"Boba Fett on the job."
June 24, 2011 10:03 AM Subscribe
Just when you think you've seen the nerdiest thing ever, this happens.
posted by louche mustachio at 10:07 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by louche mustachio at 10:07 AM on June 24, 2011
And now the internet has fulfilled its purpose and can be shut down. Good run, guys!
posted by cmoj at 10:08 AM on June 24, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by cmoj at 10:08 AM on June 24, 2011 [2 favorites]
The only way this would be better is if a sexy elf were underneath that helmet.
posted by Fizz at 10:09 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by Fizz at 10:09 AM on June 24, 2011
Yep, that's Boba Fett alright. That's the 14th street L platform right? Figures.
posted by Ad hominem at 10:11 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by Ad hominem at 10:11 AM on June 24, 2011
You should have seen/heard what the guy at the back of the car was playing.
Hint: It wasn't his ocarina.
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 10:11 AM on June 24, 2011
Hint: It wasn't his ocarina.
posted by The 10th Regiment of Foot at 10:11 AM on June 24, 2011
Previously, as "Zelda one," albeit a different performance.
posted by lumensimus at 10:15 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by lumensimus at 10:15 AM on June 24, 2011
See, it's good to have an angle.
posted by bicyclefish at 10:17 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by bicyclefish at 10:17 AM on June 24, 2011
Wait, this isn't on a tumblr blog, well I'm gonna have to go start a tumblr blog of boba fett playing zelda songs on the accordion and then we can have a proper posting on metafilter.
posted by TheBones at 10:17 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by TheBones at 10:17 AM on June 24, 2011
The Boba Fett helmet is easily explained once you realize that, if he weren't wearing it, his friends would recognize him (assuming he had any).
posted by DU at 10:17 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by DU at 10:17 AM on June 24, 2011
Boba Fett has fallen on hard times since the Empire fell. Now he's drinking beer and sitting on his mom's couch all day playing through his old Zelda games, and spending every night in the subway with his accordion.
posted by koeselitz at 10:19 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by koeselitz at 10:19 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
"Hey, you got Star Wars in my Zelda!"
"No, you got Zelda in my Star Wars!"
[together] "Ooooooohhhhh..."
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 10:21 AM on June 24, 2011
"No, you got Zelda in my Star Wars!"
[together] "Ooooooohhhhh..."
posted by Terminal Verbosity at 10:21 AM on June 24, 2011
Saria's Song always invokes a sort of vague nostalgia in me, and to date I haven't played any games in the Zelda series; I suspect I formed the association playing Super Smash Brothers Melee with friends in 2002-2003.
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 10:24 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by Inspector.Gadget at 10:24 AM on June 24, 2011
I used to love coming into these threads screaming THAT'S MY FRIEND! I got one better now: that's my dungeon master, motherfuckers.
Seriously, though, he's an awesome guy and totally does parties.
posted by griphus at 10:25 AM on June 24, 2011 [11 favorites]
Seriously, though, he's an awesome guy and totally does parties.
posted by griphus at 10:25 AM on June 24, 2011 [11 favorites]
So isn't this the singularity right here?
posted by shakespeherian at 10:26 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by shakespeherian at 10:26 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
(Also, if anyone wants to give Boba Fett some engineering work, give me a heads up. He's looking for some.)
posted by griphus at 10:26 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by griphus at 10:26 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Will there be a Special Edition? With a CGI orchestra and dancers in the background?
posted by DiscountDeity at 10:26 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by DiscountDeity at 10:26 AM on June 24, 2011
I thought he was living on Slave I, squat docking in Jersy and dating a Rodian blackjack dealer.
posted by clavdivs at 10:27 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by clavdivs at 10:27 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
that's my dungeon master, motherfuckers.
Wow. I thought we had already reached the theoretical limit of nerdiness.
Seriously, though, that was pretty awesome. My compliments to him.
posted by DiscountDeity at 10:31 AM on June 24, 2011
Wow. I thought we had already reached the theoretical limit of nerdiness.
Seriously, though, that was pretty awesome. My compliments to him.
posted by DiscountDeity at 10:31 AM on June 24, 2011
I was trying to decide if he was a hipster, but I think he is just straight up nerd. I mean that in the best possible way.
posted by Ad hominem at 10:32 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by Ad hominem at 10:32 AM on June 24, 2011
Metаfilter: that's my dungeon master, motherfuckers.
posted by zamboni at 10:40 AM on June 24, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by zamboni at 10:40 AM on June 24, 2011 [2 favorites]
If I'd been in that subway, I'd have gone mad trying to remember where I'd heard that tune before...
posted by jeremy b at 10:41 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by jeremy b at 10:41 AM on June 24, 2011
So, Star Wars etc. came out in 1978 or thereabouts, and now people are sitting playing video game music from Zelda in subways 30 plus years later?
Okay, so um - by 2045 are we going to have buskers dressed like characters from the Serenity movie and playing theme music from what? Half-Life 2? Bioshock? What?
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 10:51 AM on June 24, 2011
Okay, so um - by 2045 are we going to have buskers dressed like characters from the Serenity movie and playing theme music from what? Half-Life 2? Bioshock? What?
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 10:51 AM on June 24, 2011
Wait, I need to get a costume now?
posted by AccordionGuy at 10:51 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by AccordionGuy at 10:51 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Ocarina of Rhyme anyone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XD4EjeXe1A
posted by Buckt at 10:51 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by Buckt at 10:51 AM on June 24, 2011
He's good, but he's no Darth Fiddler.
Those two together would rule (the Empire).
posted by me3dia at 10:54 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Those two together would rule (the Empire).
posted by me3dia at 10:54 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
no, no, Accordion Boba Fett needs to team up with Trombone Vader.
posted by Jon_Evil at 10:57 AM on June 24, 2011
posted by Jon_Evil at 10:57 AM on June 24, 2011
Just when you think you've seen the nerdiest thing ever, this happens.
No, it could get even nerdier - it could be John Linnell under that helmet.
posted by fijiwriter at 11:07 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
No, it could get even nerdier - it could be John Linnell under that helmet.
posted by fijiwriter at 11:07 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Another reason to avoid the L Train
posted by lslelel at 11:14 AM on June 24, 2011 [2 favorites]
posted by lslelel at 11:14 AM on June 24, 2011 [2 favorites]
This thread (including video responses from comments) has been the hardest I've laughed all week. It was a crappy day so far, and now it's less so. Thanks.
posted by jake at 4:25 PM on June 24, 2011
posted by jake at 4:25 PM on June 24, 2011
Seeing him sitting outside busking wearing the helmet doesn't feel as weird to me as seeing him sitting in his living room wearing his helmet and playing "Carry on My Wayward Son".
My favorite weird NYC buskers are still the Xylopholks.
posted by Jahaza at 12:32 AM on June 25, 2011
My favorite weird NYC buskers are still the Xylopholks.
posted by Jahaza at 12:32 AM on June 25, 2011
Welcome to the L-train, we're now boarding an
Energetic busker dressed as a Mandalorian
Used to play the concertina, but now that he's born again,
He spends his time slavin' over an accordian.
Now listen to his music, & read his life story and
See if he belongs in the Times they call Fortean
When he's rockin' the bellows the fellows say "hello,"
Like a mellotron he's mellow, but like Tron he aint yellow
Got more chords than a cello, more mask than punchinello
As at home on the street as in a space bordello
He plays songs from Zelda
Got more shoo's than Imelda
If you ask how he sounds?
Well I think he sounds swell, duh.
So keep on rockin, Boba Fett with your bad self
Keep playing the themes from that game with the sad elf
Don't worry about what all the haters think,
Cuz between you & me, you're the the missing Link.
posted by ShutterBun at 2:37 AM on June 25, 2011
Energetic busker dressed as a Mandalorian
Used to play the concertina, but now that he's born again,
He spends his time slavin' over an accordian.
Now listen to his music, & read his life story and
See if he belongs in the Times they call Fortean
When he's rockin' the bellows the fellows say "hello,"
Like a mellotron he's mellow, but like Tron he aint yellow
Got more chords than a cello, more mask than punchinello
As at home on the street as in a space bordello
He plays songs from Zelda
Got more shoo's than Imelda
If you ask how he sounds?
Well I think he sounds swell, duh.
So keep on rockin, Boba Fett with your bad self
Keep playing the themes from that game with the sad elf
Don't worry about what all the haters think,
Cuz between you & me, you're the the missing Link.
posted by ShutterBun at 2:37 AM on June 25, 2011
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