I have not been a big fan of YouTube.
There, I said it, let the rotten fruit throwing start now. While I
realize most everyone else on the planet has been glued to it, I have
just recently found a couple of channels I like watch. So here are a
few YouTube shorts I am, and you should be, watching:
Cinema Sins
As the tag line says, “no movie is
without sin.” In generally 4 to 7 minutes you can see some of the
things wrong with your favorite movie. Which is not to say that the
movie is bad, every movie has problems and plot-holes. Cinema Sins
is a series of short (1-2 second) scenes from a movie and a
voice-over describing what is wrong with it. Which is great fun to
watch and chuckle along. Think of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on
fast-forward.
How It Should Have Ended
Another series of short clips, this
time animated, about, well, how a movie (or game) should have ended.
Great fun, and when Superman and Batman discuss movies at the cafe it
is fantastic. There are over 100 as I write this, so be warned you
may kill far too much time laughing should you choose to visit this
channel.
Feminist Frequency
I love the Tropes vs Women series on
this channel. Each video presents a common plot device in movies or
games that are used to portray women in a bad light. For example the
classic “damsel in distress.” Why don't we see 'princes in
distress?' (or even 'princes gone wild'?) It is hard to find a
well-written female character in, well, anything. What I like most
about this series is that it is not an angry,
evil-men-are-abusing-the-image-of-women series; rather, it takes an
honest look at unconscious trends and metaphors that have crept into
popular writing and asks why people don't write better. I have to
admit that even looking at my own stories I have found myself not
writing the quality of female characters I should. So it is an
eye-opening series for any writer or person interested in art.
I'm sure there are many, many more
YouTube channels that are worth following, but these are the only
ones I've bumped into so far. If you know of another, feel free to
leave it in the comments section below.
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