Oh golly, karma comes full circle with this one.
Cartoon by Josh, of www.cartoonsbyjosh.com
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Totally sick video, from the minds of totally sick individuals. Here is Richard Curtis talking about his movie, with some cameos from Franny Armstrong and Ed Miliband.
http://eyetube.me/play/YouTwat/Richard_Curtis_Talks_About_1010_No_Pressure
Fred: Whoooooeeee they blowed up real good!
Thanks for the SCTV clip, I was thinking exactly the same thing.
Perhaps I need professional help… while I thought the video was vile, juvenile, and utterly outrageous, I did find it somewhat amusing when Gillian Anderson blew up (or perhaps it was just her moribund career that did).
On a related note, Al Gore gets jeered in Tampa, FL.
Leo, that video is a spoof put together by someone seeking to make Curtis look as ridiculous as possible. He’s talking about some previous film and they’ve overlaid with shots of the 10:10 disaster. Although I despised the original No Pressure – and still do – this kind of thing is not helping, in my view. Let’s stick to the truth, that’s material enough.
Ugh, I find it hard to wrap my head around enviro-bloggers repeating what Greenpeace said:
With deadpan absurdity like that, who needs lies?
Jeremy:
¨You are seeing into the inner workings of human madness, my friends.¨
In the States, a parent/guardian must sign releases for minors involved in many activities – especially working on media sets. These waivers protect the sponsors from future claims for compensation. The children in 10:10´s filth may need counselling, due to their work on this horrific, sadistic, inhumane portrayal of Green madness. Who will pay for the therapy? I wonder, thirty years from now, will the ´artists´ responsible be able to claim a Roman Polanski defense?
This NYT article offers insight: how do emerging adults find meaning?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/magazine/22Adulthood-t.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=20%20somethings&st=cse
The video got a mention on the Beeb website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11458726
“Environmental campaigners axe gory film”
Josh
You da man!
May your pen forever drip with wit and your talents be more widely appreciated.
From a personal perspective more vitriol would be good too, but I guess this is a family show………..
Rather than Splattergate or Goregate, I’d go with Redbladder.
BTW, somewhat related. I don’t know how many of you know of smbc-comics. It’s not always a work-friendly strip, but it is typically very engineer/geeky/science-themed. Here’s today’s which IS work safe (or is it yesterdays?), and strangely on-topic for this thread.
http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2021#comic
[snip – no valid email address per policy page ~mod]
No pressuregate?
Brilliant, Josh!
It’s good to see, as well, that 10:10’s “partners” are taking appropriate action. But it’s something they should have done on October 1, as soon as the movie was released (at the very latest).
The disclaimers to the effect that they “didn’t know”, seem rather lame to me. Franny sent out an E-mail to all 10:10-ers on Oct. 1 (urging all to circulate so it would “go viral”); it seems highly unlikely that she would have excluded board of directors and corporate partner contacts.
Which brings me to the question … why did they take so long before taking action? Were they all hoping it would all just blow over?!
Jeremy says:
October 5, 2010 at 9:56 am
You are seeing into the inner workings of human madness, my friends.
The madness continues:
It’s almost as if they are in full self-destruct mode.
Leo R says:
October 5, 2010 at 11:28 am
‘http://eyetube.me/play/YouTwat/Richard_Curtis_Talks_About_1010_No_Pressure’
There are a number of other parodies of No Pressure on this (independent) site. The Dictator’s Cut is utterly graphic and chillingly brutal in its cut-in parallels with the very real atrocities of other totalitarian states (as well as some pieces of Schindler’s List). Only watch it if you have a strong stomach and expect to be shocked. The political point it makes is nevertheless absolutely bang on the nail and utterly relevant to the psychopathic message of No Pressure.
OUCH!
I [ love ] Gore!
That is a one superb bit of satire, Josh.
Is Blackadder’s author channeling what the Muppet Show did to earlier Mad Men in this spot on spot ad spoof?
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Adult Muppet: “What do you think about Gonella Bread?”
Child Muppet: “I don’t like it.”
Big Muppet grabs giant cannon from offstage, blows little Muppet to smithereens &aims barrel at audience,
” Now what do YOU think about Gonella Bread? ”
Will Cuccinelli offer Deputy Attorney General Baldrick a 25 turnip reward for wiping out kiddy genocide on PBS?
Shytot – an inconvenient spoof – very very funny!
And yes, more to come, this was a toe in the water, it being a rather sensitive topic.
educating the young….for what?
4 Oct: Gamerant: This week in mobile gaming
This week we hang out with the Duke, save the planet by wiping out humanity…
Super Mega Worm: The title alone is pretty epic. As the great death worm, Wojira, you must save the Earth by annihilating the entire human race…
A buck in the app store.
http://gamerant.com/week-mobile-gaming-october-2nd-2010-jon-44112/
1 Oct: CNET: Joel Parker: Share text files and kill all humans: iPhone apps of the week
Super Mega Worm (99 cents) is a fun and unique 2D side-scrolling game where the mission is to “Destroy all Humans!” ..
http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-20018355-12.html
PocketGamer: iPhone News: Super Mega Worm
The destruction of all things human is your goal as you undulate your giant annelid through the soil, breaking the surface to chomp down on the cows, people, ostriches, police cars, and young mothers with strollers who wander above.
Indeed, your super mega worm is a ruthless creature, leaving bloodstains on the ground and mothers’ cries of “My Baby!” hanging in the air. The super mega worm doesn’t care, of course…
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/r/iPhone/Super+Mega+Worm/review.asp?c=23334
I love the suggestions above too!
“BTW, I hear that Sony UK has just dumped 10:10. If true (and I believe that it is) other big sponsors will surely follow suit.”
I thought that there was only O2 left.
I received this from O2. Media Studies graduate Sarah is sticking up for the eco-nazis. But I doubt that her bosses will be for much longer.
Dear ******
Thank you for your message sent via the Think Big website.
Along with 100,000 members of the public, leading businesses, schools and
universities, local authorities and NHS Trusts, O2 supports the aims of the 10:10
campaign.
We acknowledge our responsibility to the environment and are committed to reducing
our carbon emissions both as an organisation and in society as a whole.
10:10 is an independent organisation and we don’t ask for editorial control over the
content of its campaigns. 10:10’s latest statement on this issue can be viewed on
its website at http://www.1010global.org/uk
Kind regards
Sarah
David says on October 5, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Perhaps, in light of their duty to their shareholders, they should have asked for more details and a right of refusal to be listed on their web site as a sponsor.
Copy of letter to:
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Please express your opinion to Telefonica