Comments on: Star Wars Kid

Star Wars Kid

malphigian — Fri, 02 May 2003 08:57:17 -0800

Step one: record an embarrassing video of yourself (WMV link). Step two: Let the video fall into the hands of the internet masses, and become the hero you've dreamed of(also WMV).

By: malphigian

malphigian — Fri, 02 May 2003 08:59:47 -0800

(via monoki)

By: BobFrapples

BobFrapples — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:08:57 -0800

Ohh... that poor, poor chubby dork.

By: filmgoerjuan

filmgoerjuan — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:10:39 -0800

What the heck is Jakob Nielsen doing goofing around with a lightsaber? Or is he conducting a useability study of it, perhaps?

By: emptybowl

emptybowl — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:17:18 -0800

I was wrong earlier. *THIS* the the greatest thing I've ever seen.

By: aaronscool

aaronscool — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:23:06 -0800

Great...my youth is wasted. Where was the internet then to make me Superman?!?

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:33:18 -0800

That kid is SO me-20-years-ago. Sometimes I wish we'd had video cameras and the internet when I was growing up. Sometimes I'm really, really glad we didn't.

By: biffa

biffa — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:36:09 -0800

You're all going to feel terrible for laughing at him if he ends up (a) suicidal (b) going postal (c) the new Billy Elliot.

By: titboy

titboy — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:37:28 -0800

hey, if they can cast as a jedi Christopher Lee, who must be close to 100 years old by now, or at least he looks like he is... you can too!

By: vito90

vito90 — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:46:33 -0800

Jesus Christ, that kid's new fighting technique is unstoppable.

By: VelvetHellvis

VelvetHellvis — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:49:24 -0800

Brilliant!

By: ajbattrick

ajbattrick — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:49:42 -0800

hahahahah

By: angry modem

angry modem — Fri, 02 May 2003 09:51:04 -0800

funniest video all week.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Fri, 02 May 2003 10:01:51 -0800

Tragic.

By: Dirjy

Dirjy — Fri, 02 May 2003 10:04:52 -0800

That remix almost made me choke. Too funny!

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Fri, 02 May 2003 10:08:26 -0800

I'm siiiiingin' in the rain... just siiiingin' in the rain...

By: quibx

quibx — Fri, 02 May 2003 10:16:56 -0800

he's my idol.

By: aacheson

aacheson — Fri, 02 May 2003 10:17:24 -0800

That remix is the BOMB. I thought the original was stupid-poor kid-but the remix made me almost pee my pants. Thanks for the laugh.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Fri, 02 May 2003 10:31:38 -0800

I'm wondering if he didn't make the original video with the intention of creating the remix...

By: WolfDaddy

WolfDaddy — Fri, 02 May 2003 10:45:12 -0800

I nominate Andrew Antone to score this kid's graceful, liquid lightsaber fighting style. And Mo Cheeks to edit it all.

By: DakotaPaul

DakotaPaul — Fri, 02 May 2003 10:51:10 -0800

It's like a beautiful, sad ballet.

By: pfuller

pfuller — Fri, 02 May 2003 11:04:24 -0800

I haven't been able to download the linked videos, but if the first is the original, and the second has star wars music and lightsaber, there is at least one more that uses slow motion video and opera music to make him appear quite the badass. (sorry no link, anyone know where it can be found?)

By: psychotic_venom

psychotic_venom — Fri, 02 May 2003 11:14:51 -0800

Step 3. ??? Step 4. PROFIT!!!!

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Fri, 02 May 2003 11:26:12 -0800

Hysterical...omg, it's been years since anything on the net made me laugh like the remix did.

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Fri, 02 May 2003 11:37:57 -0800

that was just awesome...

By: krewson

krewson — Fri, 02 May 2003 11:38:36 -0800

I really thought that kid was going to hurt himself in the first clip... but the second is, as noted, priceless.

By: bondcliff

bondcliff — Fri, 02 May 2003 11:38:42 -0800

Sometimes I wish the internet was around when I was a teenager, what with the unlimited free porn, webcam girls, and chatrooms. Then I see stuff like this and I'm thankful the stupidity of my youth will not be cached on Google forever.

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Fri, 02 May 2003 11:41:58 -0800

What the hell is he throwing around? It looks like the thing you use to fish out floating golf balls. Now all we have to do is get him together with the anthem girl and we'd have some sort of Master Nimrod Race.

By: robbie01

robbie01 — Fri, 02 May 2003 13:21:29 -0800

Another [good] vote. My entire office was in tears watching this. I happen to prefer the original to the remix, though both are good. The original, I think, is unequaled in its character development, with pacing bordering on brilliant as it descends from the inane, to the embarrassing, to the hysterical. It all comes together so beautifully -- the rigid hand when at rest, the mouthed sounds, the intent look directly into the camera, the inability to lift his leg above knee height, the uncontrolled flying off camera, the way the stick sometimes looks like it's attacking *him* -- or perhaps my favorite: The slow, casual saunter onto the stage, back facing the camera, before spinning around to unleash the fury. Bravo!

By: wobh

wobh — Fri, 02 May 2003 13:33:49 -0800

I keep thinking this kid should sign up for the tai-chi/kung fu classes we have here. After a few years he'll still look like a chubby dork but he'll know how to really do that. He could be the next Sammo Hung! On the other hand, there's the possibility of "My name is Toby Johnson. You humiliated me on the internet. Prepare to die." Anyone else get the impression he had someone (or ones) specific in mind?

By: Down10

Down10 — Fri, 02 May 2003 13:50:57 -0800

The Force is weak in this one.

By: roboto

roboto — Fri, 02 May 2003 15:04:34 -0800

HA HA [this is good] nice waxy!

By: xmutex

xmutex — Fri, 02 May 2003 15:57:11 -0800

Fat kid make funny! Ha ha!

By: waxpancake

waxpancake — Fri, 02 May 2003 16:52:01 -0800

Geez, no wonder my site's getting crushed. If anyone can mirror the videos, please let me know.

By: eddydamascene

eddydamascene — Fri, 02 May 2003 17:16:22 -0800

Truly, the internet is a great and glorious thing.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Fri, 02 May 2003 17:32:11 -0800

Well, hey. At least the fat kid's getting some exercise. He's taking a movie that he really loves and he's having fun with it. No harm in that. I mean come on people. It could be a lot worse. "We are a legitimate spiritual following, using the word Jedi as an intermediary due to the closeness between the philosophies of these fictional characters to our own." *shudder* And people claimed Bob was a joke? EIYIYIYIY!

By: malphigian

malphigian — Fri, 02 May 2003 19:37:03 -0800

Gah -- sorry waxpancake! Since I smacked your server, I'll see if I can find a good mirror.

By: oissubke

oissubke — Fri, 02 May 2003 20:22:42 -0800

And people claimed Bob was a joke? BLASPHEMY! Doggone non-slack-jawed yokels...

By: Trik

Trik — Sat, 03 May 2003 01:22:32 -0800

I'd say he's going to suffer a worse fate than being nicknamed Stinky.
He'll never live it down.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Mon, 05 May 2003 00:30:56 -0800

I was hoping the poor pudgy bastard'd somehow turn out to be more of hero in the remix, but it wasn't too mean-spirited, so [this is good].

By: doozer_ex_machina

doozer_ex_machina — Wed, 07 May 2003 05:53:49 -0800

I laughed, I cried, I drooled onto my desk.

By: Songdog

Songdog — Thu, 15 May 2003 10:43:52 -0800

The duplicate post has been deleted, so for posterity's sake I wanted to copy titboy's link to the Waxy thread wherein Andy proposes a noble plan to get together and buy the Star Wars Kid an iPod.