i know im just purely griping but 99% of youtube video essayists/media "critics" are so dogshit with nothing to say. probably 90% are either reactionary cranks or reciting plot/wikipedia summaries (while pretending theyre speaking with a unique voice), and even the best of the rest mostly spew out uneducated, reductive, or pointless opinions
its ok to watch whatever, i watch shit video essays all the time, but its annoying that these people have completely displaced actual critics within the semi-popular media ecosystem
that said heres 2 good channels on film and 2 decent ones on comics
https://www.youtube.com/@everyframeapainting/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@FilmQualia/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@ComicTropes/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@StripPanelNaked/videos