I can't not share a Steve Irwin video.
It's been like 15 years since he died and it still makes me sad.
Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows
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Linkara reviews Marvel Event Secret Invasion for Event Comics IV
Linkara Reviews Marvel Event Civil War II that tried to cash in on Captain America Civil War MCU Movie
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So, for April Fools Linkara did a… thing.
15 videos between 3 and 6 minutes each, showcasing "lost footage" of a horror mystery from decades ago. Analogue horror is the term I'mm seeing used? He got a lot of other youtubers in on it, including soem of the teamm 4star guys, old channel awesome illumini, SFdebris. I don't know exactly what to say about it. It is a THING.
Alrighty, a day later but I want to thank everyone who helped make Winter of '83, my #SecretProject and April Fools Day series, happen! As such, thanks to
fardmuhammad,
chebutykin,
FesWorks,
AntfishVO,
SmolShorky,
NoelCT,
Viga,
LeemanKessler,
sfdebris,
Nash076
th3Engineer
AllisonPregler
Megami33
Lanipator
GSReviewer
InGeekWeTrust
CallunaReviews
KaiserNeko
yugiohtas
for all their great voice work and for some in particular (GSR, Viga, and Fard) some of their amazing graphics utilized in it!
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Super Eyepatch Wolf's "Why you should watch/read" series are some of the most deep and informative videos I've seen on the web, and he just released his newest episode on Berserk.
And HOO BOY, is it a beast of an episode!
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Schafrillas Productions has become one of my new favorite review shows. Here's a video he just released about the Academy Awards, why they suck, and why they're still worth it in spite of that (with no mention of Will Smith thankfully)
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Schafrillas is great, I've been watching him a couple years now. Probably started with his Shrek 2 review, since htats the one the algorithm decided to favor and has like 5 million views. I've watched all his content so it all has the viewed red line so its hard to tell anymore.
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If we're sharing Supereyepatchwolf videos, this is my absolute favorite
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Linkara finishes Event Comics Month IV with DC Event Dark Nights Metal
He will also take the month of April off to restore History Of Power Rangers on to Youtube -
Lindsay hasn't completely left us:
As this is something made by PBS, maybe this is the spirit of Mr. Rogers shining down on us.
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Linkara has release the schedule for upcoming episodes up to September
5/16 – PATREON: Sonic the Hedgehog: Tangle and Whisper #1-4
5/23 – PATREON: Star Trek: The Next Generation/X-Men: Planet X (Novel)
5/30 – LATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE: Hell House, LLC Night
6/6 – Stargate SG1: P.O.W. #1-3
6/13 – PATREON: Man of Steel Movie
6/20 –Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #7
6/27 – PATREON: Gokaiger Episodes 17-21
7/4 – US-1 #11
7/11 – PATREON: X-Men: Infinity #5-12
7/18 – PATREON: Spider-Man: Maximum Carnage
7/25 – DC Challenge! #4
8/1 – Comic Book Quickies #11
8/8 – 700th Episode
8/15 – PATREON: Ken Penders’ The Lost Ones #1
8/22 – PATREON: Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope
8/29 – LATE NIGHT DOUBLE FEATURE
9/5 – PATREON: Transformers: Deviations
9/12 – PATREON: Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #0 and Legionnaires #0
9/19 – Kickers, Inc. #2
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Ken Penders’ The Lost Ones?
Ewww,
I hope he understands what the actual assignment is there and tears the thing apart.
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I remember him saying he liked Maximum Carnage.
Unless he has 90s Kid handle it in satire of 90s comic values, that's gonna be a tough comic to review. From the defense side, your job is to convince your audience the rinse-repeat formula of moral slap fights and one-sided battles are deep and entertaining. If Linkara has changed his opinion about the comic, all he can do is point out they're doing the formula a trillion times.
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Linkara reviews IDW Sonic The Hedgehog Miniseries Sonic The Hedgehog Tangle And Whisper
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Linkara does Comic Quickies 11 with Mr.T Cereal Comic and Hostess Fruit Pies
Next week is the 700th Episode
Also here's Linkara reviewing Maximum Carnage
Xmen Green Review
The Worst Superman Movie Man of Steel
and Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Episode 17-21 with GokaiSilver
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Atop The Fourth Wall 700th Episode is out now and its The DC Black Label Miniseries Superman Year One By Frank Miller
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Lindsay Ellis has apparently gotten over her burnout and produced a new hour long video on Lord of the Rings.
Currently it is only up on Nebula (which is like 10$ for a full year subscription... and also gets you a curiosity stream sub. It's a super good deal)
https://nebula.tv/videos/lindsayellis-how-they-adapted-lord-of-the-rings
It's labelled as a "Nebula Original" so I'm not sure if that's a "this site gets it a week ahead of youtube" thing, or a "I don't have to deal with awful comments here so it's only going to be here" thing, but all the same its nice to see her feeling better about the horrific abuse she's been through and doing projects again.
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Yay! Lindsay is so awesome, she didn't deserve any of that.
I unfortunately have no interest in subscribing to Nebula.
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No surprise her "retirement" didn't last long.
But as Satsuki said, no interest in subscribing to Nebula.
I feel for her being legitimately bullied and harassed over complete non issues. And she had and has every right to make, or not make, content to any degree of consistency she wishes.
However I think her turning legitimate harassment and trolling campaigns into "no cancel culture exists and I'm a victim" was kind of bullshit. Burnout and needing a legitimate break is absolutely warranted. But I don't know what she thinks the result will be of switching from Youtube to a full paywall service will be. Especially on a more unknown platform then, say Patreon.
Especially if her goal IS to limit the harassment, why not upload on Youtube and disable comments? Tweet to your hearts content and allow only mutual followers the ability to respond?
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Like I said, I don't know it its a one week exclusive or a permanent exclusive. Some videos on the site are, some aren't. A lot of it overlaps with youtube, though the quality is higher and there's less censorship.
I bought into Nebula just to see Patrick H. Willem's stupid Night of the Coconut movie, and he'd earned that 10$ after years of solid content.
And then after that I suddenly had another year on the service, plus curiosity stream. I'll probably renew it when it runs out, 10$ for the whole year really is pretty good. My wife is enjoying the Discovery Channel-esque Curiosity Stream stuff.
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Kyle discusses Parasite and the permeation of American culture.
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Defunctland searches for the person who wrote the Disney Channel theme
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Did you know that Channel Awesome brought back Demo Reel last year?
And that it was actually GOOD?
Oh, Doug didn't write or direct it. That makes sense.
And everything else is still bad. Very bad.
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And Doug complete failed to make it work. One of the other staff members picking it up 10 years later to do a Halloween special... and doing a better job than Doug ever did... works just fine.
It was abandoned anyway. and if they didn't do it nothing else would have ever been done with the characters.
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After the whole Change the Channel outburst I'm never touching anything Doug Walker (or Brad Jones) related ever again.
Anyway, speaking of Theme Parks, Jenny Nicholson did an extensive deep dive into the fantasy park Evermore:
And speaking of crediting people for small pieces of sound, Hbomberguy did a video about a sound effect in Roblox
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Schaffrillas ranks every Disney movie.
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Lindsay talks about E.T.
https://nebula.tv/videos/lindsayellis-we-dont-talk-about-et
It looks liek she is in fact keeping stuff as Nebula exclusives to avoid dealing with any of the youtube or twitter nonsense.
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Todd's kickin' the year off:
And yes, THANK YOU, I never thought "Under the Surface" was that great a song. It was okay, but probably my least favorite song in the movie.
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On the topic of Encanto, I cannot stand and don't understand what people saw in "Don't Talk about Bruno". Lyrics and music aside, it might be the lamest reason for a song I've ever seen. It's not even about anything. Hey remember when "Let it Go" was this amazing song about emotional catharsis and release? What does "Don't Talk about Bruno" have? I guess it's funny and wacky? Why did the song get to big, it doesn't emotionally resonate at all?
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@TLC said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
On the topic of Encanto, I cannot stand and don't understand what people saw in "Don't Talk about Bruno". Lyrics and music aside,
Because the lyrics and music were good. And its like 8 different characters doing 8 different songs in a 2 minute blast so if there's any 20 second bit you like you can latch onto that or you can do it with friends.
And the Seven-Foot Frame, Rats Along His Back bit is super meme worthy.
I think the Moana soundtrack was better overall, and obviously neither has anything on Hamilton, but...
You bring up Let it go. The emotional catharsis and message had little to do with its success, and Idina Menzel belting it out did, The same way her performing Defying Gravirty in Wicked happened. Yeah its a good song but it needs THOSE vocals singing as loud and unrestrained as possible really sold it. To the point they restructured the entire damn movie when they hit upon that and turned Elsa from the villain to the co-lead. Same way the Lion King wasn't supposed to have african words in the songs originally but then Lebo M did the demo and that opening note just sold it and there was no going back. (To the point they just reused that for the horrid live action version,)
The catharsis is in doing THAT part loud, but most people can't casually sing those bits. Everyone can sing all of Bruno without strain. They're different songs that do different things and appeal in different ways, its a weird comparison to make. Beatles and Michael Jackson both had number 1 hits but where would you even start comparing them?
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You can count me on the Bruno bandwagon. It's a really fun catchy song that sticks out. And since when does a song have to have a big emotional resonance to be good? Under the Sea? Be Our Guest? Friend Like Me? Hakuna Matata?
The other songs in Encanto though I can take or leave. They're fine while listening to them, I guess, but Bruno aside I didn't find any of them to be particularly memorable.
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The problemm with the other Encanto songs is they were very, VERY dedicated to moving the plot along, even moreso than a musical usually has to deal with because they had like 25 characters.
Under the Surface is a good song but that character is basically only on screen for the duration of the song and then they fall off the face of the film.
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"Don't Talk About Bruno" was catchy and fun, which is the key to its success. It won't beat any of Alan Menken's show-stoppers, but it's a hummer.
My personal favorite Encanto song was this:
@Robby said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
@TLC said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
On the topic of Encanto, I cannot stand and don't understand what people saw in "Don't Talk about Bruno". Lyrics and music aside,
Because the lyrics and music were good. And its like 8 different characters doing 8 different songs in a 2 minute blast so if there's any 20 second bit you like you can latch onto that or you can do it with friends.
Fittingly enough that was Dolores' part for me, when she was also my favorite side-character.
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I just don't understand what people see in the song. I don't think it's particularly good, funny or emotionally resonant. Like yeah I guess it's technically impressive how they wrap several melodies together but none of the particular melodies are actually good or stand out and the lyrics aren't really about anything other than ha ha family superstition is weird. Like how about you talk about who Bruno was, the horrible things he did, how hurt and broken the family was with his leaving, something that matters not "We talked about him and my goldfish died, so sad :(". I don't wanna knock people for enjoying it, I just do not understand why the song blew up the way it did when there are so many better Disney songs from Moana or Coco or even Encanto itself. Like the best song in the movie by far was What Else Can I Do? It was emotionally resonant, had far better lyrics, music and visuals and actually drove the story forward. I would take Under Pressure more than the Bruno song even if the song sucked and the voice actor clearly couldn't sing because at least it's about something relatable.
@Robby said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
@TLC said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
On the topic of Encanto, I cannot stand and don't understand what people saw in "Don't Talk about Bruno". Lyrics and music aside,
Because the lyrics and music were good. And its like 8 different characters doing 8 different songs in a 2 minute blast so if there's any 20 second bit you like you can latch onto that or you can do it with friends.
And the Seven-Foot Frame, Rats Along His Back bit is super meme worthy.
I think the Moana soundtrack was better overall, and obviously neither has anything on Hamilton, but...
You bring up Let it go. The emotional catharsis and message had little to do with its success, and Idina Menzel belting it out did, The same way her performing Defying Gravirty in Wicked happened. Yeah its a good song but it needs THOSE vocals singing as loud and unrestrained as possible really sold it. To the point they restructured the entire damn movie when they hit upon that and turned Elsa from the villain to the co-lead. Same way the Lion King wasn't supposed to have african words in the songs originally but then Lebo M did the demo and that opening note just sold it and there was no going back. (To the point they just reused that for the horrid live action version,)
The catharsis is in doing THAT part loud, but most people can't casually sing those bits. Everyone can sing all of Bruno without strain. They're different songs that do different things and appeal in different ways, its a weird comparison to make. Beatles and Michael Jackson both had number 1 hits but where would you even start comparing them?
It's not about what type of songs they are, it's about what message they give. Obviously Idina Menzel blowing her vocal cords out only works because of what the song is about, it would be ridiculous if she went hard on a more chill and relaxed song. But my point is Let It Go is about something that matters. I guess the only thing the Bruno song has is ...it's catchy? I guess that's all it takes? I personally don't even see it because I just listened to it and it just is a bad tune and doesn't stick to my head at all but that's just me.
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@Nobodyman said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
You can count me on the Bruno bandwagon. It's a really fun catchy song that sticks out. And since when does a song have to have a big emotional resonance to be good? Under the Sea? Be Our Guest? Friend Like Me? Hakuna Matata?
A song created for a film should be focused on how it benefits the movie not about how catchy it is to sing or great to listen
outside of it, though if it can be both so much the better. All four of those songs mostly qualify given they add some umph to something that might be flat otherwise.Under the Sea is basically Sebastian trying to convince Ariel to be happy with what she has in song form rather than simply talking to her, which would be rather boring. Be our Guest is meant to show how nice and hospitable the Lumiere, Mrs. Potts and most of the beast's servants are in contrast to their master; it would have worked better in that sense if it had occurred earlier with Maurice as it was originally intended but I get the change. Friend like Me a showcase of the genie's powers meant to make the audience laugh after a pretty tense moment. Hakuna Makata is meant to highlight the carefree and hedonist lifestyle of Timon and Pumbaa that entices Simba to ignore his duty, while also cheering up the audience after the film's low point. This is no different than Baloo's Bare Necessities is with Mowgli.
This isn't a knock against "We don't talk about Bruno" given I haven't seen Encanto. But I can thing of a few songs that aren't catchy that do help in the movie, same with how some soundtracks aren't great to listen to on their own but work in the context of the film or video game they're part of. Carl Stalling's scores for the Looney Tunes are part of what makes them great but I don't know anyone who thinks they're also good music to listen to by themselves.
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@TLC said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:Obviously Idina Menzel blowing her vocal cords out only works because of what the song is about, it would be ridiculous if she went hard on a more chill and relaxed song.
When you have Idina Menzel, you write explicitly FOR that range. Frozen knew what she did in Wicked and had her do the same thing. Frozen 2 and Disenchanted definitely did. When they did the first film she was kind of unknown but this time they absolutely gave her a (completely out of place) full blown belt your heart out number, and then put it on the end credits. Because they had Idina Menzel.
She was never going to get a quiet solo
And again, the film didn't actually PLAN for Let it Go to be the big showstopper it was... but Idina nailed it SO powerfully they literally rewrote the entire film around it and changed the entire plot late in production. It was going to be a villain song! And they they explicitly turned it into Defying Gravity because they grasped the talent they had.
I guess the only thing the Bruno song has is ...it's catchy? I guess that's all it takes?
Hakuna Matata is the worst song in the Lion King* but its the one everyone quoted for months. Sometimes being catchy or having a good hook or a memorable line, or being able to personally sing along to it, are what makes it a hit.
People remember Circle of Life being amazing, and Can You Feel the Love Tonight is the one that they had Elton John do over the end credits... and Be Prepared was an amazing villain song during an era where we were taking villain songs for granted because they stopped doing them after Hunchback... but Hakuna Matata is the one you could quote and slide into every day conversation,
*obviously Morning Report is the worst song by far if you watch the extended version for some insane reason. Its so bad its actually been pulled from the Broadway show.
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I understand why people like We Don't Talk About Bruno. I just didn't expect it to blow up THAT much.
Dos Orugitas was nominated for an Oscar for a reason (aside from obviously being written as an Oscar-nominator).
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@Bugs said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
A song created for a film should be focused on how it benefits the movie not about how catchy it is to sing or great to listen
If so, why include a song at all? If the only concern is advancing the story or characters, then you may as well just have it be ordinary dialogue.
You could have a song that, technically, does its job of revealing or emphasizing information about the plot or characters, but if, sonically, it sound likes ass, what's the point?
To be clear, I'm not saying any of the songs in Encanto sound like ass. To me, most of them are just serviceable. As you say, they're fine during the movie, they fulfill their purpose, but I don't have any great desire to listen to them on their own or revisit. But there have been tons of great Disney songs over the years that I would gladly go out of my way to listen to outside the context of the movies. Same for movie and video game soundtracks. There are lots of people who love listening to them on their own, and I think that is a sign of truly great music.
@Satsuki said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
Dos Orugitas was nominated for an Oscar for a reason (aside from obviously being written as an Oscar-nominator).
I know it's supposed to be a super emotional song and all, but every time I see that title I want to call it Dos Orangutans.
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@Nobodyman said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
@Bugs said in Channel Awesome, AVGN, and other web review shows:
A song created for a film should be focused on how it benefits the movie not about how catchy it is to sing or great to listen
If so, why include a song at all? If the only concern is advancing the story or characters, then you may as well just have it be ordinary dialogue.
Because sometimes it's works better as a song because it's more entertaining, interesting, to go for a certain effect, etc. Having Sebastian sing about how great the ocean is means you can also go out all out with the visuals whereas the scene would have to be more pallid if he just listed them off; audience accept things happening on-screen (or on-stage) when the characters burst into song that they don't when just speaking (and for what it's worth, I would argue that all four songs you mentioned earlier lose quite a bit without the visuals, which are probably the strongest elements in those scenes). The opening part of Toy Story where Andy plays with Woody while the credits appear would be dull to watch on it's own terms, but "You've got a Friend in Me" invokes a feeling of nostalgia that makes Andy's actions more relatable (songs don't have to be diegetic, after all). Gene Kelly would look more an asylum inmate if he wasn't singing in the rain (and the film actually even winks at this with the brief bit involving the police officer).
You could have a song that, technically, does its job of revealing or emphasizing information about the plot or characters, but if, sonically, it sound likes ass, what's the point?
Absolutely (unless it's meant to be bad-singing to make you laugh), but think a few songs you love from your favorite non-film music albums. Now imagine them replacing the songs in say Aladdin or Les Miserables. Awful right. You can't just take Prince's Purple Rain and then insert into Beauty and the Beast and expect it to work. (One problem with using music from outside in films and games is that we don't have the a shared experience so the intended effect doesn't always come).
The quality of a matte painting is not how good it would look in a museum but how well it fits with the film at suggesting location, mood, creating a sense of verisimilitude, and the like. The same logic applies to a song in a movie. The performance, the composition, the song writing, they all matter, but in a film, there's a lot of other factors to consider during the creative process that don't apply for a single.
To be clear, I'm not saying any of the songs in Encanto sound like ass. To me, most of them are just serviceable. As you say, they're fine during the movie, they fulfill their purpose, but I don't have any great desire to listen to them on their own or revisit. But there have been tons of great Disney songs over the years that I would gladly go out of my way to listen to outside the context of the movies. Same for movie and video game soundtracks. There are lots of people who love listening to them on their own, and I think that is a sign of truly great music.
There's nothing with listening to movie or game soundtracks by themselves.
I think Silent Hill and Donkey Kong Country have great soundtracks (at least when they're not stealing from elsewhere), I also think if you switched them, the play experience would suffer greatly. Conversely, I think no one would praise them as great music or listen to them on their own terms. (Also the composer should be fired for not doing their job). So context does matter. -
I am once again thinking about this investigative and filmmaking masterpiece. I might just need to do a third viewing of it tonight. The message that the film sends is just so beautiful and true. I'm so glad that Alexander Lasarenko's name was discovered because it's a crying shame that it even had to be researched like this. This information should be bold, upfront and in our faces.
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Linkara ends 2022 with The Top 15 Goofiest Heroes He Review on Atop The Fourth Wall
Also here is Linkara reviewing Spiderman Funeral For Octopus for its 14th Anniversary
and Phelous reviews Golden Films The Christmas Elves Movie
