JJJJ Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 i know this is a bit random, but its a good example of every day "relativism": the backstory, is that they are interviewing a (russian) hockey goalie in Edmonton who plays for Anaheim. Chris Pronger, who now plays for Anaheim left Edmonton in the last summer, and there were reports that his family didnt like living there and now this russian goalie gives his insight...... Now, first this russian goalie (toungue-in-cheek) goes on a rant about how cold it is in Edmonton, and how much nicer California is. But then just when you think the interview is over, a reporter asks him, "but you like them both?[Anaheim and Edmontom]" and he just quickly answers "yeah". Now, i know this is just a sports interview, but its really telling of the mentality some people have. I mean, he clearly doesnt rate Edmonton all that high, so why the hell do they have to ask a "but you like them both"-question, when its clear that he doesnt, at least equally. Why cant a person just think that living in Anaheim is nicer than living in Edmonton, and why does he HAVE to like them both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JASKN Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 Jet Li performs Wushu, as a teenager http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5H9SLoeksA and at the age of 8. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xsdQa8eUOw I find this extremely beautiful. That last video is a simpler routine, but it is so serene. And that's one reason why I loved Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Also, Wushu influenced the original Soul Calibur video game for the Dreamcast: Hwang in-game demonstration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5tK4pQc28c Kilik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eriatarka Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 (edited) I find this extremely beautiful. That last video is a simpler routine, but it is so serene. And that's one reason why I loved Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.As dancing it looks ok but it seems hard to take seriously as a martial art. I think capoeira looks a lot less camp though and I'd personally rather watch that when it comes to dance-fighting : Edited August 4, 2008 by eriatarka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted August 4, 2008 Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 This is a very strange music video that, to my surprise, I happened to find funny. It seems to be a parody of modern times, even though it was from 1989. Truth Is Out of Style: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mammon Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 This is a parody of the song "I Kissed A Girl" by Kate Perry... except with Death Note "I Killed A Guy" So funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenure Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 Don't trust Kant: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devils_Advocate Posted August 12, 2008 Report Share Posted August 12, 2008 It's a brilliant treatise on money - absolutely spectacular. A trailer for Atlas Shrugged using the audio speech from Galt and a computer program known as "The Movies". THIS VIDEO IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas M. Miovas Jr. Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 This is an amazing animation of a very complex music machine. I thought it was real, at first, but the replies all say it is an animation. I don't know if it is bootlegged or not, however, as some of the replies say it is from a longer compilation of animations (from TV?). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiyzj80bPEY&feature=related Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas M. Miovas Jr. Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiyzj80bPEY&feature=related Someone wrote to me privately pointing out that the video is from a compilation of such videos available on http://www.animusic.com/index.shtml They only present 30 second briefs from their animations, but what got me about the one I mentioned is that it seemed like a real machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMartins Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 The Obama National Anthem: The Lyrics: All hail the Messiah Obama, Obama The path to the new socialist motherland Our savior, our savior Obama, Obama The leader more famous than Lindsay Lohan Bow down and praise the One Give him your money and your guns Give us a country That makes your wife proud Lord Barry heal the bitter ones White and clinging to faith and to guns Hope for the change of the hope of the change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vendetta Posted August 23, 2008 Report Share Posted August 23, 2008 Ricardo Semler and Democratic Workplaces Ricardo Semler on AME Info One of the best innovators of our time. Has written 2 books on his business model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-Mac Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 I just love the "Living Room" Audi commercial. Progress is beautiful! (Click on the second video box if you want to bypass the first.) http://www.audiusa.com/audi/us/en2/experience/Audi_TVC.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 A Christmas Song. Merry Christmas In Love, by Renee Olstead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLpaKeGXNx0...feature=related Now that's a girl who can sing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMartins Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 I recently rewatched one of my favourite movies, "Serenity" (Firefly), forgetting that I would be subjected to the following horror again: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wrath Posted December 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2008 Hitler as a child: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMidgZkSTDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMERICONORMAN Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 Have we posted any Wafa Sultan footage here? If we have, then I take this opportunity to remind you of this. Today is the first time I have ever heard this woman speak. It was like hearing a sacred poem. Wafa Sultan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrock3215 Posted December 30, 2008 Report Share Posted December 30, 2008 There is a funny Monty Python video where the ancient Greek philosophers play soccer against the German philosophers. Video is here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mammon Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlOxxfWXxw I think this video conveys a great sense of life. I just love it. Haven't found too many other people who do though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLlOxxfWXxw I think this video conveys a great sense of life. I just love it. Haven't found too many other people who do though. Probably because the music is a bit simple, but I think I can see what you like about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake_Ellison Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) Just a clip which made me laugh, from a radio show (they are making fun of a sponsor which promotes cheating on your spouse): Edited January 28, 2009 by Jake_Ellison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckleslord Posted January 28, 2009 Report Share Posted January 28, 2009 (edited) A collaboration of clips from the summer of 2008 for my future, hopeful, place of education: animation mentor (Note: all of these people are amateurs, and their skills are easily comparable to Pixar and Dreamworks) Edited January 28, 2009 by chuckleslord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thales Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 The Steve Miller Band's "The Joker" as performed by Mike Myers: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti...ideoid=35621703 I thought it was funny and with a great sense of life. (Not a youtube video, but this is of higher quality than the one on youtube.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake_Ellison Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Since the Inauguration I got a taste for using bad poems as a source of entertainment, and apparently I'm not alone. Here's Ricky Gervais, reacting to his semi-retarded friend's poems, as read on their podcast (by the way, I don't see the difference between this and what that woman read): Karl Pilkington's Poems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 youtube titled Our Life of Poetry: Emily Dickinson, by the Philoctetes Center, which is a round table discussion of her. (though keep in mind it is a discussion and as such, this one is prone to a little inaccuracy, like the number of poems my dearest Emily Dickinson wrote and so forth, and saying Mount Holyoke "Academy" when it's Mount Holyoke Seminary, but I consider myself quite a becoming amatuer Dickinson scholar, due to my intense interest in her and her poetry/letters so I pick up on things like that quickly) youtube titled Hypergraphia and Hypographia: 'Diseases' of Written Word, by the Philoctetes Center which features the lovely Alice Flaherty, who wrote this book that I read last year and what got this round table discussion going, The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grames Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) In this arrangement, all lyrics have been deleted and she repeats "Ave Marie" over and over until the final Amen. With no lyrics to be concerned about, I can be appreciate the beauty and quality of the voice and accompaniment. I also like this because I can actually hear the lyrics. Edited February 6, 2009 by Grames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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