Brian Lonano, who co-directed this short with Blake Myers and wrote it, just wants to tell you about Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Yet he's been replaced by the new and improved Brian Lonano (Clarke Williams) who is now a streaming content aggregator and influencer, asking you to smash that like button and ring the bell so you get the updates. Breaking free from the mouse-eared androids that have him locked up, he battles the Content Seeker by, well, kind of becoming Tetsuo and joining up with film revolutionaries Kino, B-Roll and Wild Track.
We live in a strange place now, a reality where you can get almost every movie you want but may not have the time to watch it. Or maybe you do and when you want to break it down and discuss it, you get lost in the machine of likes and shares. I try to keep my mind open to both sides, as sure, it's nice to have the most perfect quality home media ever, as well as streaming materials and everyone deserves the opportunity to find and appreciate pop culture in their own way. But man, if I see another listicle or YouTube video that posits theories like "maybe all the shot in the Eastern Bloc SyFy sequels in the 90s were high art" or ten slashers you never saw before and #3 is The Burning, well...
It's a fine line between discourse and gatekeeping, I guess.
Everyone really seems like they were having fun with this and it made me think about how I present what I love about movies with more thought. So...mission accomplished.
We live in a strange place now, a reality where you can get almost every movie you want but may not have the time to watch it. Or maybe you do and when you want to break it down and discuss it, you get lost in the machine of likes and shares. I try to keep my mind open to both sides, as sure, it's nice to have the most perfect quality home media ever, as well as streaming materials and everyone deserves the opportunity to find and appreciate pop culture in their own way. But man, if I see another listicle or YouTube video that posits theories like "maybe all the shot in the Eastern Bloc SyFy sequels in the 90s were high art" or ten slashers you never saw before and #3 is The Burning, well...
It's a fine line between discourse and gatekeeping, I guess.
Everyone really seems like they were having fun with this and it made me think about how I present what I love about movies with more thought. So...mission accomplished.