The Oldest View

Kane Pixels of "The Backrooms" fame has started up a new series entitled "The Oldest View". We don't have much yet, only two episodes, but so far it seems pretty promising. I'm sure whatever story there is will be revealed slowly but surely over time.

The latest one was pretty creepy. It's incredible how he managed to build a suspenseful atmosphere out of whats basically just an underground shopping mall. As to why there is a shopping mall down there, time will tell I suppose.

Edited by Tux1 on May 15th 2023 at 12:29:09 PM

Seconded. It is insane how this guy can make 3d models that are practically indistinguishable from real footage.

New episode out, this one's a doozy. I honestly think there's enough content now to create a proper work page.

100%, with the third vid's release, it is now more than deserving of having pages of its own.

Is there a page for this yet? This new video was so cool and i wanna know what people think

I'll try creating a page, but I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out what tropes to include. Something to do with mysterious architecture, perhaps? Maybe Eldritch Location?

Well, the Giant itself definitely qualifies as Stealthy Collossus and Troll. It makes you think it has rules (can't move while being watched, can't climb stairs, could be stopped by a wall), then it casually breaks them. And It Can Think, too.

Troll feels to me like presumptuous anthropomorphization, because we don't really know enough about the Giant to say what it's doing there. Is it purposely messing with the protagonist, or is it just cautiously gauging his behavior before it decides to attack? Is it even attacking?

Then again, I'm not privy to anything Kane has said about it.

Edited by Chortleous on Oct 10th 2023 at 7:06:12 AM

Alright, page created. I added some of your suggestions, but I still feel like it's quite incomplete.

I'll try to contribute some stuff

Should the abundance of art studios in the mall be pointed out as an odditiy? I know this is based off a real mall from Texas, so maybe the real thing had them, but every mall I've been to had a noticeable variety of stores.

Oh, wow.

I'm going to have to watch this one.

I grew up in Dallas. I visited the Valley View Center when it was still open

How about breaking the 4th wall? Wyatt says 'This is just like the Backrooms from Tiktok' a direct reference to Kane's other series. Or perhaps another similar trope would work better? Kane is kinda the one breaking the 4th wall because he names his own series in it lol

That feels more like a creator in-joke, since some thought this series was Backrooms related at first and that line just kinda pokes fun at that.

Wendigoon, Kane Pixels, and Alex Kishter of The Mandela Catalouge fame all in a stream together, as wendigoon reacts to the series for the first time while alex and kane roast him constantly.

New episode is out!

I have no idea how this video correlates to the ending of the last one, but the implication that the giant is loose and speeding down the interstate is hilarious and terrifying