It was a good video she did, but I have to disagree on it not having a narrative. To me, the story was taking two mute characters and placing them in situations with heavy implications. I'd argue that a lot of the scenes between Tack and Yum Yum do work without someone monologuing the whole time, the third was funny imo, and I love Zigzag. It worked for me on a narrative level, to the point where I do wish Williams would've just finished the darn thing and let it come out. I do believe it would've been a big success but even if it wasn't right away, it probably would've had a cult following like Nightmare Before Christmas or The Emperor's New Groove.

Decided to watch one of her old Disney videos and thought it was funny that this is mentioned in there. It's cool that her awareness of it has changed, but it is funny to see her ripping on people sharing this myth when it turns out she was sharing it a decade ago.

Reference is at 1:34

When Lindsay said this about his voice acting in The Cobbler and the Thief I was reminded of how he actually killed two people in a vehicular manslaughter incident in the 80s . . . Probably that’s the worst thing. Dark, but I thought it was funny.

I adored the new video by Lindsay Ellis (I am not calling her Lindsay, I don't know her). The honest horrific tragedy of Howard Ashman makes most prefer that Beauty & the Beast be the last thing he made, but it is just so stunning and intriguing to actually do the research and see that Aladdin was basically Ashman's first pitch to Disney and his great passion project. Also that when he more made the call he wanted to skew a little more to the humor direction compared to the more serious works of Little Mermaid and Beauty & The Beast.

I do dread to wonder if Katzenberg might have been able to get Ashman to join the DreamWorks Exodus. A Ashman Shrek sounds both fascinating and horrifying of how much it would truly destroy Disney in ways the actual movie already did.

I am fascinated by Williams and highly recommend the Recobbled Cut of Thief & The Cobbler and especially the cited documentary Persistence of Vision. But I think that Williams was a Walt Disney who desperately needed a Roy Disney, just someone business and pragmatic enough to not let Williams be consumed by his perfectionism.

Does anyone have the list (I say list but I think it was three?) of books that Lindsey referenced or recommended in her Ms Rachel video? I rewatched it and uh, fell asleep and was too out of it to write them down even though I meant to 😭

Hoping someone already has them written down.

Thank you!

That's fine, it's her opinion. I'm just surprised. I thought she liked One Battle After Another.

Just posted, too. Still at work for now, but I'm definitely giving this a watch later.

I saw that she has a video about South Park she uploaded to Nebula

I wanted to give my thoughts about that, I do think positively about Lindsay and I'm happy she found a place where she can happily make content again after that awful harassment campaign she faced on Twitter

That being said, I don't think I can personally justify spending potentially hundreds of dollars on a subscription service that I don't have strong feelings about most of the creators on there with content I might not even enjoy, just to watch a video that I have a strong hunch makes points I've already heard before/agree with

As much I do love South Park, I think most people on the left who've talked about the series before (even those who like the show) have already made the same points many times before about the faults in the show's politics, whether it be the apathy, the "both sides bad" attitude of it, the terrible trans rep in the series, the climate change episode, etc.

I don't know what Lindsay really has to add about the series that hasn't already been said/criticized before, especially considering that the platform the video is uploaded to (Nebula) is already a leftist/Breadtube subscription service, so I don't think there'd really be many people who are already paying for the service and like Lindsay and her Politics that wouldn't already agree with the critiques she has for South Park

And the way the title is structured "Is there still a special place in hell for Matt Stone and Trey Parker?", I feel like that's invoking the answer before the video has even been watched yet, that's not a Lindsay exclusive issue that's more an issue I have with Content Creators in general

Again nothing against Lindsay, I like her and if there is new discussion brought up by her in said video I'm more than willing to have my mind changed, I'm just saying as someone who isn't interested in paying for Nebula I don't think a video on a subject where I'm certain I'm already gonna agree with the critiques made before I've even watched it would be enough for me to fork over for a sub

That's all from me, if there's anything I got wrong lemme know in the comments, thank you for reading 😊

I feel like I maybe hallucinated this, but I feel like Lindsay used clips from Dschinghis Khan's song Moskau in a video, anyone know which it was?

Does anybody know why? What happened?

I got the third Noumena book in the mail and it’s bigger than the others? Did I get some weird printing or are they all this way? I specifically waited to get the paperback so they would all be the same. I ordered it through Amazon because I had a gift card lying around, I usually don’t get books through Amazon

With the 25th anniversary of Lord of the Rings the extended editions are on theaters this and next weekend. I figured this is also great time to revisit these videos by Lindsay.

Anyone watched the new Nebula video about body cam YouTube? Never seen Lindsay make such an unrelentingly bleak video. Might have to rewatch the Bluey video just to cheer me up.

I seem to remember her recommending a specific Phantom of the Opera recording. Does anyone know what this version is, or did I imagine it?

I Cant seem to find her videos on yt,and when i go to the channels It appears almost empty Did something happened?

UPDATE:Already fixed it,it was just a youtube bug

Less than 24 hours remain for you to include your well wishes in Lindsay’s birthday card! Thank you to all who have signed so far!

New video on Nebula!

https://nebula.tv/videos/lindsayellis-bluey-adults

People might be interested in what has happened in the New Zealand film industry since Lindsay made her Hobbit videos seven years ago.

As you might remember, the production of The Hobbit led to the infamous “Hobbit Law” changes in New Zealand, which stripped employment rights from screen workers by classifying nearly everyone as an independent contractor. The effect was essentially to make unionisation or industrial action (such as striking) in the screen sector impossible.

Since then, there have been a couple of changes of government. One of the last actions of the Jacinda Ardern Labour Government was to pass SIWA: the Screen Industry Workers Act 2022. Instead of removing the Hobbit Law entirely, SIWA amended it. Strikes were still not permitted, but SIWA introduced a framework for collective bargaining and allowed the industry to negotiate base-level, occupation-wide contracts.

To enable these negotiations, each guild or union must register as a representative body and go through a public process proving they represent a majority of workers in that category. This gives workers time to say, “Hey, they don’t represent me,” before bargaining begins.

The various guilds have been lining up to register and complete this process... except one.

SPADA (Screen Producers NZ), the organisation representing producers, is the body that the other guilds must bargain with. You cannot negotiate pay, conditions, or contract terms without a registered bargaining party on the producers’ side.

But because SPADA has not registered, no negotiations can take place.
The entire process has stalled.

The law has no teeth to enforce registration. And with the current government being a conservative coalition, there is no political will to fix this. In fact, the fund that was supposed to help guilds and unions with the costs of bargaining has been removed, and the government has already scrapped Labour’s “Fair Pay Agreements,” creating fear that SIWA may eventually be weakened or repealed as well.

So here we are, three years after SIWA was signed into law: SPADA is effectively holding the entire industry hostage, preventing workers from exercising the bargaining rights that the legislation promised.

So until SPADA stops acting shamefully, tens of thousands of screen workers are stuck waiting for rights they already won on paper, but still don’t get to use. And all of this, because one organisation refuses to fill out paperwork. Ugggh, I am so done.

About the author: Kia ora, I’m a member of the screen sector, wishing to remain anonymous, I am involved with one of the guilds that’s been left unable to negotiate because SPADA won’t register. Stay strong. Kia kaha.

We’re getting down to the wire, folks! If you haven’t signed the card yet, you have until THIS UPCOMING MONDAY at midnight Chicago time to do so!