r/ContraPoints • u/AltWorlder • 2d ago

Contrapoints Coffee Table Book

In these, the end times, I find myself frantically taking inventory of all the media I love but do not, and cannot, own.

I have most of my favorite books and movies and video games. But what about my favorite podcast: Comedy Bang Bang? What about my favorite flash cartoon from the early 2000s: Homestar Runner?

And what about my favorite YouTuber: Contrapoints?

I’m sure I’m the ten millionth person to bring this up, but I would sincerely LOVE a collection of her video scripts in some bound volume. She could even do some notes in the margins, like those collections of Far Side cartoons where Gary Larson would reflect on certain jokes he no longer liked or whatever. She could reflect on certain aspects of her scripts that she’s changed her mind on, or wishes could rephrase, or whatevs.

Natalie Wynn is THE philosopher of our times, gorge, and the more our government cracks down on media, the more I worry about electronic, hosted media disappearing.

TLDR: I like book. Please make book. Ty

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u/DiminishingRetvrns 1d ago

I've thought the same thing, though I think the project would need some serious adaptation to really work in a print medium. So much of the videos rely on visual cues or techniques from visual media that wouldn't translate well to essay form, such as cutaway gags.

At the same time, knowing her output if she committed to doing a project like this we wouldn't see another video for a looooooong time unless she worked through a publisher.