to understand why squidward is the most terrifying villain in film history, we have to go back to the beginning, "part 1: the start of modern capitalism"
Those titles irk me so much. I know it's to draw in attention but oooh me so mad!!!!1 I think it must be because the author is framing themselves as having unlocked secret revelations rather than just sharing their opinions about some media that pisses me off.
@@smoppetSure, but it’s the same with thumbnails. Some of my favorite youtuber use the most obnoxiously click bait thumbnails (they even hate using them). But thats what makes money, so same with titles.
that "went to newcaster school but failed" intonation... I hate few things more than people trying desperately to present their pretentious pile of shit as some casual, irreverent thing (like how half of the video essayists make a deal out of having a drinking problem- omg so edgy and tortured!) -end rant
@@SeSmokki I'm starting to have disorientation at the word "pretentious" because one person explained the term, but other person uses it far differently from the term
@@SeSmokki how could a genre of music sound pretentious? pre·ten·tious adjective: "attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed."
The pretentious video essays, TED Talks, random people on social media who try to act smart, etc. ALL use this voice. This is perfect. “We looked at the data, and…………. the subtle nuances made themselves profoundly clear.”
@@josephrusso4828Nothing wrong with the way they talk, its just that people are starting to connect it to negative emotions rather then positive I guess. Like how Hitler ruined the swastika. (At least in northern part of the world)
@@Softlol I feel like you could've used a different comparison. Y'know given that the Nazis have a bit of a worse connotation then fucking video essayists and ted talkers.
@@handleneeds3charactersormore I would say those are more "drama-tubers". Pretentious video essay tubers talk about completely irrelevant bullshit and link it to capitalism. They talk similar tho.
@@baranxlr I hate when those youtubers title "the best x you've never played" or "the x you've never heard of". It is just such an asshole thing to say, these youtubers act like they're the first and only ones in the world to discover something.
You've nailed the pretentious video essay aesthetic to such an impressive degree my friend thought this was a nerd writer video when I showed it to him which is infinitely funny to me.
- Clip from vintage media at the start of the video - Generic Lo-fi track which is just a loop - References a point made by a smaller youtuber - "As im writing this..." - Mentions other video he made
You forgot the fake modesty where they make sure to call themselves dumb even though they absolutely do not think they are, and which is only said so people can say 'Oh no you're not dumb'.
Before I tell you why Moe Szyslak is the most heroic The Simpsons character, let me painstakinly recount the plot of every single episode he's ever been in
And i will continue to recount his plot for the 90% of my videos and spending 10% finally explaining Moe Szyslak is the most heroic of the simpsons character
"We need to start at the roots of the American Revolution, the rise of modern capitalism, and how this system has caused us to turn to superficial pleasures such as alcohol in order to counter our constant displeasure and disillusionment with modern society"
Really? I get why you might not like thay content format or even some of the people who make it, but 99% of video essays on youtube all build up to a greater point by the end. In otherwords, they talk alot in order build up to something that cannot be explain simply or easily.
I'm getting flashbacks to lessons in meme cultures explanation of neco arc where he went from talking about anime catgirls to talking about WW2 in literally 6 seconds
@@droopy_eyes honestly, I just like video essays that know their pointless. Like I remember watching a super long essay about lab rats, and it was great
lol where i'm from mubi is a car insurance comparing app, and yes, they do do a lot of youtuber sponsorships edit:i did not see this comment is two years old, some here are brand new
I actually never came upon a a mubi sponsored youtuber. I don't even know what it is. To be fair, I don't watch video essays that discuss movies that often.
@@burrybondz225 pretty much netflix but all movies are manually picked by hand. It's pretty cool if you like to watch weird, old and/or foreign movies that would otherwise be inacessible in high quality!
“My opinion is more factually correct and valuable than yours because I had a big enough ego to want to speak into a microphone and play with a video editing program, which I had no fucking clue how to use until I came across the sponsor for today’s video, Skill Share”
@@beangobernador That's not why these channels use it, they try to get the run time up by throwing in useless words plus they think it makes them sound smart if they know five synonyms to one word.
I love the over-analysis of a random mean youtube comment which the youtuber will 100% use as an excuse for why everyone who disagrees with them is wrong 😭💀
@@valhatan3907 Try to search something like "why stuff actually evil" or some shit like that. usually they talk about popular media like cartoon or video games
"Now radios have been around for a long time, but knowledge has been around even longer, and you know what helps people gain knowledge? That's right, Skillshare, the sponsor of todays video."
The "how toy story 4 ruined everything" guy Is amazing, although His videos are long (still a blast to watch, but not a channel where you can see Many videos in one sitting)
this pretentious video essay speech cadence has become like the slam poetry cadence in the 2010s: I can’t even absorb the information because I’m so irrationally annoyed by how the person is delivering it.
I'm a sucker for some video essays but i have to admit this is hilarious and kind of true. They often do go onto random irrelevant stuff for no reason.
@@brrttaa yeah, today it seems like most people think that effective language is when you spend 20 minutes beating around the bush with useless trivia and useless synonyms looked up in the dictionary to sound well-informed, when in reality it's more about just driving the point home and getting to the point lol
i'll never forget when i was watching a video essay about some random romance show, and the essayist went onto a 20 minutes tangent about some old movie from the 1920's. They weren't relating it to the show at all; it was insane
Or alternatively, if the creator is still too small to get a sponsorship, there is a dedicated part in the video that tells the viewers that there is no sponsorship.
A link in the comments for some obvious spam for drain unblocker or whatever the youtube person is trying earn $5 per 10000 from that I report as spam everytime I see it. It's like earning this $5 per year is more important to the 'creator' than even making a decent video.
"In this video, I'm going to use stock footage and music to appear professional and reputable, but in reality I have no idea what I'm talking about. For that matter, I lack basic video skills. My own cinematography is remarkably shit, my microphone is unbalanced, and my script is dull. Furthermore, I have no comprehension of video editing and most of the cuts are incredibly jarring. Overall, the video is incredibly poorly researched and remarkably shit and I will continue to make them because I like money. Speaking of which, this video is sponsored by Brillia-"
ironically for how much some video essayists like to act as though they know about movies/film if they were to make one themselves it would probably be terrible
@@bucket4202With how widespread critics are nowadays, and a general consensus on the decline of the mainstream film industry, that’s probably why they’re so motivated to overly critique “bad” films. There’s not much around them that’s telling them it’s okay to like it.
Your average comment: Can we all please stop talking about the [insert aspect of the video everyone seems to like] and acknowledge how good the [insert another aspect of the video everyone likes but I think I'm smarter for noticing it] is?
@@keegster7167 I actually like some of them. Mostly from creators like Pyrocynical, who are actually mostly focused on talking about "why" and "what" they like/dislike about a game/movie, rather than pretending they are better than others for doing so.
That was like kinda the point. It's a parody of video essays, and how they'd use lots of big, bombastic vocabulary while saying literally nothing of value.
Let’s not forget the overblown, attention-seeking title of the essay that tries to elevate the importance of the essay to that a phd thesis or academic dissertation, but then sounds utterly stupid after a moment’s thought, such as: Analyzing SpongeBob’s Lessons on Third World Poverty Crash Bandicoot is Colonial Propaganda and You Fell for It Or the 10,000,000th iteration of: This Anime Depictions a Happier Way of Life We Once Had and The Government Won’t Let Us Return to
I also love when they feel the need to explain why a movie is dumb when we all already know why. Like the hour-long breakdowns of the Transformers and Fast & Furious movies. Yeah buddy, we don't need you to break down for us why a car flying between two buildings doesn't feel real. I'm fairly sure people don't watch those movies while contemplating the laws of physics.
christ that comment shoutout scared me for a second man great video tho, I completely understood all of it! cinema really is a macabre facsimile of yestertime.
Even though its called a review, it ends up being 30 minutes of a guy slowly describing everything that happens in the series/episode/book at a surface levelwithout any attempt at reading into themes past a surface level acknowledgement
The people who make these video essays really didn't find any creative way of their own to format their work. They just kept on making essays like they did in school.
I was once on a plane flight and intended to read a book, but the person next to me was a talker. All I remember from that two hour, largely one-sided conversation is that he was into modern literature and used the word 'masturbatory.'
Not accurate, doesn't have an awkwardly forced joke every 3 seconds and flashy graphics in 9 different colors to keep the goldfish brains engaged. Any video essay TH-camr who can't gain their composure and stop with that nonsense within the first 10 seconds instantly loses me.
Great satire. I do like a good video essay, but holy hell is it easy to cross into a black pit of misinformation when you explore the space on TH-cam enough. Some creators REALLY are not that well informed, and frankly lack adequate experience and background to shed light on subjects they approach. Yet their videos look genuinely stunning. What a time to be alive.
Thank you so much for this. TH-cam is littered with all these air headed pseudo intellectual video essays, I'm glad someone is showing them for what they are.
I came back to this video after trying to watch a 15 minute monster hunter video essay that after 3 minutes still had not gotten to the main point and was quoting pop psychology and talking with that same obnoxious tone.
0:18 honestly that intro is way funnier when you realize that quote was about theatrical drama, not actual drama so it really does make even less sense
Glad I ain't the only one who think a lot of these video essay dudes are pretentious. I'm all for high brow analystical stuff but a lot of these folks behind these essays think way more highly of themselves and their views than they should.
but wait you forgot to go off-script to talk about how this is actually a deeply personal issue to you that is so much more than current interest trends on the internet to generate traffic to your channel because some kid on the playground made fun of you for having to wear glasses that one time which is why the stories about genocides have such an impact on you they compel you to make these highly stylized videos in the first place
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to understand why squidward is the most terrifying villain in film history, we have to go back to the beginning, "part 1: the start of modern capitalism"
before I tell you why Squitwart is the greatest villian in cinema, I must first explain what makes a great villian
But first, a word from our sponsor Skillshare.
“We need to go back to Ancient Greece to understand the nuances of Squidward’s philosophy”
Ok I could totally see someone doing that
this is literally a Man Carrying Thing skit lol
The pretentious male vocal fry is just 👌
women do it too ( some asian and black women videos i watched )
@@musashi542 our sage and oracle has spoken, give this man a medal 😂😂😂
With the Millennial lisp. 👏
@@musashi542 What does that have to do with the video
@Mythriel it’s funny
"Why X broke me"
"Why X will break you"
"How X revolutionized Y"
"How I learned to love X"
Math be like
"X is a masterpiece and here is why"
Those titles irk me so much. I know it's to draw in attention but oooh me so mad!!!!1 I think it must be because the author is framing themselves as having unlocked secret revelations rather than just sharing their opinions about some media that pisses me off.
"X is BROKEN"
Could be literally anything. "Why the Indo-Chinese ceramics industry is BROKEN..."
@@smoppetSure, but it’s the same with thumbnails. Some of my favorite youtuber use the most obnoxiously click bait thumbnails (they even hate using them). But thats what makes money, so same with titles.
Why *insert most popular thing in genre* is an underrated masterpiece
New Vegas moment
"Why Rick and Morty is the voice of our generation."
Dork Souls reference 😳
people with Witcher 3
40k imperial guard fanboys be like:
There's something about the intonation here that is just 100% accurate.
haha yes
that "went to newcaster school but failed" intonation...
I hate few things more than people trying desperately to present their pretentious pile of shit as some casual, irreverent thing (like how half of the video essayists make a deal out of having a drinking problem- omg so edgy and tortured!)
-end rant
It has a half nasally half sibilant sound
I cannot stand how people talk like that in videos. Like they are trying to place emphasis or build “suspense” or something, idk it just grates.
they're all just trying to copy Tony Zhou and failing miserably
Oh my god, the stupid lo-fi music in the background is 100% accurate
But lo-fi music is good, tho ...
(Even though I never listen to it often, but I'm here for justice)
@@valhatan3907 eh, sometimes lo-fi can sound a little pretentious, not personally a fan of the community for the same reason
@@SeSmokki I'm starting to have disorientation at the word "pretentious" because one person explained the term, but other person uses it far differently from the term
@@valhatan3907 in internet slang we call pretentious whatever we dont like
@@SeSmokki how could a genre of music sound pretentious? pre·ten·tious
adjective: "attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed."
The pretentious video essays, TED Talks, random people on social media who try to act smart, etc. ALL use this voice. This is perfect. “We looked at the data, and…………. the subtle nuances made themselves profoundly clear.”
I mean, ted talks is kind of interesting but yeah, I agree.
@@josephrusso4828Nothing wrong with the way they talk, its just that people are starting to connect it to negative emotions rather then positive I guess.
Like how Hitler ruined the swastika. (At least in northern part of the world)
@@Softlol I feel like you could've used a different comparison. Y'know given that the Nazis have a bit of a worse connotation then fucking video essayists and ted talkers.
@@segala7853 I agree
@@Softlol Hitler actually made the swastika hot
me writing an essay in school and trying to inflate the word count:
Wow thats really relatable
Not me writing an essay in school and somehow putting more words than the minimum requested:
(I'm real, I guess I'm just too good at making essays)
@@luis-sophus-8227L pfp
“wrong and false”
I felt that one
The pointless Starbucks to cup graphic was so funny.
That seemed like the most elaborate part of the video, assuming it was their own original animation.
0:20 timestamp
Gives me the vibe of the 3D spinning rat meme, or that spinning 3D frog in jojo part 6 lmao
Tbh that looked really cool
I cannot stand when these video essays are so overproduced, it’s like jingling keys in front of a toddler.
I liked how it showed the different perspectives he was talking about but the Starbucks inclusion made no sense and the 3d looks slightly odd
The satire in this video is so seamless that once I was done watching it, TH-cam recommended me some actual pretentious video essays
Any Internet Anarchist/Turdkey Tom/Moon/SunnyV2 or Chud Tran videos?
@@handleneeds3charactersormore I would say those are more "drama-tubers". Pretentious video essay tubers talk about completely irrelevant bullshit and link it to capitalism. They talk similar tho.
@@itsLantik I mean, a system on which almost everything in our lives relies would probably have *an* effect on at least almost everything.
@@mr.cauliflower3536 and if it doesn't work for you it's clear that you would go against it
Why are so many of those pretentious writers also commies?
Inaccurate. You forgot the obligatory shot of a vhs tape being put into a player.
the only thing missing is the absurdly long runtime
"The best game you've never played: Learning with Gary the Gorilla (ages 3+)" [2:45:03]
And the grammatical errors.
HBomberguy
@@baranxlr I hate when those youtubers title "the best x you've never played" or "the x you've never heard of". It is just such an asshole thing to say, these youtubers act like they're the first and only ones in the world to discover something.
Filmbros ripping their hair out when Hitler says why he hates the Jews (Show, Don’t Tell)
The best comment on youtube
For all the “actions speak louder than words” speeches they sure do love to hear themselves talk 💀
ah he definitely showed that
filmbros are the fucking worst, literally the definition of "those who can't do, teach"
@@MioAkiyama3686 but did he?
You've nailed the pretentious video essay aesthetic to such an impressive degree my friend thought this was a nerd writer video when I showed it to him which is infinitely funny to me.
What's nice is nerdwriter had an epiphany recently and realized he was being a bit pretentious about writing
Why would you say Nerdwriter is pretentious?
@@peblezQ did he make a 15 minute video essay about it?
@@jblangcua2726 Because it's the truth
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 can you elaborate?
Anyone else feel that the "pretentious video essay" of the 2010's was a direct reaction to the "angry nerd rant" of the 00's?
Yup, except that sometimes the angry nerd rant of the 00s was actually edgy
@@mtoffo2275 Today we substitute "edginess" with "hot takes".
@@JohnBradford14 Based
@@JohnBradford14 hot takes that most of the time aren't even hot takes
Be careful saying it like that, someone might just make a pretentious video essay about it
- Clip from vintage media at the start of the video
- Generic Lo-fi track which is just a loop
- References a point made by a smaller youtuber
- "As im writing this..."
- Mentions other video he made
You forgot the fake modesty where they make sure to call themselves dumb even though they absolutely do not think they are, and which is only said so people can say 'Oh no you're not dumb'.
You forgot the thumbnail being someone's face with words over the eyes
THIS Nintendo character isn't who you think
Or cartoon characters screaming with some fucking buzzword plastered over them
SunnyV2 be like
FRAUD
Purocynucal
Not enough dramatic pauses
and sighs! Don't forget the sighs!
And dramatic transitions
Resays title of video + dramatic pause = crazy deep omg
And also the dramatic pauses have an echoed sound effect of something falling in the distance
and dramatic thud sound effects paired with white text that says "Part I: Awakening" on a black screen or some stuff like that
Before I tell you why Moe Szyslak is the most heroic The Simpsons character, let me painstakinly recount the plot of every single episode he's ever been in
not enough, you should go back to the turn of the PREVIOUS century and use a lot of black & white footaeg or it's not essay enough
And i will continue to recount his plot for the 90% of my videos and spending 10% finally explaining Moe Szyslak is the most heroic of the simpsons character
if its an hbomberguy video he will go off on 100 tangents and answer the title barely in about 10 seconds at the end.
"We need to start at the roots of the American Revolution, the rise of modern capitalism, and how this system has caused us to turn to superficial pleasures such as alcohol in order to counter our constant displeasure and disillusionment with modern society"
My feelings on Video essays can be summed up by one Talking Heads line
"You're talking a lot, But you're not saying much"
*anything.
When I have nothing to say? My lips are sealed. Say something once? Why say it again?
Love that song ❤️
funny thing is, those video essayists probably love Talking Heads.
Really? I get why you might not like thay content format or even some of the people who make it, but 99% of video essays on youtube all build up to a greater point by the end. In otherwords, they talk alot in order build up to something that cannot be explain simply or easily.
"Your talk says that you love to imply how bad you are at making believable essays"
You used " you see" ten times in 2 minutes. That's a great video essayist right there.
Finally, someone who talks the way that I write dialogue!
The "You see" followed by a shitty transition sums this up so well.
darr mhan be like:
It is my dream to create a comically long video essay about the dumbest thing ever for no reason at all
history of doors
chapter one, the big bang
"Why space jam is a critique of Capitalism"
"Why this thing I know nothing about is the best and worst thing ever."
Before we understand the hidden genius of Mario's character design we have to go back. Back to when the first human set a foot on land
I'm getting flashbacks to lessons in meme cultures explanation of neco arc where he went from talking about anime catgirls to talking about WW2 in literally 6 seconds
I know this video's a parody, but it still made me feel like I was wasting my time on something worthless.
In other words you nailed it.
Lol
@@droopy_eyes honestly, I just like video essays that know their pointless. Like I remember watching a super long essay about lab rats, and it was great
@@darkithnamgedrf9495lab rats and its related matters are really important, it's not pointless
hahahaha , right.. i was perplexed! "wtf did i just watch?!" ... ohhh , that was the point
@@droopy_eyesisn't this that one Bobbybrocolli video lmao?
you forgot "this video is sponsored by mubi. mubi is a curated film streaming service..."
lol where i'm from mubi is a car insurance comparing app, and yes, they do do a lot of youtuber sponsorships
edit:i did not see this comment is two years old, some here are brand new
I actually never came upon a a mubi sponsored youtuber. I don't even know what it is. To be fair, I don't watch video essays that discuss movies that often.
@@burrybondz225 pretty much netflix but all movies are manually picked by hand. It's pretty cool if you like to watch weird, old and/or foreign movies that would otherwise be inacessible in high quality!
That actually annoys me
leave thomas flight alone
The video title should've been all lowercase with a period at the end
“My opinion is more factually correct and valuable than yours because I had a big enough ego to want to speak into a microphone and play with a video editing program, which I had no fucking clue how to use until I came across the sponsor for today’s video, Skill Share”
el oh el
The use of unnecessary synonyms is SO accurate, haha! Great vid :)
actually I think people say the same thing in different ways because it gets the idea (the feeling, the emotion) across better
@@beangobernador well of course, however sometimes it just comes off as pretentious. language is a fine balance is what i'm getting at here
@@beangobernador the same idea, the same concept, the same notion. Poetry in motion.
Excuse me, I postulate that you meant "apposite".
@@beangobernador That's not why these channels use it, they try to get the run time up by throwing in useless words plus they think it makes them sound smart if they know five synonyms to one word.
I love the over-analysis of a random mean youtube comment which the youtuber will 100% use as an excuse for why everyone who disagrees with them is wrong 😭💀
Or when they use a tweet with like 3 retweets to “prove“ what the majority thinks, and then use that as an argument
@Please help me! Sunny fucking v2
What videos you guys are watched? Why I never got any of it? Where I can find it?
@@valhatan3907 Try to search something like "why stuff actually evil" or some shit like that. usually they talk about popular media like cartoon or video games
@@Gidkog man thats like Vice news or Buzzfeed haha
to understand why amogus is dying, we have to go to the start.
*Chapter 1: The Invention of the Radio*
"Now radios have been around for a long time, but knowledge has been around even longer, and you know what helps people gain knowledge? That's right, Skillshare, the sponsor of todays video."
"how peoples understanding of various concepts can. . .vary" lmfaoo
1:38 the way you say “wrong… and false” is so spot on, what perfect satire!
bro was just scowering for a word to put 2 crosses on that random kid's comment 💀💀💀💀
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LOLLL yes
the best video essays are the low budget ones with stitched together clips from across the internet, but the narrators are usually incredible
True
Yup. Once the youtuber becomes famous and feels the need to replicate his early success he becomes derivative
Jacob Gellar is a beast and always has been
The "how toy story 4 ruined everything" guy Is amazing, although His videos are long (still a blast to watch, but not a channel where you can see Many videos in one sitting)
@@mtoffo2275”Uh, I only like obscure TH-camrs who have less than 10,000 subscribers. Those big ones are all fakes anyway, uh.”
This is brilliant. I almost spit out my soy latte at multiple points as I noticed all the hidden allegories relating to our post-capitalist society.
Soy latte 😭
"This is brilliant."
Speaking of brilliant... this video is brought to you by brilliant. Brilliant is an online...
this pretentious video essay speech cadence has become like the slam poetry cadence in the 2010s: I can’t even absorb the information because I’m so irrationally annoyed by how the person is delivering it.
this is kinda like me with hip-singing
This. Even if it's a topic I'm interested in, if your cadence is this pseudo-intellectual weirdness, I physically can't watch it.
But to understand why, first we need to talk about a concept called ludonarrative dissonance
It ain’t irrational annoyance
@@omgitshim That sentence activated my fight or flight response
The only part missing is when you preface a quote with "I believe it was ____ who said" when you know damn well who said it
I'm a sucker for some video essays but i have to admit this is hilarious and kind of true. They often do go onto random irrelevant stuff for no reason.
Or spend 20 minute speaking without it adding anything to their point 😂
Oh, there's a reason; to get the video to 10 minutes long.
@@ltb1345 The closer the video is to exactly 8-10 minutes long, the higher the impact of the ad threshold on the script (mathematically speaking).
@@brrttaa yeah, today it seems like most people think that effective language is when you spend 20 minutes beating around the bush with useless trivia and useless synonyms looked up in the dictionary to sound well-informed, when in reality it's more about just driving the point home and getting to the point lol
The reason is to get sponsors and advertising.
This is just missing a “the problem with” title and then it would be 100% accurate
That was the classiest "fuck you" i've ever heard. I ain't even mad.
"Here's why spongebob is the greatest film protagonist of all time ."
Part 1: The golden age of piracy
"Why *insert recently released animated movie* is the best movie of all time"
This absolutely nails it
They manage to turn good topics into generic lo-fi style monologues with no substance or meaningful insight.
"The most existential disturbing rug rats mod for doom 2 that you will never play a retrospective"
>2hr 45 minute run time
As a filmmaker I can't tell you how much video essays have fucked up the minds of so many creatives.
Who are your favorites?
95% of TH-cam content is pure brainrot shit.
wait , really ? how ? ...do a video essay on this topic , i'll tune in
show dont tell is an example of that (suddenly you cant make characters talk about what they do since its "bad exposition")
@@natax1737me getting mad at my friend after he trauma dumps (he was supposed to show, not tell)
i'll never forget when i was watching a video essay about some random romance show, and the essayist went onto a 20 minutes tangent about some old movie from the 1920's. They weren't relating it to the show at all; it was insane
Only part that was missing was "...which leads me to todays sponsor"
This is literally what HiTop films sounds like.
Nah hitop films sounds more like an upset entitled teenager who was Just grounded
honestly hes a bit much
There's another funny video were someone parodied HiTop specifically and his weird obsession with Spider-Man
"The idea of those things" Lmao
You forgot the mandatory shilling for the creator's patreon and "this video is sponsored by squarespace" somewhere in the *middle*
Fucking wisecrack channel....
Hmmm. Sounds like something a slug would say
Or alternatively, if the creator is still too small to get a sponsorship, there is a dedicated part in the video that tells the viewers that there is no sponsorship.
A link in the comments for some obvious spam for drain unblocker or whatever the youtube person is trying earn $5 per 10000 from that I report as spam everytime I see it. It's like earning this $5 per year is more important to the 'creator' than even making a decent video.
The pre-baked/stock editing style, and the strange way to speak, stretching the words at the end for no reason is just so on point
You truly are [googles synonyms for expert] a cognoscenti on this topic.
"My local coffee shop" *shows Starbucks* perfect
The amount of editing that went into this to parody pretentious video essays seamlessly is impressive
"In this video, I'm going to use stock footage and music to appear professional and reputable, but in reality I have no idea what I'm talking about. For that matter, I lack basic video skills. My own cinematography is remarkably shit, my microphone is unbalanced, and my script is dull. Furthermore, I have no comprehension of video editing and most of the cuts are incredibly jarring. Overall, the video is incredibly poorly researched and remarkably shit and I will continue to make them because I like money. Speaking of which, this video is sponsored by Brillia-"
ironically for how much some video essayists like to act as though they know about movies/film if they were to make one themselves it would probably be terrible
@@bucket4202 you just described most critics of anything in a nutshell
@@bucket4202With how widespread critics are nowadays, and a general consensus on the decline of the mainstream film industry, that’s probably why they’re so motivated to overly critique “bad” films. There’s not much around them that’s telling them it’s okay to like it.
Bit nasal, the "I'm afraid my voice isn't sexy" raspyness, kinda weird intonations. 10/10 video essay voice.
Your average comment: Can we all please stop talking about the [insert aspect of the video everyone seems to like] and acknowledge how good the [insert another aspect of the video everyone likes but I think I'm smarter for noticing it] is?
Most people don't even care about [aspect in question, I am also smart and I"m in the minority]
1:11 This aged well.
I liked you before you were mainstream
(I have never heard of you in my entire life.)
As a man who watches(-ed) A LOT of Video Essays, you are on point. Most of them are exactly like this
Why would you torture yourself like that? ;p
@@keegster7167 I actually like some of them. Mostly from creators like Pyrocynical, who are actually mostly focused on talking about "why" and "what" they like/dislike about a game/movie, rather than pretending they are better than others for doing so.
watchesed?
It's also nice to listen to as a background noise. Kinda like letting the tv on when you're alone so you feel less lonely.
@acethecrow NakeyJakey is awesome too.
I love how this video, with so many words, managed to say nothing.
That was like kinda the point.
It's a parody of video essays, and how they'd use lots of big, bombastic vocabulary while saying literally nothing of value.
Eyo we got matching pfp's
@@beeg8615 Wdym?
@@pitaalfereti58 I was replying to the original commenter
@@beeg8615 oh ok.,
Let’s not forget the overblown, attention-seeking title of the essay that tries to elevate the importance of the essay to that a phd thesis or academic dissertation, but then sounds utterly stupid after a moment’s thought, such as:
Analyzing SpongeBob’s Lessons on Third World Poverty
Crash Bandicoot is Colonial Propaganda and You Fell for It
Or the 10,000,000th iteration of: This Anime Depictions a Happier Way of Life We Once Had and The Government Won’t Let Us Return to
speaking of which, there is a video literally called and i quote, "how spongebob exposes the tragedy of the school system."
I love the vocal fry. So self indulgent, stretching words out like that and just going deep fry on those vocal chords.
Just realized Video essays are just an evolution of the typography lyric videos.
their editors are always giving 110% tho, they're always edited so beautifully
A bunch of distracting animations and screen transitions aren't beautiful, more unnecessary.
@@rainermist2357 yeah if I click on one of these vids and see animations/transitions all over the screen it's an automatic no-go.
Just generic to be honest.
They all have the same editing style that tries to mimick indie news channels like Vox etc.
@@cienfuegos8155 Yes but who is Vox trying to mimick?
Their editing says so much, while their contents say so little.
Why Teletubbies is actually darker than you think, lol. Someone please make a video essay on that.
chapter 1 god is dead
chapter 2 why you have to delete social media
chapter 3 the conspiracy behind no nut nobember
chapter 4 we live in a society
I also love when they feel the need to explain why a movie is dumb when we all already know why.
Like the hour-long breakdowns of the Transformers and Fast & Furious movies. Yeah buddy, we don't need you to break down for us why a car flying between two buildings doesn't feel real. I'm fairly sure people don't watch those movies while contemplating the laws of physics.
Yeah, It worked when plinkett did it for the prequels a decade ago but its not going to work for every stupid movie
Movie: *does something mildly zany*
Essayists: this mockery of science reflects society’s lack of appreciation for true academics like myself
The hour long Transformers essays are actually about why they’re good though lmao
THANK YOU. Like not every movie has to be a cinematic masterpiece to be enjoyable. Let me laugh at Shark Tale in peace.
They also try to sneak in philosophy and anticapitalism in that video lol
christ that comment shoutout scared me for a second man
great video tho, I completely understood all of it! cinema really is a macabre facsimile of yestertime.
You are wrong ….....….……… And false
video essays are literally the mcdonalds of academia
Academia is horrendous tho
Fast food analogies are figuratively the Quentin Tarantino of analogies.
how are video essays academia lmao what
mcdonald's is actually good though.
hahahha , oh em gee , nnooooooo.. I was thinking about making video essays , but i never worked in McD's in high school , so i ought not start now
that vocal fry is on point
Even though its called a review, it ends up being 30 minutes of a guy slowly describing everything that happens in the series/episode/book at a surface levelwithout any attempt at reading into themes past a surface level acknowledgement
"X ways Y tried to warn you"
I like video essays because I'm a pretentious asshole too.
You actually don't, and I have a 37 hour video detailing why not
Fair enough, at least you're honest about it
The people who make these video essays really didn't find any creative way of their own to format their work. They just kept on making essays like they did in school.
both the writing and actual production capture the style perfectly. excellent parody
I was once on a plane flight and intended to read a book, but the person next to me was a talker. All I remember from that two hour, largely one-sided conversation is that he was into modern literature and used the word 'masturbatory.'
How self indulgent in more ways than one
@@burrybondz225lmfao
The new trend now is to ask a question in the title: "was The Flash a good film?" and the answer right there in the thumbnail in caps: "IT WAS BAD"
Not accurate, doesn't have an awkwardly forced joke every 3 seconds and flashy graphics in 9 different colors to keep the goldfish brains engaged. Any video essay TH-camr who can't gain their composure and stop with that nonsense within the first 10 seconds instantly loses me.
Reviews movie everyone likes-underrated
Reviews movie everyone dislikes-overrated
Movie everyone dislikes but has meme potencial-underrated masterpiece
@@Cam1417-TK >gets mentioned in every following review for 3 months
I swear this is every video from that one guy that likes The Amazing Spider-Man movies way too much
I don't remember his name, YOU KNOW THE ONE
@@EnzoDraws u mean the HiTop guy yep
@@slei4676 exactly, that was his name
Uhh he loves the Raimi movies I think
Nerdwriter and Thomas Flight been real quiet since this dropped.
Great satire. I do like a good video essay, but holy hell is it easy to cross into a black pit of misinformation when you explore the space on TH-cam enough. Some creators REALLY are not that well informed, and frankly lack adequate experience and background to shed light on subjects they approach. Yet their videos look genuinely stunning. What a time to be alive.
Ironically this comment comes across very video-essay-esque in its own right. "Misinformation" is usually a red flag.
@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 lol , he clearly consumes them
Being this is my biggest fear
Bruh no way its dont starve and bloons guy
Can't forget how most of the video ends up being a summary of the plot
"why X is an underrated masterpiece"
*2 hours later*
"it's alright"
Thank you so much for this. TH-cam is littered with all these air headed pseudo intellectual video essays, I'm glad someone is showing them for what they are.
Not accurate enough; you forgot the video being summed up as "capitalism bad!" and then some "this video was sponsored by generic VPN"
Capitalism is bad tho
I came back to this video after trying to watch a 15 minute monster hunter video essay that after 3 minutes still had not gotten to the main point and was quoting pop psychology and talking with that same obnoxious tone.
0:18 honestly that intro is way funnier when you realize that quote was about theatrical drama, not actual drama so it really does make even less sense
"In OuR mOdErN sOcIeTy"
you forgot to overuse chapters
chapter 1: hello
chapter 2: today we will be talking about how Garfield: a tale of 2 kitties, changed everything
chapter 3: the metozoic period
Glad I ain't the only one who think a lot of these video essay dudes are pretentious. I'm all for high brow analystical stuff but a lot of these folks behind these essays think way more highly of themselves and their views than they should.
The Right Opinion be like
@@11angels You don't know, but I do.
but wait you forgot to go off-script to talk about how this is actually a deeply personal issue to you that is so much more than current interest trends on the internet to generate traffic to your channel because some kid on the playground made fun of you for having to wear glasses that one time which is why the stories about genocides have such an impact on you they compel you to make these highly stylized videos in the first place
Average Nerdstolgic video
You forget excessive use of tape rewind sound effects before part one
Okay but that bottomless espresso extraction was absolutely gorgeous
I'm mildly disappointed that this Average Video Essay wasn't sponsored by Nebula.
You forgot to make the video spread out over 2+ hours and slap an ad in every like 30 minutes at least.