Show Notes
Kung Fu Panda 4 did not set the world on fire: but if Dreamworks had gone ahead with the original idea to plonk an unchanged CGI Po into the real world, it might have.
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CLIPS USED: Kung Fu Panda 4 (dir. Mike Mitchell & Stephanie Ma Stine, 2024) Kung Fu Panda 2 (dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson, 2011) Kung Fu Panda 4 Filmmakers Commentary
MUSIC
"March of the Spoons", “The Chamber", “Cut Trance", "Chill Wave”, “Thinking Music”, “Crypto”, “Screensaver”, “Groove Grove”, “Marty Gots A Plan”, “Deep Haze”, “Invariance”, “Anguish” & “That Zen Moment” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
“Suspended Animation” & “Synapse” by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
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