there are plenty of movies featuring Ninja that are not Ninja movies, but the Ninja parts are really good
The Wolverine 2013
Blade II (vampire ninjas) from 2002
Batman Begins
DareDevil Season 1 and 2
LOVE this video. It's so fantastic to hear your perspective
I hate to defend the movie, because I also didn't care much for it. But the whole mention of "I saw honor in your eyes," that Snake Eyes said to Tomi was something that the Yakuza Kenji wanted Snake to say to his cousin because he knew he'd fall for that stereotype. That's why Tomi responded in kind and that's why everything about Tomi's character fit the stereotypical Asianism. So while I appreciated the film's attempt to make Storm Shadow a more interesting and nuanced villain, the use of "honor" really only came up because of him and the Arashikage.
6:56 I’ve been there before
I mean, Ronin Katanas' are apparently pretty good for their price. Some of the Hanwei blades are pretty good too (but why use them when there are more practical weapons?).
I havent seen the movie yet, just the trailer, and there is so much bad cheese im seeing from this that my lactosentolerant ass is going to be living on a toilet for days. C'mon hollywood, you have the internet, look up stuff and be factual, go to a museum, cross reference, something o-o i know G.I Joe is from the 80's, but we are not and are not closed off in knowledge as we were. Even from just the trailer when it was gang stuff happening i was thinking "why all the swords i thought yakuza used whatever they could like brass knuckles or knives?".