Youtube videos that make us Laugh, Cry, or Both

Akula · Post by **Akula** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:48 am

I left a comment to the effect that at least a sword was unlikely to advocate genocide or rape, while the Bible does.

Calibron · Post by **Calibron** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:02 am

Akula wrote:I left a comment to the effect that at least a sword was unlikely to advocate genocide or rape, while the Bible does.

Congratulations on raising the bar on youtube comments.

Akula · Post by **Akula** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:25 pm

I don't think it would be humanly possible to lower the bar on youtube comments. I got in a "discussion" with some moron, claimed to have made 2.5 million dollars off of the banking collapse, called the 9th most traded currency in the world one that "few people use" and generally acted like a moronic no government activist. At least he seems to have shut up after railing about how the gold standard is awesome and lying about money.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Thu May 13, 2010 6:59 am

This made me think of you guys.

-Crissa

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Thu May 13, 2010 10:39 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07teCE1EWZY

The FCC will do unspeakable things to you and your internet! So unspeakable, we can't dare speak of them!

Umm, okay.

-Crissa

ubernoob · Post by **ubernoob** » Sat May 15, 2010 5:06 am

Not youtube, but this video awesome
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/1 ... 74659.html

Psychic Robot · Post by **Psychic Robot** » Sat May 15, 2010 9:31 pm

Heart Attack Grill. I want to visit this place.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sat May 15, 2010 11:35 pm

Psychic Robot wrote:Heart Attack Grill. I want to visit this place.

Chandler Arizona is a horrible, horrible place. Ugh.

-Crissa

Nicklance · Post by **Nicklance** » Fri May 21, 2010 11:48 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RATMJ8JH ... re=related

Old vid, but hot damn its still good.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Fri May 21, 2010 7:49 pm

Those guys were totally annoying in film class.

No, I mean it. Special effects don't cover up the fact that you don't have a plot, used mostly medium and medium close shots, and got access to a McDonald-Douglas building from your dad. Grr.

This was my spouse's entry to class. Note, she used the pre-requisite number of locations, lighting situations, and dialog. Alas, she didn't get it to the film board for the state competition, as it got chunked by her PC when she rendered it that week.

-Crissa

Nicklance · Post by **Nicklance** » Sat May 22, 2010 3:23 am

Forgive me for saying this. But if the annoying ones end up with the biggest number of hits, its a testament to their ability to know and deliver what the masses want.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sat May 22, 2010 4:11 am

The masses want a couple daddy's boys playing with their toys?

It wasn't even original.

-Crissa

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Sat May 22, 2010 7:40 am

Given most people watch Star Wars for lightsabre fights, yeah I think they gave what the masses want.

Someone sounds butthurt.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Sat May 22, 2010 11:49 am

Meikle641 wrote:Given most people watch Star Wars for lightsabre fights, yeah I think they gave what the masses want.

Someone sounds butthurt.

Do you smoke crack?

Most people watch the old star wars movies because they have awesome plot about a heroes journey, and the lightsaber fights were much much much less fancy and bullshit than this example.

Most people watched the prequels because Star Wars was very popular and a big deal from before when it didn't have fancy lightsaber fights. And most people didn't like it as much.

So pretty much "People watch Star Wars for the lightsaber fights" is very very very wrong.

I do agree that Crissa is just butthurt about the fact that other people have more money than her, and can do shit that she can't. But... so what? As far as things to be butthurt about some people who are less talented but have more money doing better than you at something because they have more money is pretty high on the list of valid reasons for butthurt.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sat May 22, 2010 7:19 pm

Like I said, they weren't the first film students to film a lightsaber battle. Not the first guys on the internet, either. They just decided 'they could do it better.' And perhaps I'm a bit more annoyed because we had to sit through what felt like hours of it.

-Crissa

RandomCasualty2 · Post by **RandomCasualty2** » Sat May 22, 2010 7:59 pm

Crissa wrote:Like I said, they weren't the first film students to film a lightsaber battle. Not the first guys on the internet, either. They just decided 'they could do it better.'

That could well be said about almost anything film related. Honestly whatever dramatic plot, action sequence or emotional message you had has probably been done before in some shape or form.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sat May 22, 2010 8:18 pm

RandomCasualty2 wrote:That could well be said about almost anything film related. Honestly whatever dramatic plot, action sequence or emotional message you had has probably been done before in some shape or form.

That is the lamest excuse for not trying, ever.

-Crissa

Cynic · Post by **Cynic** » Sat May 22, 2010 8:31 pm

couldn't the lamest excuse thing be applied to their lightsaber battle as well? I mean tons of people have staged lightsaber battles so why should we? yep, lamest excuse ever.

Also, I do agree with you that it was boring and drawn out. I shut it off after two minutes in.

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Sat May 22, 2010 9:23 pm

Meikle641 wrote:Given most people watch Star Wars for lightsabre fights, yeah I think they gave what the masses want.

Someone sounds butthurt.

It's like you read George Lucas' mind. The thing is, people remember the lightsaber fights because they were the climax of the story and the resolution of all the conflict and opposition thats gone on before. Vader vs. Obi Wan had been built up as the final battle in a long feud, whilst Vader vs. Luke from Empire was more about Vader toying with Luke and underlining just how beaten the good guys were at that point. Just having two guys fight with lightsabers looks cool, but if there's no deeper character conflict its just like watching one of those flash stick man fights.

So, when Qui-Gon and Obi-wan fight a character they've barely seen before and have no history with in a long, drawn out, highly choreographed battle, whilst it superficially resembles the battles from the original trilogy ultimately its just empty noise and visual spectacle. Its like The Matrix. Every fight in the original film served some purpose, from the Trinity vs. the cops displaying the superhuman abilities of the rebels, to Neo beating Agent Smith in the subway only to have him get off the train immediately showing both Neo's transformation from clueless everyman to hope of the resistance, and the futility of trying to fight the Agents. The later films just crammed in fight scenes for literally no reason. Neo fights a hundred Smith's for ten minutes only to fly away at the end? What a waste of my time.

I mean, people still quote "Once I was the student, Now I am the Master!" and "I am your Father" now. What do people remember about the prequel trilogy fights?

Post by **fbmf** » Sun May 23, 2010 12:21 am

I hate the prequel trilogy, but...

"Much to learn you still have, my old padawan."

...is a great line.

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Sun May 23, 2010 12:31 am

Hey, I agree the prequels sucked, but really if you asked random shmucks on the streets about Star Wars you'd probably get that it's about Jedi swordfights and fighters in space. Is there a lot more to it? Certainly. But really, those are probably the two more visible elements to the average person.

Yeah, the video stretched on for for a bit more than it ought to have, but I don't see the problem. They did what they set out to do and they did it well. It could have maybe used an introduction or something, but srsly, it's a fight scene. How much do you really need to add to it?

Heh, what I liked best about the video had to be they actually did punches, kicks, elbows and stuff rather than pure hack and slash. It's not high art, but hey.

RandomCasualty2 · Post by **RandomCasualty2** » Sun May 23, 2010 12:49 am

Crissa wrote: That is the lamest excuse for not trying, ever.

It's not an excuse for not trying, it's just a simple statement that nothing is truly fresh or original when it comes to movies. Everything is merely an attempt to do something better than (or in some cases, as well as) your predecessor.

As a movie creator... that's what you do. Whether you're trying to stage a fight scene or you're trying to recreate Casablanca, it seriously doesn't matter.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:01 am

Meikle641 wrote:Hey, I agree the prequels sucked, but really if you asked random shmucks on the streets about Star Wars you'd probably get that it's about Jedi swordfights and fighters in space. Is there a lot more to it? Certainly. But really, those are probably the two more visible elements to the average person.

Alternatively, if you ask the average person who watches Star Wars, they would tell you something else. And since your claim is that it's the reason people watch Star Wars, not "it's the most visible element to people who don't give a damn about Star Wars" that makes you grade A wrong.

Crissa · Post by **Crissa** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:43 am

Besides, this was supposed to be their final project in film 89a. Maybe they did what they set out to do, and I certainly think they had some talent with the broomsticks. But as to making an interesting final project and getting all the elements, or entering the state competition? It failed on those parts.

-Crissa

Count Arioch the 28th · Sun May 23, 2010 3:12 am

HAY LOOK A DISTRACTION