Here's a 45ish minutes video on the venture bros by Steak Bentley. Exquisite watch.
And then a 3 and a half hour one on the same show by a really small channel I like a lot. I think he'll get big eventually.
Totally different styles but both much better than whatever Mauler would've put out on VB.
What strikes me is that both of them know what they want to say and just say it, instead of trying to beat their personal best for video length with every upload.
Steak Bentley started by releasing a 30 min and 10 min video about anime........and then out of nowhere he releases a behemoth 3.5 hour video on Metal Gear Solid 4....and it's fucking great. Then he goes back to 30-40 min videos about Anime. He doesn't give a shit about video length.
The other guy barely engages with the plot of the shows he talks about, but gives you an in-depth understanding of the show that makes you actually want to watch it and see what he's talking about.
Here's another pair of vids on Morel Orel
Again different lengths, same show, different styles. Neither feels boring or bloated.
For good videos like the ones above, the length is the product of how much the creator actually has to say about the topic and how much chaff he can cut out. For Mauler, the video itself is the product of a target length and how much chaff he can add.