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The NeverEnding Story Reaction! (Patreon)

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2023-07-22 17:00:04
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2026-06
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The NeverEnding Story (1984)

Full Reaction You can either stream the Full reaction below using the embedded video player, otherwise you can click the 'Download' button which will take you directly to Google Drive, enabling you to save the video to your computer instead. You must provide your own footage to watch alongside the full reactions.

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Dean Nolan

Anyone else wondering the first part of the download is the entire film. Ignore the 2nd part which is star trek 5

Ryan

And now you have proper context for the big singalong in the Stranger Things Season 3 finale! The cast actually started a contest for everyone to send in their own renditions of the song, and one of the takers was none other than the Childlike Empress herself, Tami Stronach, along with her kids. I also highly recommend the original novel, of which this movie only covers its first half, and its truly mind-bending premise of reading about a kid reading a story that he finds himself affecting, until you start wondering if someone's also reading about you. The film format unfortunately can't quite duplicate it, but Petersen still managed to throw in that one spectacular moment where the Empress says other people have been watching Bastian while looking straight at us. For anyone who saw this as a kid, you could feel your brain melting as you tried to comprehend that idea. And probably just after you'd started to recover from losing Artax (and deepest apologies for the stress on your newly cleared sinuses with that one).

Ziro the Hutt

Went to see this back in the day and all I can remember is the song!

Thomas Corp

Start by talking about your pre-reaction story time. As you know, Jess, I’ve yet to see Stranger Things. I had, however, heard somewhere that this movie played some type of role on Stranger Things, leading to a renewed interest in Gen Z audiences especially. You spoke of some backlash received towards your reaction to the episode in question. I would venture a guess that some of the more aggressive comments were presumably from a predominantly Gen X crowd as they are quite passionate about this film. I will say it surprises me to hear that you hadn’t heard of the film prior to Stranger Things. I don’t mean that as a criticism, merely expressing surprise at that fact. And it does make sense. You have stated you were never much into fantasy as a genre in your younger years, and this does fly somewhat under the mainstream radar. Ergo, Jess, I’m not mad at all to hear you say you didn’t even know of the film’s existence prior to Stranger Things. I was not necessarily the biggest fan of this myself when I was younger. I first caught it around when I was fourteen, though I knew of it prior. I thought it was decent enough. Revisiting it around my earlyish twenties, I liked it better. And now, revisiting it again to prepare for your reaction, I’m still of the opinion that it’s a perfectly fine film that I just don’t happen to be overly nuts about, though I do get its popularity and why it is beloved. I do love the theme song by Limahl. Again, perfectly fine you didn’t know it, and like you said, how do you sing along to that which you do not know, you can’t. Going into the reaction, I suspected your opinion of the film itself could go either way, and I would be fine with whatever opinion you had. I liked how you enjoyed the parallels between the story and Bastian’s dilemmas. Yeah, it is a great metaphor of seeking escape and relief from something like oppressive grief from the death of a parent and finding said escape and relief within the solace of a good story. That resonated more this time round. And I did think that given your channel that you’d connect with it as well. I liked everything you said about that. I do love your concern for him missing the math test, and concern for his dad being worried. That was on my mind as well. I shudder to think what my parents would have gone through had I ever done something like what Bastian does. I loved your expressing the strongest relation to Morla. I relate as well. The scene of Artax in the swamps is INFAMOUS for how it made many children, adults too, cry, and is often regarded as one of the more traumatic scenes in a movie aimed at kids. It does sting a bit. Your reaction to that scene was one that I was most worried about. Seeing your reaction cut a bit deep into my soul, and when you said, “What is, what is WRONG with you people making me watch this!? Oh, that was horrible! That was horrible. Ugh, and I envisioned it being Rocco, and now I’m so fucking sad.” that got me in the heart with the well-deserved guilt and shame that I felt hearing you say that, leading me to say, “Now, I do apologize about that, Jess.” Seriously, you could have yelled at us WAY harsher than you did for us making you watch that scene, and you would be well within your rights to do so. Another scene that stands out, sadness-wise, is the good, strong hands scene, and your reaction to that, also, stood out to me. A lovely touch at the end when Bastian bequeaths the Childlike Empress with his mom’s name, though it is a touch hard to make out what he says. Don’t worry about not catching it as that’s a popular joke with fans of this. And amusingly enough, depending on what you watch this on, even the subtitles don’t help you out with that, which is hysterical. You were close on your guess by the way; he yelled Moon Child. I liked your selection of Matilda. I likewise got a good laugh over your saying, “Call her “Pete” I don’t care.” The ending does clash some with the rest of the film. I’m told the author of the book took exception to the ending. I second your suggestion of ending the film with some long division. All in all, a lovely reaction, Jess. Much appreciated.

James Bellefeuille

We need a disclaimer: "No horses were harmed in the making of this film." I like Sesska's suggestion to name the Empress "Mathilda".

WastedPo

It's interesting that Sesska said she expected the end of the movie would have Bastian wishing his mother back, so she could at least live on in Fantasia, if not the real world. I've never heard anyone even speculate about that possibility before, but once she said it, I realized it made perfect sense. Now I kind of wish the movie had gone that route. (Of course, in order to set it up properly, they would've provided a couple brief flashbacks at the start of the movie, so seeing the actress at the end would resonate with the audience.)

Cheryl

Bastien named the empress “Moonchild”

Matthew

I excitedly rewatched this movie a few years ago having just fallen in love with the book, and am glad you weren't half as disappointed with it as I was. The book can have a powerful affect on those of us who are obsessed with Meta-fiction, but this fairly decent adventure movie doesn't work the same way.