I just wanted to say I recently discovered your channel from the yellowjackets video and I've watched some of your other analysis videos. I'm really impressed, your videos are really well made and provide really interesting takes on the shows and movies you look at, a lot of which are movies and shows I enjoy so y'know that's cool. Just wanted to say how great your videos are and that I've subscribed and wish you and your channel all the best. Can't wait till the next video :)
This one was a blast. Somehow the vicinity of "they made her blonde" and "they wanted this to be like James bond" rewired my brain to now assume they changed the hair color and title just so it would sound vaguely similar. Bond and blonde. What's wrong with my head? 😅
Thank you for another interesting review/analysis. In today's World, the relationships, the allegiances and alliances with the different factions could be even more bewildering. John Goodman's character could wear a red hat, for instance. The graphic novel twist reminds me of the ending of Costner's No Way Out.Till the next review.
I haven't seen this one, but it kinda reminds me of the movie Kate on netflix... although I think that one is probably even darker. Would be interested in your take on it. Also have you seen Renfield? It kinda seems like something you might enjoy. It is quite gorey though.
I think you need to explain why the use of tropes is bad, negative or harmful. Relying on them in order to tell a story can be unimaginative, but they exist for a reason. I also disagree with your assessment. I think killing Lasalle was much more in keeping with a different trope popularized and film & comic books called fridging.
Imo tropes aren't always bad, negative or harmful, but bury your gays is. Fridging is (generally) specifically applied to female characters killed to propel their male romantic interest forward. Bury your gays is very specifically killing queer characters in a story, especially unnecessarily, so imo it does fit into bury your gays pretty perfectly. But I will say the tropes are adjacent to each other and have a lot of overlap. It's fridging adjacent 😅 Bury your gays is also pretty infamous for targeting WLW couples like Lorraine and Lasalle. I do agree I should have explained more about why it's harmful, rather than just using bury your gays as a shorthand and assuming the audience knows what that is though
@renrants Wow, thanks for getting back to me on this. That's pretty neat. If this were a vin diagram, I think it would fall between "fridging" and "bury your gays". I think it's more fridging because we needed to be able to watch Percival be murdered and framed without feeling sorry for him, and we needed a reason to watch Lorraine do that and still feel good about it in the end. She ended up being the good american of the film. His brutal and unnecessary murder of Lasalle gave us the justification to not feel bad when Lorraine, later and cold blood and unwarrantedly murder and Allied officer on screen. Good american trope heroes don't do that unless they've been fridged
Of course, I always love a chance to discuss movies with someone! I think you actually raise a good point and have convinced me that it was fridging in addition to bury your gays, especially because fridging is often a bit gruesome, leaving the victim for her partner to find, and they definitely did that with Lasalle. I think it's a great point I hadn't really considered about making Percival unlikeable and irredeemable enough that we don't feel bad for him. I think they sort of did the same thing with Spyglass since Percival sold him and Lorraine out to the Russians as well, but it's so much more visceral with Delphine because she was such an decent person, especially compared to everyone else.
You like "Atomic Blonde" movie, but I like "Killing Eve" TV show. Both are very similar stories, with very similar ending, I guess. Yes, she is also gay with blond hair who can kick any one's ass. So you are German citizen living in Canada?
I'm a Canadian citizen with a German mother, but I'm eligible for German dual citizenship, I think. I live in the US though. (I don't recommend it 😅) I've seen some of Killing Eve! It was really good, I should finish it
If you are interested in a review of Three Body from a Chinese perspective, you could watch AvenueX after you watch it. The same author did Wandering Earth. Take care and thank you.
Hard agree! I loved her in Mad Max and The Old Guard too, but she was so phenomenal in this film and the fight scenes are just on another level, I can't get enough of it
@@renrants Only her ironic tired look during the interrogation and her smoking throughout the film are worthy of Oscar! And her temperament... She "tormented" poor Delphine in bed for about a week and forgot about her mission, as she was told during the interrogation ("you were clearly distracted", and at that moment she was looking at the sleeping Lasalle). A real sex machine on vodka.)
@@renrants yes, the ending of the movie was horrible and completely far-fetched. But you can read hot fanfics about them or wait for the sequel, in which Delphine returns to her three years later.
I want a sequel so bad, haha I didn't hate the ending, at least, not the first reveal that she was Satchel, but I did hate both that they killed Delphine and the way she died, and the double double cross that revealed she was working for America, I agree that was far fetched and silly, lol
@@renrants She definitely loved Delphine. It's enough to remember her grief near her body, her face, her eyes... and the "commemoration" she held for her in Paris.
I just wanted to say I recently discovered your channel from the yellowjackets video and I've watched some of your other analysis videos. I'm really impressed, your videos are really well made and provide really interesting takes on the shows and movies you look at, a lot of which are movies and shows I enjoy so y'know that's cool. Just wanted to say how great your videos are and that I've subscribed and wish you and your channel all the best. Can't wait till the next video :)
That's so kind of you, thank you so much 🥺❤️
This one was a blast. Somehow the vicinity of "they made her blonde" and "they wanted this to be like James bond" rewired my brain to now assume they changed the hair color and title just so it would sound vaguely similar. Bond and blonde. What's wrong with my head? 😅
Omg I almost wonder if you're right 🤣
blonde.
james blonde.
That made me cackle out loud 🤣
Nailed it!@@JuiciferPandoraRex
Fuck yeah, original German version of 99 Luft Balloons!
We love to see it for sure! :)
Thank you for another interesting review/analysis. In today's World, the relationships, the allegiances and alliances with the different factions could be even more bewildering. John Goodman's character could wear a red hat, for instance. The graphic novel twist reminds me of the ending of Costner's No Way Out.Till the next review.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment :)
One of my favorite films! I dont agree with all of your opinions but I appreciate the thoughtful takes. Great work!
Thank you! :)
I haven't seen this one, but it kinda reminds me of the movie Kate on netflix... although I think that one is probably even darker. Would be interested in your take on it. Also have you seen Renfield? It kinda seems like something you might enjoy. It is quite gorey though.
I've been meaning to check out Renfield :) I haven't seen Kate either but I'll certainly add it to the list :)
I think you need to explain why the use of tropes is bad, negative or harmful. Relying on them in order to tell a story can be unimaginative, but they exist for a reason. I also disagree with your assessment. I think killing Lasalle was much more in keeping with a different trope popularized and film & comic books called fridging.
Imo tropes aren't always bad, negative or harmful, but bury your gays is.
Fridging is (generally) specifically applied to female characters killed to propel their male romantic interest forward. Bury your gays is very specifically killing queer characters in a story, especially unnecessarily, so imo it does fit into bury your gays pretty perfectly. But I will say the tropes are adjacent to each other and have a lot of overlap. It's fridging adjacent 😅
Bury your gays is also pretty infamous for targeting WLW couples like Lorraine and Lasalle.
I do agree I should have explained more about why it's harmful, rather than just using bury your gays as a shorthand and assuming the audience knows what that is though
@renrants Wow, thanks for getting back to me on this. That's pretty neat. If this were a vin diagram, I think it would fall between "fridging" and "bury your gays".
I think it's more fridging because we needed to be able to watch Percival be murdered and framed without feeling sorry for him, and we needed a reason to watch Lorraine do that and still feel good about it in the end. She ended up being the good american of the film. His brutal and unnecessary murder of Lasalle gave us the justification to not feel bad when Lorraine, later and cold blood and unwarrantedly murder and Allied officer on screen. Good american trope heroes don't do that unless they've been fridged
Of course, I always love a chance to discuss movies with someone!
I think you actually raise a good point and have convinced me that it was fridging in addition to bury your gays, especially because fridging is often a bit gruesome, leaving the victim for her partner to find, and they definitely did that with Lasalle.
I think it's a great point I hadn't really considered about making Percival unlikeable and irredeemable enough that we don't feel bad for him.
I think they sort of did the same thing with Spyglass since Percival sold him and Lorraine out to the Russians as well, but it's so much more visceral with Delphine because she was such an decent person, especially compared to everyone else.
Very good and informative video❤
Thank you! ❤️
You like "Atomic Blonde" movie, but I like "Killing Eve" TV show.
Both are very similar stories, with very similar ending, I guess.
Yes, she is also gay with blond hair who can kick any one's ass.
So you are German citizen living in Canada?
I'm a Canadian citizen with a German mother, but I'm eligible for German dual citizenship, I think. I live in the US though. (I don't recommend it 😅)
I've seen some of Killing Eve! It was really good, I should finish it
@@renrants Okay. :)
I thought you were going to make video on "Shogun"?
I might when it's done airing! I was considering trying to read the book first as well, but we'll see
@@renrants Okay. :)
All the best.
@giyanvice thank you!
If you are interested in a review of Three Body from a Chinese perspective, you could watch AvenueX after you watch it. The same author did Wandering Earth. Take care and thank you.
Ooh I'll check it out once I finish the show, thanks for the recommendation :)
Charlize looks much more aristocratic after 40, and this is her best role.
Hard agree! I loved her in Mad Max and The Old Guard too, but she was so phenomenal in this film and the fight scenes are just on another level, I can't get enough of it
@@renrants Only her ironic tired look during the interrogation and her smoking throughout the film are worthy of Oscar! And her temperament... She "tormented" poor Delphine in bed for about a week and forgot about her mission, as she was told during the interrogation ("you were clearly distracted", and at that moment she was looking at the sleeping Lasalle). A real sex machine on vodka.)
It was definitely a whirlwind 😅 hard to blame her for being distracted though 👀
@@renrants Rewatch that episode where her boss asks her "did she give you the information?" *
* Delphine gave her... but not the information...😉🍑😂
Brutal snow she wolf and her tender sweet French fawn.🐺🔥🦌
I just want them to be happy in the woods together 🥺😭😭
@@renrants yes, the ending of the movie was horrible and completely far-fetched. But you can read hot fanfics about them or wait for the sequel, in which Delphine returns to her three years later.
I want a sequel so bad, haha
I didn't hate the ending, at least, not the first reveal that she was Satchel, but I did hate both that they killed Delphine and the way she died, and the double double cross that revealed she was working for America, I agree that was far fetched and silly, lol
@@renrants She definitely loved Delphine. It's enough to remember her grief near her body, her face, her eyes... and the "commemoration" she held for her in Paris.
I think so too, I think she also loved Gascoigne despite doing what she had to do