Great Wall, Pandas, and Mcdonald's

Guess what? Hollywood is not trying to white wash Mulan, so far.  They actually hired a Chinese actress.  Lui Yifei will be playing Mulan.  She was in The Forbidden Kingdom and Ip Man 3.  I look forward to future casting, as long as they are Asian.  Anything less would be an insult to the culture and story. 

I finally got to see this movie.  If you have not watched the current series, you are missing a really great story.  The story lines, the acting, the special effects.  Rise, Dawn and War represent the character arc of Caesar.  If you saw the original Ape movies, you would know he established their community and way of life.  In addtion to having action, these movies have a lot of emotion/drama built into the stories. 

I saw Ghost in the Shell.  It was an ambitious film.  Much like Blade Runner.  I know there was controversy over Scarlett Johansson's casting.  I think it would have been better served with an Asian actress.  Would it have done better? That's hard to say.  They wanted a named actor to sell the movie.  It explores themes similar to Blade Runner.  We saw how that ended up doing.  I liked it.  It is a visual overkill.  Sort of like Speed Racer.

In Florida, we have lots of panhandlers.  Some are just desperate for food or money.  Some look like they have made it their fulltime job.  One day, a couple of them were converging on a street corner.  It looked like an employee meeting.  I have even seen where one person will stand back while another stands at the corner.  I wondered if that was a training day.  Yesterday, I saw a new low.  An Egret was standing at an intersection.  I looked around and saw a police car.  So, I do not know if he had a cardboard sign.  They hide signs when they see the police.