Some possibly interesting videos
Feb. 18th, 2025 06:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annavereI've got a couple recommendations today.
Passion of the Nerd finally reached 'The Gift' in his Buffy videos. I've watched all of them as they've rolled out, and while he occasionally gets too caught up in philosophical minutiae even for my liking, with this episode? He really nailed it, and it was a very impactful watch for me personally.
It also helps encapsulate so many of the reasons I feel season five is both the best season of the show, and the one which feels the most different in tone. There is something powerful and mythic in season five. It is not my favorite season to revisit because it is just so heavy, but it is the show at its most accomplished and textured. Almost otherworldly at points.
Meanwhile...
I've only read a couple Agatha Christie books, but this study of her life by a thoughtful forensic psychologist was really interesting. I've watched a few of his previous videos and he always delivers. I like that he doesn't settle for recapping other opinions like a warmed-over wiki article, and seems to actually sift various sources and draw his own conclusions, even if those conclusions are not always particularly dramatic. He does not do biographical clickbait. And it was totally enjoyable to hear about Agatha Christie's life, which I knew very little about outside of the disappearance.
Passion of the Nerd finally reached 'The Gift' in his Buffy videos. I've watched all of them as they've rolled out, and while he occasionally gets too caught up in philosophical minutiae even for my liking, with this episode? He really nailed it, and it was a very impactful watch for me personally.
It also helps encapsulate so many of the reasons I feel season five is both the best season of the show, and the one which feels the most different in tone. There is something powerful and mythic in season five. It is not my favorite season to revisit because it is just so heavy, but it is the show at its most accomplished and textured. Almost otherworldly at points.
Meanwhile...
I've only read a couple Agatha Christie books, but this study of her life by a thoughtful forensic psychologist was really interesting. I've watched a few of his previous videos and he always delivers. I like that he doesn't settle for recapping other opinions like a warmed-over wiki article, and seems to actually sift various sources and draw his own conclusions, even if those conclusions are not always particularly dramatic. He does not do biographical clickbait. And it was totally enjoyable to hear about Agatha Christie's life, which I knew very little about outside of the disappearance.
