#video essay reccomendations

[boybff]

wait hiiiii hi hello bestie i didn’t know u like video essays!! i’ve been trying to find more to watch recently, do u have any other recs? about any topic 👀

HIIIIII bestie Robin, are you ready?? After harvesting my Youtube subscription and liked video lists here is what I have compiled. I'm gonna put my current top 5 video recommendations and then the rest of the list, under the cut, is organized by creator.

Why Are There So Many Confederate Vampires

The art of religious interpretation (midnight mass vs god’s not dead)

Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.

Hogwarts Legacy, JK Rowling, and Trans Advocacy

Cultural Inspirations in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1 - Water 

CHANNELS

biz barclay - hilarious, brilliant, my best friend who drinks wine and weaves me long insightful stories while sitting on the dresser or in the bathtub. The vast amount of knowledge, historical 

understanding snapewives: religion, fandom, sociology, & erotica

Goncharov (1973) video essay

The art of religious interpretation (midnight mass vs god’s not dead)

Xiran Jay Zhao - Author of one of my FAVE YA novels, “Iron Widow” (which is a MUST read). I always want more avatar content that focuses on cultural inspirations from trusted sources. Xiran taught me so much about the avatar universe I already loved as well as valuable critiques. They also do retellings of historical events such as- Bisexual Han Dynasty Emperors and Forgotten Warrior Queen - Fu Hao.

Cultural Inspirations in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 1 - Water 

Cultural Inspirations in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 2 - Earth 

Cultural Inspirations in Avatar: The Last Airbender Book 3 - Fire 

Fundie Fridays - Jen, a leftist queer feminist, and her husband James examine different aspects of Christian fundamentalism, American conservative politics and pop culture. She has remade a lot of her older videos so make sure to watch the updated versions! She was also featured in the Amazon docuseries “Shiny Happy People” which I would HIGHLY recommend. 

Vacation Bible School of Rock (3 part video series History of Contemporary Christian Music)

Ken Ham’s Creation Museum & Ark Encounter

Ask a Mortician - Caitlin Doughty!!! The adult Wednesday Addams we should have got. So compassionate, informed, and moving!! I love her work and she has taught me so much about what it means to have a relationship with death and grief. Her work deals with heavy topics and you can tell she does this work from a deeply respectful, informed place. 

The Lake That Never Gives Up Her Dead

Let’s Visit the Churches Made of Human Skulls

Why are Black and White Funeral Homes STILL Separate? With Dr. Kami Fletcher

Iconic Corpse Series

Princess Weekes -  Nuanced video essays on pop culture, race, feminism, and other social issues. Takes time to break down complex concepts, their origins and material consequences. The essay on confederate vampires and the connection later made to sci-fi media like Firefly were so paradigm shifting to me!

Why Are There So Many Confederate Vampires

The Magical Negroes of Stephen King

Ro Ramdin - Poetic, biting, and introspective essays on pop culture. 

Do Celebrities Hate Their Fans? (Doja Cat, Frank Ocean)

Hogwarts Legacy, JK Rowling, and Trans Advocacy

DefunctLand- History of extinct theme parks and themed entertainment experiences. 

Defunctland: Walt Disney's City of the Future, E.P.C.O.T.

Disney Channel’s Theme: A History Mystery

Mina Le - Fashion, movies and pop culture

WHY IS EVERYTHING SO UGLY: The Curse of Modernism

FAIRYTALE COSTUMES: it’s giving renfaire but why?

Quinton Reviews - Extensive videos covering niche topics, most popular for Nickelodeon deep dive retrospectives.

How Documentaries Lie to You

The ICarly/Victorious Saga Playlist

TheEpicNate315 - yea i fucking love endless hours of useless skyrim lore because the conspiracies are so deep and I have to do 0 of the research to get all of the information years of scouts worked to piece together! 

The Skyrim Mysteries Iceberg (Part 1 of 4)

The Fallout Mysteries Iceberg (Part 1 of 2, incomplete series)

Mike’s Mic - Silly, goofy, and thorough breakdowns of nostalgic TV shows

Any of his unhinged recaps - LOST, Pretty Little Liars, Glee

Tiffanyferg - Media criticism and commentary

Internet Analysis Series 

Zoë Ligon - sex educator, artist, and writer, who also owns SpectrumBoutique.com, a health and education oriented sex toy store. Such a special place in my heart for her!! Her bondage mini-documentary with Midori was so touching. 

Sex Stuff | Japanese Rope Bondage with Midori

Channels Newer to Me

Broey Deschanel - a mixture of film analyses, retrospectives, politics and just absolutely overthinking anything to do with pop culture

Elvis (2022) and the Utter Mediocrity of Biopics 

Meeptop - rambling about movies and stuff

Who is Dahmer Even Made For?

LadyJenevia - discussing entertainment media content including films, television series, etc. Expect to find reviews of recent cinematic releases, video essays on older releases, and interviews with talent from the film/television industry

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and The Art of Hiding in Plain Sight (Netflix Review/Video Essay)

As a disclaimer, I am not endorsing any creator fully and if you see someone you think I should not promote please reach out to me so I can edit this list. As a general rule of thumb the more I had to write about someone, the more informed the recommendation.

#if you read/watch this monster list thank you and I hope you enjoy!! #you can really see my niche interests displayed here lmao #send me asks if you have questions! or have recommendations for me!! #boybff reccomendations #video analysis #video essay reccomendations #video essay #YouTube recommendations

[lilmagiceverywhere]

i don't normally go to bat for disney but strange world was criminally slept on

LIKE. yeah its disney.

but

strange world was SUCH A GOOD FILM!!

and sometimes i think its important to recognize the individual filmmakers and animators outside of the corporation they work for. they're the ones whk make the art, disney just sells it

plus disney did it criminal with ths promotion of the film. grr

anyway. first of all, aesthetically, the film is amazing. its got sort of eco futuristic solarpunk vibes, i mean, LOOK AT THIS!!

and yeah we can make fun of the "first gay disney character" trope all we want but the gay character in this film, ethan, is one of the main characters, and his romance with his crush is treated normally. it's a bit pushed to the side as the movie goes on but its so cute look at them!!!!!!

AND THE STORY!! it focuses on the relationships between fathers and sons, between Jaeger (old guy) and Searcher (adult man) and Searcher and his son Ethan. it's about breaking away of your father's expectations but ending up like them. it's about how to heal the rifts generationally. it's such an interesting dynamic and focus for the story

BUT ITS ALSO ABOUT MORE THAN THAT! its got a strong environmental push in the film that i wasn't expecting. how should we, as humans, deal with an energy crisis when it is actively causing damage to the planet? how do we save the planet?

its kinda the environmental messaging that puts the onus on the collective people to save our planet than the billonare companies that make up like 90% of carbon emissions but it's still a good message to teach people of all ages that they can make their lives more eco friendly and that they can help save the planet

TLDR: Strange World is a good movie please watch it thank you

#solarpunk #sustainable #strange world #disney strange world #ik with the BDS movement they're asking to stray away from disney products but please pirate this if you can #i could make a whole video essay on this film. and maybe i will on my main #original #movie #movie reccomendations #adventurecore movies #popculture detective on youtube has a video about solarpunk but i have So Many Thoughts about this film

[last-flight-of-fancy]

“KH should have ended with KH2″

What you (subconsciously) expected:

What’s actually happening:

(Not spurred by anything in particular, I’m just thinking about @violethowler​ ‘s KH and the heroine’s journey essays again like i always am)

#graphs are kinda loose but what can i say i like making dumb little graphics from time to time #i put so much effort into my art stuff its kinda nice to make something deliberately low-effort from time to time #anyway i know im preaching to the choir here but if you havent read the essay (or accompanying videos Constructing Kingdoms)- #-i super reccomend them #stop talking to yourself flight #flight's making things again #kingdom hearts

[thenamessparkplug]

Dude you're about to singlehandedly convince me to watch a playthrough of Slay The Princess. how /j

MWAHAHAHA MY EVIL PLAN IS WORKING

SOON ALL OF MY MUTUALS WILL SEE SO MANY SLAY THE PRINCESS POSTS THEYLL ALL BE CONVINCED TO WATCH IT

AND NO ONE WILL BE THE WISER!!!

#slash j #also if you do genuinely end up wanting to watch a playthrough i reccomend starting with pakpak's video essay then watching #the routes you wanna see individually #stp play throughs are #very long lmao #and dont always contain the most interesting routes #but do whatever you want lmao dont let me stop you #slay the princess #stp #oh and the wiki also has charts that explain how to get to each route #its a very good visual guide

[winteravian]

03: path

inspired by an old indie game called The Path

#inktober #inktober 2023 #the path #i saw izzyzz 's video essays about it #would reccomend

[grox-empire]

please save me from this hell called megamind

#youtube WON'T STOP RECCOMENDING ME MEGAMIND VIDEOS I WATCHED ONE VIDEO ESSAY AND NOW IT THINKS I'M LIKE THE NUMBER ONE MEGAMIND FAN OR SOMET #HING #I LIKEM EGAMIND ITS A GOOD MOVIE BUT I WATCHED ONE VIDEO ESSAY AND NOW MY RECCOMENDED IS ALL MEGAMIND VIDEOS

[17yearcicada]

been thinking a lot about cannibalism metaphors recently

#there's a video essay about it that keeps coming up in my reccomended but i'm scared to watch it #.txt

[1800duckhotline]

This is carolina, not karlach, and im pretty sure this is AI

#Who pyt this on my tl. get bg3 off my reccomended youtube page i need video essays

[jojolimons]

perhaps the oddest youtube recommendation ive gotten yet

the sixteenth part specifically of a playthrough in a critically panned installment in a series ive never expressed interest in from a channel that i dont follow that isnt even massively popular or something that i have watched in the past at some point

#limon talks #like ive seen video essays from random small amateur youtubers on things that i have shown interest in #and ive enjoyed those for what they were #i dont get how this wound up on my reccomendation page #no disrespect meant to this person tho im sure their content is fine #well unless they're a shitty person idk

[strawberryfires]

what youtubers do you guys watch. i really don't have any youtubers i regularly tap in for anymore but i miss it

#GIVE ME SOME RECS PLS!! they can make any kind of content im open to anything #the only people i tune in for are trixie and katya's podcast/unhhhh #and then like occasionally ludwig or a video essay that ends up on my reccomended #junednf.txt #ytber recs

[findthesilver-lining]

April 2023

Video essays:

The Princess Diaries & the Optimism of Modern Fairytales

Homage through the lens of easy A

The Systemic Abuse of Celebrities

Tik tok is bad for woman actually

Pick me boys, nice guy syndrome & incels

The death of the influencer

Bo Burnham vs. Jeff Bezos

Terminally online

The witch trials of J.K. Rowling

Essays and articles:

The Empathy Exams

In Praise of Generalism

The lawless energy of teenage girls

#video essay #april 2023 #essay #articles #pop culture #social commentary #recs #highly reccomend

[iwaasfairy]

Have you read any of collen hoover's books? If yes then which one?

i have not, but considering two video essays dissecting her books have randomly popped up on my youtube i imagine shes pretty popular right now,, probably on tiktok? and it seems to be another little 365 days-esque craze

#from what brief part i've watched of the video essay #i dont really like the way she writes much #bc i dont like first perspective a lot; for one #but if you like her/have reccomendations i guess #dont let my negative nancy attitude stop you lbufdguysg #honey mail

[str4wb3rrygl4ss]

Video Essay Channel Recs??

I need some new channels to watch video essays from, usually for video essays, I tend to watch people such as Mina Le, ModernGurlz, OliSunVia and Jordan Theresa. so yeah pls leave me some suggestions :D<3

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#video essay youtube fashion reccomendations commentary minale fashion analysis moderngurlz olisunvia jordantheresa

[lesbianamalvada]

every few weeks there’s a new TikTok subgenre/aesthetic/whatever that everyone talks about and then switches up on it a month later

Video Essayists are just so pretentious they turn the lamest things into content. Like some titles just make me roll my eyes. I be scrolling youtube and see shit like "The Hot Chip Challenge: A Tale of Xenophobia" or "Couch Guy, Ableism, and The Demonization of Men" and it even goes beyond tiktok trends they do it with everything! you'll see stuff like "The Queer Asexuality of Craig of the Creek" I'm sorry but be fr!!!

#I enjoy video essays that's why they are reccomended to me but sometimes it's too much #i made those titles up obviously #thanks anon! #💜 anon #anon ask

[grakkul]

I’ve been listening to like 7 different video essays at work each day and I feel insane, wowow cinema

I’m also too close to reading Star Wars fanfic for someone who has only seen like 2 movies on middle school field trips. This can’t be it, I can’t betray my bestest friend and Ben obi wan like that for an andor and a rouge one video essay to do me in.

I have not gotten sick of them at all and I fear I require new ones each coming day

I am becoming more powerful

#grakkul talks #i love video essays so much #I’ve literally watched 80% of ladyknightthebraves video essays #highly reccomend #I’ve maybe seen 2 of the shows the talk abt #and yet I’m so invested in all of them #the amt of love I hold for the haunting of hill house and the haunting of nkt manor #for having just seen the video essays like 5 times #wild #defo my newest favorite video analysis YouTuber #they’re the one that made me want to watch mash lol #I’m going insane tho #i can’t do it #i can’t give ok to Star Wars fanfic #but andor has me in a choke hold #i can’t do Ben obi wan like thar #(this is a reference to time travel obi wan fanfic that is 2 MILIION WORDS LONG AND NOT FINISHED YET #that my bestie loves and I love to get updates of #bens like my nephew at this point #we’ll hang out and sometimes I’ll ask how Ben is doing #(Ben is the name he goes by in the tt fic

[hoodssery]

Recommending Video Essays #1

I am currently sick and dealing with the constant bodily betrayal of having a chronic illness. This means I don't really have much to do (or much I can do comfortably), and am doing what little things I can and distracting myself with games like Battlefield and Arma 3 King of the Hill and video essays playing in the background of 24/7 Operation Locker servers.

Video essays are a pretty popular format for YouTube considering the design of all large scale social media platforms centers around a short attention span, click more things kind of philosophy that seems to be doing very well in the modern digital age. More than that video essays on all kinds of topics seems to be becoming the new form documentary is taking, with a notable amount of video essays even taking up the title of “documentary”.

But, that doesn't really matter because I'm sure you all can agree that what really matters is someone with 12 subscribers and no followers telling you what's good content to shove into your sensory holes that come standard with every human being.

The style and format of certain Youtubers have dramatically shaped not just my content, but the way I consume all media now. That's a pretty big deal because at the end of the day most of these people are schmucks like me who sit in their house, play video games, and say what's right and wrong. Even weirder is that I don't even know these people!

So in honor of these fellow weirdos, and because I don't have anything much better to do, I'm gonna recommend a video essay everyday of me being sick. And who knows, maybe I'll even manage find the little will it takes to do this less frequently after I can move more than 100 feet at a time.

Recommendation: God of War - Almost a Masterpiece by Joseph Anderson (https://youtu.be/pJPOvLvdugw)

POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD FOR BOTH God of War (2018) AND JOSPEH ANDERSON'S VIDEO

For most of these people I will be recommending you may have already heard of them, or seen videos from them, especially if you're traveling in obscure enough circles to find these posts. Joseph Anderson may or may not be one of these people. I can say from first hand experience that for a long time, I only recognized his profile picture of an illustration of a Dragon from the cover of his book The Wizard and the Dragon. While I can't speak for his talent and merit as an author of fantasy novels, Joseph Anderson is someone whom I greatly respect for their work as a critic of video games. He has had a very consistent voice for gaming since his first his first set of five videos entitled Dark Souls Critique – Part One – Five. Since then Joseph Anderson has consistently gotten better at producing and making these essays, with his best work being multi-hour, in-depth critiques of games ranging from Super Mario Odyssey, to Bloodborne.

However, the one that I find is his best, and the one that I would recommend to people who haven't watched his videos before is God of War – Almost a Masterpiece. This is the video where Joseph Anderson's methodical, long form breakdown of video games shines through the most. Despite covering almost every facet of the game over just about three hours flat, the video remains very focused on his view of the narrative that is set up for later games in this new God of War series. Even when he does stray from the path of the narrative, it's never for nothing and provides a more interesting insight into the gameplay, open world, structure of side quests, and comparisons to the other game's stories and gameplay than I've seen from anyone else covering this game.

Joseph Anderson is a huge inspiration for me. There is very little waste in his videos, and what waste there is always is providing some information, even if it's redundant or excessive. He is someone I honestly cannot recommend enough even if he's never gonna finish that Witcher 3 video.

Other recommendations from his channel:

-The Villian of Edith Finch, a video I would recommend if you don't have time to watch a movie length video. (https://youtu.be/6bMn4CoyUkM)

-A Critique of SOMA, another short one. (https://youtu.be/J4tbbcWqDyY)

-Super Mario Odyssey – It's no Masterpiece, is a video I don't agree with, but is also a video where his arguments about the game make me analyze my own position on the game. In my opinion, the sign of a good critique. (https://youtu.be/kYJx5xt2cB0)

#joseph anderson #video games #video essay #god of war #reccomendation #please tell me if there are any errors in my writing thanks <3