Planet Earth Parody January 26, 2008 2:27 PM Subscribe
Fuck Planet Earth. The extreme beauty of the popular Planet Earth series comes alive with this comedic bit that simply repeats the F-bomb to great effect.
(filed under: so stupid it's hilarious)
I just flagged a post made by an admin. So if you never see me again... posted by Citizen Premier at 2:39 PM on January 26 [14 favorites]
I'm so ashamed that I had low expectations, they were met... and I still laughed my ass off. I think it was the gurgling "fu-u-u-u-ck" of the underwater animals that clinched it.
Still... a lot of death. Most of those scenes were of predatory acts. posted by hincandenza at 2:40 PM on January 26
The subtleties of the protagonist's dialogues and the unwavering modulation at 1:35mins into the film is breathtaking. posted by chime at 2:45 PM on January 26 [1 favorite]
I was expecting some boring narrator to say fuck over and over again. This is WAY better!! posted by snsranch at 2:49 PM on January 26
Well, I thought it was pretty fucking funny. Fuckers. posted by BitterOldPunk at 2:50 PM on January 26
I never thought I would say these words in this order, but the skullfucking post was better. posted by StrikeTheViol at 2:54 PM on January 26 [3 favorites]
snsranch: I too was expecting some boring narrator to say fuck over and over again. This is slightly better. It made me smile. posted by ErWenn at 2:54 PM on January 26
It will come back to haunt you. posted by Burhanistan at 2:55 PM on January 26
The bird-of-paradise at 1:18 should be adding a question mark to the end of its 'fucks'. posted by Adam_S at 2:58 PM on January 26 [6 favorites]
I was ready to be 'wtf' but the best part is the fast forward of the starfish moving across the ocean floor. posted by one teak forest at 3:00 PM on January 26 [2 favorites]
I was ready to be 'wtf' but the best part is the fast forward of the starfish moving across the ocean floor.
Yeah, I'd never noticed how cthuloid those chubby many-armed starfish are. This Youtube video has truly enlightened me, as so many of them do. posted by XMLicious at 3:05 PM on January 26
Has someone hijacked mathowie's account?
This is an ancient, schoolboy, concept trawled out again (not even done very well) just on some good TV. It tries way too hard, and fails by too much, to be all that funny.
LOLHESAIDFUCK!
(disclaimer - I also have no end of bile and hatred for the Firkin range of pubs, as their entire 'gimmick' is "*guffaw* It nearly says fuck! Firking good food! Geddit, geddit, geddit!". Meh. Anything that relies purely on profanity is poor comedy. Profanity is so much better than this...) posted by Brockles at 3:07 PM on January 26
That slope to Fark-ville couldn't get more slippery. posted by Sys Rq at 4:38 PM on January 26
I don't care, growabrain.... MeTa. :-/ posted by Doohickie at 4:44 PM on January 26
That starfish scene got me. Hilarious.
And the Bird of Paradise was a nice touch posted by evening at 4:44 PM on January 26
well, yes, that was, strictly speaking, asinine. but it was also, i think, the first time i laughed all day, so good on it. posted by wreckingball at 4:49 PM on January 26
Um...
Not really funny. posted by HotPatatta at 4:55 PM on January 26
I speak of the Planet Earth series in tones usually reserved for religious documents. And I thought that was fucking funny. posted by Bookhouse at 5:01 PM on January 26 [1 favorite]
OK, like some of the others I was all set to shoot this down, but I made the mistake of (a) having drunk some nice red wine, and (b) actually clicking the link and watching the video...
Juvenile, asinine, puerile... but funny. As hinancendza says, the situation-specific "accents" of the animals really helps. posted by Chunder at 5:24 PM on January 26
This is better than the original facile narration on 'Planet Earth'. posted by Paragon at 6:12 PM on January 26 [2 favorites]
I was prepared to hate it. But I fucking laughed. posted by LeeJay at 6:16 PM on January 26
Is it ok if I say I like this? Will Meta think less of me for it? posted by munchingzombie at 6:18 PM on January 26
Yeah I thought it was going to be a gimmicky but after about 20 seconds it became funny, really funny. Nice production values. posted by geoff. at 6:24 PM on January 26
I was a bit unsure of how funny I found this until I got to the part with where the starfish goes all Godzilla. It's one of those stupid things that brushes brilliance for a few moments. The chase scenes later on are morbidly good too. posted by Tehanu at 6:24 PM on January 26 [1 favorite]
Very funny. Keep this up and you'll be a hit on this site. posted by jcterminal at 6:27 PM on January 26 [1 favorite]
I love David Attenborough. I wept for the polar bears. I demand the best of the web. And I laughed at this.
The best of the web includes cats on scanners and funny-looking birds. Always has. posted by cirocco at 6:32 PM on January 26 [2 favorites]
Fucking hysterical. I laughed. I am not ashamed of that, either. posted by kalimac at 6:35 PM on January 26
Ha! I liked that. And so did my fiancee. Thanks a fucking lot, Matt! posted by Effigy2000 at 7:02 PM on January 26
oh fuuuuuuuuuudge that made me laugh. go starfish of shoggoth, go! posted by Busithoth at 7:12 PM on January 26
Ah come on, seriously?! Fuck!
I'm pretty sure if I was getting chased by a hulking predator that wanted to eat me, I'd have some words appropriate to the situation too. posted by Talanvor at 7:48 PM on January 26
I lost my shit at "fuck me! fuck me! fuck me! fuck me! fuck me! fuck me! fuck me! fuck me!" with the Bird of Paradise. posted by CitrusFreak12 at 8:27 PM on January 26
They didn't include the shark/seal clip? It totally begs the phrase in question. posted by Quidam at 8:33 PM on January 26
SLYT'ers (yeah, technically there's more than one link) everywhere thank you. posted by telstar at 9:05 PM on January 26
Finally, a post I can share with my kids.
No, really. They're teenagers. They love this kind of stuff. posted by tommasz at 9:17 PM on January 26 [1 favorite]
They didn't include the shark/seal clip? It totally begs the phrase in question.
I think that might not be in the BBC version of the series, only the Discovery version. I don't remember having seen it before, but I watched much of Planet Earth slack-jawed and glassy-eyed like a fucking yokel. It might have slipped right by me.
P.S. Holy fuck! Did you fucking see that motherfucking shark? posted by cirocco at 9:45 PM on January 26
Having been introduced to the Planet Earth series recently and finding it lacking in verbal accompaniment, I find this... appropriate. posted by strangememes at 11:06 PM on January 26
Some time in elementary school, little boys learn daring words that have great effect on girls and authority figures. Some little boys grow up. posted by Cranberry at 11:34 PM on January 26
Some time in elementary school, little boys learn daring words that have great effect on girls and authority figures. Some little boys grow up.
Fortunately, some of these little boys remember these words and use them to bring laughter and joy to the world.
Other little boys forget these words along with the rest of the unrestrained glee of childhood, and go on to be really really boring people. posted by tkolar at 11:44 PM on January 26
I laughed so hard my sides ache. The starfish slayed me. posted by vronsky at 11:47 PM on January 26
This was stupidly hilarious, as promised — but please, can we retire the term "f-bomb"? I wince every time I read it. posted by hattifattener at 11:52 PM on January 26 [1 favorite]
Ah, that was fun.
"Hey. Hey.. Hey! Hey! Come on!!!" posted by cowbellemoo at 12:44 AM on January 27
So the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been eaten by a starfish?
Pastafarians, where is your God now? Muahahahahahahahah! posted by PeterMcDermott at 2:42 AM on January 27
Bwahaha ... I'm filing this under "medication". posted by Surfurrus at 3:18 AM on January 27
That slope to Fark-ville couldn't get more slippery.
Sung to the tune of "Last Train to Clarksville" by the Monkees:
Take the laaaaast slope to Fark-ville
Catch it right here on the blue,
Mathowie's got your ticket,
Yes he's got a link for you,
You'll laugh out loud!
You'll laugh out loud!
You'll laugh out loooouuuuud!
Yeah just go ahead, ain't no use being proud... posted by flapjax at midnite at 3:35 AM on January 27
*applause*
Really enjoyed that! posted by hadjiboy at 5:39 AM on January 27
I thought much of it was pretty funny, but I'm not really down with the humour of the dying/about to die animals. As common as it may be, it makes me squirm to see sudden violent death used as the punchline to a lame joke. posted by The Monkey at 6:42 AM on January 27
I sent it to my parents. My mom loved it, and sent it to her friends.
Do you know what this means?? In a few weeks you're all going to see this shit again in your inboxes, prepended with "Fwd: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Fwd:"! posted by danb at 6:45 AM on January 27 [2 favorites]
That was idiotic. And usually idiotic is funny. This? Not so much. posted by tkchrist at 6:46 AM on January 27
I think that might not be in the BBC version of the series, only the Discovery version.
Planet Earth was filmed by the BBC with some funding from Discovery. There is no reason at all to film something so fantastic as that shark sequence and then just 'leave it out' of the original version. The US version was edited a fair bit for time because of the hideous amounts of adverts you poor lot have to tolerate. As far as I am aware, however, the only major difference between the two is the narration - for some unknown reason, the US version has Sigourney Weaver narrating. Presumably based on her massive experience in Natural History....
Oh. Hang on.
So, if anyone is going to buy Planet Earth, I very strongly recommend buying the BBC version - it's pretty widely available in the US - it has more in it and has the bloke that actually wrote the narration reading it, rather than some random movie star who just has a nice voice. posted by Brockles at 7:24 AM on January 27
I got the BBC set for Christmas. I can't imagine how sick I would be if I had Sigourney Weaver taking me through it. David Attenborough is de rigeur for this sort of stuff. No one else can keep you so warm and fuzzy while a gazelle is mauled by a leopard. posted by Frasermoo at 8:41 AM on January 27
I thought much of it was pretty funny, but I'm not really down with the humour of the dying/about to die animals. As common as it may be, it makes me squirm to see sudden violent death used as the punchline to a lame joke.
PITA and PETA are so similar I sometimes confuse the two. posted by srboisvert at 9:10 AM on January 27
The starfish - oh god, the starfish. That was totally fucking funny and my 16 year old son even agrees, which never happens. posted by mygothlaundry at 10:25 AM on January 27
I particularly liked the end piece with the wolves chasing their prey, because I figure if animals were capable of articulating their feelings using a language that we understood, it would more or less sound like;
Oh no! What the Fuck? Ow, Ow! Come on, Come ON! FUCK! Oh... Seriously?
At the very least, I think that's what I would be saying if I had a big dog trying to eat me. posted by quin at 11:12 AM on January 27
Idiot's delight. posted by semmi at 3:09 PM on January 27
Agreed - the starfish bit ruled. posted by jquinby at 7:32 PM on January 27
Well, I personally think this thread should be closed...but only if Matt does it, and only if the reason is for the fuck of it. posted by iamkimiam at 9:17 PM on January 27
I was hanging out with some college students lately and they were all talking about this show. The real one, not the F word one from the post. They were asking each other if they had seen the cactus or the shark or whatever else was in it. It was all a little surreal to hear college males so excited about educational nature television... posted by davidstandaford at 10:41 PM on January 27
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