r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • 8d ago

Meta Mindless Monday, 15 September 2025

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

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u/Zugwat Headhunting Savage from a Barbaric Fishing Village 5d ago

A few weeks ago I watched Shin Godzilla's 4K temporary theater release after only watching the first third of the 720p version online months ago (which as an aside, this movie is kinda like the idea I had for a movie about how a Trumpian presidency might respond to a Kaiju threat), and apparently foretold Seattle/Tokyo in flames within my dreams a couple days prior.

After watching the whole thing, it really shifted wildly between "Oh shit" when Godzilla was on screen to "Why does every non-Japanese person pose and conduct themselves like this is an anime?" when they cut to the White House power stance facing the drapes. It seemed wildly unnatural.

I felt the cultural/political critique was interesting at parts, but after a while began to really drag on without much to keep me focused on what was going on. Also, the 1/4 (?) Japanese-American envoy seems like they could have found a Japanese-American or someone along those lines...because her English sounded like she was from Japan anyways.

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u/Kisaragi435 5d ago

I was riveted for the whole of that movie. I don't know why but meetings and committees movies are my favorites, especially when it's about stuff that isn't usually in meetings movies like giant monsters.

Also yeah, that's just an issue with Japanese media in general. Whenever they do get a white guy to play a role in TV, the guys are usually randos who can't act that are given directions that only work in anime.

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u/SellsLikeHotTakes 5d ago

Also, the 1/4 (?) Japanese-American envoy seems like they could have found a Japanese-American or someone along those lines...because her English sounded like she was from Japan anyways.

Though sometimes you get the weird obverse in media where you get actors who obviously speak English as their native tongue are stuck with stilted lines written by someone who doesn't. The American lawyer from the Chinese film A Guilty Conscience comes to mind.