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McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

Here's a veritable goldmine of content:

https://www.youtube.com/c/StudioBinder/videos

Studio Binder has tons of great short videos, from what signifies a directors style to different types of foreshadowing in film to the different kinds of satire in film. Tons of great videos here

# ¿ Jul 2, 2022 05:42

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 11:51

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

Schwarzwald posted:

I'd also like to give a shout out to my bud Kaz's video essay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6h66VXVhOo

Bravely Default was an unexpectedly highly acclaimed JRPG title for the 3DS. It's sequel, Bravely Second, was not. While likely the better game mechanically, the second title lacks a distinct narrative throughline, instead having a multitude of competing plots that never coherently fold into a greater narrative. This has left it as the forgotten sequel to a much better remembered game, all the more so since the completely distinct Bravely Default 2 was released.

Kaz's ~~video essay~~ ^jeremiad is a chapter-by-chapter look at Bravely Second, with heavy focus on its characters, structure and plotting, with the occasionally digression about romance novels. It is a very entertaining watch.

I recently finished Bravely Second, and I agree, it was so lackluster. The characters and story were so incredibly bland, and since that's the biggest reason i play RPGs the whole thing just left a bad taste in my mouth. I all but forced myself to finish the game but I really checked out long before the ending.

josh04 posted:

Thank you for the kind mention in the OP! To show my gratitude, I got off my rear end and made a video, which I'm sure will get copyright struck any minute now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRK-2X1R2OY

Pro-click

# ¿ Jul 4, 2022 18:06

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

Jimbot posted:

Yeah, "discarding the jedi" was an idea I thought they were building towards with TLJ. Luke was on the right path and I thought, before the film came out, that they were going to build on that idea with Rise of Skywalker (or Duel of the Fates or whatever the discarded idea was). Would have been pretty rad. The Prequels showed that while an individual jedi might be good them as an institution was not. They cared more for jockeying for political power and keeping their seat than they were freeing the slaves.

Qui-Gon certainly didn't care for political power, but even he, the most liberal of the jedi, couldn't imagine freeing the slaves. Their jobs was to protect the status quo, not to help people. In that sense the jedi really were Space-Cops.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2022 20:40

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

If you folks like Hbomberguys style then check out this video about the manosphere from m�necat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgO25FTwfRI&t=5s

I'm only 5 minutes in and I am already thoroughly entertained

# ¿ Jul 10, 2022 00:18

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

It's honestly just insane how poisonous transphobia is, because it just seeps into their brains and infects everything they do. Everything they do is about sticking it to transpeople

# ¿ Jul 10, 2022 02:41

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0twDETh6QaI

Hbomb has released his best work yet. Just an absolutely wild video that took some really unexpected turns

# ¿ Nov 18, 2022 22:54

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

Apparently disgraced CineD poster Dan Ohlsen aka Folding Ideas made a video about WoW, does anyone know if its any good?

# ¿ Dec 4, 2022 11:36

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

It's a funny thought if he only got an account here on Hbombs recommendation and then we brought out the pitchforks when he started bad mouthing Suicide Squad, of all movies

# ¿ Dec 5, 2022 03:40

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

I'm watching Dans video in bits and pieces, and i find it super hilarious that some folks aired out their petty stupid guild drama for over a million viewers

# ¿ Dec 6, 2022 02:44

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

Calico Heart posted:

Hey all, Infranaut of Youtube here. Please watch and enjoy my new video "Scrooge was the GOOD guy!" As it turns out, many modern pundits and conservatives love Scrooge, for some reason. This vid goes into the many flaws of these readings and the general worldview. I think it's a fun watch, and it even features a few special guest appearances! If you enjoy it please feel free to leave a like/comment/sub as it pleases the algorithm beast.

I had to read a lot of loving horrible op-eds for this.

I saw it linked in Cspam and came here to share the wealth lol. Excellent video

Edit: lmao hbomb cameo

McCloud fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Dec 24, 2022

# ¿ Dec 24, 2022 02:53

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

mobby_6kl posted:

Wait the Folding Ideas and Hbomberguy are both goons!?

Generally I love his stuff but stopped the video like 15 minutes in. I was never into WoW and was like nah I don't need to watch an hour and a half of this. Maybe once if I'm really bored.

I think I might've seen Eric Jacobus in the action thread. I've only seen the most recent few videos which seem to be different from early stuff but it's pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9XTAyoYv1c

Yepp, Hbomb was a regular here at CineD, I don't think Folding posted much outside of the internet personality thread though

# ¿ Dec 28, 2022 05:01

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

Flying Zamboni posted:

Here's a recent video about a 2008 reality TV show about casting a bit part for Saw VI that makes James Gunn (and a few other people) look really, really bad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLSyoqk0LwI

This is loving gross. Dear lord

# ¿ Mar 27, 2023 20:01

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 11:51

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

Russos have a t�te-�-t�te with Zack Snyder about moviemaking.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqLvMZIO84M

# ¿ Apr 18, 2023 23:20

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