785: The Tiger is Perfect

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Tv & Film, Leisure, Arts

4.7 • 704 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

We always knew Daniel Dae Kim would accomplish something after “Crusade!” (Kids, ask your “Babylon 5”-loving parents.) Our panel looks back over the three-month phenomenon that has been Netflix’s “KPop Demon Hunters” and gives you reasons to watch it if you’re dispositionally averse to KPop, youth-friendly animation, or popular things. Behind the Spoiler Horn, we dive into how well the story and songs work together, whether it’s an animation breakthrough, the future of the wait-is-this-a-franchise, and what could have been better. (John Siracusa: “NOW you’re singing MY song!”)...

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0:00.0	Your first great love story is free when you sign up for a free 30-day trial at audible.co.
0:05.5	com.uk-Uk.woundary. That's audible.combe.uk slash wondering.
0:14.5	The incomparable, number 785, September 2025.
0:21.4	Welcome, everybody, to The Incomparable.
0:23.8	I am not Jason Snell.
0:25.5	He is off at an undisclosed location, not going to a concert, not hearing how things are done.
0:34.5	He is, I'm sure he's golden somewhere enjoying his week off, but we, your regular
0:40.9	incomparable panelists, are here to look at the phenomenon of the last three months, the
0:48.4	surprise, biggest movie on Netflix ever, the social media, the media media phenomenon that is
0:59.1	K-pop demon hunters. And I have a fantastic panel of folks. None of us are in the explicit
1:08.5	target demographic, if there is such a thing, for this movie.
1:13.3	And yet we found an awful lot to talk about.
1:17.0	We're going to have a spoiler-free section at the beginning because there are some of you
1:21.3	who have never seen this movie.
1:24.1	There are others of you who are absolutely sure that this would be a waste of your time because
1:31.2	everybody else in the world loves it.
1:33.8	So why should I?
1:35.6	We're going to give you a chance to learn a little bit more about this and to see if it is for
1:41.5	you.
1:42.2	Joining me on this excursion to Seoul is one James Thompson.
1:47.9	Hello, James.
1:49.0	Hello, I've got 23 notebooks full of demon insults ready to go.
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