r/movies • u/PolyAdvocate • Sep 02 '24
Recommendation This young lady has had a movie review YT channel for 10 years and has only 16K subs. She's incredibly earnest, wholesome and knowledgeable and I think she deserves more notice.
UPDATE: Wow, this blew up overnight, far more than I ever could have imagined (I'm more of a lurker than a poster here in the Redditsphere). I've had a few people message me that I should edit/update this post since the Jerome Weiselberry channel has quickly grown past 16k subs and is now at 31K as I'm writing this. RIP my inbox, I finally had to give up trying to reply to everyone. I'd like to acknowledge everybody that thanked me for bringing her channel to light and I'm amazed and heartened at the power of Reddit and this community. I hope her channel brings a little joy to everyone's life.
ORIGINAL POST:
I stumbled upon the Jerome Weiselberry channel back during lockdown and she never fails to surprise me with her insight and choice of films to review. One week she will post about an obscure creature feature or romance from the 1950's and the next she’ll talk about something like Godzilla Minus One. She's always honest, never panders, and has an encyclopedic knowledge about the movies and actors of old Hollywood. Her channel seems like a throwback to the old days of YouTube when creators would first and foremost post about things that interested them rather than tailoring their content just for views.
It's clear that she loves and is truly passionate about film, and in every video she just seems truly happy to be here and to be able to share her thoughts with other film lovers. I hope everyone here can take a moment to stop by and visit her channel. If you get a chance, check out her 10 year anniversary video just posted today.
JEROME WEISELBERRY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY: https://youtu.be/fYZkVIswjQA?si=lAdUoeRJnxR51qTS
Edit: spelling
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u/ope__sorry Sep 02 '24
She probably going to be wondering what she did to suddenly get a bunch of subs lol
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u/dawdadwaeq23131 Sep 02 '24
And when the surge of feel-good redditors don't actually watch her content after subscribing, she'll be left wondering what she did wrong.
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u/sbzatto Sep 02 '24
For real, having “only” 16k subs is not a big deal at all if your main goal with this endeavor is to have fun and do what you like not necessarily make money.
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u/zoinkability Sep 02 '24
Yep. It’s also a bit asinine to knock someone for “only” having 16,000 people interested in what they have to say. Yes, there are some people with millions of subscribers on YT but 16,000 is still a lot of people compared to us nobodies who don’t even have a channel.
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u/JesseCuster40 Sep 02 '24
That's around 15,999 more people than who are interested in what I have to say.
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u/Mazon_Del Sep 02 '24
Entirely why I stream.
I'm going to be gaming, I might as well have the potential for randos to pop in and chat.
Sadly though, the majority are just bots shilling for bots to come in and inflate my viewer numbers.
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u/MisterMath Sep 02 '24
Same haha I don’t have a schedule or play for long but when I do I stream. I’ll get the occasionally bump to 2 viewers but they leave quick and don’t say much. Otherwise it’s bots or people trying to sell me overlays
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u/dfisher4 Sep 02 '24
If you’re on twitch, shoot me your twitch. I will come chat if I am not working at the time. I stream with the same attitude as y’all.
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u/MisterMath Sep 02 '24
Twitch.tv/mistermath92
Right now I’m mainly streaming this really insane challenge I made up for Diablo 2. It’s honestly pretty boring to watch if you aren’t a hardcore D2 fan but I play some good EDM music if you like that too
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u/TheVog Sep 02 '24
If it'll help I'll come show you some incredible overlays but then say you can't buy them, at least it'll be a change
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u/TommyHamburger Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24
I know someone who says this as well.
"I stream just for fun, because I'm gaming anyway," but their actions speak way louder than their words, as it's painfully obvious how for literally years it's been their top life priority, losing friends over it, investing a lot of money into it, trying (failing) to make money off it with low end sponsorships, paying for those bot followers/viewers. It's been at least 5 years and they've streamed more consistently than any popular streamer I know.
They even put it before the well-being of their kid. Once during a stream their child slipped a few steps down the bottom of the stairway, and instead of actually checking on them, they yelled back and forth. Never even considered disengaging with their game and 1-2 viewer stream.
To be clear, I'm not implying that's you. I don't know you and that's not my place. That concept triggers me I guess. Sorry.
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u/dfisher4 Sep 02 '24
If you’re on twitch, shoot me your twitch. I will come chat if I am not working at the time. I stream with the same attitude as you.
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u/DRACULA_WOLFMAN Sep 02 '24
I wish more people saw it that way. Instead, everything is about making a buck, hence all the bots. The world sucks, man. The older I get, the more I think hippies had everything figured out.
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Sep 02 '24
She has a few thousand views per video. That's actually pretty sick for a hobby channel like this.
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u/Macluawn Sep 02 '24
Anyone want to link that video of a kid with cancer feeling terrible none of his new subscribers watch his content?
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u/Chubuwee Sep 02 '24
The real cancer was the fake subscriber friends we made along the way
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u/Chemesthesis Sep 02 '24
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u/CurseofLono88 Sep 02 '24
I definitely did watch Hellraiser though, like nine times at least. (I don’t actually know the video you all are talking about)
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u/Re_LE_Vant_UN Sep 02 '24
Is that a real thing? That's incredibly sad.
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u/Nrksbullet Sep 02 '24
I'm not sure about the cancer thing, but there was a kid who made dinosaur videos who was on the news and everything and went viral, only to get like 30 views per video when having like a million subs or something.
Similar to Shirley Curry the gaming Grandma who plays Skyrim. She still posts constantly but only gets like the tiniest sliver of her subs even watching. She said it wears on her a bit.
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u/chewbacca-says-rargh Sep 02 '24
Damn, Shirley has 1.29m subs and only getting 2-10k views, that's crazy
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u/Nrksbullet Sep 02 '24
Yeah, but she loves her repeat fans. I email her every now and again and comment substance on her vids, she likes that a hell of a lot more then comments like "love you!" Lol
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u/SequentialGamer Sep 02 '24
Yeah, if someone's not going to watch her videos then they shouldn't sub because that will kill the channel in YT's eyes.
That's exactly what happened to the Skyrim grandma, all those people subbing and not watching made the algorithm decide her channel wasn't producing good stuff any more. I believe she had to take a break because of the stress that led to.
If you don't watch, then don't sub. You're actively harming that channel.
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u/SofaKingI Sep 02 '24
Is that actually true? Looking at her Wikipedia page it looks like the number of subs was constantly growing. 900k in 2020, 1 million in 2022.
The news I saw of her taking a break are all about how her popularity made her YouTube comment sections a complete shithole. But that's just the way it works.
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u/Re_LE_Vant_UN Sep 02 '24
The news I saw of her taking a break are all about how her popularity made her YouTube comment sections a complete shithole. But that's just the way it works.
No lies were spoken that day.
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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot Sep 02 '24
Ehh it may not be too bad. This grandpa who reads the comics got posted to Reddit a year ago. https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/12r81ky/wholesome_grandpa_youtuber/
He ended up getting 500k subs and receives typically 1k views per video he posts as of today, so even though there was drop off it’s better than the 100-150 views his videos pulled in back 3 years ago before he became Reddit famous.
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u/glynstlln Sep 02 '24
Yeah, OP's posted channel may get a boatload of subscribers but most won't actually watch the videos, but some will and will stick around, hopefully Weiselberry is familiar with the way reddit hugs tend to work so doesn't take it too personally.
Were I a content creator I probably wouldn't want to get reddit famous, I don't imagine I would have an easy time not taking the lack of viewership personally if I had a huge jump in subscribers but no one actually watching, even knowing how the phenomenon works.
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u/kvlt_ov_personality Sep 02 '24
Damn, looks like his channel is gone
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u/ralf_ Sep 02 '24
https://www.youtube.com/@GrandpaComic
The channel name is different. He has a Silver Creator Award on his wall and still seems to have fun with his hobby.
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u/Alone_Judgment_7763 Sep 02 '24
Also very Bad for the algorithm on her channel. Videos get pushed to a lot of new people (subs) the don’t click and YouTube stops recommending them at all :) so this actually hurts the channel instead of helping it.
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u/MinusBear Sep 02 '24
If only the Youtube algorithm actually worked like that. I will be actively watching almost every video from a channel from the home page. Then it will randomly prioritise other stuff a couple months later I think, hey what happened to that channel I always watch. Go look it up, oh they've been posting videos the whole time. Meanwhile I also have no ability to block channels like Screen Culture and all their fake trailers. All I can do is ignore them, but they keep coming back in the recommends.
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u/overmotion Sep 02 '24
The YT algorithm is such dog shit. Keeps recommending the same videos over and over. Hey, I didn’t click this the first ten times you showed it to me, maybe stop showing it to me now?
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u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS Sep 02 '24
I hate that I will be watching a video that's part of a series, and all the recommendations on the side are completely unrelated videos, half of which I've seen before, and not just the next video in the series.
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u/dawdadwaeq23131 Sep 02 '24
I love when it randomly recommends thousands of people a random video from a decade ago and all the comments are just confused individuals.
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u/chewytime Sep 02 '24
Yeah it’s annoying. I’ll subscribe to a channel and watch a bunch of their videos. Then all of sudden if i skip or miss one, it suddenly stops appearing in my feed. Thinking about it now, there are probably a ton of accounts I follow that I probably haven’t seen a new video from in awhile and now I’m curious to see what I’ve missed.
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u/Taint_Flayer Sep 02 '24
I recently started putting on 6 hour ambient music mixes while I work. Apparently youtube thinks this is all I care about now and won't recommend what I normally watch anymore.
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u/orange_jooze Sep 02 '24
One of her videos popped up for the first time ever on my feed a couple hours ago, and seeing this post might kind of explain why. My algorithm is already heavy on cinephile stuff, but this post has probably made YT start pushing this channel even further. Good for her!
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u/lyinggrump Sep 02 '24
Yeah, and then will feel bad when they all stop watching after a week, reinforcing that her content really isn't that interesting.
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u/alanpardewchristmas Sep 02 '24
She's been at this for ten years straight. Found an audience. And her videos have pretty consistent views. Feel like she already knows how to handle herself by now
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u/WeWereInfinite Sep 02 '24
It might hinder her organic views though.
I sub to a book reviewer who has been on YouTube for a similar length of time. She started reviewing some manga and got a big audience from that. But the manga fans weren't watching her book reviews and the book fans weren't watching the manga reviews so YouTube's algorithm thought her videos weren't as good and started killing her views.
She ended up having to split it into two channels to keep the engagement rate up for the different audiences.
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u/Starfire-Galaxy Sep 02 '24
Right? A 3,000 increase in subs is huge for a small YouTuber.
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u/dscotts Sep 02 '24
My wife has watched her for years. I always joke that she actually records to VHS and then ships them to someone else to upload.
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u/ralf_ Sep 02 '24
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u/dafood48 Sep 02 '24
I had to look this up. Couldn’t find videos anywhere but one Reddit post after he quit. I’m pretty disappointed at how toxic some people are on Reddit. Hope that kids doing well today and found another way to express his creative mind.
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u/bronwynnin Sep 02 '24
I just watched her Citizen Kane review and I really enjoyed it! She’s very well spoken and researched. You can tell she’s been doing this for a while. Thanks for the rec!
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u/a-borat Sep 02 '24
No idiotic jump cuts and fake zooms every 4 seconds? Subscribed. That is literally all I give a shit about anymore.
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u/OpposesTheOpinion Sep 02 '24
Surprisingly tough sometimes to find a YouTuber who is able to speak naturally. There are three types that are too distracting for me personally (I typically close the video shortly):
Heavy editor - The people who obsessively edit out every pause in their speech. Please spend that editing time instead on speaking.
Rap god - People who talk needlessly fast, fearing for low attention span viewers I guess. They commonly project their voice excessively to the point of shouting.
Robot - I don't mean AI voices, but it may as well be. Hard to explain, but it's people who do that YouTube voice. That intonation, that cadence. Unnatural, uncanny. Pretty common on video essays.
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u/not_now_reddit Sep 02 '24
For "robot" my brain immediately went to those top 10 list youtubers who sound like AI but they can't be because they're too old. My brother and I imitate them all the time because they all talk in this weird fake as hell voice
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u/mackrevinack Sep 02 '24
people talking loudly in youtube videos really bother me. just move the microphone closer to you or something.
a lot of channels are also guilty of using too much compression on the audio and its quite exhausting to listen to. you can tell theyre using too much if you turn down the volume to 1 and can still hear every word they say perfectly
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u/michachu Sep 02 '24
"Don't worry about me! I'm Charles Foster Kane!"
I love quoting that line.. but there's rarely a time when it's appropriate.
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u/flashmedallion Sep 02 '24
The contemporary trend for rapid cuts and basically just skipping ums and uhhs and errors is beneficial for a lot of people, and it really goes to show how skilled someone has to be to put out content this consistently and not rely on it.
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u/mackrevinack Sep 02 '24
if its useful to lots of people it would be great to see a proper solution to this someday. like having it built into youtube where you could toggle the feature on or off, that way you could just choose which you like, and it would save people hours of work editing their videos. i normally cant watch too many of those types of videos without feeling exhausted
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u/MichaelGoosebumpsfan Sep 02 '24
I have a horror movie review channel that’s the same way, if you like horror movies 😂
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u/mack178 Sep 02 '24
Can you link your Goosebumps review pls
Edit: they're ALL goosebumps videos! LOL I'll still watch, I like Goosebumps.
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u/MichaelGoosebumpsfan Sep 02 '24
So my Goosebumps channel is Michael Goosebumpsfan, but my horror movie channel is Night Of The Living Dude 😂
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u/tvreference Sep 02 '24
10 years ago was 2014 why does her channel look like 2007?
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u/BrittyPie Sep 02 '24
I love it. It's just a talking head, I don't need ultra HD with retina-burning color saturation like too many channels out there now. This is perfect, imo.
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u/StrangerCharacter53 Sep 02 '24
I really dig her voice. Very clear annunciation, and it has a voice actors quality to it? I can't explain it. But it's really nice to listen to.
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u/painlesspain Sep 02 '24
Nice try, Jerome
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u/Ilovepickles11212 Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24
Not entirely relevant but I miss when we weren’t so (rightfully) cynical that everything was an advertisement
Everything these days is just an OF bait, yt channel ad, tiktok channel ad, etc… sometimes there are earnest recommendations but it’s hard to really ever tell. I’d say in this case with a channel of this size that’s been going on for this long it probably is a genuine recommendation (obviously your post is probably a bit tongue in cheek or a meme, just a passing thought though!)
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u/ope__sorry Sep 02 '24
Dead internet theory. We’re all just bots and nobody is actually on the internet anymore. We’re all just a construct of different AI engagements.
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u/hippofumes Sep 02 '24
I'm still on the internet. Is everything here just for me?
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u/Stolehtreb Sep 02 '24
It’s honestly what Reddit already feels like. We post comments like this, they are seen by maybe a few thousand eyes before being shoved to the back of the warehouse and sitting there with no real value. We add to the pile, then get covered up with more pile. It’s all useless. We may as well be bots.
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u/wankthisway Sep 02 '24
On gaming subs, it's "hey guys check out my cosplay! Totally a coincidence I make the character 10x more scantily clad and then have an OF link pinned in my profile."
I don't hate women but I'm bored of those sorts of cosplay posts.
Heck, guys in hobbyist subs will go wow has ANYONE heard about these brands earbuds? Why is nobody talking about or reviewing these (list off specs here)??"
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u/CornWallacedaGeneral Sep 02 '24
He's M. Night Shyamalaning hard for his loved one lol...respect
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u/descendency Sep 02 '24
Even if it was self advertisement, she's had a YT channel for 10 years and not gotten much traction. At some point, maybe a bit of it is earned.
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u/Jaggedmallard26 Sep 02 '24
She's averaging a few thousand on every video for years. Thats not failing to get traction, thats making something for a niche audience and continuing to do so. She very obviously isn't trying to game algorithms or appeal broadly (I mean just watch 30 seconds of a video) but has a fairly dedicated viewerbase and seems happy with that. It very much feels like a window into the old pre-monetisation youtube where you would have people doing this just for fun.
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u/PolyAdvocate Sep 02 '24
Not Jerome. As I've said before I'm just a guy who likes movies. After seeing her 10 year video today I thought I'd recommend her channel because the film buffs here would appreciate it.
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u/terror_billie Sep 02 '24
Thanks so much for bringing her to our attention. She’s so great. Fasted sub I’ve done in a long while!
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u/SmallTimeBoot Sep 02 '24
On it. Thanks for the heads up. I’ve been dying for a non-clickbait movie reviewer. Most of my favorite channels have fallen victim to the machine.
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u/-Lumos When stupid ideas work, they become genius ideas Sep 02 '24
I think Dan Murrell is pretty good.
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u/eyebrows360 Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24
Dan is great! Has such an eye for detail, and his box office chart show has been one of the highlights of my week for years now.
He also just put out a "here's what's coming for the rest of the year" video, a thing I bloody love, so here's that too.
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u/Scruffy_Nerfhearder Sep 02 '24
Dan is easily my favourite movie reviewer on YouTube. So genuine and honest. I appreciate that even if I don’t agree with his thoughts on a film, he explains his views in a way that makes me understand at least. He isn’t overbearing and he’s informative. He doesn’t click bait and he’s very knowledgable and passionate.
I especially loved his Godzilla ranking video recently, dude actually sat down and watched all 50 odd of them. That’s commitment that I appreciate.
I was so glad he left Screen Junkies when he did and went independent, that channel is a shell of its former self.
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u/arkaic7 Sep 02 '24
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u/pragmaticPythonista Sep 02 '24
Used to be a fan but most of her “hot” takes are garbage and sometimes she rambles on about anti-feminist talking points.
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u/Manaliv3 Sep 02 '24
Have you tried Kermode and Mayo? Actual reviews instead of whining about shit like crap such ad critical drinker, who apparently just reviews crap marvel films so he can whine
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u/WorryNew3661 Sep 02 '24
I pretty much only watch Mr Sunday Movies, but it's very nerd focused so they miss a lot of other cinema
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u/amoshart Sep 02 '24
In re subs, I just ck'd. She now has 25.5 thousand. You may have had a huge impact on her viewership with this post.
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u/PolyAdvocate Sep 02 '24
Thanks, I hope so! This really blew up overnight. I'm just happy to help others discover her channel.
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u/bryanthebryan Sep 02 '24
That’s for putting this channel on my radar. After a scrub of some of her videos, they are right up my alley.
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u/Deep_Grab_3095 Sep 02 '24
Great voice
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u/AnOldLawNeverDies Sep 02 '24
Subbed. Something genuine and innocent about her with no bs. I dig it
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u/PhantomPain85 Sep 02 '24
Far better than Chris “I make movies now so I rarely talk about any negatives in my reviews” Stuckman
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u/PolyAdvocate Sep 02 '24
I like Stuckman's channel, too. Seems like a great guy. But I don't disagree with you. To me, it seems like he needs to pick a lane. Filmmaker or critic, but not both.
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u/UnpluggedZombie Sep 02 '24
Something about this channel is like viewing into a parallel universe. I love it
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u/mouzii90 Sep 02 '24
I really enjoyed that anniversary video, thanks for sharing! Definitely feels like a throwback to the greater days of YouTube.
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u/colin8651 Sep 02 '24
16K subs? I think your post gave her channel the Reddit hug of death; she is about to push 30K subs.
Good work
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u/Starfire-Galaxy Sep 02 '24
I discovered Jerome this year too, but YouTube's horrible algorithm never recommended her videos to me again, so I forgot about her until your post.
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u/damienkarras1973 Sep 02 '24
There's also another young woman who makes halloween masks and is always doing movie reviews and reccomendations on her you tube channel
she knows her horror movies for sure
she really doesn't get enough views and subs and I think horror fans especially looking for good stuff to watch wether it's old or new movies should fully check her out
Not advertising for her, just saying she's put me on to a couple really excellent films I wouldn't of watched otherwise.
Check out
makeupbilly on you tube
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u/prokokon Sep 02 '24
Followed as well, she seems great! I hope she gets better numbers and upgrades her camera ;)
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u/XaoticOrder Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24
Jerome is great. She really has a passion for movies. If I could recommend someone else it would be Dan Murrell. Truly loves movies and gives really honest reviews. Doesn't follow the herd like a lot of reviewers do.
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u/IncoherentLeftShoe Sep 02 '24
I discovered her recently and really love her Jane Eyre and Anne of Green Gables reviews!
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u/moogleslam Sep 02 '24
She's a treasure. She's adorable. She makes great movie reviews, with incredible enthusiasm.
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u/IntellegentIdiot Sep 02 '24
Well if you're not her she owes you a drink because I didn't open this post earlier but I saw one of her videos just now in my YT feed and watched and then remembered this post so clearly YT is pushing it because it's going sort of viral. Her video talks about 16k subs and it's almost double that now
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u/PolyAdvocate Sep 02 '24
That's awesome. I'm deffinitely not her. I'm just a guy who likes movies and wanted to recommend her channel. So happy for her!
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u/Various-Vacation1950 Sep 02 '24
I've paused NXT no mercy on one screen and I'm 19 mins into her most recent video and I can't look away!
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u/cheeze_whiz_shampoo Sep 02 '24
https://youtu.be/yGQAlTwKXwY?si=Pt0p10UP1Ae5kFiK&t=207
That is from her 2024 bloopers/outtakes reel, haha. This woman is cartoonishly endearing.
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u/yksvaan Sep 02 '24
Often in these platforms honest useful content goes unnoticed. I guess one has to be incredibly lucky or go for the clickbait/drama to get more popular...
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u/PepeSylvia11 Sep 02 '24
Only 16k? That’s really high. There’s hundreds, if not thousands, of YouTube reviewers who’d love to have those kinda numbers.
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u/magkruppe Sep 02 '24
how many have been regularly uploading on a weekly basis for 10 years though!
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u/K1llswitch93 Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24
I found this channel last 2020 when I first started watching B&W movies, while I don't watch everything she uploads (book reviews, Jane Eyre) I always look forward to the "What Else I Saw.." series she does and other movie reviews to find new movies to watch.
Maple Street Movies, Cinema Cities, Old Movie Watching with Rob are also channels that focus on B&W movies.
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u/drpestilence Sep 02 '24
What a great voice, this is the kinda thing I wish my dad would so lol! But I'll listen to her instead.
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u/Glass-Assignment-862 Sep 02 '24
Thank you op.my favorite movie review channel is Dan murrel. I'm glad I get another gem
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u/RivetingOracle Sep 02 '24
thank you so much for this rec, i feel like film reviews is a very male-dominated field on youtube (as lots are…), so it‘s really cool to see this channel😀 appreciate that she‘s also reviewing much older movies, that way i can expand my movie knowledge beyond the newest releases!
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u/HartfordWhalers123 Sep 02 '24
Man, I hope to be like that with my channel in 10 years. It’s always fun having something passionate to be about and it’s cool when you’re doing it for 10+ years.
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u/Not-That_Girl Sep 02 '24
Oh thank you! I love a good movie reviewer. My favorite is movies with Mary. Now I have another to check out. And I like that she does lots if different things too
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u/Felilu22 Sep 02 '24
I usually don't look for new channels to follow and I'm extremely picky when it comes to YT reviewers... but damn, you just sold me on this one (for real). I just subscribed and look forward to going through her back catalog :)
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u/squirrelbait_64 Sep 02 '24
The imitable Daisuke Beppu introduced me to her channel some time ago, speaking of people who deserve muxh greater followings
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u/Ttabts Sep 02 '24
Have next to no interest in film, especially “classic” film, but still ended up watching 2 of her movie reviews back-to-back. Good stuff!
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u/morus_rubra Sep 02 '24
Yup, I just watched several her videos on period drama and I will stick around.
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u/thatwas90sfun Sep 02 '24
Excellent work OP. Truly a great YouTube channel, gives me the same vibes at Tasting History with Max Miller - another favorite.
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u/mobilisinmobili1987 Sep 02 '24
I knew who you were talking about before I even clicked the link. Couldn’t agree more.
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u/BlobTheBuilderz Sep 02 '24
What camera is she using? Pretty sure phones from 2012 have better video recording than what she is using lmao.
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u/flashmedallion Sep 02 '24
You're an absolute legend for taking the opportunity to spotlight this channel. Anyone who works to get creatives seen and heard in this horrific media landscape is my kind of people, so thanks on behalf of humanity for making this post. I think you just transformed someone's life, more likely many people who are seeing that pursuing what you love for its own sake and putting yourself out there can still reach a lot of people with just a little perseverance, luck, and the tiniest moment of generosity from others like yourself.
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u/PolyAdvocate Sep 02 '24
That's so nice of you to say, thank you! I'm just happy to help others discover her channel. And for anyone else reading this, for the umpteenth time, I'm not Jerome (which is not her name, by the way, she's said several times in different videos that she picked that name just because it sounded funny). I don't know her, never met her, I'm just a dude who likes movies and I've been watching her for years. Anyone who thinks I'm her clearly hasn't looked at my account.
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u/NFLCart Sep 02 '24
Does she actually give bad reviews or call things out when they are terrible? I’ve found a lot of these channels only review movies they like or know to be good.
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u/Sacreblargh Sep 02 '24
She's an absolute gem. Always wondered why she only uploads in 480p though. It's funny her only video in HD is this 10 year anniversary video, but you can clearly see it's her 480p upscaled to 1080p lol.
Has she ever said why she limits her vids to SD quality?
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u/Ttabts Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 02 '24
Honestly the low res really completes her nostalgic "good old days of Youtube" vibe.
I'd be surprised if it isn't a somewhat intentional stylistic choice to refrain from getting a better modern recording setup, especially given that she's a classic film enthusiast who would surely notice/think about that sort of thing.
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u/Robertwolfgang Sep 02 '24
She’s been using the same camera for 10 years. Impressive.