Comments on: Terrorists on wheelchairs

Terrorists on wheelchairs

growabrain — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:53:05 -0800

Stuck. On their way home from photographing Formula Drift Palm Beach, Joe Ayala & Larry Chen found themselves stranded over night in Dallas Fort Worth as their flights home were canceled

By: mathowie

mathowie — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:57:50 -0800

I saw this and loved it this morning. I think it's a worthy reboot of the film Career Opportunities. Just needs a sexy female accomplice role.

By: ShutterBun

ShutterBun — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:06:15 -0800

That's exactly what I thought, mathowie. Also, at some point they should have built an elaborate fort out of (whatever they have a lot of at airports).

By: tomswift

tomswift — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:06:15 -0800

wow. New stuff. Wow And ...I wanna do that escalator thing.

By: angrycat

angrycat — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:19:39 -0800

That was really cool. That being said, I have a question about the framing of the post. I don't really understand why it is terrorists/wheelchairs. Is that pointing out the absurdity of a 'terrorist' in a wheelchair? If so, I really wish the post had been titled different. I use a wheelchair and sometimes I can be a total asshole, although rarely do I rise to terrorist levels.

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:21:16 -0800

Very reminiscent of Bored Girl In Pittsburgh Airport except she doesn't vandalise or steal anything...

By: Mike Mongo

Mike Mongo — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:24:12 -0800

Ah kids. This rated a full :)

By: Camofrog

Camofrog — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:26:35 -0800

They could have spent their time hacksawing the armrests off of a row of chairs so people could sleep on them.

By: This_Will_Be_Good

This_Will_Be_Good — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:30:31 -0800

When I got to the parts where they crushed a beer or tossed the wet T.P., I was thinking "uh-oh, that's gonna piss some people off." Then, I thought back to being stranded for days during that airport blizzard shutdown circle of hell this winter -- I think they should have had a few more sundae cups full of beer. Actually, maybe those airport bars just leave those taps open for any unfortunate soul that has to sit in those coma-like airports overnight. AND, now that I think about it, when I finally got a flight after days of that frozen-in-time-and-snow hell this past winter, they did give us all a free drink on the flight for wasting our lives. It was, however, 6:00am, and the thought of alcohol was a bit repulsive, but you can be damn sure I took it and it sat on my tray table half-sipped as some small token of payback for destroying my soul (and my bank account) for that torturous week.

By: Max Power

Max Power — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:30:40 -0800

I don't really understand why it is terrorists/wheelchairs. Is that pointing out the absurdity of a 'terrorist' in a wheelchair? I think it's highlighting the absurdity of "security measures" taken at airports. When the day ends, apparently it's anyone's game.

By: josher71

josher71 — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:50:39 -0800

except she doesn't vandalise or steal anything.. This is such a completely minor case of vandalism and theft that I feel like this is some real finger wagging.

By: whimsicalnymph

whimsicalnymph — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:58:01 -0800

I, too, have spent the night in DFW, and these guys definitely had way more fun than I did. (Except at 3AM that fateful night, when someone gave me a foil blanket...that part was cool.)

By: june made him a gemini

june made him a gemini — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:15:16 -0800

This article has a great interview with them.

LC: I washed the cup and put it back in the fridge. I wanted to leave no trace. I didn't want to cause any trouble. Next time we go to that airport I'll get a beer and leave a $20 tip. - - LC: We talked with one of the reps from the DFW airport and he was really cool about it. JA: He told us that he used to shoot films or something and he appreciated of some of the shots we did. And he showed it to the CEO of the Airport and he really liked it.

So great :)

By: Lemmy Caution

Lemmy Caution — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:15:50 -0800

Larry's grin while tearing it up in the wheelchair is marvelous and infectious!

By: spiderskull

spiderskull — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:27:31 -0800

Ha, this is great. Their editing and cinematography is clean, and the video's pacing is well thought out.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:33:23 -0800

Very, very cool.

By: lucidium

lucidium — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:40:00 -0800

I would absolutely love the chance to explore and mess around a place like that, but I'm pretty sure I'd be too scared of being told off to actually do anything fun. We need playgrounds for adults.

By: and for no one

and for no one — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:51:22 -0800

If you sit in the DFW terminal long enough, everyone in the US will walk past you.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:17:48 -0800

Cool hack.

By: Surfurrus

Surfurrus — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:51:52 -0800

I can't imagine calling this 'vandalism' -- these guys obviously planned out every frame of this - meticulously. It was perfect timing and perfect juxtaposition for high comedy. I just assumed they got clearance to do it (and cleaned up the wet toilet paper). They are pros. Thanks, growabrain - that was the biggest laugh I've had for an fpp in a long time!

By: dancestoblue

dancestoblue — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:08:06 -0800

I laughed my ass off, and more than once -- fun! These guys totally infectious, their grins worth millions, or more, and it was shot so pretty, to boot. Thanx for the post!

By: thsmchnekllsfascists

thsmchnekllsfascists — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:06:31 -0800

We need playgrounds for adults We have a masonic lodge near my hometown that never locked their doors. Breaking in and doing shit like this was pretty much a regular Friday night. I just wish we could have filmed it so well.

By: Faze

Faze — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:26:46 -0800

I loved these guys, but Bored Girl in Pittsburgh Airport (see above), precedes them and beats them hands down. She even does the escalator thing.

By: ecourbanist

ecourbanist — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 04:36:24 -0800

Having just spent four hours in the airport in Chicago staring at a perfectly sound United plane we couldn't board because of computer glitch, and wishing I wasn't still wired-sleepless at 4:30am ...I don't get it.

By: angrycat

angrycat — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:06:46 -0800

Yeah, the wheelchair joke still doesn't scan. I get hassled by TSA as much as the average, non-wheelchair person. And it's too similar to the "punching a kid in a wheelchair" joke. I really wish people would realize that this is some fucked up shit. But whatevs.

By: Glinn

Glinn — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:15:34 -0800

Very entertaining. Bored girl was not bad, either.

By: josher71

josher71 — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:26:33 -0800

Yeah, the wheelchair joke still doesn't scan I read it as "These people would be arrested if they were racing wheelchairs in the airport normally because 'ZOMG AIRPORT SECURITY TERRORISM ALERT'". Whereas, it's just some kids fucking around, not terrorism.

By: daniel_charms

daniel_charms — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:31:41 -0800

Wow. I'm truly surprised at how deserted the place seems to be (or rather how deserted they have managed to make it seem). I landed at Helsinki-Vantaa International at 4 AM on Monday, and that place was a lot more crowded than this, despite being a lot less busy than DWF.

By: angrycat

angrycat — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:43:46 -0800

Or it could be, terrorists on escalators, or terrorists on layover, instead of "wheelchairs ha ha ha imagine a dangerous person in a wheelchair oh no that's absurd." A person in a wheelchair has, in a variety of contexts, has become a stand-in for harmlessness. But I'll take my ax-grinding away from this truly delightful video.

By: rmhsinc

rmhsinc — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:24:56 -0800

"except she doesn't vandalise or steal anything.." Overstatement/generalization coming. That is why women should run the world. Yes, what the lads do is trivial and relatively harmless but it is different. Boys will be boys, men will be boys but girls may be girls but women will usually be women. Regardless, both videos are charming but I will give the young lady two thumbs up.

By: diogenes

diogenes — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:27:40 -0800

"minor case of vandalism and theft" I dunno. I find it easier not to vandalize or steal anything. Parsing out the level of vandalism and theft that is ok is too tricky for my conscience.

By: domo

domo — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:35:25 -0800

I thought it was an Infinite Jest reference. You know, DFW airport.

By: anotherkate

anotherkate — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:43:40 -0800

I'm almost 100% sure the title of the post is referencing the movie Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. The main characters are an Indian and a Asian (Korean) guy, like the guys in this short. Cute short, I'm glad they didn't get caught stealing beer though.

By: Lipstick Thespian

Lipstick Thespian — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 05:52:13 -0800

The whole wheelchair thing just seemed like a fun thing to do. No one's around - you're bored as shit, it's late. Wheelchair race! Great video, and I'm jealous I've never had a similar experience with a friend.

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:44:51 -0800

I thought the 'terrorists in wheelchairs' thing was a reference to Infinite Jest because this took place in DFW.