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How Can One Video Be So Pointed, Hilarious and Pathetic At Once?

post #1 of 12
4/20/09 at 7:02pm
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http://chud.com/articles/articles/19...NCE/Page1.html
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post #2 of 12
4/20/09 at 7:24pm
Since neither the crying nor anything else in the video is "real," it feels like they're protected behind a wall of detachment. Like there's no need to criticize, since the video is aware of its multilayer ironic value.

Then again, they care about Dragonball.
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post #3 of 12
4/20/09 at 7:31pm
It was a joke video, Dev...

The French are capable of sarcastic humor too.
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post #4 of 12
4/20/09 at 7:35pm
Yeah, but it's not a meaningless joke.

And you can tell that they're making fun of the movie, not the fans.

So there is some criticism to be made, seeing as how the apparent premise of "Hollywood ruined the once-great Dragonball" is kinda silly.
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post #5 of 12
4/20/09 at 7:38pm
I currently can't view the vid at the moment as I'm on a pc without the right plugins installed but I kind of get the gist of it from the article. What makes things worse is the fact that this tv series ended some 10 years ago.

I can understand if the show holds a special place in your heart but to whine about it after so long and from of all things, a live-action hollywood adaptation? Some people need a reality check.

Edit: Dang, beaten to the punch by James Kimble
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post #6 of 12
4/20/09 at 7:51pm
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Originally Posted by James Kimbell View Post
And you can tell that they're making fun of the movie, not the fans.
Oh, they're totally making fun of the fans too.
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post #7 of 12
4/20/09 at 8:00pm
I love that it's clear that the only black coats that some of them own were once parts of MATRIX Halloween costumes.
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post #8 of 12
4/20/09 at 8:04pm
They're making fun of the movie and themselves for sure. But the fact that they'd make this much effort even to make fun of all of it seems odd. For all the modestly scaled ambition of the gag, (dressing all in black and trying to look sad), it's not funny at all. If it were real, it'd be hilarious.
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post #9 of 12
4/20/09 at 9:18pm
I have no doubt this took all of five minutes to come up with, and ten minutes to make. It needs to be about half as long, but it's cute. Of course, it seems about on par with standing in line to get a shitty artist to draw a pouch.
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post #10 of 12
4/21/09 at 6:16am
I don't like to generalize, but the French are only capable of irony and sarcasm. So they're probably making fun of both the movie and the Dragonball fans with this.
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post #11 of 12
4/21/09 at 11:29am
I work with comics, and know hundreds of DB fans (i'm not even adding forums).

Nobody cares.

The people at CHUD whine more about any random Harry Potter or Wolverine trailer than all anime fans i've seen about the Dragon Ball movie.
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post #12 of 12
4/21/09 at 11:38am
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Originally Posted by Orin_Quon View Post
I work with comics, and know hundreds of DB fans (i'm not even adding forums).

Nobody cares.

The people at CHUD whine more about any random Harry Potter or Wolverine trailer than all anime fans i've seen about the Dragon Ball movie.
I beg to differ. I don't even frequent anime focused boards and I've seen plenty of overreaction to this.
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