The Buried Tragedy of The Oldest View

[@xsnowpirate10x]

Man when the giant rolled up the stairs I dam near pissed myself when I first watched it because it shows that the giant is toying with you it’s restricting itself to have fun when it’s hunting you but when you start to get close to winning it breaks the rules so it can win

[@foxiecake]

right!! it can ride the elevator, and rolls so fast into the concrete it breaks, hes so strong its terrifying!!

[@ocoolwow]

did you guys not watch this video? It only hunted him when he didn't escape the mall in the first encounter.

[@Emacoration]

time stamp? (Pls)

[@KyllingThyme]

Punctuation, little Timmy, punctuation.

[@Noctopodes]

He didn’t walk up the stairs, he used the escalator

[@thefiretailedweasel6206]

I think the fact that Kane Pixels and his team can make 3d animation look so real is absolutely fascinating. Those kids have a gift! Edit: Changed language to include Kane's team, who are just as skilled and talented as he is!

[@bugjams]

To my knowledge, he doesn't do all the 3D work. Worth crediting his team, who does a lot of the heavy-lifting. I believe Kane mostly writes the stories, touches up with special effects, and of course directs the films. Not saying he isn't talented - he absolutely has a gift. But remember he doesn't do it alone!

[@chaoswhaletv6306]

@@bugjams He Does Some of the 3d work, He created most of the backrooms found footage alone. Doesnt mean that his team doesnt need credit, They do of course but Kane does do some of the 3D work. Edit: Kane seemed to build the mall, useing blueprints.

[@IPutFishInAWashingMachine]

No, Corrupt did most of the mall, with Kane adding in details.

[@-bugbite]

@@bugjamsKane doesn’t have a team

[@TheHippyProductions]

​@@chaoswhaletv6306 the boy can use blueprints and instead builds virtual settings. reading blueprints is a major qualification in a lot of really good jobs...

[@bonkkus]

Honestly man, the rolling giant has such kind eyes

[@twistyy2498]

Isaiah "Wendigoon" had his dreams haunted by the rolling giant from then on rent free

[@logangotcha8429]

You should see how kind he gets.

[@twistyy2498]

@@logangotcha8429 he gives good hugs

[@petasum444]

big hugger

[@alister917]

Hes so hugable

[@hnrkksn]

imagine watching the oldest view and being terrified of the giant and then finding out that it's fucking real

[@ethonxa]

Wendigoon doesn't need to imagine

[@so11aris]

@@ethonxa I WAS ABOUT YO SAY OML he was terryfied

[@repingers9777]

that was me

[@realebbson]

wendigoon:

[@tsyrensex]

It's not real, what are you talking about?

[@ScaryFoot]

When a youtuber goes silent for 3+ more months and comes back with an hour or more long video, an angel gets its wings.

[@senaruryuin2773]

So the red flags are most likely relating to the removal of an object or thing- Typically you see them on trees, as shown here, or on objects that are deemed to be removed. Red usually means 'destroy', or fully remove, such as an animatronic being red-tagged at old shut down sections of Disney/Epcot parks. Sometimes redtagging means 'take it to an archive/ save it elsewhere' and sometimes it means cut down the tree, demolish this building etc. Sometimes it's a spray paint line on a tree/building for workers to know what's staying and what's intended for removal!

[@Shmethan]

I learned that from ferngulley haha

[@suneater_zeef050]

maybe the tree was literally chopped down before he could leave?

[@doompoison2365]

The giant was meant to be destroyed just like the Mall itself. Yet, the mall houses the giant and giant keeps the mall's progression stagnant. They keep each other alive.

[@mogusisfunny]

sometimes i just randomly go crosseyed or cockeyed for absolutely no fucking reason often happens when im reading

[@khunt5336]

​@@mogusisfunnymild strabismus, get checked

[@jk-nj6yo]

YOU GAVE UP BOTANY, YOU MUST PAY!

[@manboy4720]

for your transgression, a croc-curses on ye! make like a tree and LEAF!

[@lambocomrade6487]

who the hell gives up botany for buisness anyways, dumbass behavior

[@MilQuetoastMushrooM]

PAHAHAHAHA

[@Hurileno]

tbf thats what business makes you do

[@NickInTheField]

I’M SORRY IT WAS AN ELECTIVE

[@severiavonkusiemski6125]

The Oldest View giant kinda makes me sad. Do we really know if he's evil? Is he stuck in this world and lonely? He used to be so beloved, in parades, always around humans, the beings that created him. He was in plays and taken care of. Now he's just alone warndering the mall. And when someone comes, they are afraid of him just because of his appearance. Maybe he doesn't want to harm but just wants what he used to have. He can not speak this, so he's trapped to be alone. Maybe that makes him angry. Not malicious, but frustrated. It's probably just a regular backrooms kind of horror, but i can't help but feel somewhat empathetic toward this papier-mâché giant.

[@longwlenguyen4214]

Either that or the Giant just simply really really bored, when it saw Wyatt it first instinct is to kill al intruders but stop itself when it knew fully well when Wyatt dead the fun will end so it just took it time restrict it abilities just to messed with Wyatt and us the audiences to entertain itself a little bit before went for the kill. We literally saw corpses of both humans and horses when Wyatt startled at the Giant capable get in the escalator or when he near the exit door, it show that the Giant was malevolent but very predatory cunning and humanly sadistic.

[@severiavonkusiemski6125]

@longwlenguyen4214 This is absolutely a possibility. The thing with the horses and human corpses is we don't know how they got there or why they died. We can say due to what we have seen the giant did it, but do we really know that? Are the corpses real or just an illusion this place is manifesting to cause fear? What if the place both are stuck in is the evil and both are just victims? Maybe the evil place is using the giant as the visual to the evil since the Giant can't fight back. It can't speak. It probably can't die. Maybe it was given "life" by this place to be a forced pawn. Given what we see, we can assume the giant is the evil being, but what if the place itself is manipulating everything? The storyteller becomes an unknown false narrator through no fault of their own.

[@feelsdankman211]

Use Grammarly or something. EDIT: ==DRAMA RESOLVED== (I took the L)

[@evangelionfan69]

@@feelsdankman211They only had one typo dude

[@feelsdankman211]

@@evangelionfan69 It's called *Grammar*ly for a reason.

[@aruce9]

I like how the horror here doesn’t feel cheap and the moment where the giant only being separated by wheelchair ramp is terrifying. Wyatt isn’t safe from the giant by stairs or an escalator. The rolling giant feels like a vengeful spirit of the decaying mall forever wandering this lifeless husk of a dead mall. Perhaps the giant is a metaphor for the decay and collapse of that area into nothingness. It also helps that the giant is already very unsettling and when it is chasing Wyatt it reminds me a lot of Mr.X from resident evil

[@madammaui]

Please be kind to me here because I don't know a lot of cultural things like this but is this from a game or movie or something? I saw the video of Wyatt going down the stairs through the tree and I found this video and I really don't understand and you seem to know a lot about this. Thank you!

[@Kashi-K]

cant believe they made a float of MoistCritikal

[@TheGameBoyss]

he looks like the clockman

[@ineedzemedic5810]

"Hey guys MoistCritikal here" "Poopy butt chungus" *rams into side of wall*

[@marcellosandoval459]

Or Dave Grohl

[@MikeHunt-zy3cn]

It looks like Rasputin.

[@luisn642]

I thought it was ps1 Hagrid

[@cosmicabyss5762]

Kane Pixels remains one of the most talented creators I genuinely have ever seen. I can’t think of anyone who can blend reality and generated 3d environments so seamlessly.

[@manboy4720]

i ain't gay, but i would kiss that man. but in a respectful way, like how italians kiss everyone.

[@charliewegner]

this is ANIMATED?

[@charliewegner]

update: i got to where he’s talking about Kane’s back room series, and i’ve seen that, my god this dude is talented

[@MayW15663]

Skilled not talented. A lot of hard work went into this.

[@SecuR0M]

​@@MayW15663 Talent begets skill with effort.

[@voicelessglottalfricative6567]

It's so crazy to me that I've been to that mall because I spent my life from a few months old to like 6 years in Dallas and I have vague remembrance of that mall so it literally *does* tap into nostalgia and early memories for me

[@lifevest1]

Did you ever seen the Giant when it was on display?

[@voicelessglottalfricative6567]

@@lifevest1 Not sure. The parade occurred the year or the year before my family moved, so I wouldn't be surprised if we'd went to the bridge parade. I don't remember the giant, and I can't say for certain if any familiarity of the giant that strikes me is from me having really seen it or just from how it looks (a model of it *was* used in a horror miniseries that's intended to tap into nostalgia, after all). I asked my mom about it and like the first thing she said was that the mall was dingy, lol, so the mall was declining and on its way out even when we went. Kane did a wonderful job imo, because it's a perfect play on the steady decline of malls.

[@skeleton599]

only real ones remember when they’d put up bouncy houses in that mall

[@LadyyInsanee]

wtf is that first minecraft video 😭

[@DeviIGundam]

I've definitely been there once, but I had to be about 7 or 8, so a long time ago Edit: Definitely never saw the parade

[@YTofVC]

So that's what you've been working on

[@Monolith_Soldier]

@@Animafoxgameshes talking about the fact this man hasn’t uploaded in a year

[@tshirtguy283]

Z

[@Cat_the_Kitty]

The oldest view is made by kane pixels (creator of the backrooms)

[@Thatpressureguy]

It’s from Kane pixels

[@ozone005]

He's talking about this video ​@@Cat_the_Kitty

[@standardhuman8675]

as a texan who remembers seeing the parade of giants on the news (and im pretty sure i went to the valley view mall when i was younger), the oldest view really gets to me. most analog horror is set in states ive only passed through, but this one? i lived in dallas. thats my hometown on the screen right there. something about that just sticks with me

[@NickInTheField]

SAME!

[@nikkychikens]

another Texan here, Its really odd seeing your hometown or places you've been become such a famous thing. Especially in the media you really like. I remember seeing one of these videos and going "that mall looks awfully familiar"

[@briarwoods17]

This analysis of the video makes me sad. While an initial watch through had me believing that it was an entity trapping people inside, this has me percieving Mr. Rolling giant as a protector. He wants to hold on to what he knows as his oldest view of the place he has deemed home. Can you blame him for that? To want to protect the memory of his home? I think this is a story with no villains. Wyatt just wants to understand and explore the past, which at worst makes him curious. Rolling giant wants to preserve and keep the memory of his home. Even the mall itself wants to be kept in stillness of memory, as to not have to exist in distress. It simply wants still peace. This is a sad story, I think.

[@aunt_may]

Me and my brother sat down and watched the entire video. We've only watched the original videos done by Kane Pixels so we had no idea about the lore around it. This was so fun to watch Caleb! We enjoyed every bit of it, keep making cool stuff man!

[@CalebFinn]

YAY TYSM

[@morthemex]

I really enjoy how you go from fearing the giant, feeling it just behind you as Wyatt runs, to feeling a sort of melancholy that it's likely not trying to hurt him, and is just trying to defend its home. It still is creepy, but it feels human, like a botanist protecting his garden.

[@swindlesys]

“i’ll hold your hand.” thanks pookster‼️🗣️🔥

[@fayehearts]

right cs i sure did jump when that giant chased him. 😭🙏🏽

[@cronchyskull]

"Betcha wish you'd stayed with botany now, Wyatt!" ~ The Giant

[@elijahcoldboy]

Cornball

[@elijahcoldboy]

Cornball

[@jerrymartin7019]

why did you add "~"? what is the purpose of the "~", what are you implying?

[@anarkxi]

​@@jerrymartin7019because its a quote? like yeah it shouldve been a hyphen but a tilde still gets the point across

[@thenabeshogun]

@@jerrymartin7019 the nefarious '~' scares jerrymartin

[@BittyCole]

Incredible. I have also done extensive research into this whole subject and have been trying to put a theory video together. You really broke down some easily-missed elements of the video, even one I had never noticed, the body at the bottom of the emergency exit. Amazing, thank you for taking the time to compile all this! I loved every second of this!

[@aurosoky]

Imagine being chased up by an MoistCritikal in a creepy abandoned mall at night. Nighmare inducing stuff.

[@hyp0thermic_tensi0n]

Not just an Abandoned Mall, a Subterranean Mall

[@devilfruitenjoyer2930]

I’m covered in a thick layer of gamer gunk I’m real filthy a real dirty boy I-

[@hyp0thermic_tensi0n]

@@devilfruitenjoyer2930 What is Gamer Gunk is that like hair gel lol

[@devilfruitenjoyer2930]

Moist Critikal quote

[@Dishlawyer12]

@@devilfruitenjoyer2930AHHH GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!

[@UnchargedBattery978]

it is such a flex to have your “earlier work” be THE backrooms videos

[@blueeyedcasval]

Thank you for this sir, the oldest view has become one of my most treasured movies in general, not just horror films, due to hearing the director talk to wendigoon on a stream watching it, and this gives so much context to what Kane said, and makes the story that much more beautiful and tragic. Your video helped me love a cherished piece of art even more, thank you

[@kristinholcomb5817]

Me living in Dallas, and having fond memories of the Valley View mall and its destruction over the past several years. This is weird af. Like a strange nightmare.

[@NickInTheField]

I swear to God if Kane Pixels goes after the old Cowboys stadium next 😂

[@CwoffeSwupweme]

i have zero context for this video but i gotta say it is real freaky seeing the mall i grew up going to in the intro

[@CwoffeSwupweme]

real ones remember the austin 5 store that was in there next to the old jcpennys

[@MrDarvis69]

The part about Kane stopping the Backrooms video is incorrect. Originally the plan was to keep the story going for another few years but then the A24 movie deal happened. As soon as that happened all Backrooms videos stopped, leaving many to speculate it was a requirement of the film contract. As it stands the current Backrooms series is not complete, it stopped mid story. I am assuming the upcoming film will be the capstone on that story.

[@T-Dawg75]

Kane Said in a Interview That it’s Not the end, just a more Substantial Episode. I think it means it will keep trekking along with new uploads once it’s finished and released.

[@ianbyrne465]

Whole there may be something in his contract with A24 that says "no Backrooms videos until the movie is finished" from what Kane has said, I think it's more just a time thing. He said he's been working on the movie since the SAG/WGA strikes ended, and that's taking alot of time. He probably set backrooms YT aside and kept up with the Oldest View so that he wasn't getting details confused between the movie and the YT series, nor getting burned out by so much of the same exact thing.

[@CalypsoCallman]

hearing the petscop sound effects always makes me happy....

[@robloxusertartagliakin7177]

RIGHT ME TOO. i have a really intense special interest on it right now and every time i hear something from it i JUMP

[@bare_bear_hands]

I just love what Kane did by letting the Giant have increasingly more mobility. It is so creepy, unnerving, worrying, threatening, terrifying, and it only gets growingly worse.

[@NickInTheField]

RIGHT?!

[@lazyliongames6660]

And other things that end with ing

[@dugehtstmiraufdieNerven2007]

@@lazyliongames6660horrifying?

[@lazyliongames6660]

@@dugehtstmiraufdieNerven2007 yeah

[@candycanekennie3302]

This animation was the first one so well done that I was certain it was real video until Kane Pixels talked bout his production process!

[@frankygames4209]

how did he maked it ? like it looks so freaking real

[@blueblynd685]

@@frankygames4209 blender, with very convincing shaders and a lot of effort into animation quality

[@cmfairchild744]

Right before they destroyed it my dad, me, and my friend got the pleasure of exploring it. It was really creepy with all the pitch black amc theaters having either torn or burnt screens and there were many bullets shells right out side the amc. My favorite part about it though was the graffiti on the second level of the mall.

[@NickInTheField]

Do you remember anything of what the graffiti read?

[@SevenDeadlyPuns]

This seems to be the best Oldest View analysis on KZbin so far. I’ve been invested in the series for some time, also searching for video and images, and every video analysis on the series I’ve seen so far seem to be based on common/simple knowledge, you actually did research for this. I want to point this out, but the series is heavily associated with impermanence, not simply nostalgia. “Renewal” probably refers to renewing impermanent things, which is exactly what the looping wind track at the end of “Life of a Giant” does. The song at the end of Renewal backs this, longing to “return” to the happier days, they want things to stay in the same state, which you were spot on about. Edit: (I typed this before finishing the video)

[@danterodriguez03]

I'm sorry, every time I hear about the oldest view I remember wendigoon near tears and "Mr oldest is going to turn you into an iceberg man"

[@Sephlock]

.... context?

[@ZombieGob]

@@Sephlock Wendigoon watched The Oldest View on stream and was genuinely more horrified of the giant than of any other horror monster. I recommend watching the VOD of it, it explains some lore behind the giant and is just overall so much fun. the "iceberg boy" joke is also a highlight of that stream

[@Sephlock]

@@ZombieGob Thanks

[@kenzie1256]

I went to Valley View as a kid and needless to say it was a shock to be watching The Oldest View and realize where it was set Edit: just finished the video and wanted to say it was SO well done. This was my first time on your channel and I'm so impressed!!

[@Aweatheredship]

Same

[@SeagvllCity]

Same here, this was how I found out the mall was gone too.

[@saulcervantes4993]

Yeh

[@MrDman21]

The red flags could be markers for power lines. After all the mall was being torn down and construction workers often use red flags.

[@rgrave21]

I’m shocked to see this. Out of all the places in the world, I lived in this area for almost all my life and was only a few miles from the Valley View mall

[@yesipan]

The opening nearly brought tears to my eyes. I grew up going to that mall and have a lot of core memories of going there with my family. I vaguely remember seeing the rolling giant from afar once, and I refused to go near the art gallery section of the mall ever since lol.

[@lamidene8139]

You’ve heard of House of Leaves now get ready for: Mall of Trees

[@larkefedifero]

Definitely reminded me of House of Leaves! Took ages to get through the book - but just the way it is written (and in simultaneously reading it on three different levels), it is freaky. And definitely a question of if the end is really the end or a continuing, ongoing spiral of that universe. Were the guy's other books as good? 😲

[@wisamyaghmour5515]

Dude this it phenomenal! Your style is very strong and entertaining and your points and analysis are things i hadn't considered. And your attention to detail in the viewing of the videos and the research as well is magnificent. This was a great intro to your channel and I'm excited to see more content like this from you

[@TTHBLOX_]

The reveal of the rolling giant on tge bridge with that editing was sublime!

[@_motho_]

I think there's a separate interpretation to the giant. That its trying to save Wyatt. The mall is the hostile entity. The giant is helping Wyatt to escape in the only way it knows how, chasing him out. The giant knows the mall is trying to kill Wyatt. Why else would the giant risk damaging itself at the end? It's desperately trying to get Wyatt to leave before the mall takes him. Sadly the giant is too late.

[@marchwhitlock6455]

I like this interpretation. A dead mall is a bleak depiction of where a future in business might get you. The giant-an embodiment of Wyatt’s true passion for botany-seeks to save him from this fate. It’s a story which lends itself very well to both environmentalist and Marxist readings.

[@larkefedifero]

​@@marchwhitlock6455 I guess on the bright side, if he's not pushing up daisies, Wyatt may still be reincarnated as one! So, if you can't be a botanist, at least stand out and shine as a flower!! 😁

[@thomasgibbons3226]

Recently, Kane uploaded a new video for The Oldest View. Starts with some kind of panel most likely talking about the project for the site before going back into the mall with Wyatt. Replaying him trying to leave. Instead of the structure collapsing beneath him and falling to his death, he manages to get to the exit staircase running up and out. Back to his car. He tries to use GPS but it doesn't seem to work. Last thing we see of the video is a POV shot of the Giant on its little cart riding around on the street, passing a car at one point. Its called Dispersal.

[@sml2withhuggy230]

Caleb Finn you’re so kind in one part you said “ don’t worry I’ll hold your hand “ NO OTHER KZbinR DOES THAT, thanks ❤

[@unggoymuffin9163]

The blending of reality and the fantastical in The Oldest View's storytelling and historical lore has to be one of its greatest strengths compared to most scary stories from the internet. Kane Pixels really did he research and you, Caleb Finn, were about to bring all of that into the forefront.

[@manboy4720]

the scariest thing about the rolling giant? he's FRENCH!

[@BurntMemoriesAlt]

*surprise.jpg*

[@joelbell6075]

This is THE BEST breakdown of The Oldest View that I've seen!!!

[@wickermind6668]

So glad Kane made this so we could have Mr. Oldest View terrorizing Iceberg Boy in his dreams.

[@breakinglegsandbreakinghea3167]

Outside of the Backrooms series of videos, adding lore and "layers" to the backrooms took what was an interesting piece of horror and turned it into the same lazy tropes we've seen in creapypastas time and time again. The intrigue of the backrooms came from not just the unknown but what we cannot know. Not everything needs story and background. All these additions the backrooms with its deep documentation on the landscapes and monsters turns the unpredictable and mystery into something tangible. It ruins good horror.

[@crusher9z9]

Wyatt would have been able to clutch if he was smarter. Hanging onto the steel bracket, its not like all the pillars fell down. Yall know you would be clinging to the nearest grabbable object available

[@dlaine]

woah this is amazing, your work is just😙🤌 keep up with this great stuff. i’ve been following for godknows how many years and i think this is one of my favourites so far, perhaps out of all the scream streets too- simply due to how you produced this with such fear inducing enigma it’s amazing. thank you caleb ✌️

[@wizardly9211]

Whenever I watch a documentary or long form video that's really, *really* well made, I get chills and I feel compelled. This video made me feel that ten fold. I loved TOV by Kane Pixels and learning about the story behind the real life Julien, and all the intricate details Kane Pixels wove into the video that you wouldn't realize if you didn't know the story of Julien, as well as the parade of giants, it's so cool. Great video, I really loved it.

[@cynops]

An actual explanation, you know, with critical thinking. Very great work and it's super interesting to link it to a botanist I previously never knew.

[@royfromtexas6045]

I did so many inappropriate things in the back halls of that mall. Good times.

[@J4VY3R1]

No way, I just watched this yesterday and looked for this tipe of video and didnt find anything that I liked, and then I find this just posted a few hours ago, what a perfect timing

[@Julian-bq9qv]

That revelation of TWO Valley View malls is fantastic!!! Adds so much to the overall theme!!!

[@abbyfinth362]

This reminds me of THE deadmall in Cincinnati thats getting ready to be demolished here in the next couple of months. Im so sad because it really was a blast to the past. It was built in the late 1980s and hasnt been renovated since 2004. You can no longer enter because of safety hazards. I loved that place, makes me sad to think itll be gone forever

[@NoraMeld]

when I was in high school, I lived near here. In its dying years, I helped build a music studio in there that was... probably not contractually supposed to exist in one of the old shops. You had to enter through the back and it was eerie. But I got a lot of experience working with music in there. Good times.

[@Locaneo]

Those flags are usually used at construction sites in conjunction with orange spray paint and the like to denote things that will be built at a certain spot like tubing and wiring on dirt, grass and around trees and rocks.

[@emiliew5553]

why is this genuinely the scariest thing i have ever watched, and it's not even the original video, its an ANALYSIS of the original. i haven't audibly gasped while watching something since i was like 12, but 28:54 gave me a heart attack

[@ellenhjelmgren2111]

honestly love this kind of content and your execution of it was absolutely amazing. Will look forward to more of these kinds of videos!

[@austinrichard8046]

The editing in this video is amazing and the use of real footage in a documentary style was incredible

[@sadakopilled]

maybe the real oldest view is the friends we made along the way

[@GhostofJamesMadison]

The idea that the giant is actually the good guy is wild wow

[@zoebuschena6934]

CALEB!!!! I LOVED IT! I loved the attention to detail, the editing, and just everything dude!! I can't wait to see more! :)

[@asherdasher1996]

I love your deep dive into this topic. I knew of this mall from a different video a little while back so it was good to learn more on the topic

[@hannahlynch7524]

this is hard to watch in the best way possible i’m 15 mins in and am terrified i have actually never heard of this story at all before

[@lazarusrat6159]

I love that the Giant was just trying to force him towards the exit of the dangerous mall.

[@kikkofranz]

The petscop sounds gave me ptsd. Great video btw 😚

[@kill3rbamb146]

Yeah the petscop sounds grabbed my attention really fast 😂

[@KRayEpiale]

I actually live right next to where the original Valley View once was. My last time visiting was to the AMC to see It Follows. We got there early, and just wandered around for a while. It was mostly dead by then, with most of the lights out, and I just about had a heart attack walking down one of the dark halls and wandering right into what yall now know as the Rolling Giant. He was just out in the hall for a long time lol, I've got an awful quality phone picture of it. The actual shock I felt seeing the Kane Pixels video about this random art piece I associated with a decidedly spooky date night was unreal lmao. Beautiful work, and I'm glad I got to see it at least that once before the real thing was lost to time.

[@eveleene3613]

This is one of the most endearing analysis videos I've seen for an ARG - you've given so much respect for the creator and the projects made. I like how you really dug in deep, looking at the themes and hidden meanings. "The curtain is blue - was an allegory to depression" you know how people always joke that maybe the curtain was just fucking blue? You allowed the projects to have meaning beyond the shallow theories we normally get and it almost feels like a love letter to it. Never thought I'd get emotional I guess. Subbing for sure.

[@BlizzyBeezz]

For me I interpreted it as like when you think back on memories from your childhood and only remember the good part, then you see something that reminds you and you come back but it’s not how it was when you were younger or you remember something that makes you remember the bad part of the memories. I remember vividly the strike in my chest when finally going past my elementary school after 7 years to find it was demolished. I didn’t know until then, I knew I couldn’t go back but it hurt to know no one could

[@catlol9485]

wow!!! this is literally amazing i've been looking for videos about this and yours is AMAZING!!!

[@venlo842]

23:48 - I don't usually get startled by jumpscares, but this got me..

[@monrosetana]

watched this at 10:30pm and i am honestly so scaredddd, amazing stuff as usual Caleb! cant wait to see whatyou have in store for us next

[@deadfichboat]

Abandoned buildings like the mall always brings such a weird feeling. A place designed to be filled with people just looks so wrong when it's empty. But we have always left ruins behind, when enough time have passed it will go from abandoned to archeology.

[@StaticCamera87]

When he mentioned the Roanoke Vally View Mall, I had a heart attack 😭 I have family there and have visited that mall many times. I didn't expect him to say that small town 💀

[@itsjvck1]

Same here lmao. The name of the mall felt strangely familiar when I watched the video & I’m just now figuring out it was THE mall I’ve been to in Roanoke (the other Valley View)

[@Whoelsewalkthey]

First time ive heard my city mentioned in a video, actually made my jaw drop 😭

[@stephen827]

Its amazing kane pixels comes up with stuff like this, I can't wait to see his work in the future it seems like it just improves. this is amazing for someone so young

[@snail7238]

lovely analysis video! the editing and pacing and writing of the video were absolutely superb. the presentation was so elegant and when all the details came together in the end in your analysis it was really eye-opening. thank you for such a thoughtful analysis and well-researched video on the oldest view! really incredible work:).

[@RogueBeatsARG]

Horror like this is so good, the one that merges real life with fiction, makes it even more immersive

[@YTofVC]

Your way of putting it in perspective for me to grasp is intelligent from you. You made me connect your words to the way we live and life itself. You're very deep and calculated with every word you say. It's astonishing how you make a deep topic sound so catchy and make you stop in your tracks to ponder. I loved every second of the valuable information you shared, but of course, except the parts where you freaked the fucking shit out of me😂😂 I hate horror stuff and don't watch any horror movies, but I'm willing to sacrifice that cos i love you and I would watch anything you upload. I also thought about acquiring your book, but Caleb, I don't have the ability to buy it, I'm sad.

[@CallmeMelinanow]

I’m so happy I found this. This series is amazing, and knowing this helps me enjoy it even more. Kane Pixles is an amazing mind, with a visionary approach that allows us to be transported, and feel the worlds he paints. Bravo for your thoughtful video! ❤

[@anemoiajunkie]

I am in love w the oldest view. Thank you for doing Kane's work justice!

[@tobinbones8577]

I watched the whole most heartbreaking analog horror without realizing who you were. Super good videos dude, keep it up and I can’t wait till they release more parts.

[@CLINTTAURUS]

Holy fuck I follow you on snap so I been heavily invested in this thank you so much

[@nicholas4113]

I was thinking the red flags at the tree might hint at the tree being rotten and due to be cut down, like how the mall needed to be destroyed.

[@tubatuz]

I adore video essays on shit like this, and to have Caleb do one is just even better !

[@lynxvsjackalope1149]

the soundeffect at 0:05 made me go "?" and then 11:58 confirmed my suspicion lol. God I miss Petscop.

[@alexnoyle]

You picked up on so many things everyone else missed.

[@OBecs]

Awww. I just couldn't feel 100% scared of the giant

[@Crisppay]

I had to stop and park my car to type out this comment. I used to live in Roanoke. My family frequented the Valley View mall when I was very young. I didn’t know there was another one that used to be in Texas. So you can imagine the way my heart dropped when the familiarity with the logo was mentioned. Never has a piece of liminal media resonated so close before. Very cool video!! Been listening while i do deliveries. P.S. is the Virginia Valley View still around? I haven’t been there since before I was 10.

[@Yiffeii]

it is! but it's not even nearly as cool as it used to be. they kinda let the place fall into disrepair

[@Goldiiee]

I still live in Roanoke and it is still here, but it’s become very bland and is unloved by the owners. I Worked on the Santa set this Christmas and we barely had anything for the set. It’s very sad and I won’t be surprised if our Valley View suffers the same fate as the Dallas Valley View

[@Plato628]

27:03 if you look, the bottom left tree is the entrance that wyatt used. meaning the other trees could be other entrances. meaning this series is far from over.

[@Guro-Blue-kun]

Already knew and liked _The Oldest View,_ but I was curious to know the opinion of a YT Channel I've never heard of; Great video! Thanks for your hard work! New Sub ^-^// 💙

[@robocat2205]

Oh my god, this liminal space thing literally unlocked a memory for me....I had no idea the name was shared with the mall in Roanoke VA.....I USED TO WORK AT THAT MALL. later I worked nearby, I would get lunch there, I would go with my friends to get ice cream, I would shop for books, I would take the employee halls to get around. It wasn't even that long ago, just pre-Covid. I can't believe I forgot that and had the same sense of uneasy nostalgia about seeing The Oldest View....

[@Ladenjino]

Well that's a good video to post after 1 year of disappearing ❤️‍🔥 Loved it, keep it up!

[@thejbros3287]

I visited the mall when I was 6 or 7. Just sad to see this mall now gone. So very sad :(

[@kyiaao]

Caution is advised

[@disrespect3021]

the tiny petscop sound effects are a nice detail

[@KipKil1igan]

Wasnt the giant left in the mall when it burned down? Makes it even more creepy. I dont know how people can say the giant looks sweet, the thing creeps me out

[@chaotixthefox]

It was left in the mall during demolition and destroyed by the operations of the workers, as can be seen towards the end of "Life of a Giant"

[@NickInTheField]

This series honestly made my SOUL CRAP OUT MY PANTS at one point. Kane Pixels strikes gold again.

[@dorians2a]

so what about "dispersal" ?

[@playafree18]

The fact I visited that mall when I was little makes this so much better. I was terrified of big statues and costume characters as well but i dont remember seeing the statue.