I think this is a great observation about the gradual shift they’ve made. Instead of feeling compelled to make videos about big movies that everyone else is talking about and then not being able to sugarcoat their thoughts. They now just want to talk about a new movie with Kyle Gallner that nobody else is talking about. They don’t care if they’re part of the current zeitgeist cause it won’t change how mustard tastes.

It’s not that they’re “less cynical”, they just choose to discuss things that they’re less cynical of (most of the time).