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34:00

point where he is. I think a

34:02

lot of part of my issue is that it

34:05

is just visualizing all things that we knew that

34:07

Kami had done already. They're not actually necessarily things

34:10

that we've seen him do because it is from

34:12

his past, from a time actually before season one.

34:15

But I didn't necessarily need that

34:17

visualized, but I actually found the

34:19

format of the episode very frustrating.

34:22

It actually just doesn't propel

34:24

anything. And I think

34:27

the bear is a very forward

34:29

propellant show. I think it moves at

34:31

a real good pace. And

34:34

I kind of love that it's a half an hour kind

34:37

of comedy drama, mostly drama, a little bit

34:39

of comedy. And this

34:41

was the second episode does seem to get back

34:43

into that a bit more. So yeah, in a

34:45

one, it's kind of a one room thing, which

34:47

I do like that they do experiment with the

34:49

form a lot. Yeah. And I like the one

34:51

room element of episode two. I

34:53

do think episode two still has a

34:55

propulsion problem. I don't actually think it's

34:58

still a lot of set up and

35:00

not a lot of necessarily going anywhere.

35:03

And I think for

35:05

a show that I think in its

35:07

very DNA is the fact that it

35:09

replicates the speed and intensity

35:11

of the kitchen. I'm slightly

35:14

concerned, particularly from this is not

35:16

reviewing as well as the previous

35:18

two seasons either. And

35:21

I'm, I'm a little bit concerned that it's

35:23

going to struggle as it goes on. But

35:26

I also wondered where,

35:28

where do we go now after the end of

35:30

season two, season one and

35:32

two, I think together are genuinely

35:34

some it's perfect television. I actually think season

35:37

one as a whole is my favorite. I

35:39

really love season one, season two, I don't

35:42

think he's quite as interesting as a whole,

35:44

but has the standout episodes. It has greater

35:46

highs. Yeah, absolutely. But I think together they

35:48

tell this beautiful story and all of the

35:51

character arcs that run through it. I

35:54

rewatch them all very close together in

35:56

anticipation of this. And there

35:58

are, there are really beautiful. beautifully

36:01

approached character arcs and analysis of

36:03

what makes people who they are.

36:06

And I almost felt, I think, that it came to its conclusions

36:08

at the end of season two. And I was like,

36:11

where do they go now? They've opened the restaurant

36:13

and a lot of people learned

36:16

who they were on that journey. And

36:19

because of the fact that there's been very little

36:21

happening in the first two episodes, I am like,

36:23

oh, is it a bit like we now put

36:25

things on water for, you know,

36:28

tread water for a little bit while we figure

36:30

out where it's going. Maybe things will change going

36:32

forward. And I hope that they do

36:34

because I want that proportion back. That's what I want.

36:37

I do love that AO Edebiri

36:39

as well because she's amazing. I'm

36:42

sure we will. And I think it's open, very

36:44

calm, heavy, right? And it has always been his

36:46

show, but yeah, they have focus on other characters

36:48

at times. I

36:51

actually really liked the first episode. I knew you would.

36:53

I'm going to go a bit wanky. I

36:56

actually, no, I agree. It's not perfect. I think

36:58

if it was 10 minutes short, I would have

37:00

thought it was fantastic. It does go on too

37:02

many times. I think it doesn't help that

37:05

we watch on Disney Plus. And I don't know

37:07

if in America it's different that basically they're like

37:09

just ad breaks built in that aren't ad breaks.

37:11

It just stops and starts again. I'm like, if

37:13

it had just kept going, I think it would

37:15

have been more interesting. But

37:18

yeah, it's 10 minutes too long. I will give it that. But

37:21

I kind of like, like I said, and it

37:23

all just comes, everything comes down to taste. And

37:25

I kind of like, like

37:27

I do think season one or two are

37:30

their best when it is what you said,

37:32

propulsive, when it's frantic, when it's kind of

37:34

more being a Scorsese film, kind of quick

37:36

cuts mixed with just long takes of people

37:39

doing stuff. Like very much influenced

37:41

by like Goodfellas, the cutting style of that.

37:43

And this is quite

37:46

literally the opposite. This first episode, it's all

37:48

tone. It's all feel it. And

37:51

I don't think it's maybe it's just subconscious. I don't

37:53

think it's just because of the resin and raw score,

37:55

but it is quite fincher like

37:57

it's very precise. It's very. it

38:00

did remind me of The Killer at times

38:02

and remind me a little bit of Fight

38:04

Club at times, the more just like focusing

38:06

on things and faces and not

38:08

really words, you know, there's lines of

38:10

dialogue but they're almost like, you feel

38:12

like they're almost like misremembered dialogue like

38:14

echoing in its head rather than, you

38:17

know, there's no conversation. It's, yeah,

38:20

it's narrative through feel

38:22

rather than delivery.

38:25

And here's the wankiest thing I'm going to say all day,

38:27

it almost reminds me of Wong Kha Wei, the Hong Kong

38:31

director if you've seen any of his films

38:33

like Happy Together and In The Mood

38:35

Full Of, kind of telling the story through a lot

38:37

of looks and mood,

38:40

not necessarily through words and I really,

38:43

I really love his films and I really just liked, I

38:46

liked that they're taking the bold risk and

38:48

it's an interesting choice especially to throw you

38:50

back into a series with like

38:52

you kind of expect especially this show, like

38:55

the way the first season

38:57

opens with that, with

38:59

the refused song that the

39:01

kind of they use throughout the series

39:04

and it all kind of builds and builds like

39:06

that is like an electric opening to a TV

39:08

show. This is like the complete opposite, it's like

39:10

easing you back into a show which I don't know if

39:12

you need easing back in. Almost can't

39:14

explain it, it almost felt sci-fi in nature. I

39:17

don't like, I have no idea what you're talking

39:19

about. It's almost like, it

39:21

reminded me, I think it was just more the

39:23

music and the montage like reminded me of like

39:25

the end of films like Arrival In Interstellar, like

39:27

someone looking back at like, oh

39:30

the journey, the montage nature. Yeah I

39:32

don't think like it didn't, you know,

39:34

there's no sci-fi elements, kind of that

39:36

clinical almost like people like

39:38

reflecting on a journey. I don't

39:40

know, I thought it was absolutely beautifully shot.

39:42

I can't argue with

39:44

that. Stoner is very, very good at

39:47

precision directing, he knows what he's looking

39:49

for and to completely his

39:51

credit, like that is absolutely artistic intent on

39:53

the screen isn't it? Oh yeah, it's whether

39:55

it's, I think it's all like, it's ultimate

39:58

everything, it's right, it's a tasty. I

40:00

just really liked... I

40:02

think it's more from like a film a

40:04

success like all I like that, you know,

40:06

when he's in this like concentrated like the

40:08

different scenes are reflected than the shooting style

40:10

like everything's precise when he's in training, but

40:12

like around the time of his brother dying

40:15

like he's obviously detached and he's in the

40:17

corner of the frame on like a train

40:19

line. To me, I'm watching all that from

40:21

like, like a filming point of view

40:23

going, oh that's very clever filmmaking. Does it make it

40:26

an interesting half an hour of television? I'm

40:28

not sure. For 20 minutes I was like,

40:30

this is great. I really like the last

40:32

two shots of it with him and Ayo

40:34

and Obiri's character kind of bring together like

40:36

almost how they connect. But

40:40

yeah, it's too long and it's... I'm not saying

40:42

it's a masterpiece. I just... I think I

40:44

did enjoy it is basically what

40:46

I'm saying. I do think it works back to

40:49

back with the second one that you

40:51

kind of see in the...

40:53

you kind of see why they did that in

40:55

the way that he's made this menu and he

40:57

wants to basically... he's

40:59

kind of learned, but he's... I

41:02

think the first step is trying to make you feel, oh

41:04

he's learned from all these things, he's trying to

41:06

become new, but then quickly within episode two you're

41:09

like, oh he's not... he's trying to learn, but

41:11

he's just fundamentally kind of broken. Yeah, it's... and

41:13

I don't know if you'd agree with me on

41:15

this as well, Emma, is that kind of like

41:18

the the past

41:20

two series have been about a man trying

41:22

to grow, but I think that second episode

41:24

is about... you can't

41:26

grow out of what your fundamental nature is.

41:29

Yeah, definitely. I think we see

41:32

in the second episode like at

41:35

the end of the finale of the last

41:37

season there were definitely some relationships that were

41:39

damaged, right? As a result of like that

41:42

night and how hectic it was and everything,

41:45

and you can kind of see that Kami

41:47

as a character, he's still so

41:50

focused on this idea of being

41:52

like better and pushing harder and

41:54

he's taken so much from his journey that

41:56

he's been on so far, which no one,

41:58

you know, will not... So

44:00

in May we had Kuma finally come to

44:02

the game and he's like a character that's

44:04

been in the series for a really long

44:07

time. He's very powerful, very strong. Obviously everyone

44:09

wants to play him because he's really, really

44:11

good. But this week

44:13

we also had M. Bison appear. So

44:16

starting off the, we're onto a new

44:18

like character pass now. So starting off

44:20

really strong with him. He's

44:22

very powerful. And

44:25

like, he's, you know,

44:27

he's a big villain in Street Fighter.

44:29

He's like this dictator that wants to

44:31

take over the world. But what's kind

44:33

of cool is that in Six, which

44:35

is like the game that's like the

44:37

furthest set, you know, in the future

44:39

in terms of it being like chronological,

44:43

he's got amnesia and he can't remember who he is.

44:45

Oh no. So, and that's

44:47

kind of reflected in his moves and

44:49

how he sort of being redesigned a

44:51

little bit for this game. So he

44:54

like, classically he's a charged character. And

44:57

I don't know how much Street Fighter both of

44:59

you have played, but. Not a

45:01

lot. Okay. So there's, there's different types

45:03

of different styles, right? And

45:05

charged characters are ones where you'll be

45:08

having to sort of hold like

45:10

your stick or your like D-pad in like a,

45:13

in a direction for a few seconds. And that

45:15

like charges up the move and then you compress

45:17

a button to actually bring the move out. And

45:21

Bison is a charged character, but

45:23

they've sort of changed charged characters a

45:25

little bit in Street Fighter Six. I

45:27

think, honestly, for someone who's not great

45:29

with charged characters, I think it's for

45:31

the better. So

45:33

some of his moves now similar

45:35

to like Honda, he

45:38

now has like more like motion inputs,

45:40

which are a little bit sort of closer

45:42

to the characters you have, like Ryu and

45:45

Ken and Akuma. So

45:47

he's got some really, really powerful

45:49

moves that use, he

45:51

still has charged moves as well. So he's

45:54

got this really well known one called Psycho

45:56

Crusher, where you like hold back

45:58

and then push forward and he'll like. Walmart

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