Obviously, Qantas wanted to extract every dollar celebrating its 100th birthday to milk the safety video for nearly four years. I must admit that I've stopped actively watching it because of the number of times I've heard it (feel sorry for the crew), and also because it goes for an awful long time.
Speaking of previous years, I have put a list of when the previous versions were released. Before this one came out, Qantas was on a roll in rotating them every 12-18 months at one stge.
John Travolta - January 2012
Safety in Style December 2013
Aussie landscape 1 - February 2016
Aussie landscape 2 - January 2017
Double shots maaaaate - February 2018
Qantas Centenary - February 2020
...you missed the one before Travolta, which I think was, "Subtly, every aircraft is different," (the long version featured a summary of the presentation before it got into it: "Let me explain...").
I have to admit it's time for a new safety video. Not sure what they had in mind for the new one, but I think it's time to move on from the 100 year one. The thank yous at the end are grating against Qantas' image at the moment (i.e. anything but thankful).
I wish the safety videos would stop trying to be "entertaining" and just do what they need to and get on with it. This attempt to be entertainment just makes them longer then they need to be.
Short, simple and informative is best, like what QF uses for their international non English version.
There's a balance between entertaining, informative and length. I do think the QF video is a bit too long, but it was celebrating the Centenary.
I don't know if Qantas or any other airline are forced to explain certain procedures in certain ways, otherwise I'd agree that something like the QF non-English summary videos would be fine. In fact, what is wrong with the cabin crew simply saying there's a safety card in your seat pocket, please read it, follow our instructions because it's the law, and that's that? (Someone is going to say either there is a CASA directive and/or a safety obligation on Qantas' part and/or people need to be suitably informed about the safety... well...)
I guess some people might just say that Qantas should stop forcing its FAs to do the safety demo, like almost every other airline in the world that has TV screens in the cabin. I personally don't mind it, and a former AFF member who was a QF FA explained from her point of view why it's beneficial, but there you go.
Some things I would like Qantas to change in their scripts: "There's a red tag and mouthpiece for inflation" -> "As you exit the aircraft, pull the red tag to inflate the life jacket. You can also blow into the mouthpiece."
