#ryan's rants

[thegardengrows-infrozenrain]

why is No Culture everyone's least fav mm album

like the entire thing (plus bonus songs Empty Hands, Worry, and Cut the String) literally slams SO fucking hard and it's such an injustice to this album to just go "eh it's too pop-y and sounds the same" like what the FUCK are you on about (and more importantly who put you in charge of the mother mother discord)

like go give it a mf listen: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmDLqYnUzE_TkgjGTxV57_6kDro1uiIJ2

[here-there-everyfuckenwhere]

Cillian Murphy talking about Oppenheimer: yeah it’s a good movie :)

Ryan Gosling talking about Barbie: After working on this movie for so long I can only perceive the world in shades of pink… when I look at my reflection in the mirror, Ken is waving back at me…. he has Ken-sumed me, mind, body and soul….

[demonsandpieohmy]

Tumblr really only has two brain cells

[ghost-in-the-corner]

I want to appreciate the outfit Barbie is wearing at the end of the movie, when Barbieland is taken back from the Kens and she walks with Ruth.

It's a simple yellow dress. Flowy, floral, nothing special. Her hair was laying almost flat, and she had a gold locket on. Not something you'd normally see on a Barbie.

It was such a human look. Not glamorous or glittery, no pink. Just an easy, everyday dress an average woman would wear to look flattering. It's so meaningful that when Barbieland is fixed, the Barbie we've been following for the past hour and a half just looks like a regular woman.

[pedro-pascal]

BARBIE (2023) + living in Youtubers' heads rent free

[forwardrussia]

Another one *sobbing*

EDIT: tcest dni, thank you

[queenofthearchipelago]

Long Rant about the Watcher Thing

The thing about what's happening with Watcher is that I'm a musician. I understand deeply the difficulties that come with an artist making their art and needing money and the relationship with the people that art is for. So I understand that Watcher needs money to pay their employees and maintain their business.

That said, they revealed that they have 25 employees (half of which are nepotism hires and friends from BuzzFeed) and that one episode of Ghost Files costs "hundreds of thousands of dollars." (Ghost Files being their most expensive show by bar, not their average spending habits per Watcher episode)

I understand from a few people I've seen who are in their Patreon that they make at least 100k per month from the patreon. And then there's the money they get from youtube itself from the views. And then there's the money they get from the ads.

Now I understand that Ryan said this decision came down to primarily 2 things: the ad companies were making them feel stifled with what they could do (which they don't explain how), and they want more money to be able to keep up a higher production quality.

I'm going to skip past the thing about the ads. They never specified how the ad companies were making them change their content in a way that made them feel unsatisfied. I can't speak or provide any opinions on why they want so badly to escape needing ad deals.

But I can talk about the higher production quality they speak of and that's specifically because Ryan said that they wanted to pay for a higher production quality FOR US. "For you guys."

We... we didn't ask for higher production. This is NOT a decision they need to make on our account. I understand and respect if they aren't creating on they level they want. But it's odd that they're speaking towards not being able to afford their current spending habits, as if this is something we asked them to do.

I've read a lot of comments about this and I agree with a lot of you that it's odd that this decision to switch to streaming coincides with the return of Worth It, a show that when produced by Steven, seems like it could easily cost just as much as Ghost Files to produce.

I understand why it feels like this is all Steven's fault. His vibes in the video today, compared to Ryan and Shane, made it seem like he was the most excited about it. It's Steven that has been highlighted multiple times as the business man, the one who makes the financial decisions. It's Steven's shows on Watcher that get canceled after one or two seasons, meanwhile Ryan and Shane's shows just keep going to 5 seasons and beyond.

Shane even said it explicitly, that there are "shows that didn't do as well on youtube, that might do better on a streaming service."

But most of the fans DO watch Watcher for Ryan and Shane, they always have. Steven's shows don't do as well. When Watcher brings in a new host and makes a new show for them, those shows do even worse.

I know this upsets Ryan, he's been very vocal about wanting Watcher to expand beyond himself and Shane. He wants his company to be successful regardless of whether he's in front of the camera or not.

But I feel like this step is trying to force it. Right now, this is still Ryan and Shane's channel. This is why we're here. The people haven't latched onto Steven as much, and the attempts to bring in new hosts have been unsuccessful.

There are lots of comments floating around about why Watcher didn't do what Rhett and Link did and open up youtube membership. Or why didn't they host more live events. Or why didn't they do more livestreams. These all could have been fantastic ideas that wouldn't betray the fans.

Because I do think they forgot that their fanbase is largely women in their 20s. People are right in bringing up the cost of living crisis, in bringing up how many subscription services we're already subscribed to. And my heart goes out to the international viewers who can't access the website at all in their country and the ones who can't afford it because Watcher forgot to consider the currency difference.

I feel that they have betrayed their fanbase. I remember when Watcher started and Ryan admitted he was scared no one would watch. And then we showed up for them because we loved them and what they did.

But now most of the fans can't or won't follow them where they're going. And I think Ryan might know this too from the way he said If this is goodbye, it's been fun.

I wish they would have tried other things before hard launching a streaming service. I wish they would have had a long game plan to get to the place they wanted to be as a company and as creatives.

I feel betrayed but I also don't want this company going bankrupt. If they go bankrupt, then we truly have lost them forever. I hope they take a look at the overwhelming backlash, at their falling subscriber numbers, and I hope they reconsider doing this.

[kimmkitsuragi]

sad and lonely ghost hunters in your area

[issdisgrace]

They make Hawkeye so fucking good looking in the comics and stuff but he’s played by ugly ass Jermey Renner in the movies and it makes me sad cause like why couldn’t they get someone better and hotter to play him

Also if this makes me shallow then so be it

[frecklystars]

If Ken found out he was nominated for an award but Barbie WASN'T?? He'd be furious 😤😤

[thegardengrows-infrozenrain]

early mother mother songs are like "[the funkiest guitar ever] i need therapy :("

later songs are like "[the funkiest guitar ever] i went to therapy :)"

and sprinkled in with both are some songs that are like "[the funkiest, yet somehow also the horniest guitar ever] i had sex once/i had my heart broken once"

and do yknow what?

it's literally the best thing ever. love this band :3

[bunninova]

nothing new to add to the watcher fiasco so here's this. not to make it personal but I'm gonna make it personal.

what they get payed per brand deal could pay for a year of uni for me. what they make with patreon per year would change my entire family's life. my 50-60 year old parents could finally drop one of the multiple jobs they have, my sister could spend time with her kids and finally afford a proper wedding, I could go back to much needed therapy. we could travel more and go to concerts and nice restaurants, we could get tattoos and professional haircuts, we could spend money on spoiling our pets, we could buy books and clothes and go to the cinema without having to carefully budget, things the watcher folk do regularly without giving it a second thought. I could buy my best friend with unstable housing an apartment for their family for fucks sake. I'm out here skipping meals on school days because I can't afford to spend £5-10 a day to eat at uni, 'borrowing' necessities from big stores, and missing out on social events or birthdays that involve going out. I've only donated £20 in total in the last couple months to help people in Gaza and it devastates me that I can't donate more. I'm still privileged in many ways, the world is in shambles and regular people are being hit with an economic crisis, where housing and food is hard to secure.

I've been a huge fan of Shane and Ryan since I was thirteen, they were my comfort creators. I even checked their shows and merch to see if I could afford it (no) because I wanted to support them. their content has gone down hill for the past year and I still sat through the forced cringey parts because I used to love their videos. I respected them, they brought me joy and inspired me to create. "we priced it low enough that anyone can afford it". fuck off. day 3 and not even an acknowledgement. this has felt like the biggest "fuck you, poor" ever to me and I'm crushed.

[demonsandpieohmy]

All of tumblr today

[very-feral-lesbian]

i’m actually so serious that the stills that were released today for next weeks episode have me thinking so many thoughts that I have been unable to complete my work today.

next episode is named after a love song. the only stills that they released a week ahead of the episode are of buck and eddie in soft, romantic lighting in box apartment. ON TOP OF allllllll the interviews that ryan is doing and basically saying everything except the words “buddie canon”

optimistically, im hoping that this means they’re listening to the audiences and using this opportunity as a way to turn buddie romantic. pessimistically, at worst ABC knows exactly what they are doing and they are using their queer audiences to promote the show because they know what kind of fandom is attached to 911

possibly ignorantly, im leaning towards optimism here, because ABC is usually pretty good about listening to audiences. that doesn’t mean that buddie will have a problem-free relationship by any means (if it goes canon) but they at least try to harness the chemistry that actors have and use it as a tool for romantic storytelling.

i’m cautiously excited, fingers crossed im not wrong 

[paperkoifish]

The band is here

[forwardrussia]

I've never made gifs before but I just rewatched Mutant Mayhem for the 8th (/srs) time and got really emotional over them here