Some stills from the new Frozen '50s Man
All aboard the murder train!
2025-02-24 04:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Atun-Shei Films posts
Another episode (mostly) in the can!
While we have a few days of pickup scenes left, the main bulk of Frozen '50s Man Episode 4 has been shot and I think it's going to be far and away the best one yet.
2025-02-14 01:39:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The rest of my Rev War costume shit came in
Tbh, I'm not quite sure what the practicality of the hunting shirt is. The coat and waistcoat are pretty fly.
2025-01-31 00:10:12 +0000 UTC View PostSome stills from Day 1 of Frozen '50s Man Ep. 4
(Mild spoilers)
2025-01-28 11:33:22 +0000 UTC View PostIf I'm going to be a rebel I might as well look the part
Got a hunting shirt today, and have some more pieces (waistcoat, breeches, fowling piece) coming next month. I got the hat a million years ago for The Sudbury Devil and just sewed it into a cocked hat.
Even for a budget impression it's still shocking how much this stuff costs but, you know, being dressed as a Minuteman is the spoonful of sugar that will help the historical ...
2025-01-13 07:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostNew moves in the new year
Hello everyone! I'm neck deep in pre-production for Frozen '50s Man 4, building a huge train dining car set in the studio and thrifting for props and costumes and things. We're shooting the vast majority of it within an unusually short time frame, the last week of January to the second week of February (typically for webseries-type productions we'll shoot a little bit every weeken...
2025-01-06 21:40:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Q&A: Revolutions, Pseudoscience, My Changing Political Views
Karl and Andy Ruin Movies - Gods and Generals (2003)
Hey all! My good buddy Karl Kasarda of InRangeTV and I have been recording movie commentaries and putting them up for sale on Patreon! They're $3 each, but free for everybody who pays that rate or above in their monthly support. Tombstone was the first film we commentated on over on his page, and here's our first one for you guys – Gods and Generals! Merry Christmas, as...
2024-12-14 07:24:39 +0000 UTC View PostI was cleaning out my desk just now...
And I found this shark stationary (???) with plans for the home stretch of Checkmate Lincolnites scribbled on them, including some cancelled episode ideas. If I was planning Episode 8 on, then this is probably from late 2021 or early 2022, as I was prepping to film The Sudbury Devil. Thought y'all might appreciate it!
In other news, today I spent a pretty reckless a...
2024-12-13 03:17:17 +0000 UTC View PostYes, the next Frozen '50s Man WILL have a train miniature, thank you for asking
This is the old electric Playmobil train my parents got me and my brother when we were kids. After 25+ years sitting in a box, it still runs great. Most of the episode takes place on a train, and whenever we cut to an exterior it's just... a toy. Lol.
Of course, we will put some care into it. Imagine a green screen or painted background of majestic mountains, soil on the gro...
2024-12-06 05:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostFirst draft done!
Along with the American Revolution content I have planned, this will be my big project during the first half of next year!
2024-11-26 01:51:52 +0000 UTC View PostNew Q&A! Ask me anything / My very own "Project 2025"
Hey friends! I'm thinking of making a new Q&A video in December, so ask me anything about any topic! The only twist is I'd like to do the thing I did in "The Witchfinder General Gives Spiritual Advice" and have the questions be in video format. So if you've got a question and ar...
2024-11-18 21:45:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe Birth of an American Town ~ Episode 3
I've finally completed the most personal project I've ever made for the channel (which is a bit ironic since I don't even appear in it). The three episodes of The Birth of an American Town ended up clocking in at more than 2 hours, so I kinda accidentally made a feature film (again).
While it isn't surprising that an aesthetically retro hyper-specific microhistory about an o...
2024-11-18 08:13:34 +0000 UTC View Post
*New Englandyness intensifies*
Did some old school History Channel esque low budget reenactment filming for the final episode of Birth of an American Town yesterday.
2024-10-13 17:03:32 +0000 UTC View PostPatreon is switching everybody to "subscription-based billing" next month
Hey all, just FYI, Patreon is rolling out a mandatory change where instead of charging you on the day you first signed up, it'll charge you on the 1st of the month. I believe this is going into effect on November 1st.
Anyway, just thought y'all should know, carry on!
2024-10-10 17:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostI Didn't Like The Northman Very Much
Happy Leif Erikson Day, everyone!
2024-10-06 19:12:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt's almost that time of year again
I'm currently writing this year's Leif Erikson Day special, which will be a little something different – a quite critical review of the 2022 film The Northman.
The Native American ecology video will come out after that, sometime in mid to late October. Sadly I had to scrap plans for a Halloween special (I was going to film myself attempting to summon the Devil using spells from...
2024-09-30 04:03:00 +0000 UTC View PostI had just the biggest smile on my face...
...when I got to photograph these beautiful guys today (first time seeing bison irl). I just happened to spot them on the side of the road when I was driving through a nature preserve looking for a place to film part of the Native American ecology video.
I feel so privileged to be able to watch and share space with these amazing beings, and so wrathfully furious that people came to these ...
2024-09-20 06:09:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Been filming out in the woods
My upload schedule's all over the place. This Native American ecology video is going to be 2 hours long, and I'm doing a ton of volunteering at the moment and don't really have time to edit it right now, so I might push it to next month. The Benjamin Lay video I was telling y'all about is already filmed and edited, so I'll probably drop that one next week. It'll look weird on my channel page to...
2024-09-12 08:59:51 +0000 UTC View PostThanks for your feedback! :)
Hey all, I really appreciate you voting in the poll yesterday and sharing your ideas about changes to the Patreon. The majority of you were in favor of the change, but enough people said they liked the patron credits at the end of each video that it wouldn't feel right getting rid of them completely. So as per your suggestions, I'm just going to shorten the duration of each title card in the cr...
2024-09-06 20:13:16 +0000 UTC View PostI'm thinking about making changes to the Patreon. What do y'all think?
Been considering changing up the tiers for a while.
The main thing I'd like to change is 86ing the patron credits at the end of every video. I love the credits and think it's a great way to show appreciation for all that you guys do for the channel, but I've been told many times that the algorithm doesn't like it. It's something to do with watch time, apparently 90% of viewers dropping of...
2024-09-05 15:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTexting myself video ideas
Thought you guys might get a kick out of this.
2024-08-26 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostI can't be creative unless I have a human skull and an hourglass on my desk to remind me of death
The "Did Native Americans Really Live in Balance with Nature" video is going to be delayed, but the good news is that it's also probably going to be an hour and a half long and hoooolllly shit it's going to blow your mind. Where else will you find a dialectical materialist analysis of Eastern Woodlands biocentric cosmology AND dick jokes about the blue aliens from Avatar? That's w...
2024-08-23 06:11:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Filmed two episodes of "The Abolitionists" back-to-back!
The A/C in my studio was out, and thankfully the landlord abided by the terms of the lease for once and sent someone promptly, but it still wouldn't get the space below 85. Gotta love august in south Louisiana. Sweaty, hot videos (with nudity) coming soon.
2024-08-08 01:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post