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The Dinner Party

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 12:26
by Graham
Featuring the Vancouver team of Mike, Brad and Lindsay.

I would be lying if I said that the inspiration for this video was based entirely on those masks. Good times.
Also, I'm a fan of three-stage punchline. Yes, I know it's weird.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 12:35
by Cureless_Poison
It's nice to see more of the "Dark Comedy" side of LRR, great work on the Van-city branches behalf.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 12:36
by unknowngamer
Weird indeed, but I got a hell of a belly-laugh out of the last punch-line. That's gotta be the most unexpected ending to one of the videos since...ever I think.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 12:39
by ecocd
It's guest star week on LoadingReadyRun and Kathleen's ditched her glasses for good measure! Any reason in particular you chose to shoot in Vancouver?

I wasn't really sold on the video until Brad and Lindsay were back in the car. Very fun dialogue there. The exploding car, however, had me scratching my head a little. It seems to me that rigging a car to explode wouldn't cost that much less two additional heads at a wedding. Then I asked myself how completely rational a a couple that's trying to reduce headcount for a wedding by using crazy dinner parties would really be in the first place. Maybe they've done this before and got a good deal since they bought the materials in bulk. It all makes sense now.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 12:42
by Smeghead
I really didn't see where that was going, and I had a bit hard to get along with the story, but then teh end was nice and fun.

Well, maybe not "Nice"... carbombs aren't usually "nice", but you get where I'm going with this

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 12:44
by Dave-O_Boy
Oh how diabolical.
Now I know to avoid any dinner party that my engaged friends ask me too.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 12:48
by theDreamer
YAY BRAD!

The only good part of that video WAS the triple punchline, for me at least. Everything was moving too slowly...

Still...the triple punchline made up for it.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 12:49
by Lyinginbedmon
Nice end twist!

Overall, extremely surreal to the point I'm unsure how to react literarily.

Did Kathleen get a new haircut? Seems significantly shorter than the Desert Bus pageboy style.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:00
by WobblyTable
I must say, this wasn't my favorite video, but I did enjoy two things immensely:

1) The ad, especially the end part.
2) Kathleen snapping from sickly sweet to deadly serious when Mike leaves.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:00
by Lawman
I was getting more and more confused/anxious throughout the video – feelings I really don't like having while watching LRR videos. However, the thing that kept me watching was the knowledge that there'd be a pay-off at the end; and there were three! Wasn't expecting that.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:06
by teknotheef
Dude... that was quality, from the ad to the end. a little different than normal, but I like.

Eh?

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:06
by crazycatdesign
Ummm....okay....this was a bit strange.....certainly not typical LRR :shock: Feelings about it are still undecided.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:09
by Graham
Man, if you guys think this one is weird... well, just wait for next week :)

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:10
by crazycatdesign
Can't wait....?

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:11
by draco
that was evil yet funny, but there seem to be some thing missing

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:13
by Master Gunner
My though process on the video went something like this: "ok...ok...weird, but I know the payoff will be good....ROF-*BOOM*......................*eyebrow*"


Surreal, but you pulled it off well. Thought the car scene was fucking brilliant, you knew just where any other video would cut, pushed right through that wall, then just when you couldn't push anymore, you set off a stick of dynamite. Majestic. This is how LRR rolls.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:13
by Hakaryu
Where'd they get the masks from? Someone work in a hospital?

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:15
by Narrator
Yeah, I agree, the pacing was a little... off for this one. But the triple-punch was a nice pay-off.

I love the "drinking" with the masks on. Subtle, and nicely done. I hope we get to see the mask props put to good use in the future!

And serious props to Brad and Lindsay's scene in the car. Very well delivered. Part of the "Hollywood-North" talent pool? :wink:

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:24
by Alterran
Truly mad, if it weren't for the punch at the end I would have fallen over foaming at the mouth. Well played gentlemen.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:31
by King Kool
That one was great. One of the best building videos in a while. It just kept getting stranger.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:31
by Matt
so, why did we post this via blip, rather than youtube, considering it's on the youtube channel?

-m

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:32
by Lacerta
Kathleen with short hair looks scarily like Morgan. Just sayin'.

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:39
by Alja-Markir
*squint*

Until next week, I suppose. Not my cup of tea.

~Alja~

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:44
by Emperor Gum
Fair play to Kathleen in this one: her arm acting in the add, the mask pull off, "saving money" delivary and obvious weird influence on the script; superb. The car scene was also brilliant, for some reason Lindsey putting her sunglasses on made me chuckle. Has she been in another video, she looks familiar? I understand people not liking it as much because it was pretty weird, but I thought it was awesome!

Posted: 20 Apr 2009, 13:50
by Unclever title
I thought it was slow and overly awkward at first but then I realized it was build up to a punchline (after they were back in the car) then the car exploded.

I must say I laughed. A sinister couple, surely, but thorough.