In this video, some fat bald guy shows us a very novel way to avoid getting hit by a train. Enjoy.
So, is this video lame? Somewhat. But, it was good enough to be one of the most viewed videos for the week on Youtube when I posted it. So, I thought that I would repost it to my blog.
So, what do you think? Is this video lame, or is it a cool video?
Sometimes I wonder why I even go on the Funny or Die website anymore. I go there looking for cool videos to post on my blog and, with few exceptions, leave disappointed.
A perfect example of this comes from the next entry. Here, Funny or Die posted something claiming to be "The Carrie Prejean Sex Tape". So, I decided to watch the video, hoping this time I wouldn't be disappointed.
Okay, so the thing I don't understand about the Funny or Die site is this: they have money, lots of viewers, professional script writers, and star power that amateur producers on Youtube could only have wet dreams about at night. Yet, they still can't manage to make anything better than the video above?
I mean, it's not just the blatant appeal to sex and sexism, the pandering to Perez Hilton and the whole Hollywood slapping traditional morals with a wet tuna thing, or even the inane magic marker drawings on the video at the end. It's the fact that, consistently, the videos on this site just aren't funny. A lot could be forgiven if I laughed, even once, when I watched videos like this one on the Funny or Die site. For some reason, it just doesn't happen, with very few exceptions.
First off, the scene where the guy get robbed and killed in his own house. I've posted videos of people getting hurt on my blog before, and I've even posted vids of insurgents getting wasted by U.S. troops. I have no problem with violence in general. However, in this particular case, it comes off as much creepier. There is just something disturbing, even to me, about seeing a guy get shot in his pajamas. Of course, a lot of the reason why they show this is because it's a white guy getting shot by another white guy, which makes it perfectly okay. If it were, say, a black man shooting/getting shot by a white guy, that would be racist.
Second, the solution shown in the video is dorky. I was really hoping for some sort of "Bazookanator" or instant death ray gun to help protect the home owner. I would have even settled for a vampire dog. But, the eye hole thing is a piece that gets way too much usage in comedy shorts. Back in the days of Looney Toons, maybe it was fresh. But, after 80 years of seeing it, not so much.
Finally, Adam West is best seen and not heard. He's cool in Family Guy because his voice is so weird. But, on screen, he looks like some sort of pedophile grandpa. I guess if someone was really drunk or stoned, it might appeal to them. But, I'm sober and not so much.
Maybe I'm just nit picking here. But, I don't find these videos funny. What do you think?
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