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4	->''"My name is Tamara Chambers and this is ''Tamara's Never Seen''!"''
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6	In 2016, Tamara Chambers, known for her acting on ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic,'' decided to create her own video series, inspired by her coworkers' and friends' shock at [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure how few popular films she had seen]].
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8	''Tamara's Never Seen'' is about Tamara watching [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin movies that she'd never seen]] -- typically either very famous films, such as ''Film/{{Jaws}}'', or very nostalgic films for her generation, such as ''WesternAnimation/WatershipDown'' -- and then describing her opinions and the feelings she had watching the film. Her cats Ike and Wendy appear as well. Eventually, she started taking predictions on her Twitter, where she encourages people to guess her opinions on the movie, and she confirms or denies a select few at the end of her review.
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10	She later created a second series for Website/ChannelAwesome, ''Tamara Just Saw'', where she reviews movies that are currently in theaters, often accompanied by her friend Codex[[note]]then credited as Cody[[/note]] Melcher. She also made a joke series called ''Tamara's Seen'' where she claims to be talking about one film she's seen but instead describes the plot of another.
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12	As of 2020, ''Tamara's Never Seen'' has moved from [=YouTube=] to the Channel Awesome Website/{{Twitch}} channel, where Tamara livestreams films she's never seen before.
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14	For the sake of brevity on the ''Nostalgia Critic'' page, this page may also cover topics from Tamara's other, non-'''Nostalgia Critic'' videos.
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16	!!Tropes for these series include:
17	* AccentuateTheNegative:
18	** At the end of her ''Film/JurassicPark'' review, Tamara hopes to avert this; love every film she sees and be relentlessly optimistic. Even when she's not really into ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', she still respects most of the puppet work. And though the tree rape scene in ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' makes her stab the wall, she manages that it was entertaining, just with a ton of issues. In the Just Saw of ''WesternAnimation/TheBossBaby'', she's glad for Codex calling stuff out because she feels she always has to put on a smiley face.
19	** Averted with "[=NOvember=]", as she knows suffering through bad films is even more fun cos she's so positive, so did a whole month dedicated to awful movies.
20	* AffirmativeActionLegacy: In her ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII'' review, she relays that Michael J Fox would like a girl to play his role in a reboot, and thinks it's great that he said that.
21	* AngryFistShake: Tamara does a mini one in ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'' because she's actually sick and Ferris is faking it.
22	* AttractiveBentGender: In her video on ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', Tamara "throws out" that Michael J. Fox is a really cute woman.
23	* AuthorAppeal: She's always loved and encouraged Doug's crossdressing as well as Malcolm's, and when a guy likes men crossdressing as women in ''Film/Paddington2'' she's like "yeah same".
24	* BadBadActing: Tamara makes fun of it in ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'', imitating how every woman in the movie who is meant to be scared just grips their hair and yells.
25	* BaitAndSwitch:
26	** Unintentionally in Tamara's Never Seen of ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', as she starts saying she's going to watch ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' before admitting she always gets the titles mixed up.
27	** The joke of ''Tamara Has Seen'', where the title is one movie she's watched (like ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'') but she describes the plot of another movie (like ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'').
28	** In the beginning of ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', Tamara asks Doug if he wants to watch it with her, and he starts off with "HOW DARE YOU NOT WATCH" before admitting he hasn't either.
29	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In ''Film/JurassicPark'', Tamara is in love with Creator/JeffGoldblum and wants more movies with him in it. Cue a load of comments telling her to watch ''Film/TheFly1986''. When she actually watches that she calls them out.
30	* BigNo: In ''Film/TheFly1986'', when a car outside her house goes by for the third time, Tamara shouts it complete with Darth Vader picture.
31	* BondageIsBad: In her ''It'' review, Tamara brings up that consensual kink can go wrong, it doesn't always have to be "spanking = evil".
32	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: In her review of ''Film/JurassicPark'', Tamara loves Hammond because he's passionate, adorable, sweet and "shows you how much an old white man can get away with". Complete with TwitchyEye at the last one.
33	* ButWaitTheresMore: Tamara already wasn't very happy about the sexism in ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'', but she gets pretty screechy (if justifiably so) while getting to the tree rape. She then unleashes some rage.
34	* BuxomBeautyStandard: Subverted. Kind of. She wore a tank top during her review of ''Film/TheFly1986'' and was genuinely upset by the endless comments about her cleavage. She then pondered whether she should wear turtle necks for her videos and then defiantly declared she could wear whatever the hell she wanted.
35	* TheCameo:
36	** Doug's voice makes a cameo in Tamara's review of ''Film/TheFly1986'', for some reason taking a shower in her house.
37	** Hyper Fangirl has a cameo in the ''Never Seen'' of Film/{{Dredd}}, where she snaps at Tamara for joking that Devil Boner's gun skills aren't as impressive as those in the movie, and appears throughout the review doing weird stuff in slow motion.
38	* CatBoy: In ''Film/Legend1985'', Tamara wears the black unicorn horn and gets Doug to wear the kitty unicorn ears cos they suit him.
39	* CatchPhrase: "Hi I'm Tamara Chambers and this is Tamara's Never Seen!".
40	* ClusterFBomb: Like Doug's mom, Tamara's dad watches her series and wishes she didn't say the f word so much. Of course after saying this in ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', she shouts that Jen is so '''fucking''' awkward. Unlike Doug though, Tamara usually bleeps the swears from her videos.
41	* {{Cosplay}}:
42	** A common thing for her (and guests) to do is dress up like one of the characters from the movie and do the review in costume. She and Doug tease in The Human Centipede that there's no way to do that without getting flagged or being someone's fetish.
43	** Both Doug and Malcolm have done pretty good jobs of pretending to be her, Doug in her clothes and lampshading her way of talking (high pitched start then lower voiced), and Malcolm doing an AprilFoolsDay Malcolm’s Never Seen (he’s genuinely never seen ''Film/MaryPoppins'' though) pretending to be her and getting her inflections.
44	* CreepyCockroach: Tamara reveals in the ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'' vlog that she has a shuddering terror of beetles and bugs and can't even watch ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}''.
45	* CrossOver:
46	** Creator/DougWalker joined her for ''Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974'', ''Film/Legend1985'', ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'', ''Film/{{Highlander}}'', ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' and ''Film/TheHumanCentipede''.
47	** Creator/BradJones joined her for ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie''.
48	* CuteKitten: Tamara's cats make plenty of appearances in her Never Seen series, to the point where she apologizes if Ike can't be around. In her review of ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'', Wendy starts screaming for attention and Tamara picks her up while Malcolm strokes her.
49	* DamnedByFaintPraise:
50	** In ''Film/TheFly1986'', how Tamara feels about a comment telling others to stop fake geek girl-ing her/saying they wanting to fuck her... and instead focus on the cats.
51	** In Tamara's make-up tutorial, she speaks for a lot of girls when she tells guys "you don't need to wear make-up!" is not a compliment, just annoying.
52	** She gives ''Evil Dead 2'' a mini clap for not going the tree rape route again.
53	* DarkerAndEdgier: In her review of ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', Tamara talks about how she grew up on Disney and loved it, but her favorite is ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'' because it took risks, and respects Bluth films for the same reasons.
54	* DiamondsInTheBuff: Averted in her ''Film/{{Titanic\|1997}}'' review. She notes how she can't do the full-on Rose cosplay of wearing the Heart of the Ocean and nothing else because [=YouTube=] frowns on that. Instead, she wears a dress similar to one Creator/KateWinslet wears in the film.
55	* DoubleStandard:
56	** In reference to all the ''Film/Ghostbusters2016'' liking-it-related-abuse her co-workers were getting, Tamara shades in ''The Secret of NIMH'' that because it has a cool female lead, there must be some hate for the movie out there.
57	** As future Tamara points out in ''Back to the Future II'', if boys can go shirtless in their videos, her past self is allowed to wear tank tops.
58	** In Tamara's review of ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'', she brings up that none of the men who go into the woods are threatened with assault, let alone get raped by a tree.
59	* DudeShesLikeInAComa: In ''Film/TheFifthElement'', Tamara has a mini rant about it, saying kissing women when they're sleeping and so can't consent is only okay when it saves people like in ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty''.
60	* DullSurprise:
61	** The main reason why Tamara wasn't fond of ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'', as the acting is so wooden.
62	** She has Creator/EmmaWatson as a CelebCrush, but admits she likes her more as a person and her acting isn't amazing.
63	* EasilyForgiven: In ''Film/TheFifthElement'', Tamara is mad at Korben Dallas for forcing a kiss on Leeloo, but forgives him when he's nice to his cat.
64	* EatingTheEyeCandy: In her review of ''Film/JurassicPark'', Tamara joins the mass crowd of women who have the hots for Creator/JeffGoldblum.
65	** In keeping with her preferences, she also casts her eye on Creator/GeenaDavis.
66	* ElephantInTheLivingRoom: Referenced by Tamara in her review of ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', as [[ItMakesSenseInContext when she takes the turtleneck off]], she addresses viewers with "you didn't think I'd address it did you" before FlippingTheBird.
67	* EpisodeTitleCard: From ''Back To The Future II'', Tamara's show also gets actual title cards that are made by Walter. These were eventually replaced by a video sequence, however.
68	* EurekaMoment: In her review of ''Film/ReturnToOz'', Tamara can't imagine watching the film as a kid, and wonders if that's what has made Doug and Rob so messed up.
69	* EveryoneHasStandards: When Tamara at cons says she loves all movies, Doug reminds her that she really can't stand ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries II''. She also hated ''Film/GhostInTheShell2017'' so much that she was going to email Channel Awesome and fake being sick that week.
70	* EvolvingCredits: Has gone through a few, starting with a child's voice squeaking "Tamara's Never Seen", then followed by Doug and company yelling "you haven't seen that?!" with her shrugging, and then a ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' parody.
71	* FairForItsDay: In-universe during her review of ''Film/ReturnToOz'', Tamara admits that electroshock therapy for mentally ill people was pretty progressive for the time.
72	* FirstWorldProblems: After getting a ton of "you're a fake geek girl/must have been neglected" for just not watching popular movies, Tamara {{sarcasm mode}}d that her childhood must have sucked before waving to her parents who watch the show.
73	** She calls them out again in her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WgUQVG4BO8 crossover]] with Andre, with her being excited about ruining some childhoods and him telling them in advance she had a life outside watching movies.
74	** In ''Film/EvilDead2'', Tamara has a brief moment of admitting movies are harder to get through now that it's a "job", then eye-rolls and name-drops this trope at herself.
75	* FlippingTheBird: In her review of ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', Tamara flips a double handed bird at all the guys being gross about her body.
76	* FlippingTheTable: In her review of ''The Secret Of NIMH'', Tamara loves Timmy and swears to flip ''everything'' if he dies.
77	* ForcefulKiss: Tamara doesn't like this trope at all, complaining about it in ''Film/TheFifthElement'' (and by extension ''Film/Ghostbusters1984'') and ''Film/BackToTheFuture1''.
78	* ForgotAboutHisPowers: ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' subverting this annoys Tamara, as she [=PSA=]s that there's no time to bury your friends, chop them up and get moving.
79	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In her review of ''Film/TheFifthElement'', Tamara's cat Wendy gets her head stuck in the blinds for a second and then paws off.
80	* GenkiGirl: Her default setting is cheery perkiness and it takes a really bad movie to bring her down, she also brings out the {{keet}} in Doug and Malcolm (who are both pretty excitable anyway) whenever they appear.
81	* GilliganCut: She's fond of this, talking about [whatever movie] in the opening and assuming what she'll think, and then cutting to being frozen with joy or disgust.
82	* GiveGeeksAChance: In ''Film/TheFly1986'', Tamara sarcastically says that the 80s geek with the cute journalist is "such a realistic dynamic".
83	* {{Gorn}}: Tamara says in ''Film/TheFly1986'' that she's not interested in 'horror' movies like ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' (she loves horror, just not the ones that bank on gore), and finds the former film hard to deal with.
84	* GratuitousRape: Tamara can't stand the trope, genuinely being angry at ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' having a tree rape scene because it's sexist and awful and doesn't further the plot at all.
85	* HairFlip: Tamara's RunningGag in "Tamara's Never Seen". In ''Film/TheTerminator'', her brother does a "luscious" (in her words) hair flip, proving the talent runs in the family.
86	** Other guest stars find ways to emulate her flipping too, such as Doug trying a "beard flip" in Tamara's review of ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina.''
87	* HalloweenEpisode: Starting September 2016, Tamara had "Tam-tober Fest", reviewing the ''Franchise/EvilDead'' trilogy.
88	* HellIsThatNoise: In her review of ''Film/ReturnToOz'', the patients moaning and screaming is this to Tamara.
89	* INeedAFreakingDrink:
90	** Neither Jim or Tamara are particularly keen on watching ''Film/HomeAlone'', and they knock their drinking flasks together in preparation.
91	** After watching The Star Wars Holiday Special, she takes a shot glass featuring a character who hasn't been "tainted" and chugs.
92	* InherentlyFunnyWords: Tamara thinks the name "Cheryl" is the funniest ever, and wants to name a rat that.
93	* InsistentTerminology: While not meaning it in a bad way (as she loves reviewers, just doesn't feel like she's good at it), Tamara says that her thing is reaction videos, not reviews.
94	* JustJokingJustification: In her review of ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', Tamara explains to people who still don't get it (and there was plenty of racism in the comments) that the film can get away with racism cos it's clearly satire, but shouting on YT and claiming jokes really isn't.
95	** Like ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', Tamara talks about all the homophobic language in ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' making her uncomfortable, but mostly being okay because they were making fun of homophobes.
96	* LateToThePunchline: In her review of ''Film/JurassicPark'' (as she never saw it before), Tamara finally gets where the "Alan" joke in the ''Jurassic Park 3'' review comes from.
97	* LaughingMad: Her reaction to ''Film/GarbagePailKids'' is laughter and "quick question, what the fuck was that".
98	* LighterAndSofter: To ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''. This is mostly just Tamara sitting on her couch {{squee}}ing about movies she hasn't watched while playing with her cats, while Doug has talked a lot about how he uses Critic as therapy.
99	* LittleNo: Tamara's reaction to ''Film/TheFifthElement'' having DudeShesLikeInAComa is a chorus of no's and threatening Bruce Willis's character with the water spritzer she uses for her cat.
100	* MaleFrontalNudity: In ''Film/TheTerminator'', Tamara is glad to see some shadow penis as it's always lady parts.
101	* MaleGaze: While she likes ''Film/JusticeLeague2017'', she's disappointed that it went from ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' with sensible armor to this film with asscheeks.
102	* MoneyDearBoy: Mocked after an angry boy ranted at her for ''Film/HomeAlone'', calling herself Tamara "money and views" Chambers when she wants to do Doctor Who vlogs with her brother.
103	* MonochromeCasting: Both Tamara and Malcolm love that ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' averts it, and Peter actually looks like he's in Queens.
104	* MoodWhiplash: PlayedForLaughs in Tamara's ''BTTF 3'' video, as she mourns the first take of the episode (she didn't have the mike on) and then goes right back to GenkiGirl mode.
105	* MusclesAreMeaningful: In her ''Film/WonderWoman2017'' review, Tamara makes it very clear that she's not body shaming, but is a little disappointed at Creator/GalGadot's skinny arms.
106	* MyEyesAreUpHere:
107	** Tamara doesn't even do anything {{fanservice}}y in her series, but because she sometimes shows a bit of cleavage, dudes will go on about her breasts instead of what she's saying. She gets annoyed by this.
108	** She did ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie'' with Brad and thought it was safe to sit cross-legged with some foot showing. The foot fetishists proved her wrong, annoying her even more by saying she did it “intentionally”.
109	* NonIndicativeName: In ''Film/{{Creepshow}}'', Tamara says she can't watch ''Film/{{Beetlejuice}}'' because she assumes it has a ton of beetles.
110	* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: In her review of ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', Tamara calls Jim Henson to puppets like Obama to black presidents, he's the only one.
111	* PoliceBrutality: Referenced in ''Film/BlazingSaddles'', where Tamara comes right out and says black lives matter.
112	* {{Polyamory}}: In ''Film/{{Heathers}}'', Tamara mentions that you can date multiple people, but you got to talk it out first and make sure everyone's cool with it.
113	* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: The idea behind the main series is how Tamara hasn't seen most popular movies. In the Anime Iowa panel, she and Doug have a giggle about all the comments claiming she's lying about having not seen [whatever movie] and Doug confirms that she really hasn't watched anything. And in ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'', Malcolm said he hadn't seen that many movies either, making her {{squee}}.
114	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: For her videos' background music, she uses a free track called "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BH6mNZMWIg Mighty Like Us]]".
115	* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: She often calls out rapeyness in mainstream movies, and has a genuine rage at Tree Rape in ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''.
116	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She rants at ''Film/TheEvilDead1981'' for having tree rape.
117	--->'''Tamara''': What the hell, movie? It doesn't further the plot at all, not even a little bit, everyone else gets possessed and none of them had to get raped by a tree. I don't enjoy it at all, and no guy get raped by trees and that's terrible, I don't want that for anyone but it just needs to be equal I think, and it just makes me so ''angry''. [stabs the wall]
118	* RunningGag: Starting from ''Film/TheGoonies'', {{hair flip}}ping with explosion noises. Sometimes for sass and sometimes just for fun, to the point she apologizes if she forgets to include them in a video.
119	** Cody finishing the title of "Tamara Just Saw" with "And Cody Just Saw Too, As Well" and adding something else at the end.
120	* SarcasmMode: Her make-up tutorial is gleeful sarcasm about how it's so much fun to put a ton of shit on your face to look acceptable for men on the internet.
121	* ScrewYourself: Present Tamara's reaction to future Tamara (who is wearing the usual of a tank top and flannel) is a "damn I look good".
122	* SelfDeprecation: She has a big dose of it, making fun of her HairFlip RunningGag, relentless optimism and love of her cats.
123	* SeparatedByACommonLanguage: While she's in Scotland, Tamara pronounces Edinburgh (like an ugh sound) like Edinborough.
124	* {{Sequelitis}}: Like many people, Tamara loved the first ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' (and has actually seen it), but it just kept going forever and she's seen more than she cares to.
125	* SexyPriest: In her review, Tamara side-notes that she's weirdly attracted to the priest in ''Film/TheExorcist''.
126	* ShipTease: In Tamara's review of ''Film/TheFly1986'', Doug apparently makes a habit of showering in her or Malcolm's house.
127	* SickEpisode: ''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff'', with a [[RealLifeWritesThePlot very sick Tamara choosing it]] because it's about a kid pretending to be sick to get out of school.
128	* SlapSlapKiss: In ''Film/ArmyOfDarkness'', Tamara gets irritated with Ash treating his girlfriend badly, followed by her slapping him and him kissing her.
129	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: One of the things Tamara loves about ''Film/TheGoonies'' is how goofy-optimistic it is, like some boys were totally going to save their house by finding treasure with their bikes.
130	* SlutShaming: In her review of ''Film/Robocop1987'', Tamara brings up someone whining that she wears too many tank tops and should put more clothes on. Obviously she refuses this demand.
131	* SoBadItsGood:
132	** Tamara's in-universe view of ''Film/TheEvilDead1981''. She likes the [[Film/EvilDead2 second one]] a lot more.
133	** Her, Malcolm and Doug are all little kid-excited about how passionately bad ''Film/TheGreatestShowman'' is, while Rob is the token adult.
134	* SpecialGuest: Has a few, like Doug being in her shower during ''Film/TheFly1986'', Malcolm reviewing ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'' with her and she did ''Film/TheTerminator'' with her brother.
135	* {{Squick}}: In-universe, especially towards the end, Tamara gets plenty upset at the grossness of ''Film/TheFly1986''.
136	* StunnedSilence: Her initial reaction to ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''. She even notes her first pages of notes, reacting to the WarIsHell opening, contain mostly variants on "Oh my God".
137	* SubvertedKidsShow: Her short video "Cody and Tamara play with each other", in which they read The Babadook like they're kid show hosts.
138	* TakeThatAudience: In Tamara's ''Secret Of NIMH'' review, she wonders if having a strong brave character means the movie is getting any hate (shading about ''Ghostbusters'') and then cheerfully snarks "I sure will after that!" She also isn't shy about mocking the people who only watch her because she's hot, such as the skit about her future self telling her she can wear a tank top regardless of what picky slut-shamers say about her.
139	* TakeThatCritics: Tamara did a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yfPA3ELM_A&list=UUwWxwqgHiD656E7cAWBmO8w video]] responding to hate comments, noting that she only picked the easier ones (so none of the rape/death threats) she could actually talk about without getting angry. She'll also occassionally post screenshots of ridiculous/creeper/sexist comments on twitter so she and everyone else can have a laugh at them.
140	* ThisIsGonnaSuck: ''Hellraiser'' is the only TNS where she's dreading snapping her fingers for the credits.
141	* TemptingFate:
142	** In her review of ''Film/ReturnToOz'', Tamara cheerfully says she'll watch it because it'll be fun. Cut to her holding her popcorn and coke in terror.
143	** In ''Film/TheFly1986'', Tamara can't wait to see Goldblum again and is sure it won't be the kind of torture porn-gory that she has no interest in. Cue watching and asking everyone why they told her to see it.
144	* ThingOMeter: In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', Tamara has a counter for how many times she says "love". It breaks in the next episode. She also has a "hilarious" count for ''Film/YoungFrankenstein''.
145	* TraumaButton: Tamara in ''Film/TheExorcist'' outright says that seeing tests after tests after tests, especially on a child, is triggering for her.
146	-->'''Tamara''': I hate that word. [laughs] No I don't.
147	* VisualPun: In ''Film/TheDarkCrystal'', when they're deciding by rock who should rule next, Tamara pulls up an image of Wrestling/TheRock.
148	* TheVoice: In Tamara's review of ''Film/TheFly1986'', Doug is in her shower, but we don't see him, only hear his voiceover.
149	* WhiteMaleLead: Tamara talks about how ''Film/TheGreatWall'' is filled with Asian people, and has an Asian director… and there's Creator/MattDamon being Matt Damon.

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