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enjoyed it - in the giant story arc, small scenes are very well done: Example for me: Gower slips into his alcohol-soaked thoughts three times interrupted by the young George Bailey - "anything I can do for you?" "is this a charge?" "Mr. Gower...?" the boy asks before Gower lashes out "get going!!" - so so real. I wonder how multiple writers contribute to a script? it seems the story was moved from one venue (politics?) to another (banking) from the original and then made into a script that had to be 'punched up' not doubt.

Wonderful analysis for my favorite Christmas movie of all time! It’s my tradition to watch it (original, uncut, B&W) every Christmas Eve. When it’s on TV and they have to edit it down, they often take out conversations that develop the plot. I always loved the scene with young George Bailey and Mr. Gower after he slaps his sore ear. When George explains to him about the poison in the capsules, they embrace and cry and George promises that he’ll never tell anyone about the capsules, ever. And he kept that promise, as far as we can tell. Later on in the alternate reality of a life without George, a drunken Mr. Gower walks into the bar and he is ridiculed and thrown out as a disgrace. One other thing you alluded to was that the visitor chair in Mr. Potter’s office was extremely low so Potter would be able to look down on them. George scooches up to sit on the highest point of the chair and it’s still lower than Potter. The song Auld Lang Syne is the perfect topper to the emotional ending.

I got a story. William Afton and Henry Emily opened a restaurant around the early 70s, named Fredbear's Family Diner, which quickly evolved into a chain of restaurants known as "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza," started in 1983, under the company of Fazbear Entertainment, Inc. At some point, both of them left the company, with an unknown individual taking over as CEO. William was secretly a serial killer, using mascot costumes to lure, abduct, and murder kids. His motives aren't known, though widely speculated to be him trying to achieve immortality through researching the paranormal, haunted metal (known as remnant), which he created through the murders. His first target was Charlotte Emily, the daughter of Henry. She became the Marionette; a ghost who took care of and helped awaken the other lost souls. In 1983, William's younger son also died in an incident, at the fault of his eldest - Michael. The younger son (name unknown, BV for short) 's fate is still unknown, though often speculated to be connected to either Golden Freddy (an enigmatic spirit taking the form of a yellow bear) or helping Charlie with saving other souls. "I will put you back together" was the last thing said to BV by a debatable party, most commonly believed to be either William, Charlie, or Golden Freddy. In 1985, William killed 2 kids, and 3 others were later connected to that incident (The Missing Children Incident, or MCI). He was arrested but released due to a lack of evidence. 4 of these kids were Gabriel, Susie, Little Jeremy, and Fritz, going on to haunt Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, respectively, with Susie implied to have been the first to die. The 5th is commonly believed to be named Cassidy, becoming Golden Freddy, though some think it's someone else. In 1987, William pretended to be a security guard at a new Pizzeria and killed 5 more kids (DCI for short), who went on to be the Toy animatronics. This caused the unimportant Bite of '87. In 1993, Mike worked a shift at the haunted original Freddy's. Later that year, the location was closed, and the company went bankrupt. He later had some sort of nightmares about it and his brother's death, likely paranormal in nature. At some point, William went to that original Freddy's to destroy the 4 haunted robots, but ghosts manifested, and fearing for his life, he put on the costume he used to kill them. It was actually a part costume part robot hybrid, though, and due to the leaking roof, the machine snapped on him, killing him. He went on to haunt it and/or his corpse inside. While Freddy's existed, a Sister Location called "Circus Baby's Pizza World" opened. It was a front for William to kill more kids, with the robots there made to kidnap them. It backfired when his daughter sneaked in to see Baby, and it killed her. She then haunted it. William, distraught, locked her and the other robots from there in an underground warehouse where they were rented out for parties. The other robots also got haunted somehow, likely with melted down remnant from some other kids, most likely MCI. Years later, William sent Mike there to find Elizabeth. Thinking he was William, she tricked him, and the Funtime Robots combined into one amalgam of wires, killed Mike, and used his corpse as a skin suit to escape. He quickly rotted, and they had to escape to the sewers. He repossessed his corpse thanks to remnant, though. Around 30 years after his death (presumably 2023, though that may be debunked now), William was found by Phone Dude, who stole him and put him into his cheap horror attraction based on the Freddy's urban legends, not knowing William was inside the robot. After a few nights, the building burned down, and William escaped. There's also a good ending in that game where Charlie released the other spirits, but its canonicity is "complicated" according to Scott (FNaF creator). Mike also had a security logbook at some point, where two ghosts, BV and presumably Cassidy (given it's not him), talked about something. Finally, after like 50 years, Henry re-emerged and made a fake pizzeria, where he called the Funtime robots, now separated from Elizabeth, herself, and William. He also made a robot that captured Charlie. After a bunch of managers failed to collect all 4 robots, Mike came and succeeded. Henry burned them all and himself, with high temperatures now revealed to work on ghosts, apparently. Fazbear Entertainment, Inc. was supposedly closed for good. But one ghost, very highly implied to be Golden Freddy, though argued as a random never-before-seen 6th MCI kid by some, wasn't ready to let William go, so he kept him from being released and tortured him in super nightmares. There's a book series called Fazbear Frights which has debatable canonicity too that'd take place after this, but if canon it's basically just filler that nullifies the Vengeful Spirit nightmares thing. After all this, Fazbear Entertainment was revived as Fazbear Entertainment, LLC. They kidnapped a guy and gaslighted him into living in a secluded fake house they made for him, where he made FNAF games, in the FNaF universe, as to make it seem like it was all just fake stories. A VR game was later made, that was a remake of these, but some suspicious circuit boards were sent to be scanned into it, creating a paranormal, digital entity known as Glitch trap. It appears as a man in Spring Bonnie (William's suit), acts exactly like William, knows stuff only William knows and even claims to be back, with William's catchphrase of sorts being "I always come back". After a bit of shenanigans, it manages to possess a beta tester and makes her his minion. We call her Vanny. Vanessa, most likely Vanny, then got a desk job at Fazbear Entertainment. Fazbear Funtime Service, a program where animatronics were mass produced and sent for parties, etc. got hijacked by Glitchtrap who made them hostile. He made Vanessa infiltrate the service as a fake FazEnt representative, supposedly fix his infection, but actually just cut off anyone's access to the system other than him, and send a data packet with him to the current Pizzeria - Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. In the current book series, most likely canon, there's this AI called Mimic1, which copies stuff. Many think that's actually what Glitchtrap is, just AI copying William. It's an ongoing debate. An Endoskeleton with it installed was sent to the last simulated Freddy's Henry built to burn, where it got out of control, started killing people and in the ongoing story is hunting down a group of teens. As the Pizzaplex was built on top of the simulated Freddy's, the Mimic got control over it too, but was quickly taken down. There's also this boy Gregory who ended up possessed by Glitchtrap and hacking the Pizzaplex for reasons unknown. Now in Security Breach (possibly 2035), Gregory, out of Glitchtrap's control, had to escape being trapped in the Pizzaplex, as all the robots controlled by Glitchtrap and Vanny wanted to kill him. With the help of Glamrock Freddy, most likely haunted by someone, though it's unknown who, Greg ended up finding a newly built Springtrap in the simulated Freddy's and somehow defeating it. There's also a giant abomination of wires that resambles the Funtime amalgam down there, it took this William away.

Another banger video; great job Megan! One of my favorite examples of irony in this movie is when his parents in trying to improve Ralphie’s language end up (sorta) blinding him instead. “It was… soap poisoning!” *much wailing*

Stand up guy can refer to a comedian who is performing. Holy ghost could refer to him ghosting her.

The tail of her cats is like saying "we're here!"

MALL Santa?! The scene is in an old-fashioned, downtown department store. In this time period there are No Malls! (She says it twice, and it grates.)

I suppose I should try and watch this movie now...never seen it yet. I especially appreciated your perspective on the narrative voice.

Dee… tails, like the one moving around behind your head as you talk about such. I looooove it! 🐈

It was also nice that the script played up and then ultimately paid off the fact that the lamp was indeed fraj•EEL•ee

Not gonna lie, this is one of my favs. What's your favorite Christmas movie?

day 2 of asking for how did it end break down

so good. I NEED your breakdown on "How did it end"

The grumpy neighbour, Truby's "Opponent-Ally" also provides a convenient window into Kevin articulating his thoughts/growth and his ability to make friends even though he's alone. Like SPIRITED AWAY, both protagonists have a little bit of growing up to do.The "cop" being the villain and "killer" being a lonely but kind man is a nice Christmas reminder not to judge others by appearance at a time of year when people can often feel especially lonely. Watching this video, it occurred to me that Kevin's "wish" at the start is made alone to his mother, and this extra guilt on both sides informs the focus on her individual efforts to reunite with Kevin, and why they get a shared moment alone before the rest of the family turn up. I think this connection between mother and son adds a lot of warmth without being cloying and is why the movie works and remains popular. Her guilt prevents the family forgetting Kevin from seeming too gimmicky. Sweet cat!

Oh my. Home Alone. A classic Christmas movie. So many people love it. So...many...people... I'm glad. I'm glad so many people like this movie. As you pointed out, it has a solid story structure--really good for analysis and learning! But...yeah...not a movie I enjoyed either of the two times I watched it lol. Perhaps the family dynamic in the beginning hit a little too close to home for me? Or, maybe it's because Kevin is the kind of kid I wouldn't have liked when I was his age. Who knows. Just...not the best vibes for my tastes, and the "comedy" is a little too ridiculous. I'm pretty sure about half the things Kevin did to those guys would have been lethal in real life. I get...we're not supposed to take it seriously, it's a kids movie that's supposed to appeal to the fantasies of an eight year old little boy with a disfunctional family. I was once an eight year old boy with a disfunctional family, but I definitely do not jive with Kevin. This is a beloved classic, but I'll take The Santa Claus instead haha. 🎄🎍

I’ve seen it about abijillion times by now 😅 Good to see it through the eyes of a 1st timer and good capture of all the beats!

Now that we are in the Christmas spirit, I would like to see your reaction to Klaus if you haven't seen it 🎄🎁

Thank you for watching and reviewing my favorite Christmas movie! :) This was very interesting to watch, and I'm glad it follows a traditional storyline so well. Since it was your first time watching I was just excited that you were seeing something I loved so much! 🎄(the only Christmas emoji I have!)

Maclaine! Love this video. I don't have any Christmas emojis on my laptop.

you need to check aurora's songs, she's such a great lyricist and story teller.

Please do more of these! They are my favorite. :)

Thank you for your insight. If you get the chance, could you do a video analysis of a great movie called “Casablanca”. It is another black and white Masterpiece of a movie and well worth the watching.

3:30 Well, imo shes not asking the question "will I die?' She is kind of not only self reflecting but asking if she will die a natural life (extinction of telomeres) or will she take her life (suic@de?) get it? if you do not get it, then most of the song will not make sense to you. especially because it conects to one of her `Born to die' songs, called 'this is what makes us girls'. Stop trying to be a 'poet' and try hard to understand everything pliiiiss

Megan, OMG! You are amazing how you have dissected these songs that I’ve listened to for years yet never knew what lines or phrases meant… until now. Thank you Thank you Thank you. Regards, Rick

Definitely one of my favorite Christmas movies. Great analysis, as always. Merry Christmas!

Thanks for having us all over for movie night. I hope I didn’t spill too much popcorn into your couch. It was fun watching you brighten up at your favorite parts, and this technique was an effective lecture on the craft of storytelling-including the bonus lesson on first drafts and the breezy repairs doable through editing. Happy holidays and yippee ki yay Megan Filmmaster!

I recently started writing but it's tough interpret my thoughts in meaningful paragraphs, which is why i have started using google gemini/bing ai to help me rephrase my content with a their Ai capabilities. Do you think this is a good practice

Love this video!! I am a big fan of Wicked the musical and I saw the movie and the movie is so good!! And I'm so happy that you're doing a study of Wicked on Elphaba's character and story, and I can't believe that wicked pt 2 is coming out next year in 2025. Which is crazy!!!

" The shelf life of those fantasies has expired" is a crazy line to me its to beautifully written

if you havent yet please list to loml in my opinion its one of her best written songs its beautifully devastating

Sounds like life lol

One pointed out Throughout the song, she changes well-known phrases to something else Better safe than sorry = "Better safe than starry-eyed" Get-rich-quick scheme = "Get-love-quick scheme" loml or Love of my life = "Loss of my life" P.S. It's kinda actually like a Subtle Foreshadowing, hehe, hinting at changing phrases so you expect loml, the title, to also be changed, haha

What about The Prophecy, The Albatross, Cassandra, The Manuscript ?

My problem with this, and I'm curious how Megan feels, is the authenticity of the character's change. If the character knows what they need to learn already, will they really learn it organically? Or does that not matter to the reader? Like, I know that when I don't have the ending, my character's flaws feel more real to me as the writer. Contrastly, when I know the ending, the flaws feel more strategic and unnatural. But I'm in the writer's perspective and am not sure about the reader in this regard. The past few things I've started writing and didn't finish have been stories where I knew (but really just arbitrarily decided, not knew, since I didn't know anything about the nuisances of the story or the characters yet) the ending ahead of time. As for the one I at least finished recently, the ending occurred to me, as usual, about halfway through the story. But when I got to the end and arched the character, I remember feeling like I wished I had known the arc from the beginning, so I could set it up better. To truly finish the story I would have to extensively rewrite now, which isn't worth it to me on that particular story. So I'm at somewhat of an impasse about what to do on my next story. I may try outlining. But for the same reasons as above, I worry about it making things feel unnatural. Again though, I'm not sure the modern reader cares about that.

I'm looking for a writing coach

As a long time wicked fan, seeing the movie in theaters has been a deeply spiritual experience for me. Defying gravity will always make me cry like a baby ❤

I think playing hide and seek and Giving me your weekends Since betty singing that she knows that James is cheating Your heartbeat on the highline Once in 20 lifetimes Seems like the feeling of James that he never want to get caught... Betty: I knew you'd miss me once the thrill expired... and i know youll come back to me... James: I dont know anything but I know I miss you Sums it all

Some night trains are set up so that every other train car is a sleeper car. So the subject is choosing between the bustling crowd of party goers on the night train or the dark bleak quietness of the sleeper car

my mom doesn't speak english and she's not really into Talor's style, but this song reminds me SO much of her and my dad...

"The holidays linger like bad perfume" - I'd say she is alluding to that particular Christmas smell (you know, the combination of smoky, woodsy, mulled-wine-ish and potpourri) that can be both comforting and cloying depending on our mood (in her case it is the latter hence it "lingers like bad perfume" - the smell annoys you but you can't get rid of it), which is a metaphor for the situation she is in (she wants to reconnect with the old flame while simultaneously knowing it will end in sadness when she leaves and that is frustrating her - she feels torn but can't get rid of that feeling). Deconstructing poems and songs is fun :)

Please review more songs by Olivia 💗

"casually cruel in the name of being honest" UNFORTUNATELY reminds me so much of my ex

Hi Megan. I see this video is a couple years old so hopefully, this channel is still active and you'll read this message. I've been on the hunt for anything related to writing and how to get a short story published, and there's no short, straightforward answer to this question. Many companies and people offer their services at a cost, which I'm okay with, but I'm not yet at that stage. I believe my child is very gifted in writing. She's been writing short stories for as long as we can remember, and I always said I would someday try to get her work in front of the right people, this is where I'm stuck. I started searching and have gotten lost, so much info out there. I think what's important for me at this point is for someone to read some of her work and see if there's something there. I believe there is, but having an outsider's opinion, I think would be of more value as I may be biased. If you can point me in the right direction that would be great.

Favorite song and/or lyric from these three?? HOW DO YOU PICK IDK 🙈

It pains me to chop these beautiful songs up MEHHHH 😮‍💨. So the full, uncut version is on Patreon: www.patreon.com/meganmaclaine

This was amazing and I can sadly relate to this all too well at a personal level. I wanted to point out, could "A Field of Dreams" be a reference to the movie? I mean ghost baseball players when she's referenced ghosts right before, there has to be something there. Love your videos!

this is one of my absolute favorite song from Taylor!!!!

She has mentioned not being able to have kids a lot and I kind of connected the lines abt that and the medications. Like her mind wasn't fit to carry a child and it wasn't her idea, just the cocktail of things that twist neurons inside (psych meds) prevented her, but she needed them to live. This song is so layered I have spent so long trying to understand all the lyrics lol. I love your reactionsssss You said that my mind Is not fit or so they said To carry a child I guess I'll be fine It wasn't my idea the cocktail of things that twist neurons inside But without them, I'd die

Pls react to the prophecy 🙏🏼