Film Theory: Twitter's Toxic Relationship With Movies

Theorists, have you heard of Yellowstone? No? Well, you are not alone. Yet it is apparently one of the most popular shows right now. How is that possible? Enter the rollercoaster of a platform that is Twitter. Yes, Twitter. I have a hunch that it may have a hold on your media... and your MIND! Don't believe me? Just ask Avatar 2...

PS. This video has been in the works for a few weeks.

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Writers: Matthew Patrick, Bob Chipman, and Forrest Lee
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[ZackaryAsAlways]

It’s crazy how big people think Twitter is. I had no idea that Twitter is so insanely small compared to almost all other social media platforms

[SunScourge]

If the average Avatar fan is anything like me, they've been quietly following the ever-postponed release dates for 13 years, quietly getting hyped, and are not shouting from the rooftops how they're going to go see it in cinemas - but they will definitely go. It's been too long to be loud, but I never stopped loving the setting, and I'm quite excited to see the new writing and tech in action!

[blade]

As someone who has spent a decent amount of time on twitter, but work a blue collar job where I interact with a variety of people through several counties and 2 cities in southern Virginia, everything that this video said about twitter not representing the majority of people is something I’ve been shouting about for years to my fellow GenZ peeps

[Darth_Spyro]

I had this video on my "watch later" list for a while and I'm so glad I finally watched it. It confirms all of my suspicions about Twitter and the cesspool of very vocal self proclaimed "film experts" that reside there. I swear I never saw anyone complain so vehemently about movie posters in my life. There was also an insane amount of users that screamed "no one cares about Avatar" on every Avatar related tweet before Avatar 2 released and even beyond. As evidenced by the money the movie is making, a lot of people care, myself included. At this point I'm convinced that 99% of people on Twitter are just trolls and bots. Most of the reactions to movies/games on Twitter are completely opposite to people's reactions in the real world. It's baffling but this video starts to make sense of it.

[nathanieldonigan]

I love how mat is able to talk his opinions, while not mixing them up with facts or rubbing them in your face. And he knows all his facts as well. What a guy

[no-feetmcgee]

I work in a library and the circulation of TV shows on DVD is super interesting as it reveals what people are actually watching (admittedly probably skewed towards older folks who are more likely to use the library). I was shocked to find that by far the shows which circulate the most are Yellowstone and British murder mysteries. In comparison, almost nobody is checking out shows like game of thrones or stranger things, or even classics like the Simpsons, which all get a lot more attention on social media.

[ziero]

I think that part of it is satisfaction. You usually don't hear about something in social media (as a whole) if it is 'good' or 'doing well'. Normally, there is only news of something doing either extremely well, or opposite of that, extremely bad. If people are just satisfied with some media (movie, tv show, video game) it doesn't seem to get a lot of attention.

[trs]

It should kind of be obvious that Twitter isn't representative of most things. Not only is the userbase small, but the toxicity is so high that most users barely visit it nowadays. I was actually really excited for Snydercut but never rallied for it on Twitter. Conversely, I know many Twitter users who rallied for it but never watched it. With how small the active userbase already is, these kinds of factors play an even bigger role. That's just how it works

[badustephen]

I would pay millions to see Matpat’s watch history.

[thatdude]

Careful Matpat. You mentioned Twitter, I suggest locking your door and preparing for the worst.

[Ethan-ydgn]

I am SOOOO happy matpat addressed the vocal minority situation. I didnt even know half of this stuff myself and i feel beyond validated for thinking the things that happen on twitter simply cant be THAT common. It literally hurts me to think about how many take these platforms as if this is just how all people are. Its worse when you realize that twitter effects the way people those same people approach the real world and other real people. I wanna send this to everyone i know lmfao

[jeremiahvalle]

So coincidental that I'm finishing S4 of Yellowstone and just finding out that it's the most popular show out there right now. Crushed 4 seasons under a week while being sick. Honestly an amazing show!

[twobats]

The only reason I even know that Yellowstone exists is because of Spirit Halloween. I worked at my local pop up last month and we only had an endcap's worth of costumes. Some lady talks my ear off about it, saying how much she loves it and how she wishes she could convince her husband to dress up with her as Rip and Beth, despite her not having finished the second season yet. I come home, ask my mom about it, and she infodumps on me about it for like an hour and a half! I had zero idea that this show even existed literally a month ago, let alone that it's apparently the most popular show on TV.

[truebornseeker]

I think a part of the strange disconnect is happening because no one tweets about every movie/show they watch, they usually only tweet about movies or shows that they’re part of a fandom for or that think is popular enough for people to care what they have to say, and the larger the fandom, the more people who tweet about it, and twitter is mostly people in their 20s-30s

There’s likely many *many* reasons for this weird discrepancy

[kiru]

hearing this reminds me of what was happening on japan twitter where before the mass removal of workers in twitter japan, all of the "popular" things where not actually the most popular things, and when the workers were removed, actual popular things finally started to pop up in the popular tab, it was very interesting to learn about.

[elkboy]

In my opinion, the two most annoying social media platforms are Twitter and TikTok. Both have super annoying names and logos and everything I've ever heard or seen from them melts my brain. I hate it when people say something stupid is actually true just because they saw a TikTok or Tweet about it. I also have a very dark place in my heart for TikTok since a stupid trend was responsible for recking my school's bathrooms again and again. My advice for what it's worth would be to just stay on YouTube, where intellectuals of all kinds work... Although the adds are absolute torcher.

[SoniasWay]

“Twitter is borderline lying”
I think that sums up the whole of twitter

[lordphinix]

"What's talked about on Twitter is not reflective of what's actually talked about out in the real world."

Understatement of the year Mat

[LordEmperor-]

I haven't seen Yellowstone and I wasn't expecting it to be number one, but the fact MatPat and the entire theorist team hasn't even heard of it is insane to me.

[claudiafernandes]

I use Twitter only to find art from the Fandoms and enjoy and support artists and fanfic writers 😅. The algorithm is insanely quick to spiral down a rabbit hole which helps a lot if you want to find cute arts of your favorite characters or whatever but it makes it nearly impossible to find anything else on your time-line specially contrary views and stuff like that