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Justin and Joe review The Social Reckoning.

00:00 Movie Says Nothing

08:21 Regulatory Oversight

14:46 Three Perspectives

20:25 How It Could Be Fixed

24:10 Conversation Starter

32:41 Some Good Things

33:50 To A Higher Standard

38:42 Filmmaking

41:38 Some More Good

44:38 The Social Media Problem

53:10 Final Thoughts

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Recorded by Joseph Morin and Justin Church

Edited by Joseph Morin

Close Up cover art by Justin Church

#thesocialnetwork #socialmedianews #markzuckerberg #whistleblower #closeup

Justin and Joe review Neon Genesis: Evangelion.

00:00 Overview

01:82 Shinji Is Pathetic

05:52 Nonsensical Story

15:08 The End of Evangelion

20:46 Rebuild Movies Overview

27:47 Rebuild 3

34:06 Franchise Themes

37:32 Action

44:12 Visual Style

46:49 More Themes

53:48 Rankings

01:03:18 Final Rankings

01:06:23 Where Does the Franchise Go?

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Edited by Joseph Morin

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#neongenesisevangelion #animetv #tvreview #mecha #psychological #closeup

Joe blind-reacts to the famously confusing series finale of Neon Genesis: Evangelion.

This is a watch/ listen-along format, with sporadic commentary. So pull up the episode and follow along!

01:10 Episode Starts

23:24 Joe's Review

Justin and Joe review Grave of the Fireflies.

00:00 Overview

01:02 Frustrating

06:36 About Regret

09:42 Struggling to Empathize

13:33 Technical Aspects

15:37 This Is A Kid's Movie

18:26 What Makes A Tragedy?

22:51 Wartime

25:55 Expressiveness

28:10 Emotional Intelligence

32:46 Rare Presentations of Death

35:27 Parental Guidance

41:10 Movies That Make Us Cry

50:47 What's The Takeaway?

58:21 Final Thoughts and Rankings

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#graveofthefireflies #studioghibli #tearjerker #animatedmovie #closeup #moviereview

Joe and Justin learn how to become more effective game masters of TTRPGs with some basic game theory.,

00:00 GNS Theory Overview

11:38 Where Does DnD Lean

17:15 Narrative TTRPGs

23:08 Situationist TTRPGs

30:12 How It Helps Players

34:41 DnD Is a Gateway Drug

41:33 The Problem With Narrative

47:06 Wrap-up

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Recorded by Joseph Morin and Justin Church

Edited by Joseph Morin

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#dungeonsanddragons #gametheory #dnd5e #ttrpg #closeup

Ryan and Joe review House of the Dragon S3.

*Apologies for Joe's subpar audio. There was a technical glitch while recording. This was the best he could manage to fix it in the edit.

00:00 Intro

05:55 Real Problems With S3

08:47 Undermining Deaths

11:42 Too Many Characters

18:01 Poor Halaena

24:24 Aemmond

25:57 Lord Ormund

31:51 The Knights

35:28 Aegon

40:24 Alicent

41:50 Action

50:48 Dialogue

52:46 Rhaenyra

01:02:50 Compared to Game of Thrones

01:06:54 Stray Thoughts

01:11:21 Wrap-up

WEBSITE: thoughtplane.ca

Recorded by Joseph Morin and Ryan Walker

Edited by Joseph Morin

Close Up cover art by Justin Church

#asongoficeandfire #houseofthedragon #gameofthrones #hbomax #closeup #tvreview

Justin and Joe review Spider-Man: Brand New Day.

00:00 Overview

06:16 Classic Marvel

09:55 Flashbacks

13:34 Pacing

16:31 Themes

32:45 Stylization

35:55 Brings Out Inner Child

37:09 The Hulk

44:17 Humour

46:19 Ned and MJ

57:42 Tom Holland is the Best Spider-Man

01:05:31 Effects Work

01:07:33 Franchise Quality

01:10:10 Jean Grey

01:14:51 Mutants

01:20:23 Final Thoughts and Rankings

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Edited by Joseph Morin

Close Up cover art by Justin Church

#spiderman #brandnewday #mcu #tomholland #closeup #moviereview

Justin and Joe review Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey.

00:00 First Impressions

04:26 Greek Gods

11:46 The Cyclops Scene

18:34 Odysseus

29:50 Penelope

33:05 Robert Pattinson

35:50 John Leguizamo

36:42 Immersion

41:08 Editing

46:03 Thematic and Narrative Payoffs

54:06 Telemachus

59:05 Length

01:03:32 Action

01:06:44 Controversies

01:09:56 Rankings

01:12:35 As An Adaptation

01:20:09 Score

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#christophernolan #theodyssey #epicmovies #closeup #moviereview

Justin, Joe, and special guest star Ryan Walker review The Legend of Vox Machina S4.

00:00 Expectations

03:02 Cliffhanger Finale

05:00 Animation

08:14 Fractured Team Spirit

14:18 Lack of Communication

20:09 The Whispered One

23:18 Taryon Darrington

28:01 Pike

32:51 The Power of Faith

35:40 Great Character Moments

40:30 Matt Mercer

41:35 The Bard's Lament

48:11 Long-term Setup

49:37 Other Characters

50:56 Whispered One Plan

01:01:46 Deaths

01:07:12 How the Rest MIGHT Go

01:11:16 Frustrating Cliffhangers

01:17:38 Stray Thoughts

01:24:10 Final Thoughts

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RYAN'S SOCIAL MEDIA @ryanwalkerofficial

Recorded by Joseph Morin, Justin Church, and Ryan Walker

Edited by Joseph Morin

Close Up cover art by Justin Church

#criticalrole #voxmachina #primevideo #dungeonsanddragons #closeup #tvreview

Justin and Joe review Spider-Noir.

00:00 Sony Has a Win

02:17 Colour Choices

05:37 Filmmaking Craft

08:53 VFX

17:39 Characters

21:28 An Original But Classic Spidey Story

28:38 The Spider

33:31 Supporting Cast

37:42 Stray Thoughts

44:05 Final Rankings

WEBSITE: thoughtplane.ca

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Recorded by Joseph Morin and Justin Church

Edited by Joseph Morin

Close Up cover art by Justin Church

#spiderman #spidernoir #amazonprime #nicolascage #closeup #tvreview