About some YouTubers

There’s a lot to like about the Google-owned YouTube.

You can find digitally enhanced copies of shows originally broadcast live such as a 1953 adaptation of 1984, or the original 1954 broadcast of 12 Angry Men. Some YouTubers compile vintage commercials and promos from previous decades that haven’t been seen since they were originally shown. And you can find complete episodes of series originally broadcast decades ago.

YouTube also offers many original YouTube channels that offer various viewpoints. Your mileage may vary based on your own viewpoint.

But sometimes, YouTubers can be, shall we say, sensitive.

This week, the blog encountered a YouTube video that lasted almost four hours (three hours, 58 minutes and 45 seconds to be precise) that critiqued this year’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.

The video had good production values and raised points that merited a closer look at the fifth Indiana Jones movie. I watched more than an hour and left a compliment. What I viewed was mostly entertaining.

The YouTuber involved didn’t care for the compliment. “If you can’t be bothered to watch to watch the full video, what do you expect me to say to you?”

Actually, I didn’t expect him to say anything. Most people, when receiving a compliment, take the win and go home. Some people, I suppose, are sore winners. I deleted my compliment as a result.

I’m not sure there’s a larger point here. I’m not linking or embedding the video. Evidently, some people get offended if they receive insufficient compliments.

So it goes.

Phyllis Coates, a tough Lois Lane, dies at 96

Phyllis Coates, as Lois Lane, with George Reeves’ Superman

Phyllis Coates, the last surviving original cast member of the 1950s Adventures of Superman series, has died at 96, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Coates died this week at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, THR said, citing her daughter Laura Press.

Coates played Lois Lane opposite George Reeves as Superman/Clark Kent in the movie Superman and the Mole-Men in 1951. Work began on the first season of the syndicated Adventures of Superman show afterward. The first season comprised 26 episodes, which included a two-parter (“The Unknown People”) edited from Superman and the Mole-Men.

The Coates version of Lois Lane was tough, especially for 1950s television. In one episode (“No Holds Barred”), Lois is angry with Clark Kent for convincing a college wrestler to take on a crooked professional wrestler who has crippled his opponents.

Lois tells Clark she hopes to never see him again “as long as I live.” The Coates version of Lois sounded as if she meant it. She displayed a tough attitude throughout the season. Her version of Lois could also scream with the best of them.

Coates departed after the show’s first season. Her replacement was Noel Neill, who had played Lois Lane in two Superman movie serials with Kirk Alyn as Clark Kent/Superman. Neill would stay with the show through the end of its six-season run.

Coates apparently didn’t look back. According to THR, she was only paid $350 an episode for The Adventures of Superman. Her IMDB.COM ENTRY lists acting credits starting in 1946 and extending into the 1990s.