On November 28, 2021, I attended a concert at SoFi stadium featuring the biggest band in the world: BTS. I came out of the concert … transformed. Before I tell you what it’s like or how it went, let’s start from the beginning (and move as quickly as I can.) How I first got into BTS …

As of writing this post, I’ve already seen Dune in IMAX twice. I may watch it again, just because I’ve been waiting for this film for nearly thirty years and it excites me to no end that it finally exists! …

I love Ranma 1/2. Everyone other anime fan in America as a kid watched either Sailor Moon or Dragon Ball Z. I obsessed over a show about Japanese teenagers who challenged each other to martial arts bouts and threw cold water on the ones cursed with weird transformations. It’s awesome. …

Hello. My name is Lee Ngo, and I may or may not be addicted to BTS. What’s BTS? (WARNING: YOU ARE AT THE EVENT HORIZON. DO NOT READ ON IF YOU DON’T WANT TO JUMP INTO THE BLACK HOLE.) BTS stands for 방탄소년단 (romanized as Bangtan Sonyeondan), which roughly translates to “Bulletproof…

So news of the Netflix cast is out, and I can’t help but wonder… did they get it right? I have some choices of my own for the four main characters (I don’t care about Vicious, really) that I’d like you to consider as well. Consider the following criteria: Aesthetic — irrespective of race…

At the Hawaii International Film Festival (hiff.org) in November 2018, I met my favorite all-time filmmaker Wong Kar-Wai. A flood of emotions washed over me in the days that followed. Allow me to explain. A “Disappearing” City: Urban Alienation on Film I’ve been interested in Hong Kong since I was in high school, where I organized a…

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be the next great filmmaker: Kurosawa, Kubrick, Spielberg, Scorsese, Nolan, and … Ngo? Like most aspiring filmmakers, however, I did what everyone else did. I created based on what I knew or just saw. That’s not creative. That’s derivative. …

If you ever want to work for or with me, I recommend this post. I’ve been a manager in many capacities — my own startup, some smaller projects, and now essentially running a non-profit —and I still don’t know if I’m a good or bad one. Fortunately I maintain relationships…