YouTube Killed the Video Star
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To address the first quote, I didn't get that feeling at all. He actually said that he loves telling his friends about the films, as long as they watch the whole thing. Endure the crap. That's the whole point, his problem is with people only watching the brilliant scenes, rather than the whole movie.The Bandit said:
And for the second, he isn't talking about nostalgia. He's talking about how watching the whole movie, enduring the bad parts too, makes you feel like you've earned the brilliant scene, thus making it even better.
At least, that's what I got from it. And I'm never wrong.
[small]/sarcasm[/small]
A really BAD movie (so bad it's good) will have many such moments though.
Everyone knows "Kick ass and chew gum" and "The greatest fight scene ever" from They Live! but without sitting through the rest of the film you won't get why...
And really, even I fail with turkeys like Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.
Everyone knows "Kick ass and chew gum" and "The greatest fight scene ever" from They Live! but without sitting through the rest of the film you won't get why...
And really, even I fail with turkeys like Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death.
Well, I'm mostly just glad to see somebody else who liked Death Proof. As far as I know, the film was universally panned. Even most Tarantino fans seem to hate it.
Oh, and as long as we're mentioning awesome/horrible movie moments:
"They're eating her! And then they're gonna eat me!"
Oh, and as long as we're mentioning awesome/horrible movie moments:
"They're eating her! And then they're gonna eat me!"
Maybe the Youtube effect will stop movimakers making movies with only 9 minutes of awesome, and make GOOD movies. You can't fit The Godfather into a Youtube clip (but i'm sure many have tried). I'm sure this effect also spoils the male audience for Chick flicks where the big A List celebrity has a 30 second nude scene whuch it TOTALLY justified in the context of the story.
Correction, the best part of Surf Nazis Must Die was the pubic hair in your eye insult.
The problem with all these awful old movies as opposed to awful movies now is that the awful movies I grew up on there was a feeling that they were releasing the movie knowing it was utter garbage and could revel in that fact. Now you get the impression someone puts out a remake of The Fog turned into a teen slasher movie and have the arrogance to think it might do well.
The problem with all these awful old movies as opposed to awful movies now is that the awful movies I grew up on there was a feeling that they were releasing the movie knowing it was utter garbage and could revel in that fact. Now you get the impression someone puts out a remake of The Fog turned into a teen slasher movie and have the arrogance to think it might do well.
My question is this: how is the devolution any different from the ADD phenomenon in general in our culture these days? I don't think it's so much that You Tube killed Grindhouse, as our short attention span society put the knife in the hand of YouTube and then wrapped our hands around that, and proceeded to stab away.
Reading thsi article reminded me of Simpsons episode, Saturdays of Thunder, in which Homer goes to a movie rental store and sees this scene from this action movie, (called McBain, but only Simpsons fans would care about that) in which the bad guy tries to shoot the titular character, but ends up killing a man about a day away from retirement, who was just talking about his family and how he plans to spend more time with them after he retires. After being shot repeatedly, he tells McBain to do one thing: get back at the man who murdered him.
When asked if he wanted to rent the movie, Homer replied "Why should I? I just saw the best part!"
It kind of applies to what you where saying, somewhat, but I get what you mean.
When asked if he wanted to rent the movie, Homer replied "Why should I? I just saw the best part!"
It kind of applies to what you where saying, somewhat, but I get what you mean.
I guess this why I am not really into nostalgia. It gives people a skewed vision of their past. It also sounds like you are pissed that you did the work and sloughed through horrible movie after horrible to see the gold, but you are just becoming aware that other people do not have your patience and cheated.
Well, I am one of those cheaters, but I did not use youtube. I used the original killer of movies to do it. That's right these compilations were on tv. The studios were making the same arguments you are now. There used to be best scene montages on television on all the networks and I watched all the scenes you mentioned without using the internet.
Now, I watched my share of bad movies: Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke 'em High, Avocado women in the Amazon Jungle of Death, invisible maniac, girlfriend from hell, Meet the Applegates, Sweet Sugar, Hunk, just to name a few. I have seen everything Troma has made.
Fact of the matter is that people are going to cheat and not do the work regardless of the new medium. Quit sounding like a grandpa.
Well, I am one of those cheaters, but I did not use youtube. I used the original killer of movies to do it. That's right these compilations were on tv. The studios were making the same arguments you are now. There used to be best scene montages on television on all the networks and I watched all the scenes you mentioned without using the internet.
Now, I watched my share of bad movies: Toxic Avenger, Class of Nuke 'em High, Avocado women in the Amazon Jungle of Death, invisible maniac, girlfriend from hell, Meet the Applegates, Sweet Sugar, Hunk, just to name a few. I have seen everything Troma has made.
Fact of the matter is that people are going to cheat and not do the work regardless of the new medium. Quit sounding like a grandpa.
nevermind that popular culture has adapted/stole all the catchphrases in a movie and use them daily as if it was something awesome.Custard_Angel said: