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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8571482">Also just rewatching the YouTube video, I think while I disagree with his points, I don't see the value of distrust here. He is making arguments and they are arguments that one can respond to. But with the movies I have seen, I think there is value in contending with the argument he is making. I think though my two main criticisms of his video would be I think he is overplaying how much of an impact messaging has in the first place (a lot of times I think messaging is more about the audience than the film, and putting something out you know the audience will nod its head), and I think a lot of the things he identifies as problems in the star wars movies aren't (I also don't think contrasting them with the prequels is particularly effective because the prequels themselves had so many problems). I do think he made interesting points about Mulan. But again, I don't think the reason those points are valid is as much about the message, as it is the new Disney Mulan makes for a less satisfying experience because the character starts out great, and the reason she starts out great handles the concept of Qi a little weirdly (there are characters in wuxia stories and xianxia stories who are born with natural internal marital arts potential, and there are movies where characters become great fairly quickly, but if you are just comparing those two movies, I think the first one gives the viewer a more rewarding story of the character's development. But he is also a self-admitted alcoholic youtube reviewers, so there is an edge of humor here that I think needs to be accounted for too. The way I look at these things is youtube videos are people speaking their thoughts about a film after they have seen them, or speaking their thoughts about movies out loud. It is not the same as a paper about a movie, a book, or a new york times review (though I have to say, I think there are a lot of very bad film reviewers out there with a news paper behind them). I tend to watch this sort of video with a dose of salt, and take it more casually. I occasionally do podcast movie discussions I label "Late night reviews" and the point is to speak about a movie when I am tired. In that slightly altered state, there is more meandering, more free association, sometimes even contradictions, but you occasionally hit on interesting ideas that way. This video strikes me as something like that.</blockquote>

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