Pop Detective

A video essay series investigating the meaning and messages embedded in popular culture. Hosted by @radicalbytes

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

New video essay examining the myth of the "alpha male" and how that false ideal is propagated through popular culture: https://t.co/Hb6fNXMBgP

[Tatooine Sons @TatooineSons]

The antidote for any Star Wars box office concerns is Rian Johnson.

Disney and Lucasfilm should greenlight his trilogy. They should make it Episodes X, XI and XII.

The Last Jedi understood the Force, the Jedi, the balance, and the dangers of it all better than any Star Wars outside of The Empire Strikes Back.

Have it start back on Ach-To. Have Rey return with the Sacred Jedi texts. Have her found a new Jedi Academy there as she learns deeper truths about the Force and passes them onto her students.

This would bring energy and discussion back to Star Wars in a way we haven’t seen in years. People would go to the cinema to watch this just because of the controversy.

And it would be genius. Plus, this is one cohesive vision.

And when Luke’s Force Ghost shows up, the galaxy of fandom will lose its collective mind.

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

@Nathaniel144978 lol, no obviously nothing wrong with that

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

When I say the Star Wars prequels have extreme divorced dad energy, how many folks already understand what I mean?

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

@EulryV ha, no but also kinda, in that he didn't have his good editor after the divorce

[Beehottie 🐝 @Beehottie17]

Oh my gosh... I was too young to understand what was really going on (like I knew but I didn't *know*) and in hindsight them naming her Baby is really, really brilliant

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

I actually don’t think most of my takes are even warm. If you want a real hot take: I think home runs are boring and too common. The play is over and everyone just stands around. Baseball should implement drastic structural changes to make home runs rare. Like once a week rare.

[Sawyer Loves Movies 🎥 @sawyeurism]

May her memory be a blessing. Star Wars would not exist without her.

Yes, you heard that right. Star Wars would not exist without a woman.

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

Fun fact: She was the one responsible for introducing the now iconic soft-edge wipe transitions in Star Wars.

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Marcia Lucas has passed away at the age of 80

The Oscar-winning editor of the original 'Star Wars' film

[Guillermo del Toro @RealGDT]

Made by humans for humans.

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

@EulryV There's a strict 3 min limit on YT and Insta so it's probably that. It should end with Like's image fading away in TLJ?

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

I made a short video cold take about Luke Skywalker over on TikTok, and the misreadings of Return of the Jedi are so stunning and so ubiquitous that I’m genuinely worried video games and the MCU have broken everyone’s brains forever.

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

Marcia Lucas won the Best Film Editing Oscar for this masterful work. She constructed the incredible tension in this scene through editing because it wasn't really in the script.

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

The unaltered 1977 Star Wars returns to the big screen February 19, 2027, for a limited 50th anniversary run.
For a taster, here’s the original 12-minute Battle of Yavin exactly as it played in ’77, for the true Star Wars diehards.
Legendary cinema.

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

I'm either going to never make another Star Wars video again or I'm going to make nothing but spiteful Star Wars videos. I haven't decided yet.

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

The comments are a nightmare, you've been warned https://t.co/XiKrhKFXyU

[Luke Zweiwalker🟢🟢🟢🟢🛰️🟢 @zweiwalker89607]

Critical support to Rian Johnson for trying to rid us of inheritance based Jedi Dynasties

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

Boycott every last one

[Cartoon Brew @cartoonbrew]

Amazon’s first slate of genAI animation projects includes a surprising name, 'The Book of Life' creator Jorge Gutierrez, who is helming a new series titled 'Punky Duck' as part of the experimental lineup.
https://t.co/jZkq5Icg2x

[Guillermo del Toro @RealGDT]

Not enough is said about how much Boots uses hand-made things instead of digital things!

[Jedi @dhe3g]

the only reason ppl hate on it is because men can’t handle having a story not centered on their experiences 🙄 women have to watch 20 billion nerd coming of age stories but men can’t handle one cringe 13 year old girl movie…. Okay

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

That’s is what I imagined while watching this absurd, unhinged, and hilarious film. It doesn’t quite stick the landing at the end, but it’s a very fun time at the movies 🍿

[Pop Detective @PopDetective]

Boots Riley at the first production meeting for I Love Boosters