Has SunnyV2 actually ruined video essays?

[@Assasinine]

A video essay about video essays, that starts off by talking about ANOTHER video essays about video essays. I love it.

[@tenidiotaodpizzy4603]

someone should make a video essay about this

[@fladeemhelcarreon]

The essayception.

[@DrSpaceman42]

VIDEO ESSAY.

[@Pinely]

Great video. A lot of the focus here is over my title which I understand. I mentioned it in a comment somewhere but the point of the title is to parody sunnyv2's dramatization and title formatting, i do not believe that he has ruined this genre, one of my final points in the video is that I think his way of covering things can be dangerous but there are still some great video essay channels that are doing very well :) but I understand how that could be misunderstood from the way I've presented things, will make sure to do a better job in the future

[@jhxc64]

Hey man! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Didn't mean to take you to task. Honestly you could say the same about my video, how it could've been better structured and researched, and how halfway in, I just started restating everything you said about video essays, just with outer wilds music. Also, the parody of your title was completely lost on me lol.

[@friesneverdies]

pinely you look like George Bluth Sr. from arrested development

[@sablovestwice]

@@friesneverdies actually wholesome moment interrupted rip

[@OdaSwifteye]

Leafy is still right about you Pinely.

[@Dragonrage1oo1]

I think your channel is an exceptional example of what makes video essay so great. Anyone, with enough time and effort, can put something together that is beautiful and awe inspiring. It's a sandbox where, really, you can do whatever you want.

[@sushi_man53]

💡💡💡💡THIS LITERATURE IS GENIUS 🔥🚨🚨

[@INNERLMNT]

There is a very blurry line between argumentative essays and long-form documentaries on KZbin, and a lot of people aren't willing to admit what they categorize as essays are more succintly categorized as "independent documentary filmmaking".

[@alexwingo8094]

The graphics work is genuinely so good. I can see that you put your time in and it made such a compelling video. Thank you!

[@BrochachoTheBro]

No matter what, I think everyone can agree that Sunny needs a new thumbnail artist. Because holy shit.

[@CoracaoAcidental98]

Is even an artist? I always thought was one those "cartoon" filters that you put over a photo.

[@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe]

I agree that it looks ugly as shit, but for brand recognition it great for him. All the Sunnyv2 clones all also copy that style in hopes they can trick people into clicking thinking it’s sunny.

[@manuelsputnik]

This video felt like a tribute an entire genre of youtube videos. Fantastic.

[@alexlowe2054]

This. It's been a while since I saw a video that made me smile this much.

[@TotallyrealCarsonHocevar]

Jesus Christ I was expecting a great video, and somehow still underestimated how good it was gonna be

[@Lscott-fk2sn]

Bobbybroccoli is an absolute unit of a video essayist, truly a hardcore GOAT of his own category :)

[@white_man1352]

geometry dash is a dead game

[@Lscott-fk2sn]

@@white_man1352 it actually has the highest number of level creations it has ever had. You could argue the casual mobile base has left the game, but the community itself is growing. (KZbin GD is growing, PC GD is growing etc..) Edit: I meant monthly level creations

[@white_man1352]

@@Lscott-fk2sn when was the last update?

[@rraaiin]

@@white_man1352 when was the last chess update? i dont think chess is exactly a dead game

[@MarcosCartridge]

@@white_man1352 2.1. Unfortunately 2.2 is about to be released soon on October this year. plus the game isn't considered dead even after not having new major version nor apps for at least 5 years.

[@redronin8288]

man i love video essays, i've only watched a handful but i've never regretted watching them, i watched one five hour video essay about one piece and another three hour video essay about payday 2 lore, and this video reminded me why i love video essays so damn much.

[@sillyaw]

who's going to make a video essay about this video essay??

[@rraaiin]

omg it the urltakl guy

[@LowLevelLemmy]

I really liked this video essay until you violated the MLA format by not citing at least 6 sources from credible academic institutions

[@jhxc64]

Guess I'm expelled from every college in the country lol

[@Ryguy2112.]

Dude this guy is actually awesome, his editing, his points, and just his way of video creation is great ❤

[@XGAnimz]

I gotta praise you for using the Outer Wilds soundtrack and showing some of my favorite KZbinrs (Nexpo, Lemmino, and Emplemon. I'll check out the others as well) in your video. Me subscribing is definitely worth it.

[@halodriver1362]

Great montage at the end. Emp is also one of my favorite KZbinrs. And I bookmarked some of the other ones, Thanks for the recommend!

[@cowsrcool]

Jon Bois is my favorite video essayiststsst. My favorites are the airplane one and the steve jeltz one

[@AloneRacecar]

Hmm interesting video. While I do think that SunnyV2 is by far one of the most shallowest of KZbin channels, I don’t think that he ruined video essays. But more so gave them a whole new level that’s almost becoming a new standard for KZbin. But what makes the masters of channels like SunnyV2 almost an evil genius is that they don’t care how much controversy they stir up. Even if people are going to call them out for their BS, they know that when they apologize; that’s when they lose to cancel culture. But hey that’s just my opinion.

[@_...h]

being first to stop the people saying first

[@Digby8]

Woah, this has to be your best video. It has incredible unique editing which i don't know how you thought of or made & a really fresh feeling script. Well done!

[@TheInevitableHulk]

4:34 "Have school assigned essays actually ruined essays?" might be a good video lol

[@betabug64]

If you can keep the pace in quality, surely you can reach a hundred “aights” by the time your next video comes out!

[@Khaotic_Kato]

"Aight" will be JHXC catchphrase and i love it.

[@ashermacdonald6823]

That ending was really good, and makes me glad I now have a decent list of content to watch

[@_...h]

but I don't wanna be the weird like farmer type but love the videos man, hope it goes well for ya in the future bc you totally deserve the success (however small already, trust me it's gonna keep going) so well done

[@kurainu1495]

the editing on the ending part is unreal

[@toolazyforthis3164]

I’m always super confused why people say that SunnyV2 represents video essayists like he’s reasonably popular but he’s not the end all be all of a massive genre

[@Zyro1331]

Outer Wilds OST made me cry at the end

[@parkerduggins4512]

7:45 that was one of my favorite videos i've ever watched on the platform. And there are so many others you mentioned that make super high quality content. This channel is one that I want to see grow into the size and popularity of those channels because it definitely matches their quality.

[@br1ghts0ng]

bruv it’s always a good day when jhxc drops a video on a subject i never cared about until now

[@_eya]

this is one of the videos of all time

[@alumalu8651]

It's easy to tell which videos you put more thought into, I've watched multiple videos of your channel and though the style is similar some just feel more polished, good job on this one

[@YouMustCallMeBob]

great vid, keep it up!

[@nataliejoestar2584]

I have no problem with video essays and even enjoy them myself, my issue with Sunnyv2 is that he slowly started to become more heartless and inhumane with his video subjects. (I.e) when he blamed Kris and said she was being a bad friend simply because she transitioned. That her transition was a bad thing for Mr. Beast. On a separate note he’s more forgiving and willing to chop up a man’s drama or issues as “hey man boys will be boys” and when it comes to women it’s “women are the worst and deserve the worst for their crimes” I made a comment on his video a year ago saying, “give it six months and this guy will be complaining about pronouns” and he lived up to that.

[@RockinRocketScience]

Idk how you managed to be completely wrong and retarded at the same time. That's honestly impressive.

[@CoracaoAcidental98]

Does he really became any more heartless than before? I remenber some of his videos that are older that he basically talked shit about personal problems of people, not the "Having a children is bad for views" type of thing, more "This guy is pathetic in trying to do something good in his life and this will never change" type. But I stopped watching him eons ago and I don't remenber a lot because honestly his videos just blend together in my mind, so take that as you will.

[@DimensionalityGalaxyFoxFilms]

absolutely incredible, and that earth model turned out really good! but yeah, just because there's one idiot in a place doesn't mean everyone in that place is an idiot, and people that care to disagree with that, are well, to be blunt, idiots.

[@Greenalien_]

NO WAY I HEAR PLOK BEACH IN THE BACKROUND MAN I LOVE THAT SONG

[@IAm-yg6ml]

MAN I love your editing style! It feels so dynamic yet so still. You can focus on one subject then swiftly transition to another smoothly! The visuals are also not too strong but are complex and creative to keep my eyes on it without being distracting to lose atention to the voice over! Love your content starting from "Why KZbin Intros are Dying.", hope to see more great stuff from you pal!

[@xianglu3196]

video essays are vidoes

[@HeidenLam]

you deserve way more attention on your content than you do now

[@widthemid]

As someone who enjoys both of your content, I appreciated this alternate perspective. Hopefully Pinely sees it. Curious what he thinks about the points you made

[@ZackarySmigel]

This video is going to blow up.

[@thebetterjay6125]

Wait i just realized this was the guy who made the ludwig yt strat video on how it actually worked and now i got dis in my reccomended. Wow it rlly works lol

[@Swanaenae]

loved the tribute to all the GOATS in this genre & loved the vid in general, truly some top tier stuff bro

[@benedictwb]

love the defunctland shoutout! i love that channel so much and i’ve never heard anyone talk about it!

[@RylanRay-z2v]

This video is the most meta video i've ever clicked on

[@medard777]

love ur videos bro

[@DannyBPlays]

I liked Sunny briefly til I realized the vids all have a negative skew on them. I like essays that have an interesting or unique or positive spin as well, not just "why this person is terrible" or "the awful downfall of this person"

[@ComandanteYT]

Really great video. Thank you for putting into words an argument I’ve been struggling to make

[@turbo_marc]

it's a genre of content

[@betterschwifty]

Man this channel is just so underrated, keep up the good work man!

[@skrillicon]

man the timelapse at the end gave me goosebumps shameless plug: melodysheep was definitly missing in there, king of quality imo.

[@loganlamoreaux5347]

man your videos are insanely good. still have no clue how you make all these cool animations

[@ColeGoldych]

You are definitely one of my favorite channel

[@aurora_x86]

I wanna take a second to shout out the OBJECTIVE BEST video essayist, Leon Massey

[@1Jetsurf]

SunnyV2 has a ton of controversial takes.... He makes some amazing videos, but 70% of them are absolutely stupid.

[@LFXGaming]

idk man I just love long ass videos about random shit I never even knew I cared about. the funniest thing is that there will be some 7 hour video about something and It'll just be called "The History of The Colour Red" or some shit

[@loulou_fruity]

the last part with the ones u like is amazing

[@Pawnlust]

I'd prefer the paper if I had depth in the subject. Making videos is slow and takes away time from research just to produce something visually appealing. I'm slowly realizing that I may not prefer video for the kind of detailed content I'd like to make.

[@indianmemeuniversity]

Holy fuck man this is great!! keep up the good work 🥰

[@Just-aGuy]

imo i believe sunny didn't ruin video essays, but it made them look like some corp junk (when it's actually not) making people think that video essays are all like this

[@mefferinot3671]

hugely inspirational, both because of the way the subject matter was covered and with the general video creation. awesome!!

[@itsvmmc]

What defines a video essay? I thought they were the extra long videos (like 40-50 mins) where a person talks about a topic in-depth as if presenting it to a class (hence, video essay) but I never considered SunnyV2 a part of that genre. If SunnyV2 is a part of it, then like 90% of KZbin is too.

[@tyleredge5349]

I think jacob geller has come to be my favorite video essay youtuber. Highly recommend

[@shu93129]

The title change made this a lot more clickable, I have to say!

[@PubescentFrog]

very nice editing on this video. good job!

[@Jessamessaa]

Keep it up with the videos, I love watching them!

[@lirich0]

I loved that ending sequence

[@kevinz.9785]

IMO, Pinely's commentary about video essays was about being critical of the content you watch. He was making the point that there is a difference between small creators that do it with passion and release a video every two weeks or so, compared to content farm teams that post videos multiple times a week or even daily. As you even stated that SunnyV2 produced better quality videos in the past. Also, there was a nod to self-deprecation within his video. It was more of an editorial than a deep dive on video essays.

[@ThatJyJade]

He might not have ruined video essays, but you'll bet I'll say he need anyway because of how much I hate him.

[@alumalu8651]

I can smell quality

[@BayLeafff]

You're awesome. Great vid.

[@AstromarineCorpse]

trying so hard to avoid being the guy that starts the "you forgot MY fave" but man the lack of hbomberguy hurts my very core

[@AstromarineCorpse]

cue the reply simply stating "mid"

[@Antwannnn]

mid? More like who 💀 Edit: looked him up and turns out I've seen 1 of his videos from 6 years ago. Bro doesn't even upload anymore

[@NightGhost-qs6yw]

stellar video, great content as usual

[@drinkwater1917]

Absolutely amazing video, why'd it take me so long to notice how good your editing is?

[@MIKEZGAMER-g8b]

SUNNY WAS NICE, NOW HE IS BITTER, I CALLED THIS OUT AND YET ROBOTIC SUBSCRIBERS WERE CLUE LESS TO REALIZE

[@user-hz4tc2pf3x]

Really great video and earth model. You're probably going to replace SunnyV2 in my sub feed lol

[@willf8080]

Excited for the next vid :)

[@macarojulian]

so the new meta is videos about videos(?

[@kaylanpatel00]

Really good vid keep up the work

[@gibbd3249]

"video essay" = either the best written/produced videos ever or some PNGsona pontificating at you just hoping the ~2 hour video length and erudite tone convince you they've done their research i swear there's no inbetween lol

[@emil.steiner]

Bobbybrocoli's and many other video essayists Work play in the same league as mayor Documentaries. Not as Content Farms

[@bagmanphilosophical291]

I don’t have anything to say I just love this channel and wanna boost the likelihood of the algorithm picking up this vid

[@braydonfisher9273]

This is the earth. Round.

[@flakeyflakes]

The ending, it was just beautiful.

[@calmatisenior4095]

I waited three minutes for this video to get somewhere close to the point. This is tiring ngl, all love.

[@insertdead]

yoo cursed judge shoutout he really did pop off huh

[@Scubes7]

I didn't get much, but I heard something about a video essay.

[@joecandice9230]

really well made video hoping you blow up you deserve it

[@dARkIkO]

Great video, imo your best so far. That being said its kinda sad it provably eont get as much views as other videos :/

[@DaRocketGuy]

What really ruins sunnyv2 for me other than the viewer retention focused editing is that almost all of his titles imply the video is negative. you can tell by just 1 word per video title, "worst", "horrible", "ruined", "downfall", "mistake" and the list goes on, tired of it

[@andreiiosup6622]

I think the title is just clickbait. Watching the video i never got the vibe that he actually thought sunnyv2 ruined all video essays. What i got from the video was that people should strive to make more creative and original work, and not fall into the trap of making something purely for commercial gain.

[@strangegamerc]

I subscribed to SunnyV2 a few years back because his content was interesting and relevant to me. Now, I just watch his videos to laugh at other people's stupidity

[@luv-san06]

This was a great video, I really enjoyed it

[@solsy]

amazing video, the editing was perfect

[@puhlsar1]

The long awaited roast

[@pogsauce9253]

I think his videos really resamble mc donalds. Its good once in a while, you know what to expect, nothing really surprises you nothing dissapoints you. Its just something to watch while eating.

[@derpykiwi2968]

Thats a very nice earth model 10/10

[@acubens5300]

i once watched an hour long video essay on anime waifus, and god damn, was i entertained every single second of that video

[@imafidonglory5851]

Your videos are so satisfying to watch. Damn!

[@SHARKFINN50]

love the edits like WTF bro made the world

[@maxirauxgd8110]

GODDD THIS IS SO GOOD MAN JESUSr