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Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen, and welcome to Critiquing Minds! We're a youtube channel focus on review, analysis and critique of different shows, games, series, movies and more!
Welcome to the home of Fascinating Fiction, a scripted in-depth look of some of Pokeprof's most beloved (Or hated) things in life and allows him to share his thoughts with others!
Welcome to the home of Fascinating Fiction, a scripted in-depth look of some of Pokeprof's most beloved (Or hated) things in life and allows him to share his thoughts with others!
The Powerful Moments of Neverending Story - Fascinating Fiction
#theneverendingstory #movies #fascinatingfiction
Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life.
It's been a while since we've done a anniversary episode, and with the fortieth anniversary coming up in July, I thought it was time to talk about an old classic: The Neverending Story. It's one of the those movies that stand strong because of some of it's most powerful moments, but does it offer more than that?
If you've got a suggestion for what you'd like to see on Fascinating Fiction, leave a suggestion in the comments or message me on Twitter!
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Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life.
It's been a while since we've done a anniversary episode, and with the fortieth anniversary coming up in July, I thought it was time to talk about an old classic: The Neverending Story. It's one of the those movies that stand strong because of some of it's most powerful moments, but does it offer more than that?
If you've got a suggestion for what you'd like to see on Fascinating Fiction, leave a suggestion in the comments or message me on Twitter!
Thumbnail by @FPSGamerz3
You can support Prof on Patreon: www.patreon.com/Pokeprof
You can follow Prof on Twitter: Pokeprof
He also streams on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/thepokeprof
He also has a Discord: discord.gg/VBsgcxq
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Re-imagining the Dark Knight: Batman 2004 Season 1 - Fascinating Fiction
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#thebatman #cartoon #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. For all the faults of DC and Warner Brothers, Batman is one of those series that I've loved, having grown up with Batman: The Animated s...
Cowboy Bebop: Facing Your Past - Fascinating Fiction
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#cowboybebop #anime #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. It's been a long while since we've done an anime, much less a series that I'm completely ignorant to. And there are fewer series that ar...
The Unbalanced Nature of Phantom Tollbooth - Fascinating Fiction
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#thephantomtollboth #movies #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. Another older film, but I promise, we'll actually be getting some series on here again! I've just gotta prepare better! The Phan...
The Princess Bride: A Romantic Classic - Fascinating Fiction
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Dreams Becoming Nightmares: Little Nemo - Fascinating Fiction
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#anime #littlenemo #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. Went way back into my childhood for this one, remembering a movie I've not seen in years and wanted to talk about it, especially consider...
Arcane: The Holy Grail of Game Adaptations - Fascinating Fiction
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Mr. Magoo: The First Animated Christmas Special - Fascinating Fiction
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#cartoons #chirstmas #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. For the last episode of the season, we've got our Christmas Carol Episode! And we're doing another childhood favorite here with the eld...
The Christmas Coincidence of Tokyo Godfathers! - Fascinating Fiction
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#anime #christmas #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. It's Christmas time once again, and this time around, we're talking about something that's both a film that is well known and isn't at the...
500 Sub Celebration: Transformers Earthspark! - Fascinating Fiction
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#cartoons #transformersearthspark #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. Halloween is here! And the votes have been given! We're going to be talking about the classic movie from Mel Brooks himsel...
Mel Brook's Classic Satire: Young Frankenstein - Fascinating Fiction
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#movie #youngfrankenstein #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. Halloween is here! And the votes have been given! We're going to be talking about the classic movie from Mel Brooks himself, Young...
Beginnings of Chaos: The Tenchi Muyo OVAs - Fascinating Fiction
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#anime #tenchimuyo #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. Part of this was done because I felt like I've been not delivering on my content in the manner I should. Part of it was done because I wa...
A Small Rant About Superman - Fascinating Fiction
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#cartoons #myadventureswithsuperman #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. It's been a while since we've had an episode, mostly because of life getting in the way and me headbutting myself agains...
Nimona: The Ability To Be Free - Fascinating Fiction
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#movies #nimona #fascinatingfiction Fascinating Fiction is a scripted video essay series in which Pokeprof goes over various forms of fictional media to give his personal thoughts, analysis and opinions on what brought these characters and stories to life. It's rare for me to talk about anything or make an episode about something so close to the release date. While I'm not always going to do it...
Welcome to Critiquing Minds! - Channel Intro
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Welcome to Critiquing Minds! - Channel Intro
50 Years of Rocky Horror - Fascinating Fiction
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50 Years of Rocky Horror - Fascinating Fiction
A Very Late Top Ten Mom's in Media! ~ Fascinating Fiction
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A Very Late Top Ten Mom's in Media! ~ Fascinating Fiction
Memories of Big O - Fascinating Fiction
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Memories of Big O - Fascinating Fiction
A Thank You To The Owl House - Fascinating Ficiton
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A Thank You To The Owl House - Fascinating Ficiton
The Reboot Issue: Why is it so hard? - Fascinating Fiction
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The Reboot Issue: Why is it so hard? - Fascinating Fiction
The Lasting Longevity of Shrek - Fascinating Fiction
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The Lasting Longevity of Shrek - Fascinating Fiction
War on Geminar: The Pretty Good Tenchi Series - Fascinating Fiction
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War on Geminar: The Pretty Good Tenchi Series - Fascinating Fiction
Why Die Hard Is a Christmas Movie - Fascinating Fiction
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Why Die Hard Is a Christmas Movie - Fascinating Fiction
The Timeless Classic of The Muppet Christmas Carol - Fascinating Fiction
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The Timeless Classic of The Muppet Christmas Carol - Fascinating Fiction
Spy X Family: Found Family At It's Finest - Fascinating Fiction
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Spy X Family: Found Family At It's Finest - Fascinating Fiction
The Magical Draw Of Hocus Pocus - Fascinating Fiction
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The Magical Draw Of Hocus Pocus - Fascinating Fiction
To Be Spirited Away By Studio Ghibli - Fascinating Fiction
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To Be Spirited Away By Studio Ghibli - Fascinating Fiction
The Disney Oddball: The Emperor's New Groove - Fascinating Fiction
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The Disney Oddball: The Emperor's New Groove - Fascinating Fiction
Avatar's Strongest Episode: Korra Alone - Fascinating Fiction
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Avatar's Strongest Episode: Korra Alone - Fascinating Fiction
The King of Games: Yu-Gi-Oh! - Fascinating Fiction
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The King of Games: Yu-Gi-Oh! - Fascinating Fiction
A show about superpowered monkeys, when a fight ensues. The audience watching scream like monkeys.
I have watched this to see the thoughts of the author about how moral it is that the MC having sex with all the girls at the same time including mother and daughter mixed up, but didn't see any mention of it. Anyway, this anime is disgusting because of it.
Harem Animes have been a staple of the genre for ages, so having the main character eventually have relationships with a bunch of a woman is actually pretty part for the course. While the Mom and Daughter bit is a bit less used, it's also not exactly uncommon. And honestly, Tenchi is probably the LEAST bad one out of the bunch when it comes to characters shacking up with each other. ~ Pokeprof
@@CritiquingMinds Not sure! There are many harem anime out there, yes, but none of them include g*ngb*ng :) They were just kidding around, flirting, etc., but the lines were only crossed in h*ntai, not in anime. It’s just such a disappointment for this kind of classic and nostalgic anime to unnecessarily do that. At least he could have done it with one girl at a time, not all of them together. Imagine kids figure out they are made in a group sex.
I love tenchi muyo
It's a good series. Glad you enjoy it. ~ Pokeprof
So we forgetting the kenchi muyo wars series is one of the best part on todays standard in anime.😢❤
I forgot it at the time, but I made up for that by having an entire video about it itself! Links here: czcams.com/video/DRHn_mGrH44/video.html ~ Pokeprof
Disney has made a reputation of taking anything good and turning it to shit because "their brand" is stuck in the 1900's. They don't make movies for children anymore because they themselves are the children, afraid to grow up and accept the natural change happening in the world. Whatever makes them more money- that's their goal.
It does feel like there's a lot of 'MONEY OVER ALL' coming from a lot of companies, not just Disney. And even then, I'm more willing to put the blame on the higher ups myself. The folks just doing their job otherwise aren't someone I'm going to toss blame to otherwise. ~ Pokeprof
@@CritiquingMinds all these millionaires acting like there’s a money crisis 😑
how about Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar
I forgot about it when I first did this video ages ago, but I've since gone and did an entire video on Geminar alone! Here's the link to it if you're curious! czcams.com/video/DRHn_mGrH44/video.html ~ Pokeprof
Watching for a harem anime explained, ended up looking at evangelionesque story
Yeah, That's Tenchi for you! And some series are just like that, when you're going in expecting one thing, and it turns to be a completely different beast in comparison! ~ Pokeprof
Saw this as an 80s kid; read the book as a teen. Wolfgang's film was better than the book which was too long. The attic keys, and gamork still haunt me. Casting was perfect, with anna kendrick as Atreyu a standout.
Anna Kendrick as a Atreyu? It can’t be the same Anna Kendrick when I’m thinking of! Edit: feeling a bit dumb right about now realizing you wasn’t serious! But I totally see it!
Haven't read the book, so I couldn't say as to which is better or not. Gmork is an interesting baddy, but he's more scary as a thing to look at instead of actually being a threat. It goes along with a lot of the 'feeling' of moments in the film that doesn't really take the time to deliver on the ideas it's offering. ~ Pokeprof
south park's imaginationland trilogy has the same plot ending
I've not seen South Park in a long time. Wasn't usually my cup of tea, though I wouldn't be surprised that Imaginationland did something like that considering the name. ~ Pokeprof
Read the book. It is way better.
I'll pick it up! While there are some times the book is going to be superior to a movie, I always try to keep things balanced and try and treat things on their own merit. ~ Pokeprof
Pity the follow up movies weren't anywhere near as good ( _ESPECIALLY #3_ )
I actually tried watching the Second movie recently just to see if it was as decent as I remembered.... and the answer was a full no. ~ Pokeprof
Strong scenes stay strong to this day.
Indeed. Sometimes even a weak movie (Which Neverending Story isn't) can stay in peoples memories with strong scenes! ~ Pokeprof
18:32 I’m still upset they haven’t dubbed it yet including the New GXP paradise lost ova too
I'm not entirely surprised. They actually haven't dubbed anything past the point that I've actually showed on the channel thus far as the original Tenchi OVAS. Tenchi, as a franchise, seems to have kinda taken a back seat when it comes to being dubbed. While we can hope for the future, I'm not sure if we'll see any more. ~ Pokeprof
12:38 Lol Ten(chi)tomon fits perfectly there
Wow, I actually didn't even realize that as a joke! XD ~ Pokeprof
The only other series I know of that took that long to make was The venture bros by adult swim
Some series just last a long time, but it's still fairly rare! Though I know very little about the Venture Bros outside of a few gags. ~ Pokeprof
How did this video only get a triple-digit number of views in just 2 years? Also, how am I the only person to leave a comment here?
I'm a small youtuber, so I'm not going to be getting huge hits, especially for movies like Bartok here which, while enjoyable, aren't really big time name grabbers. ~ Pokeprof
@@CritiquingMinds 2:41: This is some good advice when you take into consideration that the "Magnificent" Bartok is different from the "Anastasia" Bartok; as Anastasia is meant to be set in a *Historical* Universe with a Bartok who is more of a theraputic character to a zombified villain, and Bartok the Magnificent is set in a Fairy Tale Universe with a Bartok who was a street performer that goes through a Hero's Journey about Self-Discovery. 3:43: Kelsey Grammar would've made for a good stand-in actor for any Looney Tunes character, alongside multiple actors filling in. If he were to voice any of the mainstay characters, he'd be Wile E. Coyote. With that said, Kelsey Grammar voicing a character who's into theatrics and reciting poetry, as well as having a posh voice and a good selection of costumes, reminds me of the Dog from the Goofy Gophers shorts, with his third appearance being Shakespeare themed: czcams.com/video/q0gIGkSzHjA/video.html 5:55: Don't you mean the entirety of Act 2 is Bartok doing those tasks as part of his Hero's Journey? In fact, all three acts are neatly balanced in narrative: Act 1 has our introduction to Bartok and Zozi, and the kidnapping of Prince Ivan, ending with Bartok being taught from Zozi that self-discovery would help him find his true calling. Act 2 is when Bartok visits Baba Yaga, and goes through a Hero's Journey to see what he can do with the limitations he had to face, while learning the truth that Baba Yaga is just an eccentric grump of a misunderstood woman, who doesn't mind the bad reputation of a baby eater, because she prefers to be left alone. Finally, Act 3 (which you considered as flimsy and weak) has Bartok being wise of his newfound knowledge, and manage to return the Prince back to his rightful place as the true ruler of Russia. Also, while he may not have drank the potion, it did help in using what he learned from the journey to defeat the Dragon Ludmilla; using a Kung Fu Chop to launch a rock boulder into Ludmilla's mouth (like he did with Piloff with the Iron Boulder), juggling rocks to distract Ludmilla, (like he did with Oble), and having Ludmilla die to her fall, because of her lack of wings (which Bartok used as an advantage, after adapting to problem solve the third task by constructing a tower made of pieces of the iron boulder he was tasked to use, along with the crown, to get the feather without flying). So to answer your question: YES, it's better than Anastasia, because Don Bluth had a lot more creative freedom with this story, and the characters are really enjoyable. As for Baba Yaga, I guess this movie (if not, a few reviews on this movie) was the first time I ever heard of Baba Yaga, or the fact they based her character in the narrative on stories where she's a donor, which is actually quite rare in most cases, but I consider Bartok the Magnificent to be a major example for actually bringing this idea to mainstream.
I bought this on AppleTV+ this movie is truly a special Halloween movie! This Made my childhood This movie and the book is so amazing to read and watch during October! This movie is underrated
I agree. It's a fantastic movie and one of my favorites. So much good went into making this film and, unlike so many others, I don't think it really talks down to you! ~ Pokeprof
Definitely a great movie from my childhood. I wish it got more promotion and marketing.
Sometimes, a movie just doesn't do well, no matter how great it is. I'm glad, however, that the video about this one has done good and more people have gotten exposed to it! ~ Pokeprof
Glad I'm not the only one who thinks of Sephiroth every time i see Vicious
I'll be entirely honest, I could never take EITHER character that seriously. ~ Pokeprof
Great video man definitely gonna check out the other anime you spoke about
Thanks! I hope you enjoy all the stuff on here that I talk about it and nerd over! ~ Pokeprof
Cowboy BeBop at His Computer
At my computer? What do you mean? ~ Pokeprof
@@CritiquingMinds its an oooooold meme related to a magazine posting that line with a screencap of Ed and Ein.
Although it is by a different Watanabe, I wouldn't mind you checking out the Excel Saga anime... although, it's got a lot of "blink and you'll miss it" details in the background and tiny in-jokes, so maybe not....
To be fair, that's kinda the same with the series as I'm finding out! ~ Pokeprof
11:24 Oh, c'mon man, don't trash the lore just to prove your point, especially when you actively said you didn't read it
I was in League for several years. I've read several story lines of my favorite champions, like Orianna and Mordekasier, and I'll say that there are some really fantastic stories and lore within League. I will stick to what I said, though. Especially for older champions? They weren't designed with their lore in mind. They were designed to just have funny little battle quips and be interesting for new players to go and buy. Little, if anything, in the game reflects the deeper meaning the stories have tried to give them. The only one I remember even coming REMOTELY close was Gangplank and that's because they flat out took him out of the game to do that. ~ Pokeprof
This movie was my Roman Empire for years pre-internet. Trying to explain it to people and getting confused looks in return for YEARS.
Well, if you're ever needing to explain it again, just link this video to people and they'll be able to learn from me! ;) ~ Pokeprof
love your channel!
I find it amusing that there are so many highly praised movies that the original authors despise. In some cases, it can makes sense, especially when the film goes against the entire point of the original story; but in others, it can be quite confusing because while things are changed, they often still reach the same point and even make things better in the long run, but because it wasn't done EXACTLY how it was in the original story, the original author (and some nitpicky fans) hate it.
Tenchi Universe is actually more top tier than the 3 OVAs, at least in my opinion, and heck Tenchi in Tokyo is a underappreciated masterpiece. Before i forget, you should REALLY look up El-Hazard, you're gonna love it!
I will be doing Tenchi in Tokyo eventually, if only because it's the last really major Tenchi series that I've yet to cover on the channel. I've heard decent things about El-Hazard, but I've never sat down to watch it. I do enjoy Tenchi Universe, but if I had to compare ALL the Tenchi I've watched thus far? War on Geminar is probably the best out of the bunch for me. ~ Pokeprof
Complicated? YES. But not as confusingly dumb as Kingdom Hearts or even the Fate series, or also frustratingly idiotic that is agonizing such as Highschool DxD. (Trust me, you won't enjoy Highschool DxD) And btw, Flanderized Mihoshi can die in a ditch because my god, i don't remember her THIS bad.
The problem I think more comes from where it's confusing. Kingdom Heart's is confusing because almost all of it's actual story that progresses anything forwards is left at the end of the game and 100% completion. You legit have to go through hours and hours of nothing to move the story forward in a lot of cases. How many of those games have secret endings by now? Tenchi's confusion almost entirely from the fact that they focus on telling a story, and then stop everything dead to go 'Oh hey, this is really important knowledge' and then nine times out of then that isn't important for the viewer. Like, who cares if this person is a royal or not and how they work into the Jirayan bloodline? Does it really matter that you stop everything to explain who married who? It's a lot of Telling the audience for important material than showing us. ~ Pokeprof
Good review! Been waiting for this one.
i was always under the impression the show was a sequel to the real world book metropolis (no not the silent movie, the book it is based on). if you look at it from that context the show and especially the ending makes a whole lot more sense. however this does not at all account for the differing themes or "the world is a stage" angle metropolis the book focuses on class struggle with rosewater and his son having a world war fought between each other (his son sympathizing with the lower classes after falling in love with a woman from under the surface cities the themes in the book are around the erosion of humanity and the rise of technology with us becoming more and more like gods with the ending implying that there is a literal god machine built deep in the earth with the ability to rewrite reality- the two rosewaters racing to reach it to end the war presumably in their favor most of the characters in big o exist in the book but with completely different personalities and plots surrounding them for example dorothy being a mechanical replica of the woman rosewater's son fell in love with only now as a seducer of mankind (pretty sure this was a metaphor as technology as a whole seducing mankind- the book is weird lol) when i saw this show when it first aired i assumed it was a continuation of the book and instead of whoever made it to the god machine simply ending the war in a conventional sense they just made everyone lose their memories roger is an inigma to me- im unsure if hes supposed to be a new character or rosewaters son (that would explain dorothy being a love interest) alex rosewater is the hero of the book and son to gordan rosewater his father so the one in the show is either an imposter "tomato" or the real deal with roger assuming the role of hero now- idk lol as you can tell theres still a lot of loose threads and unanswered questions either way- figured id share my two cents- loved the video- nice to see someone showing love to my favorite anime we have come to terms
Honestly, I had thought that there might be some relation to Metropolis, but I've never touched the original book and I've only been exposed to the Anime based off it, which I both haven't seen in some time and I'm fairly certain didn't have a lot in relation to it. It's actually something I've been meaning to take another look at, if only because that might be something fun to deep dive into. Otherwise, that's one of the biggest draws and the most interesting things about Big O: the unanswered questions. We simply don't know the true intent or ideas behind what was the story they were wanting to tell, and it's very much an instance of us coming up with possible ideas as to what it all might mean. You might very well be right that it could be a continuation of Metropolis and all the theories I've given might be for nothing... but it's likely something we'll never know! Also, I do love the fact that you were able to catch the ending bit there for series ;) ~ Pokeprof
When I was a youngling this was my favorite movie, I’m a dreamer and to this day still have dreams with this kind of beautiful setting and at the end of it things take a wild and scary turn. Little Nemo is an amazing movie, my father had comic clips left from my grandfather that passed to me. As an adult now I need to watch it again. I love your content and how you broke everything down. -AztechAsesino from Helldivers 2
Haha, thanks Aztech. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I do my best to break things down like this for pretty much every review. I don't try to cover absolutely everything, but the parts that are special or that really leap out to me are something I try and put a lot of effort into! ~ Pokeprof
@@CritiquingMinds you’re doing an amazing job!
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This is an old video, but I would love to see you cover more Ghibli
Trust me when I say I make sure to look at, read, and even respond to comments on nearly every video. And yes, I WILL cover more Gibli eventually. I just try to do some themed stuff here and there and I'm wanting to make sure that I don't put to many like things together. The question is right now do I talk about my favorite Ghibli film (Princess Mononoke) or do I talk about one of the other films? ~ Pokeprof
@@CritiquingMindsI personally would love Howl's Moving Castle and Arrietty, along with Kiki, but I would also totally understand you wanting to cover your favorite.
Kiki's definitely going to get covered eventually. Howl's too, though that one is going to have a special joke in there because of family. Arrietty I've actually not seen, if only because that's been a bit later in the Miyazaki's work and I hadn't had the time for it. ~ Pokeprof
@@CritiquingMindsoh, in that case I would REALLY love to see you cover Arrietty since you'd have fresh eyes!
On her own channel, stage combatant/author Jill Bearup has said on several occasions that the duel between Westley and Inigo is the best demonstration of the use of fencing (fighting with swords) to move the plot of a story that she has ever seen. in film.
She's not wrong! It's a rare scene in any movie that allows dialog and action to happen at the same time. Few other films ever have the characters talk like that during a scene. Closest I can think of off hand is the Marriage in Pirates. ~ Pokeprof
The story being a book is also in the original book by William Goldman, so it's also a nod to the structure of the source material.
Indeed! I believe the original novel was done in an excerpt style, since Goldman had designed it to be like he was adapting the story for modern audiences with another author being included in the story. It's definitely not something seen often today! ~ Pokeprof
@9:27 - This is a lot like what noted comic artist Adam Warren said around the time he was finishing up on his run for Gen13, "A good story can cover for bad art. Excellent art cannot cover for a bad story." I kinda wished poor Andre's health was better. The poor guy had to live in the garage of his house because none of the doors were big enough to accomodate him. We don't think about that sort of thing nowadays, but that was a serious issue for him and his family. He was only 7'4", but he was 6'3" by the time he was 12 years old. Interestingly, one of his grandfathers was actually 7'8" tall in his prime.
I luckily got the uncut version on DVD.
Maybe because FF8 was my first Final Fantasy, I got use to the Junction feature and drew everything thing. My favorite GF will always be Doom Train, the soundtrack is my favorite (Eyes on Me the best song), Irvine is my favorite character and would always give him the devour ability. I went out of my way to get all the GFs and lovedTriple Triad. I love they played up Squall’s emoness in Kingdom Hearts. I see you Leon.
In spite of its troubled production and flaws, this is honestly one of my favorite movies from my childhood. I feel like I'm the only person in Gen Z who's aware of it. I do think your criticisms of the movie were fair, though.
I never try to disregard anything I watch out of hand, even if it's not for me. If I'm going to be talking about a movie, tv show, or what have you on my show? I'm going to try and give it the respect it deserves. I'll never hate something to hate it and I'll always respect people being able to enjoy what they want to. I just reserve the right to yell about it on occasion, like I did with Tenchi GXP! ~ Pokeprof
Thank you. This was excellent.
This movie and the Mr. Magoo Christmas Carol with Jim Backus are my favorites. I also love that the costumes were period appropriate.
the big o has always been a good anime with gnostic , theological, hints. Roger smith calling angel a fallen angel/666 on the elevator, "A bird whose wings have been plucked will lose all of its feathers, and turn into the creature that it was before it evolved into a bird." venus= morningstar= lucifer= the great architect white and black are a huge contrast, alex evil , and dark roger good. the last episode shows us a platform that angel puts there on purpose when roger drives to stop him from bumping the tyre.
I don't know, I feel like any movie/tv series/video game/book/etc. that focuses around dreams should always have some nonsensical stuff in it, but I agree that this movie felt like they wanted to play with the dream aspect more than the story aspect.
also. world-building is not just Arcane. Yep it`s great. But it`s just peak of the iceberg. riot invested A LOT in word-building in last decade. pretty much every region have bunch of characters hardly connected with each other with "gray morale" story with individual point of view and "TRUTH" behind each of them. author mentioned that casually. from my point of view that casualty devalues hard work behind the scene. even Arcane is a 6 years long project. Six fcking years!
Keep in mind that I said, in the episode itself, that the last time I was seriously into League of Legends was when they did the nuke to their world building the last time. I've no idea what they've done or how well they've done it SINCE then because I haven't really looked much into League outside of playing a card game where it's optional to read the lore with the cards. I wouldn't say I'm devaluing the peoples work here, more that my past experience with the company made me be surprised that something like Arcane is as tightly written as it is. Especially considering Victor and Jayce, two characters who've got a wonderful story here were kinda a cartoon villain and hero when I last played the game they're originally from. ~ Pokeprof
why most reviewers work on their content so hard, but still mention Netflix as something important. Yep, it`s platform that get exclusive on Arcane show-run. But... thats all folks. how does Arcane started? Few talented people that love their work did not fear to came with initiatives to a boss in a company that actually appreciate them and give them a try. and another try. and another in the pursuit of perfection. so everybody have their goals and motivation. and worldwide appreciation achievement finally.
While other formats and types of shows have existed, especially in places not called the USA, the simple fact of the matter is that they were exceedingly rare in comparison and even to this day aren't that common. A show like Arcane, an adult animated series with only eight episodes that run about 40 minutes per episode? That doesn't work in how Networks like Nickelodeon, Disney, CN and others do things. It simply wouldn't survive or even do well because it would get a dead end time slot. HBO got the ball started to be sure when it came on slightly different formats, but it wasn't until Streaming became a thing in part thanks to the growth of Netflix and them doing their own original content that you started to see the shift where you could have smaller, bite sized series of things never allowed elsewhere. And then HBO hit on Game of Thrones and that changed the whole landscape because you now you could claim that streaming services were offering better stuff at a price than the shlock you could find on cable. No company is ever going to do perfectly when it comes to adaptations. For every Sponge-bob you've got, there's going to be a Planet Sheen. And in the case of Bebop, did you really expect them trying to do 'animation, but with people' was going to go anywhere? ~ Pokeprof
Watching a series like this with children is going to be great, if you are prepared to explain everything, giving societal contexts, and children are super smart nowadays
@@CritiquingMinds💯 ten would be my cutoff as well. Depends on the kid, too. The third episode could be pretty traumatic for anyone who is both old enough to grasp what happened and gets emotionally invested easily. I know I would have loved the show at twelve, but at ten it might have been too much.
Seriously, if anyone hasn't seen it, especially because of the animation - there's character stuff they do with their animation that I can't imagine a live actor presenting so powerfully. And tbh, there's scenes that I wouldn't _want_ to see a live actor do. It's hard enough to watch it in animation. There's one scene in particular that took me a year to get past tearing up every time I even thought about it. As in, for a year, just writing that line would have brought tears to my eyes. And it wasn't the infamous episode 3, as intense as that is. The look of pain and self-loathing, and despair, and just being _done_ and ready for the end in that scene... no, I don't want to ever see that on a real human's face.