r/LindsayEllis • u/Fergyb • Mar 06 '25
What is a video idea you would want Lindsay to cover?
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u/JohnTheMod Mar 07 '25
Monsters as shorthand for disaster and national trauma, like Godzilla ‘54/Minus One for The Bomb and the end of WWII in Japan (with Shin Godzilla and the 2011 tsunami for good measure) and Cloverfield for 9/11.
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u/sweetpea_d Mar 07 '25
I rewatched “Why Is Cats” (more listened to it while doing housework) and I’m wondering with the success of Wicked, In the Heights, and West Side Story, if her opinion on musicals fading out at being Oscar contenders has changed.
I also would love to see Loose Canons resurrected.
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u/DeedleStone Mar 07 '25
Maybe something about the trend of older actors becoming action stars. Tom Cruise and Liam Neeson were both known more for dramas than action flicks before they hit their fifties.
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u/iheartsexxytime Mar 07 '25
Tom Cruise made the first two Mission Impossible films before he turned 40, and two more in his 40s.
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u/DeedleStone Mar 08 '25
The first one is barely an action film. It's much more of an espionage thriller. John Woo brought the action to that franchise.
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u/Froggy-Shorts1209 Mar 08 '25
I’d love to see her comparing and contrasting the Disney movies written by Linda Woolverton and Jennifer Lee to highlight the differences between Boomer and Gen X feminism. I’m sorry if this doesn’t read as a very fleshed-out idea, I’ve just been thinking about Woolverton and Lee’s legacies for a while now.
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u/Confident-Ad9522 16d ago
No you’re onto something. But I’d guess it’s kind of covered in her re-evaluation of The Little Mermaid (90’s pop feminism) and extinction of Disney villains.
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u/Barangaria Mar 07 '25
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-59387182
Peter Jackson says that The Beatles wanted to make a Lord of the Rings movie but Tolkein wouldn't sign the rights over. I was hoping that Lindsay would do a tangent on this when she was making the Yoko video, although I'm not sure how appropriate it would be to make a light-hearted roast of this idea while covering gun violence.
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u/Gamma_Tony Mar 08 '25
Internet Revisionist History. In 2007, the cool internet thing was to shit on the prequels. By 2017, the prequels had become beloved icons. While many of this can be answered by younger generations taking over the internet space, i think theres alot more to it than that
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u/JessonBI89 Mar 06 '25
I want someone to do a full-tilt analysis of the entire Nicholas Sparks canon, including the books. Might as well be her. There's a lot to say about the guy, from his NLOG heroines to his portrayal of the South.