Okay now I'm done making video about Star Wars forever bye
For real, though, I worked really, really hard to get everything I wanted to say into this one video. We pulled out all the stops for this one. And it turned out to be so complicated it required an extra week to make.
Enjoy! I'm going to sleep forever now!
2020-02-21 03:16:40 +0000 UTC View PostIn the season premiere I said I would be making one Star Wars video. This is it. And it's hopefully the last video on the topic I ever make.
(so I guess I'd better say everything I have to say)
It's a followup to this video from 2 years ago. It's about how Star Wars has changed in those 2 years, and how my...
2020-02-12 00:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes the title is a Batman reference and no that has nothing to do with Robert Zemeckis
This is a video that I've wanted to make for a year. It took a while to get around to it because Zemeckis has A LOT OF MOVIES but house-sitting for my parents last week was the perfect opportunity to do nothing but sit alone in a house and watch movies
Anyway, it's a long one but there's some fun stuff in there. enjoy!
Also watch to the end for an important announcement.
2020-02-01 03:56:48 +0000 UTC View Post
We're overdue for one of these, aren't we?
Tune in TONIGHT AT 6:30 PM EST and I'll be hanging out answering any questions you have about the next video, the previous video, past videos, future videos, or anything else.
Here's the link:
2020-01-23 14:58:05 +0000 UTC View PostIf you follow me on Letterboxd this won't be a huge surprise. But anyway, here's the next one:
(okay I'm not sure how sad this really is, so the title could change)
I've wanted to make this one for over a year. Ever since Welcome to Marwen came out and seemed so bizarre until I realized it was sort of a rosetta stone for Robert Zemeckis. This video is kind of like the Terrence Malick one ...
2020-01-21 00:37:28 +0000 UTC View Post
The first video of the season (if you missed it, we're treating each year as a season of TV now)
My top 50 list
The start of some big new stuff
It's going to be a good year and I'm very excited about it
Thanks for helping make this happen
2020-01-17 15:31:01 +0000 UTC View PostI made a post about this back in May, then got so busy I never got around to actually following through on it.
Long story, short, I deleted all the rewards tiers over $4
Trying to manage physical rewards has been an impossible task for a while now. As in, I haven't mailed any out in over a year since they just kept adding up and adding up and it became overwhelming.
By the end of the month I should FINALLY have mailed out the last of the physical re...
2020-01-13 02:25:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Once again, my sister joined me to try to answer as many questions as possible. Thanks for all the questions, sorry if we didn't get to yours (blame Mary), and have a great New Year!
2019-12-30 16:13:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Merry Christmas! Like I do every year, I spent the past week making a weird as hell little Christmas movie, since there's nothing I love more than adding a big stressful project with a hard deadline to the holiday season! This is the NINTH year we've done this, which is...wild.
This was a big collaboration, mostly with Jake and Matt. The whole cast and crew is in the credits. We had a lot of fun making it. I hope you enjoy the 7 minutes it takes to watch it.
Thanks for your contin...
2019-12-24 22:06:55 +0000 UTC View Post
It's here! A video 6 months in the making, where I start a feud with the biggest video essayist on YouTube and deliver the most lukewarm, room temperature takes of all time! It's the season finale, baby!
For real, though, this is a video I've wanted to make for a while, and I'm glad I took my time with it. I think I got everything I wanted to say in there, and we all had fun making it. From here on out, each year will be treated as its own season. Get ready for the 2020 season premiere ...
2019-12-16 20:47:45 +0000 UTC View PostComing later this week, the last video essay of the year! And we're treating it as a season finale because...idk I thought it would be fun.
If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen me working out this idea over the summer. I actually had this one scheduled for September, and then burnout hit and I was struggling to finish the script. But now it's back.
It's partly about the way we ta...
2019-12-09 22:50:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy thanksgiving to American patrons! Happy...new video day(?) to everyone else!
Blue Flame Special is FINALLY back and this time we’re doing a ridiculously deep dive on every single action scene in the John Wick series.
And this time...we’re doing it in an all new aspect ratio!
2019-11-27 13:03:53 +0000 UTC View PostComing Monday 11/25
After more than a year away, Blue Flame Special is back!
In this episode we're doing an EXTREMELY THOROUGH analysis of the entire John Wick approach to action, analyzing every action scene across all 3 movies: how they work, why they work, and how some could even be improved.
We're talking gun fights, knife fights, horse fights, dog fights, motorcycle fights, and...
2019-11-19 18:24:58 +0000 UTC View Post
OKAY WE FINALLY HAVE COOL MERCH AVAILABLE
AND WE MADE A SILLY ANNOUNCEMENT VIDEO BECAUSE OF COURSE WE DID
HERE'S THE LINK TO THE STORE:
https://standard.tv/collections/patrick-h-willems
2019-11-14 21:12:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm back! For real this time!
I mostly took is easy over the past month and thankfully had a couple videos already shot that I could release. And now I'm recharged and relaxed and actually having fun making videos again.
(which is not to say that the process of making this one was not difficult and exhausting)
I have a weird obsession with movie trailers. Search back through the channel and you can see I've made a lot of fake ones or re-edited ones. And I'm so glad I FINALLY...
2019-11-11 16:26:45 +0000 UTC View PostTHE INFINITY PODCAST EPISODE 55 - DOES DADDY HAVE DADDY ISSUES!
On the fifth-fifth Infinity Podcast — the gang rewatch Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, but first: Will Bill Pope’s hiring even matter? What celeb did Patrick once interview with? And how on Earth is Dave Bautista like Danny Pudi? All this and more, on...DOES DADDY HAVE DADDY ISSUES! Excelsior!
This is a special early preview just for Patreon so DON'T SHARE THE LINK PUBLICLY YET
Anyway, thanks to all of you we hit the goal of 750 patrons last month, so here it is: the video where I take my parents to see Endgame.
And for everyone who wondered what we would do since the movie was no longer in theaters...well, we actually did this back in June.
This was so much fun and my parents were so delightful so I really hope you all enjoy it. Thanks again for all the support.<...
2019-10-18 14:36:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This is something different
It's a video about video games
It's a collab (with Sage Hyden from Just Write)
It's Sage's first on-camera video appearance
It's a video with a guest star and guest writer
BUT it's also an installment in the ongoing Patrick Explains series
I've been nagging Sage to make a video about Kingdom Hearts since January, since he loves these games and I'm baffled by them. Then a few weeks before Vidcon (where we were staying i...
2019-10-01 06:13:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
As you probably saw, last week we blew past our 750 patrons goal. That's the goal at which I'll take my parents to see Avengers: Endgame and make a video about the experience and their reactions.
This is coming very soon. And to everyone saying "but what will you do since the movie isn't in theaters anymore???" don't worry. We planned ahead.
But now, it's time to set further goals.
I have some on the Patreon already, but they're ...
2019-09-25 15:38:25 +0000 UTC View PostHere's what's new this week!
THE INFINITY PODCAST EP 51 - THAT'S WHAT I CALL AN X-MAN!
On the fifty-first INFINITY PODCAST — the gang deep dive House Of X #5, but first: is Kevin Feige Patrick Bateman? Will rock ever make a comeback? And has Jonathan Hickman read every comic ever? All this and more, on...THAT’S WHAT I CALL AN X-MAN! Excelsior!
Here's what's new this week!
THE INFINITY PODCAST EP 50 - THE INFIFTIETH PODCAST
On the fiftieth Infinity Podcast — the gang break down Powers of X #4, but first: is John Cena a leading man? What was The Boss Baby’s pitch like? And how is Hailee Steinfeld Disney+’s insurance policy? All this and more, on...THE INFIFTIETH PODCAST! Excelsior!
Hi I'm very tired and burnt out and I decided to talk about that via a video about Kiki's Delivery Service because I'm a crazy person.
I'm going to get some rest now. I promise.
2019-09-18 12:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere's what's new this week!
THE INFINITY PODCAST EPISODE 49 - YOU NASTY!
On the forty-ninth Infinity Podcast — the gang cover House Of X #4, but first: would Pennywise shop the Renner store? Who is Missouri’s Avenger? And how do Moira McTaggert’s powers combat the scourge of alternative news? All this and more, on...YOU NASTY! Excelsior!
So as anyone who follows me on Twitter or Instagram or...this Patreon is probably aware, I've been kind of burnt out lately. The nonstop work of the past 6 months or so caught up with me and I've just been exhausted and struggling to keep up with the work.
So I decided to make a video about it. This is the next one:
(the final title might change to be a bit catchier)
Kik...
2019-09-06 21:51:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been rapidly approaching burnout after the past four months, so I pushed back the video I had planned for this week (which is pretty complicated) and made something smaller and sillier instead...and then as you'll see, it kind of spun out of control and got more complicated than I intended.
Anyway I'm gonna get some rest before jumping back into a small project that will be out this Friday.
2019-08-26 16:12:54 +0000 UTC View PostHere's what's new this week!
THE INFINITY PODCAST EPISODE 45 - ALL THE BITS!
On the forty-fifth INFINITY PODCAST — the gang tackle Venom 2 and Amazon’s The Boys, but first: Who’s the pod’s Steve Rogers? Did we bring The Boys on ourselves? And are Hickman’s X-books a Silmarillion? ? Plus Scott fulfills a promise on... ALL THE BITS! Excelsior!
I did it. I made a Cats video. I'm so sorry.
2019-08-11 00:56:19 +0000 UTC View PostIf you follow me on Twitter you may have seen me talking yesterday about how people shouldn't assume that any time I visit my parents it means we're shooting a Patrick Explains video.
Which is true.
But that doesn't mean we weren't shooting something.
This is a small piece of a video I mostly shot at Vidcon a few weeks back. It's something different and I think you're all g...
2019-08-07 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere's what's new this week!
THE INFINITY PODCAST EP 44 - RELEASE THE RUSSO CUT!
On the forty-fourth Infinity Podcast — the gang discuss Powers of X and Not Newses, but first: is this the Podcast Singularity? Who does Thom York sing for? And how is Joe Russo like J.K. Rowling? All this and more, on...RELEASE THE RUSSO CUT! Happy Birthday, Rachel!!!
This video should be out within the next couple days. It's a little bit different.
That's right. I'm making a video about the CATS movie.
Like a lot of people, I've been fascinated/horrified by it for a long time, since even before the trailer dropped. And then the trailer dropped and I became way more fascinated/horrified. So much so that I realized I had to do a video about it.
So...
2019-08-06 16:25:33 +0000 UTC View Post