Seeing the Peter Serafinowicz Harry Potter announcement just made me think, once again, about this excellent James Acaster bit from Off Menu.

Very tempted to make a video with my pitch for the future of Doctor Who.

I'd heard good things about Masters of the Universe, so I was faintly disappointed. The first act was very weak, though it got stronger. I liked what it was trying to say about masculinity. But the comedy was cringe, the tone very inconsistent and it often felt ashamed of the source material.

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people think these stories are one off successes but everyone is yearning for tangible thrills after decades of cgi marvel action figures taking turns punching each pther

Someone has been reposting clips of my videos on TikTok. Not sure how I feel about it. It's the way of the internet I guess. And at least the commenters are quick to direct people to the real me. To be clear, I am not on TikTok. I don't like the platform. If you find me there, it's not me.

Me explaining to anyone who will listen how I just really like Keith David and everything he’s ever been in, even the bad stuff, because he just seems to always be having a good time and I’m glad he’s getting a star on the Walk of Fame because good for him.

‘Amphibia’ creator Matt Braly speaks out against the use of AI in animation: “If you need to partner with AI to get a greenlight on your project, it ain’t worth it.”

Well, one of us has to change.

Since my Bury Your Guys video is timely to the discussion around Good Omens 3, here's my spoilery take on the finale. youtube.com/post/Ugkxjze...

Is It Ever Okay To Bury A Gay? youtu.be/SMK2k56qbOE

Is It Ever Okay To Bury A Gay? youtu.be/SMK2k56qbOE

New video! Ten years after the Lexa Pledge, what’s the state of the Bury Your Gays trope? Is It Ever Okay To Bury A Gay? youtu.be/SMK2k56qbOE

Today I learned that a butterfly's wings never extend further forward than the head. They are only posed that way when taxidermied to show off their colours. Thus, the butterfly in the bluesky logo is dead.

Huh. Feel like I told Dave this.

I talk about Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and Steven Universe video games, responding to comments on my video about Steven Universe Future. Exclusively on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/155511...

@nik-hasta.bsky.social held me at gunpoint and made me do this. I reserve the right to change my mind about all of these. Not sure why have it in for Horizon so badly but I do 😅

I enjoyed Project Hail Mary, but why do movies about communicating with aliens always skip the getting past nouns phase? How do you do get to concepts and emotions!?

Wicked 2: The Bad VS The Good youtu.be/K0WFFAOS41A

Wicked 2: The Good VS The Bad In which I explore my conflicted feelings about Wicked: For Good by dressing up in a tiara and fake nails. youtu.be/K0WFFAOS41A

This quote isnt just out of touch or disappointing, its fucking dark. Gay people are not a conversation parents need to have with their kids? Knowing gay people exist doesnt require therapy?? Any parents who thinks that way needs to have their kids removed ASAP. Get in a volcano, Pete.

Is Wicked: For Good Bad or Good? I have mixed feelings. Now on Patreon #videoessay #wicked #forgood

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

Not too long now.

Since Civilisation 7 has come to Apple Arcade, I thought I’d give it a go. First note, the pointer obscures every tooltip all the time and it’s very annoying.

My thoughts on Devil Wears Prada 2. Gut feeling is that it’ll be a shameless nostalgia grab with very little to say. However… the one thing that gives me pause is that they somehow managed to get everyone back.

one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.

"Why Netflix's Sandman Failed." New title won on A/B testing. #sandman #netflix #videoessay youtu.be/FOq9mxrv9s8

Out now! Is 'The Sandman' Unadaptable? #sandman #netflix #videoessay youtu.be/FOq9mxrv9s8?...

New Year's Treat. Is 'The Sandman' Unadaptable? Out now on Patreon. #sandman #netflix www.patreon.com/posts/is-san...

The handmade, human qualities of your work are more valuable than they've ever been. Don't doubt that for a second.

Damn right it was.

I’m seeing Wicked takes complaining that the deleted scenes should’ve been kept because they’re good. Yeah, of course they’re good. D’you think filmmakers waste time shooting scenes they think won’t be good? There’s plenty other reasons scenes get cut.

My Scott Pilgrim video has been demonetised over a copyright claim. It's clearly fair use and highly transformative, but my dispute was rejected. Not sure if appealing is worth the risk. If you've ever considered joining my Patreon, now's a great time. www.patreon.com/c/jameswoodall

New Comment Response for my video ‘Adapting The Queen’s Gambit Shouldn’t Have Worked.’ Now on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/142518...

My favourite thing about seeing that Strictly clip of La Voix asking Claudia where to send her CV to the BBC is looking at the replies and finding a non-Brit asking what a Tess is.

A Vietnamese cafe called Bánh Mi Alive. Is this anything?

F**K TERFs! New bonus video exclusive to Patreon, about the time TERFs didn’t like my sign. www.patreon.com/posts/139628...

I’m loving Crowd Control but for those asking, no, it is not a panel show, because the game element is mostly arbitrary. ☺️ #crowdcontrol #dropout

YouTube's new Restricted Mode, intended to filter "potentially mature" videos takes out 11 of my videos, including my most popular ones. None of these are mature. I even bleep my swears. Please double check if you have restricted mode on by accident. Here's instructions to de-activate it.

🔴 Amy Winehouse

I second this

What Does Harry Potter Mean Now? youtu.be/zVa7H446Iiw

I find it amusing that Game Changer has this reputation for surprising the Dropout cast into getting Game Changer’d at any moment. And yet, to date, the only person who’s found themselves on an episode of Game Changer without knowing that was about to happen is Sam Reich.

What Does Harry Potter Mean Now? My biggest video yet. Now on YouTube. youtu.be/zVa7H446Iiw

What the fuck, Instagram?

This beast of video is now on Patreon. What Does Harry Potter Mean Now? www.patreon.com/posts/what-d...

I would also like to wish ill on JK Rowling. I would like for her to go to her moldy castle and mind her own goddamned business, forever.