PUBG, Vs. Super Mario Bros., Gorogoa, RE7: Not a Hero, Tales from America, NJPW, a bonus Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoiler chat, and more! Happy New Year!
Every other week, tune into 8-4 Play for talk about video games, Japan, and Japanese video games, straight from the 8-4 offices in beautiful downtown Tokyo. Hosted by 1UP Japan's own Mark MacDonald, John Ricciardi, and Hiroko Minamoto.
Hearing The Last Jedi conversation was actually really cleansing for me. I've felt like a complete crazy person for coming out with what amounts to a C, C- reaction to the film when I wanted so badly to fall in love with it. Mark calls out a lot of what really drove me up the wall without diving into strawman arguments that some have used to bat away any TLJ as overly traditionalist or otherwise small-minded. I just... I didn't think it was well-structured storytelling or made good on really expanding on the themes that it began, just began, to introduce. I don't begrudge anyone for liking it, I wished I would have. And I think the conversation captured that angle pretty well. Whew.
I need to hear what GB thinks about Japanese wrestling. I looked into some videos and it's savage.
Also, liked the Star Wars discussion. I'm not a big fan of the series, but I still care what happens to it. All in all, I agree that it's a failed attempt at trying something different.
When I was in the theatre, I thought the movie was too unsubtle with its themes, but listening to the crew completely fucking miss the point about the broom kid has made me doubt that initial belief
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