▲ 254 ▼ TIL Disney's Star Wars Hotel was a massive waste of time (youtu.be) submitted 2 years ago by Brkdncr@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 71 comments fedilink hide all child comments I'm only an hour into this person's 4 hour(!) review/criticism of the Star Wars hotel and am baffled at how poorly this was handled.
[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) I'm sure it's very interesting, but ain't nobody got time for that! permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) You should watch it. Jenny does a great job breaking down what they did right and wrong. And it turns out it was such a monumental project that you need four hours to talk about it fully. Our attention spans are dropping precipitously, and it worries me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (5 children) Man it's a 4 hour video. Of a review of a hotel. At no point in modern history was that the kind of thing that many people had the attention span to watch permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it does have 10 Million views. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] expatriado@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) how long into the video is considered a view? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I don't give a shit whether people 3 decades ago would have watched this, since they had no way to do so. It does worry me that if you post a video longer than 30 seconds or write a response in paragraphs, the immediate response is "tldr?". permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Nobody mention Quinton Reviews 👀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It was a complete resort experience, not just "a hotel." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still not the kind of thing the average person was ever going to watch a four hour video on, regardless of attention span. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) this review video was written up in rolling stone, forbes, and the new york times, it's been viewed 10 million times on youtube, your idea of the average person is painfully incorrect permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago Youtube averages 122 million users a day. 10 million views makes it far from something the average YouTube user has seen, let alone the average person. permalink fedilink source parent [+] GBU_28@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Seriously people. Go outside. Call ya motha. Drink water. Do anything but watch a 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Imagine doing whatever I want with my free time. It’s an entertaining video. I watched it to have something in the background while doing chores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GBU_28@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 4 hour hotel review. An infinite world of music and audiobooks, and 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, audiobooks are way longer than 4 hours normally This "4h hotel review" is a full on story, like an audiobook but shorter permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't know, even the long, drawn out, epic dramas of the seventies didn't go on for 4 hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago True, but those are feature films. After an hour or two the audience starts losing the plot, literally. Jenny's video I would describe more as a documentary (I'd categorize most video essays as such), which typically run for much longer without losing too much. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago That was my first thought as well. I thought I’d try the first 10 minutes to get a sense of it. Anyway, four hours later… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (2 children) You should watch it. Jenny does a great job breaking down what they did right and wrong. And it turns out it was such a monumental project that you need four hours to talk about it fully. Our attention spans are dropping precipitously, and it worries me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (5 children) Man it's a 4 hour video. Of a review of a hotel. At no point in modern history was that the kind of thing that many people had the attention span to watch permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it does have 10 Million views. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] expatriado@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) how long into the video is considered a view? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I don't give a shit whether people 3 decades ago would have watched this, since they had no way to do so. It does worry me that if you post a video longer than 30 seconds or write a response in paragraphs, the immediate response is "tldr?". permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Nobody mention Quinton Reviews 👀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It was a complete resort experience, not just "a hotel." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still not the kind of thing the average person was ever going to watch a four hour video on, regardless of attention span. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) this review video was written up in rolling stone, forbes, and the new york times, it's been viewed 10 million times on youtube, your idea of the average person is painfully incorrect permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago Youtube averages 122 million users a day. 10 million views makes it far from something the average YouTube user has seen, let alone the average person. permalink fedilink source parent [+] GBU_28@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Seriously people. Go outside. Call ya motha. Drink water. Do anything but watch a 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Imagine doing whatever I want with my free time. It’s an entertaining video. I watched it to have something in the background while doing chores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GBU_28@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 4 hour hotel review. An infinite world of music and audiobooks, and 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, audiobooks are way longer than 4 hours normally This "4h hotel review" is a full on story, like an audiobook but shorter permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't know, even the long, drawn out, epic dramas of the seventies didn't go on for 4 hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago True, but those are feature films. After an hour or two the audience starts losing the plot, literally. Jenny's video I would describe more as a documentary (I'd categorize most video essays as such), which typically run for much longer without losing too much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (5 children) Man it's a 4 hour video. Of a review of a hotel. At no point in modern history was that the kind of thing that many people had the attention span to watch permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it does have 10 Million views. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] expatriado@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) how long into the video is considered a view? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I don't give a shit whether people 3 decades ago would have watched this, since they had no way to do so. It does worry me that if you post a video longer than 30 seconds or write a response in paragraphs, the immediate response is "tldr?". permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Nobody mention Quinton Reviews 👀 permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It was a complete resort experience, not just "a hotel." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still not the kind of thing the average person was ever going to watch a four hour video on, regardless of attention span. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) this review video was written up in rolling stone, forbes, and the new york times, it's been viewed 10 million times on youtube, your idea of the average person is painfully incorrect permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago Youtube averages 122 million users a day. 10 million views makes it far from something the average YouTube user has seen, let alone the average person. permalink fedilink source parent [+] GBU_28@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Seriously people. Go outside. Call ya motha. Drink water. Do anything but watch a 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Imagine doing whatever I want with my free time. It’s an entertaining video. I watched it to have something in the background while doing chores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GBU_28@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 4 hour hotel review. An infinite world of music and audiobooks, and 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, audiobooks are way longer than 4 hours normally This "4h hotel review" is a full on story, like an audiobook but shorter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean, it does have 10 Million views. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] expatriado@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) how long into the video is considered a view? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) how long into the video is considered a view? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I don't give a shit whether people 3 decades ago would have watched this, since they had no way to do so. It does worry me that if you post a video longer than 30 seconds or write a response in paragraphs, the immediate response is "tldr?". permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gurei@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Nobody mention Quinton Reviews 👀 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) It was a complete resort experience, not just "a hotel." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still not the kind of thing the average person was ever going to watch a four hour video on, regardless of attention span. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) this review video was written up in rolling stone, forbes, and the new york times, it's been viewed 10 million times on youtube, your idea of the average person is painfully incorrect permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago Youtube averages 122 million users a day. 10 million views makes it far from something the average YouTube user has seen, let alone the average person. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Still not the kind of thing the average person was ever going to watch a four hour video on, regardless of attention span. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) this review video was written up in rolling stone, forbes, and the new york times, it's been viewed 10 million times on youtube, your idea of the average person is painfully incorrect permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago Youtube averages 122 million users a day. 10 million views makes it far from something the average YouTube user has seen, let alone the average person. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) this review video was written up in rolling stone, forbes, and the new york times, it's been viewed 10 million times on youtube, your idea of the average person is painfully incorrect permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago Youtube averages 122 million users a day. 10 million views makes it far from something the average YouTube user has seen, let alone the average person. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works -6 points 2 years ago Youtube averages 122 million users a day. 10 million views makes it far from something the average YouTube user has seen, let alone the average person. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] GBU_28@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Seriously people. Go outside. Call ya motha. Drink water. Do anything but watch a 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Imagine doing whatever I want with my free time. It’s an entertaining video. I watched it to have something in the background while doing chores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GBU_28@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 4 hour hotel review. An infinite world of music and audiobooks, and 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, audiobooks are way longer than 4 hours normally This "4h hotel review" is a full on story, like an audiobook but shorter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Imagine doing whatever I want with my free time. It’s an entertaining video. I watched it to have something in the background while doing chores. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GBU_28@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 4 hour hotel review. An infinite world of music and audiobooks, and 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, audiobooks are way longer than 4 hours normally This "4h hotel review" is a full on story, like an audiobook but shorter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) 4 hour hotel review. An infinite world of music and audiobooks, and 4h hotel review. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, audiobooks are way longer than 4 hours normally This "4h hotel review" is a full on story, like an audiobook but shorter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, audiobooks are way longer than 4 hours normally This "4h hotel review" is a full on story, like an audiobook but shorter permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don't know, even the long, drawn out, epic dramas of the seventies didn't go on for 4 hours. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago True, but those are feature films. After an hour or two the audience starts losing the plot, literally. Jenny's video I would describe more as a documentary (I'd categorize most video essays as such), which typically run for much longer without losing too much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago True, but those are feature films. After an hour or two the audience starts losing the plot, literally. Jenny's video I would describe more as a documentary (I'd categorize most video essays as such), which typically run for much longer without losing too much. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago That was my first thought as well. I thought I’d try the first 10 minutes to get a sense of it. Anyway, four hours later… permalink fedilink source parent