Evidently I’ve hit a wall with binge-watching TV shows, as I find I’ve drifted into checking out various YouTube channels and their bite-size videos. That includes revisiting CGP Grey‘s obsessively researched, and always entertaining, videos.
As probably comes as no surprise, he created a video about how to organize your lockdown life:
And then he also did a follow up a couple months ago:
Hey, I can’t be the only one who found this still useful even though we’re several years into 2020.
Pay no attention to the horror that was Friday’s post. It’s well past the first day of Autumn. It’s October. That means two things.
It’s (NSFW) decorative gourd season!
And
Time to watch some scary films.
Your mileage may vary.
Since I’ve often commented on the future of TV (some of the posts being the most popular), checking out a rundown of all the streaming services seems apropos.
So I had to share this latest installment from the folks over at Honest Trailers:
TCM usually gets my nod, but the graphics in this one were very well done… (and these are grim times, so I suppose it’s where my head is):
TED Talks are probably good fodder for Monday Motivation posts, and here’s a good one, especially for creatives wondering about why they’re doing what they’re doing.
I mean, a lot.
I mean, when you consider that the man was a philologist, that’s already a specialty type of academic nerdery.
Now, this may not be surprising to avowed Tolkien fans, but for the rest of us who did not sail through The Silmarillion without failing asleep, this is the video for you!
If, for no other reason, you’re a casual reader who never could get what the deal was with Tom Bombadil, you have an answer (and spoiler: it’s not that he was an escapee from a Disney musical).
I first saw this via ThisIsColossal.com, you may have seen it on Facebook.
We’re at this point of the pandemic. Lord help us all, possibly Lydia Cambron first (I mean, I love it, but if there’s anything we can do…)
So, it’s basically a week of referencing similar topics to last week.
Case in point, this past Friday, I rediscovered one of my favorite YouTube listmakers, Cinefix, who had a great list of uplifting or otherwise engaging films to check out during our current pandemic existence.
So, of course, I clicked around some of their lists to find some videos I missed before or had forgotten and came across this gem:
The onscreen title is a bit of a misnomer, because it’s really one of the team’s top 10 personal favorites.
The various Cinefix lists already make me think of my favorite films and what makes them my favorites. This list goes deeper in trying to analyze what sorts of stories, what sorts of cinematic stories, really resonate with him.
I love it. And it’s something I’ll be thinking about as I do my 50 Favorite Film sort for this year.
Hey, I posted a “debunking” video last week, so I figured, why not do more? This time, it’s a topic that’s just as evergreen, though the tech landscape changes frequently.
This was released back in April, but I feel like I could use it even more now, as there’s no end to the quarantining in sight here in the U.S. (also, I’m beginning to try and watch some “muse-see” films in prep for my biennial Favorite Films exercise).
One of the things I love about the Cinefix videos is that they love rattling off any number of films in the run-up for the official Top 10 selections. This both gives you a bit of their train of thought and also some deep cuts to watch as well.
I do think that, with this particular list, the films get less “uplifting” and more “absorbing” as they go up the ranks. However, four months on from their original posting, many of you might be up for more of a cinema adventure… or at least distraction.