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The Perfect Musical Symmetry of Avatar the Last Airbender

Well, like I said in the video, it's pretty clear that I missed out on this show growing up.

I remember seeing bits and pieces of episodes here and there, but for whatever reason, I never sat down and committed to the story.

So with that in mind I'd like to really thank you all for pointing me in the direction of this fantastic show.

It took me a REALLY long time to get through this show just because each episode had so much information in it, and I didn't want to miss anyt...

The Perfect Musical Symmetry of Avatar the Last Airbender

This is the early access post for " The Perfect Musical Symmetry of Avatar the Last Airbender."  You should not be charged for this post, if you are, please do not hesitate to contact me.

IT'S FINALLY HERE!

FINALLY I can deliver on that Avatar the Last Airbender video I've been teasing for the last few months.

I had an absolute riot of a time putting this one together.  I really mean it when I say that I totally missed out on this show when I was younge...

July Request Post

This is the July Request Post

If you've ever wanted to see me talk about a certain property or topic in one of my videos, then now's your chance to let me know! 

Just wanted to keep you all in the loop; I have been crawling through AtLA, especially now that it's up on Netflix, and I plan on watching Hamilton when it comes out this Friday.

Other than that, lemme know what you all wanna hear me talk about!

Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought

Man oh man did that take a long time
I've spent the last 48 hours just trimming and resizing clips and watching render bars fill up just trying to get it through the copyright bot.

I feel like I say this every month, but I really do appreciate all of you guys being there to have my back just in case I never get to hold onto the copyright for this video.

Reading the comments, I'm very happy that people aren't just seeing this video and a "slash and burn" takedown of Les Mis. 2020-07-01 00:18:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought

This is the early access post for "Why the Music in Les Misérables (2012) is Worse than you Thought."  You should not be charged for this post, if you are, please do not hesitate to contact me.

So here it is, my longest video ever made (so far!) But I'm going to be as up front as I can with you, I think this video has seven (7) ongoing copyright flags.  So while I'm going to spend the next 48 hours working through them, there's a chance that this video gets blocked in your co...

June Request Post

This is the June Request Post

If you've ever wanted to see me talk about a certain property or topic in one of my videos, then now's your chance to let me know!

Decoding the Music of The Matrix

DAMMIT
Well, I called it in the early access post that I was bound to make a mistake because there was just so much theory in this video
And sure enough, moments after posting it, someone mentioned that I got the whole/halfstep pattern wrong in the diagram.

Such a simple mistake!

Ugh, it's like misspelling your own name on an English exam, crap.

But that's the way it goes sometimes I guess.

But aside from that incredibly frustrating error that will haunt me unt...

Decoding the Music of The Matrix

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Well, here it is, the most complicated video I've ever made.

Or at least I think it's the most complicated video I've made.  It's certainly the most complicated film score I've ever found, and I don't think I've ever had to jump between so many different types of theory before.

Also, is this the...

May Request Post

This is the May Request Post

If you've ever wanted to see me talk about a certain topic or idea, here's your chance to let me know!

Why the Music in The Rise of Skywalker Felt Empty

Well
Here it is
The end of the Skywalker Saga

There's nothing else I'm going to be able to say about this film that hasn't already been said, but I'm glad I was able to throw the music into the discussion that I keep seeing online

Having said that, I still can't believe that they just copy and pasted Yoda's theme

That still doesn't make any sense
Who thought that was a good idea?  Seriously!?

Ok, that, and I feel like the music is just such a great demon...

Why the Music in The Rise of Skywalker Feels Empty

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So I'm going to be honest with you, I initially wasn't going to do a video on the new Star Wars.

After hearing all of the incredibly negative reviews from all over the internet, I figured that it just wasn't worth having more negativity in a time where everything was already going so roug...

440k subs AMA!

In celebration of hitting 440,000 subscribers on my YouTube channel I've decided to do another AMA like I did when I hit 100k

I've already made a post on my twitter, but just in case you aren't on twitter or haven't seen it, I figured I'd leave a post here as well, just so I can field as many questions as possible


AMA!

April Request Post

This is the request post for April 2020

If you've ever wanted to see me talk about a specific topic in on of my videos, now's your chance to have your voice heard.

And remember, just because I don't get to your topic immediately doesn't mean it isn't in the backlog!

Do your worst!  Or best.  Whatever.  You do you.  Don't let me tell you what to do.

But do lemme know what you wanna hear!

Why Avatar has the Most Ironic Soundtrack of All Time

I think I'm most proud of the fact that I somehow made it through this entire video without making a single Eiffel 65 joke.

But for real, this was a super strange video to make in terms of the research.
There's a LOT of information out there and most of it conflicts with itself, which is why I was so adamant about showing my sources firsthand when it came to some of the more intense parts of the story.

Just to give you an idea of what I'm talking about; if you check out that vi...

Why Avatar has the Most Ironic Soundtrack of All Time

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Ok, so first thing I know people are going to say is "HEY, WRONG AVATAR"

And yes, I get it, I'm *still* trying to figure out a video for AtLA, but this one just seemed like such a great opportunity since I've been getting people asking me about James Horner for a while now, and I just stumbled acr...

March Request Post

You know what to do!

If you've ever wanted to hear me talk about or address something that's been burning in the back of your mind, now's the time to have your voice heard!

Respond to this post with your questions, request, comments, concerns, and whatever else is on your mind.


And as some of you have noticed, I keep track of your requests, so even if you don't see it in this month's video, there's a good chance I'll get to it down the line.

Why the Music in the Live Action Disney Remakes is Worse than you Thought

Officially broke my record for longest video!

This was strangely cathartic to make.  Although I'd never seen these remakes before making this video, I had already seen a bunch of other peoples' videos discussing various aspects of these films.
And it really got to me how much I hadn't seen anyone else talking about all the musical problems with these films.

Some of the choices they made for these films have been shocking to say the least.

If anything, this video ju...

Why the Music in the Live Action Disney Remakes is Worse than you Thought

This is the early access post for "Why the Music in the Live Action Disney Remakes is Worse than you Thought."  You should not be charged for this post, if you are, please do not hesitate to contact me.

So here it is, my longest video yet!
I've had this video burning in the back of my head for a LONG time now, even though I hadn't seen the films up until now, a lot of the discourse surrounding it had really inspired me.

I hope you all enjoy it as much as I love...

February Request Post

You know what to do!

If you've ever wanted to see me tackle a topic or hear my thoughts on something in one of my videos, now's your chance to have your voice be heard

I've been loving the stuff you all have been sending my way, keep it up!

The Musical Madness of the Joker

As some of you may already be aware, I'm finding myself in a terrible position this month.

For whatever reason, I simply cannot get a version of this video through the copyright bot without it flagging some clip at some point in the video .
Every time I upload a slightly altered version of the video the bot flags a different piece of the video.

Normally I would have just pushed through by now and made this video public, but as any of you non-Americans out there will know, YouT...

The Musical Madness of the Joker

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Sorry if I've been dark on twitter and other areas of the internet
I'm prone to getting really extreme (and PAINFUL) cases of swimmer's ear that effectively debilitate me.
I'm almost back to 100% (still can't hear too well) but that's why the video was so late this month.

I'm really excited for this...

January Request Post

Let's start the New Year off with a bang!

What do you want to see me talk about in my first video of 2020?

The Musical Secrets of the Marauder's Map

As I said in the early-access post, there is nothing more discouraging than having the writer to the property you're analyzing come out on twitter and say horrible things

Right before the holidays

Needless to say (but I'm saying it anyway) I don't agree with anything JKR has said in the last..uh...10 years?
It's kinda fascinating to see how someone as closed-minded as her could make something like the Harry Potter universe
Which is ironic to hear coming from a guy that tal...

The Musical Secrets of the Marauder's Map

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There is nothing more upsetting than almost being done with a Harry Potter themed video, only to have JK Rowling herself tweet out some new stupid/bigoted thing that reminds people about how terrible she is, all right before the holidays.

If there are any new developments I'll add a disclaimer or something ...

The Patreon Stream is now live!

And here is the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mzzAy-S9yY

Patreon Stream Announcement!

That's right!
This Saturday (the 7th) I'm going to have my first ever (and hopefully not last!)

PATREON LIVESTREAM

I've been meaning to give this a shot for a while now, and considering how the channel just passed 300k subscribers, I figured that it could be my 300k celebration livestream as well.

If this stream goes well, I'll move some of the Patreon goals around and make access to future livestreams, as well as access to the VODs, a 1$ pledge reward

Have all of...

December Request Post

You know what to do!

If you've ever wanted to see me talk about a specific topic or have a specific example in one of my videos, or you outright have wanted me to make a video on a certain topic or film or video game or tv show or whatever you want, then now's your chance to have your voice heard!

Respond to this post with what you wanna see in my video for December


Let's get festive!

Why the Soundtrack to Shrek is Actually Genius

Well
We all knew this day was going to come

It was only a matter of time before our big, layered onion got a video of his own

I'm honestly kind of amazed at how long it took me to get around to talking about Shrek, there's honestly a lot of stuff to talk about in this film (and the rest of the series) that I wasn't able to cover here.

I have to say, without question, this was the most fun video to research BY FAR.
There are a LOT of very passionate fans out there di...

Why the Soundtrack to Shrek is Actually Genius

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So here it is
Here's the dumbest video I've ever made.

Not really, I'm actually really proud of this video, but I'm sure that at a glance a lot of people are just going to think that I'm trying to capitalize on some kinda meme culture credit or something like that.

Whatever, I'm still happy...

November Request Post

You know what to do!

If you've ever wanted to see me make a video on a certain subject, or even just hear me mention a specific idea in one of my videos, here's your chance to have your voice heard!

Leave a request/comment below and I'll see what I can do

And just so we're all on the same page, here are some ideas I've seen a lot of people ask about and I'm either looking into them, or trying to figure out how to put them into a video:

Avatar the Last...