WGA, No Way!

Talk about the latest LRR video or discuss your past favorites.
User avatar
Graham
Super Moderator
Posts: 15038
Joined: 09 Mar 2004, 19:37
Location: Victoria, BC
Contact:

WGA, No Way!

Postby Graham » 29 Dec 2007, 00:56

LRR will still happily scab for American TV networks. But we'd only ever do it for the money.


Friggin making Action9 look like a real news station taking up all my sleep time.
User avatar
Unlucky
Posts: 1107
Joined: 22 Oct 2007, 23:47
Location: My house, someplace, Victoria, Australia

Postby Unlucky » 29 Dec 2007, 00:58

FIRST

Edit: Boo ya. I'll finish watching and tell you what I think. :P

Edit...AGAIN!:
Nice work. About time someone had a strike against the strike of the Writers Guild. Ok, just that concept makes me laugh, I think you carried it out well. And how did you time the hand gestures so well? Had someone behind the camera waving their arms about randomly mouthing the words 'DO SOMETHING WITH YOUR HANDS'?

Small issue, Pauls face is cut off a bit. 2:19-2:20, 2:25-2:33, 2:35-2:38....pretty much at any point when Paul looks at Graham.

Otherwise: "That's page three of the long lost orgy episode of Friends! The one with the cucumber!" LOL, overall I liked it quite a lot because it dealed with the WGA issue in a comedic manner, which honestly? I needed more of to keep me sane.

BSG will hit the air, BSG will hit the air, BSG will hit the air, BSG will hit the air.....
Last edited by Unlucky on 29 Dec 2007, 01:11, edited 4 times in total.
Graham in a locked thread wrote:Think before you post.
Allen!
Uwe Boll Fanboy
Posts: 5190
Joined: 15 Mar 2004, 05:19
Location: Vaultcouver
Contact:

Postby Allen! » 29 Dec 2007, 00:59

So yeah, I read the script before this, and was really looking forward to seeing it in video form. Turned out really well, G.

True fact: The 'lost orgy scene of Friends' script is Page 1 of the script for the video. =P
Last edited by Allen! on 29 Dec 2007, 01:03, edited 2 times in total.
PSNid: Obee1
XboxLive: LastErrand
Undefeated Lord of Donuts
User avatar
Cake
Magically Delicious
Posts: 4995
Joined: 16 Jun 2007, 02:48
Location: Parker, CO

Postby Cake » 29 Dec 2007, 00:59

But but... you guys really aren't going on strike... right?
Wil Wheaton says "Game over, Moonpie."
User avatar
Misty
The Goddamn Batman
Posts: 1632
Joined: 22 Nov 2006, 14:00
First Video: Suspend Your Disbelief
Location: You Are Here
Contact:

Postby Misty » 29 Dec 2007, 01:02

Oh wow... gotta love synchronized hand gestures! :lol:
Image
User avatar
Evil Jim
Posts: 7265
Joined: 14 Jul 2007, 00:39
First Video: Shake Your Hands
Location: R'lyeh, Wisconsin
Contact:

Postby Evil Jim » 29 Dec 2007, 01:04

Strike?? NOoooooo!

Still, nice handwork.


Finally! Now that the video is up I can go to bed.
Image
Arius wrote:People were just so awestruck by your awesomeness that they became catatonic.
ThrashJazzAssassin wrote:BURN HIM! BURN THE HERETIC! DEATH TO ALL WHO SCORN THE AWESOMENESS OF EVIL JIM!
Allen!
Uwe Boll Fanboy
Posts: 5190
Joined: 15 Mar 2004, 05:19
Location: Vaultcouver
Contact:

Postby Allen! » 29 Dec 2007, 01:06

mistyladybug wrote:Oh wow... gotta love synchronized hand gestures! :lol:


Almost... TOO synchronized.
PSNid: Obee1
XboxLive: LastErrand
Undefeated Lord of Donuts
User avatar
Quovak
Posts: 57
Joined: 27 Oct 2007, 20:11
Location: Ashland, OR
Contact:

Postby Quovak » 29 Dec 2007, 01:08

Are those star explosion LRR logo shirts ever going to be on sale? I may or not buy one, but I would consider doing so.

Completely random comment: In your About Us section, you mention you've been doing LRR for 3 years. You should probably update that at some point.

Comment actually related to the video: It seemed a bit too short. I thought you could have done a bit more with the concept. I liked what was there, of course.

Comment about LRR fanbase: Your fanbase (myself included) seems to like just about everything you do. While your videos are certainly great, maybe you should do something a la Penny Arcade's Twisp and Catsby just to see the limits of our support.

Explanation of the above: PA came up with those characters and strips because they wanted to do something their fans would hate. They failed.

Explanation of why this post is so disjointed: The people who normally write my idea transitions are on strike.
Image
RobertMc123
Posts: 514
Joined: 10 Oct 2007, 01:08

This weeks video

Postby RobertMc123 » 29 Dec 2007, 01:19

I loved this video, Paul at the end crying out "our cause is just!" had me laughing out loud.
User avatar
Lord Chrusher
Can't Drink Possible Beers
Posts: 8913
Joined: 29 Apr 2005, 22:53
First Video: Door to Door
Location: In England.

Postby Lord Chrusher » 29 Dec 2007, 01:20

Quovak wrote:Are those star explosion LRR logo shirts ever going to be on sale? I may or not buy one, but I would consider doing so.


It is a limited edition LoadingReadyLIVE shirt from when LRR did a show at the Victoria Fringe Festival two summers ago. Only 42 were produced and I have no idea what happen to any leftovers.

I have one. I am special.
Image
We are all made of star dust. However we are also made of nuclear waste.
Remember to think before you post.
Image
User avatar
dark_realm
Aussie Auto Annihilator
Posts: 2401
Joined: 19 Dec 2005, 08:15
Location: Newborough, Victoria, Australia
Contact:

Postby dark_realm » 29 Dec 2007, 01:23

i was going to buy a t-shirt, but i didnt see the show so it would be silly

also there is spose to be some sort of dvd, but i dont think it will be made anymore...
Image
Image
CaPpY wrote:dark_realm really is a jerk....
User avatar
Quovak
Posts: 57
Joined: 27 Oct 2007, 20:11
Location: Ashland, OR
Contact:

Postby Quovak » 29 Dec 2007, 01:26

I see, and am disappointed; I found out about this site well after LRL.
Image
User avatar
NintendoRev
Posts: 147
Joined: 08 Sep 2007, 21:36
Location: Flint D=
Contact:

Postby NintendoRev » 29 Dec 2007, 01:26

XD a fox stuffed with nitroglycerin


Yeah that's really all i had to say...
Friend of the Lemon Tree, Perhaps you forgot.
Image
Image
User avatar
roseneko
Posts: 50
Joined: 16 May 2007, 21:42
Location: Juneau, AK
Contact:

Postby roseneko » 29 Dec 2007, 01:37

Wow, I love being a theatre person. It makes you react in completely unexpected ways to such totally random stimuli.

In this case, that news-ish music loop at the beginning. We used that same one for our local production of The Eight: Reindeer Monologues, so I hear it and immediately start thinking "Shoot, gotta hit my mark by the 'Scandal at the North Pole!' line!"

No wonder actors seem a little crazy...

In other news, awesome video. I love how Matt always gets recruited for the parts involving suit-wearing or hair-slicking other establishment-oriented looks...I guess it means he looks the least like a filthy hippie? :D
User avatar
Sable
The Master Chef
Posts: 2040
Joined: 27 Jan 2007, 15:39
First Video: How to Talk Like a Pirate

Postby Sable » 29 Dec 2007, 01:40

While I do wholeheartedly support the WGA strike, I have to say that the idea of LRR directing Edward James Olmos? Pretty, pretty awesome.
User avatar
Dr Frankenjam
Posts: 945
Joined: 08 Jan 2007, 11:47
Location: En-ger-land
Contact:

Postby Dr Frankenjam » 29 Dec 2007, 01:49

Quovak wrote:Comment actually related to the video: It seemed a bit too short. I thought you could have done a bit more with the concept. I liked what was there, of course.

Comment about LRR fanbase: Your fanbase (myself included) seems to like just about everything you do. While your videos are certainly great, maybe you should do something a la Penny Arcade's Twisp and Catsby just to see the limits of our support.

I thought the length was fine and not everyone in the fanbase likes every video they do. A lot of them (ok maybe not a lot but a few) are rubbish... just not funny. LUCKILY! This was not one of those.

LOL at Graham smirking after the first synchronised hand slash. I SAW YOU!

PS. REALLY want them to make 'The One with the Cucumber' now...
Image
User avatar
DewKnight
Posts: 153
Joined: 04 Feb 2006, 15:42
First Video: Stalking
Location: Space Ship

Postby DewKnight » 29 Dec 2007, 02:31

Loved it!

Oddly enough I'm making a video about a news team and I need news intro music stuff. Can you point me to where you got that music?
User avatar
Lyinginbedmon
Posts: 10808
Joined: 20 Dec 2007, 18:08
First Video: BioShocked
Location: Darlington, Co. Durham
Contact:

Postby Lyinginbedmon » 29 Dec 2007, 02:53

Good comedy and real life

They very rarely make up in time for New Years :D
Image
Image
Morgan wrote:Lyinginbedmon is short, but he makes up for it in awesomeness
Lucalbizz
Posts: 14
Joined: 14 Jul 2007, 00:54
First Video: v

Postby Lucalbizz » 29 Dec 2007, 03:03

Gold medal for the best performance of synchronized swim... ehm, synchronized striking, to the LRR team.
Jakkle
Posts: 23
Joined: 09 Sep 2007, 05:59
Location: Hertfordshire, Britain

Postby Jakkle » 29 Dec 2007, 03:52

Is the picture quality for these videos getting better?
Or is the sharp relief (of particularly faces) an illusion caused by excessive green-screening?
(Rather, extensive green-screening.)

Either way; very very good indeed.

-Jakkle
Moves like a leopard,
his feet padding down, down, down...
One more animal, one more fox to slip away,
feel the mandible,
of the leopard and his prey.
User avatar
Valandil
Posts: 392
Joined: 07 Sep 2007, 15:48
Location: In England.

Postby Valandil » 29 Dec 2007, 03:53

I've not finished watching it yet, because my browser is being really, reeeeally slow at buffering the thing.

As a result, I have paused twice. And both times, Graham has had this expression on his face:

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/2945/grahamdj4.png
User avatar
Flewellyn
Posts: 477
Joined: 02 Nov 2007, 13:50

Postby Flewellyn » 29 Dec 2007, 04:54

For the record, is LRR actually in support of the writers?

Oh, and the "doing this for three years" thing is easy to update and leave alone. Just write something like "We have been doing this for SELECT date_part('year', now()) - 2004); years"

Or is that way too nerdy?
User avatar
AmazingPjotrMan
...and all I got was this lousy rank.
Posts: 3305
Joined: 04 Nov 2005, 16:50
First Video: 1337
Location: Lund, Sweden
Contact:

Postby AmazingPjotrMan » 29 Dec 2007, 04:59

Why would you need a satellite for a local group?
User avatar
rootbeerbaby
Posts: 53
Joined: 24 Nov 2007, 18:49
Location: Brighton,

Postby rootbeerbaby » 29 Dec 2007, 05:09

synchronized hand dancing Olympic team stars I think!

I thought the interview was fab. I found the stuff about someone having a baby but actually their wife slightly less funny, maybe just didnt work as well as the rest?

"The one with the cucumber" sounds like an LRR script in the making if ever there were one.
Will write for root beer
Day is followed by dusk followed by night. Then dusk. Then night. Then dusk again.
User avatar
Valandil
Posts: 392
Joined: 07 Sep 2007, 15:48
Location: In England.

Postby Valandil » 29 Dec 2007, 05:34

rootbeerbaby wrote:I found the stuff about someone having a baby but actually their wife slightly less funny, maybe just didnt work as well as the rest?


I felt this, too. The joke was made about half-way through its delivery, and the rest of it felt like, "Yeah ... We already got the joke ... You can move on now."

Return to “LRR Video Discussion”



Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 6 guests