Channel Title: Like Stories of Old Channel Description: Making video essays that explore the boundary between media analysis, philosophy and personal development in an empathic, emotionally resonant way. <video> Why the Planet of the Apes Just Hits Different Description: Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://nebula.tv/lsoo Watch my exclusive video on the Most Bonkers Franchise of the 20th Century: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-most-bonkers-franchise-of-the-20th-century Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: A thorough review of the Planet of the Apes series that examines the evolution of its filmmaking and philosophy. Content: 00:00 A Journey Through 9 Movies 01:32 Rise of a Reboot 04:08 A Misunderstood Prequel 06:47 Resetting the Thematic Approach 11:36 Dawn of a New Metaphor 14:38 The Cornerstone of a Species 17:57 What Ceasar Learns the Hard Way 20:45 A Somber Conclusion 23:00 That Which Makes Us, Us 26:23 What Started It All Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Pendulum Theory – Empyrean Tangerine – White11 Gavin Brivik – Were on the Bus Home Inola – Through the Treetops Blake Ewing – Ghost in the Stories (Night Cycles Version) Max Il – In the Depth of the Forest Alistair Sung – Take Me Away Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> The Marvelization of Cinema Description: Start exploring the riches of cinema with an extended free trial at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: We've all felt it: the movies have changed. But how so exactly, and why? And what can be done about it? In this extensive critique, I try to capture the decline of modern cinema in one unifying theory. 00:00 The Marvelization of Cinema 01:52 What is Storytelling Entropy? 06:26 Hollow Franchises 11:15 Meta-References to Nowhere 17:40 Corporate Passion 25:23 Breaking the Cycle 33:08 Meaningful Engagement Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Media included: 12 Angry Men; 2001 A Space Odyssey; A Good Day to Die Hard; A Hidden Life; Aftersun; Ahsoka; Alien; Alien vs. Predator; Aliens; Ant-Man and the Wasp Quantumania; Asteroid City; Avengers Age of Ultron; Avengers Endgame; Avengers Infinity War; Babylon; Barbie; Batman Begins; Batman v Superman; Blade Runner 2049; Captain America Civil War; Captain America The First Avenger; Captain America The Winter Soldier; Citadel; Deadpool; Decision to Leave; Die Hard; Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Dune; Dungeons and Dragons; Eternals; Foundation; Fast X; Free Guy; Game of Thrones; Ghostbusters Afterlife; Ghosted; Gladiator; Godzilla; Godzilla vs Kong; Goodfellas; Inception; Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny; Invasion of the Body Snatchers; Iron Man 3; Iron Man; John Wick Chapter 3 & 4; Jurassic Park; Jurassic World; Jurassic World Dominion; Lawrence of Arabia; Loki; Mission Impossible 1, 2, Fallout, Rogue Nation & Dead Reckoning; Moon Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi; Ocean's Eleven; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; Past Lives; Predator 1 & 2; Red Notice; Secret Invasion; Seven Samurai; Shang-Chi; She-Hulk; Spiderman 1 & 2; Spider-Man No Way Home; Star Wars A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, The Revenge of the Sith, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi & the Rise of Skywalker; Synecdoche New York; Terminator 1, 2 & Dark Fate; The Dark Knight, The Amazing Spider-Man 2; The Avengers; The Fabelmans; The Falcon and the Winter Soldier; The Flash; The Godfather 1 & 2; The Gray Man; The Hobbit Trilogy; The Lord of the Rings Trilogy; The Rings of Power; The Matrix 1 & 4; The Mummy; The Prestige; The Thing; The Witcher; Thor Love and Thunder; Thor Ragnarok; Thor The Dark World; Top Gun; Top Gun Maverick; Transformers Rise of the Beasts; Uncharted Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Dexter Britain - Hoursglass Jo Blankenburg - Dirt Dexter Britain - Your Own World Alaskan Tapes - Swimming and Dancing and Floating in Circles Dexter Britain - Headspace Cultus - Between Mountains Dexter Britain - Air Dexter Britain - Raising Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> How Modern Audiences Are Failing Cinema Description: THE SETTLERS is playing exclusively on MUBI. Start your 30 DAY FREE TRIAL now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: Our relation with movies has changed. In this video essay, I explore the commodification of relatability, the increasing usage of cinema for self-righteous moralism, and the overwhelming constant stimulants that have descecrated the cinematic experience Content: 00:00 Do People Even Like Movies Anymore? 02:01 Part 1: Into the "Literally Me" Movie Era 12:04 Part 2: Cinema as Self-Righteous Moralism 25:20 Part 3: The Overwhelming Constant Stimulants 33:44 Part 4: Towards True Nourishment Sources: Caitlin Quinlan - If It Makes You Cry, It Must Be Good: https://artreview.com/the-year-in-film-2023-review/ Jeremy D. Larson - Why Do We Obsess Over What’s ‘Relatable’?: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/magazine/the-scourge-of-relatable-in-art-and-politics.html Kayleigh Dray - Psychology of concentration: why the world is now addicted to ‘background TV’: https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/psychology-concentration-background-tv/547752 Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Maylin – I’ll be there Dexter Britain – The time to run Tim Mann – All the emotions Tim Mann – What I felt Tim Mann – Floating over fields Tim Mann – Existential dread Tim Mann – Exploring my thoughts Tim Mann – ESP CHPTRS – A slow return Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> This Profoundly Changed my Fear of Death Description: Want to restore the planet’s ecosystems and see your impact in monthly videos? The first 150 people to join Planet Wild will get the first month paid for by me at https://planetwild.com/r/likestoriesofold/join or use later the code STORIES10. If you want to get to know them better first, watch their video on how they’re reintroducing the iconic wildlife in American prairies https://planetwild.com/r/likestoriesofold/m19 About this video: A reflection on death, cinema, and that time when I almost lost everything. 0:00 Prologue: the day she got sick 1:10 Spielberg, Tolkien, and Stories about Death 4:40 The Denial of Death 8:47 How the Fear of Death is Born 11:12 An Impossible Creature 14:24 Our Decaying Bodies 16:35 A Dream About Being a Person 20:16 When the Delusion of Meaning Breaks 24:53 Rust Cohle Was Wrong 28:37 Living Inside a Contradiction 33:04 Finding New Heroisms Sources: Ernest Becker - The Denial of Death: https://amzn.to/4e6Wpcv Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg & Tom Pyszczynski - The Worm at the Core: https://amzn.to/3C4wi8O Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: A. Taylor - Wistful Jude Cosmo - Astral Pulse Jude Cosmo - Last Day on Earth Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> Why Every Action Movie Looks the Same Now Description: Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 30% off your subscription by going to https://ground.news/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: A critical video essay analyzing the state of modern action cinema. Content: 00:00 The Aesthetics of Modern Action 01:48 Towards an Objective Ideal 05:53 The Problem with Previsualization 08:28 The Rise of Second Unit Directing 13:17 Lessons from Last Year’s Best Fight Scene 15:49 The Ever-Importance of Storytelling 19:00 Concluding Thoughts Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Media included: 1917, Alex Cross, Ant-Man Quantumania, Atomic Blonde, Avengers Infinity War + Endgame, Baby Driver, Birds of Prey, Black Panther, Black Widow, Bullet Train, Captain America Winter Soldier + Civil War, Casino Royale, Children of Men, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Daredevil, Deadpool 2, Die Hard, Echo, Extraction 1 + 2, Fast Five, Fast X, Gladiator, Hanna, Hard Boiled, Heat, Hitman Agent 47, John Wick 1-4, Kate, Kingsman The Secret Service, Mission Impossible Fallout + Dead Reckoning, No Time to Die, Oldboy, Parker, Police Story, RRR, Saving Private Ryan, Silent Night, Skyfall, Spectre, Suicide Squad, Taken 1 + 3, Terminator 2, The Accountant, The Bourne Identity, The Expendables 2, The Defenders, The Gray Man, The Hunger Games, The Killer, The Matrix, The Raid 1 + 2, The Wolverine, True Detective, Venom Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> Movie Monologues That Changed My Entire Worldview Description: Start your 30 DAY FREE TRIAL now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Frances Ha is streaming on MUBI in the US, CA and Latin America Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO Content: 00:00 More Relevant Than Ever 03:46 The Hopeless Dream of Being 05:17 The Power of the Monologue 06:41 Unavoidable Truth 10:26 In Search of Meaning 12:44 Masculinity vs. Modernity 14:48 Terrence Malick's Fight Club 17:56 The Timeless Struggle 20:13 Morality and Virtue 23:38 Upholding Awareness 27:18 A Cinema of Monologues Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Media included: 2001: A Space Odyssey; A Hidden Life; Babylon; Barbie; Blade Runner; Blade Runner 2049; Call Me By Your Name; Dune 1 & 2; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Fight Club; Frances Ha; Good Will Hunting; Ikiru; It’s a Wonderful Life; Jurassic Park; Kingdom of Heaven; Knight of Cups; Mr. Robot; Network; Persona; Pig, Synecdoche New York; The Great Dictator; The Matrix; The New World; The Seventh Seal; The Thin Red Line; The Tree of Life; The Turin Horse; To the Wonder; Werckmeister Harmonies Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Inola – Sea of Light Kino – Many Colors Jacob Montague – I Can Still Hear You Breathe Skyler Lawson – Eclater Brique a Braq – Rouault Steven Guthein – Free Formed SVVN – Lost in the Oasis Rore – The Moon in Your Eyes Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> Peter Jackson’s Most Profound Change to the Lord of the Rings Description: Get Nebula for a year, or for the rest of your life (available anytime now!): https://go.nebula.tv/lsoo Watch this video as it was meant to be: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-lighting-the-beacons-and-other-perfect-movie-metaphors Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: Sometimes, whether by design or by accident, the metaphorical weight of a movie scene can become so dense that it captures not just one story element, but the entire story in its fullness, thereby becoming a perfect microcosm of everything that it’s about. Content: 00:00 An Enigmatic Moment 03:26 Perfect Movie Metaphors 04:49 The Essence of a Rebellion 07:58 One Movie, One Scene 11:42 A Story of Hope and Despair 13:40 Setting the Context 16:20 One Scene to Rule Them All 21:26 A Lifetime of Enrichment Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cinemaofmeaning Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Media included: 2001 A Space Odyssey; Avengers Age of Ultron; Batman v Superman; Blade Runner 2049; Casino Royale; Cool Hand Luke; Dune; Interstellar; John Wick; Rogue One; Stalker; The Dark Knight; The Hunger Games; The Lord of the Rings; The Matrix Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Dexter Britain – Charge Into 2015 Katherine Petkovski – Avenoir Dexter Britain – Air Kino – Many Colors Luke Atencio – Imposter Davis Harwell – Emerging Dexter Britain – Leaving Atlantis Ryan Taubert – Deeply Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> This YouTuber Won't Stop Plagiarizing Description: Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Socials: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO Check out: Thomas Flight - @ThomasFlight The Discarded Image - @TheDiscardedImage Proof News article - https://www.proofnews.org/apple-nvidia-anthropic-used-thousands-of-swiped-youtube-videos-to-train-ai/ Content: 0:00 Introduction 1:01 Case 1: my story 4:15 Confronting Archer Green privately 5:28 Case 2: stealing from Thomas Flight 7:39 Confronting Archer Green again 8:41 Case 3: no lessons learned 11:26 Case 4: it just keeps happening 13:34 Case 5: again and again 17:42 How to not do plagiarism 19:28 Who are we dealing with here? 21:01 The real harm of plagiarism 25:45 Now what? Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music licensed through Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> The 10 Best Movies of 2023 Description: Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: The 10 best movies of 2023, and some honorable mentions! Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-10-best-movies-of-2023 Content: 00:00 Introduction 01:06 Honorable Mentions 03:57 1 06:20 2 09:14 3 11:54 4 14:29 5 17:09 6 19:39 7 22:10 8 24:47 9 27:04 10 29:32 Concluding announcement Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear </video> <video> The Surprising Origins of Humanity's Apocalyptic Fears Description: Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://nebula.tv/lsoo Watch my exclusive video "The One Death Scene that Haunts My Soul": https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-one-death-scene-that-haunts-my-soul Watch this video ad-free and uncensored on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-apocalyptic-images-that-changed-humanity-forever About this video: There are some images that are so awe-inspiring that they took on a life of their own, that became entangled so deep within our minds that they fundamentally transformed who we are, and altered the course of our history. 0:00 Prologue: How a Nightmare Takes Hold 2:57 The Strange Power of Imagery 4:18 Cinema vs. "The Bomb" 8:31 It's a 'Mushroom' Cloud for a Reason 10:04 The Forgotten Genre of American Monster Movies 13:01 How Powerful Images Alter Our Brains 14:55 Humanity's Most Primitive Themes 16:52 Facing Absolute Annihilation 19:29 A New Mode of 'Apocalyptic' Thinking 22:23 Worlds Without Humans 24:15 No Longer Scary Enough? 26:19 Not Disempowerment, but Internalization 30:28 Misleading Images 32:51 A Threat Without Potent Imagery? 35:41 The Pre-Apocalypse 38:18 Apocalyptic Art, Uncompromised Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake BytheWay-May - Alchemy Bach - Fantasia and Imitation in B minor Tim Mann - Parking Garage Dvorak - String Quartet no. 12 in F major David Harwel - Rising and Falling Tim Mann - Feeling the Change Tim Mann - All the Emotions Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> The Hidden Story That Defines Our Modern Era Description: Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://nebula.tv/lsoo Watch my exclusive video "The One Death Scene that Haunts My Soul": https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-one-death-scene-that-haunts-my-soul Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-to-live-in-a-world-that-holds-nothing-sacred About this video: There has been an awakening within our collective unconsciousness, a sullen awareness that has been rising along the edges, and that is now slowly bleeding through, expressing itself in our cinema. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Carrousel - In Her Tomb By The Sounding Sea (slowed) Bytheway-May - Latent (Morocco) (slowed) Alaskan Tapes - Another Song to Stop the Spinning (slowed) The Dandelion War - De Humo (slowed) Slow Meadow - Palemote (slowed) Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> When the Filmmakers Actually Understand the Gameplay Description: Start your 30 DAY FREE TRIAL now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: An analysis of Fallout, The Last of Us, and the philosophy of adapting video games 0:00 The problem of adapting interactivity 2:39 A new philosophy 3:44 What was missing 5:20 A comparison with comic book adaptations 7:02 Back to video games 7:50 A good, but easy video game adaptation 11:15 Why Fallout was the real challenge 13:00 How Fallout adapted gameplay 15:38 Why it just works 17:28 Adapting a Fallout's broader themes, meanings & vibe 21:27 What all this means 22:45 The problem of subjectivity 23:41 Why we should want more video game adaptations 25:50 The pantheon of humanity's storytelling References: Patrick Willems' video on video game adaptations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn3Yo5ea5L8 Listen to my podcast, Cinema of Meaning: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cinema-of-meaning/id1611352831 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4n6zZZQjiKsLNfyldNAi8b Nebula: https://nebula.app/cinemaofmeaning Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking My Camera Gear: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/my-travel-camera-gear Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Virgil Arles – Lunar Clouds Max Il – Regeneration Tim Mann – All the Emotions Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 Additional Music: Oliver Michael – Taken from a Void </video> <video> Christopher Nolan – The Ultimate Critique Description: Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-christopher-nolan-the-ultimate-critique The complete document of my extensive critical review and analysis of Christopher Nolan's entire filmography, repackaged and remastered from my former 3-part series on Nolan, and my later examination of Oppenheimer. Help me make more videos! Watch my work on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/lsoo Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO Content: 0:00 Introduction: One Year After Oppenheimer 2:57 Following (1998) 16:58 Memento (2000) 31:20 Insomnia (2003) 47:18 Batman Begins (2005) 1:02:11 The Prestige (2006) 1:19:40 The Dark Knight (2008) 1:39:18 Inception (2010) 2:01:25 The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 2:24:08 Interstellar (2014) 2:54:15 Dunkirk (2017) 3:12:59 Tenet (2020) 3:39:19 Oppenheimer (2023) Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> Why So Many People Didn't 'Get' Oppenheimer Description: Start your free month of great cinema now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: A review and in-depth critique of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Content: 0:00 This is a Nolan movie 2:47 Nolan, Nietzsche and Eternity 6:55 Presentation Issues 10:02 Can You Hear the Music? 14:50 A Fundamentally Misguided Approach? 19:33 The Limits of Practical Effects 22:35 An Uncompromising Vision of History 26:42 Causality as a Human Construct 32:34 Turning Our Desires Against Us 37:17 Transformative Cinema Sources: Moviewise - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0gZKgRpAoc Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Gavin Brivik - We're on the Bus Home Cardamom - Mar de Grau Inola - In Between Textures - Okaya Steven Gutheinz - Na Mara David Harwell - Rising and Falling Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/16252 </video> <video> The 50 Most Life-Changing Movies Ever Made Description: Start your free month of great cinema now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-50-most-lifechanging-movies-ever-made Review the list on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tomvanderlinden/list/like-stories-of-olds-50-most-life-changing/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomvanderlinden.bsky.social About this video essay: After a lifetime of exploring cinema, I brought together the 50 greatest movies that most profoundly impacted my worldview, my beliefs, and of which I can genuinely say that they changed my life for the better. 0:00 The Set-Up 1:50 Part I: Existence 2:23 The Seventh Seal 5:58 2001: A Space Odyssey 9:55 Blade Runner 13:31 The Tree of Life 17:34 The Turin Horse 21:10 Part II: Time and Memory 21:45 8,5 25:47 The Mirror 30:12 Once Upon a Time in America 33:39 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 37:28 Arrival 41:25 Part III: Passion 42:03 Andrei Rublev 45:49 Amadeus 49:43 The Prestige 53:41 Synecdoche, New York 57:32 First Man 1:01:34 Part IV: Love 1:02:13 Dersu Uzala 1:06:05 Children of Heaven 1:09:40 Good Will Hunting 1:13:18 Before Sunset 1:17:05 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 1:20:48 Part V: Humanity 1:21:24 Tokyo Story 1:24:47 Land of Silence and Darkness 1:28:31 The Elephant Man 1:32:32 Satantango 1:36:20 Paterson 1:40:19 Part VI: War and Evil 1:40:55 Paths of Glory 1:44:50 Apocalypse Now 1:48:37 Come and See 1:52:18 Shoah 1:56:09 The Thin Red Line 2:00:16 Part VII: Justice 2:00:56 12 Angry Men 2:04:40 Judgment at Nuremberg 2:08:49 Harakiri 2:12:33 Memories of Murder 2:16:27 No Country For Old Men 2:20:24 Part VIII: Society 2:21:04 Network 2:24:44 Koyaanisqatsi 2:28:25 Jurassic Park 2:32:18 There Will Be Blood 2:36:19 The Big Short 2:39:53 Part IX: Psyche 2:40:29 Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles 2:44:32 Taxi Driver 2:48:27 Heat 2:52:24 Grizzly Man 2:56:11 Inception 3:00:40 Part X: Goodness and Virtue 3:01:20 It's a Wonderful Life 3:05:28 Ikiru 3:09:27 The Shawshank Redemption 3:13:21 The Lord of the Rings 3:17:25 Kingdom of Heaven 3:21:20 Honorable Mentions & Commentary Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Alistair Sung - Take Me Away Luke Atencio - I'm Not Ready Jude Cosmo - Luminance Bytheway-May - Open Air Luke Atencio - Hold Your Hand Luke Atencio - Skies Speak Gavin Brivik - We're on the Bus Home Dexter Britain - Dream Array Mike Casey - Venus Ryan Taubert - Souls Battle Stray Theories - These Mountains Dexter Britain - Auld Lang Syne Steffany Gretzinger - I Love You Lord Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/162521 Additional Music: Corelli - 12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 Bach - Mass in B minor Mozart - Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K 543 Oliver Michael - Taken from a Void Smetana - Ma Vlast, Vltava (The Moldau) Rouault - Brique a Braq Eccles - Violin Sonata in G minor Bach - Capriccio in B flat major, BWV 992 Purcell - Chacony in G minor Grieg - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major K 447 Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K 491 Kyle Preston - Illustris Simulation Mozart - Sonata in E flat Albinoni - Adagio in G minor Bach - Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Chopin - Funeral March in C minor, Op. 72 No. 2 Franck - Pieces Posthumes 35 & 36 Mozart - Don Giovanni, K 527 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Wagner - Siegfried, WWV 86C Mozart - Symphony No. 41 in C minor, K 551 Toccata - Organ Symphony No. 5, Op. 42 Zolnowski - Kwartet Japonski I Chopin - Etude Op. 25, No. 1 Wagner - Tannhauser, WWV 70 Mozart - Andante Cantabile, Sonata, K. 330 </video>

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