September 5, 2014
So there's a Korean movie about a Chinese gorilla who plays baseball...
I know, I can't understand the dialogue — other than "Play ball!" — or read the subtitles either, but there is more plot summary than you could possibly want here... and isn't it enough that the gorilla is playing baseball?
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That trailer is awesome and the damn movie is not available at Netflix. Man!
Similar to the Matt LeBlanc (of Friends fame) movie "Ed" about the chimpanzee who plays basketball. Guess there is a whole subgenre of films that are simians who play sports.
That does look like a Han Chinese Gorilla.
The Koreans are getting nervous these days as Obama may say all the right things, but that Obama also has a track record of not doing a damn thing to stand by an Ally.
Where's the "Rike" button?
From a Korean jokes website...
Spanish guy, Korean guy and Russian guy work for the same construction company.
Boss says to the Spanish guy, "You're in charge of the cement."
Then he said to the Russian guy, "You're in charge of the dirt."
Then he said to the Korean guy, "You're in charge of the supplies."
"I'm gonna be back at the end of the day to check on your work. It better be good or you're fired."
At the end of the day, the boss comes back. He looks at the big pile of cement and says "Good work" to the Spanish guy.
Then he looks at the big pile of dirt and says "Good work" to the Russian guy.
He can't find the Korean guy. so he asks, "Where the hell's the Korean guy??"
All of a sudden, the Korean guy jumps out from behind the big pile of dirt and yells, " SUPPLIES!"
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Airplane takes off. The captain is Jewish and the first officer is Korean. It's the first time they've flown together and it's obvious by the silence that they don't get along. After 30 minutes, the Jewish Captain says, "I don't like Chinese."
The First Officer replies, " Ooooh, no like Chinese? Why ees that?"
The Captain says, "You bombed Pearl Harbor. That's why I don't like Chinese."
The F.O. says, "Nooooo, noooo... Chinese not bomb Pearl Harbah. That Japanese, not Chinese. Besides, I'm not Chinese or Japanese, I'm Korean!""
"Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese... it doesn't matter, they're all alike," replies the Captain.
Another thirty minutes of silence.
Finally the F.O. says, "No like Jew."
The Captain replies, "Why not? Why don't you like Jews?"
F.O. says, "Jews sink Titanic."
The Captain tries to correct him, "No, no. The Jews didn't sink the Titanic. It was an iceberg."
The F.O. replies," Iceberg, Goldberg, Rosenberg, no mattah. All same."
I was thinking along the same lines as traditionalguy. The Koreans are getting nervous about the Chinese gorilla moving in and taking over their game.
Now if the Packers could sign the gorilla to play line [preferably offensive], garage mahal could stop sulking.
Ho-hum... It's "Mighty Joe Young" rebranded.
I like the actor who plays the sports agent.
It's on DramaGo and some of the other sites that show Asian dramas and movies.
"Guess there is a whole subgenre of films that are simians who play sports."
Air Bud thinks you're a lousy simianist.
Animals in general: Gus kicking field goals, and Matilda boxing.
This looks kind of awesome-bad.
That young lady is no Fay Wray. (That's a pretty high bar, though.)
The Gorilla can't hit a slider.
Hope they are paying Dire Straits their royalties.
When I lived in Korea, 80s, professional baseball teams were owned by commercial companies. It wouldn't have been the Pusan Bears. It would have been the OB (Oriental Brewery) Bears. Cool movie BTW. Koreans love baseball and golf.
I sense an element of racism here.
to ken in sc:
it's still that way. It's Doosan Bears. Doosan is a major conglomerate company. Other major teams are Lotte Giants, and LG Twins.
and Koreans really do love baseball. Watching the fans is more exciting than watching the games, and they have cheerleaders too.
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