The Tower (South Korea)

It’s the second episode of Festive Foreign Film Fans. We have shortened the name to “4F” which is an acronym that we only divulge to our closest friends. Shhh! This show we travel to one of the few Asian countries that celebrates Christmas as a national holiday — South Korea! Bob and Mark first discuss the Christmas disaster thriller film The Tower, than embarrass their listeners by trying to understand and explain newfound Korean traditions they’ve only just researched online. They do also enjoy a vigorous music interlude of K-pop holiday merriment with the Twice song “Merry & Happy”. We strive to give you a few interesting facts, but also to bridge that physical and cultural distance that separates us from our shared global Christmas experience. And we are just the mediocre guys to do it!

Our Movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2554270/

4F Test: Festive = (Bob says yes, but Mark disagrees); Feel = (It’s an emotional rollercoaster); Future = (Not so much); Fan = (Not for Christmas, but as a thriller)

Where to watch it:

iTunes https://itunes.apple.com

Amazon Instant Video https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Video/b?ie=UTF8&node=2858778011

Mark’s College: Slippery Rock University https://www.sru.edu/

And his football team: Rockets Football: https://rockathletics.com/sports/football

Bruce Willis (from Die Hard and Armageddon)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Willis

Game of Thrones: https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones

September 11, 2001

https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks

Korean Christmas Cake

https://www.dramasrok.com/2015/12/christmas-cake-korea-2015/