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We are officially back to school for 2/3 at my house. Holy crap, I know I'm being dramatic but the tears would not stop this morning. Let's do it again tomorrow :( I'm so proud of them and know they will be great but it's just another gut punch that they are growing up and I know it's the ultimate mom cliche, but it is going so fast.

I feel pretty emotionally drained but its ok because at least I have more light and happy Game of Thrones episodes, wink wink. Just kidding, I have now watched 2 more episodes and I do find myself looking forward to it-I even had a dream about it last night. I am happy to have two other movies each week though as well. This week we have A.I. and To Catch a Thief (with Carly, yay!)

I did a pollception because I can't make decisions-and the DARK HORSE Cassie's Picks won!! Pressure is ON now! I thought it would be in last place-kind of like the historical views on all my popcorn picks of the months haha. I think you'll be surprised by my picks though.

Hey member that time I went to a Star Trek Convention last weekend?! EEEEE Can't even tell you what a wild day it was-it was like I was transported to a real star base and I would walk past a regular like Vegas restaurant and see a table of starfleet officers and klingons and we just had a blast! There WILLLL actually be a VLOG, mark my words, sworn on the flute of Picard-we will post it. I got to meet fans and talk with STARS and even came home with a pet tribble. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT!?

Ok 87% sure we are going to do a YT LIVE on August 30th! Extra Butter will either be the 25th or 27th of this month and don't forget to submit your pick a flick sometime before the end of the month!

Oh one more thing! The Podcast is BACK! Check out our newest episode!

Ok I am super emo today but I just want you to know how much you mean to me and how much I appreciate your support and online friendship.

Goodnightenstein,

Cassie

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Eric C.

My 4 year-old starts TK next week and I'm gonna lose it. 😭

Mark McKeever

Awww. You're such a softy. 🙂 Looking forward to your GoT reaction. 🖖

James UK

Looking forward to To Catch a Thief. Objectively, perhaps not one of the great movies but Cary Grant and Grace Kelly on the French Riviera make it a more than worthwhile watch. Charade next?

David Freese

Cassie i understand the school thing and feeling the empty house again. But if they are anything like my daughter they were excited for that first day and they will learn plenty this year. Thanks for being here as well and still can't wait to see your GoT reactions.

Sam Whitewater

My kiddo goes back next Thursday, last year of middle school and I'm feeling overwhelmed 😬🙃

Erik Locquiao

I knew she’d get hooked to GoT. Lady Cassie of House Popcorn. First of her name. Queen of reactors.

Gray

Another great lineup this week, it's great we get more GoT and that your invested in the show already.

Mark White

Cassie, thanks for the update, must be a late one for you as I am now heading off to work! 7.30am here. I feel for you and what you go through with your kids, but at least you are a person who seams to really take it in and will have those fond memories for ever. I have a few friends who tend to miss those moments. I’m glad you won the pollception. As I mentioned before, my thoughts are just do a random mix of all the genres from movies you have been waiting to watch. “Everything all at once poll” Anywho, I’m off to work in the oven that is the UK at the moment! 🥵 You are the best Cass ❤️

CJ Holden

You will never forget your first convention. :D Don't know about the American ones, but the conventions here in Germany are generally lots of fun and like a big party. There is an interview with Marina Sirtis and Jonathan Frakes (Troi and Riker) on the DVD for I think the 9th movie, where they are asked about the fans and suddenly they start gushing about their love for a certain one in Bonn, which is indeed quite the great one. On a sidenote: If you ever get the chance to hear Marina Sirtis speak at a convention, DO IT! She is so completely different from Troi. She really doesn't hold back and is absolutely hilarious. The story how she ended up on an international flight watchlist and actually managed to get off it, is one that must be told in her own words.

MikeLL

Ah, the CARYthon continues with To Catch A Thief, and with Carly! So wise, so exciting, you both will love your time on the Riviera, I promise, and with fireworks! I envy you your Trek convention experience, I’ve never gone to one. Can’t wait for the vlog. There is a whole new sense of anticipation coming each week with new GOT episodes right around the Popcorn bucket, snd I am loving it!

Anthony Carlson

I’m not a parent, but often times my parents wish they would see me grow up all over again. I’m glad you had a wonderful time at the Star Trek Convention. I have met some of the stars in the past. I for one is looking forward to your vlogs of your time there! Like Captain Picard said: “Live now; make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again.”

Stick Figure Studios

TO CATGH A THIEF is a fun movie. Grant and Kelly are handsome, charming and elegant. It's one of Hitchcock's more lighthearted efforts. Not a great film per se, but a very enjoyable watch. I'm sure you'll both like it. A.I., on the other hand, I'm not sure you will like, but I am sure thst it will make you think and make you feel things. It's one of Spielberg's more divisive films with some hailing it as a masterpiece and others damning it as one of his worst. I tend to fall somewhere in the middle. I find it to be very imperfect, but also very complex and provocative. I do think it is somewhat underrated because it is so different from his usual output, but that comes I think from the fact it was conceived and written by his friend Stanley Kubrick (who died before it got made), so there are times when it really doesn't feel like a Spielberg film (and other times when it REALLY does), the clash of styles and sensibilities being the very thing that makes it both flawed and simultaneously interesting. I am very curious what you think of it.

Erik Locquiao

Summer flew by. Students are back tomorrow for us, it’s gonna be a wild school year.

Stick Figure Studios

Yeah, I remember actually reading about him working on this project called A.I. and being curious about what the end result would be. When he died suddenly, I was not only saddened by the loss of a great cinematic artist, but I lamented that would never get to see all the other films he could've given us... A.I. being one of them. When I heard, however, that my favorite filmmaker Spielberg was talking Kubrick's script and concept art and was making a movie out of it, I was pleased thinking that this was probably as close as we could get to seeing a Kubrick film from beyond the grave.

Mike Redford

The angst of back to school season. Haven't experienced it from the parent side myself but I feel like I'm always thinking on how fast time flies and wondering where it goes. You sound like every great mom, cassie. Hope the kids like their teachers. Glad you took in a convention. You're a trekkie forever now. Excited for "To catch a thief". That's one I haven't seen either, but with cary grant and grace Kelly, how could you go wrong? 👍

Laura Thornley

*twitches at the mention of Star Trek* Very jealous you got to go to a convention, hope it was everyone (and more) that you hoped it would be.

Richard Maurer

I love how Cassie is humble enough to believe that ‘Cassie’s picks’ was the dark horse in the pollception poll. We’re going to be surprised by her picks, she says. Maybe she’ll put something like King Kong (2005) or Godzilla (2014) in there. Well, as long as it isn’t Trash Godzilla (TriStar 98). Cassie - You want to surprise me you’ll have to put Shin Godzilla (2016) on the poll. Or a horror movie like It Follows (2014) or Train to Busan (2016). Or Horror of Dracula (58). Now that would be really surprising. Go on, show us how surprising you can be! Not trying to manipulate you into anything, I swear! *crosses fingers*.

Mark Vaderr

A nice new week ahead of us, Cassie. Now that school is back, it's also time for Football, Holidays, and Scary Not too Scary October! Looking forward to A.I. and To Catch A Thief. You and Carly will love the chemistry between Cary Grant & Grace Kelly. Hopefully Carly will like Grace Kelly so much, that she'll want to see Rear Window. 😉 Are there any plans for you to watch "The Birdcage"? It was the runner-up in the last poll. I am most interested in seeing what "Cassie's Picks Poll" will look like. Have a great week!

Matthew Brown

Steven spielberg only made this film out of great respect her stanley kubrick he was trying to make this movie before he died and the movie wasn't finished so steven decided to make the film for him the 2 have been friends for years and i've envied each other stanley always wished he could film more like spielberg and spielberg wished he could film like stanley to be fair he got pretty close

shaneth138

A perfect Cassie’s pick choice would be The Peanut Butter Falcon! I know you have said that you have been meaning to get to that one. You’d love it!

AceofSpades501

"First star to the right and straight on till morning."

JONATHAN REDFERN WILLIAMS

I'm looking forward to the YouTube live, Cassie. I posted a parcel off to you yesterday, it should reach you in time for that. This is my 2nd parcel to you. The first one that I sent to you in April reached you in under 10 days from the UK!

Ron Fisher

Cassie! We all love emo Cassie, and would not want her to change because of all of the joy and fun you bring! 🥰🥰🥰

Phil Stubblefield

"...sworn on the flute of Picard..." Cassie, you don't know how proud I am that you've embraced Trekdom so fully! Who woulda thunk... 🖖🏼 😊

Mark Vaderr

Let's hope we don't get Trash King Kong (1976) either.

Clarence Newman

OK. Prepare for Cassie to fall back in love with Grace Kelly, because compared to how she looks in To Catch A Thief, she was pretty ropey in Rear Window. Don't think much of AI, but Game of Thrones is here and Winter is well and truly Coming. For the Popcorn picks, I would be ok with: a) Cassie picking films she's voted for on recent polls but haven't won (we'd get Lock Stock out of that one) b) Those Carly-friendly, "How have you not?" films like Thelma and Louise and Lost In Translation c) A list of oft-requested movies by her most annoying patrons, either as a tribute to our persistence or simply to shut us up. Unlike Richard, I am very much trying to manipulate you into something and have no shame about it. We need us some Newman/McQueen or that old Marvel superhero movie with Captain Chaos.

Stick Figure Studios

That's a good one too (and also with Kelly). I'd put it in about the same level as THIEF.

Stick Figure Studios

I like the '76 KING KONG myself. It was my intro to that character and story. I'd love to see her react to that, the Jackson film and SKULL ISLAND.

Matthew Brown

Yes exactly steven spielberg's films are whimsical adventurous and fill with happy endings. Stanley kubrick's films slow and dark filled with un happy endings

Just Plain Bob

Kubrick took the first stab at adapting “Supertoys Last All Summer Long”, a short story by legendary sci-fi author Brian Aldiss. Not surprisingly, the film (re-titled “A.I.”) departs quite a bit from the source material. Aldiss also wrote “Frankenstein Unbound”, which was adapted to the film of the same name by Roger Corman a decade earlier (starring John Hurt, Raul Julia and Bridget Fonda). It was the last film Corman directed personally and features the most unique creature design for the monster that I’ve seen. Fun movie.

Junior

Unrelated to any of these particular topics, Cassie, you absolutely must watch The Verdict, with Paul Newman, immediately. You love courtroom stuff, you love Newman, and the fact that you haven’t seen it breaks my heart. Heal me.

Stick Figure Studios

Kubrick had clearly been interested in the subject of artificial intelligence for a long time. I mean, look at HAL in 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, a movie that came out in 1968, a year before Aldiss' short story was released.

Clay F

Good luck with back to school. Sounds emotional but going ok. Envious of you going to the Trek convention. Looking forward to episodes 3 and 4.

Clarence Newman

Right, I've got a serious complaint for the webmaster builder owners. Not sure if it's Ben and Cassie or the Patreon overlords themselves who need to get the wedgie, but here it comes so have your Vaseline handy. Why, after years and years of no problem at all, has a strange anomaly just surfaced on this page? Used to be that when you wrote a comment, it would upload on to the original post and leave you in the same spot on the page. You could then proof-read your comment for typos, drop a like or two, and then move on. But now!.....whenever I drop a comment and upload, the stupid page whizzes all the way back to the top of the thread, and if I was miles down in comment 212, I have to scroll all the way back down to get to my comment. I'm getting carpal tunnel over here! This is a new development this past week, so whoever it was who tweaked that particular piece of code, please just STOPPIT! (I thank you.)

David Collins

Nice lineup this week. Not gonna lie, though. I don't have much mental bandwidth for anything but GoT right now, but I will have to check out AI when it hits I guess.

Clay F

I noticed that.

Clarence Newman

I know GoT is polarizing, David, and I sympathise with those who have no interest. But for those of us who do, it's a pretty big buzz.

Clarence Newman

We need to help Junior out here, Cassie. He's hurting and I share his pain.

Clarence Newman

I could never get over Jeff Bridges' hair in the '76 version. Though Kong putting Jessica Lange under the waterfall certainly helped. Thank you, big guy.

K, Zachary

Greetings to Cassie,PIB and her wonderful viewers, I have to do my best not to wake up my gf , so far the ding plus the light has not woken her up. She is literally right next to me So Cassie we saw your Instagram posts about the Trek con we both commented you looked so happy. You must had a blast. Can't wait to see the Vlog. My last trip Vegas was for a classic car show. Long story and completely insignificant. We ended up moving our 1958 Plymouth Fury that my friends and I rebuilt to Beverly Hills where hopefully it will sell. Anyway who cares about me one of hundreds of viewers of yours. Who have very interesting stories to to tell. Everybody's talking about GOT, we have decided to skip the first 9 episodes, to focus on my health which is not the best. Procedures, surgery, being admitted to the hospital. I have a doctor's appointment everyday for the next week. Plus we are leaving for California as scheduled. Hopefully Caitlin will be back and the ocean will help. We both loved season 1. We decided to pick it up on episode 10. Hopefully by that time my gf and I will be back on our regular schedules. Well actually it's episode 11 if you count.... nevermind it's on IMDB. AI looks like a lot of fun and to Catch A Thief is great flick. All in all a looks likea great week with Carly. I have to get off and go back to 💤😴 She is starting to stir. Extra butter is always a blast. YT live we will send money for a gift membership. Always fun helping someone else out. Which we will be in Cali at the time Well Cassie with the kids going back to school we feel for you. It reminded us of a song we both love from R.E.M and there Automatic For The People album I leave you with Night Swimming I bid you Good Day! https://youtu.be/ahJ6Kh8klM4?si=qokq5x3QbUehnsej

MikeLL

I noticed that also. Super annoying, but such is life.

Ted Whalen

The school summer break always seems to be so fast. I loved this Staples back to school commercial (it’s the happiest time of the year). Check out this video from this search, staples it's the most wonderful https://share.google/1ixSNclybfRvJjnS0

MikeLL

I think that was the most obscure Cannonball Run reference you could ever possibly make. Superbly obscure. Towering Inferno!

MikeLL

Don’t worry, Flag. To Catch a Thief will all give us a chance to plug Dial M for Murder. I know I will.

MikeLL

One of the best comments ever right here!

TheSingulatarian

Cassie watching "Game of Thrones" is like an LDS rumspringa.

Dean Holt

Oh well it’s was shame 90s Action didn’t win ☹️ Also looks like a strike three for me this week, as I can’t stand anything I’ve seen made in the 50s from Hollywood & I think A.I is possibly Spielberg worst movie. Just glad I still have a few films to catch up with. But regards to why I dislike 50s movies. The score I find really annoying, as it sounds pretty much the same in every film all the way through. It doesn’t matter who the actors/actress are as they all sound and act the same way I honestly don’t know why people really consider this to be one of the best eras in cinema.

The Star Treker (aka Michael)

Wow, Cassie—I had no idea you went to the big Star Trek convention in Las Vegas. That's the one I've been wanting to go to for years. I've been to the Star Trek convention in Nashville once and Knoxville's Fanboy Expo more times than I can count here in my home state, and even the biggest of them all—San Diego Comic-Con which I'd love to go back again. But Las Vegas has always been high on my list, second only to my top dream convention, right up there with New York Comic-Con and Power Morphicon, the ultimate Power Rangers convention that I always wanted to go. Lol. I knew the convention was happening last weekend, but I had no clue you'd actually be there. I'm so happy you had an amazing time—meeting other fans, talking with the actors. If you ever end up going again, it'd be awesome if we crossed paths—me finally meeting one of my favorite reactors, and you meeting one of your paid Patrons and YouTube subscribers. It's always special meeting another Trekkie—especially someone who's just diving into the franchise—when I've been living and breathing it for nearly 40 years since TNG came out. I'm seriously thinking about going next year. And 2026? That's Star Trek's 60th anniversary—it's gonna be massive. I was even planning to sign up for Star Trek: The Cruise next year, but of course it's already sold out. Figures. Lol. So now my mission is to snag tickets for the Las Vegas convention instead. I've wanted to go ever since the days of Star Trek: The Experience, but it shut down before I ever got the chance. 😊🖖❤️

Clarence Newman

Definitely comes across as the last era of "old-time" Hollywood. Dean. With the 60s came McQueen and Newman and Clint and a more natural way of acting. There's still a lot of decent films in the 1950s (The King & I, which actually benefits from the overacting, a couple of Marilyn's best, purely for the way they showcased elegance back then), plus a few others. A Streetcar Named Desire is worth watching just for Brando, although Vivien Leigh's performance probably epitomizes what you're talking about. So dramatic, so theatrical, and next to Brando's laconic presence, pretty jarring I think. The same can be said for Liz Taylor's performance compared to Newman's in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. Each to their own and there are always exceptions, but in general, I'm with you on the 50s as an era.

Clarence Newman

I would definitely take Towering Inferno.

Just Plain Bob

I think the acting today is the worst I’ve seen. They barely even act; it’s everyone either trying too hard to be cool or flying into histrionics. Nothing in between. The best era for acting on film was the 70s. Much more natural and subdued. Try to make The Godfather today and every scene would be either shouting or overly dramatic turns toward the camera with arched brows. It’s like bad soap opera acting but they’re being paid millions and calling themselves artists. PS: My personal favorite is when two actors press their foreheads together to convey the intensity of their emotion and depth of their connection. I’ve never seen actual human beings do that in real life. And, if they did, it would clearly be a performative gesture: “Look at us and how serious we are and how deeply we feel our emotions!” So phony.

The Star Treker (aka Michael)

Honestly, I'm just not that into most movies from the 1950s, 1960s, or 1970s—and westerns don't really do it for me either, unless they've got a sci-fi twist, superheroes, classic cartoons like Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Scooby-Doo - Where Are You, Casper, Popeye, the Jetsons, Flintstones, Fleischer Superman, Batman, Spider-Man cartoons or something along those lines. A few classic action or horror flicks from back then catch my attention too, but that's about it. My real sweet spot is movies from the mid-1980s through the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and right up to today. Honestly, I don't think acting today is "the worst." That's just a matter of opinion, and it really depends on where you're looking.

Clarence Newman

Re your PS, Bob. You just made me think of the scene in Rain Man where Cruise and Hoffman do that. Cassie certainly felt the power of that simple gesture.

Mike Lemon

People have to justify their job by constantly "fixing" what isn't broken instead of actually fixing the problems (ie. if you fix the problems you don't have a job, but you still need to do *something*). Patreon comments are a perfect example- a bunch of "upgrades" that have done nothing but make it worse, but no work on treed/nested comments so you can reply to someone other than the original commentor (and they don't get a notification). Plus that insane 21 comment thing still isn't fixed, but we can now fly to the beginning of the comments, which happens to be the end WITHOUT the "join the conversation" box.

Dean Holt

Trek, I’m a massive Sci-Fi, Action, Horror & Comedy nostalgia nerd that loves both the 80s & 90s era’s. I do really enjoy Superhero films as well the Infinity Saga was just incredible so. I actually really liked westerns around 20 years ago but I just find them a bit boring now. So I’m completely with you 👍🏼

Mike Lemon

"A list of oft-requested movies by her most annoying patrons," I think I have officially won the #1 spot on that (pretty sure I can't say why I think that), so I'm all for it.

Dean Holt

Clarence, Yeah I agree the 60s was better for that more natural acting. Regarding The King & I, that film is possibly why I have a little disliking for musicals 😂😂. When we used to visit my aunt and uncle house, my cousin used to have to on ALL the time and I think it mentally scarred me 😕. Not seen Streetcar might save it for if Cassie watches it & give it a go then, not sure if I’ve seen Cat on a Hot Tin Roof tbh. But your one hundred percent correct each to there own. I’m sure there’s plenty of people that hate 80s/90s movies for a certain reasons.

Clarence Newman

Mike. I will not have you saying you're more annoying than me. It's all I've got.

The Star Treker (aka Michael)

The only westerns I really enjoy are the ones with a twist—like comedy or time travel—so think Back to the Future Part III, Zorro, or even the Red Dead Redemption video games. And honestly, in a way, Star Trek feels like a western in space… same could be said for Star Wars and Stargate, lol. Superheroes though? I've always loved them—in movies, TV shows, and cartoons—across pretty much every era, even there've been a few episodes of Batman: The Animated Series and Justice League where they end up back in the old Wild West, lol.

Chris Clarke

Tribble!😛 They really are a convention essential. Does it make noises?

Dean Holt

Trek, Even though it’s not set in western times, City Slickers is a really good comedy and feels like a western film. Regarding Star Trek TOS was originally advertised as a western in space lol. But a couple more westerns that I like are Maverick (Mel Gibson) & Django Unchained, but I like all of Tarantino’s movies anyway.

Björn Karlsson

Hahaha Mike 😄😄😄 I had that kind of poll in my thoughts a couple of days ago..

Mike Lemon

I have the DMs to prove it.

Milton Reduxed

I've had another glitch too recently where playing the video in the timeline is buggy. Instead of the timer at the bottom there's a line of random YT videos and anytime I do anything like adjust volume or scroll the page playback snaps back to he start. Fortunately it still works fine on the specific reaction page url

Milton Reduxed

I know this comment may provoke a response, and I'm not looking to start an argument, but all of these 3 selections are Cassie's Choice, whether or not one calls them Popcorn Pick of the Month. My suggestion for an alternative method of scheduling: Slot #1 - Weekly Poll Winner or Popcorn Requests Top Voted Slot #2 - PaF Winner Slot #3 - Cassie's Choice (Wouldn't hurt to experiment for a few weeks and see how it goes)

Clarence Newman

Rear Window's one of Cassie's best pre-1960s reactions.

Clarence Newman

Dean. I have the same thing with The Carpenters music. Good songs, but whenever we got into my Mum's car as a kid, she ALWAYS played The Bloody Carpenters. I think it was the only tape she had.

Raieldon

Omg I've had A.I. marked as tailor made for you for so long. Funny thing is how it's like most famous example of critical reappraisal. Roger Ebert was lukewarm when it came out, then years later u-turned and said he gets it now and it's a masterpiece. Mark Kermode said it's the ONLY film he's ever mea culpaed on in his entire career, and he told that Spielberg in an interview and he laughed and said he wasn't the first film critic who's said that to him.

Mike Lemon

No you wouldn't. And, so you haven't got a reply to your email (through Kaiielle) from a month ago?

Dean Holt

Bob, I think there’s still good actors & movies being made. But I think the overall quality of movies in general has dropped in the last 5 years imo. But tbh I’d still rather watch them over a 50s film. But regards to acting/actors we still have the greats like DeNiro, Washington & Hanks. But as regards to newer actors these are a few that I think are incredibly talented and some of them have done multiple different roles and genres like Florence Pugh & Andrew Garfield (also think both would be excellent in a Godfather remake) Here’s a few others that I think are very talented, Taron Egerton Alisha Weir James McAvoy Nicholas Hoult Anya Taylor-Joy David Tennant. But as Clarence has said each to their own.

Clarence Newman

I got an initial reply from Kaiielle saying she'd forwarded it to Ben, but no response after that from Ben. As we all know, the deletion of FAQs and the suggested idea for a replacement are still up in the air. To be honest, it's not feeling like a priority.

Nim

I think it's really sweet that you still feel so strongly about your little ones returning to school and you probably equate it to something like them leaving the nest. You may feel a little differently far far in the future when you have angsty teenagers though 😂. Uh oh. A.I is a film I think will further your heartbreak this week. Good luck my dear ❤️.

Collar City Guy

Cassie showing you love your children and are going to miss them when they head off to school is not being dramatic it's being a good mom! Don't worry they'll be back in the afternoon. Can't tell you how much I am looking forward to AI!

Fanny Adams

oh how I envy you Cassie I wish my kids were still young enough to see off to school now I hardly see them at all as they live so far from home

Ronnie

Is your Game of thrones on you tube?

Frank Edwards

I kind of wish my mom was more like Cassie

bgb1975 (Brian)

Thank you for sharing your updates with us, Cassie! It surprises me how much I enjoy reading them. Hope your boy is doing better.

Ike

First day for being a senior for someone. This is an out of district school, so I’m driving him every morning. He wants his own car of course, but we aren’t there yet (for many reasons with this one). But!… they rolled out the red carpet today for seniors - 0630 start time - all seniors are gathering on the football field, they all wore white today (not my idea) and I dropped him off to what I am sure was Earth, Wind, and Fire being blasted over the PA speaker. It seems like I was waffle-ironing ‘Avengers’ mini waffles only yesterday. What happened?

Richard Maurer

Clarence Newman, Marvel Studios disavows any relationship with either the film Cannonball Run or the character “Captain Chaos” and asks that you cease and desist implying any relationship with said properties, or legal action will be pursued. Yes, I’m a Marvel lawyer in my spare time, they need all the help they can get when it comes to defamation.

Richard Maurer

Mike 🍋 - Maybe we’ll get lucky and they’ll run out of things to “fix” and they will go back and fix the things they previously “fixed” which they actually broke. I’m still pissed that you can’t look at your archived comments anymore. I get that they were probably taking up a lot of space but they could have had like a 6 month, maybe a year time limit before you could no longer see them as a compromise, Instead of making people wade through comment sections to try and find something. I mean you can still see a list of your comments on YouTube, and they get way more comments than Patreon does.

Clarence Newman

You would have a point, Richard, but for the irrefutable smoking gun, which, in this instance, is Stan Lee's obsession with giving all his superhero characters a first and last name starting with the same letter (Green Goblin, Balder the Brave, Living Laser, Sue Storm, Doctor Doom, Molten Man etc.) The superhero in Cannonball Run (TM of Disney Publishing Worldwide, who acquired Marvel Entertainment in 2023) is Captain Chaos, THEREFORE a Stan Lee-created character, THEREFORE part of the MCU. Bazinga.

Celeste McAllister🍓

Finally it's 'To Catch a Thief' Grace Kelly wearing clothing designed by Edith Head,Cary Grant is stunning as always,all told with the French Rivera as the backdrop,it was here Grace met her prince.. My kids are back in school,I just got them up get the day started,we had a great summer vacation and now I'm fixing them pigs in a blanket for breakfast,6th & 4th graders a 15 month old boy.. Hey! Life is good,getting better by the day. ✨️

Richard Maurer

Every time I see GoT in the upcoming posts my only thought is - One. Less. Movie.

Stephen Dias

Oh, nice! These are all good picks!

Richard Maurer

I used to loathe Westerns (and still think that many of them are formulaic trash) because my brother and father had them on the TV pretty much non-stop back when I lived with them. My brother asked me why I never joined them and I said it was because I didn’t like Westerns mixed with opinion based “news”. I’ve come to appreciate Westerns more now, at least the good ones.

Richard Maurer

You’re forgetting one slot a week is already dedicated to GoT , technically Cassie choice, so unless that’s considered Cassie’s choice for the foreseeable future then one of those three has to go.

Richard Maurer

Copyright infringement. Disney had to sue themselves over Captain Chaos’ double initials infringement, but settled out of court when it was successfully argued that both ‘Cannonball Run’ and ‘Captain Chaos’ were virtually worthless properties thus no damages could be owed.

Clarence Newman

Yeah, that slot should pretty much be Cassie's choice till Thrones is done. With the exception of her PPoTM, of course.

Catherine LW

Haha, I went to a Star Trek convention back in the 80’s and met Scotty (James Doohan), rest his soul. We were late and rushing through the lobby (in NYC) and he was just arriving. We said Hi, and he look startled and then greeted us, saying he will be at the convention in a few minutes. It was fun.

Richard Maurer

King Kong and Jessica Lange - the most anatomically impossible love affair in movies.

Mark White

Bob, I was out on a rare night out with some mate a few months ago and I was having this debate with them. It was more them saying everything was better in the nighties (we were in our teens/early twenties back then) Music, films, politics! Everything was better. But I get the same from my parents about the 50’s and 60,s and if I meet up with some of Aunties it’s the 70’s were best. I don’t know, I just feel some of us tend to get rose tinted glasses on for our younger years, thinking things were better. I mean of course they were better! We were young! 😆 My Grandad use to bang on about the 30,s and 40’s being great! Sure grandad! The world at war, what could be better! 😏 I think if I look hard enough, I can find good acting in most era’s, it’s just different styles to me. Maybe the type of movies and how they are made are different and that can influence acting styles. I think my favourite acting performances are Pacino in “Scarface” De Niro in “Taxi Driver” and DD lewis in “There will be blood” I like a performance where the actor makes me forget they are actors, where their performance is so convincing I forget I’m watching a actor. Maybe those kind of actors are disappearing now and maybe in the 2050’s the kids of today will look back and say “weren’t things great in the 20’s!” Social media, people use to drive their own cars, live telly, movies, music and we had some great politicians back then! 😆

Catherine LW

Great line up! Double the fun with Carly watching To Catch a Thief. Ah, the French Riviera! So beautiful 🤩!

Clarence Newman

"Virtually" worthless now, is it? You're definitely coming around.

Jacob King

Excited for both these movies for very different reasons. A good week.

Mark White

The same for me Clarence, but it was my Dad and the only tape he had was ELO! Greatest band that ever existed apparently! I mean they are ok, but they were hardly the Beatles!

Mark White

Oh my goodness Mike! You have hit upon one of my few bugbears! People fixing things that were not Broken! 😡 drives me crackers, proper day rage!

Mark White

I think something is brewing on FAQ replacement, but it might be one of those slow cooker jobs. But, I never understood why it takes all day to cook a meal and all you get is a stew!

Richard Maurer

Clarence - ‘virtually worthless’ is legal jargon for “you couldn’t sell this to someone dying of thirst if it came with a bottle of water”

Joe J

Got = 4 slots a month, PAF = (1), and PPoTM = (1). The remaining (6) slots I want chosen by Polls (Pollception + PR random + ??). Let us vote on something, I don't want Cassie just picking 2-3 more slots every month.

Uncle Phoenix

First day of school, for the first two years is always gut wrenching. By the time they are in third grade it’s less painful. Good thing that you are watching “A.I.”,JK…Haha.

Above Average Dave

You're a good Mom, Cassie — and it sounds like you have great klds. Always a struggle, I know, and there's the balance between the feeling of not doing enough for them and just wanting/needing time for yourself. Speaking of good kids, I was, politely, "rambunctious," and hated nearly every minute of school, including college, and that extreme distaste for a structured educational environment started early. I was actually thrown out of nursery school for a week and I remember it vividly because they had to call my Mom to come get me, which was a big-big (bad) deal back then. I clearly recall her carrying me out over her shoulder like a bag of potatoes because I was so agitated and looking back at the teacher and the principal telling them that what they were doing was "evil" and yelling "I am going to burn this place to the ground!" And I have witnesses to this day. So, at least you don't have to deal with that 🤣 On a much more fun note, given your Star Trek Convention repeat attendance, it may be time to revisit GALAXY QUEST, whether for the channel, or to give yourself multiple knowing laughs.

Robert Jewell

To Catch A Thief woohoo! I've been pushing for that one for a while! Yes! Thank you! I hope you liked it.

Richard Maurer

In the US fixing things that aren’t broken comes from the idiotic corpo mind-set that if you’re not doing something constantly you’re not earning your pay, instead realizing that in some jobs if nothing is happening then the people you’re paying have done their job. I had an inspection job where there were sometimes gaps where there was nothing to do. Fortunately it was a second shift job and I had an understanding supervisor who told us that until the big bosses leave try to look busy but after that I don’t care what you do during the down time.

Jimmy Stewart

Love Hitchcock movies and To Catch a Thief is right up there with the best. I hope one day she will watch a favorite of mine and many , The Philadelphia Story, and lastly Cassie Rocks!!

Zane From Canada

Wow! Back to school so soon? I'd probably be kicking and screaming if I had to go back that soon. In Canada, we always went back to school after Labor Day. PS: Back To School would be a good film to watch 😄

Richard Maurer

She has the full reaction up, the YouTube edit will probably be soon.

Above Average Dave

Seconded. It was always after Labor Day when we grew up. Here in North Carolina, they have kids back in, too. Seems nuts with the heat in general in the South (although we're having the coolest August on record, not like the superintendents knew that was going to happen). I feel like this is just an extension of over-programming kids lives. What happened to letting kids be kids? Sigh.

Richard Maurer

Yeah, Cassie choosing so much of the content is kind of refuting her own “expanding my horizons” intentions.

Above Average Dave

I have to say, Stick, I feel things everytime I see Grace Kelly.

Clarence Newman

Celebrities can sometimes get startled if they're not ready for you Catherine. Back in the 70s, I went to a football match between Liverpool and Queen's Park Rangers and bumped into famous commentator Jimmy Hill on his way out of the stadium. "Hi Jim!" I said. He glanced at me, startled, literally said "Mep," and carried on walking.

Clarence Newman

It's that kind of talk that keeps this channel devoid of Farrah Fawcett's nipples.

Joe J

Many of us could use some movie healing around this place, lol. Maybe "The Verdict" will be on Cassie's poll....yeah maybe pigs will fly, right?

Milton Reduxed

Yeah the fact 1/3 of the slots are going to be taken by Cassie's Choice for the next 8 months is exactly why I wanted to make the case the other 2 are films decided by poll & PaF to create balance. One can accept not being excited by everything on the schedule, but it's difficult to accept when everything is decided by Cassie without patrons shaping the lineup this week

Clarence Newman

Pssst. Cassie. Over here. Here's a wee post-it note for you. Stick it to Ben's forehead so you are reminded of it daily. It reads "Once you know Tyrion Lannister a bit better, watch "The Station Agent" with Peter Dinklage (2003)." Forgive the expectation spoiler, but you will love it like chocolate.

Clarence Newman

Jimmy. I consider it very bad form to recommend movies you actually starred in! Though, to be fair, I loved you in Rear Window.

Joe J

Don't hold you breath waiting on that new FAQ. Whatever, we'll just keep clogging up the normal posts with our daily profound pontifications, lol.

Walker Mangum

To Catch a Thief, yes! I may or may not have already submitted it as my pick for this month, whoops!

Clarence Newman

Exactly, Joe. I just thought the FAQs thread was a better place for me and Richard to be the pedantic, pontificating, pretentious bastards, belligerent old farts, and worthless steaming piles of cow dung that we are. Figuratively speaking.

Richard Maurer

Clarence - speak for yourself. I am not cow dung! I’ll cop to the rest though.

Richard Maurer

You can change it, before the month ends anyway.

Canadianant

If I recall Cassie's kids were done school about mid June which is early to me. Hence I think they still get about 2 months off In my younger years we went until the end of June roughly june26,27,28ish off until very late August

Catherine LW

For a man in his mid fifties, Cary Grant looked great in swimming trunks!

Canadianant

Well looking forward to more game of thrones. I remember having mixed feelings on AI when I originally watched it but it'll be worth a rewatch. Not sure about to catch a thief I'm not really big on the oldies but I recognize that there's some that are very excited about the classic era. Might have to give it a viewing if Carly is sitting in as that's always fun. It's always a mixed feelings about the end of summer and kids going back to school. Unfortunately due to an airline strike up here in Canada my holiday plans have been blown out of the water this week so I'm trying to find something else to do. I know first world problems but I was trying to catch my niece's before they went back to university.

Joe J

YT edits take 4-5 days I think. Cassie uses just one editor (Matt).

Clarence Newman

Exactly. I think it was an involuntary utterance due to the sudden startlement.

Clay F

Thats the way all reactors (e.g., Jen) that I am a patron do it. Pretty much all executive decision. It's their channel. The creator decides on the content (with or without patron input). The patron watches the content. The patron decides whether to continue being a patron. That's the basic model. Been a successful model for Cassie with about 3000 paid Patreon members (currently almost 3100) and approaching half a million YT subscribers. There has been an uptick in the number of paid Patreon members for her since GoT started.

Milton Reduxed

@Clay, I'm not disputing the popularity of the channel, just providing some customer feedback, even if I'm the minority I was moved to write the comment because one slot is titled 'popcorn pick of the month' as if Cassie only picks one movie a month, when all 3 titles on the schedule this week alone are Cassie's choice. It's her prerogative of course, but I think this week might potentially be more interesting if it was mixed up a bit

Joe J

Clay - Most reactors do have polls, they are not deciding all the content. It's always a balance, I feel Cassie wants patron input for much of the channel content. We have decided around 50% for awhile now. Cassie may increase that or not, always her call. I very much favor more monthly polls, but others may be happy with her choosing.

AdrianF

I'm in as well

Clay F

Milt -- I respect and think fine for you to give feedback. But has always been that way at PiB = executive decisions left and right -- much more than PPOTM. Even more so with other reactors. She is not unique in that way. I don't think will change, no matter how much feedback. Even polls are constructed/bound by her. Keep in mind that a creator is not a mere tedious supervisor of managing diverse patron interests but instead is the driving force in the creative process including the selection of content (with or without patron input). The patron primary roll is to watch the content and decide if they want to be a patron.

Milton Reduxed

@Joe, I favour weekly polls every Monday/Tuesday. If it gets to Monday and PiB doesn't have anything planned, do the category that just won pollception which is some random movies Cassie is interested in and let patrons pick one; Or just pick some random titles from Popcorn Requests, it only takes 5 minutes and doesn't need to be an event

Clay F

Joe -- the 7 reactors (including Cassie) I am a patron have polls, some more frequently than others. Not as frequent as you might think. The poll types and poll candidates are generally governed by the reactor. It's basically still the creator in the driving seat soliciting patron input on content with boundaries. The boundaries will always be there, and polls will never be all of the poll types or reach the amount and frequency or rigid schedules you and Milt promote. Some reactors occasionally will do random selection of poll candidates b/c easy for them -- they don't have to decide -- a reactor told me that once. But that's the exception, not the rule. At PiB, I've noticed that Pollceptions, poll types, poll frequencies, frequency of pure executive decisions, etc. are generally much different than what you've suggested -- though she has thrown you a bone occasionally -- which at least you get recognized among thousands of patrons.

Richard Maurer

Clay - “It’s their channel” is fine, if they don’t care about channel growth or about what their patrons interests are, or “expanding your horizons”. Unless what you want on the channels happens to coincide with what a good number of what your patrons interests are , or a good number of them don’t actually care about the content (which is unlikely) there is bound to be patron loss. I’m not sure why anyone doing reactions as primary source of income (which, based on a check of her YT views, Jen clearly isn’t) would think they can entirely, or even mostly, ignore their patrons wishes. Reaction is an entertainment venture. Movies and series producers don’t ignore their viewers, not the successful ones anyway. I’m not sure why this keeps coming up, no one is saying Cassie can only watch what her patrons want, but if you’re going to have successful business (yes, this a business) you certainly can’t ignore your customers (yes we are, in fact, customers) wants and needs either. To use an analogy. It’s like if Cassie were running a successful diner and said I don’t want to have hamburgers on the menu anymore, I will be replacing them with raw onion and mayo on white bread sandwiches (yes, that’s a thing, according to my father anyway), then was shocked when business dropped drastically. It’s okay for those onion sandwiches to be on the menu, but don’t try and make a living off them. And of course it’s okay for Cassie to choose some of her content but in order for it to be a success it should be mostly patron driven.

Mannygogou

ahh sweetness 🙂 Man, beaming down to Trek star base sounds like it was a fun time...!

Christopher Ferrarelli

I’m psyched that you went to a Star Trek convention. It must’ve been a lot of fun. I’m curious to know, would the experience of going to this convention prompt you to react to the other Star Trek series like Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Lower Decks, etc., or have you been watching them on your own time?

Milton Reduxed

@ Clay, I'm fully aware we are customers purchasing a product; And it's normal for customers of any business to provide customer feedback—The business owner can do with that feedback what they will

Clay F

Richard -- patrons come and go, and are not monolithic. She has been very successful without the content being mostly patron driven. And even with content that is so-called patron driven, it is within boundaries defined by her. The business is (1) she decides the content at times with patron input and at times without patron input, and (2) the patrons watch the content and decide if they want to continue to be a patron. That will not change, no matter what you say or your analogies. She is already showing signs of recovering from the industry decline earlier this year -- likely because of her executive decision to react to GoT. It is her channel. She decides. Patron specific interests in content are way too varied to accommodate in any signficant way. The patron has to decide if they like her as a creator, i.e., if they like her reactions independent of the underlying content. The patron can move on. But she has had decent stability in the decline of the industry. Successful. Jen is big time executive decision. She does what she wants week in, week out on content -- movies coming out of nowhere. Not that many polls, and the polls always defined by her. In all, content much driven by her interests and what she thinks will get enough YT views to pay editing costs. Reactors do the occasional poll to give patrons a feeling of participation on selecting content, but doing reactions is different than making a hamburger. Cassie is more agressive at seeking patron input than any other reactor I am a patron. But will never reach the increased poll frequency, specific poll types, and rigid poll schedules that some patrons request or want. She will never be tied down that way. This is her livelihood -- she has to have control and flexibility -- she (and Ben) have to have room to make creative/business decisions.

Milton Reduxed

@Clay, Jen Murray used to do a poll every Monday, this was back when she watched 4 movies a week, and it was great—A mixed selection of titles with a 'Producers Pick' included that would never win, and it was actually my idea that she do a Producers Poll made up of just Producers nominations—so you see sometimes channels do take inspiration from feedback I suggested the same here as a perk to the top-tier. I wouldn't have a problem if the weekly poll were made up of Cassie's picks, Extra Butter nominations, randomised from Popcorn Requests, or a variety

Choof

You're a terrific mother and things will go great, im sure of it. I'll always be excited for GOT, looking forward to a first time watching for me of To Catch a Thief and a revisit after 25 years of A.I. since I saw it back then

Clay F

Milt -- I remember those polls (I don't know that they were every Monday) but Jen no longer does them. I remember the Producers Pick as a choice that typically didn't do well. Now, she is big time executive decision. She reacts to Trek and Seinfeld b/c interests her (her choice) and has saved her channel. She did solicit input from patrons (now TNG fan dominated) via a poll on future Trek content. The movie she reacts to every week literally comes out of nowhere. She claims she references the patron request system but she still chooses. Working for her, as her paid patron membership has doubled since the time she was doing those polls you mentioned and reacting to 4 movies a week. Also, she has become more economically viable in paying for YT editing costs. Here at PiB, I like having perks for top tier you allude to. I think once or twice per month may be more feasible than weekly. Also, the standard now is that all patrons can vote in polls - would have to block out lower than Kernel Club?

OddThomas

Excited you're doing A.I (nobody seems to react to it) and To Catch a Thief; I think you'll both love that one

Richard Maurer

Clay - Cassie acknowledges, and jokes about how poorly her picks often do. If she knows her picks often don’t do well, why wouldn’t she want to give her patrons an increased say in the channel? There are many factors that contribute to the success (or lack there of) of each video she puts out, but everyone acknowledges the patron’s “donations” are a reactors major source of income, for the ones who have made it their main livelihood anyway. I’m not saying a majority of patrons are going to abandon her, but doing things that keeps your patrons happy isn’t a bad thing either. You keep bringing up Jen Murray as an example of someone doing mostly the videos she wants, which is fine. But what you don’t mention is only 3 of her videos in the last month broke 30k and the highest was only 32k. Cassie can’t afford to do numbers like that. No one who does reaction for a living can. As much Cassie clearly enjoys doing this she still has to pay attention to what does well for her on both YouTube and Patreon.

Clay F

Richard - about Jen, I was replying to Milt and agree that Jen is no Cassie. She has never done well with YT views -- never. I go to a successful hamburger joint in which I buy at least one hamburger every month, which is delicious and good quality. The hamburger joint makes and sells a few types of hamburgers, some I don't prefer. It's their business and they decide the types of burgers. They on occasion introduce a new different type of burger. They occasionally make improvements or deletions with their existing types of burgers. They do accept some customer input within boundaries, such as accommodating requests to add more mayo or cut the tomatoes on a given order. I tell them I want them to make me a Whopper with Cheese like at Burger King. They reply we don't make that type of burger. I tell them I want a Big Mac like at McDonald's. They reply we don't make that type of burger. I say hey look I am a paying customer -- it good business for you to do what I ask. They reply "sorry" no can do, and are polite enough to give me directions to Burger King and McDonald's. I say you should do weekly customer surveys on what types of burgers your customers want. They reply we do customer surveys but not weekly and for types of burgers that might fit within our business model and associated constraints. As they are replying, I notice the line of customers behind me has grown long, as is typical for that place. I give up and walk out.

Walker Mangum

nice, thanks for letting me know!

Joe J

Cassie, a couple of suggestions on ways to mix it up with Polls. - Maybe quarterly do a Pollception with only niche/sub-genres. Examples would be (AFI Top 100, Anime, Classic Sci-fi, Gen X films). Many more to choose from. - Consider more bracket polls. Could be (4) genres like we had with March Madness. Another option is mixed genres by decades (50s-60s, 70s-80s, 90s-2000s, 2010s-Present).

Catherine LW

Focus on directors, not decades.

Catherine LW

Best wishes for your health.

Catherine LW

I love her reaction to North by Northwest. She was so delighted by the ending!

Clay F

I don't think I've seen you suggest mixed genre polls before (almost seemed antithetical to you)? -- maybe I missed it except for the PR random selection polls that by default are mixed genre. I like the mixed genres by time period.

Clay F

Entertaining watching you get into GoT (stellar TV) and picking it up quite well as indicated by your reaction to the first two episodes. You doing better than me on my first watch in capturing details and nuances.

Clay F

GoT is a godsend for me. Guarantees at least 1/3 of the content in a given week will be a big match for my interests. Take this week, for example, not big fan of A.I. but been a while and will give it another chance. As for To Catch a Thief, not really into pre-1960 movies, but To Catch a Thief on my watchlist and who can't like stunning Grace Kelly. Hope I like To Catch a Thief. But I have a guaranteed enjoyment/like with your GoT reaction episodes 3/4, especially if your reaction to the first two episodes is any indication.

Joe J

I'm getting soft Clay, lol.

Richard Maurer

Clay - your version of this burger joint analogy has a problem. Cassie has invited patron input from beginning. And that’s what we’ve been doing here, making suggestions. Nobody is saying I better get my way or I’m leaving. But if Cassie did say “it’s my way or the highway” (not that I think she would), well, I’ll use your burger joint analogy - they tell me they won’t make my food the way I want, fine, I’ll still give them a try, but it better be the best food I ever had, and every time I come in it better be consistently good, because if they’re not that good and they won’t make what I want why should I keep going there? I don’t know why you’re arguing this as you make suggestions for more polls and such all the time. Why is asking for more polls a problem?

Chris Thom

Thinking AI will have you giving your kids a BIG hug when they get home from school. Just an educated guess.

Chris Thom

Such a charming movie. Whole cast was great in that. One of my favorites.

Chris Thom

Curious what she'll think of it. The tone is all over the place, which is what I love about it. One of my all time favorites.

Chris Thom

If you guys can get through the Jr. High Years you can get through anything. Lol

Clarence Newman

I think Joe should be given blanket poll selection duties. When it comes to polls, we are but children in his backwash.

Clarence Newman

By the way, I just finished watching one of the worst second halves of a movie I've ever seen. I'm curious, Richard. What did you think of Demi Moore's "The Substance" (2024)?

Clarence Newman

You're clearly forgetting Lea Thompson and Howard the Duck.

Joe J

I'm flattered Clarence...sadly just too much power for one man to wield, lol.

Gray

And she's watched it already so we might get it early in the weekend

Chris Thom

It's usually about eleven to fourteen days after the full reaction premieres here, that it makes it's way to YouTube.

Chris Thom

I was way into it from the jump, and I remember all the criticism it was getting on message boards. Felt like the only one defending it. Granted, I was only 16. But it was one of the most creative, interesting, bizarre movies I'd seen at that point. Loved it for the intellect and artistry on display. Think it was the first Kubrick movie I'd ever seen. Then immediately watched the Shining.

Clay F

Joe's poll suggestions have generally grown on me. Well thought out and inclusive.

Clarence Newman

"To Catch A Thief", Clay. "It Takes a Thief" is a biopic of the bastid who stole my Game of Thrones DVDs.

Richard Maurer

Not even close, anatomically speaking.

Chris Thom

Dang a bunch of seniors getting up at 6:30 willingly is pretty impressive.

Ike

Willingly is a strong word. 😁

Joe J

Clay - Cassie listens and acts on patron suggestions all the time, otherwise why would any of us waste time making suggestions. I think her decision to do monthly Pollceptions and Random PR polls is a direct result of our suggestions. I would have left long ago if Cassie wasn't the type of reactor who understands the balance between her interests and those of patrons. Her success is a result of that balance...just my two-cents.

Chris Thom

Haven't seen that yet. Looking forward to it. Hoping it will be on HBO Max.

Richard Maurer

Overrated, but interesting. I do find it funny that people were asking for Cassie to watch it and no one was giving them grief about it, but when it came to The Fly they were telling Cassie it was too gross and she wouldn’t be able to handle it. Meanwhile the body horror in The Substance is way worse than The Fly.

Clay F

Thanks Clarence. I edited to correct. "It Takes a Thief" (1968-1970) is a series with Robert Wagner that I watched as a kid. I will always picture Robert Wagner as in that series. With the first 2 episodes of GoT, I think Cassie was relieved/happy that she would like the series -- that she saw elements (drama, intrigue, relationships, multiple dynamics and intergrated storylines, excellent acting, etc.) right up her alley. I mean I think she knew she would probably like it but wasn't for sure, especially with some of the negative and warning comments made. Some patrons overblow her sensitivities and underestimate her likes. She will always more tolerate so-called 'objectionable' content if she is invested/captivated by the series or movie. Almost to the point of that content (patrons went overboard warning her about) is an afterthought to her. Plus, I think she recognizes that it not all gratuitous but adds to the show.

Stick Figure Studios

"not really into pre-1960 movies..." This makes me sad. 😢

Stick Figure Studios

I've also come around on it a bit since I first saw it. I still think it's a somewhat schizophrenic film with clashing sensibilities from two very different artists, but the very thing that used to make it difficult for me, now makes it interesting.

Happy Hanukkah

"Cassie's Picks won!!" I assume your picks will consist entirely of '90s action movies?

Chris Thom

I get that rebound anxiety every year. But then so relieved I'm not still in school. lol

Celeste McAllister🍓

I have TCAT on Prime...I think I'll buy a 4k copy for the full length...Carly will be there that makes it twice as good!! :)

Happy Hanukkah

It is August 2025, and I hereby advocate for *that* version of The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996). [#008] Dedicated to Richard Maurer.

Clarence Newman

Agreed. Gross makeup and an absolutely unfathomable payoff. NOT my cup of tea and I like The Fly!

Stick Figure Studios

Charles Grodin tells some amusing stories about shooting that film in his first autobiography IT WOULD BE SO NICE IF YOU WEREN'T HERE.

Happy Hanukkah

Look at the bright side, RM. I could be pushing for *that* (new) version of War of the Worlds.

Stick Figure Studios

I do too, Dave, but I think A.I. will make Cassie feel more things than Grace Kelly will.

Stick Figure Studios

Personally, Mike, I'd like to see a STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and/or SHADOW OF A DOUBT reaction before we get DIAL M FOR MURDER.

Chris Thom

So glad I'm not in school, but I do love the fall. The weather is pretty perfect. And everything on TV seems to get a lot better.

Stick Figure Studios

They should call it "Cary with Carly." They already did ARSENIC AND OLD LACE together. Next they should do THE PHILADELPHIA STORY or CHARADE.

Clay F

Stick -- before 2 years ago, I had only watched one pre-1960 movie as an adult and that was Roman Holiday (that I liked for several reasons), and the only pre-1960 that I watched as a kid that I can remember is Wizard of Oz. Maybe a 1940s or 1950s Tarzan movie. In the past 2 years, I have watched about 25 pre-1960 movies in an effort to advance my horizon. I like the production and acting style of modern movies better than pre-1960 movies. What I have found that I like about pre-1960 movies is seeing charismatic actors and learning about the history of the time.

Stick Figure Studios

My suspicion, Chris, is it she won't exactly enjoy it as it will be very dark and emotional for her, but she will come away appreciating its themes and ideas.

Chris B.

I keep hoping that we'll see the Update graphic pop up one of these days with "From The Earth To The Moon", though probably won't happen for a good long while with Game of Thrones now in the mix.

Chris Thom

So curious what she'll pick. Thinking the list might be all over the place as far as genre.

Chris Thom

I hope it doesn't take over the whole channel.

Chris Thom

Finally watched that a couple years ago. Pretty good.

Richard Maurer

The Cruise one or one of the other two versions?

Richard Maurer

Happy’s too shy to admit it but he really wants Cassie to watch Horror of Dracula.

Chris Thom

At the very least would think she'll appreciate the score and the artistry behind the sets, and robots, and Rouge City. Very creative work. And Jude Law has a stellar monologue. Not to mention that HJO is one of the best child actors in history.

Richard Maurer

I’m pretty sure it will be Marebito (2004) because it’s probably Cassie’s favorite type of movie.

kaiielle

"No one who does reaction for a living can." Richard, I have two videos currently at 31,000 views and one of them has earned more than double the ad revenue that the other one earned. It is impossible to make accurate assumptions about creator earnings using view count alone, especially when you're only looking at a channel's newest videos. There are many factors that are involved with how much ad revenue a video will earn, not just in the week or month after uploading but in its entire lifetime. (A more depressing angle to this is that I have two other videos that have earned almost the same amount of ad revenue, but one of them has 400,000 more views than the other. 😂)

Richard Maurer

For me it’s focus on genres, more than anything else.

Clay F

"From The Earth To The Moon" is excellent, but I am hoping The Sopranos, Breaking Bad, or The Wire is next after GoT.

Above Average Dave

How can this be? You live in Texas — GIANT, my man! Also, just a sampling from those that have a more modern style of acting, to iconic movies that have been copied SO many times the tropes are iconic (and CAPTAIN BLOOD because why the heck not! Plus, no Captain Blood, no Princess Bride): PATHS OF GLORY HIS GIRL FRIDAY RED RIVER NOTORIOUS SUNSET BOULEVARD HIGH NOON DIAL M FOR MURDER ALL ABOUT EVE STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER TOUCH OF EVIL (restored) FORT APACHE ROPE BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE HARVEY GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP RASHOMON WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION THE TREASURE OF SIERRA MADRE KEY LARGO SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON WE'RE NO ANGELS THE BIG SLEEP THE MALTESE FALCON GONE WITH THE WIND CAPTAIN BLOOD These are just off the top of my head, and exclude the one Cassie has introduced you to. Enjoy!

Ted Whalen

Chris- well, with both college and NFL football, television is a lot better in the fall

Clay F

Thanks Dave. I recently watched Paths of Glory at the suggestion of my son (a Kubrick fan) and liked it. I watched His Girl Friday, and liked it, e.g., better than Aresenic and Old Lace. I like the arc/charisma between the two leads. I will be doing a first watch of Streetcar Named Desire this week with a reaction by Hold Down A ("Ames") who in addition to Cassie has introduced me to several pre-1960 movies. You list a couple already on my watchlist: ALL ABOUT EVE THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER THE MALTESE FALCON KEY LARGO

Dean Holt

Catherine, that’s ok but there’s been a lot of good movie directed by people that aren’t really that popular/well known. For example Tony Scott & Antoine Fuqua both have an incredible filmography. But ether wouldn’t win a poll with Steven Spielberg, Nolan, Scorsese or Villeneuve on it.

Richard Maurer

Kaiielle - Can you consistently make a living off of low performing videos? Like if 3 videos do 30 to 32k, but the rest are 15 - 24k in a month? It seems counterintuitive to me, but if you say you can I’ll take your world for it, you know more about it than me. I only have what I’ve read by googling the subject. But anyway, for someone at Cassie’s level I would think those low numbers wouldn’t be viable, long term anyway, especially if you factor in what low numbers mean for Patreon. I would imagine where you live, how many dependents you have and what other sources of income (and deficits) you have would all factor into it too.

Catherine LW

A father for the first time at 62! He said his biggest regret was not having more children. He would have had dozens and raised them in a ranch. He did take his daughter to rodeos and she participated in them as a young girl.

Celeste McAllister🍓

Wow,better late than never,I knew he had daughters but I didn't know that! Bless him,they must be beautiful. :)

Chris Thom

That flash back to the top is super annoying for commenters like myself that have to stick their nosy nose in every comment thread. Lol. Patreon calling me out with passive aggression and I don't appreciate. Double lawl.

JohnnyUtah

I promise you we will not be upset if you Binge more GoT and upload sooner! It's pretty much expected to want to.

Mark Vaderr

Would you like to tell us about your mother?

Mike Lemon

There are many who don't want that, unless it is 20 episodes or more a week to get it over with.

Alan Kobb

In one week, Cassie goes to a Star Trek Con **AND** starts GoT!!! She reallhy is the ultimate woman on the planet!!!!!!

Mark Vaderr

Team Velocity- I'm aware of that. I've watched her reaction to it several times. Great reaction. However, it is my understanding that Carly has not seen it, and Rear Window would be a great movie for Carly to see. Especially if she comes away liking Grace Kelly.

kaiielle

Richard - Your low-performing figures is actually what I would like to get my channel to return to more consistently. (I've been full-time for 3.5 years.) That's why I was challenging your opinion just a little bit, by talking about how weird ad revenue can be as it directly relates to view counts. Individual circumstances do matter the most. "Making a living" looks very different person-to-person. I know that most people could not make my earnings work for them because my life is not their life. As an aside, I have found that ad revenue info online is not very accurate at all because there are just too many factors into how it's earned. Despite having tons of my own data, I would probably be way off trying to guess what another reactor earns on their channel.

Richard Maurer

Thanks for the info, Kaiielle. When I speak on anything I try to be as accurate as possible but you can only do so much without direct experience. I’m always willing to listen to anyone who has more experience with a subject than I do.

Happy Hanukkah

RM - The new one starring Ice Cube. It is not receiving rave reviews. Instead of HoD, surely we could compromise on The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)! 😇

Happy Hanukkah

Sorry, RM, but Cassie told me she'd only react to one movie with scenes from the Tokyo subway per year, and "Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects" is this year's pick.

Chris Thom

Cassie if you do release the Trek convention vlog, can we also see some of the Hollywood Bowl John Williams thing footage and the Rocky steps?

Geoff S.

I hope Cassie has some tissues handy for AI. I would love Carly to watch that with her.

kaiielle

No problem Richard! Seems that this may be of interest to you, so hope I can expand your knowledge today haha. - View Count: one view = someone watched at least 30 seconds of the video (anywhere in it). Rewatches count, just has to be 30 seconds or more. - Video Length + Watch Time: the longer the video and the more of a video that a viewer watches = the more ads they will see (usually... see next point). - # of Ad Slots: An ad slot is a point in the video where YouTube *may* show an ad to a viewer. This is algorithm driven and varies viewer-to-viewer. How is that decided? No idea. These slots can be placed manually by the creator or they can let YouTube auto-place them. This, combined with watch time, is why estimating revenue is really difficult. If 100,000 people watch a reaction but 50,000 of them only watch one or two scenes and then exit the video, they are only going to see one ad. The other 50,000 people who watch most or all of the video will see multiple ads. This is why a video with 100k views could end up earning more than a video with 300k views. - Time of Upload: ad revenue changes daily, but at least it's cyclical. Companies spend more in Oct-Dec and then reduce in Jan-Mar and then there's usually a small dip in the summer for channels with most of their viewers in the Northern Hemisphere. - Viewer and Creator Demographics: A channel with a primarily North American audience who shares a video that brings in a higher % of viewers from outside NA will notice an ad revenue difference, even if the other factors above were to remain the same. I'm sure that age and gender demographics make a difference too but if there is it's not noticeable like the country is. And the country the creator themselves lives in also matters too, but exactly how I'm not sure. - 18+ Restrictions: if a video is determined to be too unfriendly for most advertisers, it'll get slapped with a Limited status and BOY do they mean limited. You're basically only earning coffee money on those videos. This treatment isn't consistent channel-to-channel, so if aggressive blurring/censoring on violence and language happens on some channels but not others, just know that it's because of this and it's just something that channel has to do. It sucks. - YouTube Premium: Creators get a slice of that pie. I am not sure how the calculations work on that, but I imagine that simply the longer the Premium user watches, the more the creator earns because the viewer doesn't watch any ads at all.

kaiielle

I'm eager for the poll. I feel like it could be pretty varied.

kaiielle

Folks, if you have a moment, please submit the comments-zooming-to-the-top bug report to Patreon. The more of these that are submitted, hopefully the faster they will fix it! Here is the link: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-gb/requests/new (Click the I'm a member option, then pick "I'm experiencing an issue with the site.") And I'd recommend bookmarking that link for any other weird bugs on the site/app in the future. It's not just creators who can submit them!

Happy Hanukkah

But of course. There will be all kinds of '90s action movies. Early '90s action movies and late '90s action movies!

Rod Reavern

I can't imagine going back to school in August -- it's not even the middle of the month! When I was a kid, the new school year always started the Tuesday after Labour Day. It's ideal to start school with a 4-day week! It's funny that everyone complains about Daylight Saving Time, and farmers are blamed for the reason for the time change, whereas the tradition of the American school year starting in August and finishing in late May or early June, is actually because of farmers (so the children could help plant the crops) but no one seems to complain or blame farmers for that. There's no getting it right, is there? lol

Richard Maurer

Haven’t seen that one, and it will probably stay that way. When it comes to Horror of Dracula, there is no compromise.

Richard Maurer

HH - I suppose that’s possible. But now I’m thinking it’s likely to be Visitor Q (2001)., or maybe Gozu (2003). I would think the more extreme works of Takashi Miike would be of interest to Cassie.

Richard Maurer

I can see why you said it’s more complex than it seems. I might have go through that all a couple of times to get it straight in my head. Thanks again.

Wesley White

Bummer 90's Action Movie poll didn't win, but at least it was in second place, hope you'll still make a poll based on that soon lol! Glad you had fun in Vegas at the Star Trek convention! Just to clarify about the next YT Live on Aug. 30th, is it just a random live or is it a package opening live? Just want to make sure because I got some stuff for you I need to send, I've been wanting to send it to you for a while, but I've been so busy with work and how crazy and HOT summer has been, ugh🥵lol! Anyway, looking forward to seeing what picks you put on your upcoming poll! Love and support, you (and Carly) are the best, and God bless y'all and the family🥰😇🙏🤗😉✌🌹

Catherine LW

Just the one. And yes, she is beautiful and from all accounts, down to earth and kind.

Clarence Newman

Thanks Kaiielle. I have submitted my rant.

Clarence Newman

I hear they're remaking Horror of Dracula with Stephen Merchant as the Count.

Richard Maurer

Well, Merchant is a dead ringer for a young Christopher Lee.

Mark White

Kaiielle, as long as it’s got “Sunshine” or “Interstellar” in it! 😉

Mark White

Chris, I’m hoping that is true. A blend of all the genres would be great.

Clarence Newman

In height, maybe, but definitely not the suave.

Mike Lemon

Adding one more to kaiielle's comment- Adblock- about 1/6 - 1/3 of people use adblock (it's recommended by the FBI) and they generate no ad views (obviously). This is complicated because they could also be Premium users.

Clarence Newman

I use Youtube Premium, so no ads at all. Don't think I could ever go back now.

Clarence Newman

Yeah, Kong and Jessica would've been more difficult logistically, but when I even think of Howard with the beautiful Lea, I can't help wanting to chase him off with a shotgun.

MikeLL

Absolutely they should do THE PHILADELPHIA STORY next! It's a natural!

Chris Thom

Think she said a package opening was coming soon. But the Extra Butter LIVE is just a hangout. Pretty sure she said there wouldn't be a movie watch-along this month. Just a chat.

Chris Thom

Whoops got that wrong. Extra Butter chat is earlier in the week, and the package opening is on the 30th.

Chris Thom

She's mentioned some relative oddballs recently. Especially when discussing apocalyptic movies.

Chris Thom

I am weirdly psyched for AI. Not sure why. Such a unique film.

Chris Thom

I wonder how many Germans learned English by watching Star Trek?

Richard Maurer

Well, him being a duck and all, you could legally shoot him if it was during duck season and you had the proper licenses. Hate to break it to you though, Lea seemed to be enjoying her duck liaison.

Richard Maurer

Mike - Kaiielle mentioned YouTube premium in her last post. She said they get “a slice of that pie” but she isn’t sure how the calculations work.

Clarence Newman

Not so! I will be advocating for HoD this October largely because of Mr Lee's suave. I don't need to tell you it's a pretty indispensable requirement of the character.

Richard Maurer

Not as odd as the films I mentioned. Actually I seriously doubt she (along with many people here) has heard of any of these films. Which is why it amuses me to bring them up.

Richard Maurer

While I’m not particularly good at judging men’s looks (I’m often astonished at the actors women find to be “hot”), I’m pretty sure Steven Merchant wishes he looked like a young Christopher Lee.

JohnnyUtah

I bet there are many who do, I'm not talking an entire season, just an extra 2 here and there.

Mike Lemon

@Richard- Yes. I'm saying that complicates the "adblock gets zero ad views" thing I mentioned because some of us adblock people could also be Premium users, so while the "creator" doesn't get money for ads, they do get money for Premium. (edit- typo) Also, to update the previous comment- I have seen the number of adblock users on YouTube up around 60% depending on the channel audience.

Mark White

My favourite Jimmy Hill quote: “if England are going to win this game, they are going to have to score a goal” 😆

Joe J

The biggest unknown with ad revenue is how many reactions are claimed by the studio, then no ad revenue goes to the creator, unless successful on appeal, which is not often. From what some of the reactors I follow have said in the past, the % of claims is high.

Above Average Dave

Hey mods, speaking of package opening — anyone know Ben's favorite sports teams?

bgb1975 (Brian)

Cassie - bad news - I'm dying. :_( Nine out of ten doctors tell me that I'll die of old age within the next 60 years. One of my dying wishes is to see you and Carly react to "A Perfect World" (1993). Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!

bgb1975 (Brian)

I think they're all into hockey a little bit, but I don't know if they have a favorite team.

Nolofinwe

Actually I'm gonna make another pitch for. "TWIN PEAKS " my luck you have already seen it. Cassie it's right up your alley lots of intrigue drama quirky humor mystery some classy horror and romance and you know you can't resist that

Richard Maurer

Re-reading my posts in this thread I think I could have been clearer about my comments about Jen Murray. I said she wasn’t making a living at this based on her YouTube views. First I don’t know that for a fact. But also, the idea that she doesn’t do this for a living wasn’t just based on her views but also her content choices, which I didn’t make clear in my comment. As a for instance, her content recently has included a lot of fifties era sci-fi and monster movies. Now as much as I, as well as a number of here people here, would enjoy it if Cassie were to do this, we all know that’s not happening because nothing that old does well on YouTube. And of course reactors understand that too, as shown by the lack of pre-80’s content on YouTube. So seeing as Jen, who has been around doing reactions for awhile, is doing reactions to all these old movies (as well as other low view things) leads me to believe she isn’t too worried about increasing her views (and the money that comes with) lately. As for why this is, who knows? Maybe she won the Lottery or something. But what I don’t believe is that it’s accidental, Jen’s not a noob with no idea what she’s doing, she has to know the content she’s doing lately isn’t going to be wildly popular. Therefore I believe it’s intentional.

Katie Sivak

Awesome Cassie back to school time is always exciting Please watch Wednesday and Stranger Things with Carly she would love ST. Also Mad Love- Young Drew Barrymore Hope Floats with Carly Buffy The Vampire Sayer movie Also Three Men and a lady the sequel to three men and a baby with Carly

Chris Thom

I think she's already seen Stranger Things. Carly hasn't though. Hope Floats is tailor-made for them.

Katie Sivak

They would love it and Mad Love

Chris Thom

Gozu is a family favorite of hers' I believe. Think she mentioned it off mic and off camera to a nearby moose in Canada.

Richard Maurer

Clarence - (Possible SPOILERS ADEAD for The Substance) I didn’t hate the ending as much as you did but I believe it was trying to be symbolic of how Hollywood youth culture is destroying people, but it kind of failed at that. Also, for all gross effects, it turned out the grossest things in the movie were the close-ups of Dennis Quaid’s mouth while eating shrimp - 🤮 - so bad it made me use a actual emoji.

Richard Maurer

Wednesday would be a fun reaction. I’d like to get Cassie’s take on the Wednesday character. Also there’s only 2 seasons, so we wouldn’t stuck with it for almost a year.

Richard Maurer

I would rather she skipped the Buffy movie and go right to the series. Ashleigh Burton reacted to the movie - and hated it so much she almost didn’t do the series.

Richard Maurer

Cassie, my doctor told me I’m dying of terminal boredom, much quicker than Brian is, and the only cure is you watching Horror of Dracula. If you could expedite that please, I don’t know how much longer I can last.

CJ Holden

Well, we learn it in school here and movies and TV shows run here dubbed into German. However back in the 90s I already knew a bunch of folks who preferred to watch it through imported VHS tapes in English and of course when DVDs came out and you suddenly had the original language included, many people watched it that way. In a way I think that today it seems more likely that people learn English from watching movies and TV shows, than from learning it in school. I mean, I completely failed English in school, but afterwards I quickly became pretty good in it, just by watching movies in English and speaking to people from all over the world online.

Milton Reduxed

Jen Murray does also pull in about 10K per month on Patreon before fees & taxes, and the average net salary in Canada is $3971 per month

Just Plain Bob

I’m pretty sure that Carly mentioned trying to watch “Stranger Things” first season and that she found it far too frightening to continue.

Joe J

I would want patrons to vote for shorter run shows. Longer shows Cassie will always make the call herself.

Katie Sivak

Feel less scary each season and if she can handle TLOU and GOT ST is nothing

Mike Lemon

Sucks for you. As far as I know, I'm immortal.

Clay F

YT Views Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) – 48K (1 day) [hard not to like] Thunderdome – 48k (3 days) Wargames – 115k (6 days) Man of Steel – 253k (8 days) [darker less popular BvS would have less views] Bringing Up Baby – 30k (12 days) [typical pre-1950 performance?] Cliffhanger – 73k (2 weeks) [low for 90s action and Stallone?] Jaws 2 – 60k (2 weeks) [unnecessary but decent sequel] Enter the Dragon – 106k (2 weeks) Inception – 128k (3 weeks) Rounders – 64k (3 weeks) [she liked] The Aviator – 56k (3 weeks) [apparently made her interested in Howard Hughes] Planet of the Apes (2001) – 45k (4 weeks) The Road Warrior – 100k (1 month) Charlie Wilson’s War – 45k (1 month) [both Cassie/Carly liked] Born on Fourth of July – 39k (1 month) Shakespeare in Love – 36k (1 month) [2nd lowest of recent] D&D: Honor Among Thieves – 167k (1 month) [nice performance] Patton (1970) – 107k (1 month) [good views for 1970 movie but a core base out there for this war movie]

Cole Jennett

I think Cassie could handle Stranger Things much better than she had pre-channel. She watched the first 2 seasons I believe, and had nightmares. I think she’s missing out. I don’t think you’ve followed Carly’s journey as close to think she could handle it. Not a chance, imo.

Cole Jennett

I really liked the Buffy movie. Saw it in the theatre, I’ve watched a few times since and always find it to be fun. I remember Ashleigh Burton’s reaction and I was confused why she hated it so much.

Cole Jennett

I think I remember the Red Sox being his baseball team. In hockey, Utah and Montreal.

Clarence Newman

Interesting numbers. I can't help thinking that Cliffhanger suffered from the brutal edit. One of my favourite films but certainly not one of my favourite YTs. If I do a rewatch, it'll be the full reaction.

Just Plain Bob

Carly had trouble with “What Lies Beneath”, which is less scary than Disney World’s Haunted Mansion ride. No way she’d make it thru “Stranger Things.” She’s nixed the idea herself, I believe. As for Cassie, I think she’d like it if she were watching it for the first time (she did say it gave her nightmares, but she’s seen a lot since then). But she’s already seen at least part of the show, so it would require a re-watch for any reaction. There’s also the issue of quality. The first season was great. Every succeeding season has felt like a rehash of the first, to the point that I’m not even sure I’ll watch the final season. Re: “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, I’m among the small contingent of people that actually enjoyed the movie. That said, the tv show was far, far better and was much more in line with Joss Whedon’s vision (not surprising, since he was the show runner). Studio interference kept him from doing what he wanted with the movie.

Richard Maurer

Mike - So’s there’s a small chance you’ll see a reaction to Indictment: the McMartin Trial by some reactor, at some time in the future?.

Clarence Newman

MORE SPOILERS FOR "THE SUBSTANCE" (though I think we're ok. No one's down here now but us): Because it was only last night I watched it, this is still a bee in my bonnet, and here's why: The Substance was a really good, absorbing film, until the deformed Elizabeth decided to terminate Sue and then changed her mind. Sue wakes up and all of a sudden (unexplained), the two of them are awake together. That was the start of the slide downhill because I thought that wasn't possible. For some reason, Sue then goes batshit and beats Elizabeth to death, even though she knows she can't survive without her. While this is going on, I'm sitting there trying to figure out what the film is trying to say, and I thought I'd figured it out when Sue realised what she'd done and ran to the bathroom to undo it. She injects herself while mumbling "make a better version of me" and the transformation happens. At that point, I was convinced that what came out of her (the better version) would be Demi Moore as the original, 60 year old Elizabeth - old and not as fit/hot as she was in her prime, but still a better person than the selfish, superficial Sue. Had that happened, it would've made sense. It might have been tacky and preachy, but the message would have been clear - stop trying to regain your lost youth and being jealous of the young and hot. You're perfect the way you are. I don't need to tell you that that doesn't happen, and frankly, what happens after that was the most inane bit of cinema I've seen in God knows how long. We continued to watch out of sheer, morbid curiosity, but by the time the film ended, there was literally no resolution. I still don't know what they were trying to say. There's my rant, and I'm sorry you're the only here to subject it to - but it does bug me when I commit two hours of my life to a film and I come out of it this unsatisfied.

Clarence Newman

Cassie! When Brian kicks the bucket, can I have his PaF slot! In his honour, I will use it to vote for A Perfect World.

Mike Lemon

@Richard- Probably the same chance of me winning every powerball and mega millions drawing for six months straight, but yes, there is a chance.

Richard Maurer

Some of these films performed well above expectations, compared to their normal YouTube reaction numbers, and/or their first day totals (important for the YouTube recommendation algorithm). Most notable were Dungeons & Dragons - which did very well its first day. While Cassie’s current total for this film is considerably less than other reactors (up to 300-400k for some of the big leaguers), they did their reactions 2 yrs ago, when the movie first came out. If Cassie done it then her numbers would have been much better (she really should start jumping on reacting to new movies sooner). And Enter the Dragon, also did quite well first day, out performed the poll winner (Rounders) it came in second to, and Cassie currently has the second highest reaction view count for this film, behind TBR Schmitt, who have 162k views, but watched 2 yrs ago.

Richard Maurer

Cole - while I doubt Cassie would hate the Buffy movie that much I also wouldn’t want to take the chance that it might sour her to the idea of watching the series. Plus you really don’t have to watch the movie to enjoy the series.

Clay F

Yeah, views 2 years ago compared to views today are apples and oranges. Maybe another pandemic and/or TikTok dropping off in popularity would help.

Richard Maurer

Not bad. But is that enough to not want to do better?

kaiielle

Mike - I just pulled up my view and ad data for 2025 so far and 60.6% of my views were served ads. Views from YouTube Premium users was 19.8%, for a total of 80.4% monetized views. This means that 19.6% of the views were not monetized in any way, so presumably these are people using ad-blockers.

Rakesh

Dont count B Vs S out. Less popular because the edited cinema cut was brutal. The extended version when release made all the difference. I just knew mos would knock it out of the park. The trilogy are my favourite movies.. not just of comic book movie but of all time. The boost obviously helpful with the new release but trust me when I say there's enough of us Synder fans still out there. It's the same reason I suggested passion of the Christ at Easter. If relevant releases are at timed it will boost overall figures. / I'm still around lurking in the shadows. Like batfleck.

Clay F

Rakesh - I don't think there are enough of you. Plus, likely moot b/c she may never react to B v S. There is only a tiny vocal minority of patrons wanting BvS -- not near as many as Man of Steel. Below is my recent post in comments of Sin City reaction (a movie she didn't really like). Batman v Superman? If you want additional dark/grittiness, go with “Batman v Superman” (2016) [RT 28%] [PR No. 683] inspired by the tone and grit of Frank Miller comics. Overly dark, somber, depressing, w/violent tone and convoluted plot. Much more in those respects than Man of Steel. You indicated in the Man of Steel outro, you missed lighter part of Superman/Clark Kent (goofy, nerdy). Throw that out the window with BvS. You also said in Man of Steel outro: “I could have done with one less fight scene.” Forget that sentiment with BvS. "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice smothers a potentially powerful story -- and some of America's most iconic superheroes -- in a grim whirlwind of effects-driven action." Man of Steel last 40 minutes Cassie: “When does it end?!” Cassie outro: “I could have done with one less fight scene.” Carly outro: “Yeah, the ending one I didn’t need it to go on as long as it did.” BvS is smothered with that.

Cole Jennett

That’s true Richard, but I think Cassie can recognize that it’s two completely different things. It’s not high on my request list at all, but I won’t advocate against it

Richard Maurer

MORE SPOILERS: Okay and I agree to a point, but - Sue injecting herself - they make a point that the initial formula is single use only, but it’s never made clear what happens if you do, so you’re faulting the film for not following your expectations, which you yourself admit would been “preachy and tacky” not saying their ending was much better, it did kind of make sense that re-cloning the “clone” wouldn’t make another Elizabeth, more likely it would make another Sue. But since they warned against re-use that would be unlikely too Anyway, you’ve ignored the the true horror of this movie, Dennis Quaid’s open mouth eating shrimp in close up - ugh!

Rakesh

I think the YouTube numbers and the generally positive reaction suggest that a watch of the sequels and adjacent movies like wonder woman and aquaman will prove likely. The dcu is a universe after all. There's not many fandoms left that she hasn't watched so skipping this would seem unlikely. I have watched the YouTube reaction not the patron but my impression of her viewing was overally positive. Not withstanding the comments about the action scene and the goofyness of Clark l. I mean it if that's the worst thing she thought of it's not particular damming. She liked cavil, and the rest of the ensemble. And followed the story. B Vs S has some excellent action sequences the warehouse scenes in particular. She may not have a full appreciation of JE interpretion of lex ( which I didn't at the time untill it clicked for me in a rewatch) but I think overall she'll enjoy it. The trilogy is vastly different to the usual comic book fare. Its more to a graphic novel instead of a comic book. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but these ( and Watchmen) are pretty much play against the type of typical marvel fare. She has the dvds, so I guess it's wait and see according to her schedule.

Byrd N. Hand

The fact that most casual moviegoers just flat-out don't actually know directors (despite film always being touted as 'the director's medium' -- whereas TV is for producers, stage is for actors, and literature is for writers) other than the absolute most tip-top popular ones annoys me to no end. 🤦‍♂️ Also, Tony Scott was a one-trick pony compared to his brother.

Byrd N. Hand

Interestingly, Tom McCarthy's first 3 films all revolved around the premise of a particular person showing up out of nowhere and upending the lives of those already living there. In addition to "The Station Agent," see also "The Visitor" and "Win-Win."

Byrd N. Hand

Spielberg's 5 most overrated films (IMO): -"Jurassic Park" -"Schindler's List" -"Saving Private Ryan" -"Minority Report" -"Lincoln" ... and his 5 most underrated films (IMO): -"Duel" -"A.I." -"Munich" -"Bridge of Spies" -"The Fabelmans"

Byrd N. Hand

I'm still curious as to how "A Matter of Life and Death" and "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" would've done on YT compared to "Bringing Up Baby." Surely they would've all still ended up outperforming both "Just Mercy" and "Selma" (and now "A Monster Calls")? 🤷‍♂️

Clay F

I don't think her reacting to BvS is a given at all. Unlikely to win a patron poll (e.g., a sequels poll). Currently No. 683 at Popcorn Requests. Unlikely to be an executive decision once she realizes BvS inspired by Frank Miller of Sin City she didn't like and has massive effects-driven action she didn't like. BvS more likely to go the way of Superman 3 and Superman 4. She is going to react to Superman (2025), and that will make 5 Superman movies total she has reacted to. She will feel she has done her part for patrons who are Superman fans. After that, Superman will be over (ended) on the channel.

Clarence Newman

Okay, I guess it makes sense that trying to do it a second time would produce a monster, but how that monster was treated afterwards (people literally applauding and saying 'you look beautiful' etc,, the guy in the elevator not batting an eyelid while looking straight at monster-Sue who was right behind him) just didn't make sense. We can put all that down to art, but I have to agree on what they did with the Dennis Quaid character. Starting with his initial appearance in the corridor, through the shrimp-binge and his initial interview with Sue, they seemed to go out of their way to paint him in the most unflattering light possible. Somehow, his performance in Caveman (1981), which I'm currently watching in the gym, isn't looking so bad.

Dean Holt

Byrd, not sure exactly what your point is tbh, I’m also not sure if you’ve read the full conversation as I’m actually against have a directors poll over an era/genre one. Calling Tony Scott a one trick pony is one way of looking at is filmography a suppose 😂😂. I’d personally describe him as a director that knew what his strengths were and was very good at it. Because there’s only 2 movies he’s done I’ve not seen yet and out of the other 14 there’s not one that i dislike. Yes, Riley has obviously done some incredible movies and some of my favourites like Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner and The Martian. But it’s been 10 years since he did anything great. His filmography is bulging with some terrible films. As I think for 1 good/great movie he’s done he’s done 4 terrible films to got with it.

Dean Holt

Richard Yeah I’m with you on that. It also makes it worse when you don’t have any interest in one or both the movies she’s watching.

Richard Maurer

Spoilers- The people clapping and the guy not paying attention were in Sue monster’s now demented head (heads?). Notice how the clapping people disappeared and then she’s in an empty hallway. But this scene is wrong, for a slightly different reason - why was no one in the backstage? There’s no way a monster like that is getting in the door and onstage without encountering someone. Especially on a major production like a network New Year’s Eve special.

Richard Maurer

Byrd - I think it’s just that they don’t want to take more of their editors time on films that aren’t likely to be worth it. Bringing Up Baby got a YT edit because multiple people on Patreon have been asking for it for a while now. I also think A Monster Calls was one of the last straws for PaF films regularly getting YT edits. Probably most of them won’t, unless they can see numbers on YT that say they’re worth doing.

Richard Maurer

Yes. This is going to be a slow week for me. I really don’t care about AI. To Catch A Thief I might watch if I get the time.

Clarence Newman

OK again, but overall....unsatisfactory.

Chris Thom

Richard did Buffy ever get David Arquette for the show? Vaguely remember him from the movie. Seems like something he would appear in.

Catherine LW

The writing in pre-60’s films is far better than what we get currently.

Richard Maurer

No, David Arquette wasn’t on the show. A young Pedro Pascal had a small role though.

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Rakesh: "I'm still around lurking in the shadows." You've reminded me that I indeed haven't seen you around lately. I hope you're doing well.

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RM - An unfortunate side-effect of that is that it also disadvantages lower Patreon tiers and those who don't want to go to the trouble of the full-movie route.

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Mad Love. Back when Chris O'Donnell was still a potential Next Big Thing. My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who didn't like the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. I guess it's pretty bad. RM: Why are you spreading such unsubstantiated rumors? The guy who showed up for one episode was named Pedro Balmaceda, and he had no facial hair. So there!

Stick Figure Studios

Yeah, I normally submit MIDNIGHT RUN as my pick for the month, but since I think that particular title is more on her radar now and has a better chance of being a PPOTM, I have pivoted to CITIZEN KANE.

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I too am immortal. Dying is the last thing that could ever happen to me! RM, just to be safe, Cassie will watch Horror of Dracula while continually beating a cowbell.

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Go Habs Go! (The above does not reflect personal knowledge of Ben's actual tastes.)

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"When it comes to Horror of Dracula, there is no compromise." Oh. 😟 I hadn't realized how serious you were about this. 🙁🙁 Now I feel bad about sending Cassie a DVD of Horror of Dracula, but with the disc swapped out for "Dracula: Dead and Loving It." ☹️☹️☹️

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Suave? Ah. So instead of Stephan Merchant, we'll take Gerardo Mejia.

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I loved the character of Gozu! What a performance by Slavitza Jovan!!!

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Takashi Miike? If we are focusing on movies featuring the Japanese subway system, surely Shuji Kataoka has no competition! (I will futilely insist that knowledgeable as I might be, I had to actually research this right now.)

Cole Jennett

HH, you should have added “former roommate” in there

Richard Maurer

HH - I might wonder if you were correct - if Pedro himself hadn’t confirmed it was him and that he went by Pedro Balmaceda at the time.

Richard Maurer

HH - true, but I don’t think we can expect Cassie to lose time and money on edits that don’t bring anything to the channel

Above Average Dave

I lived in Nova Scotia for two years and had two guys from Montreal next door. They would have me over almost every night to watch the Habs. Good times.

Richard Maurer

HH - I was very much into Japanese cinema in the late 90’s - early 2000’s, the more underground the better, You decided we were focusing on the Japanese subway system. Marebito. the first film I mentioned, has little to do with subways, other than passing through them to get to the underworld.

Richard Maurer

HH - You should do at least 10 yrs in prison for your crime.

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Quite so. Ten years in prison. Either that, or two Our Fathers and one Hail Mary. I'll let you know.

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"the more underground the better" ISWYDT. Next thing you're going to try to convince me that the Stargate franchise is not principally about the gateways themselves! Anyhow, make sure to jump the turnstiles! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqZEp4Fb6qw

Rakesh

We shall see. I can't image her not wanting to watch wonder woman. And avoiding the avengers like team up of justice league. I could be wrong. But I'm betting on the trinity.

Clay F

Wonder Woman (2017) is a much different story. Cassie would surely like Wonder Woman (2017). Plus, Wonder Woman (2017) is ranked No. 19 at Popcorn Requests. Also, a natural progression after reacting to 5 Superman movies.

Richard Maurer

Cowbells are gross, but catbells are petite.

Gray

Oh dear are we going to be subjected to Gal Gadot's acting soon

Richard Maurer

How about a visit from……the Master of the Flying Guillotine (76) !?!

Richard Maurer

Your link comes with a Unavailable in my country message Much like the passage way to Marebito.

Clarence Newman

Don't worry about it, Gray. Her acting may be poor, but her body of work is impressive.

JB

What happened to the Interstellar reaction?

Happy Hanukkah

And they provide an embarrassment of riches!

Happy Hanukkah

Aka The One Armed Boxer vs. the Flying Guillotine. I have a hunch how he became a one-armed boxer. :-P

Gray

There isn't one. Well not yet anyway, maybe in the near future.

Milton Reduxed

That reminds me Superman (2025) is available on streaming today

Milton Reduxed

FYI, Superman (2025) is available on streaming from today

Richard Maurer

HH - You got me, Marebito is just the Japanese title for Superman (78). But much like how the US added scenes with Raymond Burr to Godzilla (54) , the Japanese added scenes to Superman to make more “acceptable” to the Japanese audience. It took them a really long time to get it done, too, seeing as Superman premiered in 1978 and Marebito premiered in 2004.

Richard Maurer

If Citizen Kane wins PaF get ready for a rant from Mike Lemon on how bad of a film it is, lol.

Richard Maurer

Clarence - “no one’s down here but us” - wait, you’re saying other people don’t scroll the comments endlessly looking for new posts? Weird.

Clarence Newman

We are members of the FAQ mob, Richard, omnipresent but we don't necessarily want to rub it in. Therefore, we have our quirks. For instance, answer me this - what percentage of the likes you drop on my posts are because you like the post and what percentage are because you're simply giving me a heads up you replied? (though you don't need to do that on this one because I'm the OP.) I'd be willing to bet it's the same percentage split as me and that most of the FAQ mob do exactly the same thing. It's just one of the things that separates us from the normal (balanced?) folk and thus enables us to continue conversations waaaaay down here when everyone else has left.

Dean Holt

A.I. imo is maybe Steven Spielberg worst film. I’m not sure why Cassie actually watching it tbh.

Rakesh

Yikes already? That's not a good sign.

Rakesh

But she was introduced in the Synder trilogy. It all comes back to the trilogy The more you resist it persists. Search your feelings you know it to be true.

Richard Maurer

Clarence - the following goes mostly for everyone here so don’t feel too bad about the negatives. Sometimes I just forget to drop a like on a post. Sometimes I don’t drop a like because I’m a critic. Sometimes I drop a like because I like your post Sometimes I drop a like because I sort of like your post and I’m being nice. To answer your question: it’s actually rare that I drop a like just to get your attention. I would be more likely to add a random comment, especially if you’re the op. Also, I don’t know about you but Patreon doesn’t always send me notifications for likes - I’d say they miss something like 25% up to 40% of notifications for my likes. Which is one reason why I spend so much damn time scrolling through the damn comments.

Richard Maurer

Joe - just had a thought about your post and realized I would want the opposite - let Cassie decide the short series and us vote on longer ones - with multiple choice voting.

Clarence Newman

That sounds about right, although down here a like is mainly a notification tool because we don't want to be scrolling all this way down just in case there's a response. Speaking of which, it takes 5 hits of the "Load Comments" button to get back down here so we should wrap it up. I'll see you on my more recent, but equally brilliant comments above.

Richard Maurer

No, I like to make people work to read my comments. Some of my best comments are buried way down in the scroll. That way, when no one likes (or gets) one of my more esoteric jokes I can lie to myself and think it’s just because they didn’t see it.

Joe J

Richard - IMO Cassie would never let a vote commit her to a long series. We'll never have any say in those.

Richard Maurer

The studios are abandoning their old way of doing things. Superman did well in the theaters (for today’s expectations anyway) but most movies are going to streaming in a month now. I believe the studios are preparing to abandon the theaters in the near future.

Byrd N. Hand

As Quentin Tarantino said, theatrical releases have begun to feel like just a token thing for movies. Studios seem to view it all as mere 'content' now, unfortunately. 😕

Richard Maurer

You know, I’ve always thought Luke should have done that long No! scream when he realized he made out with his sister.

Richard Maurer

Yeah, why should we have a say in that? /s

Joe J

Box office Mojo says $585,053,133 worldwide gross...not a flop but below studio expectations for sure. Films are staying in theaters 2-3 months. No way for us to know the streaming revenue equation for HBO Max. Maybe an increase in subscribers will make up the needed revenue.

Birdie Num Num

PVOD is significant for studios. They should report numbers on it, like traditional box office. The Northman was a flop in theaters but was a hit on PVOD. Eggers said this while doing press for Nosferatu(and the success of The Northman on PVOD was the reason Focus was willing to go ahead with Nosferatu) Superman will kill it on PVOD at $20 a pop. A significant amount of the population has not returned to theaters post Covid.

Clay F

I will wait for the streaming price to drop.

Chris Thom

I thought she and Carly were watching it together, but it was actually Inception. Sorry, I may've misspoke on YouTube channel.

Richard Maurer

Cassie should watch it sooner rather than later though. Don’t wait till every reactor has already done it. Edit: I see The Media Knights already have a Superman reaction up on YouTube.

Mike Lemon

"Box office Mojo says $585,053,133 worldwide gross" So it lost money at the box office. So that raises the question, what do you consider a "flop" (at the box office)?

Kyle Chelf

While I'm thinking about it, the late movie actress Grace Kelly was the inspiration for Cinderella in Walt Disney's Cinderella 1950 Version.🇺🇸🎬🌞😎😃👍

Richard Maurer

Mike - since the “box office” (theatrical release) is rapidly becoming meaningless they don’t really consider anything a “flop” - not until they see what it does streaming-wise anyway. According to Forbes, an apparent flop like Thunderbolts will likely at least break even when streaming is taken into account. And Disney doesn’t even care that much as they consider it a set-up movie for the next Avengers movie and that most Marvel fans will just watch it on Disney+ anyway. I’m guessing theaters will eventually become a specialty thing, like what Drive-in’s and IMAX are now, there’ll be a handful scattered around the country to cater to cinema purists. I’m not saying this a good thing but that seems to be the direction things are headed.

Clarence Newman

Got a response from Patreon so I’m checking to see if the whizzy thing happens on my phone too.

Mike Lemon

True, but it is the only number we know and the only one touted by media, and it is the number being talked about in Joe's comment and my reply. What Birdie said about Northman is likely going to be true about Superman too, it doesn't change the fact that it lost money at theaters.

Milton Reduxed

@ Richard, it's incorrect to say that movies are making more on streaming than they used to on VHS/DVD or that streaming can replace historic box-office revenue though: ''Paramount, the media empire controlled by Shari Redstone, lost $1.6 billion on streaming last year. Comcast lost $2.7 billion on its Peacock streaming service. Disney lost about $2.6 billion on its services, which include Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+. Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) reported a staggering $11.5 billion net loss'' Even the WNBA is more profitable than streaming

Richard Maurer

Milton - I literally never said any of that, or implied it either. What I said is that as things stand now, in the present, the studio’s are more concerned about streaming revenue than theatrical revenue, which makes sense because they basically have no choice, streaming is a much larger part of their revenue streams - now. You’re correct that more money was being made in the past, but that past is not coming back, or is highly unlikely to anyway.

Richard Maurer

Mike - true, but I never said anything about whether any movie was making or losing money at the theaters, just that, while of course the studios would love it if their movies made money at theaters, they don’t expect it, or are as concerned about it, as they used to be. As for theatrical release being “the only number we know” - they eventually know the streaming as well. Theatrical release revenue just doesn’t provide an accurate representation of a film’s success or failure anymore, in fact it probably hasn’t since before the days of vhs.

Milton Reduxed

If you mean they are more concerned about streaming revenue I agree, because it's losing them billions; Home release today is a smaller percentage of a movie's gross than the days of physical media and as it stands the companies themselves would be more profitable if they hadn't run streaming services for the last 5 years As an aside Moon did a really interesting video on the resurgence of piracy recently which describes how Hollywood got into its present state: https://youtu.be/J0-UXva0TcE?si=xA3WZYYmGL1lDF5e&t=204

Richard Maurer

Milton - Again, I was talking about the reality we have now, not what was in the past. I’m not a big advocate for streaming or whatever, but it’s what there is now. Streaming isn’t going away anytime soon, but theaters might.

Chris Thom

I started with Fire Walk Me and then The Return. Took a hot minute to figure out what the hell I was watching. Strangest thing I've ever seen. Props to whatever network took the risk to put that on television.

Nolofinwe

You gotta start with the series the original pilot and then the series . The movie fire walk with me that's a lot to be desired and a series from a couple years ago just... was awful

Richard Maurer

Thunderbolts premieres August 27 on Disney+ - for the people (like me) who were waiting for that.

Mike Lemon

Isn't already out on physical? Why not watch that if you're waiting for it?

Beau

You’re such a sweet lady. Thanks for sharing. 💋🍷🌹

Richard Maurer

I’m already paying for Disney +, why pay for it on another service? I can wait for it.

Richard Maurer

I’m not a lady but you’re welcome anyway.

Cole Jennett

Nice, that’s sooner than I expected.

Richard Maurer

The budget for Superman (25) was 225 million. So not a flop by any means. Some “critics” like to add advertising costs as part of the budget, except what they don’t tell you is that 1) no studio releases the numbers for the adverting budget, so any talk of it is just a guess, and 2) they don’t include merchandising income (toys, clothing, etc) which , especially for a movie like Superman, can offset or even exceed the advertising budget. Same goes for Fantastic 4, by the way.

Joe J

Richard - I don't see theaters going away any time soon. Box-office revenue is still very essential to the studios and can't be replaced by other revenue sources.

Joe J

Cassie, I'm curious if you and Carly will continue with Batman vs Superman and Justice League.

Clay F

She indicated those as possibilities for the "What's Next Poll (Next movie in a series or universe)."

Richard Maurer

Joe - It’s not the studios that will get rid of theaters, it’s the customers, or rather lack of customers. I don’t think theaters will entirely disappear, just that they won’t be as common as they are now, unless theaters can figure out some way to consistently draw people away from streaming and back into theaters, which doesn’t seem likely.

Billy Dancel

Last night/this morning I began the GOT adventure so I could experience it with you! Winter Is Coming

Anthony Carlson

Speaking of Superman, the actor who played General Zod in Superman I & II (Terrance Stamp) has passed away today.

Mark White

Such a good actor, RIP

Cole Jennett

I expect she will do them whether they are on the poll or not

Richard Maurer

I liked my own post above - because no one else did………… and I liked this one too.

J.D. Montgomery

He was also the voice of Jor-El in Smallville

Clarence Newman

The desperate things we do on a weekend because nothing much is going on.

Clarence Newman

I myself have been talking to Patreon to try and correct this whizzy posty thing.

Netherburn

Yes, a great actor. Liked him in everything I saw him in.

Netherburn

You should look at doing a Babylon 5 reaction.

Rakesh

Well well well

Rakesh

It's a flop! They destroyed the fandom when they kept messing with the snyderverse, they blamed bots, they blamed the fans, they even blamed the talent (aka the rock) they kept on blaming everyone and everything except themselves. I won't forgive and forget and I won't pay to watch any of it anymore.

Richard Maurer

Hello, you’ve reached the dead thread hotline. May I help you?

Richard Maurer

The Snyderverse is dead and buried, time to move on to better things - like James Gunn’s Superman, which wasn’t a flop, no matter how much anyone wants it to be, and is also way better than Man of Steel.

bgb1975 (Brian)

All threads deserve everlasting life! Hence this reply!