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So this is one of my kind of opinion pieces and if you've seen the title you're clicking on this You know, this has to do with the very recent Very public on as in on social media Controversy about the podcast Nightmare on Film Street, which had to do with some issue with them Contacting other people who have podcast or maybe even further than podcast names that are kind of similar to Nightmare on Film Street and I've seen a lot of responses online mainly on one side of it kind of chiding Nightmare on Film Street for what went on and I I stepped back and I was you know I just kind of took all the information in and I was kind of looking at it and I wanted to do this video as kind of a more tempered response to You know my thoughts just some thoughts that I worked through on it and I don't come down on any Sort of overall definitive thing where like this person's clearly a bad person or this what person's clearly a bad person because as Human beings, you know, we all make mistakes or we all have a tendency to go one way or the other at any given time But it's not necessarily the same all the time So I just wanted to offer some of my thoughts on it as more of a tempered response because like I said on social media Especially responses are always very extreme I think people just have a tendency to not really step back a whole lot not really think a whole lot before they post things and so a lot of people's comments on what's going on end up being just Based off of emotion and based off first thought and first response And it's weird because even though we have the ability like we're literally like either doing like voice to text Or we're literally with our thumbs or on a keyboard Putting the text in there to send out and we control when that happens We've just gotten to this point where there's like there isn't we don't feel like there's the filter that we can use Before we post that stuff So I guess that's another thing is maybe we should be a little more careful about that type of stuff But also in messages you send so if you're not familiar with what happened with Nightmare on Film Street and The the one the main one that's getting the other attention is Nightmare on Fear Street And I will say I don't listen to either of these podcasts. I actually don't listen to horror podcasts barely at all the only ones I actually listen to are every now and then faculty of horror and That's very rare Every now and then I'll kind of binge some episodes because they do good stuff and the one I listen to more frequently is Mick Eris's post-mortem podcast, which I do mainly for the interviews, but Typically I don't listen to podcasts in the realm of what I do So the fact that I do horror related stuff. I do horror reviews I typically don't listen to podcasts or Watch videos horror related because I don't want to be influenced by the content that I put out I don't want there to be a situation where I see someone's review on a movie and then an idea from their review enters my mind and it ends up in one of my videos because then that feels like Even if someone doesn't say anything it feels like I'm kind of taking something from someone else and I don't like that feeling So I'm just saying this to say I don't know any of the people involved in the controversy I've never listened to their podcasts at all. So I don't have a stake in this. I don't have a side I'm coming at it from a very outsider view Which I think is helpful actually So world can be I guess you can decide of what I'm saying is actually helpful but um So my initial thought was what actually happened if people don't know is that apparently nightmare on film Street had contacted nightmare on Fear Street to kind of say hey your name sounds pretty similar to our name as a podcast and We operate in some of the same groups online and kind of I think some of the terminology was We pop in in and out of some of the same communities so people could kind of get confused. I Can understand going to someone and kind of saying that the issue came up when it got more pushy With you know really you should change this you're potentially causing a problem So I think that overall nightmare on film Street was making a mistake Not in initially contacting nightmare on Fear Street. I mean that's fine You know, you can throw the idea out there float it and say hey Would you be open to changing your name or do you think we can work something out or even just do a collaboration? Maybe I don't know but I think the problem came where they got Emotional about it to a degree and they kept pushing and got I wouldn't say like outright mean but a little bit aggressive about it In really wanting them to change it now the the biggest problem there that I see is that they're Legally they can't do anything about it. Yes, they're similar names, but they're not the same You can't do anything about that. So Like I said, it was fine for them to reach out to nightmare on Fear Street and you know kind of friend in a friendly way ask Hey, but you need to remember that if they then turn around and say no, we're not going to do it And our name is different enough Then that's that's the answer like you have to then accept that and go away basically You can't then keep coming at a person because then you end up with a problem like this and in the this day and age of How the internet is and how social media is people will take to the internet and social media and throw All your beef out there, you know, if people have conflict It very seldom stays private at this point. So people need to be very Cognizant of that being a situation now one thing I will say is I have a craft beer podcast I've been doing for eight about eight years now. I think it's a little over eight at this point and At one point I was just curious to see if anyone else was using a podcast name That was close to mine because my podcast is called brutal battle. It's spelled B. R. E. W. T. A. L It's called brutal battle craft beer podcast So I looked up some years ago and I saw there was someone doing one called brutal hops and brutal spelled The same way now my response to that was that's cool And I actually made a comment to them actually listen to one of their episodes I mean and I sent a comment to them just like hey like what you're doing. Think it's awesome Good luck to you. I don't see a problem with it If your brand is strong enough in my opinion, excuse me if your brand is strong enough in my opinion People know where to go people know who you are. You're big enough I think this was an insecurity situation and one of the the people involved with Nightmare on film Street had actually posted about this in an apology on social media about hey, I messed up I let you know my emotions get the best of me. I got a little bit overprotective. I made a mistake So I think that a lot of that kind of played into it now Based off of that I think when people have a strong response and and then start saying that the the the individual In particular individual involved with nightmare on film street is now a bad person I don't think you can make that judgment call. They did something wrong. Yes. They made a mistake. Yes They did apologize for it now. I am also one of those people who says Trust but verify so I would Allow this person to have their apology publicly say okay You know, I acknowledge your apology, but I'll be looking for the actions that come after this apology to see if You're just saying something or if you're saying something and then acting the way that you say you're going to be acting from then on because We should allow people to make mistakes and I think Increasingly in our society and I think a lot because of how social media is We have a tendency to see someone make one mistake or do one mean thing or one thing bad and Brand them as an overall terrible person and that's not that's not necessarily the case Are there those cases? Sure here and there there are those cases, but I think the majority of the time That's not the case. No individual person is one thing. We're very complicated Individuals and I think that We should be given a little bit of space to make mistakes and make up for those mistakes and make changes One of the biggest things is, you know, I think the whole controversy that happened with James Gunn When he was you know, he became very big for doing Films for for Marvel, you know with his Guardians of the Galaxy films that were really well done Well, he got his start in trauma and things were very crude and things were very Over-the-top and ridiculous and he some tweets were pulled up that were pretty inappropriate With some jokes that he made online 10 years, I think it was about 10 years prior and people were calling for him to be fired because of that Well, I think in those types of instances He's changed as a person and I think Disney in the end said that They believed after talking to him and looking into the situation that he he did change enough so I Think it's one of those things like you need to look into it to see if What that person did was a one-time thing or is it a pattern? And if it is a pattern, maybe that is a core of who they are and we should be wary of that and we there need to Be ramifications, but if it's a situation where it's a one-time deal and somebody messed up They need to have that space to be able to apologize and change and move on without people also still attacking them So I say all this stuff just to say step back and think about these things don't respond with angry or Defensive or offensive or whatever thoughts and language online especially if it's not necessarily Your fight to get involved with you know what I mean There is something to be said for if you see something bad going on Standing up with the person who's being victimized and saying yeah, this is wrong Yeah, you can do that you can do that but I'm just saying like taking it to a much further degree and trying to you know Tell a person and tell everyone that the other person is the worst person in the world or this one Action defines that person. I think Like I'm saying what it comes down to in the end I think is what happens from here trust but verify allow the person to make them a Apology but look for the actions that come after that, you know be a little bit wary and see what happens the other thing I really want to bring up is The individual from nightmare on film Street in their apology made a comment about how the podcast started and Did say that they have had some mental health issues Or challenges in their life so I think that's also something that people need to pick up on and be sensitive to because You don't want to be in a situation where you're a person Who's online? Going after someone who has mental health problems and is trying to deal with them and by you Being aggressive towards them. It makes it worse We also need to be Open to helping people out with that situation. So just be sensitive be good people Allow people to make mistakes. Don't take any crap from people because like I said, I think what happened in this instance was wrong but Figure out the good medium of taking care of the problem and making sure it never happens again but also allowing that person to Apologize make up for it and move forward. So those are just my thoughts on it I'm sure I'm probably missing some some other ideas or thoughts that other people have had or angles Which we can definitely talk about down in the comments But you know, nothing let's not get you know overly offensive or defensive about this in any Direction because I'm trying to look at it from an outsider perspective because truly I am Because I don't know any of the people involved. I have no stake in it. I haven't listened to any other podcast nothing So I'm just throwing it out there because I wanted this to be a more tempered response Just with some thoughts because there seem to be a lot of people reacting strongly in both directions And I just wanted to kind of put a calmer voice out there to say step back a little bit think about it And see what conclusion you come to. I'm not telling you that my conclusions are correct I'm just saying that this is what I see and for me. These are the questions I asked these are the conclusions. I come to these are the things I think about so all that said I do appreciate you checking this out. Go ahead and put some comments. We can talk about this further nicely If you want to you can hit the subscribe button. I'm not gonna push it real hard in this because of its Content, it's not you know about promoting me at all And yeah, thank you for checking this out, but until next time keep it brutal