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Spot on

https://youtu.be/S0WWbpBxLCI

I prefer Video Essays over basic shit like reaction videos.

Video Essays are excellent background noise while you do other stuff. Much like podcasts.

i loled at man who facetimes without texting first

Yeah, video essays are out of fucking control.

im a zoomer with no attention span, this tik tok did not say to "watch to the end", i'm not going to watch a 4 hour clip

DKBananaSlamma posted...

Yeah, video essays are out of fucking control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHP02JEC5H0

Vyrulisse posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHP02JEC5H0

Literally how do people find the time to make these lol

Vyrulisse posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHP02JEC5H0

part 2 is more than 11 hours

I wish they had overly deep and esoteric research and intertextual connecting, but in reality those videos are hours of just summarizing the work itself and the youtuber talking about their personal feelings for it, while occasionally throwing in comments of people from the production team or broad critical & audience reactions. These videos are basically recompiling the original content through the personality and presentation of the youtuber, serving as a less attention-demanding and more (para)social alternative to engaging with the original work.

Doe posted...

overly deep and esoteric research and intertextual connecting

what is this?

Doe posted...

I wish they had overly deep and esoteric research and intertextual connecting, but in reality those videos are hours of just summarizing the work itself and the youtuber talking about their personal feelings for it, while occasionally throwing in comments of people from the production team or broad critical & audience reactions. These videos are basically recompiling the original content through the personality and presentation of the youtuber, serving as a less attention-demanding and more (para)social alternative to engaging with the original work.

I think that had a lot to do with the subject matter. I mean what can you say about Skyrim that hasn't been touched on or that would challenge perspective? It's not exactly a complex subject.

MedeaLysistrata posted...

what is this?

Like in the OP video, the idea of tracing themes or production elements of SpongeBob directly to early cinema in the turn of the 20th century.

GeraldDarko posted...

I think that had a lot to do with the subject matter. I mean what can you say about Skyrim that hasn't been touched on or that would challenge perspective? It's not exactly a complex subject.

I don't disagree, just saying a lot of these works WISH they were the OP but are not

Doe posted...

Like in the OP video, the idea of tracing themes or production elements of SpongeBob directly to early cinema in the turn of the 20th century.

I don't disagree, just saying a lot of these works WISH they were the OP but are not

The point is the videos just go to the beginning to pad the content. You don't need to understand the origins of cinema to understand SpongeBob.