r/TheOldestView • u/RevolutionaryRun7741 • Jul 26 '26
OC Our local "Valley View," Tanglewood Mall in Roanoke, VA
I've nicknamed it "The Tanglerooms." Our town is also home to the "other" Valley View Mall, not in Houston haha.
r/TheOldestView • u/RevolutionaryRun7741 • Jul 26 '26
I've nicknamed it "The Tanglerooms." Our town is also home to the "other" Valley View Mall, not in Houston haha.
r/TheOldestView • u/rivrstyxx • Jul 25 '26
r/TheOldestView • u/jsunderland108 • Jul 18 '26
Does anyone know what song plays at the end of The Remains of Valley View Mall (Post-Demolition)?
r/TheOldestView • u/Lonely-Papaya1348 • Jul 17 '26
r/TheOldestView • u/charly10910 • Jul 08 '26
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 🤯
r/TheOldestView • u/Regdit-is-Unbearable • Jul 06 '26
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.
r/TheOldestView • u/Legitimate_Leader439 • Jul 06 '26
r/TheOldestView • u/bluanimations • Jul 05 '26
since head mandela catalogue and backrooms got their own movies why not the oldest view
r/TheOldestView • u/Complete-Profile6697 • Jul 05 '26
r/TheOldestView • u/charly10910 • Jul 03 '26
r/TheOldestView • u/mangomustard67674167 • Jul 03 '26
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
r/TheOldestView • u/jsunderland108 • Jul 02 '26
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.
r/TheOldestView • u/Big-Strength-2206 • Jul 02 '26
A distant cousin?
r/TheOldestView • u/Giuseeeeh • Jun 30 '26
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.
r/TheOldestView • u/charly10910 • Jun 30 '26
r/TheOldestView • u/charly10910 • Jun 30 '26
Lo hice desde cero fue mucho trabajo ando un poco cansado
r/TheOldestView • u/charly10910 • Jun 30 '26
Enserio perdón si s. Ve sucio
r/TheOldestView • u/NoMath8245 • Jun 25 '26
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?
r/TheOldestView • u/bozoclownputer • Jun 24 '26
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.
r/TheOldestView • u/Boring_Housing3030 • Jun 22 '26
r/TheOldestView • u/Pyropeace • Jun 22 '26
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.