Wednesday – Update on Content

We have not heard back from SAG-AFTRA. Ben 10 Alien Force will release as normal Thursday July 27th 2023, as it does not fall under a struck content category. As of this posting Rome is still paused and will not release tomorrow.  

We only saw one question that hasn’t been answered in the last few days posts. If you have a question, please check the previous posts and the answer is likely there. If not, please comment here your question.

Questions:

If content will be paused for an extended period, could we get a poll or a list for possible temporary replacement shows / miniseries / movies to see what content we could be seeing instead?

We have selected some shows and movies to be reacted to help us fill the gap in the short term, which we will be announcing shortly. We are keeping an eye out on Discord, and these posts for suggestions for non-struck content, as well as original content ideas. If the pause becomes a stoppage, we may consider an additional way to keep audience feedback on what you want to see.

The entire team at the studio has been working so hard this week, and we have already begun filming content for the possible new schedule. It will take some time for things to be edited and fit into that schedule, so thank you for your patience as we continue to support the writers and actors on strike in any way we can. 

Website Update Sept 7 2023

Hello everyone Rick here! You may have noticed we launched the new website! Good news, it’s pretty cool (huh?)! Bad news, we’ve still got some stuff to work on. We hope you’ll be patient with us as we continue to fix the current issues.

If you notice any other issues, you can post them on the site’s forum, on our Discord #website-feedback, or use the https://blindwave.com/help/ form here. If you are specifically encountering an issue with Patreon, please DM message us on Patreon with a description of your issue.

Once we get these bugs squared away, we’re going to start working on bringing even more new and exciting features to the site.

Here are some of the issue’s we are aware of:

  • Some of the older anime reactions do not have a button to take you to the reaction portion of the video. We’re prioritizing getting this fixed as soon as possible.
  • Movies do not have a Full Length button to take you to the Full Length straight from the player. You can still search for them and view them that way, but the process will be cleaner soon.
  • Movies reactions, and content like Pokemality, Gaming, etc, are hard to browse through. We’re streamlining it.
  • Some content is missing. We’re working on getting everything up.
  • Recommendations should be limited to 3 votes. It’s possible you may have to revote once we fix this.
  • The various Blind Wave Audio Podcasts have not been migrated to the new site.

Thank you again for your patience! Know that we are working hard to make the Blind Wave website go BEYOND your expectations!

– Rick (Archmaster7)

Website to Patreon Connection Issue

There is currently an issue at blindwave.net where if you try to connect your Patreon account you will get the error message:

 “Sorry. Could not acquire your info from Patreon. Please try again later.” 

I’ve tried to fix this issue, but at this point I’m waiting for the plugin dev team to get back to me. I anticipate getting the issue fixed tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience, and please let me know if you run into a different error message. 

Thanks!

Website Downtime for Major Upgrades!

Hello Wave Riders,

We hope you’re enjoying all the content we’ve been putting out for you. We have some exciting news: Blind Wave is getting a brand new website with many new features you’ve been asking for, and more to come!

Advantages of Our New Website:

  • Enhanced Navigation: Find your favorite videos and series faster than ever.
  • Suggest Shows/Movies: A new feature that lets you suggest what we should react to next!
  • Alternative to Patreon: Introducing Blind Wave BEYOND, our very own direct premium subscription service, with benefits comparable to our Four-sight rider tier on Patreon at an exclusive price! No third party payments needed!
  • …and much more to come after launch!

To roll out these new features, our current website will be offline starting at 2:00 AM EST tomorrow, September 7th, and will be down for approximately 12 hours. Tomorrow’s scheduled content posts will be available once the new site is active.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience as we upgrade. While the website is down, you can still enjoy our content on our YouTube channels and connect with us on social media.

Thank you for your ongoing support. We’re thrilled to enhance your Blind Wave experience and can’t wait to hear what you think of the new website!

Best, The Blind Wave Crew

WAVECON 2019 | Blind Wave Trivia – Game Night Early Access!

Recorded at the Lafayette Hotel in Marietta, OH. Waveriders from around the world gathered at Wavecon 2019, formed teams, and battled head-to-head in Blind Wave trivia for prizes and the ability to vote in a secret poll to choose which show Blind Wave would react to next! Make sure to thank all the players here in the comments for choosing “The Boys” as the next show we react to! 

Viewer Show Poll – Replacing Attack on Titan

 VOTE HERE:  https://www.blindwavellc.com/attack-on-titan-replacement-show-poll/ 

$1 Patrons can vote on these 10 shows to replace Friday’s Viewer Poll Slot. This time, choose your top three choices! Your 1st choice will get Three Points, your 2nd will get Two points, and your 3rd will get One Point.  The Poll will run for one week!

Remember to be cool in the comments, and respectful of everyone else!

Viewer Poll to Replace Breaking Bad!

If you are a Blind Wave Patron, you can vote with the link below in the Poll to replace Breaking Bad on the Monday Live-action Poll Slot!

VOTE HERE: https://blindwavellc.com/poll-to-replace-breaking-bad/

The choices are:
Sons of Anarchy
SEE
Better Call Saul
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Mr. Robot
LOST
The Expanse
The Umbrella Academy
His Dark Materials
Band of Brothers 

Viewer Poll to Replace – Ted Lasso

If you are a Blind Wave Patron, you can vote with the link below in the Poll to replace Ted Lasso on a Live Action poll Slot! Remember to vote for your Top Three Options!  VOTE HERE:   The options are: Poll to Replace Ted Lasso – Blind Wave

The Bear (2022)
Succession (2018)
Severance (2022)
Once Piece Live Action (2023)
Mr. Robot (2015)
Fringe (2008)
The Last Kingdom (2015)
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
The Sopranos (1999)
The Leftovers (2014)

Viewer Poll to Replace – Hunter x Hunter

If you are a Blind Wave Patron, you can vote with the link below in the Poll to replace Hunter x Hunter on an Animation Poll Slot! Remember to vote for your Top Three Options!

VOTE HERE: https://blindwavellc.com/poll-to-replace-hunter-x-hunter/

Parasyte The Maxim (2014)
Gravity Falls (2012)
Assassination Classroom (2013)
Samurai Champloo (2005)
Kill la Kill (2013)
Bojack Horseman (2014)
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Archer (2009)
Dr. Stone (2019)
YuYu Hakusho (1992)

Upgrade (2018) Movie Reaction – Early Access!

Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant. 

Movie Reactions are slowly coming back! Commentaries are still on hold at this time as we still need to create new format with Physical Distancing in mind so please be patient! Enjoy our Reaction to Upgrade! 

*NOTE* This post has been updated with the cleared YouTube version!

Update for Replacement Poll Shows

Hey everyone

As most of you know the Polls for The Monday and Friday slots have been won, with Brooklyn Nine-Nine and The Promised Neverland winning. However, with coming back to the studio and trying to resume a normal workflow, we haven’t been able to film the new show reactions quite yet. 

So as far as the plan for when they start, we will be working hard to have two reactions to The Promised Neverland (One YouTube release and one here on Early Access) this coming Friday. Brooklyn Nine-Nine will be starting next week on Monday with the same drop format.

Thanks for your patience and understanding in this strange time as we play catch-up. Over the coming weeks we plan to get more normal content rolling again, Such as Movie Reactions/Commentaries, Mailbag, and more. We wouldn’t be able to do any of this without our Patrons, whose financial support helps us offer free YouTube content worldwide for anyone who feels the need to take up their time with our Shenanigans.

Hope you are as excited as us for the new shows coming this and next week. Remember, new summer shows we choose for ourselves will also be popping up soon too!

-The Blind Wave Crew

Tuesday Patreon Rewards!

PLEASE NOTE: All Naruto Shippuden reaction highlights and full length videos are temporarily unavailable on our website due to copyright issues. 

New Shippuden episodes will continue to release per usual for our four-sight riders. Other affected early access episodes across our Raw Rider, Fortnight and Uber tiers will remain unavailable until the copyright issues are resolved. Once we get things cleared up any affected early access episodes will be made viewable at their scheduled tiers accordingly. 

The crew are working diligently to remedy the situation as soon as possible! All of us here at the Wave Cave greatly appreciate your continued support and patience as we work to address these copyright issues. 

Trust us…we are just as frustrated as you all are.

Poll Rider Reward:

Use this code at blindwave.com/store to get 10% off an order this month: SWCLONDON2023

Uber Rider Videos:

  • Naruto Shippuden #41 “The Top-Secret Mission Begins!” *(see above)*
  • Assassination Classroom 2×5 “Leader Time” Reaction

Fortnight Rider Videos:

  • Naruto Shippuden #42 “Orochimaru vs. Jinchuriki” *(see above)*
  • Assassination Classroom 2×6 “Before & After Time” Reaction

Raw Rider Videos:

  • Naruto Shippuden #41 “The Top-Secret Mission Begins!” *(see above)*
  • Naruto Shippuden #42 “Orochimaru vs. Jinchuriki” *(see above)*
  • Assassination Classroom 2×5 “Leader Time” Full Length
  • Assassination Classroom 2×6 “Before & After Time” Full Length

Four-Sight Rider Videos:

  • Naruto Shippuden #43 “Sakura’s Tears” *(see above)*
  • Naruto Shippuden #44 “The Secret of the Battle” Reaction | Full Length 
  • Assassination Classroom 2×7 “Reaper Time, Part 1” Reaction | Full Length
  • Assassination Classroom 2×8 “Reaper Time, Part 2” Reaction | Full Length  

Today’s Rewards Update

Hey everyone! 

As many of you know, our website is currently down do to a corruption in the database. We cant release our normal post until this is addressed. Rest assured we (mostly Rick) are working hard to restore service and will post Today’s YouTube Video and Patreon rewards ASAP.

Thanks for your patience!!

Edit: We are releasing today’s Scheduled YouTube videos for the wider audience while we continue working on the Website and it’s Patreon integration. 

Thursday Patreon Rewards!

Hi Everyone,

Just a reminder about the watch order for Season 3 episodes. Due to inconsistencies in the episode info between HBO Max’s website vs. their streaming service some episodes in Season 3 were recorded out of order. The pinned watch order on our discord has been updated with the correct info and we’ll make sure that our playlists for the season are in the correct order once they all hit Youtube. Thanks!

Poll Rider Reward:

Use this code at blindwave.com/store to get 10% off an order this month: SWCLONDON2023

Uber Rider Videos:

  • Ben 10 3×9 “Under Wraps” Reaction

Fortnight Rider Videos:

  • Ben 10 3×13 “The Visitor” Reaction

Raw Rider Videos:

Four-Sight Rider Videos:

Thursday – Update on Content

We are still awaiting the response from SAG-AFTRA. If we don’t hear anything by the end of this week we are planning a different schedule for the month of August and will have more information on that, likely next week.

Tomorrow will not have a movie release on Youtube. The IP Man Movie Reaction will be dropping down to the Uber Tier as it normally would as according to our research, it does not qualify as struck content. We will work to fill in the tiers above IP Man over the next couple of weeks. We hope to have a new movie available on Patreon as early as tomorrow, but as we usually have a turnaround time of a week or more for movie reactions, this one only has about 1.5 days.

We want to also thank our editors for helping us to try and turnaround edits and content to get it out as fast as we can for you.

Thank you all so much for your continued support, patience, and recommendations on how we can fill our schedule with content you want to see.

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The Punisher EA Update

Hey guys, Just wanted to let those of you who are waiting for the Early Access of the Punisher to be posted that unfortunately due to an editor being unavailable, it wont be up till tomorrow morning. We always strive to get videos up the days they are meant to be posted, but we promise to try to make sure things like this don’t happen often. Thanks for understanding!

The Promised Neverland 1×7 Reaction – Early Access!

“011145” 

Krone discovers which children are aware of the House’s secret. But rather than alert Isabella, Krone proposes an alliance with Norman, Emma and the others to help meet each other’s goals. 

Watch the Reaction Highlight HERE: https://blindwavellc.com/the-promised-neverland-1×7-reaction-early-access/ 

The Promised Neverland 1×4 Reaction – Early Access!

 “291045” 

 Emma, Norman and Ray suspect that there’s a traitor among the kids providing information to Isabella. They decide they want to tell Don and Gilda the secret of the House, while suspecting that one of them could possibly be the traitor. 

Watch the Reaction Highlight HERE: https://blindwavellc.com/the-promised-neverland-1×4-reaction-early-access/ 

The Promised Neverland 1×3 Reaction – Early Access!

“181045” 

Krone arrives at the House to assist Isabella with watching the children. Krone, however, develops her own agenda. Later, Emma, Norman, and Ray begin to “train” the other children to prepare them for escaping the House. 

Watch the Reaction Highlight HERE: https://blindwavellc.com/the-promised-neverland-1×3-reaction-early-access/ 

The Promised Neverland 1×2 Reaction – Early Access!

 “131045” 

Emma and Norman begin making plans to escape the House. As they plan, they become suspicious of Isabella’s behavior and actions. 

Watch the Reaction Highlight HERE: https://blindwavellc.com/the-promised-neverland-1×2-reaction-early-access/

Did you miss The Promised Never land 1×1 Reaction? Watch it on YouTube HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irHXxagse5I

The Promised Neverland 1×12 Finale Reaction – Early Access!

“150146”

Emma and the others continue to carry out their escape plan. Ray is shocked by the results of the kids’ training that was set up by Emma and Norman. During their escape, Isabella calls for reinforcements to attempt to capture the children.

Watch the Reaction Highlight HERE: https://blindwavellc.com/the-promised-neverland-1×12-reaction-early-access/

The Haunting of Hill House 1×2 Reaction Early Access!

“Open Casket” 

Wondering why you are seeing the 1×2 Reaction on Early Access already? That’s because we released 1×1 on YouTube today! Check it out HERE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Xyyw3bi20 

Watch the FULL LENGTH Reaction HERE: https://www.blindwavellc.com/the-haunting-of-hill-house-1×01-full/

The Dark Knight Commentary Update

Well everyone, despite us doing our best to stay up and running with as little slow down in our content as possible, this week’s The Dark Knight Commentary had an audio issue and is unusable. We will have to re-record it, but that wont be until we can get back to the studio after this stay-at-home order. We apologize for the inconvenience, and are still working hard to stay as normal as possible despite the circumstances. 

THANK YOU!

We would like to take a moment to thank all of our supporters for helping us hit a milestone. As of today, we are in the top 100 supported campagins on all of Patreon!

We also just hit the 6k goal, so stick around for intructions for getting the voting process underway.

ALSO you’ll be able to see the first reaction to Young Justice on YouTube this week, with the second episode on Patreon Early Access the same day!

Things are about to get crazy, patrons. Let’s have some fun!

-Eric

Swamp Thing 1×5 Reaction – Early Access!

*NOTE* Unfortunately we lost our footage to Swamp Thing 1×4. We are sorry to our community and the Swamp Thing fan-base, and have taken steps to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again. Thanks for your understanding.
“Drive All Night”
While Abby tries to find a cure for Alec, she’s haunted by her childhood friend’s ghost who re-emerges from the swamp. Alec struggles to come to terms with his transformation with the help of a mysterious Phantom Stranger.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars #111 Reaction – Early Access!

“Conspiracy” 

In the sterile laboratories of Kamino, the ailing clone trooper Tup and his friend ARC Trooper Fives are quarantined for examination following Tup’s shocking murder of a Jedi Master. With the help of medical droid AZI-3, Fives is determined to get to the bottom of Tup’s condition and uncovers a secret buried deep within the Republic’s cloning program.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars #110 Reaction – Early Access!

“The Unknown”

Clone trooper Tup succumbs to a mysterious mental illness that results in the shocking death of a Jedi Master. Unable to account for his murderous actions, Tup is sedated and sent back to Kamino for examination. Meanwhile, Admiral Trench of the Separatists informs Count Dooku of the betrayal, and is convinced that the killing stems from something deeper. Anakin Skywalker and ARC Trooper Fives accompany Tup, but their return trip is ambushed by Separatists.

 Watch the Full Length Reaction HERE: https://blindwavellc.com/star-wars-the-clone-wars-110-6×01-full/ 

Star Wars: The Clone Wars #102 Reaction – Early Access!

“Revival”

Fueled by vengeance and rage, the newly reunited brothers Savage Opress and Darth Maul spread terror and violence across the galaxy. As the Sith brothers forcibly recruit Hondo Ohnaka and his pirates, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Adi Gallia chase them down, leading to a deadly confrontation.

Watch the Full Length Reaction HERE: https://blindwavellc.com/star-wars-the-clone-wars-102-5×01-full/

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Wave Squad #1 – Early Access!

War! The Republic is on the defensive after a series of Separatist attack’s strike deep into their territory.

A Republic Capital ship, The Basilisk  is currently engaged in a losing battle with the Confederacies own ship, The Voracity  over the planet of Taanab.

In a desperate attempt to turn the tide the brave Jedi Knight, Suro Ta and his Padawan, Kaarina Siltala lead an elite force of Clone Troopers under the command of Captian Harbinger into the jaws of death once again…

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope Commentary!

It’s Happening!!!

Blind Wave is proud to announce a new weekly series to the channel, Movie Nights! One week, you’ll get a commentary to a movie we all know and love, the next week, a movie reaction to something the crew has never seen. We have been working for awhile on this one, and hope you are all excited to join us. Be sure to check out the polls for both which movie commentary and which movie reaction we do next!

Some Changes to our Goals

We have made a few changes to our goals here on Patreon, as well as added a whole new goal.

While we wish we could create all the content everyone wants every day, it isn’t possible. So we while we work our way towards our FULL TIME goal we decided to add in some more content that we would like to do, but it doesn’t have the priority that some other work does.

Most of these changes are adding in bits of original content that we hope people will enjoy. Below are the changes to the goals.

$2,500 – A whole new goal has been added! This goal will be bringing a weekly Let’s Draw w/ Eric to Blind Wave. Watch Eric draw various places, creature, people, and more in these fun videos.

$5,000 – While this was already a goal, it mainly stipulated buying equipment. While we do want equipment to help improve the channel, and the money helps to sustain us to do more for you guys. We also wanted this goal to give you guys something as well. To our surprise we had an incredibly positive reaction to our Cooking With Blind Wave video. So it has now been added in to this goal. While these videos take some time to prepare and produce it will not be a weekly but every other week. We look forward to doing these videos more in the future.

$10,000 – Another goal that had more equipment specified, so to give more to you guys we have added in a Table Top RPG game. This may be a video or a podcast, but either way you can enjoy the journey of the Blind Wave crew through a DnD game, Star Wars RPG, or more. Some of Blind Wave have never played a Table Top RPG so this is sure to be a fun experience.

We want to thank all of our Patrons for their pledges and we hope some of these changes let everyone know that as we grow we want to do more for our viewers. As much as we want to just do all of this right now. We have a lot that people are looking for and not a huge amount of time that everyone on the crew can dedicate to getting it all done.

As we grow closer to full time we hope to produce fun and exciting content that everyone will enjoy and will be glad to call themselves a Wave Rider.

Thank You,

The Blind Wave Crew

RWBY 7×2 – Early Access!

“A New Approach”

Ruby’s group is brought to Ironwood, who plans to install a CCT tower on Amity Arena to inform the public about Salem and use his military force to handle the unrest it will cause. Ruby agrees to help, but chooses not to reveal what her group learned from Jinn. Meanwhile, Dr. Watts has taken control of Mantle’s security systems to hide Tyrian committing a murder. 

If you missed RWBY 7×1 Reaction on YouTube, Click HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aWXGqKsBAo

Recommendations Updated

How can I recommend Blind Wave Shows and Movies to react to?

“Can you please react to ___________ (insert title here)!?” is a phrase that haunts our dreams. The calls come from everywhere – social media, discord, or screamed out the window of college campuses (true story: someone randomly yelled out “react to One Piece” while we were filming the Wavecon promo!)

We receive so many recommendations that’s it’s impossible to keep track. We’ve tried annual mass surveys to catalog and determine what you want to see, but it was a tremendous effort (thanks mods!) that would quickly be outdated.

So we’ve developed a system here on this website where you can keep a list of 3 shows and 3 movies that you most want to see us react to. We compile all users’ votes to a list that we reference when we are creating polls, or when we want to pick up a show. Voting is easy and is available to everyone! It’s also super important in determining what we’re going to watch on the channel!

Sounds great! How do I vote?

First, you have to make sure that you have an account here on our website. Don’t worry, it’s free and easy to make an account. Just click the register button in the upper right-hand side of the screen and follow the steps.

Register Button Placement

Once you’ve made an account, voting is easy! Just click on the profile icon in the upper right and then click “Recommendation“.

Recommendation button placement.

You’ve arrived at the Recommendations page! From here type in the name of the show or movie you want to vote for in the search bar. Once you find the one you’re looking for, click vote to add it to your list. You only get 3 votes each so choose wisely!

You can view and remove votes at any time over on the right side of the screen. You can switch between your lists for TV Shows or Movies by click on the buttons at the top. Note that these buttons won’t show up if you haven’t voted for any shows yet!

Future Updates

Thanks for your recommendations! Please feel free to also recommend changes you’d like to see to our website. You can reach out on our discord or social media, fill out our contact form, or just comment on this post. We’ve already made a ton of improvements since launch and have a lot of new and exciting features in development. The new recommendation feature is available to everyone, but if you really love what we’re doing there’s no better way to support us than by GOING BEYOND!

Thanks so much for watching!

-Rick

PROUD TO ANNOUNCE PATRON REWARDS and BLIND WAVE GOALS

The Blind Wave Crew has been working hard for over a year to bring great content to our fans and viewers. During that time we created a Patreon account and want to say THANK YOU to all of our patrons that have pledged. 

Recently we have been working on creating fun and interesting rewards for our Patrons.  Today we are finally releasing our new Patreon Reward System! To everyone who is already a Patron please be sure to check yourself into one of the new reward spots. If you are not yet a patron be sure to read through the lists of rewards we have for patrons

We have also made a list of what the money will be used for. We want everyone to know what we plan on doing with the money that is pledged. All the way to ultimately working full time in a studio creating as much amazing content as we can for our fans and viewers.

The goals listed is an outline of what we are wanting to do with the money.  We will constantly be trying to keep content churning out for everyone. 

GOALS:

$250 – Bringing Back Gaming Stream with Viewers

$500 – The Return of a Weekly Game Night

$1,000 – A Brand New Weekly Blind Wave Podcasts

$5,000 – Upgrade Blind Wave PCs for more editing and faster Render times

$10,000 – Upgrade to filming Equipment, Especially a new Camera

$15,000 – BLIND WAVE FULL TIME

$20,000 – Original Content Production

$30,000 – A STUDIO. Like a real Studio

$50,000 – Original Feature Film

We love what has been built up over that last year. We really want to be able to dedicate more time to Blind Wave and currently we believe this is one of the ways we can grow and do more. 

Thank You for everyone who has Watched, Shared, Liked, Commented, and Supported us over this last year. Also a big thanks to all who has pledged already here on Patreon, Donated on our Website, or that has sent gifts to our P.O. Box. 

The community we have is AMAZING and we hope we can do more for you all soon.

Thank You,

The Blind Wave Crew

Problem with Videos on The Website?

Sorry if you have been having difficulty watching Early Access and Full Length videos at blindwave.net. Some logged in users have been seeing cached versions of pages of non logged in users, making it so you’ll appear to be logged out and still see the ‘Locked for Patrons’ image. I’ve made some changes to the server that have fixed the issue in my test accounts. Please try to delete all of your cookies in your browser, close completely out of all browser windows and try again. If you’re still having an issue after that, please let me know in the comments below. 

Thanks!

Poll Test

Create your own user feedback survey

Pokemon Moon Stream Poll!!!

Please give your input on how often the Pokemon Moon Gameplay should be streamed.

Looking to stream on Monday, friday, and saturday. But when should pokemon be played?

Only on pokemonday streams?
On all streams till the game is beaten?
On all streams for a bit then back to only Pokemonday? 

https://strawpoll.de/7sbyz2f

ALSO see streams at https://www.twitch.tv/blindwave 

Pausing Struck Content: Blind Wave’s Gameplan

The Blind Wave Crew have been discussing how to proceed with the SAG Strike, and we have an updated proactive gameplan. We are pausing our posts of the following videos that feature struck content on Patreon as well as YouTube until we receive clarification from SAG:

  • Ben 10
  • Ben 10 Alien Force
  • Band of Brothers
  • Batman: The Animated Series
  • Community
  • Rome
  • Secret Invasion
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  • Ted Lasso
  • Movie Reaction Poll Winner – Inception

We have seen contradicting information originating directly from SAG on the issue of whether our style of content is seen as promotion from an influencer, which would be considered “crossing the picket line” – or if our videos are considered to be reviews and therefore should continue. BOTH of these classifications have been applied to different reactors who have reached out to SAG.

This current pause is only temporary until we receive clarification. Once we do, one of two outcomes will occur:

  • If Blind Wave’s content falls within SAG’s guidelines to be able to continue posting reactions to struck content, we will resume posting as soon as possible.
  • If Blind Wave’s content falls within SAG’s guidelines to NOT be able to continue posting reactions to struck content, we will halt the above reaction series and reevaluate their future on the channel once they are no longer struck.

Our goals are to continue to entertain our fans, while also supporting the writers and actors who create the content featured in our reactions. If we are unable to continue reactions to struck shows, then we will continue to produce reactions to non-struck shows and movies: anime, non-struck American productions, and non-struck content from outside America (i.e. the UK, India, etc). We would also take this opportunity to create, or possibly resume, other types of non-reaction content.

We know that this pause in content is disappointing, but it is important to us that we support the artists who bring these wonderful stories we love to life.

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Please message us directly here on Patreon if you have any questions or concerns.

Naruto #34 Reaction – Early Access!

“Akamaru Trembles: Gaara’s Cruel Strength!” 

The other Genin teams continue their search for the scrolls and Gaara’s power is revealed to Team 8.

Watch the Reaction Highlight HERE:  https://blindwavellc.com/naruto-34-reaction-early-access/ 

*NOTE* Due to numerous copyright problems, we have decided to move all Anime Reactions to the Website format. All this changes for you is to click the link to the Reaction Highlight when prompted in the video. We hope everybody understands the need to protect ourselves! Thanks

Naruto #18 Reaction – Early Access!

 “The Weapons Known as Shinobi” 

Haku tells the hesitant Naruto to finish him off. Naruto strongly questions Haku’s philosophy of existing only to fight and win. Meanwhile, the battle between Kakashi and Zabuza approaches its climax. Zabuza’s movement is restrained by Kakashi’s Summoning Jutsu. With victory within his grasp, Kakashi unleashes his most devastating maneuver. 

Naruto #14 Reaction – Early Access!

“The Number One Hyperactive, Knucklehead Ninja Joins the Fight!” 

Sasuke finds himself in a pinch inside of Haku’s Crystal Ice Mirrors, but Naruto comes to the rescue. But Sasuke has a plan to counter Haku’s jutsu with attacks from both the inside and outside the Crystal Ice Mirrors, and Naruto’s unexpected action ruins Sasuke’s strategy. Eventually, both young ninja are trapped. 

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  • Pokemon: ultimate Journeys 33 “Whittle While You Work!” Reaction

Fortnight Rider Videos:

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Raw Rider Videos:

  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelpha 3×8 “Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire” Full Length
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  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelpha 3×10 “Mac Is a Serial Killer” Reaction | Full Length
  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelpha 3×11 “Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender” Reaction | Full Length
  • Harley Quinn 3×10 “The Horse and The Sparrow” Reaction | Full Length
  • Harley Quinn 3×11 “A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special” Reaction | Full Length
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Fortnight Rider Videos:

  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelpha 3×11 “Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender” Reaction
  • Harley Quinn 3×11 “A Very Problematic Valentine’s Day Special” Reaction
  • ***Pokemon: Ultimate Journeys is on a temporary hiatus until copyright issues can be resolved***

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  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelpha 3×10 “Mac Is a Serial Killer” Full Length
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  • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelpha 3×12 “The Gang Gets Whacked (Part 1)” Reaction | Full Length
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  • Harley Quinn 4×1 “Gotham’s Hottest Hotties” Reaction | Full Length
  • Harley Quinn 4×2 “B.I.T.C.H” Reaction | Full Length
  • ***Pokemon: Ultimate Journeys is on a temporary hiatus until copyright issues can be resolved***

These videos were published during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the episodes of the shows being covered here wouldn’t exist. #SAGAFTRAstrike #SAGAFTRAstrong

Support the Entertainment Community Fund for struggling strikers HERE: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/

Monday – Update on Content

We will be providing daily updates to Patreon until we hear back from SAG-AFTRA and commit to any long-term plan.

We have reached out to SAG-AFTRA and we expect to hear back from them before Wednesday.

Our current expectation is that our content will fall under one or more of their exceptions and we will resume posting content as normal. However, we are also preparing for the case where we are informed that our covering of struck content will be detrimental to SAG-AFTRA’s efforts. If that is the case, know that we are working to make sure that other exciting content is taking its place.

While we have not yet received clarification, we have found some additional official information on the strike and what shows do and do not fall under the strike and have determined that the following shows do not fall under their guidelines for struck content and we will resume posting reactions to these shows*:

Ben 10: Alien Force – (Categorized by SAG-AFTRA as – Basic Cable Agreement for Animated Motion Pictures)

Batman the Animated Series – (Categorized by SAG-AFTRA as – Television Animation)

Here is a list of common questions and concerns we have seen in the comments. Please know that we are reading all comments in these posts, and will do our best to address them in future posts.

Is Blind Wave stopping all posting of new content?

No, we will continue to post reactions to the following. We are currently only expecting to pause content for less than a week while we receive clarification. If that is extended, different content will replace the struck content.

Assassination Classroom

Ben 10 Alien Force

Naruto Shippuden

Batman The Animated Series

Spy x Family (Anime Poll Winner)

Why are you doing this if you are not in SAG-AFTRA? Are considering joining SAG-AFTRA?

Some of our members are interested in potentially joining SAG-AFTRA in the future. Blind Wave as a whole also wishes to stand with the actors and writers who have worked hard to create great content that Blind Wave and our Waveriders have enjoyed watching, reviewing, and discussing.

How long will the pause be?

We expect to hear back from SAG-AFTRA before Wednesday. Depending on their clarifications the pause will either end as soon as we hear from them, or it will continue past that. If it does continue past that, we will be working on replacement content for the struck shows.

Is Blind Wave encouraging people to cancel their subscriptions to streaming services?

No. As far as we are aware SAG-AFTRA is not calling for a boycott of streaming services. Please refer to https://www.sagaftra.org/ for more information.

If struck companies haven’t been paying you to promote, are you actually promoting?

It’s true that we have not been paid to promote these shows. However, SAG-AFTRA’s stance on promotion is murky. There has been guidance given from SAG sources that you should not be promoting struck work even “organically.” We are unsure if our reaction content is to be considered under their influencer guidelines, their press/media guidelines, or something else altogether. So until we know for sure, we are pausing.  https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/influencer-faqs

I’ve seen that SAG has instructed people to support already made content. Isn’t what you are doing hurting SAG?

We have seen messaging indicating both sides of this issue: they have specifically asked influencers and podcasters to not promote struck work. Reviews seem to be ok. We were unable to come to a conclusion, so we’ve reached out to SAG-AFTRA directly for clarification.

“Yes, they are considered promotional. Rewatch and companion shows drive people to the struck companies’ platforms to watch the shows promoted by your podcast. We must stand together to show those companies our power and influence so they will provide performers with a fair contract.” – https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs

Can I get a refund on Patreon?

We currently expect the delay in posted content to only last a few days. However, you can always directly message us here on Patreon for a refund. https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021113811-How-do-I-request-a-refund-

If you are reacting to non-struck content on a streaming service, doesn’t that defeat the purpose?

SAG-AFTRA has not called for a consumer, or any other type of boycott of streaming services as of this time.

Other reactors are continuing to post reactions and have not taken this stance. The Reel Rejects made a video that clarified this issue. Why are you halting reactions when other reactors are not?

We have seen direct communication from SAG-AFTRA to other reactors that have asked them in no uncertain terms to stop posting reactions of struck content. We have also seen the messaging that The Reel Rejects has received. There is no way that both of these positions can be true, so we are seeking clarification. The reason we chose to temporarily halt posting was because that if the stance of “you should not react to struck content” was their position it would equate to us crossing the picket line if we continued to do so. If what the Reel Rejects received that “reactions were fine” was correct and we temporarily halted reactions anyway it would not be crossing the picket line. So, we erred on the side of caution to do what we felt would have the least chance of hurting the strikes efforts.

Will we ever see the reactions to struck shows?

If we are directly informed by SAG-AFTRA that our reactions do not fall under their strike guidelines, reactions will be posted as soon as possible. If the information we receive is that our reactions to stuck content are hurting SAG-AFTRA’s efforts, our current plan would be to continue those reactions series at some point after the strike is over.

Why aren’t you reacting to older shows? Shouldn’t you just be pausing new shows?

We have seen direct contact from SAG-AFTRA to other reactors that specifically mention older shows. There is also this on their FAQ:

“Guests: Appearing as a guest on any podcast to promote struck work is not allowed under any circumstances. This includes promotion of work you did in the past. Remember, past work is just as important to the streamers’ bottom lines as upcoming work. Streaming services are putting performers’ work on their platforms to exist there forever without letting the performers share in the revenue they are receiving as a result of having an endless supply of content that performers like you made possible.” – https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/podcaster-faqs

*https://51641f9a-586d-4524-b0dd-c06469de3501.usrfiles.com/ugd/51641f_fde5924732414598a2fb83734c27e28f.pdf

*https://www.sagaftra.org/files/sa_documents/Strike_Can_Work.pdf

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