“Lindsay Ellis has some great film/TV analysis videos.”
Postmortem on the Hobbit films, a Hugo nominee.
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Longer form than EFaP, but Lindsay Ellis has some great film/TV analysis videos. She's usually more focused on writing than anything else, though. Here's a postmortem she did on the Hobbit films, which was recently nominated for a Hugo award: this video Other solid works by her include a postmortem on the last season of Game of Thrones and an analysis of themes in Michael Bay's Transformers. (I know that last one sounds weird, but it's really well done.)
RecommendsApocryphonJan 2020
“Here's the first video in a small YouTube series on it”
Series on the Hobbit films' troubled production.
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The Hobbit films had a troubled production and were terribly rushed. Here's the first video in a small YouTube series on it: this video
Recommendsscott_sFeb 2022
“Lindsay Ellis has a three-part video essay series”
Video essay series on how the Hobbit films were made.
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Agreed agreed. The problem with The Hobbit was not the visual effects. The problem was that it was made without a plan, under duress. Lindsay Ellis has a three-part video essay series ( this video yes, I know it says 1/2, I promise there is a 2/3) exploring this.
