The thing with Logan is, he actually WAS a shell of his former self but it was written as just another obstacle for him to triumph over, making us root for him even more.
If Disney absolutely HAD to replace Indy, it would have been better to use Short round. He's a beloved character who actually has an established relationship with Indy and Key Hu Quan is a good actor.
I have not seen Indy 5, nor do I have an interest in seeing any other Indiana films at this point. The Last Crusade was the final movie in the trilogy, as far as I'm concerned. But if they go full Creed and kick off a Short Round / Wan Li series with Quan... AND PRACTICAL EFFECTS WITH MINIMAL TO NO CGI... I'd be so onboard.
Yeah, not sure I'm a big fan of seeing the narrator that way. I guess that it might help building a "community" by forming a para-social bond, but it makes it seem a lot less objective to me. It's also distracting, I can't help but ask myself why his voice sounds 10 years younger than he looks.
In Legends, Luke failed a lot but he was still a good character. If he ran into an obstacle, he'd try to pass it in a way that helped everyone else. If he messed up, he accepted responsibility and tried to ensure nobody else suffered from his mistake. There actually was a time he left the New Jedi Order in Legends, that actually followed his nephew turning to the dark side. It was for a few reasons- the New New Republic wanted to weaken the Jedi (and Luke didn't want to give them a reason for Order 66-B), he wanted to know more about the force from more perspectives, and he wanted the Jedi to learn how to do stuff without him. He continued fighting the good fight and didn't bow for the new generations, he raised them up. Also said people he raised up weren't assholes (except for Kyp) and had their own journeys and failures.
Legends is just superior. It's just criminal that just because Disney didn't want to pay anyone they threw everything out. George fucked up to whom he sold the company.
@@rhinobeetle582 The NEW new republic, AKA the Galactic Alliance, was being run by Nataasi Daala. Yes, the product of the Rebellion members rebelling from the New Republic ended up electing Tarkin's girlfriend as chief-of-state. She hates Jedi and after Darth Caedus/Jacen Solo went on a control rampage and had previous chief-of-state Cal Omas assassinated, the people kinda agreed. It all went to heck and led to the Jedi breaking away and joining the Empire of all people. Worth the read, I swear it makes sense in context :)
The other thing I loved about Logan's sendoff is they didn't shy away from having his final heroic act be entirely characteristic of *him*. They didn't have him learn a Very Special Lesson and then make a heroic sacrifice to save the villain, or something predictably saccharine like that. He died as he lived--killing people who really needed to be killed. He was allowed to go out as "the best there is at what he does" even though "what he does isn't very nice".
Another Good Example, perhaps THE Good Example of How To Retire a Hero, would be The Dark-Knight Returns! Other worthy examples include: 1. The Final-Battle of AllMight in MyHeroAcademia. 2. The Death of WhiteBeard in OnePiece 3. The Death of Barry Allen in Crisis on Infinite Earths 4. Jonathan Hickman’s SecretWars In other words, if you’re gonna retire them or kill them off, make sure they go out in THE MOST EPIC AND LEGENDARY WAY POSSIBLE!
A more reasonable idea is Luke was at a new hidden Jedi Training that he set up after Ben left. He's hidden himself and them away to protect them as they train, but left a map as a way for his sister to find him if he's needed. Rey find his and a small group of Jedi Trainees who she joins for a while before they all set off to help Leia that final battle on Krait then turns into Luke and the new Jedi assisting the resistance as Rey clears the back exit a few boulders at a time. Ending with her exhausted and unable to continue. Luke Stops fighting Kylo and does the same thing ObiWan did in EP4 while speaking to Rey and giving her the energy to finish. She has the final "hero" scene with all the boulders from the movie and Kylo "kills" Luke who vanishes as ObiWan did. The surviving Jedi trainees evacuate with Rey and the resistance, the next movie jumps ahead several years showing her now, with the mentorship of Ghost Luke, a well formed Jedi and a leader in the new order. Nah, Rian's idea was better.
Okay, so...Luke had a vision of what Ben/Kylo would do and decided to kill a child. Despite the fact that Kylo went back to the light side in the third movie, and also...This act is the catalyst for Ben to become Kylo...It triggers his Dark side heel turn. So, my question is...Was the force just fucking with Luke? Showing him like...the middle of Kylo's future, without any context at all? The vision is what spurs the infanticide, and the infanticide is what causes the things in the vision...so if the force had just kept it's fucking mouth shut, none of this would have fucking happened...like...wtf? And that doesn't even consider shit like...All the evil Vader did, and Luke still tried to save him. Why would he be like "oh, this kids gonna do an evil. No point trying to save him, better just kill him immediately no questions. I'm sure Leia will understand."
Dude, you're putting too much thought into to it. The writers of the sequel trilogy had no plan and didn't put any thinking of how the Force actually works. There is no internal logic to the sequel trilogy and therefor they don't deserve such deep questions.
Vader: Killed children, genocided many planets. Luke: “I can fix him.” Kylo: Taking a nap with a slightly clouded vision of being evil. Luke: “So you have chosen death.”
Not that I believe myself that Disney put any thought into this, but that is more or less how the Force works. Think Anakin seeing visions of Padme dying in childbirth, only for his reaction to those visions in trying to gain the power needed to save her being the thing that put him down the path of darkness, being the thing that broke Padme's heart and made her die. His reaction to his vision was the thing that fulfilled his vision. The Force is a test of character, it's ironic like that, in a storytelling sense. As horribly executed as it was, as inconsistent with Luke's character as it was (made much more sense for Anakin at the given moment), I do think this is something along the lines of that was what Rian Johnson was going for.
@@BlazinInfernape I tend to agree somewhat with this interpretation. I always figured that visions made Luke feel in danger and that is the "...single moment of instinct..." That he mentions in the film, that he was trying to protect himself, but this is not how it came off
Heroic male characters have absolutely been getting shafted lately, especially by Disney. Luke, Jones, Thor, and in a more nuanced way, Ezra from Star Wars. Off topic but would really enjoy a video about Ahsoka's shortcomings, specifically the writing of it's plot and characters.
Filoni shafting his own character hurts more than these hitjobs. It's just obvious Kennedy just doesn't allow anything good to happen under her. That's why the same Mangold who made Logan makes a travesty like IJ5.
I think you hit the nail on its head with the point about the writers not sharing the same belief in human goodness anymore. Too much of modern thinking is infested with this insidious undercurrent of contempt for humanity, with this notion that humans are evil, or a cancer on the planet, or however else they like to phrase it. The idea that humans do nothing but ruin whatever they touch. To someone who thinks that way, the classic heroic psychology and archetypes are anathema. Because they are hopeful, positive views of what humans are capable of, and this flies in the face of practically all Post-Modernist thought. To a mind entrapped by some strain of that poisonous ideology, heroes need to be beaten down and forced to conform to a smaller, meeker, more submissive mold. Because that's the same mold that people like that want society at large to be forced into. They strip heroes of choice and agency, because they believe society needs to be stripped of choice and agency so they can live in their imaginary anti-human utopia. They are nothing but closeted authoritarians, pathetic would-be tyrants, convinced of their own moral superiority and working to undermine society the only way they actually can: through denigrating and tearing down our stories and culture.
Exactly. People inspired to be heroic will fight back against their "utopia". They NEED us to be weak minded and selfish. And they definitely need us to think humans aren't worth fighting for. I could go on, but I just wanted to agree with you. :)
This is it. This is it exactly. There is just so much cynicism and contempt. Everything is focused on beating down and ripping apart the good of the things that give us hope. I've seen way to many comments trying to justify or explain away the actions of villains because "oh no society was so mean to them humans are evil they are absolutely right..." Life is often painful to heroes too. What separates heroes from villains is how they react to the pain of life. People like Rosa Parks or Luke Skywalker fight to right the wrongs. People like Stalin and Voldemort just perpetuate wrongs to feel better about themselves. Heroes rise over pain, villains crumble. A consequence of this poisonous ideology, as you described it, is that these cynical writers try to convince us that we will always try to do the worst(which isn't true), and that pain will always turn you into a villain. It strangles the hope that allows us to overcome the pain.
On one hand I agree with you. On the other hand I agree with the idea that human goodness is a farce. Insomuch that we both agree that human goodness is an idea to be obtained, not a present reality. People fo good things, but, honestly, not usually from a good place.
@@xavierthomas5835 Does the source of good acts matter if the result is good? Does it matter if a billionaire saves a hundred lives through charitable donations purely because he wanted the tax write-off? A hundred lives are still saved. Not to mention, someone had to do the genuinely good thing of setting up the system in such a way as to incentivize good acts like that in the first place. People are so much better than we give ourselves credit for. Look at the world around you. Ignore the media's desperate attempts at capturing ratings with wall-to-wall horror, ignore the clout-chasers on the internet trying to hype up how horrible everything is, and just take a good long look at the actual state of the world, then compare it to the state it was in 20 years ago, then 50 years ago, then 100, 200, etc. We are living in the greatest golden age human civilization has ever seen, and it is only getting better in the aggregate. The human world is safer, more prosperous, more peaceful, and more virtuous than it has ever been. The numbers make that abundantly clear. Just as one example, 200 years ago the average man born anywhere on Earth had a 33% likelihood of dying by violence. When you consider how many newborns died of disease long before reaching adulthood, the actual figure was closer to 50% of males who made it to adulthood would die violently. Now, the number is less than 3% for the entire world. That includes all the warzones, all the failed states, murderous dictatorships, and gangland atrocities, all of it. And these improvements didn't just happen, people had to MAKE them happen. People had to go out of their way to put more effort into making the world better than they put into making it worse. And they had to do that consistently, generation after generation, decade after decade, century after century. Our world is only as good as it is BECAUSE we are more good than evil as a species. And that doesn't even touch on other aspects of human goodness, like our treatment of the environment. Yeah, let that one sink in for a second. Humanity is better for the environment on an individual basis than any other species on the planet. It sounds crazy on the face of it, but let me explain: Every living thing on earth, including the plants, is in a brutal, no-holds-barred, to-the-death fight with every other living thing for survival. No matter what species of plant or animal it is, if you give them the opportunity, they will kill EVERYTHING that's not them, chasing even the slightest survival advantage. Even plants will choke out and starve their neighbors to death just to take in a little bit more sunlight, water and nutrients. Nature is murderous in the extreme, and nothing alive has any consideration for anything else that lives when survival is on the line. Except for humans. We are the only species on the planet than holds itself back, that looks at the other parts of nature and says "no, they deserve to live too". We have the capability to ravage the entire planet for personal gain, and we choose not to. That is utterly unique among all known forms of life on Earth. So yes, while we do the most damage of any given species to the Earth's environment, that is because we have the most capability to do so. When you look at it proportionately and compare it to what every other species on our planet would do in our place, it becomes clear that we are proportionally the LEAST destructive and rapacious creatures on our world.
@rmartinson19 Having read the first three paragraphs as a spring board, I'd answer your first question with a yes. It's fine to do good, but good deeds without good intentions are a pretext for personal gain. Personal gain is always fine as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, but, the moment that person's true intentions and thoughts are revealed, everyone suddenly already knew what kind of person he was. Someone in another comment said that the societal expectation on those who have wealth or talent is often an easy pretext for them to better their own station. Such people end up being the director of Nickelodeon. Such people end up in affluent positions only to inevitably reveal a rotten interior. And then they get away with it because everyone was only concerned with the thin veneer of legitimacy they had.
It's a bit more complicated than that. While I can see the parallels, it is worth pointing out that Logan and The Last Jedi came out the same year with the latter already in post-production when Logan came out. If anything I see it more as Hollywood being in denial on the faults of The Last Jedi as a story due to their ever-growing narcissism and push that films sensibilities onto everything as they dismiss any forms of criticism as toxic.....even though taking in criticism has always been the benchmark for franchise films like look what happened to Batman after the backlash of Batman and Robin......it resulted in the fan favourite Dark Knight trilogy.
Love your videos, you've quickly become one of my favorite new youtubers. Thanks for providing solid insights into some of my favorite franchises. (Your Sam gamgee video made me cry at work, so thanks for that 😅)
This is what really pisses me off about Obi Wan is that he had a purpose, protecting Luke. That’s his hope, that he can bring back the Jedi Order and bring balance to the Force. But he wasn’t the one who had to bring forth balance, Anakin is, and it’s Luke who had to bring him back and show that someone does still love him. Obi-Wan wasn’t being moody, he was simply protecting Luke to train him when the time was right and he had to learn more about the Force form Qui Gon, which pisses me off greatly that we never see Qui Gon train him
You see the problem that modern writers face is that they make their characters so perfect to start with that they can't think of any way to make them rise higher to a hero. So they think by taking an established heroic character and making them seem diminished in comparison to the new character it will make the new character appear more heroic as a result.
16:08 Someone pointed out (The seer Yukio from 'The Wolverine'): *"I saw you (wolverine) die... with your heart in your hand"* (He dies in 'Logan' holding his daughters hand)
That lack of hope thing is real. The current ideology seems to hold that persons in-and-of-themselves are not redeemable or have anything resembling a 'character arc'--only purely and sinless constructed new identities can transcend the current condition. Theres a way in which thats true: a hero ought not identify with the cowardly and despairing self, but instead find their identity and self in a completed and unrealized future. (I think we just call that 'faith') But yeah by contrast, the modern writing scene seems to be pretty convinced that a thing that is broken is wholly broken, and its redemption is it utter replacement or destruction. I think that's particularly dangerous if you start taking it seriously.
Banger video as always. And Dalinar being your dog's name is awesome! I think another one that does this well is TMNT: The Last Ronin. While I really don't like the epilogue and think it diminishes a perfect ending, the Last Ronin (I won't spoil who) has agency throughout the whole story and fights his own battles. The first issue is him entirely alone trying to complete his goal. They really did it right
Honestly the thing i still don't understand about these Mega corps doing these replacements is... Why CHOOSE the replacement AT ALL? Make an ensemble of nothing actors characters replacing your retiring hero with returning contracts and involve the fans, like the Bat family works for Batman's IP; If one dies? You have another to fill in. If people can't stand one? Kill them offscreen or turncoat them into a villain, heck you could even alternate contracts and pump more films out that way if you really wanted to maximise potential while minimizing your budget for your biggest returning actor. The way they keep trying to FORCE these characters is inherently anti-pavlovian psychology and ultimately brand-killing or no real benefit to their corporate goals or IP. It's like a restaurant getting a goose that lays golden eggs and immediately deciding "lets just crack it normally, toss the shell then scramble it" then moving on to making it sunny side up, then killing the goose for dinner when neither plan panned out instead of trying to monetize the eggshell. Greed as a motivation is fine, but MAXIMIZE profit potential instead of trying to gamble on red or black, because the "house always wins" is a philosophy based on opportunity to win and the multitude of guaranteed gains vs potential losses, not just a 50/50 loss/win rate.
What made Logan soecial was that it was a film about a man running out of time but he didn't believe he was done yet. He still had a goal and a fighting spirit.
I know it was briefly mentioned but Cap and Iron Man's send offs at the end of Endgame were just plain perfect. Yes the MCU has been a dumpsterfire ever since but both the final scene with each character and their moments of passing the torch were just wonderful. It's such a shame that the fumbled phase 4.
Loved the video! Totally agree with the direction Hollywood has taken old characters and made them sad to watch. One critic on the video compared to others you've done, I was really distracted when you over-layed yourself to the show footage. I've watched most of your videos this just felt out of the ordinary. I'm no jury though, just a fan with a thought. Looking forward to the next video!
@@master_samwise I mean you look great by the way ;) you have incredible passion and I feel like you're doing something important. Thank you for sharing ideas and values that aren't being talked about very much
Yah, I teared up quite a bit the first time I watched logan. I rewatched with an ex... back in the day... she was shocked... for she had no idea that he was gonna die. So weird that Mangold directed both. I knew it was gonna be bad, but with him directing... a glimpse of hope I had. Not every wish comes true right?
It shows that Kathleen Kennedy won't allow any director to do anything good. Even Filoni forgot how to make Star Wars after he talked with her during the Ahsoka show 😂
Nice video! When I was watching Logan I half-expected to see a shot where the ground on Wolverines grave started to shift, like if he was getting up. But I was relieved not to see it and thought: Good, they finally let him rest. One movie with a good send-off for a hero was for Rorschach in Watchmen. Though I am not sure if Rorschach counts as a hero. But his end was heartfelt because it was so in line with the character and felt so unjust.
I’m guessing based on your dog’s name you’re a fan of the Stormlight Archive. It’s awesome to see one of my favourite RUclipsrs is a fan of one of my favourite series.
Awesome, awesome video!!! They did my boy Luke dirty!! So well explained. Now I know from a storytelling perspective why I was so disappointed at a gut level with what they did to Luke. Haven't seen Logan but always heard great things about it!! Thanks for the great video!😊
Great video! Though I will say, your format was a lot cleaner before. Maybe it's the audio, maybe it's because you don't look very comfortable talking to a camera, could be a few things. Keep up the good work though man!
So I definitely had some audio issues with this one. The microphone gain was up too high. I don't think I love the constant talking head with the green screen. It has its place but I overused it here. I'm going to continue to try out changes to the format and see what works for me. Some videos might be purely video essays, others might have me talking on camera but in a more natural way. Either way, I appreciate all the feedback.
@@master_samwisewell keep up the good work, I found you from your Aragorn masculinity video and instantly subscribed. Maybe you could practice talking to the camera through streaming or making some smaller unlisted videos to practice :) I had a friend who got into videos and he found that looking into a monitor rather than a lens helped him a lot.
And the reason Théoden had been a mere shell of his former self was because he had not realized that his top advisor had made a deal with a literal devil and gained the power to confuse minds.
Huge fan here! I found you after your Iroh video and have been watching and rewatching frequently since, I hope you continue to grow and gain viewers as you seem more enlightened then some other content creators who tackle these Hollywood movie disasters. Please keep talking about more of the stories we should know and the characters who see some virtues in even if what they are grey in moral terms. I'm hoping for one on Walter White myself.
It's a book rather than a movie, but Nighteyes in the Farseer books was retired well. He stayed true to his main character traits of loyalty to family and a practical outlook, and the fact that it was his image that ultimately memorialized the other two heroes was an emotional moment that was truly earned by how he quietly supported and glued that trio together.
Love your videos Samwise. Keep up the good work. Your content always provides meaningful insight into topics that you are passionate about, so much so that it makes me passionate about it too!
Laura was a great character, yet it would suffice with any. Even a bland one... a one in dire need. Logan as a true hero would have give his life for a stranger. Yet of course you've made your point clear. I agree, fully.
Man, when you brought up how Lara is damaged/broken just made me think of Logans last words to Lara and once again the movie is causing a Holy battle with the man tears. Stay strong 💪🥹
True, but who wrote it, and who produced it? Disney is notorious for interference. Sure, he's to blame to a point, but I don't think he's solely to blame.
@@bertimusprime7900"Sad old man gets replaced by perfect brunette with a British accent" - now did I just describe the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Indy5, or what Kathleen Kennedy thinks of herself and George Lucas?
I enjoyed this new format and thought actually seeing you talk was quite engaging. However, I do agree with some other commenters on certain things. The particular moments where you’re centered on the screen with footage behind you feels sort of discordant with the whole edit. But I’m really no expert, just an opinion. I only critique because I enjoy your videos so much. Thanks for another great video.
Actually... The Disney+ thing is exactly why I'm wwathcing youtube at the moment. I scrolled through the catalogue and it felt like I had only the choice between movies I saw 20 times, bad life action remakes and Movies where I have to fear, or know, that they will destroy childhood heroes.
Recently found your channel, and have been a big fan of the videos I've seen so far, you're putting out really good content. I appreciate you trying new things with the webcam (at least it's something I haven't seen you do before) and want to give a bit of feedback regarding it. This is almost certainly a personal thing, but I did find you looking at the camera, and then looking away to be fairly distracting, especially when you finish the sentence, look away, and then jump cut to the next clip of you talking. I enjoy seeing your face and camera and think it's a good addition, but am also looking forward to seeing you improve your "on camera" skills.
Batman from Batman Beyond. He had to retire because he got old and nearly killed a guy. The entire series he is training a successor and remains the same surly, secretive, stoic, but kind hero. Wait, that's what you look like?
This is why a character like Peter Parker is so beloved. He's not rich, gets kicked around by life, juggles all the problems everyday people do, yet still does the right things with his powers. It's why Spider-Man 2 is so good because we know those struggles. It's relatable.
Nobody complained about the direction Luke's character took after the force awakens despite the fact that it was in THAT movie where it was established that Luke had failed to establish a new Jedi order, blamed himself, and decided to go into hiding. You didn't hear talk about how much that betrayed his character. Then we actually see him in the Last Jedi, and the story simply logically follows what had been set up in the previous movie. Luke believing that the Jedi were more trouble than they were worth, and therefore choosing to excuse himself from the conflict. Supposedly people suddenly had an issue with Luke in the last jedi because it was during that movie that they supposedly suddenly understood the point that the character was making as though that hadn't already been explicily spelled out in the previous movie. You know I can't help but notice another detail. The movie did not include a pandery fan service moment involving Luke, such as the one we got in the Mandalorian, where Luke is rampaging through enemies, displaying his power and being a total badass. Are we sure that the fact that we didn't get a shallow excuse to hero worship luke isn't REALLY what this is all about, and now we're just reaching for excuses to justify why we don't like what the last jedi did with him, cause we realize how embarrassing it is to stateour real problem out loud?
I think it's unfair to compare Luke in the OG trilogy to a 30 year older Luke who's lost everything. You say that heroes are more than people, but they are. Heroes fail, and they can fall from grace. While the execution of Luke's character in Last Jedi was less than stellar, there was potential in it, and I don't think the idea in itself was a bad one.
Just as a note, I’m not sure it was the adamantium killing Logan. I think it may have been the food. I’m not 100% sure, but I believe the powers that be put some sort of anti mutant thing in the corn. It started degrading powers. It’s part of the reason they showed the scene with the farm and said something on a tv broadcast about the corn. I’m pretty sure that’s why no new mutants popped up as much. It’s pretty smart actually.
A lot of modern films feel like they're written by sad people who are only interested in spreading their depression. Everything that isn't sad and depressing needs to be pulled down to their level, which allows them to revel in their depression and never have to be reminded that they can be better people if only they try.
Ironically, I think it was the commercial and critical success of Logan that inspired these lesser writers to write their own version of the “Old Man” Hero trope. However, they seem to not have a full grasp on how to do it in a way that illicit sympathy and makes us root for the character, but in a way that sours us to them.
I have one big gripe with Logan. The X-Men failed and everything they fought for is lost. X-men in the movies always were hopeful and optimistic, but the tone of this movie is depressing.
Not movie hero, but one of the best send offs and retirments for a hero came fore Geralt from The Witcher games specifically. While in the books his story ends with his own death, in The Witcher 3 he gets to live out the rest of his days on a Vineyard after saving a dutchy from a vampire invasion
Creators and storytellers tend to pull themes from their own worldviews. I'll let you all connect the dots on why modern storytelling is vapid, hollow, godless, and devoid of any life or emotion...
What you neglect to realize, is that Modern Disney writers have stories they want to tell, but the management wants them to write for established IPs. Their resentment shows up in their writing. Writers want to tell the stories they make, but currently, in today's market, they are being forced to tell the stories that someone else came up with. New stories need to be told, new characters need to be followed, not just revisiting past heros. There are so many bad writers with the "proper connections" in Hollywood, that it is time to realize, we need to move past Hollywood.
Bottom Line for any writer in Hollywood that wants to retire characters and put new heroes up: Don't set out to desecrate and degrade the heroes we love in order to prop up the new ones. If you want to retire the heroes we love, DO IT IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER! I can see why people hate this current trend in Hollywood and entertainment.
Favorite Heroes so far who have been well retired: -Malcolm from Firefly and the movie Serenity. -Woodie from Toy Story (though their making a 5th movie so that could change). -Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. -Puss from Puss in Boots The last wish (again, that could change). We'll have to see about Aang and the Last Airbender crew🤞
I can see that. The cool and hardest thing for me about the Toy Story world is how much the toys had there own purpose outside of people, namely to be played with and bring joy and comfort to others. The way Woodie at the end of 4 says goodbye to the other toys hit home for me in the sense that he was pursuing Bowpeep, but it did throw away the lesson from 2 and even 3. I did like how 3 ended more and it's a better ending. I guess I'll think on it
@danielhailstone6280 I think it would've been different if Bopeep had a new home with a new kid and wanted Woody to be with her. Being with Bo is important to him as is always being there for a child, his true purpose. Leaving his friends behind to start a new life with Bo in that context would make sense and would reflect the choice a lot of us have to make in our lives. The aspect of it that ruined it for me is the fact that they are just going to living like bums at the Faire. No child, no other purpose outside of kind of selfishly enjoying each other's company. Like I get it but it just felt untrue to Woody's character. I understand what they were going for but it could have been better executed
Disney uses a software called the Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient (aka GD-IQ) which literally requires screenwriters to include speaking roles for women. I assume they have expanded its use to make sure such roles are created for anyone who is not a straight, white, biological man. Thy are literally using AI in order to determine what roles will be included regardless of if it makes sense for the story or for the franchise. If you don't use their tool your script will not be approved. If you doubt that, feel free to look it up.
Great video! Your character analyses are what I really enjoy about your videos; you demonstrate that there are objectively better and worse ways to tell a story, even though art is typically seen as subjective. This is one of the big differences in analyzing art; understanding that while art itself is subjective, there are still objectively good ways to tell those stories. Art is not just spontaneous inspiration; it can be crafted and measured with objective standards to ensure quality. On a separate note, if you want to use your face in videos more frequently, I think that it would be better to do so by filming in physical sets, rather than just as a face cam sitting in front of your computer. What that physical set is does not matter exactly. The idea is that including different backgrounds, filming in different locations, and including scenes with your whole body would probably be more engaging than just your face and upper torso. Here’s some examples of physical sets: - sitting in grass - standing in a wheat field - lakeside (or any body of water) - on a porch overlooking some trees - on a boat - in a park - out in the woods - roof of your house In this video, including your face was better than only including movie scenes because it diversified the format, and that is what is important. ONLY movie scenes, or ONLY your face as seen from a single angle is static and less engaging. Introducing new backgrounds in physical locations makes the video format more dynamic, and it could also lessen the amount of effort you put into editing Media Clips, since you will not have to include clips the entire video. Just an idea! Your analysis is good as is, and it certainly stands in its own, but I think you stand to gain tremendously by introducing more variable sets and backgrounds.
Thank you for the compliment and for the helpful suggestions! I do plan to shoot more on at least one set as opposed to using the green screen (which I do plan to use, but selectively instead of ubiquitously).
What blows is that they handled older Leia and Han pretty well in my opinion. But they completely massacred Luke. If you could boil Luke Skywalker's character into a couple of traits it's that he sees the good in people and he never gives up hope. It's those traits that got him to redeem his father when the Jedi were trying to get him to kill him and abandon his training with Yoda to save his friends even though Yoda said it would be hopeless. He even saw the darkness in himself at the end of the original trilogy and chose to throw away his lightsaber to stop himself from going down his father's path. Fast forward to when he should be a much wiser Jedi than the last time we saw him and he's trying to execute his nephew who is ALSO a descendant of Darth Vader- so basically the person he should probably have the most empathy for in the entire world -The fact that Luke even considered killing Kylo Ren "out of fear" is absurd. Not to mention Luke completely giving up hope on fighting the good fight
Hey, I see that you've done several avatar videos (I love them btw), have you watched korra too? I know is not a perfect show but i think it has great characters and stories too.
Your treatment of the topic is amazing and deep, but why is your face swimming around the video randomly? I much preferred the former format of just voice over - especially since in some moments you are visibly not looking at the audience, but at something on the side (script?), which makes it double annoying.
I understand that people can go down because of depression cuz nobody is invincible but i dont think it was the case with luke, they just made weak and pathetic, but sequels are not canon anyway, so i dont care.
The thing with Logan is, he actually WAS a shell of his former self but it was written as just another obstacle for him to triumph over, making us root for him even more.
At least that shell still had substance.
You summed up Logan perfectly.
If Disney absolutely HAD to replace Indy, it would have been better to use Short round. He's a beloved character who actually has an established relationship with Indy and Key Hu Quan is a good actor.
That honestly would've been dope to see Short Round come back as an adult.
I was hoping! I wanted to see the adult Short Round return as an archeologist alongside Indy
@@danielgiovanniello7217Random and completely off-topic comment incoming: Cool profile pic. Fellow CrossCode fan, I salute you.
I have not seen Indy 5, nor do I have an interest in seeing any other Indiana films at this point. The Last Crusade was the final movie in the trilogy, as far as I'm concerned.
But if they go full Creed and kick off a Short Round / Wan Li series with Quan... AND PRACTICAL EFFECTS WITH MINIMAL TO NO CGI... I'd be so onboard.
"Professor Jones, please meet our newest member of the department... "
Therapist: Not-just-a-disembodied-voice Master Samwise isn't real, he can't hurt you.
Not-just-a-disembodied-voice Master Samwise:
Yeah, not sure I'm a big fan of seeing the narrator that way. I guess that it might help building a "community" by forming a para-social bond, but it makes it seem a lot less objective to me. It's also distracting, I can't help but ask myself why his voice sounds 10 years younger than he looks.
It’s the lack of hair. I look 40 but I’m actually not even 30 yet
@@master_samwise nah man you're rocking it. Not everyone can pull it off that well.
@@tomgundy7332completely agree
@@master_samwiseI can relate
In Legends, Luke failed a lot but he was still a good character. If he ran into an obstacle, he'd try to pass it in a way that helped everyone else. If he messed up, he accepted responsibility and tried to ensure nobody else suffered from his mistake.
There actually was a time he left the New Jedi Order in Legends, that actually followed his nephew turning to the dark side. It was for a few reasons- the New New Republic wanted to weaken the Jedi (and Luke didn't want to give them a reason for Order 66-B), he wanted to know more about the force from more perspectives, and he wanted the Jedi to learn how to do stuff without him. He continued fighting the good fight and didn't bow for the new generations, he raised them up.
Also said people he raised up weren't assholes (except for Kyp) and had their own journeys and failures.
Legends is just superior. It's just criminal that just because Disney didn't want to pay anyone they threw everything out. George fucked up to whom he sold the company.
Unrelated, but...the New Republic wanting to weaken the Jedi? Why do they wanna do that?
@@rhinobeetle582 The NEW new republic, AKA the Galactic Alliance, was being run by Nataasi Daala. Yes, the product of the Rebellion members rebelling from the New Republic ended up electing Tarkin's girlfriend as chief-of-state. She hates Jedi and after Darth Caedus/Jacen Solo went on a control rampage and had previous chief-of-state Cal Omas assassinated, the people kinda agreed. It all went to heck and led to the Jedi breaking away and joining the Empire of all people. Worth the read, I swear it makes sense in context :)
The other thing I loved about Logan's sendoff is they didn't shy away from having his final heroic act be entirely characteristic of *him*.
They didn't have him learn a Very Special Lesson and then make a heroic sacrifice to save the villain, or something predictably saccharine like that. He died as he lived--killing people who really needed to be killed. He was allowed to go out as "the best there is at what he does" even though "what he does isn't very nice".
Logan is an absolutely fantastic movie. Should be an example to all superhero movies.
Another Good Example, perhaps THE Good Example of How To Retire a Hero, would be The Dark-Knight Returns! Other worthy examples include:
1. The Final-Battle of AllMight in MyHeroAcademia.
2. The Death of WhiteBeard in OnePiece
3. The Death of Barry Allen in Crisis on Infinite Earths
4. Jonathan Hickman’s SecretWars
In other words, if you’re gonna retire them or kill them off, make sure they go out in THE MOST EPIC AND LEGENDARY WAY POSSIBLE!
And even if they don't, it should be treated as a tragedy rather than as some joke about how they are so terrible compared to the new character.
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Yeah, I’m all caught up on the Manga too! Can’t wait to see it Animated!🤯
He died how that Japanese woman said he would in Wolverine : holding his heart in his hand. Just... Metaphorically.
Beautiful. Best way to fulfill that prediction.
A more reasonable idea is Luke was at a new hidden Jedi Training that he set up after Ben left. He's hidden himself and them away to protect them as they train, but left a map as a way for his sister to find him if he's needed. Rey find his and a small group of Jedi Trainees who she joins for a while before they all set off to help Leia that final battle on Krait then turns into Luke and the new Jedi assisting the resistance as Rey clears the back exit a few boulders at a time. Ending with her exhausted and unable to continue. Luke Stops fighting Kylo and does the same thing ObiWan did in EP4 while speaking to Rey and giving her the energy to finish. She has the final "hero" scene with all the boulders from the movie and Kylo "kills" Luke who vanishes as ObiWan did.
The surviving Jedi trainees evacuate with Rey and the resistance, the next movie jumps ahead several years showing her now, with the mentorship of Ghost Luke, a well formed Jedi and a leader in the new order.
Nah, Rian's idea was better.
Okay, so...Luke had a vision of what Ben/Kylo would do and decided to kill a child. Despite the fact that Kylo went back to the light side in the third movie, and also...This act is the catalyst for Ben to become Kylo...It triggers his Dark side heel turn. So, my question is...Was the force just fucking with Luke? Showing him like...the middle of Kylo's future, without any context at all? The vision is what spurs the infanticide, and the infanticide is what causes the things in the vision...so if the force had just kept it's fucking mouth shut, none of this would have fucking happened...like...wtf?
And that doesn't even consider shit like...All the evil Vader did, and Luke still tried to save him. Why would he be like "oh, this kids gonna do an evil. No point trying to save him, better just kill him immediately no questions. I'm sure Leia will understand."
Dude, you're putting too much thought into to it. The writers of the sequel trilogy had no plan and didn't put any thinking of how the Force actually works. There is no internal logic to the sequel trilogy and therefor they don't deserve such deep questions.
Vader: Killed children, genocided many planets.
Luke: “I can fix him.”
Kylo: Taking a nap with a slightly clouded vision of being evil.
Luke: “So you have chosen death.”
I prefer the Luke Skywalker who helped Kyp Durron--the biggest mass murderer in history--to overcome his evil and turn over a new leaf.
Not that I believe myself that Disney put any thought into this, but that is more or less how the Force works. Think Anakin seeing visions of Padme dying in childbirth, only for his reaction to those visions in trying to gain the power needed to save her being the thing that put him down the path of darkness, being the thing that broke Padme's heart and made her die. His reaction to his vision was the thing that fulfilled his vision. The Force is a test of character, it's ironic like that, in a storytelling sense. As horribly executed as it was, as inconsistent with Luke's character as it was (made much more sense for Anakin at the given moment), I do think this is something along the lines of that was what Rian Johnson was going for.
@@BlazinInfernape I tend to agree somewhat with this interpretation. I always figured that visions made Luke feel in danger and that is the "...single moment of instinct..." That he mentions in the film, that he was trying to protect himself, but this is not how it came off
Heroic male characters have absolutely been getting shafted lately, especially by Disney. Luke, Jones, Thor, and in a more nuanced way, Ezra from Star Wars. Off topic but would really enjoy a video about Ahsoka's shortcomings, specifically the writing of it's plot and characters.
Filoni shafting his own character hurts more than these hitjobs. It's just obvious Kennedy just doesn't allow anything good to happen under her. That's why the same Mangold who made Logan makes a travesty like IJ5.
I think you hit the nail on its head with the point about the writers not sharing the same belief in human goodness anymore. Too much of modern thinking is infested with this insidious undercurrent of contempt for humanity, with this notion that humans are evil, or a cancer on the planet, or however else they like to phrase it. The idea that humans do nothing but ruin whatever they touch.
To someone who thinks that way, the classic heroic psychology and archetypes are anathema. Because they are hopeful, positive views of what humans are capable of, and this flies in the face of practically all Post-Modernist thought. To a mind entrapped by some strain of that poisonous ideology, heroes need to be beaten down and forced to conform to a smaller, meeker, more submissive mold. Because that's the same mold that people like that want society at large to be forced into. They strip heroes of choice and agency, because they believe society needs to be stripped of choice and agency so they can live in their imaginary anti-human utopia. They are nothing but closeted authoritarians, pathetic would-be tyrants, convinced of their own moral superiority and working to undermine society the only way they actually can: through denigrating and tearing down our stories and culture.
Exactly. People inspired to be heroic will fight back against their "utopia". They NEED us to be weak minded and selfish. And they definitely need us to think humans aren't worth fighting for. I could go on, but I just wanted to agree with you. :)
This is it. This is it exactly. There is just so much cynicism and contempt. Everything is focused on beating down and ripping apart the good of the things that give us hope. I've seen way to many comments trying to justify or explain away the actions of villains because "oh no society was so mean to them humans are evil they are absolutely right..." Life is often painful to heroes too. What separates heroes from villains is how they react to the pain of life. People like Rosa Parks or Luke Skywalker fight to right the wrongs. People like Stalin and Voldemort just perpetuate wrongs to feel better about themselves. Heroes rise over pain, villains crumble.
A consequence of this poisonous ideology, as you described it, is that these cynical writers try to convince us that we will always try to do the worst(which isn't true), and that pain will always turn you into a villain. It strangles the hope that allows us to overcome the pain.
On one hand I agree with you. On the other hand I agree with the idea that human goodness is a farce. Insomuch that we both agree that human goodness is an idea to be obtained, not a present reality. People fo good things, but, honestly, not usually from a good place.
@@xavierthomas5835 Does the source of good acts matter if the result is good? Does it matter if a billionaire saves a hundred lives through charitable donations purely because he wanted the tax write-off? A hundred lives are still saved. Not to mention, someone had to do the genuinely good thing of setting up the system in such a way as to incentivize good acts like that in the first place.
People are so much better than we give ourselves credit for. Look at the world around you. Ignore the media's desperate attempts at capturing ratings with wall-to-wall horror, ignore the clout-chasers on the internet trying to hype up how horrible everything is, and just take a good long look at the actual state of the world, then compare it to the state it was in 20 years ago, then 50 years ago, then 100, 200, etc.
We are living in the greatest golden age human civilization has ever seen, and it is only getting better in the aggregate. The human world is safer, more prosperous, more peaceful, and more virtuous than it has ever been. The numbers make that abundantly clear. Just as one example, 200 years ago the average man born anywhere on Earth had a 33% likelihood of dying by violence. When you consider how many newborns died of disease long before reaching adulthood, the actual figure was closer to 50% of males who made it to adulthood would die violently. Now, the number is less than 3% for the entire world. That includes all the warzones, all the failed states, murderous dictatorships, and gangland atrocities, all of it.
And these improvements didn't just happen, people had to MAKE them happen. People had to go out of their way to put more effort into making the world better than they put into making it worse. And they had to do that consistently, generation after generation, decade after decade, century after century. Our world is only as good as it is BECAUSE we are more good than evil as a species.
And that doesn't even touch on other aspects of human goodness, like our treatment of the environment. Yeah, let that one sink in for a second. Humanity is better for the environment on an individual basis than any other species on the planet. It sounds crazy on the face of it, but let me explain: Every living thing on earth, including the plants, is in a brutal, no-holds-barred, to-the-death fight with every other living thing for survival. No matter what species of plant or animal it is, if you give them the opportunity, they will kill EVERYTHING that's not them, chasing even the slightest survival advantage. Even plants will choke out and starve their neighbors to death just to take in a little bit more sunlight, water and nutrients.
Nature is murderous in the extreme, and nothing alive has any consideration for anything else that lives when survival is on the line. Except for humans. We are the only species on the planet than holds itself back, that looks at the other parts of nature and says "no, they deserve to live too". We have the capability to ravage the entire planet for personal gain, and we choose not to. That is utterly unique among all known forms of life on Earth. So yes, while we do the most damage of any given species to the Earth's environment, that is because we have the most capability to do so. When you look at it proportionately and compare it to what every other species on our planet would do in our place, it becomes clear that we are proportionally the LEAST destructive and rapacious creatures on our world.
@rmartinson19 Having read the first three paragraphs as a spring board, I'd answer your first question with a yes. It's fine to do good, but good deeds without good intentions are a pretext for personal gain. Personal gain is always fine as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, but, the moment that person's true intentions and thoughts are revealed, everyone suddenly already knew what kind of person he was. Someone in another comment said that the societal expectation on those who have wealth or talent is often an easy pretext for them to better their own station. Such people end up being the director of Nickelodeon. Such people end up in affluent positions only to inevitably reveal a rotten interior. And then they get away with it because everyone was only concerned with the thin veneer of legitimacy they had.
Yay I'm not the only to think that recent films on popular IPs are trying to be like Logan but in a worst way
It made a lot of money and they want to cash in on that, without really knowing why it worked in that film.
@@plebisMaximus and don't forget to add forced diversity in every film
It's a bit more complicated than that.
While I can see the parallels, it is worth pointing out that Logan and The Last Jedi came out the same year with the latter already in post-production when Logan came out. If anything I see it more as Hollywood being in denial on the faults of The Last Jedi as a story due to their ever-growing narcissism and push that films sensibilities onto everything as they dismiss any forms of criticism as toxic.....even though taking in criticism has always been the benchmark for franchise films like look what happened to Batman after the backlash of Batman and Robin......it resulted in the fan favourite Dark Knight trilogy.
I did not even know Indy 5 was this sacrilegious... I am so glad I only ever saw the first 3 movies...
Love your videos, you've quickly become one of my favorite new youtubers. Thanks for providing solid insights into some of my favorite franchises. (Your Sam gamgee video made me cry at work, so thanks for that 😅)
This is what really pisses me off about Obi Wan is that he had a purpose, protecting Luke. That’s his hope, that he can bring back the Jedi Order and bring balance to the Force. But he wasn’t the one who had to bring forth balance, Anakin is, and it’s Luke who had to bring him back and show that someone does still love him. Obi-Wan wasn’t being moody, he was simply protecting Luke to train him when the time was right and he had to learn more about the Force form Qui Gon, which pisses me off greatly that we never see Qui Gon train him
You see the problem that modern writers face is that they make their characters so perfect to start with that they can't think of any way to make them rise higher to a hero. So they think by taking an established heroic character and making them seem diminished in comparison to the new character it will make the new character appear more heroic as a result.
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(The seer Yukio from 'The Wolverine'): *"I saw you (wolverine) die... with your heart in your hand"* (He dies in 'Logan' holding his daughters hand)
Logan is the first superhero movie that makes me shed a tear😢
For real
It's particularly ironic that Logan and Dial of Destiny were both directed by the same guy lmfao.
That lack of hope thing is real.
The current ideology seems to hold that persons in-and-of-themselves are not redeemable or have anything resembling a 'character arc'--only purely and sinless constructed new identities can transcend the current condition.
Theres a way in which thats true: a hero ought not identify with the cowardly and despairing self, but instead find their identity and self in a completed and unrealized future. (I think we just call that 'faith')
But yeah by contrast, the modern writing scene seems to be pretty convinced that a thing that is broken is wholly broken, and its redemption is it utter replacement or destruction.
I think that's particularly dangerous if you start taking it seriously.
Banger video as always. And Dalinar being your dog's name is awesome!
I think another one that does this well is TMNT: The Last Ronin. While I really don't like the epilogue and think it diminishes a perfect ending, the Last Ronin (I won't spoil who) has agency throughout the whole story and fights his own battles. The first issue is him entirely alone trying to complete his goal. They really did it right
This was a profound comparison that I never had thought about.
Honestly the thing i still don't understand about these Mega corps doing these replacements is... Why CHOOSE the replacement AT ALL?
Make an ensemble of nothing actors characters replacing your retiring hero with returning contracts and involve the fans, like the Bat family works for Batman's IP;
If one dies? You have another to fill in.
If people can't stand one? Kill them offscreen or turncoat them into a villain, heck you could even alternate contracts and pump more films out that way if you really wanted to maximise potential while minimizing your budget for your biggest returning actor.
The way they keep trying to FORCE these characters is inherently anti-pavlovian psychology and ultimately brand-killing or no real benefit to their corporate goals or IP.
It's like a restaurant getting a goose that lays golden eggs and immediately deciding "lets just crack it normally, toss the shell then scramble it" then moving on to making it sunny side up, then killing the goose for dinner when neither plan panned out instead of trying to monetize the eggshell.
Greed as a motivation is fine, but MAXIMIZE profit potential instead of trying to gamble on red or black, because the "house always wins" is a philosophy based on opportunity to win and the multitude of guaranteed gains vs potential losses, not just a 50/50 loss/win rate.
What made Logan soecial was that it was a film about a man running out of time but he didn't believe he was done yet. He still had a goal and a fighting spirit.
I know it was briefly mentioned but Cap and Iron Man's send offs at the end of Endgame were just plain perfect. Yes the MCU has been a dumpsterfire ever since but both the final scene with each character and their moments of passing the torch were just wonderful. It's such a shame that the fumbled phase 4.
Loved the video! Totally agree with the direction Hollywood has taken old characters and made them sad to watch.
One critic on the video compared to others you've done, I was really distracted when you over-layed yourself to the show footage. I've watched most of your videos this just felt out of the ordinary. I'm no jury though, just a fan with a thought.
Looking forward to the next video!
I appreciate the feedback! I definitely overdid it with the camera/green screen. Will adjust in future videos.
@@master_samwise I mean you look great by the way ;) you have incredible passion and I feel like you're doing something important. Thank you for sharing ideas and values that aren't being talked about very much
Yah, I teared up quite a bit the first time I watched logan. I rewatched with an ex... back in the day... she was shocked... for she had no idea that he was gonna die. So weird that Mangold directed both. I knew it was gonna be bad, but with him directing... a glimpse of hope I had. Not every wish comes true right?
It shows that Kathleen Kennedy won't allow any director to do anything good. Even Filoni forgot how to make Star Wars after he talked with her during the Ahsoka show 😂
It makes you wonder, what the fudge are companies like disney thinking.
Two things: Humans suck, and we want money.
Nice video! When I was watching Logan I half-expected to see a shot where the ground on Wolverines grave started to shift, like if he was getting up. But I was relieved not to see it and thought: Good, they finally let him rest.
One movie with a good send-off for a hero was for Rorschach in Watchmen. Though I am not sure if Rorschach counts as a hero. But his end was heartfelt because it was so in line with the character and felt so unjust.
I’m guessing based on your dog’s name you’re a fan of the Stormlight Archive. It’s awesome to see one of my favourite RUclipsrs is a fan of one of my favourite series.
Awesome, awesome video!!! They did my boy Luke dirty!! So well explained. Now I know from a storytelling perspective why I was so disappointed at a gut level with what they did to Luke. Haven't seen Logan but always heard great things about it!!
Thanks for the great video!😊
Great video! Though I will say, your format was a lot cleaner before. Maybe it's the audio, maybe it's because you don't look very comfortable talking to a camera, could be a few things. Keep up the good work though man!
So I definitely had some audio issues with this one. The microphone gain was up too high. I don't think I love the constant talking head with the green screen. It has its place but I overused it here. I'm going to continue to try out changes to the format and see what works for me. Some videos might be purely video essays, others might have me talking on camera but in a more natural way.
Either way, I appreciate all the feedback.
@@master_samwisewell keep up the good work, I found you from your Aragorn masculinity video and instantly subscribed. Maybe you could practice talking to the camera through streaming or making some smaller unlisted videos to practice :) I had a friend who got into videos and he found that looking into a monitor rather than a lens helped him a lot.
Théoden is an other hero who was retired well. Very similar to Logan.
And the reason Théoden had been a mere shell of his former self was because he had not realized that his top advisor had made a deal with a literal devil and gained the power to confuse minds.
Huge fan here! I found you after your Iroh video and have been watching and rewatching frequently since, I hope you continue to grow and gain viewers as you seem more enlightened then some other content creators who tackle these Hollywood movie disasters. Please keep talking about more of the stories we should know and the characters who see some virtues in even if what they are grey in moral terms. I'm hoping for one on Walter White myself.
It's a book rather than a movie, but Nighteyes in the Farseer books was retired well. He stayed true to his main character traits of loyalty to family and a practical outlook, and the fact that it was his image that ultimately memorialized the other two heroes was an emotional moment that was truly earned by how he quietly supported and glued that trio together.
Love your videos Samwise. Keep up the good work. Your content always provides meaningful insight into topics that you are passionate about, so much so that it makes me passionate about it too!
Luke died from imagining he was having a cool fight XD
Laura was a great character, yet it would suffice with any. Even a bland one... a one in dire need. Logan as a true hero would have give his life for a stranger. Yet of course you've made your point clear. I agree, fully.
Man, when you brought up how Lara is damaged/broken just made me think of Logans last words to Lara and once again the movie is causing a Holy battle with the man tears. Stay strong 💪🥹
Trivia reminder: Same director did both Logan and Indy 5, with totally opposite portrayals & results.
True, but who wrote it, and who produced it? Disney is notorious for interference. Sure, he's to blame to a point, but I don't think he's solely to blame.
@@bertimusprime7900"Sad old man gets replaced by perfect brunette with a British accent" - now did I just describe the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Indy5, or what Kathleen Kennedy thinks of herself and George Lucas?
@@scottthong9274 does KK think she is British? She would be that delusional wouldn't she?
@@bertimusprime7900 Little details like that can be altered to ones pleasure.
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I enjoyed this new format and thought actually seeing you talk was quite engaging.
However, I do agree with some other commenters on certain things. The particular moments where you’re centered on the screen with footage behind you feels sort of discordant with the whole edit. But I’m really no expert, just an opinion.
I only critique because I enjoy your videos so much. Thanks for another great video.
Actually... The Disney+ thing is exactly why I'm wwathcing youtube at the moment. I scrolled through the catalogue and it felt like I had only the choice between movies I saw 20 times, bad life action remakes and Movies where I have to fear, or know, that they will destroy childhood heroes.
Recently found your channel, and have been a big fan of the videos I've seen so far, you're putting out really good content.
I appreciate you trying new things with the webcam (at least it's something I haven't seen you do before) and want to give a bit of feedback regarding it. This is almost certainly a personal thing, but I did find you looking at the camera, and then looking away to be fairly distracting, especially when you finish the sentence, look away, and then jump cut to the next clip of you talking. I enjoy seeing your face and camera and think it's a good addition, but am also looking forward to seeing you improve your "on camera" skills.
Out of all the videos I've seen about this issue, I think you understand it the most.
You should have mentioned the way Picard was treated. What a travesty.
On the positive side, Top Gun: Maverick was amazing.
Batman from Batman Beyond. He had to retire because he got old and nearly killed a guy. The entire series he is training a successor and remains the same surly, secretive, stoic, but kind hero.
Wait, that's what you look like?
Can't believe James Mangold made both movies💀
This is why a character like Peter Parker is so beloved. He's not rich, gets kicked around by life, juggles all the problems everyday people do, yet still does the right things with his powers. It's why Spider-Man 2 is so good because we know those struggles. It's relatable.
Nobody complained about the direction Luke's character took after the force awakens despite the fact that it was in THAT movie where it was established that Luke had failed to establish a new Jedi order, blamed himself, and decided to go into hiding. You didn't hear talk about how much that betrayed his character. Then we actually see him in the Last Jedi, and the story simply logically follows what had been set up in the previous movie. Luke believing that the Jedi were more trouble than they were worth, and therefore choosing to excuse himself from the conflict.
Supposedly people suddenly had an issue with Luke in the last jedi because it was during that movie that they supposedly suddenly understood the point that the character was making as though that hadn't already been explicily spelled out in the previous movie. You know I can't help but notice another detail. The movie did not include a pandery fan service moment involving Luke, such as the one we got in the Mandalorian, where Luke is rampaging through enemies, displaying his power and being a total badass. Are we sure that the fact that we didn't get a shallow excuse to hero worship luke isn't REALLY what this is all about, and now we're just reaching for excuses to justify why we don't like what the last jedi did with him, cause we realize how embarrassing it is to stateour real problem out loud?
I think it's unfair to compare Luke in the OG trilogy to a 30 year older Luke who's lost everything.
You say that heroes are more than people, but they are.
Heroes fail, and they can fall from grace.
While the execution of Luke's character in Last Jedi was less than stellar, there was potential in it, and I don't think the idea in itself was a bad one.
Logan was amazing. Plain and simple.
Just as a note, I’m not sure it was the adamantium killing Logan. I think it may have been the food.
I’m not 100% sure, but I believe the powers that be put some sort of anti mutant thing in the corn. It started degrading powers. It’s part of the reason they showed the scene with the farm and said something on a tv broadcast about the corn. I’m pretty sure that’s why no new mutants popped up as much. It’s pretty smart actually.
A lot of modern films feel like they're written by sad people who are only interested in spreading their depression. Everything that isn't sad and depressing needs to be pulled down to their level, which allows them to revel in their depression and never have to be reminded that they can be better people if only they try.
Dalinar is very cute.
Will he unite them?
"Deconstructing" is modern slang for miss the entire point of and make a whole movie/essay/whatever tearing your focus apart.
The solution to your slippery slope joke was in your video: Just watch Bluey, case closed lol
Lol! Yes!!
Ah, a man of culture I see.
Ironically, I think it was the commercial and critical success of Logan that inspired these lesser writers to write their own version of the “Old Man” Hero trope. However, they seem to not have a full grasp on how to do it in a way that illicit sympathy and makes us root for the character, but in a way that sours us to them.
I have one big gripe with Logan. The X-Men failed and everything they fought for is lost. X-men in the movies always were hopeful and optimistic, but the tone of this movie is depressing.
Not movie hero, but one of the best send offs and retirments for a hero came fore Geralt from The Witcher games specifically.
While in the books his story ends with his own death, in The Witcher 3 he gets to live out the rest of his days on a Vineyard after saving a dutchy from a vampire invasion
Creators and storytellers tend to pull themes from their own worldviews. I'll let you all connect the dots on why modern storytelling is vapid, hollow, godless, and devoid of any life or emotion...
What you neglect to realize, is that Modern Disney writers have stories they want to tell, but the management wants them to write for established IPs. Their resentment shows up in their writing.
Writers want to tell the stories they make, but currently, in today's market, they are being forced to tell the stories that someone else came up with.
New stories need to be told, new characters need to be followed, not just revisiting past heros.
There are so many bad writers with the "proper connections" in Hollywood, that it is time to realize, we need to move past Hollywood.
If writers wanted to memorize different characters; then they would become actors, not writers.
Resenting other people's work just shows that their stories would be bad too. It's not professional.
I never thought of loathing as the worst sin a hero can commit. Perhaps that is the reason Shinji(Evangelion) is hated so much.
Broooooo you made the video, kudos!
Thanks for the idea!
Your black lab pup’s name is Dalinar? As in the best dad in the Cosmere? I love it!
Well he is The Blackthorn.
@@Eilonwy95 Ha! I see what you did there…
Totally missed that connection. That's hilarious! :)
Logan is a great flick... Disney SW... don't let me star to rant about it.
You're right. I did know.and i heared in coming two references before.
Love the Katara reference!
Bottom Line for any writer in Hollywood that wants to retire characters and put new heroes up: Don't set out to desecrate and degrade the heroes we love in order to prop up the new ones. If you want to retire the heroes we love, DO IT IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER! I can see why people hate this current trend in Hollywood and entertainment.
I did not expect to see your face 😂
Favorite Heroes so far who have been well retired:
-Malcolm from Firefly and the movie Serenity.
-Woodie from Toy Story (though their making a 5th movie so that could change).
-Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
-Puss from Puss in Boots The last wish (again, that could change).
We'll have to see about Aang and the Last Airbender crew🤞
Oh puss in boots is a great example!!
Toy Story 4 kind of messed that up for me. Woody's arc was completed in Toy Story 3 IMO
@@GeekazonMerchHubagreed!! Toy Story 4 took everything Woody learned in the first 3 and said “nah.”
I can see that. The cool and hardest thing for me about the Toy Story world is how much the toys had there own purpose outside of people, namely to be played with and bring joy and comfort to others. The way Woodie at the end of 4 says goodbye to the other toys hit home for me in the sense that he was pursuing Bowpeep, but it did throw away the lesson from 2 and even 3. I did like how 3 ended more and it's a better ending. I guess I'll think on it
@danielhailstone6280 I think it would've been different if Bopeep had a new home with a new kid and wanted Woody to be with her. Being with Bo is important to him as is always being there for a child, his true purpose. Leaving his friends behind to start a new life with Bo in that context would make sense and would reflect the choice a lot of us have to make in our lives. The aspect of it that ruined it for me is the fact that they are just going to living like bums at the Faire. No child, no other purpose outside of kind of selfishly enjoying each other's company. Like I get it but it just felt untrue to Woody's character. I understand what they were going for but it could have been better executed
Disney uses a software called the Geena Davis Inclusion Quotient (aka GD-IQ) which literally requires screenwriters to include speaking roles for women. I assume they have expanded its use to make sure such roles are created for anyone who is not a straight, white, biological man. Thy are literally using AI in order to determine what roles will be included regardless of if it makes sense for the story or for the franchise. If you don't use their tool your script will not be approved. If you doubt that, feel free to look it up.
Great video! Your character analyses are what I really enjoy about your videos; you demonstrate that there are objectively better and worse ways to tell a story, even though art is typically seen as subjective.
This is one of the big differences in analyzing art; understanding that while art itself is subjective, there are still objectively good ways to tell those stories. Art is not just spontaneous inspiration; it can be crafted and measured with objective standards to ensure quality.
On a separate note, if you want to use your face in videos more frequently, I think that it would be better to do so by filming in physical sets, rather than just as a face cam sitting in front of your computer.
What that physical set is does not matter exactly. The idea is that including different backgrounds, filming in different locations, and including scenes with your whole body would probably be more engaging than just your face and upper torso.
Here’s some examples of physical sets:
- sitting in grass
- standing in a wheat field
- lakeside (or any body of water)
- on a porch overlooking some trees
- on a boat
- in a park
- out in the woods
- roof of your house
In this video, including your face was better than only including movie scenes because it diversified the format, and that is what is important. ONLY movie scenes, or ONLY your face as seen from a single angle is static and less engaging. Introducing new backgrounds in physical locations makes the video format more dynamic, and it could also lessen the amount of effort you put into editing Media Clips, since you will not have to include clips the entire video.
Just an idea! Your analysis is good as is, and it certainly stands in its own, but I think you stand to gain tremendously by introducing more variable sets and backgrounds.
Thank you for the compliment and for the helpful suggestions! I do plan to shoot more on at least one set as opposed to using the green screen (which I do plan to use, but selectively instead of ubiquitously).
Megamind did a pretty OK superhero "retirement"... It wasn't longrunning but... It was understandable.
What blows is that they handled older Leia and Han pretty well in my opinion. But they completely massacred Luke. If you could boil Luke Skywalker's character into a couple of traits it's that he sees the good in people and he never gives up hope. It's those traits that got him to redeem his father when the Jedi were trying to get him to kill him and abandon his training with Yoda to save his friends even though Yoda said it would be hopeless. He even saw the darkness in himself at the end of the original trilogy and chose to throw away his lightsaber to stop himself from going down his father's path. Fast forward to when he should be a much wiser Jedi than the last time we saw him and he's trying to execute his nephew who is ALSO a descendant of Darth Vader- so basically the person he should probably have the most empathy for in the entire world -The fact that Luke even considered killing Kylo Ren "out of fear" is absurd. Not to mention Luke completely giving up hope on fighting the good fight
It's funny how all these shows and films try to copy Logan's story but only did a surface level version.
Exactly! What they were missing was the heart, respect and effort
@@Eilonwy95 and the time to write out a heartfelt story with weight to it.
@@filmreviewer117exactly
Is your dog named Dalinor by chance because of the storm light archive
Great stuff!!
Is it sneaking if we actually expect it?
We need more comic movies like Logan.
His ad makes it sound like he feeds his dog the factor meals.
Great video with good points. Have my like and subscribe!
the only good thing about IJ5 is that damn few people actually saw it
Aot sasegyo fighting beast titan Erwin speech moment
You say all this NOW, but Hugh is reprising his role as wolverine in DP3 and theres even a rumor of a 'Logan 2' in the works.
But he died?
Lovely Puppy !
its funny cause logan returns in the new deadpool
Big mistake in my opinion
I was gonna make a joke about that at the end of the video but forgot to put it in the script.
Hey, I see that you've done several avatar videos (I love them btw), have you watched korra too? I know is not a perfect show but i think it has great characters and stories too.
So I do have one question and sticking with Star Wars. What about Yoda where does a character like that fall into place?
How could James Mangold ever direct both Logan and Dial of Destiny?
The moment when master samwise uses facecam and you realise he was saitama all along😅
Your treatment of the topic is amazing and deep, but why is your face swimming around the video randomly? I much preferred the former format of just voice over - especially since in some moments you are visibly not looking at the audience, but at something on the side (script?), which makes it double annoying.
I understand that people can go down because of depression cuz nobody is invincible but i dont think it was the case with luke, they just made weak and pathetic, but sequels are not canon anyway, so i dont care.
I appreciated seeing the dog leading up to the ad read. An excellent transaction
He's not quite that cute anymore, due to being 70 pounds heavier now, but he's still very much an excellent puppy.
He looks like a good boy.
Logan is the Tony Stark of the MCU....🤔 umm wait.... Logan is to Mutant timelines as Tony Stark is to Avengers timelines.
I still don't get how Logan and Dial of destiny had the same director.
Ironic that the same guy who directed Logan directed Indiana Jones 5.
So true.
Subbed good content 👍✌️