Ah yes, the film that makes SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE look like a documentary.

This Anti-Stratfordian stuff comes across to me like rich people panicking trying to maintain the illusion that they have all that wealth because they're inherently better than ~the common folk, and Emmerich comes across like a guy desperate to prove that he's successful because he's just that talented and the fact that he comes from money has nothing to do with it

good haterposting thank u

yikes!! wow!

I lost it at the AO3 check. But it really seems like Roland Emmerich really wanted to make Amadeus 2: Revenge of the Upper Class or something, because what in the ahistorical nonsense was this

Oh my god once I made a presentation about this film for my cultural history of Britain course😭😭

excellent video. cameo of the century. excited for future magooniverses you may explore.

FACT CHECK ME IN REPLIES TO THIS COMMENT!! first one is one I noticed while editing which is that I kept calling Judith Shakespeare Justine. I’m so sorry girl

I'm William Shakespeare btw. Sorry

ep 4 reactions, 3 years late, GO: - oren being visibly upset in the beginning of this because he KNOWS something's up after he put himself out there with drew only for it to be made super obvious that drew wasn't expecting it (AND after oren was led to believe drew may have been receptive)... someone HUG HIM I WANT TO CRY - "that summer you were inseparable... I saw how you looked at him" god I wish this media had a bigger fandom so I could read 100 fics about what happened that summer HELP - "he didn't mention me at all?" FLINGING MYSELF INTO THE SUN BECAUSE NOOOO OREN :( :( :( this hurts - oren getting his heart broken after that summer is going to HAUNT me even tho I know how this series ends but that particular mental image is devastating - bless bianca for calling drew immediately though WE LOVE A MEDDLING SIBLING - "you have loved him since you started at that damn boarding school" screams - "love is complicated" "so you *DID* love him" gjdklagjal thank u for ur service bianca even if this is going about it in the worst possible way lmao - "....but do you still?" and then drew exactly mirroring oren's sentiments by "not being able to" talk about it anymore?? ooooooof that's Peak Queer Suffering for both of them even after YEARS that's some good sh--

3 years later I realized I did not continue to comment on these like I did the last two vids in this series so I shall continue now because these two <3 <3 <3 (I did finish the series back then! I just got busy and self-conscious at my own comments lmao) so here ep 3 reactions: - gotta love the "hey man! buddy!" bro tone to start to diffuse awkwardness to only cause more awkwardness lmao oren, how I've missed thee - "haven't really seen too many of the sights" made me lol because of milwaukee's whole two (2) sights to see (I kid, kinda, I'm allowed to make fun of my hometown) - drew immediately cutting to the chase "why did you call me" ouch - "let's be real... we were barely jocks" I audibly snorted - viola using any pronouns made me so happy. a character after my own heart throughout 12gw and even merely in mention here ugh <3 <3 <3 and oren calling them "vi" help it sounded so natural and full of love ?? I'm fragile best friendship ever - drew being visibly uncomfy at the beginning and acting as if he was trying to end the call quickly.... only to multiple times linger quietly during the lulls to keep the convo going... my god why does queer pining hit every time - "I think about you a lot" "why" "it's hard not to" I'M CLAWING MY FACE oFF - five years breaks my heart. the pain of holding a flame that long :( then drew saying "...that's a lot" YOU'RE TELLING ME - if there's one thing oren is always going to be, it's a bumbling mess, and I love that for him <3 - drew saying "I'm gonna go" like ten times and refusing to go. now *I'm* the mess ugh they're everything. I'm so glad we got closure for them through this series. and I continue to be utterly distracted by the fire pokemon plushes I NEED them

25:55 ...and Godzilla by Blue Oyster Cult.

DDP's theme sounds like if AI was asked to write 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.

24:15 Holy shit, is that a promo picture of Nirvana as a four-piece with Pat Smear? Where did you find THAT?

'A lot of the older songs are actual songs, and now it's just a beat playing in the background.' Welcome to DefRebel.

9:00 ...with biscuits and gravy. Yes, really.

M O D E S T T O T H E T O P

THIS HOLE (KZbin VIDEO) WAS MADE FOR ME!!!

This video cured my depression. But only temporarily. Afterwards it came back twice as bad. Jules said they will make another video, but this time they will charge me for it. Said "The first hit is on the house, bay-bee". Then they threatened me with a flick knife. 10/10 suitable for babies and oldies alike.

What will people think when they hear that I'm a theme song freak?

"main event ish" and "day one ish" isn't insecure, ish means shit in PG edit: yeag

THE MILLENNIALS WILL NOT SHUT UP ABOUT IT 😭

I just started watching Public History yesterday after finishing my most recent reread of David Copperfield, and I was going to save commenting to the end, but just had to stop to say what a FANTASTIC take on Mr Dick. Different, but the vibes are spot-on. Really enjoying the series so far. :)

i'm rewtching this while i do homework ty rainydayjules for this important work

I need to watch this series and catch up with my favourite blorbo, "Bumper"

Bumper in Berlin 100% sounds like a drug thing lol. And, yeah it is kinda sad how many single use streaming service shows are being produced these days Also: this video unlocked my hidden teenage memories of being a huge Haley/Andy stan and Modern Family enjoyer wow

also it's very funny to imagine flula playing a three dimensional character

ingrid and I watched this and it made us laugh every time you said "pitch perfect bumper in berlin"

worse news for gifs on tumblr: theyre planning to make gifs into video files which will destroy the quality. its been a looming threat for a while and since theyre slowly phasing in the new post editor the time is soon. I don’t remember many details about it anymore mostly because its never been a decision thats made sense to anybody so its hard for memory to grasp

I can't believe i didn't realize there was a follow up! OMG I LOVE THIS.

i can’t believe i only just found this follow up series now, i was obsessed with the og my freshman year and i’m so happy to see one of my favorite loose ends all tied up! also i literally gasped at “i did fall in love with you and now everything’s changed and the world is upside down and i’m still in love with you” oren douglas invented romance

omggg this is basically the taming of the shrew

moment of silence for all the shows/movies i consumed solely through tumblr gifsets lol also, corporate-made gifs are always hideous. They're usually extremely short and have big, stylized text that's really obnoxious. I think the genre conventions around tumblr gifsets were consistent across high-quality gifs, regardless of the creator, and they really allowed the viewer to appreciate the content without getting distracted by the format. the downsides of social media companies catering more and more to mobile users. Back In My Day we scrolled uphill through the snow both ways past gifsets that would never load.

Great think piece on a slice of internet history. My partner AJ loved to make those. They're still alive, just not making gifsets. Didn't mean it to read like anything happened to them.

Finally the video about the owl movie/books i have been waiting for

I love "old school" tumblr gifsets! I have the tendency to forget all but the main events of a show or movie after it's over, so seeing themes and scenes presented in gifsets really help them stick out in my mind and help me remember my favorite pieces of media better. I really appreciate all the time and dedication people put into making them look good, and cherish all the things I decided to watch because I kept seeing cool looking gifsets on my dash. Can't believe corporations are making gifsets now :/ but it does draw attention to a writing quirk I keep coming across where it seems like some new shows and movies write lines solely so they can be used as reaction gifs and are not afraid so sacrifice the flow of the dialogue to do so.

It's pretty cool how much you know about gifs.

I am one of those "jif" weirdoes, but I'm old, so I get it. I was never able to make them myself, but my sister ran a massive Rhett and Link blog where she would do three gifsets a day based on the new GMM episodes. It was SO much work. Truly the unsung heroes of the internet are the gifmakers, there will be a blessing upon your houses.

Great job! I was never a Tumblr person myself, so this was a whole segment of the internet I was not aware of. Very informative video!

I had never thought about how gifsets were sorta categorized in that way before this. But it is a very interesting thing to look back on for those times when I did see em whilst I scrolled through Tumblr and seeing the different versions of what I thought were kinda the same thing.

I had no idea this would be so interesting. Thanks for explaining it! By the way, the proper pronunciation of gif is "zhif" like the J in Jean-Luc Picard.

Jon Steiger is a national treasure.

OH, man, I'm afraid to ask, but: what do the snakes represent?

Commenting later than I should’ve to tell you I’m glad to see this video made and little 11 year old me is happy to see this made. At the time I saw the film and despised it for its book inaccuracies, particularly making St Aggies and the Pure Ones and I’m realizing now why that was so important! Escaping St Aggies only to realize there’s a threat bigger than slavery built on the same ideals (hint hint) is utterly terrifying. It’s not just one bad secret place…it’s part of all of owl culture. And thus the reveal that his brother has become metal beak is all the more horrifying, showing how radicalization of those you love can happen in the background and you might not know until it’s too late. Wait is the Soren arc just the prequels but good? Anyway great vid!

Yesss thank you for making content the internet needs! I would watch hours of gahoole analysis but there is not a ton on youtube

This is my first time learning anything about these books or this movie and the concept of shoving 6 books into one movie sounds so chaotic, totally makes sense how the movie would be irritating to watch after being invested in such a detailed and complex story!

It warms my heart to see someone talking about the film that actually read the books. They really did make this adaptation rather generic, but as you said, at least it looks pretty. I imagine if one made a video of everything they changed, it would be about an hour long. For example, the Metal Beak they invented for the film (real name Surtr) is a greater sooty owl, which were the 2nd lowest on the ladder of Pure Ones, and thus would never be allowed in a high position of power. Also, there's a reference to the Battle of Thermopylae (300 that is) in the 15th Ga'Hoole book when Coryn says, "Then we shall fight you in the shade!"

I always thought it was weird that most video essayists' skip over the Owl Movie when examining Snyder's filmography

I loved these books but never saw the movie, and after seeing this I'm so glad. Digger was my favorite too and I may actually have cried about what they did to him if I'd seen it as a child

this video is so good i love your essay formatting. i forgot how much these book affected me as a child.