Legacy, Chronicle & Every Other Reimagining of The Craft

i said that like i don't have a witchy vibes playlist of my own.
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instrumental music (in order of appearance):
"fallen alien" - fka twigs
"you'll miss me when i'm not around" - grimes
"run program: sentionauts" - sinoia caves
"violin concerto in g minor, rv 315 "l'estate"
"down by the water" - pj harvey
"how soon is now?" - the smiths
"trophy" - bat for lashes
"headstrong" - trapt
"objects in mirror (are closer than they appear)" - trent reznor and atticus ross
"fuck with myself" - banks
"bitch" - allie x
"little dark age" - mgmt
"seven devils" - florence & the machine

[@Yharazayd]

“you talk like you believe in witches” yes, honey, cuz i do. i ain’t about to get hexed for being disrespectful 😕

[@sebastianmachlin6469]

Folks believe in world shaping entities, magic dudes and inexplicable conceptions. There are wierder things to believe in.

[@marianaribeiro696]

We appreciate when people respect our practices! Thank you for this.

[@adejareojo]

12:19 Ha! I literally called The Covenant "The Craft for Men" like it was some hair care product😂

[@Dawghome]

@@adejareojo where can I buy some? What a great concept. Witchcraft for fly away hair, or frizzy hair that gets knotted up when you sleep and takes 30 minuets to undo where your arm aches and your scalp is sore because of the pulling and yanking you do because you get frustrated and annoyed with it!

[@Dawghome]

@Yhara zayd. I was glad you spoke about periods, I know that film uses it for whatever reasons but I disagree as well with some of your views. I was introduced to a herb Agnus Castus, a herb that literally changed my life, or rather my periods which destroyed my studies because it gave me pain so excruciating I sometimes got relief by banging my head on a wall. 'natural herbs', that not so ironically medicines tried to mimick such as valerian = valium...herbs could be affordable, you might be fortunate to hunt them yourself or find a 'witch', or herbalist who stocked them. And knowledge of these herbs could be taught, passed down in families. 'They' demonised this practise quite simply because money could and was/is made on the back of knowledge many times offered either freely or affordable. As a child I was sent on an errand to donate a basket of carrots that we grew as payment. I don't think dropping off a basket of carrots at my chemist for my anti depressants would even be understood let alone accepted as payment. On some of my periods I'd be so swollen inside that internal suppositories would either not go in or were out again in seconds. One of my biggest liberations has been to not have them any more, thank God ive lived long enough to experience their demise. Periods effected my mental health and phisical too abilities as well. I once lifted and threw a very heavy armchair across the room because i was rebelling against a boyfriend trying to dictate what i ' had to do'...or else! I couldn't shove that armchair two inches with my body weight to hoover underneath it!!! Not special powers, it's just that us humans do have levels to our abilities when we or loved ones are in major crisis. Natural herbs were demonised as 'witchcraft', for all sorts of reasons, especially because the majority that learned these skills were female. The churches had Eve, so 'the fall' of man was all women's fault...and men? can't help it/themselves, it's never their fault or responsibility! Periods were proof of our demon status, the blood the evidence, we weren't stabbed yet we bleed and do it regularly and the moon it's rhythms, la lune, or loon and loony, crazy. This ability to bleed each month weren't powers we summoned up so god must be involved somewhere but God in most western religions is a man so why would a man create this, let's avoid that question, women have it so it's easier to blame them, a kind of evidence of god's wrath on them, yeh that fits the bill let's run with that.

[@sydneeellison99]

I wish Rochelle had a deeper story besides being the object of racism. while i like her revenge against laura who clearly deserved everything she had coming to her i just wish we knew more about Rochelle.

[@LaneMaxfield]

Rochelle got so shortchanged in the film! It did feel very "and one of them's Black, so her problem is being Black. On to the next character!"

[@acidroofproductions9378]

@@LaneMaxfield I know right! Like we don't even see her home situation.

[@LaneMaxfield]

@@acidroofproductions9378 Apparently there was a deleted scene with her parents that would have fleshed her out, and it was completely deleted. I think Rachel True's acting really saved the character, because there is so much nuance in her expressions, but she should have had more.

[@olivepaul4798]

One of my biggest wishes every time I watch the movie is that there was more Rochelle

[@Jennie-mm5zd]

There was also a deleted scene were Sarah was able to convince Rochelle and Bonnie that Nancy is becoming more unhinged. But then Nancy bullied Rochelle and Bonnie telling them nobody wanted to see them for being ugly or being the only black girl or be their friend and was angry if they betrayed her. So i think, unfortunately, they left Rochelle as following Nancy without giving her more growth. I truly feel she didn't deserve to be seen as a supporting antagonist at the end of the film

[@bensloan3109]

OH HE'S SORRY, HE'S SORRY, HE'S SORRY god I love that scene.

[@theriahs3448]

"You don't even _EXIST_ to me ! " 🖤🥀

[@bensloan3109]

@@theriahs3448 she was at the height of reclaiming the power he took from her by spreading rumors and I live for it.

[@aleksstan7009]

that scene gave me nightmares when I was a teenager and seeing it again with 35, it's still nightmare fuel 😨

[@amiraapje]

@@aleksstan7009 why?

[@inessa5923]

@@bensloan3109 I mean, she was still a shitty person. That's what lead her to her fate.

[@deadgirls3874]

I'm tired of movies using a womens period as a means of horror, the craft in the original was way more accurate ( even with the dramatics) , the girls in the original looked more like what outcast would look like and this is not an insult being a rocker girl who dresses goth, punk and metal , I liked how each of them had a look that was more believable as being an outcast and had real issues .I liked how Nancy was very alternative looking it's like unless its a blazing stereotype their afraid to add an alternative character to a lot of shows now.

[@briannalee1998]

Dead Girls I agree. Periods are normal. I don't know why they are always used in horror movies.

[@LongForgottenJ]

@@briannalee1998 because dudes

[@Jennie-mm5zd]

I also liked The Craft friendship at the beginning before everything turn sour. They were outcast in their school yet them hanging out was like your typical group of close friends. They seemed real and genuine. Like, usually movies with portraying women who are outcasts or are into gothic/metal fashion they will present them mean, envious, evil, no good qualities wanting to be "popular" or hating on them

[@breadfan_85]

What? They were all dressed suuuuper stereotypically goth lol.

[@jessharkness5534]

​@@briannalee1998 i think it's used in horror movies because it signifies a "girl" becoming a "woman," which in itself is not scary, but is often treated as a scary thing by the society that surrounds her. i don't think the horror aspect is in the period itself, but in the way the world reacts to a period, if that makes sense

[@queencockroach]

the reason i love the craft so much is that it has such empathy for teen girls' anger. it understands how bieng an outsider and having to struggle can make you do hurtful things. nancy wasn't right in her intention to kill sarah but she wasn't a villian, at least by my interpretation. she's a girl who experienced sexual abuse from her stepfather, and when she tried to defend another girl against the same thing, she was thanked by bieng ostracized from the one place she felt safe. the craft: legacy could have expanded on these themes, especially in lending this degree of complexity and empathy to it's black characters, but instead it cashed in on the trendiness of witchcraft and was more concerned with aesthetics than story. i know everyone on set was working hard and had the best of intentions, but it was ultimately very disappointing to me. amazing video as always, you have such smart analysis of so many interesting topics 🖤🖤🖤

[@janaekelis]

So true! I think they could have added other races and alter the aesthetic to another culture of witch craft. Sara was a bland main character, everyone loves nancy more. They could have rectified that

[@kimberlygaugh4085]

Well said! I'm curious if we'll ever get another installment in the craft world, and if so, what it can do to hold up rightly next to the og like Cobra Kai to The Karate Kid franchise.

[@deadgirls3874]

I always felt that way too and nice Veronica Icon the original archies comics are my favorite.I liked how they did some real craft too like the binding spell was spot on on and some of the others even if a little too hollywood.

[@kimberlygaugh4085]

@MB definitely! The new film is just too clean & even has that Sony gleam to it that I don't like about their films. Literally nothing in legacy felt personal, serious, etc.

[@queencockroach]

@@kimberlygaugh4085 the craft tells such a small but complete story, i think it would be hard to make a good spin-off/sequel. cobra kai is a good example because it would have to do something really creative and completely different to be good, imo.

[@0Trixa0]

(CW: menstruation details) Weird flex, but as someone who had VERY heavy (bleed through several layers) and VERY irregular (every 3-6 months at random) periods I can confirm you're never gonna get it dripping like in The Craft Legacy. Bleeding through your jeans and leaving a smear on the seat and a butt stain after starting unexpectedly? Totally has happened to me, VERY relatable. Dripping out the back? Girl has PCOS and probably burst a cyst and should be writhing in pain.

[@kittygrimm7301]

That actually happened to me too in bio class when I was about 17 and I have endometriosis, which makes my time of the month heavier and more painful than normal. Didn't happen like that, but it still remains the most embarrassing moment of my life.

[@liamena4520]

On a negligent day in a dress something similar to this happened to me on break at work, luckily I was outside sitting on a bench and I was surrounded by older women who got me together and saved me from embarrassment, gods bless. I have have a heavy flow, I was in a dress, and I was sleep deprived trying to keep up with a job and high school so I was really waving away my body’s red flags. Even if the circumstances were perfect I don’t see this happening through denim even if someone has a heavy flow - cut back on the corn syrup and put her in a dress and maybe I’d buy it.

[@Justplainsomething]

Jeans soak that shit up!

[@Curlyography]

"Weird flex"🤣 Yes, that girl would have needed to be rushed to the hospital, asap.

[@vamperilous749]

IKR?? This is legit one of my biggest pet peeves in movies/tv. I know it’s usually not that big of a deal in the long run, but like. How much do people think we’re bleeding at once to create Mortal Combat levels of gore, even through our clothes?? It’s just silly.

[@kittygrimm7301]

Wait a minute. In the original film, it's actually *Sarah* who's the natural witch and it's implied that the rest of the coven are just leeching off her powers, so how the hell did David Dckasdfghjklvny steal Nancy's powers if she didn't really have any?

[@Yharazayd]

THIS! a million times! i was so confused

[@kittygrimm7301]

@@Yharazayd P.S. I think it's awesome that you dressed up as Rochelle and that Rachel True noticed. Maybe it's because I know the movie so well, but I would have recognized you. Hell, I would have dressed up as Nancy just to salute you!

[@notnow6946]

Thank you! I kept asking myself the same question. The minute she said she didn't know about her family tree I knew they would make her Nancy's daughter (thanks trailer) and spent the rest of the movie annoyed at the huge inconsistency. Even before the reveal. The OG is bookended by the fact that they didn't have much power before Sarah's arrival and were completely powerless in the end while Sarah still had power. Grrr. Still annoyed by this

[@bubbles4897]

Isn’t the idea of a “natural witch” offensive to actual witches? Bcus no one is really out here lifting objects with their minds? I’m confused

[@bubbles4897]

@A it is that different though. “Natural witches” don’t exist, while natural athletes do. Like I said, you don’t see anyone lifting up pencils only using their mind, cuz that’s impossible. Also, witchcraft requires spells and other stuff, lifting up a pencil aint witchcraft. Telekinesis isn’t witchcraft

[@bb-ih9hg]

The craft is so anti anti women. Women being flawed is real - nobody wants to see perfectly good people in movies. It's too weird. That's anti woman - to think women are too delicate and perfect and flawless and sweet is to throw real women out of the world. Why do men get to play anti hero's and get praise, but when women play "flawed" characters, it's "anti women"? that's just dumd and lazy.

[@notnow6946]

If anything, this portrayal that women are supposed to be nice, perfect, accepting and loving is possibly the most antiwomen thing I keep seeing lately. Isn't that what feminists have claimed the patriarchy has foisted upon women to shut us up? I could relate to the Craft as a someone who can be mean and selfish as well as compassionate and empathetic. That movie helped me embrace my darkness even more instead of pretending it didn't exist, which is what this movie does. But I guess it's fitting for the most fragile generation known to mankind.

[@Toxihex]

Not to mention either the absolute lack of contrast (ex. "butch woman stronk and gay and acting out male stereotypes") or overplaying of contrast (ex. "femme girl nice and delicate but very opinionated and strong which baffles everyone and grants her +500 plot armor out of the sheer impression she leaves on everyone with this never seen before feat of being unlike anyone else"). I mean, I get it, people are supposed to build up a view of the world growing up and possibly we just aren't built to process and make sense of THIS much information at once, but come on, good movies shouldn't be as rare as they are.

[@azuki_O]

The human brain tend to to not notice if you write a word twice. At first I didn't notice that you wrote ANTI ANTI women.

[@sc6658]

Not to Homestuck on main but this is why Vriska Serket is an amazing character. No but this is so real. Like, I was a teenage girl (I’m 27 now) who was one of the weird girls in high school and I love movies like The Craft because they just feel incredibly authentic to me. I’ve had messy friendships that imploded, I did weird witchcraft shit in the woods with my neighbor in high school, etc. And I love the portrayal of teenage girls as complicated people with complicated emotions who act out and get frustrated with each other and make mistakes because it’s incredibly cathartic and authentic to watch. And movies like The Craft give time and space reminding people that women are just as complex and nuances as people as men are.

[@Nathouuuutheone]

​@@azuki_Ooh wow big same, I was so confused

[@chloec3509]

I just want to talk about the clothes for sec tho.. like I love the idea of a more girly witch but the outfits weren’t rly good and they all kinda wore the same ish style yk. I think we should’ve at least got to know the characters by the clothes if we couldn’t know there backgrounds

[@liamena4520]

I thought about this the whole time I was watching the movie. Personal style says so much about a character on its own and it would have been nice to at least have each girl fleshed out by her wardrobe and choice of style - it would cost 0 screen time and the director could have still made the self insert fanfic the way she wanted. Things like this made me feel that not as much care and thought was put into the film as I had initially been lead to believe, it's great that production took into account the experience and beliefs of real practicing witches and I will never not root for representation but it all feels rather performative once we get into the details.

[@stephaniewozny3852]

Spot on. In character design, costume/wardrobe can say so much about a character with one glance if done right.

[@maggie5990]

It seems like they saw the costumes for Euphoria and how much everyone was copying them, and went "WE NEED OUR CHARACTERS TO BE MORE STYLISH!" Even though the girls are supposed to be the outcasts/losers of the school. Hell, in the original when we're first introduced to the girls, they're dressed rather plain, or at least more offbeat than their peers. The iconic walking montage with their new clothes comes when the characters have grown into their powers and exploited them for personal gain.

[@someothername7886]

The styles looked fine, but they didn’t really help make the characters stand out as outcasts if that makes sense! Outcasts don’t always have to wear goth clothes, but when the characters look like everyone else in their school, it doesn’t really make sense as to why they are ostracized to the extent that they are (of course, “weird” characteristics play a bigger role in someone being ostracized than whatever they are wearing, but I just find it hard to believe that 4 pretty teenage girls, who look like just about everyone else in the school, would be ostracized to the point that they are in the movie) It would’ve been nice to see little touches to the characters’ styles that not only helped them stand out from the other students, but also made the other students scared or judgmental of them.

[@anthonywyattStylist]

It was the 90s get over it

[@ariannaharley11]

I feel like people dont talk about how even though EVERYONE in the school in The Craft wore uniforms you were still able to see each characters personalities through those similar uniforms. Their personalities made sense with how they wore their own styles, the cool guys wearing their clothes loose and less put together to show their lack of care , regular students all wear the traditional uniform without any tweaks, the cool girls had their skirts pulled higher above their knees but their shirts buttoned up to the top and their cross necklaces on making them look like they were showing off while pretending to be perfect. The main characters wore the same uniform but all in their own styles, Sarah with her jackets and bracelets she never takes off even when you see her get comfortable with her friends like keeping your safety blanket there to protect you at all times Nancy with her punk accents and hair styles and choosing to not wear a bra showing her alternative views regarding fashion and being a woman and what it means to accept your body even if you're criticized Rochele dressing similarly to normal students because she wants to be accepted even if she is the only black girl in the school while still being with her friends and practicing her magic Bonnie covering herself because she wants to hide her body but when she loses her scars she wears thigh highs and shortens her skirts, she shows off her chest and arms to show everyone including herself that she isn't going to hide her body ever again because she is no longer self conscious. THE COSTUMES WERE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AND IT WAS LITERALLY EVERYONE WEARING THE SAME UNIFORM. I live for that shit

[@Jackieeeisvibing]

Adding a small side note bc I watched a fashion breakdown of the craft Nancy wears pvc which isn’t leather it’s seen as a cheaper form of it(back then kinda) but it was mainly associated with sex workers so that one shiny plastic jacket she wears most seen in when she’s in head with the ceiling leaking and then I think she gets a bright red one later. It’s purposeful and just looks cool af

[@nas7416]

On my rewatch, I was laughing at that "I wish I had more black friends" line because, throughout all the school scenes, you see black students EVERYWHERE! I don't know if Zoe Lister-Jones screwed up and forgot she was trying to have Tabitha be the only black kid in school or if the movie just never gave us the reason why Tabitha was alienated from the other black kids in that school but it was a bad attempt nonetheless.

[@liamkwon2410]

I couldn’t tell if it was supposed to be a “self-aware” jab at the fact that Tabby was the only black character that wasn’t an extra, or if it was extremely self-unaware and Lister-Jones really thought she was being poignant ... as if she didn’t write this movie and actively neglect to include more than one black character

[@Lynn-mm5fd]

zoe couldve gave more details of the character and make her an outcast of her own community because it tends to happen, how you can be excluded from people who literally are the same as you, and would have probably made that line WAY more understandable but nah, had her say that and then nothing else happened

[@alexislove7743]

It should be explained more that- for whatever reason they chose- she was shunned by her own community. Dealing with the issue of black people feeling that if they don't fit the stereotype of black people they Dont fit in

[@alexislove7743]

Would have given the character more depth

[@kimmieharu]

Exactly! I thought the same thing. I feel like it was an outdated issue to be addressing especially in the way that she did. Like it made sense to do it in the 90s but for now, it needed more. Definitely agree with the people saying it should of been a deeper look into why the black community at her school alienated her, because based on what we see she doesnt seem super outlandish to the teens to see nowadays. I feel like making Tabby into a really strong goth character would of been a good way to show the divide when it comes to stereotypes in black communities and a little nod to the original.

[@nas7416]

I'm screaming because I would've never known The Covenant was number one in the box office at some point in time. I thought it was some obscure straight to DVD movie I just randomly had in my house.

[@Pinkladyisv]

Same! I don’t even really remember it being promoted. I think Chronicle is very underrated; it’s really good. I love the craft; especially because I felt like an outsider as a kid. Seeing a black girl in this goth look was also very cool to me.

[@Social_Pugatory]

Right I remember my folks getting it from like red box or something back when Red box dvd delivery and Netflix dvd delivery were all the rage. 😂

[@carolineainenibhreithimh7652]

My friend gave it to me. Never heard off it before she did

[@haleylikesapples]

im sorry, but im so mad that the lister jones talks SPECIFICALLY how she felt seen by the girls in the craft looking like outsiders and then styles all her leads like something out of riverdale, all polish and sheen... like... I agree! they don't have to be goth or punk, but this doesn't look like girls dressing to make themselves happy they look like they were styled by someone in hollywood

[@aburden4148]

I feel like they didn’t even give each girl their own style. I feel like there is at least one goth girl in every coven. They all dress the same

[@hambone4984]

This movie gives me the same vibe as the Heathers "reboot"

[@sylentmari4745]

@Mynxii It was a TV series that aired on Paramount Network. I'm not sure how many episodes, but it was missing the snark and "vibe" of the movie, IMO.

[@KDbelieves]

She just said that to sell the film.

[@chrrycola2717]

Seriously each girl looks like they just stepped out of urban outfitters

[@JaiProdz]

I'm SO hyped to get into this 43 minute snack omg.

[@janbonne]

Is a meal!

[@thaichillidippingsauce593]

666 likes

[@JaiProdz]

@@thaichillidippingsauce593 period

[@DeathToTheOriginalSound]

Thought It was Just Me, I Had To Hook This Up To My TV

[@kaskus7147]

The magic "glitter" and shiny auras take it to a very Disney or Sabrina (the t.v. show) level. I get the feeling that this movie wasn't supposed to be a Craft when it was first written. It seems like it was shoved in at the end. I think people tend to forget that there is a desperation to Nancy. She has felt so powerless for so long that the idea of it being taken away makes her willing to do anything to keep the control.

[@blackjack7207]

The glitter definetly, the auras kinda look like that after some practice but it is too much

[@traversdow4453]

The Craft is easily one of the most influential films of its time. Charmed ran for 8 seasons, an entire ebay industry sprang up and you can find Hot Topic outfits inspired by the movie to this day almost 30 years later. Great video

[@cidevant002]

The Covenant is a messy movie indeed but it has one saving grace: the homoerotic subtext is off the charts. I had a lot of fun as a teenager imagining a whole ass fanfiction all about the Not Draco Malfoy guy being with Harry Not Glasses Potter that is the main guy.

[@xxprizefighterxx]

Almost as unintentionally gay as Nightmare on Elm Street 2

[@Frosting1000]

I mean the guy who made it was gay, he made a lot of other low budget borderline gay porn movies (and “a talking cat”, for some reason)

[@brandonchandlerMGnO]

Even knowing about that before I went in, it's hard to get past all that blue from the get go.

[@kostajovanovic3711]

@@xxprizefighterxx but nightmare 2 is intentional

[@aleksstan7009]

the not draco malfoy guy is exactly how I imagined draco malfoy...after reading about 100 fanfics where he is described as looking like a dream boy who is rescued by harry or vice versa🤣

[@noirlux5609]

Ok those nasty reviews of the craft actually got me heated

[@kittygrimm7301]

Gotta love how they're all from middle-aged white dudes, though.

[@acidroofproductions9378]

@@kittygrimm7301 I was shouting about that! Like "You're not the target audience, shut up!"

[@Toxihex]

Human stupidity this severe being allowed to exist in the same universe as me is what annoys me the most. You can feel the energy of "ANYONE who even CONDONES this unchristian witchcraft loving should have their flesh shredded off their backs into a pile and be made to shovel it into their enormous penis-gluttonous maws with a pitchfork, all while begging Jesus for forgiveness and hoping he can make out their pitiful squeals of repentance. Amen."

[@Stinkystunnedstinker]

@@kittygrimm7301 Yeees! I know the word "boomer" is overused now, but you gotta call a spade a spade, and those reviews are classic boomer antics

[@MidnightatMidian]

A lot of millenials vibes and simps in this comment section lolololol, maybe you should understand that ''criticism'' is not a one way point of view... I'll guess it's true what they say, the new generations beeing dumbed down by the overuse of smartphones hahahaha!!!

[@nas7416]

I'm surprised you didn't mention AHS: Coven when talking about other reimaginings and inspirations of the Craft. I think that season had an extremely similar effect on the culture that the Craft had/has.

[@bb-ih9hg]

Coven was a weird season bc although yeah, I liked it, I wish it had been scarier behind Dalphene and that it didn't feel so cute sometimes.

[@Yharazayd]

ha, i didn’t mention it because i haven’t watched an episode of AHS since asylum and really didn’t want to :/

[@nas7416]

@@Yharazayd Fair enough

[@TheFortunekid11]

@@Yharazayd I think you might like Coven if you disliked the early AHS seasons as its unlike any other season before its time and after in message/tone/themes. I really enjoyed it as someone pretty critical of AHS.

[@blackphoenix77]

@@Yharazayd I don't blame you, but AHS: Coven was actually good.

[@RivenLove]

When I still used pads I couldn't tell when it was leaking because it was just always kind of wet. So while that's definitely exaggerated in the movie, I can confirm from experience that you can leak onto a seat in the middle of class and not realize.

[@acidroofproductions9378]

Periods, when the long t-shirts that cover your bum in come in handy.

[@LongForgottenJ]

@@acidroofproductions9378 don’t forget the superfluous sweatshirt to tie around your waist

[@lunar_magick]

Unfortunatley i can confirm this amount of blood to be true -_- SO fucking glad i found a contaceptive that stops my period. Legit id pass out ,vomit or just feel like i was going to die all the time. No shame in periods, but shame no one helped me earlier

[@wendynerd1199]

Maybe those reviewers just find it hilarious when women are powerful.

[@ladiorange]

I would say whenever I see a negative review written by a male about a female led movie, I am just too suspicious!

[@JadyLester]

Or intimidating, like "Hahaha SHUT UP"

[@briannalee1998]

Wendy Nerd it definitely has to do with their biases of women and our stories in general.

[@_Alimm]

A word.

[@roddo1955]

Maybe they just did not like the movie. I loved the original and that movie certainly wasn't made to make men feel comfortable. they LOVED it! The reason why I think female empowerment is being 'riduculed' is that, the sequel was made in this day and age where virtue-signalling matters more but cheapens the issue. I call it the commodification and exploitation of real societal issues. And in todays' society it is so much easier to just go online and shout into the 'echo chamber' of multimedia until they hear others saying the same thing:"He must have a problem with women"

[@jordanupstream2889]

I feel like this movie was made by someone who grew up loving the original, and the world it created and since then always pictured themselves in the world of the craft. So once the opportunity came for them to make the "fanfic" they fantasied about from their teen years they started writing the movie and then half way through realized that they were the only main character so they went back and sprinkled other characters in that had subpar backstories and development and wouldn't overshadow the fantasy they had made for themselves when they were younger

[@princessnikoblackwood4041]

omg, i can see that being the case

[@k_a_y_l_e_e]

"it's just too much" sums up a lot of culture and society in the past decade or so. everything is everything all at once, all the time. there is no subtlety anymore.

[@k_a_y_l_e_e]

@Richie for sure. everything is either "this" or "that" but the "in between" seems to get lost. idek if that makes sense but i'm really tired and that's all i can think to say rn lololol. i mean, it's either blatantly obvious or soooo out there that the meaning gets completely washed out.

[@chikari123]

There’s always something that’s so fascinating to me about witches and the attribution to women. It really show cases men’s hatred for women, all of witchcraft was born out of the idea of women being different, evil and sinister because of their ability to create life and because we menstruate. It’s so misogynistic, but to see women reclaim and embrace it is so powerful. Idk I think the way witches and women are thought about is so indicative of how society at large feels about womanhood.

[@LucianCorrvinus]

You wound the likes as I with your broad brush. Further you forget in the Faith, the Goddess and God are equals. You cannot make a war into a partnership. Ever. Learn from the mistakes of the Men who trod upon the Sacred nature of Women, dont replicate the actions to satisfy a feeling of deserved punishment. Not all Men are the same....

[@mynameisambertoo7379]

@@LucianCorrvinus What does this even mean? The only sentence I understand is the horribly sexist one you mentioned.

[@The-bird-outside-your-door]

@@LucianCorrvinus is this satire?

[@animemicheal]

The new craft movie is like watching a long trailer, doesn’t feel real, no getting to know the characters, feels really fake. *spoilers* _ _ _ _ Some how a man is more powerful that four girls. It bothers me deeply that they messed it up that bad. It’s terribly edited too. The effects already don’t look amazing, so in a few years it’ll look really bad. I loved the original craft movie so much.

[@ghouling1111]

Yep. no character development at all

[@fkatwigsisthequeenofenglan4748]

it was shit

[@pedroxqui]

I haven't seen this movie, BUT, the idea of a full grown experienced person being more powerfull than 3 newbie teenagers and a super newbie teenager, that feels correct... It's really lame in movies when a teen is somehow able to defeat a powerfull grown up. It doesn't matter the sex of anyone. Although I can see how in a movie about feminism it leaves a bad taste when is a man against girls

[@brandonchandlerMGnO]

Also, didn't that guy absorb the powers of the main girl's mother or something.

[@briannalee1998]

micheal ross I don't plan on watching it

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

While there are cult classics that are meant for ever even when the film as a whole is mediocre or above average, there are still cult classics like the craft, Jennifer’s body, foxy brown, shaft, vampire in Brooklyn and mean girls that were already masterpieces but weren’t appreciated in their time of release. I feel the mixed reviews for the craft a lot of it came from male critics who just didn’t get the point of the film especially since there was rarely a dominating male character present the in the film and I believe part of why it has become a cult classic is bc of the increasing diversity of film and cultural critics, who would understood the importance of the film. It reminds of what the different critical reception to alternative female artists when lana Del Rey was coming out VS now that Billie Eilish, lorde, Halsey, FKA Twings and Melanie Martinez are thriving. It just goes to show that 1) not all films that are critically panned or mixed are actually 100% horrible, there are a lot that are but there are an equal amount that are actually good or straight masterpieces but are reviewed predominantly by a certain demographic with prejudice and bigotry views and 2) there is a thing of people picking and choosing which film based off of its genre, plot lines and cast members is only considered prestigious or great cinema

[@janaekelis]

Melanie and lorde were def in the early 2010s. I remember my male cousin asking me why i dont have any male artists on my playlist. Never really noticed how women coming out after early 2000s had it harder

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

@@janaekelis that’s true lorde first album came out a full year after Lana dropped born to die

[@janaekelis]

@@Kevin-rg3yc i think bc this was after the girl group era in the west, solo women had it harder

[@athenajaxon2397]

You had me until you mentioned Vampire in Brooklyn that's one of the worst movies I've ever seen

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

@@athenajaxon2397 lol I i understand I first thought that film was trash until I got older and loved it more. Don’t get it wrong it got a lot of flaws but it’s not as bad as everyone think it is

[@rilleygriffin]

I was born in 1987 and was in elementary school when my mom took me to the craft in theatre. It honestly shaped the witch I am today, and I owe so much to the accuracy of it.

[@xBINARYGODx]

"older (straight, white) men don't like film starring teenage girls" are what most of those negative reviews sound like. "It couldn't decide what it wanted to be" Uhhhh.... seriously? I like the film (maybe a lot), and so am not some rabid fan, but that is just a bizarre take.

[@Kawaiicarly]

Let me elaborate what she means in more nuanced terms. The original Craft came out in 1996 and is a movie that is predominantly centered around women, traditional witchcraft, and femininity. These kinda of movies were on the rise, but the Craft was particularly gritty and upfront with it’s feminist themes. I would more or less say this is a cult movie as it lacks general appeal and is aimed at a very specific demographic, namely young women. And while movies aimed at teenager girls tend to be overlooked by the mostly older, movie critics they often are hailed as revolutionary by the audience it was created for (Mean Girls, Jennifers Body). It’s not an insult to analyze why this movie lacked general critic appeal to men, just an observation that it doesn’t hit the same way for men as it tends to for women ; It seeks to explain why it wasn’t well received despite how beloved it is.

[@ZayIsNerd]

The connection you made with Juice, The Craft, & Chronicle was too spot on. Now I gotta rewatch all 3

[@ivanpabon2741]

nope

[@briatucker4588]

I was dying laughing the whole scene cuz it was accurate af😭

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

I never thought of Chronicle as a boy Craft, I thought it was more of a boy Carrie, with Andrew as the male version of Carrie. The Craft Legacy decides to develop Timmy... only to kill him offscreen. And at the end Adam's sons are all but forgotten for no good reason.

[@liamkwon2410]

Like why were Adam’s sons even in the movie? Not one of them provided any real plot, and they were clearly setting up a storyline for Isaiah, with the stuff with Timmy, and his sleepwalking, only to totally abandon it the second Timmy died? It’s like the movie was a beginning and an end. It felt like the entire middle was missing.

[@CriticalFangirl]

Thank you!! I'm thankfully not the only one who was confused by the Chronicle comparison. Chronicle's more about superpowers than it is witchcraft.

[@UPBEATFOREVER]

" they're all going to laugh at you!"

[@closetmonstar]

That sucks. My favorite thing about the original was the different storylines of each of the girls, and that none of them were perfect, or made the best choices. Rochelle was the best because what she experienced hit her hard, and her revenge spell did not seem to satisfy her the way she hoped it would. She’s also the first one to take a stand and speak out against Nancy and what they are doing to Sarah. I wish I could have seen more of her character.

[@mcarts4722]

Legacy sounds like if Riverdale had a baby with Sabrina

[@rubinasmith9741]

any movie about witchcraft that doesn't honour the actual danger of being 'othered' or as this movie puts it 'a weirdo' smacks of insincerity

[@LucianCorrvinus]

While othering may always be a thing Witches experience...I feel that the depth of it today may not be to the measure of the past. We are more visible now than we have been since before the Burning Times. The solitary nature that many older Witches knew, even the Covenbound, is been overcome by social media. The fact that we are recognized in the West as a religion, with the attendant protections brings us out of the shadows. While all who seek the Ways we know shall stay within them, the othering will be greatly diminished. The fact that we ARE diffrent should make it apparent, it will never go away. Which is all to the good, as the Call to serve is not for the faint of Heart. And for the Witch to lose Her or His Mystery, would be an end to the persuit of the Great Art.

[@kuchikopi4631]

@@LucianCorrvinus I am a sorceror, not a witch.

[@riley8385]

@@LucianCorrvinus You're like those catholics who roleplay as being persecutted. Nobody cares about your fake beliefs. Women in the past were burned because some asshole accused them of witchcraft after rejecting their advances, because someone wanted their property and that sort of thing. Anything else you decided to pick up after researching online is just you being a damn lunatic.

[@UPBEATFOREVER]

"We are the weirdos,busdriver!"😁😁😁😁😁

[@JaiProdz]

Honestly Rachel True was right abt Charmed and I'm glad she called it out. Also Aviva is a TOTAL wannabe of Nancy Downs. "The Fourth Sister" is her episode! Also dead mothers is a theme in both TC and Charmed.

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

What did she say about charmed??

[@JaiProdz]

@@Kevin-rg3yc rachel said they copied the font, the theme song and basic bones of her film but didn't cast a Black girl. Which...is all true

[@kimberlygaugh4085]

@@JaiProdz wow. I've never seen charmed but that is just crazy to think about all those similarities to the craft. What an insult

[@Kevin-rg3yc]

@@JaiProdz ohhh wow interesting this could possibly explain why for the new reboot all the new girls are women of color. It seems CW have a racial casting problem in general bc for gossip girl they barely had any actors or actresses of color in major roles and the only one (Vanessa) was written horribly, even the author of the original book series hated how they did Vanessa and basically said they took what was suppose for her and gave it to blair

[@sademouton7391]

@@kimberlygaugh4085 honestly charmed is great. I love the storylines and plots. I even love the characters. With out the craft, we wouldn’t have charmed.

[@cythatnerd]

I feel like Legacy desperately wanted to get Millie Bobby Brown for the title role, but couldn't, so they decided to make the main actress look as similar as possible to either trick people watching it or at least get people Googling it to bump it up.

[@lovelykay3614]

that scene with Nancy just made me wanna go watch it again.

[@JaiProdz]

Assassination Nation, from Sam Levinson of Euphoria comes to mind as well, it's very clearly a homage to 80s slashers, 90s teen films and takes place in Salem. It's lovely, and has a clique with a Black girl and Trans girl, who is honestly the hero of the story

[@Noah-rq3xt]

love Assassination Nation!!!

[@transgoddess31]

A trans girl who was put in for woke points in a way that was so ...boring "Hey im trans. We break down the binary here" Me: and.... This movie was so weak

[@Jackieeeisvibing]

@@transgoddess31her killing the transphobia and the dude having to struggle with his attraction to her is like realistic and the faćade she put in through half the film until she was about to die

[@audreystrother1163]

This is the main problem I have with teen/college movies now. They’re too focused on “sending a message” instead of developing an original story with fully-realized characters and letting the message(s) of the story grow out from those elements in an organic way. All the ham-fisted social/political melodrama feels more like a PSA instead of an actual story and ironically, it pushes people away from potentially learning something valuable bc you spent so much time telling them how they should feel instead of showing them, which is why The Craft and The Craft: Legacy don’t even compare. It's just lazy writing.

[@cherrynone1061]

i think the only film that comes close to the feel of the craft but isn't the craft is the swedish film Cirkeln (the circle). it's about a group of very different girls (and one boy) from a school that develop powers and are kinda forced into a coven. it hits all the beats while being firmly rooted in the characters (although it gets a little bad cgi at the end ngl).

[@plantenmama3206]

I've read the books. I didn't know there is a series.

[@cherrynone1061]

@@plantenmama3206 only a movie. they didn't recieve funding for the whole franchise tho

[@megankerr2224]

I loved those books! Plus they were super inclusive when it came to sexuality

[@marchingham]

The craft for boys. OMG. I cackled lolol. Also Dane Dehaan is so good. SO good. Even if the movies he's in are shit, HE is consistently spectacular.

[@LaneMaxfield]

My biggest complaint about The Craft is that there isn't an explanation for why Sarah sees that the spells are going too far and backfiring, but Bonnie and Rochelle don't. Rochelle even gets a scene where she's shocked by how far her revenge spell has gone, which really should have been building to something... and then she just blindly goes along with Nancy's power trip. I think it would have been a better narrative payoff if Bonnie, Rochelle and Sarah had teamed up against Nancy and the owner of the witch shop had become their fourth coven member, and the ending implies they have taken her on as a teacher so they use magic responsibly in the future.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

There was a deleted scene where Nancy uses Bonnie and Rochelle's insecurity against them, so I guess that explains why Rochelle went with Nancy. Here's the scene kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKizd4mOlKpsn9E

[@ellierainy412]

The Craft was one of my comfort zone movies when I was a teen and still has a special place in my heart

[@powerpuff4ever]

Making sure to have Black and Hispanic and trans characters in the coven should have opened up legitimate conversations about experiences and the anger and otherness that comes with those classifications but instead they got throw away lines of acknowledgement and the coven as a whole got pushed aside to pay attention to the single character without anything to really complain about outside of being the new kid. I really liked Lily but why were we only told that Lorde is trans but didn’t see any of that make its way into the narrative? Why did Tabbie have to mention wishing she had more black friends and fearing for her family in a wedged in game of 2 truths 1 lie but we get no displays or causes for that fear or the loneliness that comes with not having a community that understands your specific experiences? And was there even anything _distinct_ said about Frankie?? I missed the friendship, I missed the other characters having lives and reasons behind their otherness, I missed interactions that weren’t just screaming about the new spell the group mastered. Overall, I thought the movie was cute - loved the costuming, the aesthetics, even some of the heavy handed representation - but it got so caught up in making sure it connected to The Craft that it left behind it’s characters for the sake of a weak plot. It was also just generally disappointing that they introduced a magic villain to represent the patriarchy that ultimately had way more details about her than even _slightly_ realistic and in the end the girls don’t see any true consequence of abusing magick or not trusting their friendship.

[@tarinblanding1584]

I hope the 3rd movie gives us more details about the rest of the girls in the coven besides Lily

[@chloewebb5526]

Wait, one of the girls is trans? But we don't get to learn anything about her.. Then wtf is the point?! Oh... That's the point - Points... Edit: I just want to see media start doing it, and doing it right. There's still more transphobia made in media than positive true to life portrayals... It causes damage when a trans person denies their truth until something shows them it's okay, I had years of terrible fear, confusion, and suicidal depression that could've been avoided had there been something telling me, "it's okay, look at this person, they're normal and you can relate to them. It's going to be okay.💜". That's all I needed. That's it. It's not this movies responsibility, but are we so unwanted in people's stories and minds that No One wants to write us as those characters at all, ever?

[@Fraxinus_a]

Right, hollyweird out here just trying to check boxes instead of checking their scripts for any depth and character development. Smh.

[@rattyeely]

Sometimes it's good to show trans girls just existing, instead of being used for drama

[@princessnikoblackwood4041]

@@rattyeely that would have been wonderful but we didn't get that ; we get that line and then we get a little bit of a scene when she changes the bully's coat rainbow, very lazy - it would have been great to have anything else to build on but the only distinguishing quality she has is being trans ~ i deserved better lol

[@princessnikoblackwood4041]

@Trashlie Mezzer she's openly transgender, so i don't think she's worried about being typecast, and she can very easily play cisgender characters.

[@princessnikoblackwood4041]

@Trashlie Mezzer Zoey Luna could very easily play cisgender characters, i don't see that happening to her ; if she'd wanted to, she could have never let her trans status be known to begin with.

[@vanessaajohn]

I literally was just wondering when you were going to say some thing about the craft legacy. A minute later here we are

[@anjofefe9]

i read the craft and i just clicked

[@steveb1155]

"In the end, she kills no one." *Remembers that one guy.* Uh-- *Remembers he's kind of a predator.* Yeah, you right.

[@revolutionofthekind]

There were a lot of parts about the original movie I really enjoyed and thought was super subversive, especially for the time period of the mid 90s, that I thought were very clever and well written. What Rochelle goes through is like...pitch perfect for the type of anti-black racism you go through in an all white school where youre the only black person. I've been there and it traumatized me in a way only a few things have. But one things ice noticed people never bring up..is the ableism. The ending of that movie, the way nancy is portrayed, is so incredibly ableist it ruined the entire movie for me as someone who was institutionalized several times. It broke my heart, and I wish i could regard it as fondly as other people do. But that horrific ableism is just not something I can forgive, and I wish more people would actually talk about and critique it. Sighs

[@janaekelis]

Yes, mental illness in film is always shown weirdly

[@TheLeah2344]

Yup I went to a mostly white High school with only a small group of black people and I knew almost all of the black kids. I experienced anti black racism multiple times.

[@b2serious]

Its a 90's movie, alot of ableism, racism, homophobia in that era while it shouldnt be "forgiven", it shouldnt be held up to todays stantards as much. Its like digging up 13 year old myspace comment of someone saying something stupid.

[@thebirdandthecricket]

I was SO confused about the period scene!! I totally thought it was a nose bleed tf. Who counldn't feel that???

[@azuki_O]

I would kinda understand that if it was directed by a man (Carrie's opening scene...?) But it was a woman. It seems too unrealistic....

[@nikkiland]

Lmao I never thought about that but Chronicle really is Juice and The Crafts baby

[@ivanpabon2741]

nope

[@reesrowlands8430]

NIKKI LAND It’s more like Juice and Akira not the craft

[@ivanpabon2741]

@@reesrowlands8430 thank you

[@Nightman221k]

I feel like The Craft Legacy should have a director’s cut version. And I am kinda mixed in my opinion of the original movie. My boyfriend love it to death but I feel like it was sort of meandering during the middle of the film and some aspects of the friendship felt unexplored which is unfortunate cause the actresses have amazing chemistry. I love the performances of the original I just wish the movie utilized its time better.

[@smc4277]

dang your pfp is really cool, where is it from?

[@giljawetz5279]

The Craft is a masterpiece. I’ve had many people look at me funny when I say that, and then we watch it and they’re like “yup, masterpiece.”

[@oliverford5367]

It's one of the best examples of a character-driven film

[@shewasxena1]

One of my top 3 movie quotes I use is from the craft. Everytime I have a friend wearing a new ring, I grab their hand, look at it and say " what a beautiful ring. It was your mathers". With the accent of course. They just look at me like I'm crazy

[@hoaxghost3268]

Also with Bewitched, it inspired Sally the Witch, one of the first shoujo anime out there and stated to be a sort of inspiration for the creation of the magical girl genre.

[@spiderbits2923]

Old men get mad when the objects of their desire step out of line. I'm not at all surprised it invokes anger out of certain people.

[@zombieedrea]

Just wanna say you’re probably my favorite film/media essayist on this site because you talk about so many great, subversive movies that really aren’t getting talked about enough, and I hunger for any voice that isn’t a white dude on this hellsite. You just have really fucking great taste. And your voice and delivery is always so calm and chill, almost like you’re just having a cup of tea with a friend and you’re just shooting the shit. I hope your channel continues to grow. 💖

[@thecharredwitch]

When she got her period I was like “girl! Really? I get paranoid when I sit down too long and my butt feels cold when I get up”😂😂😂

[@stonersiren]

i always knew charmed was basically living off the craft's (and buffy's) success, but i never knew they wanted an actual the craft show and didnt get it. makes soo much sense tho

[@jjjujubee]

that overlay of juice, the craft, and chronicle’s “peak descent into madness” scenes was incredible, wow

[@dippedinrice2472]

How the girls just abandoned Lily when she used the love spell was truly the definition of friendship 🙄 she’s bawling and clearly remorseful in the bathroom scene but they all like sorry girl ya binded! like they’ve been doing witchcraft for years and she makes one mistake? and they outcast her without even investigating any other possible outcomes.

[@thelittletaosena5176]

I just want to point out that anarchy isn't the absence of order, it's actually just direct democracy and the absence of power structures (ie hierarchy ie oppression). Check out Thought Slime here on KZbin to learn more about it. He's the reason I identify as an anarcho-communist now.

[@katherinemorelle7115]

Thank you! Anarchism means without rulers. Not without rules. I’ll also add Mexie and Non Compete to your list.

[@halfbloodprincess989]

@@katherinemorelle7115 But who would enforce those rules? - Sure there are some rules that an anarchist society would held up (let's say: a girl gets raped in a village, everybody in the village likes the girl, justice would ensue probably). - But what about rules for deep seeted problems that the majority doesn't really care about (e.g. an American anarchy would have a big racism problem, there would be rules to protect black people on paper, but who would care about those rules?) If you have rulers you can hold them to account (vote them out of office and put them to jail, easy peasy), but you can't hold the public to account. A dictatorship of the proletariat is a very cruel system.

[@katherinemorelle7115]

@@halfbloodprincess989 I suggest having a look at the ACAB video by Thought Slime, and also some videos on how an ana society could work by both Non Compete and Re-Education.

[@halfbloodprincess989]

@@katherinemorelle7115 I don't know who Re-Education is, however I know Thought Slime and Non Compete. These guys are presenting utopias as a realistic society. I don't think I need to suffer through an ACAB Thought Slime video, I'm good thanks. You could try to explain your rules-but-no-rulers plan by yourself.

[@katherinemorelle7115]

@@halfbloodprincess989 or... I could not do that. Why waste my time on some stranger on KZbin? (one who really should just read another damn book). I’m not writing a full academic essay explaining anarchism for you. Do your own damn reading. Start with Kropotkin. Or, you could write your own essay trying to justify the current system. Tell me- how does neoliberalism work to protect vulnerable groups? Thinking that the current system is a fair and just one is far more utopic than any anarchist theory.

[@MyssBlewm]

Hollywood never knew what to do with Taylor Kitsch outside of Friday Night Lights. Happy Halloween everyone! Just making a comment for the algorithm. 👻🧡🖤🧡🖤🎃🎃🎃

[@ethicalcheeze1407]

He was pretty solid in John Carter, but Disney totally fucked the marketing for that one

[@AlexSmith-gr3el]

He's pretty great as the villain in American assassin

[@ethicalcheeze1407]

@@AlexSmith-gr3el too bad the rest of the movie sucked ass, lol

[@zombieedrea]

He was really good in The Normal Heart, and I’ve heard good things about his performance as the creepy Waco cult dude. Honestly I think the way Disney fucked him after John Carter hurt his career, which is too bad. He’s talented. He just might not have had access to good projects and was often overlooked.

[@GirlfriendQuest]

What it seems like to me is that this was probably edited to hell given the interviews with the actors talking so passionately about things that never show up. Like it got grabbed by the studio and was made into a movie that fit a better mold for what they wanted.

[@SerenaWhatever]

The Craft was my favorite movie when I was growing up and was one of the primary reasons I got interested in paganism as a tween (I don't practice any more tho), and Legacy feels like such a hollow, fanfic-y attempt to capture the essence of the original without even knowing what made it great in the first place. It's very um.....Chilling Adventures of Sabrina x Mean Girls 2

[@Hoshikage869]

Good video, I enjoyed it. Minor nitpick, but the use of the term "anarchist" in reference to the character in The Chronicle reinforces a lot of popular misconceptions and outright misinformation about what anarchism is. Anarchism is about finding ways to reshape society by getting rid of unnecessary hierarchies (capitalism, racism, sexism, the state, etc.), and building alternative forms of societal organization, not rampant destruction. While violence may be necessary to overcome the state's violence, most of what anarchists actually do is doing mutual aid to help those in need in their communities. I normally wouldn't care about this, but I've seen politicians on both sides use anarchists as scapegoats this year.

[@Toxihex]

Yeah but just as none of the currently explored hierarchies work, neither does anarchism because the people are flawed. It's either their inherent capacity or their need for and lack of proper guidance that fucks it all up so we have never been able to get it right. However, nobody will admit they're not equally valuable to another or god forbid :O a part of the obstacle before an actual substantial intellectual progress humanity could achieve. It's funny because the very people who are a solid part of this obstacle attribute the phenomenon to skin colour, sexuality and even somehow fucking gender among other things. People have shown time and time again they can't tell who the cancers in their system are and always witch hunting the wrong ones over shallow common denominators in a childish attempt to clear up the obstacle. People aren't at a place in evolution where they can expect to follow a political idea as if the fault is solely in the other ideas and it not having disastrous consequences when it's up to the obstacle components to keep it going.

[@Hoshikage869]

@@Toxihex I recommend looking into currently anarchist or anarchist-adjacent projects (ex: Rojava, neo-Zapatistas), anarchist projects of the past, and Native American and other indigenous social organizations that lasted hundreds of years until European colonialism crushed them. Much of what people think of as "human nature" in pseudoscience from the 1800s trying to essentialize the way Europeans ran societies to all people. In truth, people's natures are shaped by material conditions and the societies they currently live in. I would also strongly recommend reading some actual anarchist literature because the points you bring up have already been covered by many. Have a good day.

[@Toxihex]

@@Hoshikage869 Most people's societal and to a very large extent brain function (for example people who don't grow up around speech are incapable of ever developing their speech centers enough to be able to have a conversation like the one we are having right now for instance) is shaped by the conditions they live in, but not everyone is shaped the same. The "exceptions" that are for the better shouldn't be the exceptions. Everyone but them should be trimmed away and then rinse and repeat until they become the exceptions, so they can be few enough to be quarantined without the need for any permanent trimming. A person who can't guide their own adaptability or doesn't even have the capacity to understand complex emotional intelligence can't be equated to someone who has the potential to be a valid part of an at least functional society, had the existence of one such society not been hindered by the lack of intelligent quality control, ironically carried out by ones that need to be controlled in quality. You'll always hear "but how can you judge for who is quality and who isn't" because to them it doesn't sound like something someone could detect, and considering the many failed attempts of people trying to identify and deal with what they see as the obstacles we aren't gonna see it happen anytime soon. Until it does, the only thing that matters is preserving the freedom for it to begin thriving unplucked if we're lucky and don't cause too much destruction before it does. Thinking anything revolutionary will happen for the better without causing a major disaster of otherwise good intentions down the line is naive and wishful thinking. I'd advise anyone and everyone not to waste their time on politics from the standpoint of wanting something that will actually work, the best we can hope for is the biggest damage control. People should be careful not to derive beliefs from technicalities that seem to carry the obvious because perception is tricky.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

@@Hoshikage869 I see people define anarchy in very different ways, and each definition is different from each other. My opinion: Political labels shouldn't matter just do what would make something better.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

It is to witches what Lost Boys is to vampires.

[@FairyRosee_]

Not gonna lie, between The Craft and Harry Potter, I started doing witchcraft as a child after finding some spells on "Magick" sites in the late 90's.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

The funny thing about Harry Potter is that I've heard that it was inspired by some element of Christianity

[@prettysavage6569]

“It’s like the shining down there” 😂 You ain’t wrong

[@onfire7775]

Lol

[@chioma916]

its the fka twigs for me!

[@AvgJane19]

That was it for me too!

[@chioma916]

@@AvgJane19 love your name 💀

[@Asummersdaydreamer14]

Legitimately spent almost 2 hours in a library historical witchcraft livestream this evening. Thanks for your work and probable lack of sleep.

[@jud3th]

your segment about chronicle spawning from Juice and the Craft was so amazingly edited i got chills! Chronicle was my very first Dane movie as well, i also binged his entire repertoire right after ^___^ such a charming story, definitely deserves a rewatch

[@FireyCurls22]

When I was 11 All I cared about was that the guys in the Covenant were hot and they had powers. That was the driving force behind my love for that movie and why I still own it today 😂

[@rachellydiab]

legit was gonna go to a screening of Legacy this afternoon, but I’m just gonna watch this instead lol

[@alpaca3216]

I'd like to know your take on series with similar themes like AHS: Coven or The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

[@haggish_]

there have been very few times when a piece of media (be it movie, tv show, music, photograph) immediately resonates with me so strongly it becomes integrated into my psyche. i have a clear, vivid memory of seeing the cover of the craft in the video store (yes, i'm that old) and just *knowing* i had to watch it. i'm talking love-at-first-sight, must-have-known-it-in-a-previous-life type of connection. i've seen it countless times over the years and i'm still able to find a new perspective or learn something from it. it's always there when i need it, and i'll always love it for it. (also, absolutely killer playlist)

[@bessdavies6440]

I have VERY heavy periods (despite being almost 30 😑) and a few times it was so bad that very big chunks (people with periods will know what I'm talking about. Gotta love 'em chunks...) would come out and literally explode, either because I was sitting down or riding my bycicle. One time they leaked through and around the pad, through my panties and my leggins and consequently on my bycicle seat. Personally I thought it was hilarious, this shit happens to me all the time I ain't even bothered anymore. It still happens to my mum and she's in her early 50s.... But BRO YOU FEEL IT. There's NO WAY you can sit in liquid and not feel the wetness.

[@fkatwigsisthequeenofenglan4748]

I hear period cups reduce flow

[@bb-ih9hg]

Same though. Like I started my period when I was 8, and I have horrible cramps and bleed a lot too. So when I was about 11 or 12, I stood up really fast in the cafeteria and like, the most insane amount of blood just poured forth - and even with a pad, I FELT IT. I FELT ALL OF IT, EVEN AS IT POOLED NEARLY TO MY KNEES. Every person with a period knows when they're bleeding like that! That's like not noticing your nose is bleeding or snot is dripping down your face. Smh.

[@nunugirlswag109]

@@bb-ih9hg actually it’s quite easy for someone to not realize they are bleeding, from nose or from your period. Had a friend in middle school that had an accident and didn’t know until another friend had pointed it out to her before they left class (thankfully no one else noticed) and had a friend whose nose started bleeding while we were at the beach (he was having the time of his life and didn’t realize until I pointed it out) so I think it depends on the person and what the situation is. If you’re someone who doesn’t really pay attention to yourself or your surroundings then it’s actually easy

[@rankushrenada]

I can't help but notice that when the craft was about girls, they work hard, study and learn magic because magic is a thing ANYONE can use if they learn the code but with boys it's more of a "You are genetically predisposed to this", huh, wonder why

[@LucianCorrvinus]

Because, while any girl can have the potential to be a Witch, being that it is understood that a Woman is inherently mysterious or dangerous or what have you...a boy spontaneously having those qualities is a much less believable prospect. Therefore males will be given a magical ancestor as a automatic to sell thier ability. But you should note most female Witches will be given same. But not always, and not to the piont you'll see it applied to males...

[@sking0707]

I am so glad I found your vid/channel. Your in depth analysis of everything is beautifully done and the video that you put together to go with it was just *chef kiss*. I can’t wait to binge your prev vids and look fwd to your new ones.

[@welkept72]

Currently binge watching your videos and just want to say I absolutely love them. They’re helping me remember my love for film and your thumbnails are soo cute. 🥺

[@renansouza2195]

Please never stop making this kind of videos!! You're so creative and your voice is so soothing 😻😍

[@Leftistattheparty]

You're fast becoming one of my more interesting subs on cinema. Thank you for the work that you do.

[@cheshirekat8273]

I love "The Craft" even more, now, knowing that it made old, white men angry and desperate to trash the film.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Same with Turing Red

[@doublexdweekend4021]

I love you. I love when I keep seeing a video in my feed, and I am like “eh....” but I eventually watch and the KZbinr just makes it amazing. You killed it

[@talaofthevalley]

That period scene comes off as something a male director/writer with the barest idea of how a period works would have written. I had heavy flow as a teen and kid, and even went a few months *without* pads cause I didn't know how to bring it up, and while my underwear looked like a crime scene and my pants got stained, it never even dripped down my thighs. It makes the scene where the other girls comfort her over her heavy flow feel weird, cause that's not a heavy flow that's a medical emergency.

[@ShiningEternity]

Love your videos Yhara. I love them with all my heart and soul.

[@sabrina0013]

I'm so glad I found your channel. You're incredibly good at articulating these thoughts. I wish you were more popular

[@BlackRosee1994]

This is siglehandedly the best informative film/documentary I've seen on youtube. Thank you so much for creating this, and I am saying this only 19 minutes in. I really appreciate your work.

[@sophrin9876]

It's probably my first youtube comment in years. I guess I'm too shy and never really know what to say. But I liked this video so much that I had to type it. Thank you so much for making this, it's amazing! Really love your channel overall as well while we're at it. Alright, see everyone in two more years!

[@zoewilliard820]

You are so well spoken and knowledgeable! Listening to this video makes me so happy :)

[@SYNC4ex]

"I'm gonna go watch Bring It On 16 times." I feel that. Same.

[@tallsockclown]

Okay- but the music you have in the background throughout are songs I actually use to meditate lol, love that. This was really well put together and I'm sure a ton of work went into it, great job! I also really appreciate the attention focused on how real witchcraft is typically poorly presented, and you were very respectful and well spoken when speaking on it. Wonderful video!

[@guatusonatale5598]

Hi! I'm currently binging all your videos and I have to say they are incredible. I'm so happy that I found your channel

[@AM19925]

i normally don't like the criticism 'this would have been better as a show' because it implies a messy film couldn't have just been fixed with tighter writing, but instead pacing and plot issues can only be solved by letting a bloated, unfocused mess play out over 10+ episodes - but in the case of the craft: legacy, i would genuinely prefer to watch their friendship develop over time, in a more slow-burny format that gives each of the girls a turn in the spotlight. take away the blumhouse influence, even take away 'the craft' branding, plop these four pretty charming actresses in a slightly trashy but emotionally earnest witchy teen show and i'd probably watch 6 seasons of it even with the janky CGI & outdated references

[@beefy74]

i’m supposed to make a business plan for a made up business and the idea i’m going with is literally a line of dolls based on witches around the world lol

[@dandi9099]

I highkey would buy those dolls, that's such a cool idea

[@Robin-rk2hf]

I know this is an older video, but it's the one where I realised how much I enjoy the way your voice sounds! It's very engaging while being soothing at the same time, it's very unique. Your videos are fantastic and I'm so glad a friend recommended you to me the other day haha I think I've watched half of your videos in like three days 🙈

[@Hantyumi_3000]

I’ve been binge watching your videos all day. You somehow manage to dig up movies from my adolescence that I absolutely obsessed over but kinda repressed at the same time? Anyways I love your work. Thank you. 💖

[@renl9893]

yet another beautifully written video!! love the topic love the witchy vIbEzz

[@KDbelieves]

If you want to watch a good series on witches watch a web series called JuJu: The Web Series. It's about 4 black witches and their older mentor. It's based on African spirituality over the more popular pagan witches but it's so good. I think all the characters have their own individuality and flaws and the story is not cartoonish at all. I wish they had the funding to become a Netflix tv show. They simply lack funding, but that's it. Speaking of Netflix, there is another show called Siempre Bruja. It's a show about a black witch during slavery who was about to be burned for being a witch. She escapes by traveling to the futre. I also like this show because (while the premise is not grounded in reality), it's very realistic.

[@PacoPeekaPoo]

Your music choices in these videos are absolutely immaculate

[@AvgJane19]

I loved really seeing you feel comfortable with your voice and fully come into your own with this video ❤