I just wanted to pop on here and make a quick announcement regarding the next video. So, a few weeks ago, I uploaded the video you see in this post. I was extremely happy with it and I figured it was a tremendous idea to bring to the table since not many people really talk about it. Of course, with the "Michael" movie coming out, it was the perfect time to post it and its gotten a lot of great feedback from viewers.
HOWEVER!
I am not one to shy away when I make mistakes or get something wrong as long as its provable. And the comments between YouTube and Tiktok have shown me that there is actually WAAAYYY more to this idea then what my initial research showed me.
What I like to do when it comes to these videos is get as much info as I can about the topic and include it all, no matter how long it turns out to be (see the '40 Films Harrison Ford Was Almost In' video). Now, if I had missed a handful of points, I could accept that and move on. Its natural and I am only human. But once commentors started pointing me towards these other pieces of the story, I actually discovered A LOT more that no one brought up.
Why was it not in the original video? Well, even when I think I'm good, I can mess up.
What happens next? Well, I am working on a PART 2 to this video that will include literally everything else I found and all the stuff I got in the comments. I can't leave the video to linger alone when there is more to it, so I will respond with setting the record straight.
What will that video cover? Well.....let's just say it goes from Michael Jackson wanting to play IRON MAN to starring in a boxing video game for the Sega Dreamcast.
Yeah.
I'M BRINGING IT ALL!
Thank you for the support and look out for that video in the next week or so.
Just a quick announcement that I am deeply sorry for the lack of content the last couple weeks. I have been able to get out some short clips here and there, but I am sitting on a couple videos that need editing and life has gotten in the way once again. I told myself at the beginning of the year to try and be as consistent as possible, but as Ian Malcolm said "Life...finds a way" and things have been a bit hectic at home. I am working my hardest to get my shit together and get back up there with the videos on the board and to start making new stuff again. The plan is to have a video out by the first week of March and to keep it moving forward from there. Up on the docket would be:
10 Completed Films You Will NEVER See-Part 4
A couple entries in the Diary of a Cinephile.
Thank you all for sticking around and I will be back before you know it.
Along with the update video I posted right before the New Year, I wanted to bring something else back that I thought was really fun but have not received a lot of feedback on, so I figured I would try it again.
The Diary of a Cinephile series is something I truly love as it allows me to just feel free to talk about something from the heart.
About a year ago, I presented the idea of sharing your favorite film with me so I could either watch it and review it or if I have seen it already, to just discuss it, wholeheartedly and truthfully. A lot of you upvoted the idea, but I only got 1 actual movie to talk about, which was Entry 289 for Inception.
I would love to do this more often so if you'd like to see videos like that, let me know, and don't be shy about it. Share your favorite video in the comments and I will start a list of movies to talk about and shout you guys out for it.
I feel like this would connect us a lot more and bring us together over the love of movies. I'll even do a series you absolutely love too, but that might take longer depending on how long the series ran and if I've never seen it before, you'll need to give me some time haha.
Time for my quarterly check in with everyone to tell you all how awesome you are and how much I suck.
If you have been following along, unfortunately, I was not able to reach my goal of the videos I wanted to post for the month of October. This will be the second year in a row I've missed my 31 day mark, but I at least got some of them in because last year I didn't post any. It's really a tradition I try to stick by and not seeing it through is disheartening, but things happen.
I'm actually just getting over being extremely sick for like a week so that set me back a lot. Doctor says it was a type of viral infection, not Covid or the Flu, but I literally couldn't do dishes without breaking a sweat and getting dizzy. I am feeling a lot better now so I am going to try to get a video out this week, while I continue to post the rest of the 60+ short clips I had planned for the month.
Further updates:
I also made an executive decision for the channel to discontinue working on list type videos. No more lists will be posted for the foreseeable future.
I will continue the "Completed Films You'll NEVER See" series as a list because that is how it started, but new and planned lists scripts and ideas I've had are being reworked into other content forms.
For those who haven't been here since the beginning, this is a one man show; it's only me doing the recording, editing, posting, writing, etc. so over time, I have seen that list videos and script ideas have been the most time consuming for me. Topics are usually never less than 10 different subjects in a single video, so that's 10+ different films to review, research, and narrow down a decent enough time to fit it into a video. The 31 Horror Gems video is almost 40 minutes long and it was 31 different films to discuss. It took me a couple weeks just for that video, which takes time away from other projects or passions I have for this channel.
I want to be a quality content creator and I want to push out a product I am satisfied with, and to do that, this is the time it takes, and if I can't do it in a way I am satisfied with, then I will just remove it as a content format until I can find a way to maybe reintroduce it.
The channel will be moving forward with all of its other content forms:
Mini Documentaries through the Unfiltered Lens and Unfortunate Case series videos are going no where. I have so much fun with those.
Diary of a Cinephile still has my deepest affection so that will continue.
REACTION videos are a hit and miss cause I will ONLY react to trailers, but that involves waiting to give my genuine reaction, and sometimes, I am impatient haha. But I will work on doing better.
I will hopefully be incorporating in the coming months a few new series I am happily working on.
Keep It Canon = A series that takes a deeper look into the ups and downs of a beloved franchise. From larger worlds like The Planet of the Apes or Friday the 13th, to smaller worlds that still have the franchise moniker like Teen Wolf or Free Willy.
Cursed Films = I'd love to bring this back as its own series and I am working on the possible entries for it, its all about doing it right and doing justice to these pieces of film history.
LOST MEDIA = This is where videos like the "Completed Films You'll NEVER See" will fit in, but it will also include singular looks at specific instances where film media has just gone missing, either it never aired or someone is letting it sit on a shelve for one reason or another.
The future is also going to hold mini projects presented in a multi-video series. The first being what I have called "The Guillermo Del Toro Project" which will be a collection of 4 or 5 videos talking about the many ins and outs of his career. The films he's made, the success stories, and the tremendous history of projects he has NEVER been able to see through, whether he was attached to them in production or he was never able to get it off the ground. Yes, there is A LOT to Del Toro's career where most people are not aware of, so in my discovery of this, I felt it deserved its own project separate from everything else.
I love this channel and I will continue to do my very best to push out the content I want to make it as special as I think it can be. I thank you few amazing souls who continue to support me in my journey and I do hope you stick around to see it all through and don't hate me too much for not keeping my word. I will try to do better or to at least not make promises I can't commit to.
TL:DR = I missed my mark for horror movies this year, but more content is coming and I hope you'll be here for it. =)
-JW
What Content do you enjoy the most on the channel?
It's been awhile since I've posted to the board and I wanted to let everyone know of a few things happening in the coming months.
Firstly, thank you all for subscribing to the channel and showing your support. It is so deeply appreciated that I don't think words would translate it best, but I'm so happy you are all here and I hope you enjoy the channel.
Now for the main course, I have a few videos on the board that need editing and after that, I will be taking a short break for basically all of September. Reason being that I had plans for an awesome Halloween season last year, but could not fulfill it due to my move that occurred the end of last summer. Now, I am up and running a smooth operating machine, so I want to see this October and the Halloween season through with the vision I have always wanted.
Here is what to expect: 31 entries into the Diary of a Cinephile series, highlighting something in the horror world. This has been a yearly tradition that I started in the podcast days and I want to continue it this year once again.
5 other videos released weekly:
"31 Horror Movie Gems(You Might Not Know About) 2025" = Another yearly tradition and the only video I was able to get out last year.
31 WEIRD Things in Horror Films That Try to Kill You
The Unfortunate Case of Scary Madison
The Many Depictions of Death in Film & Television (an Unfiltered Lens Documentary)
The Halloween Franchise Deconstructed (working title) (a new series where I breakdown the history of a franchise and discuss all of the pieces that make it what it is)
I made this promise last year that I would make these videos and I did not come through. I make this promise this year that I will see this through, which is why I need several weeks of preparation to work on the content.
October means a lot to me so I want to start the tradition on this channel and I hope you stick around for the ride!
It's been a few months since I put up a post and I just so happened to have an interesting question to pose to everyone.
First, as always, thank you all for subscribing and sticking around for my weird upload patterns. I'll get things finished and have more videos soon.
The question is simple.
What's a scene from a film or series that makes you INSTANTLY uncomfortable?
I don't mean cringe, I don't mean embarrassed, I mean that deeply unsettling feeling in the bit of your stomach even when you know it's coming.
For example, mine is the ending of Season 2 Episode 1 of House of the Dragon when they kill the young prince. Kids dying in movies and TV shows never really bothered me, but now I've got 2 boys so it hits different. So far, this scene is a total nightmare for me to get through.
I'd love to hear what you guys might have. I have an interesting idea for a video but I'd need some more to go off of to get it right.
What's up everyone! Hope ya'll are staying warm out there, unless you're in a warmer climate and not experiencing the extreme cold I've been getting the last few days. If you are, cheers!
Anyway, I wanted to gather from everyone if you'd appreciate an idea I had for the channel.
What if I started a trend of watching movies that you guys recommended, could be your favorite movie of all time, and gave it an honest review, would you be interested in participating in that and seeing something like that for the channel? Could be as shorts or even a live reaction type video. And If I have already seen it, I can just pop it into the Diary of a Cinephile series, but still base it off recommendations.
Thank you all once again for sticking around. I know the content has been scarce but I am working on things behind the scenes to get the new year off to a good start. New videos will be coming out real soon!
Welcome to all the new subs that have been joining over the last couple weeks! I hope you all are enjoying the videos thus far. Thanks for becoming part of the journey.
I think 2025 is going to be a great year for this channel and I'm so happy you are all joining the adventure. Be safe this New Years, enjoy life, and much love to all of your families.
To all of those who support the channel, I just wanted to come out and say something to you all real quick. I know there is a problem with my content when it comes to the volume control, and the videos out there currently are a bit all over the place. I enjoy rewatching my own videos (not sure if that's weird or not) and I can definitely tell the difference in the levels that shift between the videos. I try to make my voice track loud enough to hear in different settings (mobile, desktop, TV, etc.) while also making sure the background track is noticeable but not overbearing.
However, I've recognized an imbalance I have created where some of the videos have sound levels completely different from the rest. That is a learning curve I must hurdle over and I do apologize if these shifts in volume have made it difficult to view the videos. The channel is growing and I continue to hone my skills so I can perfect my content. This will be worked on carefully in future videos.
Thank you all for being loyal to the channel and sticking around during these rough couple of months. I made some promises in my last post that I have not kept to and I apologize for that. I have been stuck working on a single video for the last 5 or 6 weeks, but there has been a lot going on behind the scenes causing for me to stall on production.
I had mentioned in the beginning of the summer that my family and I were working towards moving, and that has taken up the majority of the last 6 months for me. Between selling my home and finding another place to live, making sure the channel grows took an unfortunate back seat until things settled down.
Thankfully, the move is complete and I am currently working on getting my studio set up again. A lot of unpacking continues to stall progress but I am trying my best to get a new video out soon. You are all so amazing to stick around and support the channel while this goes on, and sometimes it feels like I don't deserve it, but I am tremendously grateful for all of it. I love making videos and I can't wait to get back to it.
Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for all of the support! We'll be back before you know it!
Ghost Potato Studio
Hello You Wonderful Subscribers!
I just wanted to pop on here and make a quick announcement regarding the next video. So, a few weeks ago, I uploaded the video you see in this post. I was extremely happy with it and I figured it was a tremendous idea to bring to the table since not many people really talk about it. Of course, with the "Michael" movie coming out, it was the perfect time to post it and its gotten a lot of great feedback from viewers.
HOWEVER!
I am not one to shy away when I make mistakes or get something wrong as long as its provable. And the comments between YouTube and Tiktok have shown me that there is actually WAAAYYY more to this idea then what my initial research showed me.
What I like to do when it comes to these videos is get as much info as I can about the topic and include it all, no matter how long it turns out to be (see the '40 Films Harrison Ford Was Almost In' video). Now, if I had missed a handful of points, I could accept that and move on. Its natural and I am only human. But once commentors started pointing me towards these other pieces of the story, I actually discovered A LOT more that no one brought up.
Why was it not in the original video? Well, even when I think I'm good, I can mess up.
What happens next? Well, I am working on a PART 2 to this video that will include literally everything else I found and all the stuff I got in the comments. I can't leave the video to linger alone when there is more to it, so I will respond with setting the record straight.
What will that video cover? Well.....let's just say it goes from Michael Jackson wanting to play IRON MAN to starring in a boxing video game for the Sega Dreamcast.
Yeah.
I'M BRINGING IT ALL!
Thank you for the support and look out for that video in the next week or so.
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Good Day Beautiful People!!
Just a quick announcement that I am deeply sorry for the lack of content the last couple weeks. I have been able to get out some short clips here and there, but I am sitting on a couple videos that need editing and life has gotten in the way once again. I told myself at the beginning of the year to try and be as consistent as possible, but as Ian Malcolm said "Life...finds a way" and things have been a bit hectic at home. I am working my hardest to get my shit together and get back up there with the videos on the board and to start making new stuff again. The plan is to have a video out by the first week of March and to keep it moving forward from there. Up on the docket would be:
10 Completed Films You Will NEVER See-Part 4
A couple entries in the Diary of a Cinephile.
Thank you all for sticking around and I will be back before you know it.
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Happy New Year You Beautiful People!!
Along with the update video I posted right before the New Year, I wanted to bring something else back that I thought was really fun but have not received a lot of feedback on, so I figured I would try it again.
The Diary of a Cinephile series is something I truly love as it allows me to just feel free to talk about something from the heart.
About a year ago, I presented the idea of sharing your favorite film with me so I could either watch it and review it or if I have seen it already, to just discuss it, wholeheartedly and truthfully. A lot of you upvoted the idea, but I only got 1 actual movie to talk about, which was Entry 289 for Inception.
I would love to do this more often so if you'd like to see videos like that, let me know, and don't be shy about it. Share your favorite video in the comments and I will start a list of movies to talk about and shout you guys out for it.
I feel like this would connect us a lot more and bring us together over the love of movies. I'll even do a series you absolutely love too, but that might take longer depending on how long the series ran and if I've never seen it before, you'll need to give me some time haha.
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Good Morning All,
Time for my quarterly check in with everyone to tell you all how awesome you are and how much I suck.
If you have been following along, unfortunately, I was not able to reach my goal of the videos I wanted to post for the month of October. This will be the second year in a row I've missed my 31 day mark, but I at least got some of them in because last year I didn't post any. It's really a tradition I try to stick by and not seeing it through is disheartening, but things happen.
I'm actually just getting over being extremely sick for like a week so that set me back a lot. Doctor says it was a type of viral infection, not Covid or the Flu, but I literally couldn't do dishes without breaking a sweat and getting dizzy. I am feeling a lot better now so I am going to try to get a video out this week, while I continue to post the rest of the 60+ short clips I had planned for the month.
Further updates:
I also made an executive decision for the channel to discontinue working on list type videos. No more lists will be posted for the foreseeable future.
I will continue the "Completed Films You'll NEVER See" series as a list because that is how it started, but new and planned lists scripts and ideas I've had are being reworked into other content forms.
For those who haven't been here since the beginning, this is a one man show; it's only me doing the recording, editing, posting, writing, etc. so over time, I have seen that list videos and script ideas have been the most time consuming for me. Topics are usually never less than 10 different subjects in a single video, so that's 10+ different films to review, research, and narrow down a decent enough time to fit it into a video. The 31 Horror Gems video is almost 40 minutes long and it was 31 different films to discuss. It took me a couple weeks just for that video, which takes time away from other projects or passions I have for this channel.
I want to be a quality content creator and I want to push out a product I am satisfied with, and to do that, this is the time it takes, and if I can't do it in a way I am satisfied with, then I will just remove it as a content format until I can find a way to maybe reintroduce it.
The channel will be moving forward with all of its other content forms:
Mini Documentaries through the Unfiltered Lens and Unfortunate Case series videos are going no where. I have so much fun with those.
Diary of a Cinephile still has my deepest affection so that will continue.
REACTION videos are a hit and miss cause I will ONLY react to trailers, but that involves waiting to give my genuine reaction, and sometimes, I am impatient haha. But I will work on doing better.
I will hopefully be incorporating in the coming months a few new series I am happily working on.
Keep It Canon = A series that takes a deeper look into the ups and downs of a beloved franchise. From larger worlds like The Planet of the Apes or Friday the 13th, to smaller worlds that still have the franchise moniker like Teen Wolf or Free Willy.
Cursed Films = I'd love to bring this back as its own series and I am working on the possible entries for it, its all about doing it right and doing justice to these pieces of film history.
LOST MEDIA = This is where videos like the "Completed Films You'll NEVER See" will fit in, but it will also include singular looks at specific instances where film media has just gone missing, either it never aired or someone is letting it sit on a shelve for one reason or another.
The future is also going to hold mini projects presented in a multi-video series. The first being what I have called "The Guillermo Del Toro Project" which will be a collection of 4 or 5 videos talking about the many ins and outs of his career. The films he's made, the success stories, and the tremendous history of projects he has NEVER been able to see through, whether he was attached to them in production or he was never able to get it off the ground. Yes, there is A LOT to Del Toro's career where most people are not aware of, so in my discovery of this, I felt it deserved its own project separate from everything else.
I love this channel and I will continue to do my very best to push out the content I want to make it as special as I think it can be. I thank you few amazing souls who continue to support me in my journey and I do hope you stick around to see it all through and don't hate me too much for not keeping my word. I will try to do better or to at least not make promises I can't commit to.
TL:DR = I missed my mark for horror movies this year, but more content is coming and I hope you'll be here for it. =)
-JW
What Content do you enjoy the most on the channel?
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Hello to all of you beautiful people!
It's been awhile since I've posted to the board and I wanted to let everyone know of a few things happening in the coming months.
Firstly, thank you all for subscribing to the channel and showing your support. It is so deeply appreciated that I don't think words would translate it best, but I'm so happy you are all here and I hope you enjoy the channel.
Now for the main course, I have a few videos on the board that need editing and after that, I will be taking a short break for basically all of September. Reason being that I had plans for an awesome Halloween season last year, but could not fulfill it due to my move that occurred the end of last summer. Now, I am up and running a smooth operating machine, so I want to see this October and the Halloween season through with the vision I have always wanted.
Here is what to expect:
31 entries into the Diary of a Cinephile series, highlighting something in the horror world. This has been a yearly tradition that I started in the podcast days and I want to continue it this year once again.
5 other videos released weekly:
"31 Horror Movie Gems(You Might Not Know About) 2025" = Another yearly tradition and the only video I was able to get out last year.
31 WEIRD Things in Horror Films That Try to Kill You
The Unfortunate Case of Scary Madison
The Many Depictions of Death in Film & Television (an Unfiltered Lens Documentary)
The Halloween Franchise Deconstructed (working title) (a new series where I breakdown the history of a franchise and discuss all of the pieces that make it what it is)
I made this promise last year that I would make these videos and I did not come through. I make this promise this year that I will see this through, which is why I need several weeks of preparation to work on the content.
October means a lot to me so I want to start the tradition on this channel and I hope you stick around for the ride!
Cheers!
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Ghost Potato Studio
Hey everybody,
It's been a few months since I put up a post and I just so happened to have an interesting question to pose to everyone.
First, as always, thank you all for subscribing and sticking around for my weird upload patterns. I'll get things finished and have more videos soon.
The question is simple.
What's a scene from a film or series that makes you INSTANTLY uncomfortable?
I don't mean cringe, I don't mean embarrassed, I mean that deeply unsettling feeling in the bit of your stomach even when you know it's coming.
For example, mine is the ending of Season 2 Episode 1 of House of the Dragon when they kill the young prince. Kids dying in movies and TV shows never really bothered me, but now I've got 2 boys so it hits different. So far, this scene is a total nightmare for me to get through.
I'd love to hear what you guys might have. I have an interesting idea for a video but I'd need some more to go off of to get it right.
Thanks everyone.
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Ghost Potato Studio
What's up everyone! Hope ya'll are staying warm out there, unless you're in a warmer climate and not experiencing the extreme cold I've been getting the last few days. If you are, cheers!
Anyway, I wanted to gather from everyone if you'd appreciate an idea I had for the channel.
What if I started a trend of watching movies that you guys recommended, could be your favorite movie of all time, and gave it an honest review, would you be interested in participating in that and seeing something like that for the channel? Could be as shorts or even a live reaction type video. And If I have already seen it, I can just pop it into the Diary of a Cinephile series, but still base it off recommendations.
What do you think?
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Ghost Potato Studio
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY AWESOME SUBS!!
Thank you all once again for sticking around. I know the content has been scarce but I am working on things behind the scenes to get the new year off to a good start. New videos will be coming out real soon!
Welcome to all the new subs that have been joining over the last couple weeks! I hope you all are enjoying the videos thus far. Thanks for becoming part of the journey.
I think 2025 is going to be a great year for this channel and I'm so happy you are all joining the adventure. Be safe this New Years, enjoy life, and much love to all of your families.
Cheers!
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Public Service Announcement!
To all of those who support the channel, I just wanted to come out and say something to you all real quick. I know there is a problem with my content when it comes to the volume control, and the videos out there currently are a bit all over the place. I enjoy rewatching my own videos (not sure if that's weird or not) and I can definitely tell the difference in the levels that shift between the videos. I try to make my voice track loud enough to hear in different settings (mobile, desktop, TV, etc.) while also making sure the background track is noticeable but not overbearing.
However, I've recognized an imbalance I have created where some of the videos have sound levels completely different from the rest. That is a learning curve I must hurdle over and I do apologize if these shifts in volume have made it difficult to view the videos. The channel is growing and I continue to hone my skills so I can perfect my content. This will be worked on carefully in future videos.
Cheers!
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Ghost Potato Studio
Hi Everyone. I'M STILL HERE!
Thank you all for being loyal to the channel and sticking around during these rough couple of months. I made some promises in my last post that I have not kept to and I apologize for that. I have been stuck working on a single video for the last 5 or 6 weeks, but there has been a lot going on behind the scenes causing for me to stall on production.
I had mentioned in the beginning of the summer that my family and I were working towards moving, and that has taken up the majority of the last 6 months for me. Between selling my home and finding another place to live, making sure the channel grows took an unfortunate back seat until things settled down.
Thankfully, the move is complete and I am currently working on getting my studio set up again. A lot of unpacking continues to stall progress but I am trying my best to get a new video out soon. You are all so amazing to stick around and support the channel while this goes on, and sometimes it feels like I don't deserve it, but I am tremendously grateful for all of it. I love making videos and I can't wait to get back to it.
Thank you again from the bottom of my heart for all of the support! We'll be back before you know it!
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