I Saw the Tv Glow *patreon exclusive*
Added 2025-01-25 20:45:19 +0000 UTCI HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON
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I’m new to the patreon and this is an old vid but a lot of the plot points are based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. There are two witches in the show Willow and Tara who are lesbians. The actress who played Tara was in the movie. She played the mom of the boy he pretended to have sleepovers with. The show was canceled and Buffy died saving the world. Season 6 was first done through comic books then the show got picked up again because of the devoted fanbase. Willow brings Buffy back to life but she wakes up buried alive and has to claw her way out. The rest of the show has an overall melancholic tone because she experienced heaven and now has to live in the world which feels like hell to her. You were right about the charmed font. It was also used in Buffy. The ice cream man reminded me of the charmed ep where they go into a ice cream truck with those demon kids
Rachel
2025-08-24 19:31:22 +0000 UTCWow, never heard of this movie before and went in just as blind but I’ll have to look it up to know for sure yet it seemed like it was an allegory for being trans. I could see how Living their life not true to themselves feels like your watching life happen to someone else going through the motions. Like as kids they picked their favorite character and maybe as teens they role played as them? Getting to be and dress like Owen truly wanted ( at first my mind went to; did they conversion camp hypnotize them or smth?change his memory somehow?) it’s the whole, “is the REAL world or is the show where they’re supposed to be??” Thing that gets me I’m still so confused but I loved the reaction 🥰 and enjoyed nodding along confused af but totally living along with you 😅
Genesis Carino
2025-06-13 17:02:44 +0000 UTCThank you for this reaction Brad!! Been meaning to watch and loved watching it with you 💜
Anna Navarrete
2025-01-29 00:17:24 +0000 UTCThis has been in my watchlist forEVER. I'm so hype!
Anjali Singh
2025-01-26 08:20:33 +0000 UTCI had heard there were trans themes around this movie but that was it. I was confused too to start with but as the movie progressed I could understand that Owen was clearly struggling to be himself , after googling what the movie is about it explained a lot and made me appreciate it all the more. I love a movie that makes me think and this one definitely has! Loved your reaction Brad as always - I love open minded people we need more of them in the world please!!
Kat
2025-01-26 04:56:53 +0000 UTCso good!! i think if you went in with the concept of the underlying trans signals it wouldve gagged you more but what a beautiful movie and the “theres still time” on the path because there is always time to change and be your true self😭😭
MEGANKARTER
2025-01-26 01:26:36 +0000 UTComg yes !! I love when you post something I'm too scared to watch on my own at night lol
MEGANKARTER
2025-01-25 23:48:01 +0000 UTCI hadn't gotten around to watching this movie until now, but with current events and the rise in conservative ideals and fear mongering, I'm so glad to have now seen it. I think it does a great job of dropping just enough context clues (colors, visual parallels, and language used) to get people thinking more deeply about the meaning behind it. I had some background knowledge of the movie from what little I'd seen on twitter, but I was still not prepared for it at all. It's so incredibly heartbreaking to see how much it was killing the character who longs to be Isabel to instead be living as Owen. The way no one else but Tara/Maddy can see it - the way no one acknowledges the screams and the apologies at the end - really highlights just how agonizing that struggle was even though it was internal. I really enjoyed seeing your reaction, maybe especially because while you didn't fully get it, you had an open mind the whole way through. We need more of that in the world now more than ever 🩷
Abigail
2025-01-25 23:41:19 +0000 UTCOh and at the beginning of the film, that machine in the school is an oldschool voting machine
mj
2025-01-25 23:32:22 +0000 UTCSo the director/writer Jane Schoenbrun is trans, coming out maybe in their 30s? I came out as a trans enby in my late 20s. I definitely see this as a trans allegory. I know for myself, the feeling of dissociation, difficulty with memory, and dysphoric mood relate to my experience of having been in the closet, not only others but to myself for so many years. And I see Owen as a severely depressed and closeted person who doesn't feel able to accept the idea that they are something/someone else than the world tells them they are. And Brad, don't worry, it was a confusing watch for me too, but I was probably helped because I knew there would be trans themes going into it.
mj
2025-01-25 23:29:42 +0000 UTCAs a trans person I really connected to the main character. I’m not good at describing anything and my English might not be the best lmao but I’ll try. Owen connected with Isabel so much because they actually want to be a woman. Maddy wanted Owen to be buried so their true self could crawl out. It’s all very metaphorical and confusing, but at its core it’s about Owen not accepting who they really are. Suffocating as a man and the woman buried and shining inside of him (which is why their chest was glowing and showing the pink opaque when they cut themself open) The party scene hurt me so much, because Owen was screaming for help but no one heard them. No one understood what was going on. They saw the tv glow when they were younger, literally wanting to live inside of it as Isabel. They turned the tv of when they got older, even burnt it. And now the tv only glows inside of them, where no one can see it. I came out as trans so late in my life, around the time this movie came out actually, and watching this absolutely broke me. “There is still time.”🩷 Thank you for this, I really enjoyed your reaction! This movie means a lot to me.
Weda
2025-01-25 23:00:10 +0000 UTCNever seen or heard of this but I’m excited 🫢🫢
Kassandra Rodriguez
2025-01-25 22:50:50 +0000 UTCThis movie was so confusing the first time I watched it, then on a rewatch I understood it a bit more and it was even more heartbreaking.
Kristen Batye
2025-01-25 22:22:51 +0000 UTC
