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Welcome to the Monday chat corner!

This week's topic is "The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel", the 4-hour video by Jenny Nicholson. Disclaimer, I have not seen it, but it was on The Rec Center and I figure that if you haven't seen it yet you might want to, and if you did you might want to talk about it.

Date: 2024-05-28 12:26 am (UTC)
seascribble: the view of boba fett's codpiece and smoking blaster from if you were on the ground (Default)
From: [personal profile] seascribble
I have to say that having never watched a video essay before and also going FOUR HOURS?! when I first saw it mentioned, I really enjoyed having it on while I did dishes/aquarium maintenance/laundry and glancing at it once and a while. It sucks both that her experience was so awful and that the entire venture was so poorly managed, but the video was entertaining and I probably will watch more of her stuff.

Date: 2024-05-28 01:55 am (UTC)
yourlibrarian: OTH-SadPenny-hodsmal (HOR-SadPenny-hodsmal)
From: [personal profile] yourlibrarian
I have watched some video essays before but not many and also, like you, never tackled something this lengthy. But I think she tackled a lot in it and very little of it was repetitive. There were just a lot of issues addressed both before and after the actual evaluation of her particular stay.

I would add that I think her conclusion is both pretty devastating but also entirely true. It's a shame because Disney is throwing away something of great value that doesn't have an exact price tag but absolutely affects their long-term earnings.

Date: 2024-06-04 10:05 pm (UTC)
jennaria: cartoon bunny, standing by the TARDIS, looking confused (Bunny- whowhatnow?)
From: [personal profile] jennaria
The video kept abruptly stopping for me, so I'd have to go into YouTube and restart the playing. But it was worth mostly-listening to, in my opinion - and also made me feel infinitely better about not having saved up enough to go myself to the hotel!

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