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The Morgue Ep 108

Welcome viewers, this week I just watched video essays to understand how I need to frame and form mine. I've watched a lot of essays about Star Wars and well now I'm getting in to every piece of Star Wars. For this GH I'm going to do a small review of Jedi Fallen Order. We haven't had a good Star Wars game since Battlefront and I mean the 2004 one. The story gives us such great details that it makes it seem like those crappy prequels were worth it. The game has an Uncharted and Dark Souls vibe. If you like action, beautiful graphics, and a good story this game is for you.

The Morgue ep 107

Hi dear viewers, this week will be a short week since I had to film and edit the video essay. The true season finale was very controversial when it first came out. This is because it completely drops some of the story plots I and many other viewers wanted to see, but after my Halloween episode I realized something. The creators realized what was happening to the show and they wanted to make a finale to make us as viewers not feel cheated. They didn't want to make a two hour finale that would disregard all the audience that wanted a conclusion to these plot points. That's why it's such a isolated episode that has nothing to do with the past rather than the characters and the first 10 minutes. The finale has grown on me and i'm glad the creators allowed us to have one last adventure to hang out with the Lakewood 6. Thank you viewers and have a good day. JaCoB rEeD signing off from.....The MORGUE.

THE MORGUE ep 106

HI listeners  welcome to the MORGUE Today we will be talking of disease that is known as season 3. I know, I know I said that Scream The MTV show is one of the best and most forgotten pieces of TV show out there, so how you could season three be a disease?  Well MTV really dropped the ball in terms of marketing in terms of how they marketed it this new Season was brought to VHS and produced by Queen Latifa. Now I really want to talk about this before I talk about the last episode of scream season 2. This is because the finale episode was a two hour special that feels like it’s own movie. I really don’t want season 3 to be my last blog because I don’t want the last thing you read to be a sour taste in your mouth. So now to talk about this awful mess of a season. Coincidentally this season is the reason why I wanted to do this project. My friend Ian who I showed Scream to called me and told me this new season was out on Netflix. I immediately figured of course I didn’t know about it, I don’t have MTV. So I ended the call and watched the trailer. I was disappointed that they just completely dropped the Lakewood 6. We’re now in the mid city and dealing with new characters but there even more cliche. The only thing that they changed up was now the majority of the cast is of a different race. They also mixed the nerd and the emo together in one character. There is one good twist this season and it’s not even who the killer is. It's a twist that takes you by surprise but has no impact on the story at all. This season still consists of the two killers and they kill all the likable way to early leading in the viewer being bored. There backstory to the whole show, the main reason the show flows, is immediately retconned in the last episode. The killer hates the main character because he was playing football as a freshman rather than being in a separate state to help him and the brother out. Never before has the killer reveal been not interesting even scream 3 which is known as the worst of the whole series at least made the reveal mean something. In this season they make a joke of killing the killer by yelling shut up twice at the killer and pushing them through a skylight. When the killer comes back for the shocking twist they made a joke of it again and just hoped the character that saves the day just stumbled upon all these clues in 2 minutes. Never in my life have I watched something that made it feel like the killer was  actually just killing me the whole time. I did try to keep this as spoiler-less as possible in case someone wants to watch it because it’s not my right to dictate what you can watch, but jeez is this season a decrease in quality. Hopefully the new film series that was green-lit this morning fares better than this. This has been another episode of THE MORGUE.

The Morgue ep 105 SPECIAL EP. MTV conspiracy

Hi welcome back to the MORGUE  Today is Halloween so what better way to kick off the holiday like a special holiday bonus episode. Today we will be talking about the MTV conspiracy. Now this conspiracy theory is one about television as a whole. Every one that grew up with 80's MTV will always say that this was the golden age of MTV, then you can look at the next  and even the next decade thought that there MTV was the better. This is not only evident for MTV but also  Cartoon network. Cartoon Network has some surprisingly dark tones in some of there TV shows like Adventure Time and Regular Show. Now the shows themselves are not dark on their own, but they can include sub plots or characters that mean a more darker meaning than one would think. One repeating dark theme in all theses cartoons is in their final season the big bad guy isn't a typical bad guy. He's some big corporate guy telling them that they can't do the show anymore until they prove why they should continue. This is extremely evident in the final season of The Amazing World of Gumball were this is the main plot of many episodes in that season. I think this explains why were never satisfied with TV like we were when we grew up with it. As much as these show runners these creators want to keep their passion going they can't because ultimately the big man who cuts the checks decides what gets to be shown. Now this makes it seem like  we should attack the big man right? Well no we should be mad with ourselves because we tell the big man what we want to see. These creators want to keep making these shows but because the general mass wants something new and bold we then cut off these versions of television we love. Now your probably asking yourself how is this scary and that is because the older we get the less satisfied with television we'll be.  Tv will never be the same.

The Morgue ep. 104

Hi, welcome back to THE MORGUE. Scream season 2 has finally wrapped and it's now my favorite scream project of all time.  It finally did what I wanted from the series for a long time. It dove into the characters psyche and it adds a whole other layer that we've never seen before, PTSD. PTSD is a disorder that is triggers of anxiety and flashbacks caused by experiencing or witness a traumatic event. It's strange that more horror sequels don't dive into this as a plot device in horror more, they go hand in hand. When a group of teenagers survive a killer of course they're gonna be traumatized. I believe most shows don't want to dive deep into it because it is a touchy subject. In the show every character either experiences an event  that gives them ptsd or they have to deal with a trigger that they were given in season 1. This season turns the dial to 11 on everything other than the murders but it's still entertaining as a character study. The first body isn't discovered until episode 5 of season 2. Every episode before deals with character drama but they keep it so interesting you don't even care because it's unraveling a bigger mystery that was left from the first season. When we get into the season everyone has so much emotional baggage you can't help but feel bad for all of them. All the other Scream projects made you care about the main characters not from a human version of caring, but knowing the character is important type of caring. This show makes you care as if they are your friend...., your family. This season dedicates an episode all about dealing with a favorite character death and from the point on it escalates to a story of dealing with a friend passing away. There is a point in the show where ghost face attacks the characters most afflicted this season and you really see how these events affected them mentally. They no longer run or fight back they drop there weapons and freeze as if it were easier to die. That episode will be the main focus of my video essay. Thank you for reading and see you next time on ... THE MORGUE

The Morgue ep 103

Welcome back fellow readers. I've nearly finished scream The first season is done and the dirt has settled. Many questions have been answered, but more questions have been asked. Since the ending exposes who the killer is, it makes you ask yourself then why was that character attacked by another Ghostface and who is the new accomplice? The show does a good job of making you wonder who is the killer. Many main characters feel like they could be the killer, minus one character Noah. Noah is our nerdy relate-able character. He represents our common perspective. You as a viewer trusts him the most because he is us, the common viewer, He knows the rules of horror movies. This makes him feel invincible.  That is one thing you don't want in a horror project. Thats really my only major complaint for this season. MTV really flexes it's producing chops and provides a wonderful soundtrack with a special track list including, Hold Me Down by Mansionair and All We Do by Oh Wonder (songs I recommend). The show allows you to listen to fantastic songs that you wouldn't really strive to listen too. Now I love season one and I think it is a great reminder that the great Wes Craven was really ahead of his time, rest in piece you trail blazer. Season 2 really changes everything you know. It no longer sticks to it's roots and really changes the subject matter to fit these characters and no longer just the horror category. Season 2 produces my favorite episode of TV of all time. In 45 minutes this episode puts you through many mental hoops. LIGHT SPOILER: You get a whole episode that is dedicated for you , the viewer, to be ready for a character death. In all reality the episode is a slow burn that makes you grow as a person and make you feel like you are going through the 7 stages of grief. Thank you for reading, and dear reader this has been the newest episode of THE MORGUE.

The Morgue ep 102

Welcome to Lakewood, we are no longer in the quaint town of Woodsboro.  As much as anyone knows none of that ever happened nor does it matter to the story. 1.1 Million viewers signed on to see a new version of Scream. A whole new group of teens just waiting to be murdered is Emma, Audrey, Noah, Brooke, and Kieren. Emma is our stereotypical final girl. Audrey is our emo/goth  girl. Brooke is the blonde cheerleader. Kieren is our brooding love interest for Emma. Noah our main man is the horror movie god. As much as this story changes the plot of Scream it really uses the structure of Wes Craven, who was still with us when the show was running. The first season is a great love letter to what Wes Craven gave us back in 1996. The show knows that slasher movies are not supposed to be in TV show format and instead of making a meta joke about it, they use it to their advantage. In a horror movie you spend an hour getting to know people and thirty to forty minutes to watch them die. Noah says in the show, "You can't make a slasher film into a TV show, think about it. Girl and her best friends arrive at the dance, the camp, the deserted town whatever. Killer takes  them out one by one. Ninety minuets later the sun comes up and the survival girl is sitting in the back of the ambulance as she watches her friends bodies being wheeled passed. Slasher movies burn bright and fast TV likes to stretch things out." The show uses this to its advantage and stretches out the killings so you spend the 7 hours knowing the characters and 3 hours wondering what will be their fate and caring about what happens to them. Scream was always a who done it, so the tv show is able to stretch out and make you really wonder who did it. IT WILL LEAVE YOU DYING TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT.  Thank you for your time and see you next week for a new episode of.... THE MORGUE

Scream blog 101

I changed my project a bit and started with the movies of scream to understand where it failed.
Scream one gained a lot of respect for its use of meta jokes and rewriting common slasher horror movies.
The sequels tried to do the same thing and top and change the horror genre even more. This didn’t work
too well and it made the plot and motives more unbelievable and unbearable. The movies are still
entertaining but it is evident that because what the movies where trying to do,it  dug a hole for the
writers that they couldn’t get out of. This is most evident in Scream 3 The first episode of the TV show
seems to be more character and murder focused and does a good job of making a slasher movie into a
show. It makes the kills harder to watch because they’re characters that you care about.
This is JaCoB rEeD signing off and saying welcome to …

THE MORGUE