Comments on: "The new Audrey Hepburn?"

"The new Audrey Hepburn?"

Sinner — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:46:23 -0800

Natalie Portman, rapper and riot grrl? Maybe Lazy Sunday (video;mefi post) wasn't a freak occurence after all. Personally, I had expected the Lonely Planet guys to end up a one-hit wonder, but in my book they've (at least) moved up a notch to talented one-trick pony. Another very well-done digital short that should be seen by a lot more people than SNL's dismal ratings will allow.

By: mr.marx

mr.marx — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:52:45 -0800

yeah this is brilliant. except for the lonely planet dude's viking cameo, totally pointless.

By: triv

triv — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:53:15 -0800

best.of.the.web :)

By: o0o0o

o0o0o — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:55:32 -0800

"This video has been removed due to terms of use violation." There goes that.

By: Sinner

Sinner — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:00:39 -0800

Uh, oops. I watched it a couple times this morning, twice while posting this. So it was there all night and through the morning, until my post screwed it all up! Hopefully another link will surface.

By: Soulfather

Soulfather — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:01:03 -0800

Ditto on the stupid Viking. Without him it wouldn't have gone on long enough to start losing its funny.

By: 23skidoo

23skidoo — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:05:51 -0800

The Portman rap linked is still up, the Lazy Sunday rap is not.

By: mr.curmudgeon

mr.curmudgeon — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:07:53 -0800

uh...I don't think you mean Lonely Planet. Although they do get around.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:10:56 -0800

I'm with marx and soulfather... it was a solid "9" until Samberg showed up, that dropped it to a "6". But still funny. "Whatchu want Natalie?" "To drink and fight". "Whatchu need Natalie?" "To f*ck all night." Funny.

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:16:22 -0800

Funny.

By: dobie

dobie — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:21:32 -0800

Rap needs more vikingsl.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:26:54 -0800

Those lonely island guys are genius. If you look at their site (linked above) you'll see that they are very good at making music videos. I like Just 2 Guyz myself.

By: shmegegge

shmegegge — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:27:00 -0800

that's fucking amazing. I don't know who came up with that, but it is now tied for my favorite celebrity appearance on SNL. the other favorites? paul mccartney being polite while chris farley goes all fanboy on him. alec baldwin doing "the man of a thousand voices" and trying to impersonate paul mccartney by doing a screechy old british lady voice.

By: If I Had An Anus

If I Had An Anus — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:30:47 -0800

Rap needs more vikingsl. Actually there's already one too many.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:33:12 -0800

I thank Lonely Island for turning me on to We Are Scientists, as well as funny stuff like this. Check out the extras page for the two WAS videos directed by one of the LI guys.

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:33:32 -0800

Ditto on the viking, but I have to say Chris Parnell didn't add much either. They should have let Natalie Portman do the whole thing herself as a hilarious, out of context rap video.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:33:39 -0800

great stuff. thanks. good to know YouTube learned it's lesson from propagating the last good thing to be on SNL.

By: skepticallypleased

skepticallypleased — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:33:56 -0800

If the source of humor is going to always be: "White people are really funny when they try black gangsta' rap" -- well comedy is in a sad state nowadays then.

By: rosemere

rosemere — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:36:12 -0800

Pink doing gangsta rap: not funny. Portman doing gangsta rap: funny. There's a lot more of a disconnect there than just race.

By: skepticallypleased

skepticallypleased — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:37:16 -0800

Pink is not trying to be funny -- big difference.

By: skepticallypleased

skepticallypleased — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:40:37 -0800

Ok -- and, you're right -- it's not about race -- it's about "straightlaced people are really funny when they try gangsta' rap".

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:42:30 -0800

I think it's more "very polite and not-foulmouthed actress who typically plays sweet characters is really funny when she does vulgar gangsta rap", actually, not necessarily the white aspect. No one laughs at Eminem (in this way), after all. Additionally, "Lazy Sunday" was "dorks rapping about dorky stuff". Big difference.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:42:52 -0800

Also worth noting: The lonely island guys were once attacked by Kiefer Sutherland.

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:44:44 -0800

Heh. I just gained a little respect for Portman.

By: skepticallypleased

skepticallypleased — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:45:20 -0800

I still find the Saturday TV funhouse guys to be funnier.

By: skepticallypleased

skepticallypleased — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:47:35 -0800

Mikey -- I think that's why Lazy Sunday really worked and yes it's not about race either.

By: Doorstop

Doorstop — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:48:06 -0800

I think I just fell in love with Natalie Portman.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:48:25 -0800

This was awesome.

By: crank

crank — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:48:32 -0800

It was funny the first time, with the Lazy Sunday video, but how many times are they going to go back to the same 'comedy well'?

By: zpousman

zpousman — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:51:14 -0800

Andy Samberg (Viking) and the other new white dude on SNL, made a pilot for MTV and Fox. It had all of their rapping and other bits. And the Lonely Island bits, too. It's called "Awesome Town". Google it up, or email me, I've got it handy.

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 11:58:32 -0800

zpousman: Awesome Town is on the Lonely Island site.

By: phaedon

phaedon — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:01:29 -0800

when i was at harvard, i smoked weed every day / i cheated every test, i snorted all the yay woof.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:03:50 -0800

Man, she's just so darned pretty.

By: SirOmega

SirOmega — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:04:13 -0800

I can see "Needs more vikings..." to soon be a new one-liner..

By: I Foody

I Foody — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:10:25 -0800

I'm totally crushing out!

By: fluffycreature

fluffycreature — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:12:58 -0800

Finally some acting out of the girl. Two thumbs up!

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:25:46 -0800

This is pretty much what The Lonely Island guys (including Samberg) were doing when they were hired at SNL. It took Lazy Sunday to get them playing to their strengths.

By: tweak

tweak — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:33:21 -0800

Lazy Sunday. (via the Wikipedia entry - which is exhaustive, and shows how skewed Wikipedia is towards internet 'knowledge') Oh, and that rap video made me fall in love with Natalie all over again. I thought the viking bit was brilliant parody of the caricturist rappers like Lil John.

By: wolftrouble

wolftrouble — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:33:28 -0800

You know, the Lonely Island dudes deserve lots of credit, yeah, but mad props to Portman, for having the balls to do it at all and the skills to pull it off. Yeah, I know, it's SNL and they like to put guests in situations that are, at best, incongruent with their normal persona, but she did a great effing job with this.

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:38:50 -0800

Man, I must have slept through this. I wonder if I Tivoed it.

By: aburd

aburd — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:48:18 -0800

I liked the Adam Sanberg viking Naaaatalie... my d*ck is scared of you!

By: sadie01221975

sadie01221975 — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:48:38 -0800

lyrics?

By: thanatogenous

thanatogenous — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:49:44 -0800

Portman Misogyny. I honestly had no idea the Lonely Island dudes were on SNL. The last time I watched SNL was in the 90s (and I'm only 23).

By: thanatogenous

thanatogenous — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:52:56 -0800

she pulls that off really well too. The Lonely Island dudes seem to be good at making rap parodies. unfortunately there are only so many incarnations of that joke that can still be funny.

By: wah

wah — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:53:30 -0800

That video was da bomb, which somebody had obviously set us up. Now I just want to see Ms. Portman covered in grits and petrified and my life will be complete.

By: Navek Rednam

Navek Rednam — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:54:32 -0800

That riffing off Eaze-E had me choking with laughter.

By: First Post

First Post — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:57:10 -0800

In less than a year, every blog and MeFi-type site will just be indexes to the latest wacky videos on Google and YouTube.

By: thanatogenous

thanatogenous — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 12:58:33 -0800

First Post, you say that like its a bad thing.

By: mkultra

mkultra — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:02:57 -0800

Awesometown The video needed more cowbell. That Ms. Portman, though, is one adorable gangbanger.

By: wah

wah — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:08:32 -0800

Plus, with the embedded nature of Ut00b and GooVid, what really is going to happen is that all of the blogs will come alive, and become smaller versions of "Clip Show Extraordinaire".

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:18:23 -0800

utube and gvideo would be better if bob saget introduced every clip.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:18:43 -0800

{girl talk} Her hair looks so good in that video. When she wasn't in a skit on the show, she was wearing a headband and it looked ridiculous. {/girl talk}

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:22:37 -0800

On further review: that was friggin' awesome.

By: Ethereal Bligh

Ethereal Bligh — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:25:07 -0800

She'll always be the little girl in The Professional to me, so it doesn't seem so out-of-character.

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:25:54 -0800

lyrics? Yes, there were. </policesquad>

By: fungible

fungible — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:33:39 -0800

It's funny, but I've gotta agree, they already did the white people doing gangsta rap thing. This is what SNL always does: come up with one good idea and then run it into the ground.

By: craven_morhead

craven_morhead — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:35:14 -0800

*sigh* hawt

By: fungible

fungible — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:38:02 -0800

Oh, and anyone who thinks of Portman as little Miss Innocence, see "Closer" then watch this video again.

By: anjamu

anjamu — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:40:16 -0800

i thought it was much funnier than "lazy sunday." i didn't quite get the fuss over the first. this made me like natalie portman so much more than i did before, knowing that she has the chops to pull that off.

By: Kololo

Kololo — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:55:50 -0800

Is this 'best of the web', or 'average of the TV'? Really.

By: rosemere

rosemere — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 13:58:14 -0800

I'm still trying to find the gangsta rap that Pink does dead seriously, seeing that everything else I've heard from her is pop music of some sort.

By: keswick

keswick — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:12:26 -0800

"Riot grrl? Now there's a term I haven't heard in a long time... a long time... [tugs at his beard]"

By: Wataki

Wataki — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:16:23 -0800

Hm. Hmmmmm. Nope, still don't like her.

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:23:07 -0800

I transcribed it really quickly. Just email me with any changes.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:38:10 -0800

When she's singing "watch you laugh and cry while I laugh you die," there's a quick shot of a painting on a door of a dark figure in a hat. What is that? Is that supposed to be V?

By: gyc

gyc — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:43:03 -0800

I guess I'm the only one that didn't find this funny in the least.

By: graventy

graventy — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 14:47:27 -0800

Looked like V to me, homunculus. I thought it was pretty funny.

By: Derek

Derek — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:04:49 -0800

Looks like V to me. Check for yourself.

By: davebush

davebush — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:09:57 -0800

Anyone else love the "melted ice cream" sketch as much as I did? I love how Fred Armisen always seems so completely focused on whatever character he's playing. He doesn't get enough credit.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:36:42 -0800

I think Fred Armisen is an exceptional comic talent. I just keep waiting for him to really justify that belief.

By: apple scruff

apple scruff — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 15:53:41 -0800

Am I the only one who didn't think this was THAT funny, as in, post-it-on-MeFi funny? I adored the Lazy Sunday sketch but this couldn't hold a candle to it.

By: keswick

keswick — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:31:45 -0800

I think they both suck, but I'm a curmudgeon. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go listen to my old Jack Benny shows.

By: signal

signal — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:32:53 -0800

Portman has always had like 10 times more talent, chops, etc., than the rest of the hollywood barbie dolls put together. This? Meh, it's alright, not that funny, though.

By: drgonzo

drgonzo — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:36:53 -0800

Portman has always had like 10 times less talent, chops, etc., and is 10 times less hot.

By: lunalaguna

lunalaguna — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:48:09 -0800

This is good, but not as much of a WTF as seeing Jada Pinkett-Smith's hardcore metal band Wicked Wisdom.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:53:57 -0800

Portman is aite, lookswise.

By: boo_radley

boo_radley — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 16:59:00 -0800

Citizens demand mp3s. _{[this is good]}

By: criticalbill

criticalbill — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:06:06 -0800

crap irredeemable except the beginning of the second verse ("all the kids looking up to me can suck my dick") was ok. It would have been slightly better if she'd had the courage of her convictions and told the viking to "get the fuck out my video". And you sure thats V not just some guy in a hat? dont look much like V to me

By: justgary

justgary — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:20:30 -0800

She's super hot and very talented, and this was funny. Thanks for posting it.

By: grex

grex — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:20:32 -0800

I too thought it was terrible. Their second video and they are already biting themselves. this time however, the music/raping wasn't nearly as good. Seeing this on posted BoingBoing early this morning just screamed viral marketing to me. Maybe i'm just being cynical.

By: nonmerci

nonmerci — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:28:11 -0800

This is my favorite Lonely Island short, at least for the time being. I don't get all the hating on these guys--I think they're fucking brilliant and hilarious, but I also think that you have to be of a certain age--young--or mindset to get the humor.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:35:56 -0800

utube and gvideo would be better if bob saget introduced every clip. posted by puke & cry at 3:18 PM CST on March 5 [!] Please don't give them ideas. Even in jest.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Sun, 05 Mar 2006 18:38:55 -0800

And for anyone who was confused by the references to "V". Don't be embarrassed.

By: josephtate

josephtate — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:09:46 -0800

I saw Natalie Portman and Elmo dressed up as elephants about a week or so ago on Sesame Street. She acted better as an elephant with Elmo than she acted in any of those last three movies Lucas made. But really--she was fully into the elephant character, taking it as seriously and humorously as the part deserved. I have deep respect for anyone who appears on that show (well, I did see Laura Bush on Sesame Street once and by the way she read her book aloud, I think she might have been one of those children that got left behind).

By: PinkStainlessTail

PinkStainlessTail — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 05:22:12 -0800

Better than Lazy Sunday, but then, so is scabies.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:03:03 -0800

I dunno, I liked it a lot. I thought she pulled it off really well. And, I was happy as hell to see the viking. Vikings rule!

By: catkins

catkins — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:19:11 -0800

I guess I don't listen to enough rap/hip-hop music, because both SNL video shorts mentioned in this post sucked the big one. However, Portman's opening act (refuting SW geeks) rofld my waffle. :)

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:24:56 -0800

Well...it was up and running earlier today. Now it's just a big "Removed due to copyright infringement" message. Fucking NBC. Don't they get it? Letting people post stuff like this can only help them convince people that SNL can actually be funny sometimes.

By: spincycle

spincycle — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:58:15 -0800

There are new copies being added to youtube all the time, just search for "portman". Fucking high-larious, yep indeedy.

By: spincycle

spincycle — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:00:17 -0800

> Hm. Hmmmmm. > > Nope, still don't like her. Perhaps you're not a mammal? I have heard that some reptiles and most amphibians don't react well to her. Heh.

By: Sinner

Sinner — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:25:59 -0800

As the original poster, I can't help but find it amusing how people who don't like something really feel the need to shit on it to ensure that we all know that anything that doesn't meet their personal preferences is actually objectively bad. If you don't like it, well... can't please everyone, I suppose. Then again, I'm sure I've done the same thing myself. Anyway, sour grapes aside, mea culpa for the "Lonely Planet" snafu. The Lonely Island, Island, Island, Island. Anyway, for those who'd like to judge for themselves and don't feel like searching youtube, there's a 50mb HD cap here. Who knows how long it'll last, but it's there now.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:09:44 -0800

Smaller 4MB one here.

By: apple scruff

apple scruff — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:33:01 -0800

Sinner writes "I can't help but find it amusing how people who don't like something really feel the need to shit on it to ensure that we all know that anything that doesn't meet their personal preferences is actually objectively bad." I suppose they all forgot the rule that you're not allowed to express any opinions contrary to the OP's. Idiots! Metafilter: if you don't agree with me, you're agreeing with the terrorists.

By: Astro Zombie

Astro Zombie — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 14:33:44 -0800

I'm still giggling about her responding to a group of fanboys saying "We love you," with "I want to fuck you too!"

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 22:31:10 -0800

It's easy to be become an internet sensation when you use subliminal pictures of Ralph Wiggum. While I (Ralph Wiggum) laugh you die (V from V for Vendetta)

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:30:47 -0800

My leprechaun tells me to blow up parliament.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 23:43:23 -0800

(That's a joke, NSA guys.)

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 19:43:52 -0800

V FOR VENDETTA: Before you see the movie, read the book

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:38:01 -0800

This video has been removed due to copyright infringement.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 20:14:50 -0800

Just search for Natalie Portman. They remove it, and it gets posted again. It's not hard.