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Hiya! What's up?

I always ask my kids "whats up?" and they say "good" and I kind of love that. Hope you had a good weekend! Ben was out of town so I was single mommin' and I just have the utmost respect for full time single parents, they bow to no one. It was good though, cereal for dinner one night, gave myself a medal for taking them to the waterpark on my own, but slept so bad every night he was gone, so I am tiiiirrreeedd starting this week!

This week if you look at the three posters-it looks kind of dark and drizzly haha. I am excited about it though-Thunder, Sin and Games and more sin?! I had to push A.I one more week, I also decided on To Catch a Thief for my PPOTM (CARYing on....;)) and we are going to have a "Whats next Poll..." up this week as well. All good things.

ALSO PICK-A-FLICK PICKING LIVE!! TOMORROW 09/05 at 4pm MST-Come watch the popcorn pop and flicks drop! I genuinely love these and can't wait to see the winner this month!

Guess what? We had another movie on YT pass a million views! DEADPOOL! You’re welcome Ryan Reynolds ;) and Jaws is at 999k if you wanted to give it another lookski haha


Ok thank you, come again. :)

Cassie





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keoma songs

Isn't tomorrow August 5?

warcrimes

Oh sweet summer child, she's about to start Game of Thrones. Please please please bring your sis on this voyage!

Rosario Cicero

I’d like to check GOT but I understand it has A LOT of sexual content

Edgar Gonzalez

Man, Cassie is gonna get into the GOT series...this is going to be wild! Don't know if Cass is ready yet fam 😨

Alex Gorell

Ohh To catch a thief. I cannot wait for that one.

Omar

GOT???? Whoooooo boyyyyy

Katie Sivak

Can’t wait for Man of Steel and Thunderbolts hope you watch New Superman when it comes out Please watch Hope Floats with Carly if you have not seen it and Mad Love

Mark McKeever

Holy Crap! GoT is gonna be a fun one for me to watch. 🖖

Omar

That’s why I’m surprised it’s getting watched but hey Yolo

Shad Kanyak

AI has been my pick-a-flick submission from the beginning. Need to find a new one. Looking forward to your reaction. One of my favorites.

Cody Nelson

Game of Thrones! Lets go! You're in for one heck of a ride Cassie!

Blake Evans

I’ve waited all these years in hopes of GoT. And now “Winter is coming!”

djKENTO

Remember to watch the THEATRICAL cut of Sin City. The other cut is not intended for first viewings and cuts up the movie into several short films and adds the credits to each short so it’s soooo broken up and a slog to get through.

thansen

This is all too good to be true!

WestBound

This is by far the best lineup you've ever had

Rick Williams

Did you mean 8/5 for the pick a flick?

Robert Jewell

Well, there's one movie I'm definitely looking forward to. WarGames. When's Mrs. Muir coming up?

Walter Crockett

Thanks for the update Cassie. I just got brand new copies of the Thunderbolts, and To Carch A Thief. I am glad I didn’t watch them this weekend on my own…lol looking forward to forward to your reactions 😀

MikeLL

Oh, you had me at To Catch A Thief. You've had that on your PPOTM list for years. It's time. I always thought you should watch this one with Carly, because she could see more Cary Grant and see Grace Kelly for the first time. It's OK if you do it solo, but with Carly it would be more fun. To Catch a Thief is Carly-appropriate-Hitchcock. In other words, it would not traumatize her like Psycho or Vertigo would, but would thrill her like North by Northwest would. Either way, with or without Carly, it will be the highlight of the month for me, well, besides your starting Game of Thrones, that is!

Anthony Carlson

Sounds cool to me for what’s coming! Also, have fun at the Star Trek Convention in Vegas! 🖖🏻🙂

warcrimes

I figured it was too much of a commitment. You're going to love this just try as hard as you can to avoid spoilers lmao. Been wanting to rewatch and cannot wait for this. <3!!

thansen

Absolutely! GoT is the kind of tv series she will just love. Cannot wait!

Popcorn In Bed

the ghost and mrs muir will just be a full length reaction, not a yt edit!

Walker Mangum

Love To Catch A Thief!! Great choice!

Ricky

Cassie, I just love that you can throw reference lines, such as from Lord of the Rings, all around now. 😂 You're amazing.

Robert da Spruce

Not the lineup I would typically expect from you Cassie. But I’m here for it! Looking forward to the upcoming week!

Justtired

Cassie is going to be tested this week

Paul Cox

Aww I was hoping you'd have gone with Charade for the Cary and Audrey of it all! To Catch a Thief is fine, but it's not among my favorite of Hitchcock's Hollywood films.

LukeG84

Have mixed feelings about seeing Thunderbolts up this week. I’m looking forward to watching the reaction, but I’ve got a decision to make. Wait a month for it to hit Disney+ here in the UK, or buy it on Prime for £13.99 so I can watch the reaction straight away? 🤔

Omar

Cassie if they’re making you watch GOT against your will blink twice

Phil Stubblefield

Another classic? Yes!!! In addition to starring Cary Grant (because, why not?), To Catch a Thief was my introduction to Grace Kelly. She was so incredibly elegant and beautiful! It's quite understandable why someone like Prince Rainier would want to marry her, but it was certainly a loss for Hollywood and generations of film buffs to follow. Of course, her early death at the young age of 52 was the real tragedy! Still, her legacy lives on, and I'm so glad to be able to revisit this classic with you. Thank you, Cassie! 😁

Walter

Oh wow, Thunderbolts! That['s exciting. I don't personally think Sin City is as good as others do, but it should be a fun reaction. And Game Of Thrones....buckle up, Cassie!! It's a very bumpy (and well worth it) ride!

Robert Jewell

😒 Oh, darn. My good friend Dorothy's dad did the music for that film. Wanted to share a YT edit with her. Oh, well.

JohnnyUtah

Loved thunderbolts, seen it 5x now 3 in theaters. GoT might be the most excited I've been on the channel since haunting of hill house!

baz0348

Thunderbolts excellent sin city it's ok game of thrones not for me not into the medieval fantasy stuff.

LukeG84

Not too excited for the Sin City reaction given it beat The Birdcage, but I’ll watch it. At least it’s on Netflix so I don’t have to pay to watch it.

thevgman

Ooooo, Sin City. That's going to be an interesting reaction, not to mention GoT

Johnny

Oh boy - Cassie watching GOT is going to be interesting. Overall, I think she'll like it actually, but she's going to have a rough time in a lot of it.

Samuel Champ

Oh My Gosh, Cassie is watching Game of Thrones!!! Winter is Coming!

Katie Sivak

You should start Stranger Things esp if you can watch TLOU and GOT. ST is fantastic you and Carly would love it

Irby

Oh my sweet summer child this is going to be great. Love GoT

Stick Figure Studios

Oh, TO CATCH A THIEF will be a lot of fun. Cary Grant, Grace Kelly and Alfred Hitchcock are a potent combination. I'm curious what you think of SIN CITY. It wouldn't have been my pick to win the poll (I still hold out hope for MIDNIGHT RUN to be a PPOTM at some point) but I prefer it to THE BIRDCAGE. It's a certainly a very stylish film with some striking B&W visuals Also, am I misreading your post or are you planning to watch the Spielberg film A.I. ?

Scott Macaulay

Oh man! I don’t know if I can watch GoT with Cassie! 🫣🤣

Maisie

That PIB GOT poster is AWESOME. Props to whoever created it. I also second the call for Stranger Things, now that the new season is coming out...

Kristin

Perhaps she needs to reassess after season one before committing to the whole series.

Joe J

Dang, I was so certain Cassie's PPoTM would be "The Towering Inferno", how could I have been so wrong. 😉🤣

LukeG84

Despite not being all that interested in the series itself, I must confess I’m quite excited for GOT. Not only will we see some entertaining reactions from Cassie, it gives me hope she’ll watch other longer format series, like Grimm. 🙏🏻 I’m convinced she’d love that series.

Popcorn In Bed

yes planning on watching AI, runner up in the spielberg Poll!

Cole Jennett

They would like Hope Floats a lot!

Kristin

I know everyone here is excited about GoT, and I know Cassie is a grown adult, but I'm not convinced that she's going to be happy watching it. There are a number of aspects that typically push people passed their limits. Guess we'll find out. I do actually care that she has a good time, and GoT is not necessarily a "good time".

thansen

I would much rather have seen that. Maybe the best disaster film.

LukeG84

And what’s worse, we’ve got to decide pretty quick because £13.99 is the discounted price. It could go back up to £19.99 at any time. It’s definitely not worth that much money.

Joel Wayne

You mentioned it in your "Bringing Up Baby" reaction so I'm really hoping you watch "The Philadelphia Story" 1940 with Cary Grant, James Stewart and Katherine Hepburn and then just for fun "High Society" 1956 with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly. It's a musical version of the same movie.

Bill Maurer

So waiting for GoT with Cassie. Hopefully you and Carly can watch " An Affair to Remember" with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. Bring tissues ..

aarswft

Game of Thrones doesn't seem like your jam. Who blackmailed her into this?

Stick Figure Studios

That's exciting! As I said before, more Spielberg on the channel is always a good thing and this one was conceived of and written by Stanley Kubrick no less. It's quite a film. Another of Spielberg's most underrated efforts because it's quite different from his usual output. Very complex and thought-provoking. Can't wait to see that reaction.

Edgar Gonzalez

I agree with you... Sex,nudity,language,violence. GOT does NOT hold back, which is one of the reasons that it turned out to be a great series. So yes, I'd say you are right 👍

Katie Jackson

I LOVE Grimm! I definitely think she'd love that series too

Keith Brown

GREAT ! You will enjoy "To Catch a Thief" ! When you watched "Bringing Up Baby" you looked up the cast for "The Philadelphia Story" and got excited about that one too ! Please try if you can to watch that with Carly so the two of you will get a kick out of the comedy and the love story together .

Dale Smith

Kinda concerned with GOT. It is a good show but the amount of explicit material is...a lot. I will be pleasantly surprised if Cassie enjoys it but I wouldn't blame her if she decides to not continue. Either way, looking forward to this and Thunderbolts* :D

Paul Cox

I believe she's seen Sleepless in Seattle, so it would be fun to connect the dots.

Catherine LW

To Catch a Thief! Whooohooo! 💃🏻 Cary Grant retired and Hitchcock lured him from retirement to film this romance/thriller/mystery in the south of France with Grace Kelly. At the time Kelly was dating Oleg Cassini, and Grant and then-wife Betsy Drake chaperoned. Filming on location was new and the rage since Europe was at peace and commercial air flight was readily available. This will be fun and visually pleasing!

ChiefKC

I know GOT is not her normal thing to watch and I am excited about seeing her reaction to it, however I'm also concerned. Those of us that have watched it know how this show can throw unexpected things at you.

Maisie

Agreed. I love the show but I don't think she's ready for the...HBO of it all.

LukeG84

Yeah she’d love the characters. Here’s hoping she see this posts and checks out the season one trailer. 🤞🏻

David Freese

Decent lineups but I'm not a big GoT fan so maybe you're reactions will get me to watch.

Joe J

The phase, If you can't take the heat...get out of the kitchen" comes to mind, lol.

Omar

If GOT is the first where they bail out mid series, I’m totally supportive. That series really has….a lot….of….stuff.

Shehab Dawoud

OJ Simpson masterclass. He was killing it!

Cody Nelson

That’s certainly possible. A while back I would certainly more inclined towards that view, but after seeing how much she loved the last of us, I don’t know, there’s actually a chance she may end up liking Game of Thrones.

Katie Jackson

I recommended a "Farewell To Summer" Poll on the Extra Butter Chat and figured I'd post it here to and see if anyone was interested. My recommendations are: *Adventureland (2009) *Cocktail (1988) *I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) *The Parent Trap (1961) *Swiss Family Robinsons (1960) *Summer Rental (1985) *Wet Hot American Summer (2001) *The Great Outdoors (1988) *Mystic Pizza (1988) *Friday The 13th (1980) *Addams Family Values (1993) *American Graffiti (1973)

Benjamin Guzman

You're going to watch Game of Thrones? Oh boy.

AdrianF

Really hope GoT isn't too much for you! But can't wait to watch it through for the umpteenth time.

Kristin

Yep, there would be absolutely no shame in bailing out of GoT gets to be too much.

Steve Mercier

Game of Thrones? Really? I mean, cool, but...really?

Gray

I remember alot of people thought there is no way she could handle American Psycho and it she watched that ok. I think GoT will go along the same lines of with the great storytelling and characters being worth it over the graphic scenes.

Ortizmo

Same thought. Wow. WOW.

Catherine LW

I’m good with that too. The payoff isn’t worth it.

Tyler Hale

She’s ready for it!

Roland Steiger

and it's also Star Trek Las Vegas week

Catherine LW

That’s great. It was Kubrick’s baby, but he couldn’t finish it and handed it to Spielberg.

Kawaii Leonard

I think if she finishes season 1, she will finish the series. The season finale has a great hook.

Kiss the Librarian

Heck yeah! An Affair to Remember would be a quick favorite of Cassie's. Should we make a list of light palate cleansers she can intersperse with GoT episodes?

Gray

Entertaining week i'd say, GoT will be quite the ride really looking forward to it. Some really great movies recently on the channel and we get A.I too next week sweet!

Chris Thom

Good! Workin' hard, or hardly workin'? Water park sounds fun. It's been so long. Still have never done one of those enclosed slides the spins you around the drain like a toilet bowl. But I want to. I remember those always being a late July or August thing before school started for some reason.

Chris Thom

Have a feeling she'll also find a way to make a little detour to the Sphere for some laaargeeer thaaann....LYFE. Dum duh dun um. Duh duh dun um.

Rene G.

Thunderbolts was a theraphy movie. It sucks. Not worth it. And it was a flop too

Dale Smith

Neither is the trauma.

Brandon N.

Yes, GOT will be a wild ride. Excited to see the reaction.

Choof

How about you don't spoil things and let her make choices

Chris Thom

What's a therapy movie?

Cole Jennett

She knows what she’s getting into

Richard Maurer

It’s a really good movie. And it does well for reactors on YouTube. Mostly the Marvel hater grifters on YouTube are saying it sucks, and they probably didn’t even watch it.

Edgar Gonzalez

Well, we are gonna find out...I hope you are right.

MacGuffinStuff

Oh snap, I have been saying to myself I feel like rewatching GOT, so this is gonna be awesome! I know I know, it wasn't quite the perfect show but still one of the best ever made and I'm so psyched for this. The intro music is already playing in my head lol

Nim

When GOT first aired, the number 1 issue was there were soooo many characters, kingdoms and politics it was overwhelming for quite a while. Cassie isn't the best with names as we know. Has anyone given her a non spoiler breakdown of who's who in regards to the 1st episode. May save a lot of confusion if she has a faint idea of which families are allies or enemies, a little history of the targaryans, the nights watch, north of the wall etc.

Gray

Only issue is we have to wait a week like the old days and not binge it lol

ArsTropica

I can't remember if the inter-season lore & history extras are non-spoiler. If they are, it might be worth reacting to them after each season.

Rene G.

I watched it and guess what? I felt underwhelmed.

Richard Maurer

Looking forward to Thunderbolts* and Sin City, won’t be watching GoT. Nice LotR reference.

Rene G.

you cannot force others to like what you like. So tiresome.

thansen

I would recommend most of those. Except Wet Hot American Summer. One of the least funny movies. Watch Meatballs instead.

Caomhan84

Now that she is swooning over Cary Grant, I have to wonder if she has seen Gregory Peck yet. He's just as handsome and has a lot of movies from a long career. I just watched him in "The Man In the Gray Flannel Suit" the other night... That's a Cassie movie.

Mojo One Thousand

Thunderbolts is lighter than the poster portrays, it's an MCU movie after all. It will be the counterweight to the other entries for this week. And, per usually with the MCU there are post credit scenes.

Cole Jennett

I was slightly underwhelmed too, but that doesn’t mean Cassie and Carly won’t enjoy it.

Richard Maurer

I really don’t care if you like the film or not. I was just giving a different take on the film. Many people do not think it “sucks”

Cole Jennett

It is a little heavier than the normal MCU fare, but I think it will go over well.

Michael West

So happy you are going to watch "To Catch a Thief". It's a wonderful watch. Wow, Deadpool reached 1 million in less than a year. That's amazing.

Rene G.

the action sequence effects looked like Bollywood type.. And it makes the bollywood type look oscar worth effects. Again, my other issue with this 1/10 movie

Rene G.

what comment? The one where I said Carly's most hated F word?

Rene G.

Thunderbolts? More like Huggerbolts.

Katie Jackson

I actually just saw on TVLine an interview with Elizabeth Tulloch (Juliet/Eve) that David (Nick) has gotten a call and they're writing a script. They are getting his input but they're wanting to bring Grimm back. Alot of people in the last 8 years have discovered the show and it has a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. So a very strong possibility that it will come back!

Cole Jennett

Honestly, if she makes it past episode 1, she will make it through

Chris Thom

Cassie, the mods, and members have been pretty sensitive about no spoilers with GOT. So I don't think she wants to know anything going in. She's been actively avoiding them supposedly.

Chris Thom

I randomly watched The Great Outdoors this weekend on On Demand. Good times. Total nostalgia. Was also reading online about how the cabin set is still there on the Universal Studios backlot.

Nim

Fair enough. I guess she'll work it out like we had to 👍

Richard Maurer

Rene - You can’t post spoilers just because you don’t like a movie. You already made it clear that don’t like it, but plenty of people do, and Cassie is going to watch it, if she hasn’t done so already. So it’s over and done with.

Chris Thom

She's been pushing pretty hard for it herself. Against quite a bit of naysaying from some of us. I think she just wants to see it.

Chris Thom

I don't really want GOT just because of how long it is. But she did really seem to enjoy True Detective.

Rene G.

As Spider-Man peter parker would say, "I missed the part where that's my problem."

Dave

Rene - please remove your comment regarding the villain's defeat. No spoilers, please.

Rene G.

there I deleted it..

Chris Thom

Trying to remember how popular those novels were before the show. Vaguely remember them being front and center at Barnes and Noble for a while. Seemed like maybe 2/3 of the audience knew nothing of what was going on going in, and a third seemed to know a lot of background.

Catherine LW

Yes, she’s seen Roman Holiday and liked him. I think she also saw To Kill a Mockingbird.

Henry M (black6q)

In Case of Emergency Break Glass: (not in any particular order; use as needed) Game of Thrones Palate Cleansers S01 ----------------------------------------------- -My Bodyguard 1980 -The Last Starfighter 1984 -Meatballs 1979 -Stripes 1981 -Black Knight 2001 -Night School 2018 -Adventureland 2009 -The Way Way Back 2013 -Rad 1986 -Gleaming The Cube 1989

Nim

Used to work at sky TV at the time and they had exclusive broadcast rights for the UK from HBO. They did a bit of promo in the lead up to season 1 so we had a bit of insight into the main characters, the kingdoms, the families involved, north of the wall etc.

Catherine LW

Sounds fun. I nominate The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down a Mountain, with Hugh Grant. Based on a true story, it’s charming, gently humorous and the end will make you smile.

Cole Jennett

The novels are immensely popular in the fantasy genre. Less so since Martin seemed to get writers block. It’s been 25 years since I read the 3rd book, and there have only been 5 released to this day🤯. Highly frustrating to those who bought in long before HBO did.

The Star Treker (aka Michael)

I gave Game of Thrones a shot—watched the first three episodes—but honestly, it just didn't grab me. I got bored after that. I've never really been into the whole fantasy/medieval vibe unless it’s something like The Legend of Zelda, Dragon Age, or The Elder Scrolls. That kind of world-building clicks with me more. The explicit stuff wasn't the issue at all—I knew the tone it was going for, and I've seen plenty of shows and movies with mature content. DC Studios' Peacemaker definitely pushes that line, and even Star Trek: Discovery had its moments—especially that wild Klingon scene in one episode. Yeah, Star Trek went there. Lol. I'm actually hyped to see Cassie doing Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts, but I was surprised to find out she's doing Game of Thrones too. Lol. Still, I've got a lot of respect for the cast on that show—some seriously talented actors in the mix.

Erik Locquiao

“Night gathers, and now my watch begins.”

Maisie

The Last of Us had the violence, but not the nudity/sex scenes. That’s the part I think she’ll really not enjoy.

Kristin

@Maisie: The violence is bad, but I don't know how it compares to the Last of Us. So far as I know, she hasn't watched anything (on the channel) that is similar to GoT on the sexual front. It's ALOT.

K, Zachary

Cassie and to all her loyal viewers, You know I love MLB history Such a rich history. Although it didn't become the national past time until April 15, 1947. Today I learned that Ty Cobb had his tonsils removed from a doctor later sent to a insane asylum with no anesthesia and still played later that day. 🤯 Seriously we need Caitlin Clark back. We have had to reschedule three trips because she's not playing. She is supposed to come back on the 12th though. 🤞At least the Steelers have their first preseason game this weekend. Anyway check your email out. I had to get my GOT poster refurbished after the cats broke it. Long story. Also I made a new video. (It will be going public shortly) The anniversary of Sharon Tate's death is Saturday 😭. 56 years ago. Why do I always feel I got robbed on that day. Quite the week Game Of Thrones starting. Sin City we own that one and Thunderbolts. We loved that movie!!! That will be a fun one to watch with you. We are sitting here wondering if we want to start another movie with you or wait until morning. The dogs are wondering what we're doing up. Ok we will start Bridge Of Spies. Have a great week everyone!

bknsty14

Maybe now that you’ve gotten The Haunting of Hill House out of the way, you can do Mike Flanagan’s follow-up, The Haunting of Bly Manor for Halloween. Maybe???

Blane

For a moment there, I thought those were skulls in your popcorn bucket on the GOT poster, but popcorn works too.

Thomas

Jaws it is

Joe J

"Midnight Mass" would rock her world!!!

AceofSpades501

Looks like a great week. I thought you would pick, A Philadelphia Story, but I am glad you picked To Catch a Thief. Get to see Grace Kelly again. Hope you will watch On the Waterfront, at some point.

Clay F

I would be up for either "The Haunting of Bly Manor" or "Midnight Mass". I really liked The Haunting of Hill House first watch last October ane her reaction. Mike Flanagan impressed me. Acting good. Writing good.

Clay F

+1 for On the Waterfront.

Clay F

+1 for Adventureland 2009

Dan M

You know I’m all in on this poll, Katie 👍

Clay F

Gray -- at least we may get 2 episodes per 'week. We'll see.

Milton Reduxed

Those prices are why piracy is making a comeback

Chris Thom

That's one of the first reactions she did on the channel if you haven't seen it yet.

Chris Thom

Might swap Bly for Midnight Mass or Usher. But Bly is pretty good too. Been watching Hannah react to those lately.

Mojo One Thousand

I agree with that assessment, it is heavier for the MCU, but still long way from the other two for the week.

Clay F

I definitely think she wll finish GoT series. Looking forward to it.

Chris Thom

Rad would be pretty rad. And Adventureland for end of summer.

Clay F

Her idea. She said she has always wanted to watch Game of Thrones.

Chris Thom

Yeah that poster looks pretty intense.

Clay F

I completely agree with agree with Gray. She will handle GoT just fine and be captivated, and become invested.

Brian's Dog

I'm still riding high from the Wargames reaction a week ago.

Chris Thom

I almost always wait for free. I pay all that money for the damn streamers I might as well get use out of them.

Chris Thom

Me too. Not sure why she keeps pushing it back. Such an interesting film.

Milton Reduxed

Ideas for a teenage-boy-movie poll • Police Story (1985) • Karate Kid (1984) • A Better Tomorrow (1986) • To Kill a Cop (1981) • A Moment of Romance (1990) • Iron Monkey (1993) • Tai Chi Master (1993) • Once Upon A Time In China (1991) • My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989) • Full Contact (1992)

Clay F

$19.99 to stream in US. I will wait for that price to drop, or wait to till premiers on Disney+ (like you) in which I am a subscriber. I waited on the Barbie reaction for the Barbie stream price to drop.

Milton Reduxed

Ideas for a Cold War Movie Poll • Torn Curtain (1966) • The Lives of Others (2006) • One, Two, Three (1961) • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965) • The Silent Revolution (2018) • East/West (1999) • Berlin Blues (2003)

Birdie Num Num

its funny that you write "my good friend's dad" instead of just saying who you are referring to. I mean Bernard Herrmann is probably the most famous composer in film history who's been on the channel many times(Vertigo, Psycho, North by Northwest)

Dave Thomas

I'm excited for Game of Corns...

LukeG84

Good philosophy Chris. I tend to do the opposite though. You wouldn’t believe how much money I’ve spent on Prime as a direct result of this channel. I’m just too impatient I guess!

bknsty14

I just finished Hannah’s reaction last night. She was a riot.

bknsty14

I love Hill House. I picked Bly because it’s in release order. They gradually get more of the walk as they go. Mass would be third in release order, then Usher. I’ll take any though. Thought I was going to hate Usher, but it was really good.

Clay F

I agree with Cole. No way she stops after S1. Too good. Plus, she can handle the sex/nudity and violence just fine -- especially because she will be captivated and invested in the series overall. Great character development,

LukeG84

I assumed it was already on Disney+ in the states Clay. I guess Cassie’s paying to watch it then too. Yeah I waited for Barbie too. Not a movie I needed to own.

Clay F

Great lineup. Excited for Game of Thrones. I may wait for Thunderbolts to premier on Disney+ in which I am a subscriber. I like Sin City, some parts better than others -- but do like it. I was hoping for Lost in Translation or The Peanut Butter Falcon or Lion as your PPOTM but glad for It Takes a Thief as that is on my watchlist. A stunning Grace Kelly and a charismatic Carey Grant. Congrats on Deadpool reaching a million views and Jaws being almost there. Two great reactions. You and Carly did really good on Jaws.

Robert Jewell

Yes, I've known his music since I was quite young and love it. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir was his personal favorite of his scores. I guess I could've said Bernard Herrmann, but since she's seen the movie she knows who did the score.

Ross Chain

I worry for Cassie with Game of Thrones.

Cole Jennett

I do too, but not like I would have if this had been two years ago. I think if she can get through that first episode, she will be just fine. It gives her a sample of everything that’s in store for her going forward.

Eric Wallace

Oh no. Game of thrones is gonna hurt

Cole Jennett

Katie, you and Dan are the two people I’m pretty much on the same page with movie wise

Katie Jackson

Absolutely, I always feel that way when I see something you guys recommend

MacGuffinStuff

True, but at least we don't have to wait months or years between seasons lol

Chris Thom

Oh right forgot it was a joint reaction. Looking back doesn't seem like one Carly would've usually joined for.

Gábor Árki

Looks like there’s nothing for me this week either. The only bit of hope is that To Catch a Thief is coming. GoT has been one of, if not the biggest disappointment of a series in my life after what they did with the last few seasons. Because of that I have zero interest in it, and it will be a massive drag to sit out a third of the reaction time for an entire year. Also, with the DCEU opened with Man of Steel, and now the return to the MCU, I fear more of those will be coming. And with October around the corner, I’m starting to worry about how many reactions will be left this year that will actually interest me.

Ignis Rændl

yes!! you GoT this, Cassie!! mate, you watched IT 1 & 2. Game of Thrones is going to be a walk in the park... a park full of murderers and thieves 😈 🤭

Jacob King

To Catch a Thief is a favourite. It’s all froth and sunshine and holiday vibes.

PianoDean

Game of Thrones?! "Oh my GOSH!" You'll probably wanna buckle up for the first season, but it gets pretty chill after that.....L O L

PianoDean

Why'd you stop watching Roger Moore 007? You want a cold war movie..."For Your Eyes Only"

Jacob King

Wet Hot American Summer!!! One of those movies that makes me laugh just thinking about it. The radio kid … ha.

John Rando

I wonder, is Ben or someone going to edit the episodes for Cassie so it isn’t so graphic or is she going to watch the full uncut unedited versions?

My_Cousin_Mose

Whenever someone says "hey whats up?" I do sometimes say "good" like my brain went on autopilot and I kick myself mentally.

Gábor Árki

The biggest issue is that it has been more than 14 years since the 5th was published. The largest gap before was 6 years between 4th and 5th. As the years pass, I'm starting to feel he won't ever be able to finish the series. And all we're left is the terrible HBO ending, where the good storytelling falls apart after season 5 when the source material ran out.

Henry Graham

I don't really understand why Game of Thrones has been chosen out of all the potential TV series to watch. With all of its gratuitous nudity and violence, it seems like the antithesis of Cassie's sensibilities. It's also just a real slog that gets considerably less enjoyable as it goes on.

Stick Figure Studios

Huge Mike Flanagan fan. I think MIDNIGHT MASS or HOUSE OF USGER beats BLY MANOR.

Stick Figure Studios

Bernard Herrmann was a genius. Truly one is the greatest film composers of all time.

Henry Graham

The sadistic violence and cruelty is surely more of an issue than the sex.

Milton Reduxed

The only long-running series I would get behind personally are Sopranos, The Wire, and X-Files

Kawaii Leonard

Well, there's a reason the 2nd golden era of television (2000-2023), the prestige TV era often lists Mad Men, Sopranos, The Wire, and yes, Game of Thrones. So, it's not so bad. ^_^

Mike Redford

Sin City, one of my favorite comic films. The style and narration pull you in, and it's a wild ride. Has a loaded cast too. Lot of gritty stuff this week, no doubt. Should be fun lol

Henry Graham

I would support a Sopranos watch. I think there's a richness and complex humanity there that roots the violence in something real. And it's really funny too. I'd also recommend Mad Men, which I think stands alongside any shows of that era.

christopher b swanson

I understand the need to do Game of Thrones, I hope it's with Carly because having someone to talk to about it as u progress is huge, it's a dense show, and if not for channel I wouldn't have thought it was for you. Stay with it, but be prepared............

JohnnyUtah

Carly definitely can't handle it, she'll talk to us. Lol

TheSingulatarian

Pacific Rim for the 12-year-old boy in all of us.

Katie Jackson

I love The X-Files, one of my personal favorites. This series has a little bit of everything with 2 incredible characters at the center. David & Gillian really did do an amazing job with those characters. There's a reason people still talk about it 30 years later

TheSingulatarian

I have a feeling that because one of the writers of "The Expanse" was his writing assistant he contributed more than a little to the "Game of Thrones" books. It GOT becomes a bit too much for Cassie she can always switch to "The Expanse". Just as good with much less sex.

TheSingulatarian

Maybe Cassie can be convinced to do two a week.

TheSingulatarian

"Sin City," "Game of Thrones". Cassie goes to the dark side.

Patrick Flanagan

"you cannot force others to like what you like" [tries to force others to hate what he hates]

Patrick Flanagan

Don't listen to all these worrywarts. You'll be fine with GAME OF THRONES.

Rene G.

Not quite. The only time I force her to watch here was terrifier Franchise

Richard Maurer

From what I’ve heard Cassie herself made the decision to watch GoT.

Henry Graham

Yeah, I just don't understand what the appeal is. On the plus side, if she's relaxing her rules on nudity on the channel I'm hoping we can push for reactions to great films like Boogie Nights or Eyes Wide Shut, which I'd always assumed were just never going to be a possibility.

Richard Maurer

It’s like when you’re leaving a store, restaurant, or whatever and the cashier says something other than ‘have a good day’ and you automatically say ‘you too’ then you realize too late that ‘you too’ makes no sense to what they just said.

bgb1975 (Brian)

Congrats on the million-view vids, PiB. Do creators see some sort of bonus from YT when a video hits that mark?

Richard Maurer

That would be be a lot of extra work for someone and Cassie hasn’t mentioned it so I doubt that will happen.

Richard Maurer

Agree about the disappointment with GoT. The rest, not so much.

Richard Maurer

lol - Cassie watching Terrifier? That’ll happen. Right after she watches The Exorcist and Hereditary as a double feature.

Richard Maurer

Sounds a little weird to me. But whatever. ;-)

Gary Brown

Somehow she decided to do Game of Thrones, but I'd rather her watch a third movie rather than an 8 season fantasy series. I'd have rather her do Sopranos instead. Shorter episodes and only 6 seasons. I don't know if she will do the series straight through or take breaks. Im autistic and we don't handle change very well. There's really nothing I can do except voice my opinion. She's gonna watch it regardless, so I'll have to cope. It's just unfortunate because when I watch movies with my YouTubers on here it lets me get away from reality. That's all I really have to say.😭

Henry Graham

The Sopranos is an infinitely superior series, and a much more rewarding experience.

Richard Maurer

Just finished The Sandman on Netflix. Only 23 episodes and it’s become one of my all-time favorite series, better than even the best of GoT, and the finale was actually good too. It’s a shame that it doesn’t get more attention.

Richard Maurer

If the final season doesn’t destroy her faith in the ability of show runners to end a series properly, nothing will.

Dan M

The feeling is mutual, Cole and Katie.

Richard Maurer

Agree about rather her watching a third movie, but GoT will probably get her YouTube views, at least for a while.

Gary Brown

Yeah, but now she's just watching 2 movies. If u have seen Rain man, the way they describe Hoffman's character fits me exactly. She's gonna watch it regardless of how I feel. Addie had a panic attack watching it and wasn't even able to even begin it. Im just majorly upset

Alex Gorell

It might be the first thing she bows out of on the channel. And I wouldn’t blame her.

Alex Gorell

Same. It feels like I’m going to be skipping 2/3 of her reactions a month for the coming future.

Gary Brown

Probably , but I'm so upset about it. But like I said, she's going to do wat she's going to do. I was just hoping she wouldn't watch a series

Richard Maurer

Henry, from what I’ve been told (by a mod) her watching Passion of the Christ doesn’t mean she can handle gorier, more violent movies now, for some reason. So I don’t know if the sex/nudity in GoT will translate into relaxed sex/nudity standards for films either. The rules seem to fluctuate depending on what is being watched. Like how the no “demonic stuff” rule didn’t apply for the movie Constantine.

Birdie Num Num

Cassie has said she's seen Outlander off channel, which is arguably more graphic than GOT.

Mannygogou

oh hahaha maybe I'll sneak over and watch Jaws... 😉 again? 🙂 breakfast for dinner that's what I want... eggs and tabasco sauce

Henry Graham

I'm not arguing for more gore on the channel, but I think there are numerous great films where the sex/nudity is integral to them, which has much more value than Game of Thrones' arbitrary and cynical "tits out, everyone!" approach.

Richard Maurer

I would definitely prefer a third movie over a long series (unless that series was Buffy the Vampire Slayer). If it were a short series I wouldn’t mind so much though, something she could finish in a month or two. But GoT is going to go on FOREVER ( at least it will seem that way to me).

Mike Lemon

@Richard- It can just be run through VidAngel, not too much extra work (I think). That said, Cassie isn't some 5 year old, all the infantilization of her in these comments is infuriating for me, and I'm guessing for you too.

Ted Whalen

Cassie you can never go wrong with having breakfast for dinner (also known as brinner).

Mike Lemon

If you want a new number one disappointment, go read Shogun, maybe watch the 1980 miniseries, then watch the 2024 abomination.

Richard Maurer

Alex - I/3 for me, though that depends on what the movies are that she’s watching, especially for Halloween. I’m hoping we don’t get another ‘Action Movie Halloween!’ this year.

Richard Maurer

I prefer dinner for breakfast. As long as I have about a hour for my stomach to settle after waking up, I can pretty much eat anything for breakfast.

Mike Lemon

Just a reminder- Cassie is an adult.

Richard Maurer

Henry - as a horror fan, I was arguing for more gore. But I believe what I was told about that applies universally to all her rules - basically the rules apply until it’s decided they don’t. So GoT may not translate into a Eyes Wide Shut or Boogie Nights reaction.

Ted Whalen

Richard- dinner for breakfast is a good option (cold pizza for breakfast was a favorite during the college years).

Richard Maurer

Yeah as much as I don’t care about GoT, Cassie’s still an adult with kids, not a 10 year old girl. She’ll be fine.

Richard Maurer

There’s literally been discussions about this happening for over a month now, where were all the “She can’t handle it” people then? I don’t know if people wait for something to become a reality before they say something or they only read the upcoming posts, but it’s too late now, she’s doing it.

Richard Maurer

Kristin - I agree about wanting her to enjoy herself. But just like when she made the decision to watch the It movies, she made this decision on her own. We didn’t get to vote, didn’t have a say in it. So it’s all her choice. Edit: Kristin’s comment disappeared, like magic. And I was really trying my best to be nice.

Richard Maurer

I tend to be more willing to actually cook something in the morning. By the evening I just want to microwave and eat.

Kristin

Outlander is NOT more graphic than GoT, not even close!

Henry Graham

Haha. Richard, you keep pushing for gore and I'll keep pushing for sex, and between us we'll juice up this channel somehow!

Kristin

It's not infantilization, it's that GoT is lot, especially for more sensitive viewers, and that has nothing to do with maturity. I've not seen anyone say here that she can't handle it. But if any show is going to test a person, GoT is that. The violence is over the the top and the sex/nudity is extreme to an average viewer. People want her to enjoy what she's watching. And there's nothing wrong with us being concerned about that, or how this show is going to affect her. Regardless, we will see in short time as the 1st episode is a pretty good intro to the rest of series and what's to come.

Richard Maurer

Kristin - since I’m not a fan of GoT, I’m kind of hoping you’re right and the sex/nudity is too much for her, just so we can get out of this long commitment. But I’d also be surprised if she actually does that, Cassie tends to stand by her decisions, even if she might be regretting them.

Andrew Taylor

Are we watching 2 episodes at a time for game of thrones?

Richard Maurer

Hope so. Anything to get it over with faster.

Kristin

I deleted my comment before seeing your response. No worries.

Kristin

This is the one case where I hope she follows her gut...whether. it says co ti ue, or says to stop. But, ratings and views might play a factor, and GoT will get the views.

Joe J

To each his own. I'm happy she's giving GoT a go, her reactions will be wild! I'm certainly not here for more silly rom-coms, lol.

Mark White

Hi Cassie, exciting stuff coming up. I haven’t seen Thunderbolts yet, but I heard good things, so I’m looking forward to watching it with you “first time” for me as well. Speaking of first time! I’ve only ever watched the first episode of GoT, years ago! So I’ll be watching along with you for a first time as well. You have introduced me to some great stuff in the past, so I’m looking forward to these newbies. You are not alone in not sleeping well when your partner is away, most of my friends say they to suffer poor sleep when there partners are away. Me and wife don’t suffer that. But, I have noticed when I go away my wife locks up the house like it’s Fort Knox!! But when I’m at home doors are left unlocked and sometimes open all night! I don’t get it 🤷‍♂️ As if I am some how going to stop a axe murderer in my sleep! 😆 I’m sure Ben is an awesome dad, but I’m sure those kids are just fine with you, they don’t know how lucky they are to have a mom like you. I have done my bit with the Jaws YT views, but my main goal is to get Crocodile Dundee 1 and 2 upto a million, might take a while! 😆 Anywho, I’m looking forward to pick a flick 🫰 Take care You are the best ❤️

Joe J

Edited versions? No one would watch her reactions to edited crap, that's nonsense. Cassie just has to "man up" people, lol.

Mark White

Ted, when I am on hoilday, I tend to eat my main (cooked) meal either in the morning or around mid day. I prefer it that way. I just don’t get that time on work days. I think it must be better for you to work in a good meal, instead of some cornflakes?! I’m usually hungry again by 11! On work days.

Mark White

I hope not Brian, I don’t like being hit! Plus, I always feel sorry for Will! 😆

Joe J

Buckle up! (8) episodes every month = just over 9 months. 😲

Joe J

I think she's hooked. We should also get Batman vs. Superman and Justice League (Snyder cut). 🙏

Mark White

“I’ve been told (by a mod) her watching Passion of Christ doesn’t mean she can handle gorier, more violent movies” I reckon I have seen some pretty gruesome stuff when I was in my 20,s. But PoC last third (in my humble opinion) was as bad as I have seen. It was too realistic! These horror movies we mention that are on the nope list, just don’t come close for me, because they are so unrealistic. But this is old ground. I no there are clearly different opinions and feelings on this subject. But looking through my eyes, I just don’t get it.

Mark White

Agreed Cole, I definitely would of been worried a couple of years ago! But not now. She will be fine.

Mark White

Chris, I think Carly’s tolerance has gone in the opposite direction to Cassie, especially after “Zodiac” I felt that was a bit to much for her.

Mark White

I was wondering about that Clay. 2 episodes are about the average length of a movie, so I would think two a week/slot.

Clay F

I don't know that she is hooked. Like most of us, I think she finds it hard to get into the Snyder chaotic effects-driven action (extended, tedious). I dozed off the last 40 minutes of Man of Steel. A Superman (2025) reaction is a possibility, and then with Superman coming to an end on the channel -- that would make 5 Superman movies she reacted to -- thus she would have definitely served patrons who are Superman fans.

Richard Maurer

Clay - if you doze off during the action sequences maybe superhero films aren’t for you. Fight scenes are big part of what superhero films are about. Not faulting you for it, but not every movie or even genre is for everyone. I’ve seen people, even movie critics, faulting movies for being what they’re supposed to be. I’m definitely not saying that any movie should follow a rigid template, but for a movie to be part a genre there are tropes that are necessary for a film to belong. For superhero movies there needs to be fight scenes, for horror people have to be killed, for westerns there have to be gunfights, and so on. You can deviate from this but if you do you’re no longer really making a genre film. I don’t like rom-coms, so I simply don’t watch them. I don’t watch them and then say “what’s with all the romance? And all the comedy?”.

Richard Maurer

Super! (now imagine the most sarcastic use of super you possibly can).

Richard Maurer

Oh come on Mark you can take a punch for 1 million views - not in the face! Just the shoulder.

Richard Maurer

I’ve seen much worse than PotC, but I would never recommend those movies for Cassie (or for most other people). The movie I was talking about was nowhere near as bad as PotC, violence and gore-wise.

Shawn Alexander

Snyder version is the best. Sorry your bored

Richard Maurer

Joe - well if you’re going to go to extremes, lol. I guess I’d rather she watch GoT, but just like rom-coms, I won’t be watching GoT, so either one is kind of same difference to me. At least GoT will get her YouTube views, for a while anyway. Looking at series views on YT recently I noticed a trend for views to drop significantly as the series progressed. But people might come back for season 8 to hate watch, lol.

AdrianF

Blimey there's some whining going on down here.

AdrianF

My Thunderbolts* disc was sposed to arrive today (from the US), but alas everyone is having a siesta apparently and I won't get to see it til tomorrow. GoT is going to be fantastic. Winter is definitely on the way, too.

Somehiguy

Well, regardless of what a lot of people are saying, I think Game of Thrones, and Walking Dead were the two best shows made for television. I am super excited that you are doing Game of Thrones.

Just Plain Bob

If Cassie only watches one episode a week, it would drag out to almost a year and a half. Two episodes should be her minimum for each reaction slot.

Catherine LW

Growing up, we kids loved it when our parents made pancakes for dinner! 😋

Clay F

Richard - superhero movies have generally not been for me. But there are exceptions and thus I will occasionally give a superhero movie a chance, especially with Cassie as reactor. Also, I am fine w/reasonable action. But Snyder is especially egregious in being ridiculous in spewing out extended monotonous effects-driven action. I am not alone in thinking that. My point was I think Cassie and Carly thought that (e.g., about the last 40 minutes in Man of Steel) and thus may not be aching to see more Snyder superhero content. Joe said "she's hooked" -- I don't know. By the way, I gave Man of Steel a 6/10 rating as to how much I liked the movie -- would have been higher were it not for that last 40 minutes (I was fine with the final couple of minutes). I liked Henry Cavil. I liked the nonlinear telling. I liked Amy Adams (I always like her). I liked Diane Lane’s portrayal of the American mom, and Costner’s portrayal of the American dad. I liked Russel Crowe. My suggestion to Cassie that I posted in a comment on the Man of Steel full reaction: "You've reacted to 4 Superman movies. You implied in the intro that you may react to Superman (2025).... That would make 5 Superman movies. After reacting to Superman (2025), you could move on from Superman to 'Wonder Woman' (2017) (ranked No. 20 at Popcorn Requests) starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine." Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice ranked No. 681 at PR. Justice League (2017) = no requests at PR. Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) ranked No. 868 at PR.

Catherine LW

Rome is an excellent HBO series- 2 seasons of fascinating history and characters. Too bad it’s forgotten.

Catherine LW

I wonder if GOT will be on YouTube? It will require a lot of careful editing. I could be wrong but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a reaction to it on YouTube.

Tyler Foster

For all I know you've already watched it, but make sure you watch the theatrical version of Sin City. You have said you default to that, so it shouldn't be a problem, but the "extended cut" of Sin City, while enjoyable, also splits all of the stories into their own separate vignettes complete with their own credits sequences, which is both annoying and also even confusing, when it comes to the story that was meant to just bookend the movie and reads as sort of a non-sequitur when the two parts are just a single separate story.

Above Average Dave

Well, and Grace Kelly and Hitchcock at his peak, but yes! That said, one can't help but think Hitch said, "I know, let's go to the French Riviera for 8 weeks in the summer and make the studio pay for everything!"

John Rando

@Joe J Nothing wrong with a blur here or a pixelation there lol

Above Average Dave

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) FAIL SAFE BREACH 8 DAYS IN MAY DR STRANGELOVE THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR GORKY PARK THE DEATH OF STALIN THE COMPANY TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY THE GOOD SHEPHERD THE DAY AFTER THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN

Norm

Yes, and it's always coming from the same 3-4 people!

TheWebShark

Game of thrones started off epic, but became the most epic disappointment. 😤 Also, i know Cassie started this channel to expand her movie/TV experiences. And it's good to get out of comfort zone... That being said, i think game of thrones is pretty extreme for popcorn in bed. 😬 Good luck Cassie. 🤞🙏

Mark White

😂 Richard, i will take a punch, for a Cannonball Run reaction! In the face would be best and that’s because I need my shoulder for work and no one would notice the difference to my face! 😆

Ted Whalen

Catherine- I was a huge fan of having pancakes for dinner.

TheWebShark

Yes! Buffy has a way better payoff than game of thrones. And i think Cassie would have better time with Buffy, than GOT. Now I got Buffy on the brain. Maybe I'll start rewatching it again. 🤩

Clay F

Nolan's Batman trilogy is my favorite Batman.

Bill Maurer

https://themusaeum.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/westerosmap.pdf The above is a link to a map made of the "Game of Thrones" worlds of Westeros and Essos. I know when I watched GoT for the first time this would have been helpful in seeing where and what was going on in correlation to everything. Essos - this where the "Queen of Dragons" starts here story Westeros - is where everyone else is. If that makes sense. Hope this helps.

Clay F

8.4 weeks. At 2 episodes per week, 73 episodes is 36.5 weeks. 36.5 weeks divided by 4.33 weeks per month = 8.4 weeks. Will fly by. We will be disappointed when concluded. Except will be excited for the next long series starting (e.g., Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire?).

Gary Brown

Yeah, she would. If she changed her mind, which she won't, id be a happier person. I panicked last night in tears and still upsets me if I think about it. And thats difficult to do for me. That's 73 movies we won't be able to watch with her. I don't know how she got the idea to watch this, but it will take over a year to finish. Im just very upset I have one less movie to watch with her. She won't even see this comment, so i don't even know wat she'd say if she did. 😰

JONATHAN REDFERN WILLIAMS

I hope you enjoy Game of Thrones, Cassie. Trivia note: the actor who plays Littlefinger, Aidan Gillen, also features on HBO drama The Wire. He is the ONLY actor to feature in both of those great shows!

Cole Jennett

Catherine. Almost every reactor I follow has reacted to Game of Thrones on YouTube. There are hundreds of them

Catherine LW

I still occasionally make them for dinner!

ArsTropica

I think context is everything. For non-history buffs, Rome could be a bit much because of the lack of perspective on the graphic nature of the show. Still an amazing Anglo-American production - I don't think we'll ever get anything like it again.

Canadianant

Well there's no shortage of opinions and comments. I think that GoT is there to try to up the engagement here and it's obviously working . No such thing as bad publicity? For one I'm looking forward to it even if it's definitely on the edge for Cassie

Catherine LW

Cassie likes history - it would be interesting for her.

ArsTropica

People keep asking whether Cassie will be ready for GoT. But I think it's the other way around. Will GoT satisfy a dyed in the wool Tolkienian like Cassie? After a steady 4 year diet of hundreds of films and shows, Cassie has developed a pretty mature philosophy towards all things pop-culture. After that much exposure, practically everything must seem a tad cliched. The real question is whether GoT will surprise her in any meaningful way.

Chris Thom

I wonder if she would like Rings of Power more. That may be more of what she's looking for. If she hasn't done The Hobbit series already.

Chris Thom

Agree that the map would help. Not sure if that counts as a spoiler though.

Chris Thom

True. I was actually surprised how she took What Lies Beneath. Really thought it would be a fairly tame thriller.

Just Plain Bob

She watched The Hobbit trilogy and seemed to like it. Not sure if that’s what you mean by “series.” Personally, I thought the trilogy sucked. It didn’t capture the feel of the book at all IMO, which is what Lord of the Rings did so well. Watching trailers for Rings of Power gave me much the same vibe, like Tolkien’s work filtered thru a modern pop culture lens. I don’t find that remotely interesting. Tolkien’s aim with Lord of the Rings, other than the obvious (entertaining its audience), was to create a mythology for his beloved England. That’s why there was approximately 10,000 pages of unpublished (at the time) backstory, including The Silmarillion. Bringing a modern, pop culture ascetic to his work ruins it for me. It needs to feel grand and cinematic and epic and, well, mythological.

Richard Maurer

We will be disappointed? Don’t include us all in that, Clay. Has anyone confirmed that it’s 2 episodes per week? That would be good news, sooner over the better.

Mike Redford

I think your Jean-Luc Picard plushy's gonna make a good stress ball, watching something like GOT. I'm all for it though, Cassie

Chris Thom

The first book was released in the 90's?

Clay F

GoT is epic throughout. So much character development. I know how you get into characters. The show (including the nudity and violence) is not too much for you to handle. The sex/nudity occurs cumulatively only 15 minutes total every 20 hours. Not long/extended. You will be fine. The massive bulk of time spent on characters, dialogue, relationships, storylines, political intrigue, etc. Objectionable content will not derail you from enjoying the show, becoming captivated/invested.

Marco

GOT is to much for you to handle, but im happy for you to give it a chance, please do GOT reactions PATREON exclusive. Dont post on YT

ArsTropica

GoT attempts to subvert that mythological legacy by grounding it in historically inspired events. While I don't think that the show succeeded in that goal, it did very successfully create some very entertaining fodder for consumption by the masses. Ultimately, I think Cassie's enjoyment of the GoT series will be a question of taste. From her past reactions, I noticed that once Cassie forms an opinion, it rarely changes. It will be interesting to see how she chooses to assimilate the show's concepts.

Richard Maurer

Considering that most Tolkien fans and PJ LotR fans don’t like it, and considering it doesn’t do well on YouTube for reactors, I doubt we’ll ever see RoP here (if we’re lucky anyway).

Clay F

I like your thoughts and the real question you pose. I don't think she will be overall surprised or shocked but will definitely enjoy the show in a meaningful way and be surpised (appreciative) of that fictional world, the characters (and character development), and interesting storylines.

Chris Thom

I didn't realize the Hobbit movies were on the channel already. Might watch those.

Just Plain Bob

In no way did I intend to criticize Game of Thrones with my initial response. My ire was directed solely at The Hobbit trilogy and what I’ve seen of Rings of Power. I loved the first several seasons of GoT, although I share the opinion of many that it fell off a cliff in terms of quality at the end. What Martin was trying to do was very different than Tolkien and he succeeded admirably. Proof that there’s more than one way to tell a fantasy story. The only real similarity between their work is its depth and the ability of the respective authors to create fantastic epic fantasy while creating a very immersive experience.

ArsTropica

No, it's cool. I am the one that is criticizing the "what was Aragorn's tax policy?" angle in the franchise. That said, I am by no means a purist. I grew up reading (and loving) many derivative works of Tolkien. I agree that Martin's goals were different from Tolkien's but since both explore similar topics in the fantasy genre, they naturally invite some comparison and criticism.

Just Plain Bob

Chris, Cassie’s reaction to The Hobbit is far superior to the films themselves. As others have mentioned, once she buys into a movie/series, she tends to be in all the way. It’s why I suspect she won’t have the issues with those last couple of seasons of GoT that many of us do. She’ll probably be fully invested in the story and not in a mindset to critique its myriad flaws at the end.

Richard Maurer

I thought that they were two of the best shows also, until they weren’t. The main difference between them is that Walking Dead had a slower, less drastic decline than GoT. Walking Dead could have been saved by ending it after season 8, but AMC wanted to wring every last dollar out of it. Nothing could have saved GoT from season 8.

Catherine LW

Haha, I’ve done that many times! 🥴

Cole Jennett

Why would she not post on YouTube? That’s the whole point

warcrimes

Rings of Power is trash.

Cole Jennett

The more the engagement, the more potential for spoilers too unfortunately. I don’t think we will be seeing too much of Cassie in the comments sections for good reason.

Choof

Ive said it before but I can't begin to explain my excitement for this GOT journey. I like many others am not a fan of the last 2 seasons, but the first 6 and especially the first 4 are impeccable and absolutely made for reactions, particularly from someone as empathetic and immersed as you. You're gonna FEEL every moment and its gonna be incredible.

Just Plain Bob

ArsTropica, let me guess, you’re a subscriber to “In Deep Geek.” I make that assumption based on your “what was Aragorn’s tax policy” remark which I remember being one of the channel’s subjects. I share your presumed love of the fantasy genre and am a subscriber to the channel myself. Personal favorite fantasy series include: *Robert E. Howard’s Conan *Chronicles of Amber *Terry Brooks’ original Shannara trilogy *Chronicles of Prydain *Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever (first two chronicles, haven’t read the third) *Dragonriders of Pern

Richard Maurer

Clay - Man of Steel, like most the DC stuff, is overrated by its fans, but the new Superman (25) gives me hope for the future. The fights scenes, however, were not the problem (at least for Man of Steel). Bad writing was the problem. Marvel is getting back on track with Thunderbolts and Fantastic Four though, both of which are excellent.

Ted Whalen

Dave- that is a great list (I loved Gorky Park, Three Days of the Condor, and The Falcon and the Snowman).

Dean Holt

No bad movie wise, but I’ll wait until Thunderbolts is free on Disney. So it just Sin City for me this week. Hope you enjoy GoT but I just have no interest watching it again, personally thought the first season was outstanding the 2nd & 3rd was ok but I gave up on it after the 4th as I just thought not a lot was happening.

Richard Maurer

I sometime make French toast and sausage links for dinner. I like French toast much more than pancakes.

ArsTropica

Just Plain Bob, honestly I don't remember where I first heard that question, and yep, I do watch In Deep Geek when they cover a show that I like. Robert E. Howard's Conan is one of my favorite universes because of its artistic integrity. I've also heard of the Shannara series. What got me interested in fantasy was the Dragonlance book series by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It combines the gritty realism of GoT with the principled mythos of Tolkien, but also fleshes out the evildoer characters which makes things more interesting.

Bill Maurer

Minor, minor, minor spoiler

Bill Maurer

I liked season 7 (avoiding spoilers) but yeah ... season 8, that will be an epic topic on this discussion board.

Richard Maurer

Someone claimed she’s doing two episodes a week for one YT video (I’ve seen no confirmation of that yet) I hope that’s true. That would cut the time in half which is about the best we can hope for.

Richard Maurer

If Cannonball Run gets watched I will need to punch something.

Clay F

I loved the Chronicles of Amber series when I was a kid. My brother absolutely loved the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. I read some of Dragonriders of Pern as a teen in about 1980 but don't remember it.

Cole Jennett

I liked Season 7 better then the two seasons before it, but yeah, 8 isn’t all that divisive. Kinda consensus that they didn’t stick the landing. No matter though, the series as a whole is still well worth her time

Richard Maurer

Just watched Fantastic Four at the theater. Another win for Marvel. They really captured the feel of the original 60’s comic, while also making a more mature storyline. Along with Thunderbolts another excellent movie. Hopefully Cassie watch this one too, when the time comes.

Cole Jennett

Interview with the Vampire and What Lies Beneath were notable regression points.

Clay F

I like Sopranos better than GoT but excited about GoT.

Chris Thom

I've only seen season 8 and thought it was good. Didn't understand what people didn't like about it. But I also didn't understand a whole lot of what was going on. Effects seemed BIG for a tv show.

Grad

Bob: "Personally, I thought the trilogy sucked. It didn’t capture the feel of the book at all IMO, which is what Lord of the Rings did so well." I have to agree. Sadly. The best thing about The Hobbit trilogy was - the hobbit, Martin Freeman.

Joe J

Clay - 8.4 months, not weeks.

Richard Maurer

Yeah, I think Cassie should have waited a little longer till it became available on Disney+. I’m not going to pay $30 to watch on Amazon.

Dean Holt

I’m sure it will be free in around a months time

Mike Lemon

"Nothing could have saved GoT from season 8." George finishing the book on time? But he will never finish it.

Clay F

A big +1 for Sopranos and The Wire. ENews on Outlander: "the most graphic and disturbing rape scenes ever to air in the history of television." She said she loved Outlander (she mentioned Jamie in particular). Definitely soft porn in that series. Plus, sexual violence (the reason my daughter won't watch Outlander). When I rewatch, I fast forward through the couple of episodes with the worst extended rape/tortue. There is a rape scene in Outlander S4 in which they show the initially grabbing/hitting attack but the rape is not shown -- only the audio (from behind a door) -- that audio of the rape is so chilling. A nice aspect about Outlander is the rapists ultimately pay a big price. Plus, Outlander is such a great show with good acting, character development, positive characters, storylines, history, food, architecture, etc. A beautiful empowered female is the lead character and narrator. The male lead (Jamie) is buff (and drooled over by the female viewers), a good guy, kind, empathetic, a man of honor, and progressive.

Cole Jennett

It has Pedro Pascal, she will be antsy to watch it, lol

Clay F

$20 to watch on Amazon. That still too much for me. I will wait till available on Disney+ in which I am a subscriber.

Cole Jennett

You will probably understand more the main issue once you’ve watched the preceding seasons. Intentionally being vague

Chris Thom

She seems intent on going in blind. Suspect she'll watch a few episodes first and then start the trip down the rabbit hole.

Richard Maurer

Game of Thrones owes more to Micheal Moorcock’s Elric series than to LotR, which Martin himself acknowledges that he was influenced by those stories and that he’s a fan of them. As a for instance, Daemon Targaryen in his jousting armor in season 1 of HotD is the spitting image of Elric, a albino who had black armor with a dragon statue on his helmet, and he occasionally rode a dragon. I said to myself “he’s Elric” when I first saw him in that armor.

Clay F

SPOILERS ON OUTLANDER TV SERIES. She said she loved Outlander. Not sure how much she watched of the Starz "Outlander" TV series but she said she loved Outlander (she mentioned Jamie in particular). Over half of the viewing audience is female. Definitely soft porn in Outlander series. Plus, sexual violence. When I rewatch, I fast forward through parts of two consecutive S1 episodes with the worst extended rape/torture. *ENews on Outlander: "the most graphic and disturbing rape scenes ever to air in the history of television." There is a rape scene in Outlander S4 in which the initial grabbing and hitting attack is shown but the rape is not shown -- only the audio (from behind a door) -- that audio of the rape is chilling. A nice aspect about Outlander is the rapists ultimately pay a big price. Plus, Outlander (based on a popular book series) is a great show with good acting, rich character development, good writing, positive characters, villains easy to dislike, interesting storylines, time travel, political intrigue, love, female gaze, history, food, architecture, etc. A beautiful empowered female (Claire) is the lead character and narrator (don't see too many female narrators in TV shows). The male lead (Jamie) is handsome, buff (female viewers are big fans), a good guy, kind, empathetic, a man of honor, and progressive (especially for 1700s). Executive producer and driving force is the genius Ronald D. Moore known for his work on TNG and Battlestar Galactica series. The author (female) of the book series contributes. I watched two reactions of Outlander series by two different female reactors -- both were captivated by Jamie and Claire.

Richard Maurer

Clay - you meant 8.4 months, right? If it were 8 and half weeks I wouldn’t be complaining about it.

Just Plain Bob

Richard, I agree that Cassie should have waited. I haven’t seen Thunderbolts but would have happily watched it for the first time with Cassie. But no way I’m paying twenty bucks. Curious, have you seen Fantastic Four and, if so, what did you think? It’s got to be great for me to be interested as I was bored to tears by the comics. Which is odd, since two of the characters they introduced, Galactus and Silver Surfer, were two of my favorites. But Reed Richards and Sue Storm bored me to tears and I always thought the Thing was a cheap knock off of the Hulk. I loved the look of the Human Torch but again found the character himself boring. Just a bunch of meh to me. PS: Never mind. Just looked at your very next post.

Richard Maurer

Google must have lied to me then Clay, said it’s 30 just before I wrote my post. I’m not paying $20 either, MAYBE $10, but I’d probably just wait for D+.

Bill Maurer

that is actually a good way of doing this.

Grad

Richard: "her watching Passion of the Christ doesn’t mean she can handle gorier, more violent movies now, for some reason" I don't think it's a matter of "can't handle", but rather "don't want to deal with unless there is a special reason".

Richard Maurer

Grad, JP Bob - I’ve read a where a lot of the blame for The Hobbit belongs on the studios. Jackson wanted at least a month for pre-production but the studio insisted he start filming right away. And they wanted cgi for orcs for various reasons. They also insisted on padding the story to make it a trilogy. I’m convinced that if PJ had more control like he did with LotR, The Hobbit would have been much better.

Milton Reduxed

@ Byrd, Something About Mary, Star Wars, Donnie Brasco, Donnie Darko, Natural Born Killers, E.T, Terminator 2, Apocalypse Now, Last of the Mohicans, Payback, Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves, Return of the King all have superior theatrical cuts imo

Joe J

Tax deductible for Cassie, lol.

Milton Reduxed

@Richard, the thing is with PG-13 superhero slop action is there's nothing compelling about it. It's just a bunch of graphics swirling across the scene without emotional content. You could cut + paste any final battle from any other Marvel/DC movie and hardly tell the difference

Richard Maurer

D&D were desperate to get to the Star Wars job that ironically never happened. HBO wanted more episodes but D&D refused. If they had more time it wouldn’t have been that much better, but maybe they would’ve rethought some of the bad decisions they made for season 8.

Nizate

I have the perfect movie for you. It’s called RUDY… I can’t believe you haven’t seen it. You should definitely check it out.

Chris Thom

I think she has seen it. Before channel.

Clay F

She has seen Rudy. Good movie.

Richard Maurer

Yeah she even mentioned Rudy in her LotR rewatch with Carly, in relation to Sean Astin (I’ve watched those LotR reactions a LOT)

TheSingulatarian

As long as she watches the opening credits, she should be fine. There is after all a map in every episode, and it changes in every episode depending on where the show is going that week.

Richard Maurer

JP Bob - I was just about write a comment when I saw your PS. Yeah I loved it, better than Superman, as good as Thunderbolts. Liked all three though.

Tyler Foster

I agree with most of these, although with Payback I would say the two cuts are honestly so different that they're more like different movies, and I think both are enjoyable for different reasons.

Mark Vaderr

Those reactions are worth re-watching over and over again. As much as Cassie has enjoyed the Star Wars and Star Trek series of movies, and how surprised she was by the Rocky series, The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the movie series that changed Cassie's movie life forever. "It was like a quest."

Richard Maurer

Milton - I remember enjoying the battles the first time I saw them. They had the proper kaiju level of destruction that a battle between super humans should have. As for emotional content, it wasn’t supposed to be about that. Just like real world fist fights, it was just about two people trying to beat the crap out of one another. Other than rage, what emotions would there be?

Mike Lemon

One season a week in one 'watch slot"? That wouldn't be too bad. Still more than I prefer, but not t*******.

Richard Maurer

It’s only whining when you disagree. Otherwise it’s just their opinion that they have a right to express.

Catherine LW

You are absolutely right. That’s how Hitch lured Cary Grant out of retirement!

Shut Up Meg

just curious to what day GOT will be releasing. Just joined patreon for it:)

TheWebShark

Chronicles of Prydain was my first exposure to fantasy genre when I was a kid. Excellent books!

Clay F

The Human Comedy (1943) won the PAF. She is watching the first two GoT episodes tonight. A possible sequels poll was discussed. Of the sequels mentioned, I would likely vote 10 Cloverfield Lane. My 2nd choice might be GF3. Not a fan of sequels polls. Scream 2, Batman Forever, Batman vs Superman, among several other sequels were mentioned.

Richard Maurer

Grad - special huh? I guess that’s as good an excuse as any.

Rick Williams

Cassie, Game of Thrones is 69 hours and 45 minutes long. You should be able to get it watched for August.

Richard Maurer

Agree about sequel polls - mostly bad movies and the bad ones usually win.

Milton Reduxed

Terminator 3, objectively bad but I cannot help but like it

Brent Petty

I hope instead of another long series after GoT she does a few miniseries (John Adams, Generation Kill, etc).

Milton Reduxed

I usually expect everything by the following Tuesday to avoid disappointment

Brent Petty

Growing up, we had a weekly "breakfast for dinner" night and also a "leftovers" night less often.

Dave

She's starting it tonite, so give or take a couple days for getting the full length video ready it should be here by the end of the week

Brent Petty

I think she would get into Supernatural as well.

Brent Petty

Then she should react to The Dirty Dozen as well. Cover both sides. :)

Brent Petty

I think she'd like Supernatural.

Brent Petty

Save A.I. for a night when you can't sleep. You'll be out in no time.

Happy Hanukkah

Which is my cue to share with y'all that I voted for Sin City. Sin City 2? It's not *bad*, but no way. This is peculiarly* similar to my feelings about 300 and its sequel. * Nothing peculiar about it. I obviously hate Eva Green. :-P

Stick Figure Studios

I don't think that'll be a problem. Cassie actually has a really grown-up attention span.

Happy Hanukkah

"I have noticed when I go away my wife locks up the house like it’s Fort Knox!! But when I’m at home doors are left unlocked and sometimes open all night! I don’t get it" It seems very simple to me. When you're away, your wife tries to prevent you from getting back in. But when you're home, she hopes someone will break in and steal you for themselves. Duh. 😆😆😆

Gary Brown

I was very upset when I heard she was doing this. It's taking the spot of a movie. And I'll never watch GOT because I hate fantasy films. I'd rather have 3 movies a week so I can escape reality for a bit. And Halloween is coming soon. I don't think she'll change her mind but Addie was filming the first 2 episodes and had a panic attack, so i hope Cassie handles it better

Cameron Nielsen

So excited for the GOT series. Hang on Cassie it’s a crazy journey. I just up graded my membership so I get early access.

Jacob King

This has been Tom Cruise’s MO for the past two decades. Pay my friends lots of money, cover the cost of my helicopter lessons and let us travel to exotic destinations. It’s a highly respectable use of movie star power.

Rick Williams

It is a big commitment and I was not looking forward too it. But she seems excited about watching it. It is a long hard journey. I wish her well. And I will support her on her journey.

Richard Maurer

HH - I wouldn’t be upset if she watched Sin City 2 but I’m not going to fight for it either

Rick Williams

She is starting it tonight. So we may see the 1st episode this weekend.

Rick Williams

Yes. She won't be able to resist Pedro for long.

Rick Williams

I ended up losing interest about halfway through the series. Never finished it. I will see how Cassie does. I will ride it to the end with her if she does.

Clay F

Eva Green is beautiful?

Birdie Num Num

really surprised to see how the box office plummeted 67% in its 2nd weekend, considering the great audience scores from opening weekend. its 2nd weekend was the 4th biggest drop in MCU history.

Cole Jennett

Glad to have you here Megan!

Shut Up Meg

Thank you glad to be here!

Cole Jennett

I hope you will be one of many to join or upgrade to watch the full reactions!

Cole Jennett

Yeah, I thought it was the best one in a while. I was surprised to see that too.

Marcell

Please watch Game of Thrones with Carly!! It'd be so much fun to watch both of you react to Game of Thrones!!

Richard Maurer

Odd, I went to a matinee showing at 1:00pm ($5 admission) and the theater was about 1/4 full. Normally, unless it’s opening week, the Tuesday matinee only has a couple of people, maybe 6 at most. But I’ve been hearing that theaters are really in decline lately, even more than they have been.

Cole Jennett

Though I’m one that think that Cassie will be fine watching GOT, I don’t dismiss that it will tough on her at times. Carly is nowhere near as resilient as Cassie is with what she can tolerate. Carly wouldn’t make it past the first episode, perhaps the first 5 minutes. It’s not going to happen. And I’m not sad about it. It’s just not for her.

Clarence Newman

Not getting many of my films lately, and even Cliffhanger was a disappointing edit (not Matt's fault - damn copyright), so I'm in a bit of a slump. That's ok, though. It probably just means Cassie will be raiding my pantry so relentlessly next month, I'll have to call a constable. Towering Inferno and Every Which Way But Loose might even be her first double Popcorn pick! (I've always done this. When I was 6, I was convinced I'd grow up to be an astronaut.) I'm one of the lucky ones when it comes to Game of Thrones. I rewatched the whole thing a few months back and thoroughly enjoyed it - and that's INCLUDING Season 8. Yes, you heard me, I'm including Season 8. I'm telling you all that I enjoyed Season 8 and you can throw all the faeces you want at me because of it. This shirt isn't new anyway. Plus which, we all know Cassie. If she's into something (like Star Trek or a movie franchise), she engages with the people and pretty much enjoys hanging out with them regardless. In Thrones, she'll lock in with so many characters, she won't notice the slight dip in the quality of Season Ocho. Which is a myth. Because it's good. So there.

Clarence Newman

Bit of feedback on the General Chat thing. I don't really like the idea of it being put off the main page. That was kind of the main beef when the FAQ post was shut down - a very real feeling that you wanted us few hardcore regulars off in a side room somewhere away from the party. If we have to go somewhere else to do that, it would be no different than Discord. The general posts are not the place for it - we've already had one guy delete his posts because he thought we'd hijacked his original point (no criticism of that guy, by the way - he kind of illustrated the point) - so a solution is still required. Something on the main page would be perfect. If that's not possible, so be it. I will shut my face and accept a reaction to Cool Hand Luke instead. Oh and don't forget my special, extended, Matt's-first-draft-before-ze-Germans-get-there YT edit for Patreon idea. I even impressed myself with that one.

My_Cousin_Mose

I'm trying to avoid too much GoT talk to help Cassie avoid spoilers so just consider this comment as feces.

Mark White

I think you might be on to something there Happy! 🤔😆😆

Happy Hanukkah

Alrighty then. Prepare to be buried under the combined weight of Kenney Jones, Ronnie Wood, and Rod Stewart.

Happy Hanukkah

Clay: Joking aside, there's something about her that turns me off. This is on a purely superficial level; I am obviously not judging her as a human being. (By the way, ditto for Marion Cotillard.)

Tyler Foster

Re: the last one -- is there any difference between the "20th anniversary cut" and the theatrical cut? I am pretty sure when Spielberg undid the changes he did post-9/11, he just restored the movie to its original version.

Clarence Newman

Ahhh, memories. That's one of those songs that everyone was singing when it came out. Then, three weeks later, you literally got punched in the face if you so much as hummed it.

Grad

Richard: Make sense to me. Not every movie is the same. Some you watch for the entertainment and some you watch for [insert special reason]. I don't think Christians watch Passion for entertainment.

Ike

I agree with that. Heck, Carly would scrutinize the use of the word "Game" in the title and I wouldn't blame here, lol. I can think of plenty of series Carly might like, but GOT would be at the top of those I wouldn't recommend for her.

Chris Thom

Sounds like the new chat needs that classic "The views and opinions expressed in this program are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of any entities they represent" disclaimer thing.

Mike Lemon

"a very real feeling that you wanted us few hardcore regulars off in a side room somewhere away from the party." So like real life? Who am I kidding, I'm not invited to parties in real life. "so a solution is still required." We all know what the solution is, and we already had it. But it was taken away, for... reasons. "I will shut my face" I'm pressing X to doubt.:-)

Chris Thom

Think I may be watching it for the first time with Cassie. A little nervous because I know who dies and how from memes and I don't want to get to attached to characters.

Clarence Newman

Don't worry, Chris. Like all films and tv series like this, there are some characters who die and you say "Aww no", and others who die and you say "Yeeeeesssssssssssss! High five for one less thunderplutz in the world!" I can neither confirm nor deny that any of this happens in GoT. Nor that anyone dies. Or lives. In fact, I haven't seen it.

Henry Graham

Isn't it all dependent on the nature of the chat? There are certain people on this site who make it their business to spam the conversation with endless film suggestions, to an absurd degree. Regardless of where the chat is situated, that needs to be controlled because it has a ruinous effect.

Richard Maurer

Henry - it’s a bit of a catch-22. If it’s on site it has to be moderated, but they can’t really stop someone from making film suggestions. They can call it spam and block the person but only if the number of posts becomes absurd. I think part of this is they don’t want to give the mods extra work to do. Edit: I see Kaiielle is no longer on the list of mods on the FAQ page (but she still posts on this site, as of yesterday) wonder what that’s about? But anyway it lends weight to my idea that they don’t want to give the mods more work, if they’re down to 3

Richard Maurer

You’re not getting your movies watched because they’re garbage. Or old. Or old garbage. Oh yeah, “slight dip in quality”? More feces for you!

Clarence Newman

The thing is, we were already out of the way up there on FAQs, If you didn't want any part of it, you could just stay on the regular posts. All were welcome and if somebody came up and asked a specifically FAQ-related question, we always helped. For those who don't know, it's important to say that our "General Chat" up there was always relevant to this site and to Cassie. It's not like we were up there spouting politics and religion or any of the undesirable stuff. We just talked movies and polls and reactions. To be honest, I still don't get why it was shut down. It still worked as a place for people to go to and ask FAQ related questions, and beyond that, who were we hurting?

Richard Maurer

Byrd - yeah I don’t want her to watch those sequels either.

Mark White

Yep, we’ll said Clarence. I was thinking about this again the other day, with being told to use Discord. I have two phones. One is a Apple (personal) and the other is Android (work) I really like my Apple phone, it’s simple, like me!😆 It’s not overly complicated or messy for want of a better word. It just works for me. My dam Android phone is the opposite of all those things. I can’t stand it! Going from the chat on here to Discord, is like going from apple to android or windows for that matter. My brain doesn’t get on with it! Now, before I get hammered by people for saying this! I know we are all different, some people probably prefer Discord, or both and that’s great, good for you. But I don’t. I’ve used Discord only a couple of times for a private Dm and that’s it. I Don’t like it. So for me a general chat page can’t come soon enough.

Clarence Newman

You're too cynical, Richard. You'd be surprised what little gems you can find in the garbage.

Richard Maurer

Byrd - They haven’t even attempted the Elric saga yet, which along with LotR is one the most influential fantasy series ever. Every few years I hear someone is planning to do it, then nothing till a few years later when someone else is planning to do it. So it’s like Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness- always talk of someone doing it, never happens.

Richard Maurer

Grad - not every movie is the same but rules should apply equally to all of them. If you make an exception for one thing because ‘reasons’ then that’s favoritism, and the rules become meaningless. Either apply the rules equally or relax them to accommodate something you want. But don’t tell me one thing is okay because of - subject matter, importance, context, whatever because I don’t buy it. If the rules can be broken for one thing then that’s what they are - broken rules.

Richard Maurer

Clarence - agree with everything you said (a genuine rarity) but I’m trying to deal with the reality we have, not the one I wish we had. I think they’ve made it pretty clear the FAQ comments are not coming back, for whatever reason.

Richard Maurer

Some gems in the garbage, but mostly……..garbage. I did say that the problem with some of your films is that they’re old, not a problem to me, but as any poll with old films proves, usually a problem for our fellow patrons.

Mike Lemon

"To be honest, I still don't get why it was shut down" Sorry??? The timing suggests my disagreeing with watching bad seauels was a major cause for it, but I don't know.

Joe J

Why beat a dead horsey?

Joe J

Some old movies get watched...just not ours.

Mike Lemon

Because live ones kick?

Joe J

"Man of Steel" has 82k views on YT in just 14 hours.

Richard Maurer

Not bad at all. Not that surprising either.

AdrianF

I don't understand what you mean. People are whining about GoT mainly - or at least, they were when I posted the comment.

Clay F

I liked Eva Green in the Penny Dreadful series. She is so articulate.

AdrianF

Get a hobby Rich.

Joe J

Another reason to continue with Batman vs Superman and Justice League. Every month, make sure to get a few bangers on YT....good for channel optics.

Joe J

I'm reporting you people to PETA.😆

Richard Maurer

Clay - she was good to Penny Dreadful. But those eyes still bothered me.

Mike Lemon

Tell them to bring the steak sauce when they come over, we have some tenderized meat here all ready for grilling.

Joe J

Are you new to the channel? Carly just joins a few times a month for select movies, when her schedule allows. She's never watched any series on the channel.

Dean Holt

Good luck Rick, I just think life too short to watch that again 😂. If I was going to rewatch a TV show it would probably be Son of Anarchy as I just thought it was one of the best shows I’ve seen.

David Matthews

Glad she did Thunderdome. MASTER BLASTER RUNS BARTERTOWN!

Joe J

Cassie watched all the Wick films and all the Lethal Weapon films, we didn't get a vote on those, lol. She has been selective with other franchises. I'm fine with Matrix 3, Predator 2, and Rambo 2. Others I would have to think about.

Mark White

I’m not a fan of the Snyder verse, but Cassie should carry on watching them. If she is going to get those kind of views.

Clarence Newman

I would like to say that in regard to the sinister motives, I believe Cassie and Ben (and Kaiielle too - she's well nice) are beyond reproach. Personally, I suspect Carly.

Clay F

Superman is no Wick or Lethal Weapon to her. Not even close. I hope she skips Predator 2 because doesn’t have Arnold. Matrix is a double edge sword for her because on the one hand she is captivated with Keanu Reeves and on the other hand I don’t think she bought into the Matrix. Rambo 2 may stand a chance b/c has Stallone who she loves.

kaiielle

I saw that Richard noticed that my name was removed from the list of mods on the FAQ post, so I thought I would just leave a quick note for you all. I did step down as a moderator the other day, for personal reasons. You've seen that Cassie has been teasing that something is coming, and I'm excited to see the community response to it. I felt it would be best for me to step down before that officially drops because of the overall reason that I needed to. I won't disclose all the details, but the gist of it is that my life has changed quite a bit in the past year and I had been in denial for a while now that I don't have the time to do all of the things that I need and want to do without completely burning myself out. Biting more than I can chew, so to speak. Community moderating and the other behind-the-scenes work is one of my favourite ways to volunteer my time and I've been doing it consistently for 5.5 years now. Maybe I've always been a little crazy for committing to that in addition to creating my own content (which I've been doing that entire time), but I don't have any regrets. Cassie and Ben have said that if I'm able to return to helping out in the future, there will be a place for me which I greatly appreciate. It's been a joy to help C&B alongside Coleton, Dave, and Jon - five of the most incredible, kind, and hard-working people that I've known. It's been a great almost three years helping PIB! 😊 I am still here though and I'll pop up in the comments every now and then. 🩷 And I'm excited to see who joins Team PIB in the future.

Joe J

I don't care if Predator 2 has Arnold. Excellent cast with Glover, Paxton, and Busey.

kaiielle

I had a feeling that one would easily hit 100k in 24 hours.

Canadianant

Best of luck and continued success KL.

Clarence Newman

It won't be the same without you, Kaiielle. Your moderations have been epic and you deserve a Poppy.

Gray

Good luck and fair play for doing moderating for so long while being busy putting out all the movies/tv shows on your channel.

Clay F

Cassie and others might care. She is drawn to Arnold. Arnold was the charisma of the first Predator. She does like Glover but I don't know that he is enough for her to make the executive decision to react to Predator 2. I think she might make the executive decision to react to Predator 2 to satisfy patrons who have long been vocal about Predator 2. I also think that Predator 2 will win the sequels poll.

Steve Holton

Best of luck with everything Kaiielle! Thank you for excellent work and enjoyable comments. You are stellar and I look forward to your take when PIB does your favorite, Interstellar! 😊

Just Plain Bob

kaielle, you’ll be missed here but thankfully we can all still catch your reactions here on Patreon and on YouTube.

kaiielle

"I assume this new something will require even more of your time." Sorry, I wasn't implying that it would be. I don't anticipate a change in the amount of time that mods spend. My point is that leaving the PIB Team is just one of a few decisions I've had to make and it made the most sense for me to do it ahead of something coming that I would *want* to spend more time being involved with. Cassie teases in the Pick-a-Flick video. As for Interstellar, it's not a rewatch for Cassie - she fell asleep within the first 30 mins and never finished it. That definitely qualifies as a first watch to me! 😉 (Thanks Steve, and everyone else!)

Gray

Not wrong Kaiielle plenty of movie left after that first 30 mins, i'm looking foward to it having rewatched Interstellar many times after seeing it on the big screen.

Anthony Carlson

Live long and prosper Kaiielle! And Qapla’!

kaiielle

She was tired and it was before the channel. She has said she wants to give it a proper watch, which was why it was left out of a poll a while back (not to mention it likely just would have sweeped that poll anyway, so why not give other movies a chance).

Chris Thom

Great modding! Thank you! Really enjoying your channel as well.

Mark White

Kaiielle, is there other movies that Cassie hasn’t seen yet, that could hit those numbers in that sort of time frame?

Art of Free Speech

I'm going to say simply that I'm THRILLED she's doing GoT. This means there'll be something for me to watch along with her every week or couple of weeks (or whatever) for quite awhile! As I'm not a big fan of some of the more esoteric films she's been watching and that have been winning polls, this is awesome news for me, that's she's gonna watch GoT.

Mark White

Kaiielle, I’m not going to lie, I’m gutted you are leaving the PiB team, you are the only person I have spoken to privately (Discord) from PiB and you are so easy to talk too, kind and understanding, but, I totally understand your decision and I think you have made the right choice. I’m glad you will be popping in to the comment sections from time to time. I shall be looking out for you. Wait! So you are a fan of “Interstellar” as well as “Sunshine” just like me?! Two of my top 5 Sci-if’s. O my goodness why haven’t you persuaded Cassie to watch at least one of those yet?!!😆 Anywho, take it easy and all the best for the future.❤️

N M

I agree! Not a fan of fantasy series shows. This is disappointing

N M

I have an 80s movie suggestion: St. Elmo’s Fire (1985) with Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson (“Bender” in The Breakfast Club), Ally Sheedy (“the Outcast” in The Breakfast Club), Emilio Estevez (“the Jock” in The Breakfast Club), Demi Moore, and Andrew McCarthy. It’s a coming of age film filmed in and around Georgetown in Washington DC. These young actors were known as “The Brat Pack” — the hot “up and comers” in the 80s, a label which ironically they did not like, but has stuck with them. You will love it!

Ted Whalen

St. Elmo’s Fire is a great movie. I have a funny story about this movie. They filmed the fraternity row scene at the University of Maryland (Georgetown University does not have fraternities or Sororities). We were playing intramural football on frat row when Demi Moore comes out of her trailer and decides to flash her fun bags for us (we all lost interest in the football game). Oh to be in college again.

kaiielle

Hahaha Mark, I have definiely told Cassie they are my two favourite sci-fi films! My form of persuasion is submitting Sunshine in the PAF every month like everyone else does. 😉

kaiielle

Agreed! This will be the longest I've ever watched along with Cassie to something so I'm super excited for that.

N M

Wow, that’s when she was in her prime as well…. Love that story!

N M

Btw I heard there’s a St. Elmo’s Fire 2 in the pipeline!

Mark White

Ted, 😮😳😆 Awesome story!

Ted Whalen

Mark- from that day I have always been a big Demi Moore fan!!!!

Joel

Winter is Coming...

kaiielle

Mark, it's so hard to know how a video may perform, especially in the first 24h. The only reason I figured MoS would do well is because Cassie really enjoyed Superman and that was a few years ago now, so there's been a long wait for MoS. Plus Carly was with her.

Happy Hanukkah

I hope that the changes in your life have been positive, and wish you success with your own channel.

Richard Maurer

Mark - Kaiielle’s first sentence hit the nail on the head - there’s plenty of films that will get good numbers, figuring out exactly which films those are is the hard part. As much as a lot of people would like to ignore it, newer films, 2010 and up, tend to do well for reactors, but even then you have pick the right ones. Dungeons & Dragons; Honor Among Thieves (2023), a movie that flopped at the box office, did better than Beverly Hills Cop (1984) on YouTube for Cassie. So it’s always a bit of a crapshoot.

Charles Briggs

I knew that was gonna happen hopefully Cassie reacts to Batman V Superman Ultimate Edition and Zack Snyder's Justice League with Carly of course 😁

Joe J

Thunderbolts, Sin City, and most likely Wargames should do well on YT. Bridge of Spies will struggle I think. GoT will do great until the novelty wears off, then hopefully get respectable numbers for Cassie as the seasons progress. Older iconic films like Blazing Saddles, Mad Max, Holy Grail, EtD, and Patton have done quite well, but those are more the exceptions. Older films will mostly just struggle for views.

AdrianF

Do you think she'll finish it kaiielle? I really want to believe, but until S1E1 drops I'm doubtful...

Richard Maurer

Really depends on a lot on the the film. While newer films in general tend to do better, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, a 2024 film that’s part of a popular franchise, has only 57k in 1 month - not good. While I didn’t think it would do great, I thought it would do better than that.

David Freese

I know we dont always have the same views on alot but just remember to take care of yourself physically and mentally because burning out early in life causes it hard to have fun later trying to catch back up.

Maisie

I wasn't that surprised--it was well done, but it wasn't a "fun" movie in the sense that it went heavier on the emotion than the humor in a way that I think Marvel typically avoids. The humor gives it more rewatchability.

Cole Jennett

I think the Monsterverse (is that the right name for it?) movies will do well starting with Godzilla 2014. They aren’t all awesome, but they’re certainly fun, and most everyone has familiarity with them.

Shawn Kildal

Gregory Peck also had a small cameo in the Cape Fear remake Cassie just watched not too long ago.

Richard Maurer

Cole - as Godzilla fan from waaaay back I’d wish she’d watch some more of the Japanese ones first, especially Shin Godzilla. As a realist the US made Legendary Godzilla films would probably do better for her on YouTube.

Richard Maurer

Marvel sometimes goes overboard with the humor, sometimes to point where it ruins the movie - Thor; Love & Thunder, for example.

Richard Maurer

I will be hibernating for this winter.

_tragicmike

Cassie is going to hate GoT. I'll be surprised if she continues beyond the first season.

Christian Becker

Oh good. GoT. After that, DS9 will be like a day on the holodeck with puppies. But I also have to call myself intrigued, looking forward to upcoming reactions to certain episodes.

Cole Jennett

I think you will be mistaken

Clint Patac

When you set out to do GoT, you are now considered “A Summer Child.”

Clint Patac

She stuck with The Last of Us Season 2, if she could do that, she can handle Game of Thrones.

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