The Reactorverse Podcast Ep. 38: CineBinge

[@PassionfruitCreators]

We loved our conversation with George and Simone from CineBinge! Which of their videos have left the most impact on you? Sound off in the comments! Join the Passionfruit newsletter for more online creativity and creator news: passionfru.it/joinPF Host: Eric Rodriguez twitter.com/NerdChronic Guest: CineBinge www.youtube.com/@CineBingeReact CineBinge Patreon: patreon.com/Cinebinge CineBinge Instagram instagram.com/cinebingechannel Simone’s Twitch twitch.tv/simoneswan Visit the Passionfruit website: passionfru.it and join us on Discord: discord.gg/passionfruit And hey, if you're feeling generous, sign up for our brand new PATREON. We have great perks like early show releases, bonus video and editorial content, exclusive creator discord channels, and Friday night live streams! Plus, you're supporting independent journalism, so that's a plus. www.patreon.com/passionfruit4us/

[@CineBingeReact]

Thanks for having us! Was great fun!

[@TheRealHappyHuntsman]

On your MiB 3 reaction, Simone said Frodo is great, Who is that? FIGWIT. The funny thing about that is that who that is, is a member of Flight of the Concords. And the other member of FotC is the villain in the movie 😊 I really liked you guys' interview, cool to learn more about you guys❤

[@BareThomas84]

You are STILL my favorite reaction channel! I have a Playlist of my favorite ones you guys have watched

[@notconcernedwriting]

Do you watch other reactors regularly?

[@ryanocerus3019]

The funniest moment for me would be at the end of the exorcist reaction, when George turns his head.

[@ShootAUT]

Thanks for doing the interview. I like your channel, because you're just a couple of authentic and relatable silly people. You don't try to artificially play it up for the audience in a vain effort to make it more entertaining. Please don't change. 🤘😁

[@The10thManRules]

Shout out to genuinely platonic male/female relationships.

[@Vulcanerd]

Simone and George proving When Harry Met Sally... wrong 😄

[@callnight1441]

We love to see it!

[@tomstout4815]

Only because she won't

[@The10thManRules]

@@tomstout4815 You're projecting. Try introspection. Thanks for commenting. Be well.

[@tomstout4815]

@@The10thManRules guess we both are

[@MaryCherryOfficial]

oh yeah, the thumbnail making. I feel blessed that I got to experience their process with it too xD

[@jonasfermefors]

That was a great collab for us the viewers too. I know I enjoyed it a lot.

[@jacksonconley5117]

Hello Mary, it’s great to see you here. It’s really kind of you to come out here and show support for Simone and George. They’re really great reactors as well as you.

[@MycontentisgoldJerryGold]

Simone comes off as the sweetest, kindest, gentlest person I know of. The possibility of her being mean, bitchy, or angry is nearly incomprehensible. 🥰

[@graciefolden2359]

Well she did grow up in a VERY small beautiful lakeside community in British Columbia's interior which definitely helps.❤🇨🇦

[@TheNowhereMan0]

CineBinge is one of my favorite reaction channel, Simone and George are great. Thanks for this interview and let us know them more!

[@freddiemossberg7204]

Would love an interview like this with Jen Murray. Just love her 😊

[@matthewganong1730]

My favorite reaction channel. They have the best commentary, and they are both really smart. Would also love to see you talk with Jen Murray and TBR Schmitt.

[@Vulcanerd]

@@matthewganong1730 Except in the recent Minority Report watch they did when Simone stated how adultery is a crime and made George go, “??”

[@unicyclist97]

Cinebinge is the one reaction channel where I know it will be enjoyable regardless of what they're watching, and I'll often learn something new. The only time I don't watch them is when it's something I haven't already seen.

[@jacksonconley5117]

Simone and George are such a great duo that I feel like their channel isn’t the same without both of them. They’re really kind, enjoyable, and genuine people and it’s really fun to see how they react to movies and TV shows I’ve seen before as if I’m watching them for the first time again. I’m so happy you did an interview with them and I’m happy you also did an interview with Cassie from Popcorn in Bed. I wonder if it’s possible that we can get an interview with Mary Cherry or Jen Murray at some point down the road.

[@PassionfruitCreators]

👀

[@-M0LE]

@@PassionfruitCreatorsyh Jen Mary mell dasha kristen

[@SaltyFrosticles]

Simone and George are awesome. Besides the great channel, they're genuine and that comes across so well.

[@jeremypage3370]

They can really brighten a day. George's howling laughter during a reaction is almost like a drug!

[@Wirenfeldt1990]

I occasionally put on Zootopia for the DMV scene.. It’s beautiful.. Especially the contrast between the two..

[@jeremypage3370]

@@Wirenfeldt1990 my favorite is them watching Borat! Georges laughter is epic!

[@Vulcanerd]

@@jeremypage3370 and his dad jokes that make Simone look straight into the camera or roll her eyes.

[@DomIstKrieg]

​@@jeremypage3370 When mongo punches the horse in blazing saddles. George utterly breaks the fuck down.

[@Anomondaris]

George and Simone are the only reactors that I have felt like they are the type of people I would hang out with. That makes watching them feel different than other channels

[@paulmatson661]

Wow! I literally stumbled across your channel just after watching Simone and George react to Dunkirk. Thank you, Eric, for creating a space where reactors can come and share their weird little worlds with us. Such a treat to see CineBinge on here. They're a delightful duo!

[@PassionfruitCreators]

Thank you!

[@zmarko]

George and Simone are great. Smart, incredibly funny, silly, sweet, and not afraid to say what they think. They're my favorite reactor channel, I rewatch many of their reactions, many times because it's like watching those movies with friends. Ranks Simone & George, you guys are the best.

[@WhiskyCanuck]

One of my favourite channels because they have such a good vibe. It still amazes me that the producer of the Final Destination movies had reached out to Simone & George and appeared on their channel multiple times after they reacted to those movies.

[@VonBlade]

32:27 The Dead Poets Society thumbnail is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Every time that video thumbnail appears in my related feed I laugh.

[@freddiemossberg7204]

I feel Simone with the self criticism part. That’s why I could never do stuff like this. I’d feel much too self conscious. Makes me sad though for Simone cause she seems like such a sweetheart 😢

[@DrStrange_177A]

Ah George my man. Hope he sprinkled a few dirty jokes in the interview as per usual. Love these guys 😂❤

[@Mark_McC]

It hurts me that people say mean things about Simone. I find that hard to believe. She’s such a sweetheart!! George is ok too 😉

[@freddiemossberg7204]

Yeah she’s quite nifty 😊

[@thegunslinger1363]

Likewise, she's so nice.

[@LightsCameraJake]

Would be cool to have Dasha Reacts on your podcast. She does not get enough love as a reactor. she is So so good

[@-M0LE]

Yeah agreed so much I think she is friends with George as I’m sure he was her editor he definitely did her thumbnails she’s so nice too and hot

[@LightsCameraJake]

@-M0LE George has never been her editor or did her thumbnails. They have mentioned that cinebinge and dasha are friends of the react community so they share ideas but no, cinebinge has mentioned they have never actually edited anything for her but they do help with brainstorming. The whole reaction community are close nit.

[@DK-bs9yk]

Simone and George are the best. Love those crazy canucks.

[@Mazlem]

George is hands down the best editor among the reaction channels that I've seen. We really get to watch and follow along with them and it makes the videos so much better!

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

Of course they have a spreadsheet. I knew I liked them for a reason :)

[@kmm366]

My Faves! Simone & George just feel like genuine good people ❤

[@HC_YT]

Good interview Eric. Love Cinebinge. They’re my favorite!

[@TheRealHappyHuntsman]

What a refreshing interview! I love how you ask your questions and just let them talk instead of interrupting them all the time, which unfortunately is much too common nowadays. Cinebinge is my favourite reaction channel to watch, so it was very fun to hear them talk about how it was starting up! I also really like Brandon Likes Movies, but he doesn't upload anymore, sadly.

[@MikeS-ur2ql]

Brandon Likes Movies unfortunately got onto the radar of studios & EVERYTHING was getting copyright striked. I think one more & his channel is deleted so he just moved on.

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

@@MikeS-ur2ql I had never heard of him but I just watched his video about it and that's is crazy. It makes me worried for Cinebinge. They just got their first strike in the past few weeks. They're taking precautions in case things go south and I'm optimistic, but it's crazy how random the strikes are. It was on a movie that other reactors have reacted to and all their reactions are still up. It was also an older reaction.

[@EarmonkeyMusic]

Simone and George are two of my favorite reactors. I really like the insights they share. Even on movies I’ve seen a number of times I get a different perspective seeing it through their eyes. Nice interview!

[@joits]

They are easily my fav reactor channel. By far.

[@danielp1080]

Love Cinebinge, thanks for having them on!

[@joeykopack]

Love these guys pure joy to watch, I think these are the only reactors I can watch a movie I’ve never seen and still enjoy it

[@dcdrew3]

This was something I always thought CineBinge would do as a Q&A, but this was great!! I'm glad they answered alot of the questions about their Channel.

[@PassionfruitCreators]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BadassRaiden]

I LOVE GEORGE AND SIMONE!

[@TheNowhereMan0]

Me too

[@freddiemossberg7204]

I love watching Simone watching horror movies 😂

[@veganguy74]

One of the biggest reasons I enjoy Cinebinge is in addition to the thoughtful reactions of Simone and George each, is the fact that they react together. I feel reactions channels with exactly 2 people reacting are superior to just 1 person. They can ask questions and discuss what they are watching right during the reaction. Watching a single person ask questions that can’t be answered in real time “face to face” just isn’t at interesting. More than 2 people is just too many.

[@jinxysaberk]

the thing is reaction content might suck the life out of this platform in terms of when reactors watch other people’s content and just completely destroy the source materials value. the good thing about reactors like cinebinge is they’re reacting to a source of media that can never truly take away the value of watching it for yourself. watching a reaction is not a substitute for watching a movie and George and Simone really are some of the best reactors out there. It’s the exact level of engagement and talking i want from those kinda videos

[@bigj5880]

They're fake, reaction channels are lazy, they make money off of other people's work, you can react all day edit all day but at the end of the day the premise of your "work" is based off other people's work wich you had nothing to do with

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

@@bigj5880 lmao, who do you is gong to agree with you on a podcast about reactors?

[@reverseprime141]

I remember watching their channel since SW: Revenge of the Sith (2005) reaction.

[@theylied1776]

I started watching CineBinge Reactions because I noticed that every other movie and television reaction channel was Canadian. So I started looking for Canadian reaction channels. For some of them, you could tell they had seen these movies and shows before, but (See Jane Go TV, Maplenuts React, Popcorn In Bed, and CineBinge) had never seen any of these productions before. I am still curious why so many Canadians haven't seen any of these movies and television shows?

[@jacksonconley5117]

Really love these Canadian reaction channels. My personal favorites are Popcorn in Bed, CineBinge, and Jen Murray.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

Love these guys. Genuine, funny and I never miss a reaction.

[@hdzmiriam]

perhaps my favorite reactors, plus I love how smart they are 🎉🎉🎉

[@Jay-ate-a-bug]

I love Simone and Pumba...I mean George. Been a Subscriber since they had 200 subs.

[@arandomnamegoeshere]

George being a PM for the channel didn't dawn on me... but makes so much sense.

[@idbrady9759]

I'm not ashamed to admit it. I have a school boy crush on Simone. Love Cinebinge. Would love to catch George for a good ole'whisky

[@krumbergify]

I also bought a Mac in 2009 and was able to use it for many years since I could upgrade the RAM from 2 GB -> 8 GB and replace the HDD with a faster SSD. Unfortunately many modern laptops have everything soldered so you can’t do this.

[@TomH2681]

48:32 Shout out to A Chinese Odyssey. Hard to get into if you know nothing about the "journey to the West" story, but so good.

[@notconcernedwriting]

I would like to see a “how it’s made” documentary on reactions.

[@thalanoth]

Do you also need a "how it's made" for how to breathe? Turn on a camera, watch something, record your reactions, upload. Tah-dah -_-

[@geoffmurphy6659]

Simone relates the most to Mrs White in Clue: Flames, flames… on the side of my face

[@Adamas97]

Great stuff. I just found the channel and watched a few interviews already. If I could give 1 suggestion it would be to give the final 10 questions to people before the interview so they can think about it and come up with more meaningful answers. Also could you try to get Dasha Reacts in for an interview. I think it would be a great interview. Keep up the good work.

[@NerdChronic]

That’s a great idea! I think I’ll give that a try and send the questionnaire early for upcoming guests.

[@TorchySmurf]

Regarding criticism , I've come to cherish these two.

[@Vulcanerd]

I often give Simone and George crap in their comments section, but I hope they've never taken anything I've said personally (bold of me to assume they see my comments in the first place). Simone and Cassie from PIB (ok, ok and George, too) are genuinely the sweetest people I've seen online and must be protected at all costs XD

[@jgrey8959]

Seeing their older videos with George on the left and Simone on the right is just surprisingly weird.

[@vermithax]

Simone, for heaven's sake, everybody adores you. ADORES you. You big silly.

[@user-fo5gc8rf9k]

George tell us what adult videos you shot, I'm sure ive seen at least one

[@ImAlsoMerobiba]

From what I recall, it was all or mostly all VR. He even won an award for one. If you search around enough, you can find him mentioned in articles when they won at the AVN Awards.

[@MA-ji1iz]

Woooo!!! Having a cup of tea with some popcorn on the side listening to this

[@stefancurran9380]

You guys are the best. Love watching George and Simone. ❤

[@Johne.8250]

I’ll be honest,,, in the beginning (with all reaction vid ppl) it used to annoy me when the talking over dialogue - was too much. But I started understanding later….

[@zcounts]

love and blessings!

[@vlcheish]

The only thing I can't figure out is how on earth they are this old and have never watched all of those movies. It's not obscure indie movies....talking about huge pop culture movies like Dark Knight, Alien, Terminator, Jaws...etc

[@JB-wy8fc]

Probably just living their lives mate. Especially given George is Chinese he wouldn't have known many mainstream movies and I assume simone was just too busy to sit around watching movies. Even well known movies. Although I have no doubt some channels lie about what they've seen but these two don't seem like the type to lie about that kinda thing

[@vlcheish]

​@@JB-wy8fc George is Canadian as well and was in film school in Canada when the Dark Knight came out. Simone is heavily into nerd culture and they even said they were watching movies and tv shows(even mentioned Marvel) years before the channel started. I am just genuinely curious how two millennials over 30 that are heavily into western nerd culture and film years before the channel started managed not to watch that many huge pop culture movies. I'm not calling them liars but I actually curious how both could even manage that.

[@JB-wy8fc]

@@vlcheish i would guess because they are into very specific things. Lord of the rings, fantasy etc.. and they seem to have focused on a few specific things rather than a large sort of net of movies/TV shows and shit. I do see your point but everyone's just different man. I'm the same I've seen loads of stuff but ive met a lot of people that have gone completely under the radar movie wise relatively easily. So it's not unheard of I guess

[@coradesune7537]

Yay love these guys ❤️

[@margiemolina6943]

Love CineBinge!

[@thorguff]

I just about laugh at people who talk about office jobs being so bad. You're in air conditioned comfort wearing clean clothes that stay clean. No need to haul changes of clothes and lots of stuff to drink to work.

[@-M0LE]

Cinebinge are so amazing

[@user-br3is2jh1t]

Love CB ❤

[@TheJereld]

Go Simone!!!

[@2nd3rd1st]

I found them through the Turning Red movie reaction because I was looking for Chinese reactors that may have a deeper insight into the culture than white reactors. And since then I return for movies I like, because they are genuinely interested and invested in the movies they watch, and also funny ("CineCringe") sometimes. But I'm not a subscriber because I only sub to people where I know that I want to watch every single video guaranteed, like Red Letter Media.

[@TTM9691]

That was great!!!!

[@1123Jester1123]

I think you "sound" fine George. Don't worry about it too much.

[@xMr2PaCx]

Awesome

[@mynameisnotearl4383]

George had literally seen nothing. Lord of the rings and the Simpsons are all he knew.

[@CumpasFilms]

I've seen a lot of different reactors and I believe that Simone and George are the most thoughtful commenters i've seen. If the studios were smarter, the would partner up with reactors and use these videos in the publicity schemes.

[@jakecameron2976]

My fav movie reactors

[@user-br3is2jh1t]

I guess I should watch MIB3

[@sametucar9544]

👍

[@Kurasunoninki-sha]

Simone is the Asian one right?hahahaha

[@jasonmest87]

JAMONE LEE

[@Kurasunoninki-sha]

@@jasonmest87 😆

[@AmericanThatStillHasHope]

Congratulations on having one of the easiest jobs in history, and I respect that you are lucky enough to get away with that. Simone is adorable, and George is also very likable.

[@patrickbateman7369]

Nooooo!! THIS TREND AMONG REACTORS NEEDS TO END!!

[@tumbleheart4664]

What trend?

[@jasonmest87]

@@tumbleheart4664 right? its their own personal algorithm, no trend 🙃