AFTER MANY YEARS OF BEING SICK OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT PLOT HOLES, I FINALLY DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT
Okay I'll stop with the caps now.
But seriously, as someone who loves talking about movies, the rise of "plot holes" as a major talking point has seriously dumbed down modern film conversations. I've had all these arguments formulating for years and this finally seemed like the...
2018-08-27 16:34:58 +0000 UTC View Post
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We're about to go live at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4PoAgwoM1Q
Tune in and ask any questions!
2018-08-17 23:01:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Tomorrow at 7pm EST I'll be doing a live stream Q&A, chatting about the new Robin Hood/King Arthur video, along with anything else you want to ask about.
Use this link or click the video above
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4PoAgwoM1Q
2018-08-16 22:02:28 +0000 UTC View Post
AND WE'RE BACK
It's been a weirdly long gap between proper videos, but we weren't sitting on our asses twiddling our thumbs. Nope. Rest assured, I have been losing sleep and driving myself toward a nervous breakdown all to make those sweet, delicious videos you love (I kid, kind of).
This video is one I've wanted to make for a while. As soon as I saw the trailer for the upcoming Robin Hood...
2018-08-16 21:34:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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Yes, another Mission: Impossible video, and YES, I know it's sort of a vlog, which is not our usual thing, but...
Paramount invited me to an early screening of Fallout after seeing the "Patrick Explains" video (plus a mini social media campaign) and after already doing 2 videos about the series, this felt like the natural conclusion to things. It's like a big happy endi...
2018-07-25 13:39:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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Yup, we made another Mission: Impossible video!
What can I say, I have a lot of thoughts about these movies. I had the idea for researching the other one, and it seemed like too fun an idea not to make. This character is so vaguely defined still after more than 20 years, but I've never seen anyone dig into that and try to figure out who the guy actually is. It was also quicker to make than a usu...
2018-07-20 13:23:34 +0000 UTC View Post
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Remember over a year ago when Jake and I wrote a 120-page screenplay in 3 days?
Well, we did it again. Sort of. After spending the last 6 months or so figuring out what improvements the first draft needed, we spent the last 7 days writing the second draft. And we documented the whole experience.
In th...
2018-07-13 02:20:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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HERE IT IS
I THINK THIS ONE IS GREAT
I'M SO TIRED FROM EDITING 2 VIDEOS THIS WEEK
2018-07-06 21:17:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I wasn't planning on doing a follow-up to the Jurassic Park sequels video. There was a new Jurassic Park sequel coming out, but it looked like it was just going to repeat all the problems I talked about with the others, so there was no need to talk about it.
And then I saw it. And I had to talk about it.
On this channel we avoid talking about new movies or doing anything that could be call...
2018-07-04 13:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hello! Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Just wanted to give you an update on the videos you can expect to see soon.
(this schedule will very likely change, but this is what we're hoping for)
THIS WEEK (JULY 4TH WEEK)
-A short follow-up to the Jurassic Park sequels video to talk about Fallen Kingdom
-Patrick Explains Mission: Impossible (And Why It's Gre...
2018-07-01 18:22:52 +0000 UTC View Post
It's late, but it's finally here.
This is another classic case of me setting out to make a pretty simple video, then midway through production deciding to totally overhaul it, make it way more complicated, and end up making the whole process way more difficult and time consuming.
But the important thing is that we got a better video.
This was always going to just be a video about the...
2018-06-30 13:14:33 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hello! For the monthly live streams, I want to figure out how/when to do them to satisfy as many of you as possible. So I've got a few quick questions, and if you could answer them in a comment below (or in a message if you prefer) that would be a big help.
1. What works better, weekdays or weekends?
2. What time of day (and timezone) is ideal? Middle of the day? Night?
3. What would...
2018-06-22 15:41:19 +0000 UTC View Post
You probably saw this inside the Jurassic Park video last week: here's the promo/announcement for the official channel merchandise, which we made way more elaborate than needed.
We've got a lineup of shirts based on videos and We Heart Hartnett available now at https://teespring.com/stores/patrickhwillems
...
2018-06-22 14:51:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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Tomorrow (Thursday, June 14) at 3pm EST I'll be doing a live stream Q&A only for patrons to chat about the Jurassic Park video as well as any other random questions anyone has. I'll probably be on for about an hour.
Tune in at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=630u7R4ZyVI
2018-06-14 02:07:35 +0000 UTC View Post
YES FINALLY HERE IT IS
This is one I've been talking about for a couple months. Back in April when I watched the trailer for the upcoming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the whole premise/thesis/argument for this hit me all at once. And then the team figured out a great framing device, so we were all set.
We'll have a behind the scenes video (shot by our great new...
2018-06-13 16:16:27 +0000 UTC View Post
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It's been bugging me that we haven't made a single narrative short yet this year (I'm not counting Arthur K. Billingsworth since that was mostly shot last year). So when Sennheiser sent us over their new Ambeo Smart Headset (headphones that also function as 360 degree microphones) to use in a video, this seemed like the perfect opportunity.
So naturally we made a tiny paranoia thriller that most...
2018-06-01 21:04:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Hey look we finally made another one of these!
As I mention at the end of the video, this episode was actually supposed to be one exploring movie shootouts, but with. But over the past few months, looking at recent events, it felt like making a video about fun fictional gun violence now would be really bad timing and pretty tone deaf, so that one got indefinitely postponed and this one got bumpe...
2018-05-24 14:12:29 +0000 UTC View Post