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I Saw The TV Glow Explained for Straight People (VIDEO SCRIPT)

I Saw the TV Glow is a 2024 psychological thriller that, unsurprisingly, left a lot of straight people confused when they watched it.

This confusion came in multiple forms, but each of them can be summarized instead into multiple questions.

/Questions like, “Where’s the relevancy? Why isn’t the threat given more focus? Why is Justice Smith’s character wearing a dress? Like, I know he gay in real life so he probably does that in his spare time, but why...

I Saw The TV Glow Explained for Straight People | READUS 101

I Saw The TV Glow is a psychological thriller from A24 that uses the concept of obsessive nostalgia in fiction fandoms to tell a story about the main character discovering and dealing with being trans. But some straight people either can’t/refuse to see and acknowledge the movie’s queerness, or feel like it’s out of place. So I made this guide to explain how the queer experience is an integral part of the movie’s plot.

Lisa Frankenstein is COVERED in Camp! (Video Script)

(Sits) So Lisa Frankenstein...

/There’s this girl named Lisa who was forced to move to Smalltown, USA-ties when her dad remarried thanks to an axe murderer killing her mom/

(While eating a bag of Smartfood Kettle Corn on screen) Cunty, I know.

/She’s not like other girls. Not in, like, the porn trope way, but in the Beetlejuice’s Lydia Deetz meets Scott Pilgrim’s Kim Pine kind of way. Her stepsister Taffy is a slave to 80’s societal...

Lisa Frankenstein is COVERED in Camp! | READUS 201

Lisa Frankenstein is a horror romantic comedy that’s completely filled with camp, which some might consider to be a red flag. However, Lisa Frankenstein is one of many recently released comedy movies that learned how to embrace camp in a fun way. This, complete with Diablo Cody’s writing, Zelda Williams’ directing, and both Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse’s performance, got me interested in seeing just how much camp Lisa Frankenstein has.

The Woke Women of Batman Caped Crusader (VIDEO SCRIPT)

Readers, I know that what I'm about to say is a known given, but people are weird.

Because when it comes to something like Batman Caped Crusader, these dumb bitches had since 2021 to cope with the fact that both Jim AND Barbara Gordon were gonna be black

That BRUCE TIMM’S OWN ORIGINAL CHARACTER Harley Quinn was gonna be reworked to exist as her own entity

And that while it has the feel of Batman: The Animated Series, it is NOT Batman: The A...

The Woke Women of Batman Caped Crusader | READUS 101

Bruce Timm’s latest animated Batman series “Batman: Caped Crusader” addressed a lot of social issues that a lot of fans got a taste of in Matt Reeves’ “The Batman.” However, part of the reason why they were believable in the first place is because a lot of the women in the series were changed from conventionally attractive white women to people of color.

Why I Dislike "The Watchers (2024)"

I did not like The Watchers.

Not because it was both adapted from A.M. Shine’s novel of the same name and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan, M. Night Shyamalan’s daughter. I am too mature for that.

It was because the main character had all the building blocks to get me to care about her and the pacing blew them into the Grand Canyon in one deep breath, unassembled.

Because as f...

Inside Out's Main Problem (VIDEO SCRIPT)

(Sits) So I think I figured out what’s going on with the Inside Out movies.

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If I were to choose 5 of the most prolific Pixar films over the course of their time under Disney’s thumb, one of them for sure is Inside Out.

/It had heart. It had emotion. It had everything that the likes of their back-to-back emotional gut checks that were WALL-E and Up had in a way that reminded you of Buzz and Woody’s foil dynamic from the firs...

Inside Out's Main Problem | READUS 201

With the release of the sequel to Disney and Pixar’s Inside Out, Inside Out 2 reveals new emotions and visual concepts of feelings we deal with. But does Inside Out 2 add anything of value that made Inside Out 1 such a masterpiece? Also, what does this new contribution to the Inside Out universe say about its main emotion Joy that the first one didn’t say already?

All Jedi Are Cops! (VIDEO SCRIPT)

Readers, I don’t know if you’ve noticed recently, but there are a LOT of fake Star Wars fans now.

Like, a WHOLE lot; like a HELL of a lot...

And while I know the hate originated less during Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm and more toward the privileged palm colored baby boomer geeks that told George Lucas that the shit he came up with was wrong because Phantom Menace wasn’t what they were expecting...

The part about their palm is pr...

All Jedi Are Cops! (Star Wars: The Acolyte) | READUS 101

When it comes to Star Wars The Acolyte, some can’t help but wonder if the Jedi are cops that got complacent from too much unchecked power and resources at their disposal thanks to the Republic. But compare the actions of Sol, Indara and Vernestra to the actions of real life law enforcement that causes the avocation for the government to defund the police, and the actions of a lot if not all the jedi in the Acolyte and other Star Wars stories show there’s really no difference between the t...

(Readus 201) What Do You Wanna See?

Hey, Readers!

First of all, thank you all so much to everyone who decided to join the Patreon or increase their monthly contribution this summer! I'm doing everything in my power to make sure everyone that joined gets their money's worth!

With that being said, I'm in a better place mentally for me to go back to making videos on the second channel! Like on the main channel, videos will start rol...

What REALLY Went Wrong With Wish (VIDEO SCRIPT)

Readers, when the first trailer for Disney’s Wish dropped in September 2023, there was enough in it for me to pick up enough story beats to gain an idea of what the movie was gonna be about.

Now I want it on record that this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

We also need to get out of the mindset that just because someone’s able to properly theorize or predict where someone’s story is going means that it means the story in question is either bad or too s...

What REALLY Went Wrong With Wish (Disney's Wish) | READUS 101

Since Disney's Wish was released in theaters and home video for Walt Disney's 100th anniversary, lots of individuals have been claiming that what went wrong with Wish was how it was either heavy-handed with its message, or implemented too much social commentary and diversity in a "go woke, go broke" kind of way. As you can guess, both of those reasons are false.

The Problematic Queers of J. Blakeson (VIDEO SCRIPT)

I wanna talk about J. Blakeson
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/J. Blakeson is a writer and director from England, born and raised in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. As of the recording of this video, he has a combined total of 10 projects under his belt; 3 of which he just wrote the stories for, 2 that he only directed, and 5 where he did both./

Americans first heard of Blakeson when he was tapped on the shoulder to direct the film adaptation of the young adult novel The 5th Wave in 2016.

The Problematic Queers of J. Blakeson | READUS 101

Writer/Director J. Blakeson has introduced multiple problematic queers with his films "The Disappearance of Alice Creed" and "I Care A Lot," and his television show "Culprits." Each of them highlight problematic queers as the main characters in stories that are just as requested as the "good" representation we've been receiving, but aren't talked about as much. And part of the reason why is thanks to how respect and respectability handles LGBT representation and what heteronormativity is tryi...

Scott Pilgrim Is DOOMED! (VIDEO SCRIPT)

Slight confession time, Readers. I was one of those individuals who first got into Scott Pilgrim not through the graphic novel, but through Edgar Wright’s live-action movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Now that’s not necessarily a crime or a deal-breaker for some fans of the comics as I once thought.

For the longest, I knew that the final volume was released after they originally wrapped filming. But what I didn’t know was that they did reshoots for the ending after the final...

Scott Pilgrim Is DOOMED! (Scott Pilgrim Takes Off) | READUS 101

One of the things about Scott Pilgrim that the Netflix anime series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off changed was when Scott Pilgrim meets Old Scott instead of Nega Scott. However, switching the fight to Old Scott Pilgrim vs Young Scott instead of Nega Scott in this alternate timeline show that’s a companion piece to the original graphic novel series asks a very important question: Is Scott Pilgrim beyond saving?

Everybody Hates Superman! (VIDEO SCRIPT)

So here’s the thing y’all need to know  about My Adventures With Superman if you didn’t know already. It’s pretty good.

/From the character decisions they made with Lois and Jimmy to the take on Superman’s origins, My Adventures With Superman never failed to impress me with every episode I watched of it./

And also, if you’re one of the people wondering who made Jor-El so hot in this show, blame queer comic artist Kris Anka /who did the concept art for him, Supes, ...

Everybody Hates Superman! (My Adventures With Superman) | READUS 101

Season 1 of My Adventures With Superman used its plot to explore a question lots of superhero fans have been asking: Is Superman too good to believe? The idea of Superman being too good to be true has given way to so many different takes on his archetype, -- like Superman is lame unless he's evil Superman, for example -- that My Adventures With Superman uses it to address the character directly, including how characters in his circle -- Lois Lane included -- are also affected by it. It just s...

The Anti-Whiteness of Aquaman (VIDEO SCRIPT)

I wanna talk about Aquaman

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The Anti-Whiteness of Aquaman | READUS 101

With the sequel probably being the last time he plays Aquaman, Jason Momoa did something very special when he starred in Aquaman 2018. Portraying a non-white Aquaman added a lot more depth to the character in a way that a traditionally white Aquaman never could’ve done -- especially with Aquaman vs Ocean Master -- and caused lots of people to see how much of a hold Americanization, white victimhood, and even white supremacy had on DC Comics. And I wanna show how.

Is Ghostbusters Turning Into Stranger Things? (VIDEO SCRIPT)

When the trailer for the new Ghostbusters movie, Ghostbusters Frozen Empire came out in November of 2024, it also came out with a rehashed debate topic back when Ghostbusters: Afterlife was released in 2021:

/Why is Ghostbusters -- a film series initially known for being a vehicle for a handful of Second City Television and first generation Saturday Night Live creatives and performers -- suddenly taking itself seriously? Why are the trailers focusing less on the jokes? Why is the feel o...

Is Ghostbusters Turning Into Stranger Things? | READUS 201

With the upcoming release of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, this and the marketing for the previous legacy sequel to the Ghostbusters franchise “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” has some fans believing the franchise is feeling more like Stranger Things than Ghostbusters, sacrificing the jokes for spectacle and prestige. So I explain why the trailers for the original movies were like that, why Ghostbusters lore now is just as important as the comedy, and why the feeling of Ghostbusters turning into ...

Why Poison Ivy Tried to Change the System (VIDEO SCRIPT)

So considering what happened in the previous season and the Valentines Day special, I can understand why season 4 of Harley Quinn the animated series wasn’t exactly everyone’s cup of tea.

/After all, by making the decision to have Harley explore her desire to do good with the Bat Family, that meant breaking up the OG crew that consisted of Clayface and King Shark and giving them less screen time than we’re used to./

But in regards to her romantic relationship with Poison Ivy...

Why Poison Ivy Tried to Change the System (Harley Quinn) | READUS 101

While Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn show in season 4 of the Harley Quinn animated series that they are NOT the perfect example of healthy queer relationships, their separate story arcs take the cake. In the case of the former, it’s Poison Ivy vs the establishment and displaying the struggles she goes through as she tries to change the Legion of Doom from the inside out as its new CEO. So here’s how Poison Ivy’s character development in Harley Quinn season 4 shows us that can never work. 2023-12-06 20:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Taking A Break! (An Important Channel Announcement) | READUS 101

Due to renovations happening at my current housing situation, I won't be able to release any videos during November 2023. And with videos I've released in 2023 receiving way less views than before on both Readus 101 and Readus 201, I need your help in getting the views and engagement on those videos up so the algorithm can promote them. Also, if you can, I'd greatly appreciate your financial support on Patreon so I can continue to pay rent and utilities when its time to move back into my plac...

Which Haunted Mansion Movie is Better? (VIDEO SCRIPT)

Alright. Let’s see which of Disney’s Haunted Mansion movies is better

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Some of you may not remember because Curse of the Black Pearl pretty much blew it out the water, pun intended, but Pirates of the Caribbean wasn’t the ONLY movie Disney released that was based on one of their theme park attractions in the early 2000’s.

(The Country Bears poster comes on screen and I immediately push it off) I’m of course talking about The Haunted Mansion.

As a...

Which Haunted Mansion Movie is Better? | READUS 201

Now that there's a Haunted Mansion movie based on each of the Haunted Mansion Disney rides in America -- one starring Eddie Murphy and another starring LaKeith Stanfield -- comparing the Haunted Mansion 2003 to Haunted Mansion 2023 feels like an inevitability at this point. So allow me to take the bullet here and both critique and analyze which is better between the two!

Why Annette Is Black (VIDEO SCRIPT)

Readers, I think it’s safe to say that I wasn’t alone in anticipating the follow-up to the Castlevania anime, Castlevania: Nocturne

The original show was easy to get into even if you never played any of the games. And according to those who DID play the games, the show was incredibly faithful to them

/So a lot of fans of the franchise upon seeing that the new Belmont Nocturne would be focusing on was Richter and his entourage pretty much anticipated this sequel series to follo...