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Janina Gavankar Apologizes to the Bill Paxton Estate

Janina delivers an apology on behalf of Bryan Stills, of Reel Layers, to the Bill Paxton Estate.

From Executive Producer Janina Gavankar, creator and film academic Bryan Stills take the audience on an odyssey through the magic and deeper meaning of cinema.

Dec. 21 2021

Posted by: Jan

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Who is bill paxton

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Edited By larmer

That show and this larping is so bizarre and not in the fun way.

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@swordmagic: I think he was the president in Independence Day

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I have no idea what's going on and I love it.

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WTF happened?

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What the fuck is going on? can I get some clarity on this? some dipshit mistook Randy Quaid for Bill Paxton then refused to correct the mistake and got uppity about it?

Is this some dumb meta joke thing with Reel Layers?

Every once in awhile I wonder if letting my subscription lapse was a good choice, it was.

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@xolotl said:

@swordmagic: I think he was the president in Independence Day

I think you're thinking of Cary Elwes

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Err.... Was this intentionally posted? Or is there some 4th wall context I'm missing here?

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stop your grinnin' and drop your linen.

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This show is bizarre, in a very fun way.

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The ending was really funny

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First time in months I've logged in. Man, I missed something alright.

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Not sure what the payoff from this will be. Weird.

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Frog Fractions 3.

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Lots of very normal people in these here comments having very normal reactions.

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Coke is back

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I figured that this "bit" was dead since the response to the last one...

Sometimes, dead is better...

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GUYS PLEASE, SHE NEEDS TO CATCH A FLIGHT

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Done with this bit, already.

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@yiffmaster69: nah you're thinking of Bruce Willis.

Sometimes Wills are called Bills in the USA so Bruce Willis is sometimes credited as Bruce Billis by his close friends! Like in Die Hard-man 3

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There was this article about the CEO of Red Ventures giving away his capital and Rorie posting on twitter "hey you should give it to me" I think that's a great idea cause, this thing might have being funny if it was posted a month ago. Source

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Still going with this thing, huh?

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I wasted 30 mins of my life just researching wtf was going on with this video.

To piece it together, Janina is the producer of Reel Layers a new show that GB announced last month. Their first (free) episode was on the movie Twister. You don't need to watch the whole video but it's basically a parody of a super in-depth movie analysis of a not really good movie. The important bit is at the end where they show a RIP picture with the text "In Loving Memory of Bill Paxton" except that the photo is not of Bill Paxton but of Dennis Quaid. Mind you Bill Paxton is actually dead.

Now I don't know if this is supposed to be a dumb bit that they are pretending the Bill Paxton estate is suing the shit out of Janina/GB/RV or they ARE really suing the shit out of them and forcing an apology out of them. Anyway I don't find any of this entertaining.

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@yyninja:

  • Yes, it's a dumb bit.
  • No, the Bill Paxton estate isn't suing GB/RV.
  • No, it's not even remotely entertaining.
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I love this

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RIP Bill Paxton IMO

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One of two things is going on here. This is either real--in which case, what the fuck--or it's a bit, in which case, what the fuck?

Considering that Bill Paxton's estate is involved in an actual ongoing wrongful death suit, pretending that his estate was upset about this video is bad timing and severely unfunny.

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@kerned said:

  • No, it's not even remotely entertaining.

Nobody's trying to entertain remotes over here.

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@darthcaidus: I, too, love this. Especially because everyone hates it. But yea, it's dumb as rocks.

Love it.

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God this fucking rules.

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Beautiful, love it

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I don't know Bryan Stills but the Bryan Stills I know would NEVER back down!!!1!

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@phanboy4 said:

@kerned said:
  • No, it's not even remotely entertaining.

Nobody's trying to entertain remotes over here.

This is the best thing I've read all day. I tip my hat to you

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Thank you for this. I was very disturbed.

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Is this an ARG? Is this a meta-GB show? I'm so much more confused now and am looking forward to see how the story and characters develop.

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Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen.

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This site sure went in a weird direction.