All we have to do is touch it

August 17, 2008 7:02 AM

Pac-Man The Movie (SLYT).
posted by cashman (31 comments total)

Kind of the flip side of this.
posted by starman at 7:23 AM on August 17, 2008 [4 favorites]

Shit Sandwich.
posted by dbiedny at 7:53 AM on August 17, 2008 [1 favorite]

Why are there five ghosts?
posted by Nelson at 8:00 AM on August 17, 2008

Serious question? I thought it was pretty obvious: to establish a premise for why the four ghosts from the game are there in the "room" in the center and a motive for going after the Bat—er, Pac-Man.

Clever and cute. I wish I had made more movies like that back when I was in high school. Ease up on the haterade, dbiedny.
posted by emelenjr at 8:28 AM on August 17, 2008 [1 favorite]

This didn't really make sense. On any level. Even with video game logic.
posted by dobbs at 8:51 AM on August 17, 2008

This wasn't as good as this.
posted by brevator at 9:05 AM on August 17, 2008 [10 favorites]

See also this.
posted by moonmilk at 9:38 AM on August 17, 2008

What was that music at the end? I remember hearing something like that before... was it Aphex Twin?
posted by whiskeyspider at 9:42 AM on August 17, 2008

The ghosts in the actual game always seemed pretty sure about their ability to kill Pac Man and didn't have the level of fear that was depicted in this short film.
posted by deanc at 9:50 AM on August 17, 2008

I've always been a fan of this pac-man video.
posted by sambosambo at 9:54 AM on August 17, 2008 [3 favorites]

Props for the homage to the best scene from Deep Blue Sea.

(In the theater, everyone gasped, then after a couple seconds of silence broke into laughter when we realized how expertly we had all been played.)
posted by Fuzzy Skinner at 9:58 AM on August 17, 2008 [4 favorites]

The best possible Pac-Man movie treatment is without question The Madness of Mission 6. Really, it must be seen and savored.
posted by mwhybark at 10:14 AM on August 17, 2008

Why are they wearing burqas?
posted by empath at 10:42 AM on August 17, 2008

Because Pacman stands for the US.
posted by jouke at 11:42 AM on August 17, 2008

After they were "eaten", there should have been a shot of their eyeballs rolling down the hall.
posted by ColdChef at 11:52 AM on August 17, 2008 [4 favorites]

There are five ghosts because it is a film, and in film you are allowed to change anything you want at any time regardless of tiresome things like facts or history. No-one notices or cares, at least, no-one who matters.
posted by motty at 12:17 PM on August 17, 2008

It's nicely shot, funny, a little too long, but yeah, good work. Glad to see students are goofing off creatively.
posted by imperium at 1:18 PM on August 17, 2008

My favorite comments...

"is this movoe comig out"

"but why the other ghosts didnt came backck from death, they are ghost already"

"Is this about Islam?"

"This is so true and funny.
The editing and rythm are really good. Same with the camera angles. Oh shit son, Pac went
*Munch munch munch*
Epic!!!
Fuckin cherries"


It's always a depressing pleasure to check in with Youtube and see what the illiterate cretins of world are doing with their computer time.
posted by Liquidwolf at 2:03 PM on August 17, 2008 [3 favorites]

Moderately amusing, I guess.
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:01 PM on August 17, 2008

It's always a depressing pleasure to check in with Youtube and see what the illiterate cretins of world are doing with their computer time.

Hey now, don't diss the bottom half of the Stanford-Binet bell curve.
posted by crapmatic at 4:27 PM on August 17, 2008

"Why are there five ghosts?"

There...are...FOUR...ghosts.
posted by An Infinity Of Monkeys at 4:45 PM on August 17, 2008 [7 favorites]

Why wasn't the girl ghost Sue instead of Pinky?
posted by aubilenon at 5:29 PM on August 17, 2008

I may be mistaken, but I don't think Sue showed up until Ms. Pac-Man.
posted by box at 6:46 PM on August 17, 2008

The four Pac-Man ghosts are Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. The video starts by talking about their dead friend "Dinky", a ghost that only appears in the minor Pac-Man apocrypha Chomp-Out at the O.K. Corral. Therefore, this video is EPIC PAC-CANON FAIL.

Sue makes her appearance in Ms. Pac Man; she replaces Clyde.
posted by Nelson at 7:00 PM on August 17, 2008 [3 favorites]

also
posted by Dillonlikescookies at 8:51 PM on August 17, 2008

It's funny, but it's no Minesweeper.
posted by arcanecrowbar at 10:35 PM on August 17, 2008

They turned blue and back several times in the video, but there was only one power pill eaten. Could be different levels. But in the last shot, the last ghost turns blue and back several times while they are headed for the collision, which isn't possible.

B-, see me after class
posted by DU at 4:36 AM on August 18, 2008

DU, I think he blinks blue and orange because the effects of the power pill are wearing off.
posted by papercake at 4:44 AM on August 18, 2008

OK, you've talked yourself up to a B+. Good work.
posted by DU at 6:11 AM on August 18, 2008 [1 favorite]

How has nobody yet linked to the original real-life (kind of) Pac-Man?
posted by adamms222 at 8:17 AM on August 18, 2008

While clever, the mega man one was better. :) (and the pac-man cartoon brought back some memories)
posted by wangarific at 8:41 AM on August 19, 2008