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What Was The Office All About?

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The Trademark Storytelling of How I Met Your Mother

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The Biggest Writing Flaw in House of the Dragon Season 2

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Dune Part 2: Storytelling Analysis

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Storytelling Analysis: 2024 Oscar Best Picture Nominees

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Home Alone: Balanced Storytelling

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You can be too old for a lot of things, but you’re never too old to find yourself tearing up when O Holy Night comes on during a slapstick comedy kid’s film…
Call me Abe Simpson but man they don’t make em like this anymore. Goofy, absurd, implausible and yet heartwarming, redemptive, and traditional, Home Alone is an absolutely timeless classic. Your move, Vulture Magazine.
00:00 Intro
04:44 Opening Sequence
14:08 The Journey Begins
21:02 The Journey Ends
31:46 Conclusion
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Storytelling
Kevin McCallister
Macaulay Culkin
Catherine O’Hara
Kate McCallister
Daniel Stern
Marv
Roberts Blossom
Old Man Marley
Joe Pesci
Harry
John Heard
John Candy
Gus Polinski
Peter McCallister
Uncle Frank
Larry Hankin
Gerry Barman
Kieran Culkin
Fuller McCallister

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28:47

The Biggest Problem with Gladiator II

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Friends, Romans, sci-fi baboons, lend me your ears… Angry Paul Mescal, sad Pedro Pascal, diva Joe Quinn…this movie has everything!! Except, unfortunately, a halfway decent script or semblance of coherent storyboarding. But what exactly went wrong? Like it or not, epics like this are only as good as their heroes, and heroes are only as good as the ideas behind them. Join me as I take a close loo...

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What Was The Office All About?

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I know, I know, the main lesson from The Office is obvious: don't ever, for any reason, do anything, to anyone, for any reason, ever, no matter what, no matter where, or who, or who you are with, or where you are going, or where you've been, ever, for any reason whatsoever… Did I spend hours upon hours rewatching The Office to make this video? Yes. Did I need to? No, this 100% could’ve been don...

The Trademark Storytelling of How I Met Your Mother

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The Trademark Storytelling of How I Met Your Mother

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“All these little parts of the machine constantly working, making sure that you end up exactly where you’re supposed to be, exactly when you’re supposed to be there.” - from the desk of Ted Vivian Mosby… I started watching this show randomly during some holiday break during high school, and much like Ted when he locks eyes with Robin for the first time, I knew I had stumbled onto something spec...

The Biggest Writing Flaw in House of the Dragon Season 2

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The Biggest Writing Flaw in House of the Dragon Season 2

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Ever watch a sports game where you don’t particularly care which team wins, you’re just there hoping for an exciting game? Ever spent 8 weeks hoping it’d get better? Man o man they got us. Season 1 laid some promising groundwork for an epic interpretation of the Dance of Dragons, the horrific familial civil war that Joffrey B just couldn’t help but spoil during Game of Thrones. Yeah, remember G...

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Dune Part 2: Storytelling Analysis

มุมมอง 12K9 หลายเดือนก่อน

All aboard the hype worm - Denis Villeneuve's plans are measured in centuries, but at long last here we have it, the second installment in his adaptation of the 1965 literary sci-fi epic. As it was written! Or rather, as it was symbolically alluded to. An incredible cinematic experience but a story that rang oddly hollow given its intensity. Find out why right here, then like & subscribe or I'l...

Storytelling Analysis: 2024 Oscar Best Picture Nominees

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Storytelling Analysis: 2024 Oscar Best Picture Nominees

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Is ranking films an inherently click-baity, problematic way of interpreting art? That's for me to feel guilty about and you to ignore as I walk through the 96th Academy Awards best picture nominees, a delightfully diverse arrangement of - some of - 2023's best films. Behold the contenders (ALPHABETICALLY, not spoiling my own video): American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killer...

51:43

What Happened to Ted Lasso?

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Forgive me, Hannah Waddingham, none of the above applies to you... "You know what the happiest animal on earth is? It’s a goldfish. You know why? It’s got a 10-second memory." Well I'd certainly be happier if I could forget the travesty that was Ted Lasso season 3, the bizarrely structure-less, genre-less, meaningless final act of a show that I once, somehow, actually made people watch. Sometim...

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Gilmore Girls: Rewatchable Storytelling

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It's a show, it's a lifestyle, it's a religion...it's Gilmore Girls. Some parts of this show have aged like Kirk's easter eggs, and some parts were more like expensive marzipan - never palatable to begin with. And yet, once it starts getting dark early, once I start feeling a primordial need for Carole King and soup, it seems like the world agrees it's officially Gilmore Girls rewatch time. So ...

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The Bear Season 2: Thoughtful Chaos

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Alright team! Look alive, look alive, this video won't watch itself...all I've ever wanted is to peel mushrooms while Olivia Coleman gives me gentle life advice, but I'll settle for watching a heretofore antagonist live out my dreams in what is decisively the best short-form comedy-drama we've had in a long time. How did The Bear go from constant anxiety to deep introspection all while maintain...

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What Was Succession All About?

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If it is to be said, so it be, so it is. The sun has set on HBO/Max/MaxGoCo’s latest 9pm Sunday all killer no filler #1 show. If we can just, you know, be, like, real, for a minute, yeah guys? Yeah? Sunday nights simply won’t be the same without a board meeting to get all hyped about. Tune on in to hear how this show was so effective, why we all say it's Shakespearean, and why Uncle Ewan is the...

The Last of Us: Storytelling Flaws in a Faithful Adaptation

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The Last of Us: Storytelling Flaws in a Faithful Adaptation

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A video game adaptation worth seeing? The best video game adaptation we've ever had? An impressive production feat? Yes yes & yes. Watch a scene by scene comparison and there's no doubt The Last of Us HBO was loyal to its source material...perhaps to a fault? Week by week I was invested while watching but couldn't remain so in between episodes, so behold the suggestion that TLOU was closer to e...

Wednesday: Six Problems and How to Fix Them

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Wednesday: Six Problems and How to Fix Them

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Woe there! That's a whole lot of plot! By the time we finish the show, does anyone even remember the weird witch-boy who tried to kill Wednesday? What did the Weems/Morticia rivalry lead to? We were worried about the monster but the real problem was a zombie pilgrim? Hang on, did Wednesday herself actually do anything? Oversaturated, underdeveloped storytelling overwhelms the audience with deta...

Mythic Quest: Why Stories Need Structure

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Mythic Quest: Why Stories Need Structure

มุมมอง 6Kปีที่แล้ว

Comedy? Drama? Fantasy? Sitcom? All of the above? With a promising premise and the veteran sagacity of Always Sunny alum, this rendition of a workplace comedy is packed full of standalone backstories and half-baked side quests. Maybe this decentralized approach to storytelling is reinventing the wheel for the better...or maybe, sometimes those who wander actually are lost. Say what you will abo...