Hi! Shannon Strucci here. I'm a professional editor and a film enthusiast. This page hosts my introductory webseries SO YOU WANNA BE A FILM NERD along with some other video essays.
This is fantastic! I was a little surprised Bill Tracy wasn't mentioned. I know you were limited on how much you could cover, but he built the "Phantasmagoria" that I grew up loving at the local Bell's Amusement Park. His work pushed haunted houses and dark rides in a more gory direction than previous props had. There was an abandoned mansion about four miles from where I grew up. The Jaycees turned it into a haunted house at Halloween at the line to get in went down the street! I was way too young to get in at the time and by the time I could have gone, they had stopped.
Hey! Do you know of any books or documentaries or articles that mentioned Tracy? I did as much research as I could at the time, I am not someone in the community so I only had access to what I had access to if that makes sense. If you have recs if I do anything else with this project (I have considered writing a book) I'll try to include them And that sucks about you missing the house! It sounds cool. At least there are a lot of cool ones around now!
I find it hard to not get parasocial despite my efforts to avoid it, especially if I’ve watched some kind of content over a long period of time. I definitely had an awkward moment with a youtuber I met when I noticed that maybe I was acting a little too familiar with them.
I see a lot of comments here about some of the common uncanny triggers overlapping with disabled or autistic people’s behavior, and I definitely think there’s something to that, but I think the root of the problem is just unexpected behavior. So for a lot of people, behavior like not meeting the eyes or clearly forced smiles can be unsettling, but I think that’s because it warns the brain that you’re being deceived. A lot of the “off” behavior that triggers your brain is an attempt to register whether you’re safe with someone or if you might be murdered. There are lots of stories and actors performances about how unsettling serial killers or psychopaths can be, or the cognitive dissonance of NOT sensing any danger but knowing you should.
I think Jack recognises now the danger of how he was giving too much of himself to his fans for so many years, there's been a noticeable step back and shift in his videos ever since the lady who creeped him out at a convention (Anthony Padilla interview). I'm glad that he has spoke about parasocial relationships and how he made mistakes earlier in his career by not creating enough boundaries, hopefully that will help spread awareness and serve as a warning to other content creators and their fans.
thank you for this video! I revisit it rewatch it every so often, it's a great exploration and a good meditation for me on this topic. This video is what got me into The Mountain Goats and they have become my favorite band-- I have since shared their music with many people I love. Anyway, the way it covers parasociality in particular is something I hadn't seen before when I watched this in 2018. It really opened up my way of thinking surrounding how we treat public figures and, in the age of the internet, sometimes just strangers online. I appreciate all the time and effort you put into this.
@juliasz.1017 thanks! Np I had to quit cause I couldn't afford rent just doing this channel. It wasn't sustainable. So I worked really hard fulltime for a couple years and now I can afford to do it on the side lol
The Endless just came to streaming services this month, bringing me to this film as well. Brilliance. Very similar to Coherence or, inadvertently Primer.
@@StrucciMovies idk all ur uploads since that doco hasnt really been relevant towards my interests (reviews on movies/games/music? idc bout dat) also i dont watch him anymore but if ur gonna make review videos i feel you would do much better taking ideas from jacob geller who makes the yt thumbnail/title/content much more malleable to a bigger picture on how it affects things. i aint tryna drop $2 right now, but if it uploads on yt and its something which seems to hold some value to me ill make sure to check it out
One film that awoke this fear in me was the brood. The creatures in that are so unsettling because they look like horrified versions of the cabbage patch kids 😰
I'm watching this 6 years later as I'm including it in a college assignment presentation about parasocial relationships. Funny how far we've come with discussions of this topic.
A bit of a late comment, but whatever. This was actually my first exposure to Lupin III and is actually one of my favorite films as of now. The animation is objectively a work of art, the music is great, and the characters are good, in my opinion. Admittedly, I do like the relationship between Lupin and Laetitia - I don't know how much of a hot take that is - and like to see it expanded in a potential sequel. I actually like the more toned down nature of this movie more than the (admittedly out of context) bits I've seen of other parts of the series. From what I've seen of the rest of the series, theres too much sexual content for my liking, which is why I don't really see myself watching too much more of the series. Recently, tho, I have seen... most of, Castle of Cagilostro. I say most of because the Blu-ray I watched it on messed up a bit here and there. I also think it's really good, and - like with The First - I like how its more tame compared to other Lupin media. However - again, maybe a hot take - I actually kinda found myself liking The First more, though I do wanna see Castle of Cagilostro again some time for a fairer comparison. Back to The First, however, I do acknowledge that it isn't a perfect film, and I do see where most of your problems lie. At the end of the day, however, I still find that it's a great film. Sorry for the wall of text.
I've gotten back into reading one piece after an almost 20 year absence from the fandom, and while I've forgotten a lot, I can't help but see how it's inspired me over the years and how deeply it resonated with me. Thank you sincerely for this video.
My partner and I watched The First together, and while we were pretty negative to the first half, once the second half rolled around, we were screaming with delight over the action and character moments with the five. The movie is really worth it for watching with your loved ones and the beautiful action and animation, along with a cast that has so much respect for the characters and their history, really makes it worth it.
I love Butcher in this show because usually you hear, "I hate that guy." muttered then after a brief opening scene where they're mean they mellow out. Not Butcher. Butcher is a single minded hateful asshole who burns, insults, and uses everyone around him and I really like a straightforward depiction of an asshole character actually justifying WHY everyone he meets ends up hating him.
im so very late to this but i need to point out that TOUCH TONE TELEPHONE IS PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND. im the biggest lemon demon nerd in the world i am going BONKERS. edit: i just realized after watching the video further in that spirit phone in general is playing and i am still going bonkers.
Vídeo bão! Assisti pra treinar meu inglês, achei ótimo ter mencionado o sobre as pessoas que tem próteses, uncanny valley pode ser usado no terror mas sempre respeitando a galera
It's amazing how the writers can craft so many likeable and well written characters. I don't remember a character that I don't like. Even someone like Jonas. I also respect their attention to details. They watched previous seasons to stay consistent and avoid retcons. That's great dedication.
I was honestly pretty surprised when you mentioned prosthetics because well, all the people I know have never found them unnerving or out of place, sure you notice them and think 'oh', but after that, you just go back to whatever you were doing. My violin teacher has a puppet doll leg in lieu of an actual leg and I've never looked at it and thought it was creepy, even when I first met him, though this all probably just has to do with how the people in my hometown have a tendency to just mind their business and have manners
I would love a modern horror film use old movie techniques to recreate that creepy feel. Like intentionally use old tech to get those kinds of performances out of the actors too
I really don't like the idea of photorealistic human robots. We already live in a world where people now have to copyright their voices to keep people from stealing them using AI. What possible benefit could there be to make photorealistic humans (prosthetics don't count) that isn't immensly outweighed by every way that technology could be abused? If you can steal someone's voice and recreate their likeness perfectly, what happens when someone dies? Will death even matter anymore if we can recreate a person almost perfectly? What need would their be for humans when you can just make one that will do everything you program it?
(I'm not sure if I'm the only one, but I'll say it. Mandela Catalogue, alternate.) Robots make sense too, given how we would our creation that is exponentially faster and smarter. A very high threat to human life, especially now that they influence us directly. Generally the idea that we had a predator that mimicked our appearance and behavior is horrifying. Especially given the fanatic conspiracies of lizard people or whatever. Aliens and Anunaki. The fear of the dead is related to disease of course, but humans have believed in spirits and ghosts since forever ago. But if a corpse were to stand up, it would surely cause mental distress. And the dead feeling of the ai is relative, given its basically a ghost in a machine that was created by humans. The idea that a creature that appears human but isn't, is an immediate treat. Especially since religion and science are prevalent in society, our sensitivity to such a being would either drive one mad or start worshiping them. They already have. What happened, I may never want to know. But it's too late. We are but livestock. The machine churns on. I want to weep, but they would hear me.
