My Inbox exploded with tips today, this one in particular. This unbelievably vile video from the 10:10 campaign takes the award for the most disgusting climate and carbon reduction video ever. It is in a class by itself, which is off the scale. See also Ryan Maue’s post below this one on the 350.org tie in for 10:10.
What were they thinking? They weren’t, because this is going to have the exact opposite effect they intended it to have. I don’t have words to describe my disgust with the video.
WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO IMAGERY
Here is what they say about it on YouTube:
The1010Campaign | September 30, 2010http://www.1010global.org/no-pressure
Whippersnapping climate campaign 10:10 teams up with legendary comic screenwriter Richard Curtis – you know, Blackadder, Four Weddings, Notting Hill, co-founded Comic Relief – and Age of Stupid director Franny Armstrong to proudly present their explosive new mini-movie “No Pressure”. The film stars X-Files’ Gillian Anderson, together with Spurs players past and present – including Peter Crouch, Ledley King and David Ginola – with music donated by Radiohead. Shot on 35mm by a 40-strong professional film crew led by director Dougal Wilson, “No Pressure” celebrates everybody who is actively tackling climate change… by blowing up those are aren’t.
I know people will be upset by this, please keep your comments civil – Anthony
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UPDATE1:
Some people in comments whether this is some sort of horrible spoof. It appears to be direct from 10:10, as the URL highlighted in yellow below on the YouTube description links directly to the 10:10 promotional web page:
http://www.1010global.org/no-pressure
which is a subpage of their main website.
UPDATE2: They are so proud of this “mini-movie” they did a “behind the scenes” video of it.h/t to WUWT reader “scarlet pumpernickel”.
UPDATE3: Hot Topic (an AGW proponent site) in New Zealand thinks this video is “obviously effective“
Where is the re-posted Youtube video?
Excellent! Good movie. Very well produced and made me laugh. What more should a movie do?
Video no longer there.
Jaw dropping …
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So if I announce my intention to cut my “carbon output” by 20%, am I now cool to blow up all those irresponsible 10 per-centers?
The video has been reposted on EU Referendum. Richard North, like WUWT, isn’t about to let this one sink from sight.
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2010/10/enemys-true-face.html
Richard Sharpe 8:36
Scroll back up to Joe at 7:43am. You can also reach it through “Global warming campaign fail” and “How to curb carbon emissions” on YouTube. Best wishes.
Steve Koch says:
October 1, 2010 at 6:31 am
The greens shot themselves in the foot (again).
i would have said higher up and more to the centreline!
At least the video has been removed from the 10:10 website
Nonegatives says:
October 1, 2010 at 8:10 am
Will Homeland Security now tag climate “activists” as terrorists?
Probably…
And it has been happening for a while here in Canada…
http://windconcernsontario.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/opp-calling-us-resisters-phone-calls-visits-background-checks-on-wco-members/
It starts small then it grows if you tolerate the intrusions.
As far as I am concerned people have a right to public protest and the right to state their opinion. I have trouble with Hate Speech and suppression of rights.
Actually, if this were a satire against the Hansens & Holdrens of the world, it would be pretty effective!
Based upon what I read in RealClimate comments, that is how the CAGW crowd feel…..put a gun to the head of us carbon-consuming bastards and force us to change, or else! We are not skeptics, we are heretics, so get ready for the inquisition!!
The black-humor guy in me (I loved the movie “Scanners”!) had to grin at the “heads blew up real good” special effects, BUT involving children in the video is clearly abusive. Hopefully this will backlash….however, this crowd didn’t learn from the “polar bears plunging to their death” advert either, so don’t hold out any hope.
I saw absolutely no humor in this one at all:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxis7Y1ikIQ&fs=1&hl=en_US]
Given the broad range condemnation of this, I suddenly feel sorry for the kids who acted in it. They were conned into thinking they were doing something honourable and this is certainly not the ‘going viral’ internet reception they would have been hoping for.
TinyCO2 says:
October 1, 2010 at 9:07 am
Given the broad range condemnation of this, I suddenly feel sorry for the kids who acted in it. They were conned into thinking they were doing something honourable and this is certainly not the ‘going viral’ internet reception they would have been hoping for.
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Nah, the other kids will look up to them as heroes, if only for the sheer grossness of the advert! The underlying message & propaganda issues will be lost, kids just like gross stuff anyway.
Halloween is coming up, I’d expect some kids to adopt exploding-head costumes!
However, USING children in this manner pisses me off, these bastards should be sued for child abuse.
When I tried to view the video, I was told that it’s private.
Has anyone else encountered this problem?
I wonder at what point will the “Do no evil” folks at Youtube start censoring stuff that does not agree with their trendy, Elite-conscious views?
Sorry … I should have read the entire comment thread first. Please disregard my last comment.
All those involved in making this film should see a trickcyclist.
Now if you don’t go along you’ll die. So raise your hand and claim to be doing something then just carry on like always. I’ve seen my share of dumb adverts but this one takes the cake. This will just alienate all real environmentalists. You know those crazy people who want to stop mercury pollution etc and could care less about CO2.
To all warmists. You’ve lost, get over it.
Cheers
Michele says:
October 1, 2010 at 9:19 am
When I tried to view the video, I was told that it’s private.
Has anyone else encountered this problem?
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REPLY: Anthony’s already been writing about that, please see the video here:
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2010/10/enemys-true-face.html
“Tim says:
October 1, 2010 at 9:29 am”
Ah yes, REAL pollution. Mercury was the cause of many health issues and birth defects etc, in a fishing villiage (Don’t recall which one) in Japan in the 1950’s.
From barbarausa on October 1, 2010 at 8:09 am:
Why ever would one think my previous post was meant to be funny? It is hardly more than a compilation of serious intellectual thought I have encountered over the years, in writings and in discussions, some of it echoed recently by commenters here on this very site. This was done by very serious thinkers, who obviously had seriously considered what were the serious implications of their seriously thoughts and the serious actions that must logically follow the path of those serious thoughts.
Perhaps one may consider them funny, assembled together for presentation as I did, the completed package laid bare. But I assure you, there are serious people giving this serious thought and preparing to execute the serious actions they find necessary to avert serious disasters. In addition to the actions they and/or others have already taken. Likely they will not find their actions humorous, as they find them to arise from grim necessity, and soon such work becomes boringly mundane. But perhaps it will cheer them up to see such things portrayed in a funny manner, that others can watch and laugh at with them, perhaps those others may want to join in on the fun. And look, there’s the first video, already done.
Tom says:
“Excellent! Good movie. Very well produced and made me laugh. What more should a movie do?”
It should refrain from deliberately inciting violence against people whose only “crime” is having a different opinion, no?
Andrew P,
Thanks for posting the 10 – 10 admission that this video was intended to be serious. They write:
The 10 – 10 producers are propagandists for a political cause, nothing more or less. The excuse that it was just a funny video is mendacious.
Concerning their dishonest claim: “With climate change becoming increasingly threatening,” there is not one iota of evidence that the current climate is unusual, or that CO2 makes any difference at all. In fact, the current climate is more benign than during most of the preceding ten thousand years.
Their [unstated] complaint is that the public is beginning to understand that the AGW scare is a political and financial power grab, which cannot stand on its scientific merits – something that WUWT readers have known all along.
David Gould,
If you had anything worthy to say, it would not be defense of tripe like this, so there is nowhere to elevate the discussion. I could sink to your level, but I will pass.
David Gould
Are you aware of the threat that GreenPeace posted on their website earlier this year, “We need to hit them where it hurts most, by any means necessary: through the power of our votes, our taxes, our wallets, and more.” … “We know who you are. We know where you live. We know where you work. And we be many, but you be few.”? The threat was rapidly retracted from here;
http://weblog.greenpeace.org/climate/2010/04/will_the_real_climategate_plea_1.html
primarily because of WUWT;
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/04/03/climate-craziness-of-the-week-greenpeace-posts-threats/
but it can still be read in its entirety here:
http://gp-bc7f8.posterous.com/
Also, Anthony was confronted in his office by an off balance Warmist earlier this year:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/06/07/a-note-about-boundaries/
The bloodbath video isn’t an abstraction, it is incitement. The Warmists are indoctrinating, riling up and desensitizing their rabble and, if any crime results from it, those responsible will be held to account.
I’ve seen much of the green propaganda stuff
Polar bears falling from the sky (the “hug” movie)
The bedtime story sh*te which cost the British taxpayer £6m.
Suicidal Mammals.
The ridiculous Santa Claus movie from Greenp*sh.
The hoodie greenie saying how mean they’ll be in the future.
And the “we be many .. know where you live..” nonesense.
But this one takes the bleeping biscuit. It’s been a few hours, I’ve read most of the comments and I’m still not sure what to make of it. I mean I’d say it is in very poor taste and will offend countless numbers of people – relatives of people killed or injured by IEDs/suicide bombers, for example. Hope someone asks Cameron about this at Prime Minister’s question time – if he is associated with this multi-corporate (and others?) front organisation. That’s all it is 10:10.
But I don’t understand the intent of the movie. I am sure such movies are not made without the input of experienced PR people who know exactly what they are trying to do. It has become a science. I am leaning towards thinking it is trying to normalise (in people’s minds) the idea that dissenters will be dealt with in a merciless fashion.
Clearly there is an attempt at humour and maybe that meme may persist, so that whenever there are gathered together two warmers and a realist, the warmers will joke “where’s the red button?”. Nothing like humour to acclimatise people to ideas that would otherwise cause revulsion.
What I’m saying is I wonder why they would do something so obviously offensive and tasteless? Maybe it’s as simple as there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
I must admit I find it troubling.
tryfan says:
October 1, 2010 at 2:41 am
Hilarious 🙂
Great satire in classic Monthy Python vein. Can’t believe that anyone actually thinks that this little movie is anything but a joke.
May not be everybody’s cup of tea, of course, just like early Peter Jackson movies.
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It’s only funny if you’re a believer in CAGW, though. I just figured that out: it’s an “in” joke. Only makes sense to the “in crowd”. i.e. the humour is only there if you have a loathing of “Climate den!£R$” and want to see them ‘sploded.