BigBlueBackpack

Youtuber cataloguing all the mutable laws of storytelling

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How Tales From ‘85 Fits Into Stranger Things Lore

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Pluribus is an Attack on Me, Personally

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Are We Supposed to Care About Stranger Things Lore?

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hey, how did you get the idea for your youtube channel/content in the first place? And the even bigger question for me: why are you on tumblr?

I started out making video essays about media of all kinds, and then discovered over time that the videos I most enjoyed making were about complicated tv shows.

Why am I on tumblr? I mostly use this account to lurk and read funny posts, but while I’m here, I figured I would also post my videos for the two or three people who might come across them here.

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Trying to Understand Murder Drones for 42 Minutes

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Chekhov’s Guns in Home Alone: A Case Study

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What is Three Act Structure?

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The OA: What Could Have Been

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listening to Gravity Falls episode commentaries is great. Alex Hirsch nearly worked himself to death constantly. Grunkle Stan was nearly voiced by Matt Chapman of Homestar Runner. Literally nothing aside from the twist about Stan having a twin was planned more than a few episodes in advance. The zodiac wheel meant nothing and consisted of random symbols from the first 7 episodes because the intro was animated after those were done. Alex came up with the term “search for the blind eye” to be an extra bit for the between-season shorts before deciding to actually have a payoff for that setup and writing Society of the Blind Eye. Bill was meant to be a joke character and when Alex suggested that he be a real villain Michael Rianda responded “You, my friend, have lost the plot.” Bill getting one episode in the spotlight was basically chance and he only became the main villain of season 2 because he was so popular with the fans. The reveal of the portal at the end of season 1 was suggested by Mike without thinking it through and he left before the next season and the other writers were SO ANNOYED after that went through because they somehow had to keep that plot going for the 10 episodes it’d take to actually pay off. I am genuinely astonished that this show came together as well as it did at all.

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By the way – this is a good time to let folks know that all of the DVD commentaries (including the “hidden” ones) are currently available in this YouTube playlist.

(They have been up on YT before, and removed. Highly recommend that folks download them off YT and save them, now that the DVD sets are out of print.)

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Shameless self plug.

“Was Gravity Falls Planned from the Beginning?”

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Was Gravity Falls Planned From the Beginning?

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A Complete Guide to Legion (FX)

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What Will Season 2 of The Institute Be About?

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A Complete Guide to Fringe

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Chekhov's Guns in Back to the Future: A Case Study

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Reading Gay Seinfeld Text Posts

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Every Lore Question Stranger Things Season 5 Needs to Answer

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BillFord is (not) Canon