An Imperial press conference
April 11, 2006 10:53 PM   Subscribe

The Emperor gets a job. [Video, short commercial first] And don't forget previous Star Wars video-y goodness on MeFi.
posted by blahblahblah (13 comments total)
 
All I get is the ad.
posted by Malor at 11:41 PM on April 11, 2006


That was pretty cool.. Predictable, but cool.

I could have dealt less with the fish stick commercial.

(and *sigh* video links wear on me...Is it really the best of the web? Maybe we need Metafilter.video?)
posted by Balisong at 11:45 PM on April 11, 2006


As soon as I saw the G4 logo, I exited the link. G4 ruined one of my favorite tech channels, and I actually ended up canceling my digital cable service because of how badly they messed things up! (and ohhhh yes, I told Time Warner WHY I was dropping my digital cable service)
posted by newfers at 12:12 AM on April 12, 2006


It was Adblock giving me trouble... with it running, all I got was the ad. Go figure. :)
posted by Malor at 12:20 AM on April 12, 2006


"Goodness" is in the eye of the beholder. Much as the word 'goodness', which is overused and "meh". Blah.
posted by justgary at 12:22 AM on April 12, 2006


newfers - i love g4. i just had my cable disconnected a month ago and seeing adam sessler and morgan webb again really was great. its cheezy as hell but the only channel on my limited cable with that kind of attitude and sense of humor. plus they played a lot of wonderful stuff. happy tree friends and friends? brainiac? yes if you watched more than 4 hours a week it would repeat and what the hell was up with that sports/videogame crossover show that kind of stuff was terrible, but i think the other programming more than made up for it. it was definately the most popular channel on the tv in my house. what was it about it that you disliked enough to cancel your cable?
posted by headless at 1:29 AM on April 12, 2006


Slightly cringeworthy nerd humour.
posted by rhymer at 3:37 AM on April 12, 2006


Meh. Could have been good if the guy's Ian McDiarmid impression wasn't so bad. It was even worse than the one Ian McDiarmid was doing in that last movie.
posted by EarBucket at 4:21 AM on April 12, 2006


Well f**k me, McDiarmid was only 37 when he was in return of the Jedi.
posted by NinjaTadpole at 4:33 AM on April 12, 2006


It was kind of funny. Far from genius, but I chuckled. I especially liked how they used a video switcher as an air traffic control station. Low budget fun!
posted by fungible at 6:04 AM on April 12, 2006


Come on, the unlimited minutes gag was pretty great.
posted by ssmith at 6:12 AM on April 12, 2006


he was 37? That's not old.

was he being repressed?
posted by ab3 at 6:28 AM on April 12, 2006


For me the funny thing is seeing the exterior shots.

Because G4's studio and offices are in the next building over from the one in which I work here in LA, and they film this stuff out in front of it, and in the parking lot.

Mildly bizarre!
posted by zoogleplex at 4:57 PM on April 12, 2006


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