Warm take: Any video essay longer than 2 hours needs to learn to get to the fucking point
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Some topics do genuinely require more time though. But those can and should be split into well-defined chapters.
Yup. The ones that are just a blow by blow recap are not really offering anything valuable. If there are specific chapters with points to make then longer videos can be done but generally I find even then it could benefit from knowing when to cut content.
I find most are just 2 hours of takes wrapped around 30 minutes of content.
I feel like the second video could likely have been condensed a bit
Behind the Bastards did a 6 part (~6 hr) block on Kissinger that I appreciated
I dare you to shorten this, never playd the game, never want to, but dam that was a good story
I knew what it was going to be before I clicked it. I'm glad I wasn't disappointed
MauLer's 9h critique of Dark Souls 2
Ignore the genocides and crimes and It will be wrapped up in about 12min
But then you get just:
"In the 19th century, there were angry people which lead to suddenly Israel and that made people also angry."
Wow, I didn't know Faker committed genocide. That is crazy!
Reminds me of that one hate-review of the captain marvel movie that was longer than the movie itself (and more entertaining...)
Classic Gbay99.
There is a lot of expected common knowledge in the history of Israel. It has been in the news near constantly since its inception. Only half a dozen LoL no-lifers have any clue who those guys are. You'd even have to explain what a MOBA was to most people before you could ever get onto the niche understanding of a rivalry in one particular MOBA's e-sports scene.