Comments on: The Force is strong with this one

The Force is strong with this one

Arch_Stanton — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:12:27 -0800

Vader Sessions Don't be a hater. Heeere's Vader (YouTube)

By: adamrice

adamrice — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:22:32 -0800

Lame. I'm a hater

By: rolypolyman

rolypolyman — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:28:59 -0800

I don't get the whole Star Wars fan thing... Star Trek was so much more cool. Though Star Wars Gangsta Rap ruled.

By: WetherMan

WetherMan — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:43:11 -0800

Yea, I'm a Hater also, and I usually can at least guiltily chuckle at the Uber Nerdy stuff...

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:44:58 -0800

rolypoly's flamebait is ignored! neat concept, and lot's of work, but it didn't seem to hold together for me. A little random with the clips they shove into Vader's mouth. and how'd they avoid the 'Welcome to Verizon' soundbite as the star destroyer approached the death star? does it get better in future episodes?

By: eriko

eriko — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:49:31 -0800

Count me as Darth Hater. Tell it to finger, 'cause the hand don't even care!

By: aladfar

aladfar — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 07:59:31 -0800

I laughed more than I thought I would . . . toward the end, when Vader chases the X Wings with the two pilots in black (as opposed to all the white storm troopers) he talks about "more black representation". It just killed me.

By: birdherder

birdherder — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:09:57 -0800

From the YouTube page:

This is by far the FUNNIEST thing ever made this side of the Milky Way!! It was created entirely by using the true voice of Vader, Mr. James Earl Jones HIMSELF!

I don't think so.

By: jefgodesky

jefgodesky — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:10:07 -0800

Picard's song and dance, it is not.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:37:36 -0800

I thought it was awesome. The surreality of the comments was what did it for me. The way he talks to Tarkin about kissing a woman while Tarkin gives him that icy stare... it's like some sort of bad-boss-office-comedy. AAAAAAAA+++++ WOULD BLOG THIS LINK AGAIN.

By: greytape

greytape — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:39:48 -0800

I thought it was great, but why no Lion King bits?

By: grubi

grubi — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 08:51:55 -0800

I don't think so. You don't think it's actually James Earl Jones?

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:38:23 -0800

tell me they used some Dr. Strangelove quotes for the tie fighter sequence, at least?

By: NoMich

NoMich — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:49:30 -0800

Dang, I thought this post was going to be about Vader.

By: Baby_Balrog

Baby_Balrog — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:54:12 -0800

That was the single funniest star wars parody I've ever seen. A++++ will watch again, oh yeah.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 09:56:42 -0800

This is so much better. Click the link. I dare you. It's the best ever. What, are you chicken? Click it.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:02:57 -0800

I'm mashed out.

By: Busithoth

Busithoth — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 10:22:01 -0800

loquacious, that was much better, thanks. and this sums up my reaction to all, I think.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 11:56:04 -0800

I don't mean to hate, either. Some of these mashups are pretty funny.

By: Doorstop

Doorstop — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:30:10 -0800

hahaha this is awesome.

By: stavrogin

stavrogin — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:31:50 -0800

This was fantastic. I don't know what's wrong with you whiners.

By: Robot Johnny

Robot Johnny — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:13:23 -0800

I'm with stavrogin... I thought this was great. "Let's go for a stroll!"

By: chimaera

chimaera — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 19:42:19 -0800

I think it's great. Not consistent, but some real high points... and, yes, I did LOL.

By: Atreides

Atreides — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 05:54:21 -0800

This is by far the FUNNIEST thing ever made this side of the Milky Way!! It was created entirely by using the true voice of Vader, Mr. James Earl Jones HIMSELF! I don't think so. Actually, it seems like the creator mined quotes from other of James Earl movies for the alternative dialogue. At the very beginning, when he's offering one million, two million, American dollars, thats straight from Coming to America, when Earl is playing the King of an African nation and offering to bribe Eddie Murphy's love interest's father to end the relationship. And later, twice, two different quotes from Field of Dreams are used, from the baseball quote to the "I want to be left alone" part. On the whole, I found it rather amusing. Then again, I was once an intense Star Wars geek.

By: Atreides

Atreides — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 05:55:11 -0800

p.s. I think one of the best parts where they made Vader working his targeting computer into Vader changing channels on his radio in his TIE Advanced.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:39:55 -0800

Actually, it seems like the creator mined quotes from other of James Earl movies for the alternative dialogue. Jesus fuckin' duh on a popsicle stick. That was the whole point of the thing, Mr Insightful. It was recycled James Earl dialogue from other movies. Christ. Where the fuck are we getting these people. Anyway, the mashup was funny, and way more amusing than the animutationy thing that loquacious linked, in my humble. But these things are completely subjective, and so it goes.

By: ZachsMind

ZachsMind — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:41:02 -0800

I think the idea of getting old quotes from some of James Earl Jones other movies and incorporating them into Star Wars is inspired parody. However, they needed to expand their research to include Lion King and several other films of his to find the best punchlines for each SW moment. They didn't mine this for all it was worth. There should be a laugh every few seconds when at best there's maybe one a half minute on average. That's the problem with the Juggernaut Bitch sendup. It's a funny idea, but after about 30 seconds it gets old. If you don't keep with the funny, it just devolves into performance art.

By: Atreides

Atreides — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 07:54:56 -0800

Stavrosthewonderbird, since your reading comprehension doesn't seem to be as high powered as your snarkability, I was refuting an earlier post with that comment. I suppose if I start dropping swear words in my post, I'll become more socially acceptable or something.

By: nelleish

nelleish — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:08:36 -0800

I was amused, but I agree with there being lots of other James Earl Jones movie quotes that would have moved this from amusing to hilarious. I can think of several scenes in Lion King rife with potential. Ah well. I'll toss my own personal favorite Vader/Emperor parody: "What the hell is an aluminum falcon?"

By: Western Infidels

Western Infidels — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:22:32 -0800

Metafilter: Jesus fuckin' duh on a popsicle stick.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:30:34 -0800

Pretty rad.

By: squirrel

squirrel — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:36:45 -0800

Another gripe about YouTube, though: the codec quality SUCKS! They absolutely BUTCHERED the Darth Vader/Weirdo number.

By: MythMaker

MythMaker — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 11:32:42 -0800

Much too long for the joke. If it was 2 minutes long instead of almost 10, it would have been better.

By: Squid Voltaire

Squid Voltaire — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:56:30 -0800

I thought it was great. Mind you, I skipped to the 7:30 mark after I got the joke, but it was certainly a worthwhile joke to get.

By: maryh

maryh — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:46:38 -0800

It was a little too long, but there were some great moments. Vader pontificating on baseball ("it reminds us of all that is good") and shooting down rebel fighters to the strains of Piano Man were some personal favorites. But I almost always laugh at Billy Joel references, so what do I know.