"The Whole Plate: Film Studies through a Lens of Transformers" by Lindsey Ellis
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:05 am
So, this has been going on for a while now and I felt it should be shared with everyone here.
Internet reviewer Lindsey Ellis (formerly known as the Nostalgia Chick, a moniker she has since dropped years ago) of Chez Apocalypse has created a video series providing an in-depth analysis of film studies using the Transformers live action films as a base from which to cover the various subjects and and aspects of film studies, while also providing analytical evaluations of these aspects as they are presented in the Transformers films.
This is not, I repeat, NOT a series of videos that serve to just bash the TF movies and say what's "wrong" with them or how/why they "suck". No, this presents a look at what went into these movies from an educated perspective and discusses how/why many of the decisions that were made by these films were made in the ways that they were in regards to the many facets of film studies.
The Whole Plate: Film Studies through a Lens of Transformers
Episode 1 - Transformers and Film Studies
Episode 2 - Auteur Theory vs. Michael Bay
Episode 3 - Why is it So Hard to Remember What Happens in Transformers?
Episode 4 - Genre
Episode 5 - The Problem of Lady Robots: Feminist Theory Part 1
Episode 6 - The Male Gaze vs. The Men (Feminist Theory Part 2)
Linking to this one instead of embedding, for reasons
Episode 7 - Framing Megan Fox - Feminist Theory Part 3
Episode 8 - Queering Michael Bay
Linking to this one, too, for similar reasons
Episode 9 - Marxism!
Internet reviewer Lindsey Ellis (formerly known as the Nostalgia Chick, a moniker she has since dropped years ago) of Chez Apocalypse has created a video series providing an in-depth analysis of film studies using the Transformers live action films as a base from which to cover the various subjects and and aspects of film studies, while also providing analytical evaluations of these aspects as they are presented in the Transformers films.
This is not, I repeat, NOT a series of videos that serve to just bash the TF movies and say what's "wrong" with them or how/why they "suck". No, this presents a look at what went into these movies from an educated perspective and discusses how/why many of the decisions that were made by these films were made in the ways that they were in regards to the many facets of film studies.
The Whole Plate: Film Studies through a Lens of Transformers
Episode 1 - Transformers and Film Studies
Episode 2 - Auteur Theory vs. Michael Bay
Episode 3 - Why is it So Hard to Remember What Happens in Transformers?
Episode 4 - Genre
Episode 5 - The Problem of Lady Robots: Feminist Theory Part 1
Episode 6 - The Male Gaze vs. The Men (Feminist Theory Part 2)
Linking to this one instead of embedding, for reasons
Episode 7 - Framing Megan Fox - Feminist Theory Part 3
Episode 8 - Queering Michael Bay
Linking to this one, too, for similar reasons
Episode 9 - Marxism!