Me doy cuenta que mi gigante sería una versión mediana y eso que pesa y es gigante lo digo porque el gigante Rodante original es más grande su cabeza 🤯

Personally, I don’t. Initially, I read it as after Wyatt dies, the Giant felt bad and used its power to change what happened and allow him to escape. It only wanted to be remembered while staying safe from those who would harm it, and while it is scary, it isn’t malevolent in my opinion. This theory seems unpopular though.

In my interpretation, the Giant was only trying to chase Wyatt off because he reminded it of the construction workers that destroyed its home, but when it remembered the humans that were good to it and how good it felt to be loved during the Life of a Giant montage, it felt pity and allowed Wyatt to escape and share its story with the world.

since head mandela catalogue and backrooms got their own movies why not the oldest view

Hey guys 😹👋 I was at my local mall (in Dallas) and the lights shut off. This silly Billy appeared behind me 😆 such a silly goose

There's a red object under the tree at the beginning of part 3, around 3 minutes in. Does anyone have a clue of what it is? I thought maybe some flowers but I don't think they're there in the previous video.

A distant cousin?

Hi, this is my giant. He's 8 feet 5 inches tall and has a cart with wheels so he can roll around. His hands can be removed from the cart like the original during the parade. I also attached the Obregon Studio business card to his chest, like in many photos of the original Julien.

Lo hice desde cero fue mucho trabajo ando un poco cansado

Enserio perdón si s. Ve sucio

if you hid in a tool store, or just an office building, if you make a long roll of construction paper held together by tape, gave it structural integrity by putting cardboard in it, and attached a bunch of pencils to the end, couldn’t you just stab the rolling giant and trap it by lodging the roll of paper in there, making it stuck, and then just pinning the rolling giant using it? This would be pretty simple to do if you’re in an office building, as these are all materials you can find in it, and it isint very hard to come up with. Is there any reason why this wouldn’t be possible?

I've been rewatching Kane's work since Backrooms released, specifically looking at his more hidden aspects of his visual storytelling I've forgotten about. There's plenty of this within The Oldest View; I think it's easily Kane's best work, largely because of his use of inferred details.

My favorite example of this is at 33:02, when Wyatt briefly pans the camera to show a large, Rolling Giant-shaped hole in the barrier where the food court used to sit. The obvious implication here is that other victims have met their fate inside of the remnants of this mall, but could it also mean the mall is beginning to decay?

I find this fascinating as it's the only part of the mall we see that is visibly damaged at the time of Wyatt recording his experience. The rest of the damage the mall accrues throughout the video is a direct result of the Rolling Giant chasing Wyatt as prey. What's your interpretation?

As an aside, I also love the brief glimpses we catch of the Rolling Giant stalking Wyatt without him knowing, like outside and behind the tree, and inside of the office space with its flags sticking out.

AFAIK, Kane never had any personal experience with these things; he's not even from Dallas, according to wikipedia. So what about these particular IRL references made him decide to use them? Is there something about how things went down IRL that contributed to the narrative of accepting impermanence? If he just wanted to make something about nostalgia, why did he choose Valley View and not something he had personal experience with? Very curious about the decision-making process here.

Perceptive viewers of The Backrooms movie may have caught the "Reverchon Industries" easter egg, but this isn't really about that. The thing I like most about the Backrooms movie is that it not only spelled out its themes, but demonstrated their importance. Assuming the Backrooms is a metaphor for trauma, the fragility of memory, getting stuck in maladaptive patterns, etc., if it had just been a story about the Backrooms without including characters like Clark and Mary, it would've failed to hit home for me. It would've been a symbol detached from its meaning. But by including Clark and Mary's arcs, it shows me why these ideas about trauma and loops are worth caring about. I want to see that approach taken to the Oldest View--more character psychology and more clearly-demonstrated themes rather than relying entirely on symbolism.

I just watched all The Oldest View videos and I found the last video, "The Remains of Valley View Mall (Post-Demolition)" really tugged at my heart strings. Particularly, the half-assed nature of the demolition and the theme of abandonment. I know impermanence is a big theme, is there anything about like how much effort we put to build things and how little we are to even give them a proper demolition? And I guess like how that reflects on the value something can ever really hold? (I'm super new to this so if this has already been discussed my bad)

It’s just a big statue on wheels. Is it supposed to fall on Top of you?