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Would anybody be able to provide a summary? I find the narrator's intonation unbearably forced and unnatural, such that I don't feel like listening to it non-st

Would anybody be able to provide a summary? I find the narrator's intonation unbearably forced and unnatural, such that I don't feel like listening to it non-stop for 21 minutes. Scorn me, berate me, and downvote me if you will; but to my mind, poor narration in long-form video essays is no different to printing academic journals entirely in Zapfino.

Al-Khwarizmi 8y ago
In my mind, "long-form video essay" is pretty much a big red flag... I just don't have time. Text is much more efficient.
- darkpuma 8y ago
  Cranking up playback speed to 2.5-3x makes it a bit more bearable.
  - jerf 8y ago
    I wouldn't be on YouTube at all if that feature didn't exist. I only which I had more than 2x in the mobile app, since I can't use JS to change it there. (Since odds are high someone will ask, this is the bookmarklet I ended up settling on: javascript:void(document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].playbackRate = prompt()) This prompts you for the speed you want. It should be obvious how to specialize this to a specific speed if you want.)
veryworried 8y ago
tl;dr: They got absorbed by Warner Bros and killed.
johnnyg 8y ago
Quora touches on this subject: https://www.quora.com/Why-was-Hanna-Barbera-dissolved https://www.quora.com/Why-was-Hanna-Barbera-dissolved
egypturnash 8y ago
god I set it to run at 2x with subs and it was still very tl;dw.
probably_wrong 8y ago
The video doesn't actually live to its title, as there's an important link missing, but here's what I got: They did very well for a long time, but then the 80s arrived. Suddenly there were better shows (Transformers, GI Joe) during the entire week rather than just weekends, and they lost a lot of market. They later went to Cartoon Network and created some new classics (Powerpuff Girls and co), but for some reason (not explained) that wasn't enough.
- AstralStorm 8y ago
  Mostly they no longer were the near monopoly and CN was not aired as widely. It is harder to sell a whole station then a few shows. WB tended to sell separately their own only. (E.g. Bugs, Daffy, Looney Tunes) HB ones were exclusives.
ghayes 8y ago
The current top comment seems to sum it up very well with a bit of personal experience: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19539948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19539948
anthonybsd 8y ago
Video is pure distilled clickbait. Nothing ruined them. They slowly became less relevant and got absorbed into Time Warner. That's it.
SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
> I find the narrator's intonation unbearably forced and unnatural I'm glad I wasn't the only one. There's a lot of misplaced upward inflection which I assume is the narrator's normal speaking voice that they're desperately trying to fight against to sound more "professional". In fact the phrases that don't do this sound like they've been pitch-corrected downwards (maybe they have, maybe it's some weird auditory illusion). > to my mind, poor narration in long-form video essays is no different to printing academic journals entirely in Zapfino I couldn't have put it better myself.

Al-Khwarizmi 8y ago

In my mind, "long-form video essay" is pretty much a big red flag... I just don't have time. Text is much more efficient.

darkpuma 8y ago
Cranking up playback speed to 2.5-3x makes it a bit more bearable.
- jerf 8y ago
  I wouldn't be on YouTube at all if that feature didn't exist. I only which I had more than 2x in the mobile app, since I can't use JS to change it there. (Since odds are high someone will ask, this is the bookmarklet I ended up settling on: javascript:void(document.getElementsByTagName("video")[0].playbackRate = prompt()) This prompts you for the speed you want. It should be obvious how to specialize this to a specific speed if you want.)

veryworried 8y ago

tl;dr: They got absorbed by Warner Bros and killed.

johnnyg 8y ago

Quora touches on this subject: https://www.quora.com/Why-was-Hanna-Barbera-dissolved https://www.quora.com/Why-was-Hanna-Barbera-dissolved

egypturnash 8y ago

god I set it to run at 2x with subs and it was still very tl;dw.

probably_wrong 8y ago

The video doesn't actually live to its title, as there's an important link missing, but here's what I got: They did very well for a long time, but then the 80s arrived. Suddenly there were better shows (Transformers, GI Joe) during the entire week rather than just weekends, and they lost a lot of market. They later went to Cartoon Network and created some new classics (Powerpuff Girls and co), but for some reason (not explained) that wasn't enough.

AstralStorm 8y ago
Mostly they no longer were the near monopoly and CN was not aired as widely. It is harder to sell a whole station then a few shows. WB tended to sell separately their own only. (E.g. Bugs, Daffy, Looney Tunes) HB ones were exclusives.

ghayes 8y ago

The current top comment seems to sum it up very well with a bit of personal experience: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19539948 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19539948

anthonybsd 8y ago

Video is pure distilled clickbait. Nothing ruined them. They slowly became less relevant and got absorbed into Time Warner. That's it.

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

> I find the narrator's intonation unbearably forced and unnatural I'm glad I wasn't the only one. There's a lot of misplaced upward inflection which I assume is the narrator's normal speaking voice that they're desperately trying to fight against to sound more "professional". In fact the phrases that don't do this sound like they've been pitch-corrected downwards (maybe they have, maybe it's some weird auditory illusion). > to my mind, poor narration in long-form video essays is no different to printing academic journals entirely in Zapfino I couldn't have put it better myself.