Rhett And Link

Who? Rhett and Link are YouTubers. They’re best known for the daily talk show, Good Mythical Morning, where they either learn about, or, more often, try different things, mostly food. They frequently try foods blindfolded or just without being told what they’re eating and then have to guess what it is. Some examples are Whole Foods vs. 99 Cent StoreBlind Fast Food Sub Sandwich Taste Test, The Blind Chicken Nugget Taste Test, and, one of my favorites, The Ultimate Water Taste Test.

They do “International” taste tests (International BBQ Taste Test here) where they taste something from one of the countries highlighted on their map, and then not only have to guess where it’s from, but throw a dart at that place on the map. The darts are scored on how close they are to the correct answer, and the player with the lowest score wins (like golf).

Other times, they’re testing assorted “Hacks” (Crazy Airplane Cocktail Hacks). Sometimes they have guests on the show, such as Feel & Squeal Challenge ft. Hank GreenThe What If? Game ft. Daniel RadcliffeDuo or Don’t-O ft. SMOSH, and Christmas Song Challenge ft. Jack Black.

Not only do they have a talk show, they also do skits and music videos! Some skits are The Puzzle, BFF’s, and Campin’. Their music videos include My OCD, the Graduation Song, BFF (not to be confused with the skit BFF‘s), Tough Decisions (A Whale Is Gonna Die), and Just Being Honest, just to name a few. They’ve also started a thing called SongBiscuits where they write a song with a fellow musician and then perform it. One of my favorites of these is the Cat’s 9 Lives Song. You can find the video where they write and perform it here and the animated song here.

As great as their talk show is, I prefer their music, mostly for timing, since their show is usually somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes, whereas their songs seem to cap at 5. But whichever you’re watching, they’re still light-hearted and silly.

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CinemaWins

“Okay, okay, I know this channel is supposed to be all positive and stuff, but there’s no way for him to possibly put a positive spin on that. Oh… I stand corrected.” And that, my friends, is CinemaWins in a nutshell. He posts 60-second spoiler-free reviews of new movies, but I honestly don’t pay much attention to those. They’re good; they’re just not the main attraction.

So what is the main attraction? Most of his videos are titled “Everything Great About” and feature a film. These are exactly what the title implies: clips of the movie with his comments on what make it so great, or sometimes, just the sound of the “Wins” counter in the corner of the screen dinging as it increases. Some of his comments are short, with only one or two words necessary (“Hugging,” “Teamwork,” and “Honesty” are some common ones) and sometimes they’re short paragraphs explaining why the particular scene was so good.

Usually, he saves the really long speeches for the end, when he reviews the movie as a whole, adding points for overall plot. The Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone video had a lightning round at the end, called The Many Faces Of Ron Weasley, and the Rogue One episode had a special “Wins” counter for K2SO. At the end of the video, he displays the Total Wins, plus a special “Award” with something funny. For example, Moana‘s award was “Shark Head!” and the Avenger‘s award was “Shawarma!” This is followed by the scene the award was referencing. I think it’s a cute ending to the video.

What I love about this channel, most, though, is the way that he (“The CinemaWins guy”, as I generally refer to him) can always put a positive spin on things. It’s an admirable trait, and the way he uses it adds humor to the positivity, making his videos a joy to watch.

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HISHE

In the world of obsessive fandom (where I have been stranded for years), sometimes we like to write our own endings for films. Sometimes, it’s because we think that our ending makes more sense, and sometimes it’s just plain funny. HISHE (How It Should Have Ended) uses a combination of both in their videos. I don’t think I need to say this, but I will anyways: these videos contain spoilers, so don’t watch them if you don’t want to know how the film ends.

I first ran into HISHE years ago, when my mother showed me the Frozen HISHE. Since then, I’ve scrolled through on my own, watching as many videos as I could. They’ve created two new places, the Super Café and the Villain Pub. At the end of the video, if the good guys win, they frequently hang out at the Super Café with Superman and Batman.  If the villain wins, they can be seen bragging about it to the others at the Villain Pub. Each of these settings also has their own little compilation of videos, grouping together all of the clips from the previous videos (Super Café 1, Super Café 2, Villain Pub.)

When they’re not busy rewriting stories and pulling running gags (“Because I’m Batman!”), HISHE also does musical parodies. There’s the Sound of Violence (Batman, compilation), Here Comes My Arrow (Yondu, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2) which is actually the extended version of the one that played in the video, Not Worthy (Thor, compilation), and The 12 Days of Christmas (Villains in Villain Pub, assorted films).

You may have noticed that the videos I linked to have different styles of HISHE logos before them. So far, my favorite is the one that appears in Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2 and Spider-Man Homecoming.

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Let’s Take A Ride On Old Serenity

Firefly is an old Joss Whedon show featuring Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite, Summer Glau, Gina Torres, Adam Baldwin, Morena Baccarin, Sean Maher, and the late Ron Glass.

I won’t try to summarize this plot fully, as I doubt I could properly explain it. For reference, this show is older than I am, as the follow-up movie 2 years after the show was canceled is slightly younger than I am. This however, meant I grew up watching it on DVD. Those of you who have seen Firefly might find this concerning, as it isn’t so much a show for small kids. No, but neither is The Lord of The Rings, Doctor Who, or Stargate. Yet as a small child I watched and enjoyed all of these. Not to say I didn’t watch other things meant for kids, like My Neighbor Totoro and The Cat Returns (oh, the old days when Studio Ghibli wasn’t owned by Disney…). And of course, there were some shows somewhere in the middle (yes, Harry Potter, I’m talking to you).

The crew travels about, avoiding the Alliance, getting strange jobs, and braving rough adventures aboard their trusty Firefly class ship: Serenity. The captivating plot and loveable characters leave you craving for more.

Some of the actors have moved on to other shows that I have watched: Alan Tudyk, who played Wash, the pilot, voiced The Duke of Weselton in Frozen, Duke Weaselton in Zootopia, and Heihei, the chicken (and one of the villagers) in Moana.

I hope you enjoy this show as much as I do, and make sure to check out the links!

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TableTop games.

If you have read my previous posts (yay!), you know that I have mentioned TableTop several times. If you haven’t ever read my blog, welcome! This post is mostly for you.Picture found on http://www.wired.com/2014/04/wheaton-tabletop-crowdfunding/

TableTop is a show on YouTube about tabletop gaming. Can you guess how it was named? In each episode Wil Wheaton explains and then plays a tabletop game with 3 or 4 friends.

The winner of the game gets a prize. The prize received depends on what season you are watching. In Season 1, they had one trophy they gave everyone and then had to take back, so they wrote the winner’s name on a piece of tape and stuck it to their shirt. In Season 2, they gave the winners repurposed certificates to take home. In Season 3, they decided to buy enough trophies so that the winners could take them home.

While the winner receives their prize at the Winner’s Wall, the other players get to hang out in the Loser’s Lounge. Wil ends up in the Loser’s Lounge so often they added a special chair just for him.

My parents and I highly enjoy this show, and encourage all families at home to watch it.

The picture of Wil Wheaton shown above was found on Wired Magazine at http://www.wired.com/2014/04/wheaton-tabletop-crowdfunding/.

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