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Justin and Joe review 52 holiday films (which they've never seen), then use them to discover the meaning of Christmas.

00:00 Intro

01:27 Reviews

01:03:04 Rom Com Lessons

01:05:18 Communication and Vulnerability

01:07:57 Family and Community

01:11:47 Save Relationship With Your Father

01:14:41 Christmas Protagonists are Jerks

01:17:52 Pushing Away Negativity

01:21:40 Family is Better than Money

01:25:01 Child Faith Heals Adults

01:30:26 The Meaning of Christmas

THE LIST

Love Actually

Carry-on

Hot Frosty

The Knight Before Christmas

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Let It Snow

If I Only Had Christmas

Single All the Way

A California Christmas

A Merry Little Ex-Mas

Jingle All the Way

A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Red One

Dear Santa

Muppets Christmas Carol

Christmas Above the Clouds

A Shoe Addict's Christmas

Max Lucado's the Christmas Candle

Jingle Bell Heist

Dr Seuss' The Grinch (2018)

Gremlins

Your Christmas Or Mine

Die Hard 2

Jack in Time for Christmas

Love the Coopers

The Christmas Ticket

Last Christmas

We Wish You A Married Christmas

Dolly Parton's A Christmas On the Square

It's A Wonderful Life

A Christmas Story

Oh. What. Fun

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Klaus

Holiday Affair (1949)

My Secret Santa

Scrooged

The Holdovers

Serendipity

Love Hard

The Santa Clause

Christmas Chronicles

The Family Man

The Star Wars Holiday Special

Four Christmases

The Merry Gentlemen

Violent Night

A Boy Called Christmas

The Holiday

Just Like a Christmas Movie

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

Bad Santa

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#christmasmovies #reviews #holidays #closeup #filmdiscussion

Breaking into internet artistry is next to impossible, thanks to a series of decisions and trends which de-incentivized creativity.

00:00 Our General Dissatisfaction

02:05 Greed Swallowed Internet Individualism

05:35 Clickbait Equals Revenue

08:15 Shilling For Ads

13:56 Maximizing Ad Revenue

17:15 Influencers

22:57 The Rise of AI Content

28:58 AI Makes Creative Careers Harder

34:38 AI Ruined Traditional Writing

37:01 What Art Could Be

42:04 Why Do We Create

52:21 An Existential Thought Spiral

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Every fan of every fandom eventually comes across the concept of "Head Canon", whether or not they realize. Is it a useful coping mechanism or a pathetic fantasy?

00:00 Protects the Good Vibes

04:36 It's Silly

05:59 Honour the Creator's Intentions

10:45 Ignoring Hard Emotions

16:03 Sometimes Good Things Exist Within Bad

18:37 Fandoms Are Nightmares

28:38 What's Considered Definitive

34:42 Wrap-up

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Justin and Joe review Zootopia 2.

00:00 Surprising Adult Appeal

02:48 Side Characters

05:54 Nick and Judy

10:03 Follow the Snake

12:49 Animation

15:58 Presentation and Writing

21:57 Score

22:50 Action

25:25 Wrap-up

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Justin and Joe celebrate their "Friendaversary" by going over their favourite friendships from some of their favourite entertainment!

00:00 Intro

01:20 Commander Sheppard and Garrus Vakarian

02:07 Woody and Buzz Lightyear

04:18 Chuck Bartowski and Morgan Grimes

06:17 Oliver Queen and John Diggle

08:20 Doctor/ Donna

11:09 Will Smith and Carlton Banks

14:27 Liz Lemmon and Jack Donaghy

16:48 Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Starr

18:32 Han Solo and Chewbacca

21:15 Bruce Wayne and Jim Gordon

24:58 Fox Mulder and Dana Scully

27:31 Chandler Bing and Joey Tribiani

30:36 Beckett Mariner and Bradward Boimler

33:25 Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi

38:04 Ben Wyatt and Chris Traeger

41:01 Troy Barnes and Abed Nadir

44:25 Leslie Knope and Ann Perkins

46:23 Sam Rutherford and D'Vana Tendi

48:21 James Kirk and Mr Spock

52:25 Sherlock Holmes and John Watson

58:10 Wrap-up

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#friendshipgoals #bestfriends #bestfriendsforever #list #closeup

Justin and Joe review The Witcher S4.

00:00 Overview

03:41 Comparisons to S3

05:42 Themes

09:26 Villains

17:10 Ciri and The Rats

22:27 The Action

27:42 Lower Production Values

34:24 Stunt Performers

36:19 Some of the Writing

41:00 Liam Hemsworth

44:52 Wrap-up

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Justin and Joe review the first few episodes of The Witcher S4, and complain about Netflix's marketing strategies.

00:00 Hemsworth vs Cavill

06:34 Improved Writing

12:32 Action

13:57 No Marketing

21:58 Decline of Fantasy TV

26:45 The Rats

31:13 The Streaming Wars

35:55 Wrap-up

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Justin and Joe review Tron: Ares!

00:00 Overview

04:12 Jared Leto

07:24 The Action

17:55 Production Design

19:46 Where Is Tron

24:16 Box Office Woes

25:46 Some Subtle Details

27:08 NIN Soundtrack

28:48 The Screenplay

42:56 The 3-D

47:26 Wrap-up

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#tron #tronares #jaredleto #tronlegacy #closeup #reviews

Joe watches his first ever Studio Ghibli film!

00:00 Pacing and Length

05:07 Anime in Our Childhoods

08:00 Excellent Animation Craft

12:28 Dark Themes and Horror

18:32 Character Development

21:28 Colour Theory

25:51 Stray Thoughts

32:46 Wrap-up

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Justin explains the basics of Neon Genesis: Evangelion to Joe!

00:00 Controversies + Overview

08:06 Emotional Grounding

12:46 What is the Titular Neon Genesis

15:26 The Rebuild Movies

25:00 The Meta Narrative

31:03 The Average Instalment

33:56 Other Themes

39:53 Wrap-up

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