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Here is a full thread for more in depth discussion and reccomending for our favorite Youtube channels. I’ll start off with listing two of my favorites Contrapoints: Natalie Wynn is probably the best video essayist on the site right now. … Continue reading YouTube Channel Recommendations Thread
Post a thing that you want to know what everyone else’s favourite of is. Be broad, be specific, make it fun and interesting. Make it dull. Whatever. Answer everyone else’s question. Continue reading What’s Your Favourite?
Bring up an album you love, and make an argument as to why a certain line/quotation is the key to understanding the album as a whole. Continue reading Most Important Line on an Album
Yesterday in the night thread, our good friend The Prighlofone posted this idea as a subthread, but given the nature of the open thread and the length of time it would take some of us to formulate a reply to … Continue reading Your Favorite Shows by Year Since You Were Born
The 91st Academy Awards will take place on Sunday February 24th, 2019. Will this year’s ceremony be a trainwreck? Most likely, YES. I will still watch it as I’m sure many of our fellow commenters will as well. I’m a … Continue reading Favorite Oscars Moment
Choose an artist you like, and take your favorite song from each of their albums. (Or if you don’t know EVERY album well, just do the ones you are familiar with.) Continue reading Favorite Song from Each Album by an Artist
Good morning and Happy President’s Day. Today’s question: Who is your favorite fictional president in all of pop culture? For me it’s President Whitmore from Independence Day. My tradition is to post his picture on Facebook every July Fourth – “the day … Continue reading Favorite Fictional President
The Avocado GIF Exchange is back! Share your favorite (uncommon) GIFs that you don’t mind other people swiping and reposting! Such as… Or… The most popular GIF by upvotes will receive a SPECIAL AWARD*!!! GO! Continue reading Avocado GIF Exchange
Have you ever seen a music video that made you really notice and fall in love with a song, simply because the video was so great and fit the song so well? Tell us! Continue reading Music Videos That Made You Love a Song
In response to a dearth of films by women on the latest Avocado Sight & Sound, I made a Night Thread header recommending a bunch of films directed (or co-directed) by women. The response was positive and a bunch of … Continue reading The Avocado Guide to Films by Women
Old Man Winter has an icy stranglehold on much of the country. Last week, the Northeast was hit by the polar vortex with snow, ice, and negative degree wind chills. The first sign of Spring is next week when pitchers … Continue reading Snowpocalypse Now- Favorite Cold Weather Centric Films
We’ve had threads before where people sell the merits of their hometown, etc, but I thought I’d try a slightly different angle with this thread. So, where do you consider yourself from? You might have grown up somewhere originally, then … Continue reading Where Are You From?
When watching a movie or a series, you often find yourself thinking you would rock such or such outfit, and get the urge to dress like that. What are the outfits that have struck your fancy in pop culture, be … Continue reading POP CULTURE FASHION YOU NEED
Transpose the characters from one show into the premise of another—for instance, what if Pawnee’s parks department was all on Oceanic flight 815? Or what if Frasier and Niles traveled the country hunting demons like the Winchesters? Go nuts, be as … Continue reading Characters from X in Y show
Hello friends, sepia-toned childhood memories home movie! I’m fascinated by childhood memories. I’m fascinated mostly by other people’s, because I have so few of my own. For whatever reason, my life before 18 is almost entirely obscured thick fog, save … Continue reading Childhood Memories Thread
Hey, so this discussion won the Pits Award for “Favorite Thread That Doesn’t Reoccur Enough“! So, thanks! … and here, have another! Tell us about a fact that you discovered embarrassingly late in life! Or something obscure that you just … Continue reading Things You Didn’t Know
Thanks to Captain Video’s Day Thread – I was going to make this a subthread but I wanted to make a separate thread altogether. What is your favorite episode of the Twilight Zone? I have included a list of all episodes … Continue reading Favorite Episode of the Twilight Zone
Tell us about your dream car (one that actually exists or existed). Assume price and availability are no obstacle. Mine is the 1958 Edsel Citation convertible. Why, you might ask? Probably because it was the preeminent symbol of American post-war … Continue reading Dream Cars
The American Society of Cinematographers recently unveiled a list of the best shot movies of the 20th century and it reminded me of the favorite movie shots threads I’ve done in the past. So, I decided it would be fun … Continue reading Favorite Shots from Movies
Pitch your reboot of a canceled show, preferably one that hasn’t been on in a long time. Continue reading Reboot a TV show
A Big Year for Notable Directors. Outside of the superhero/Star Wars hype cycle the most notable films tend to be the next projects by established directors. 2019 is poised to be quite the full plate as many high profile talents … Continue reading Most Anticipated Movies of 2019 Part 2
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