'Matrix' Parody: 'Computer Boy'

Stoke sent us linkage to iFilm's parody of The Matrix called Computer Boy . I laughed quite hard, although it's about 45 minutes long. Available in Real (note to story submittors: if video clips aren't viewable under Linux, I can't view them to consider them for posting, so don't bother submitting those quicktime clips ;). Anyway, this one is pretty well done. A good edit would do it well: take some of the slower bits out, maybe trim 10 to 15 minutes (especially the beginning: it starts off kinda slow), but there are several really funny sequences, especially towards the end.

Comments

Re:A negative meta-post? I think I might cry.

[Shaheen]

If CmdrTaco can consider movies that are only viewable in Linux, how the hell is he playing Diablo II??

Simpsons Reference

[pridkett]

Okay, so I watched the whole thing and was mildly amused. I couldn't help but notice for a few things in the credits they said Miguel Sanchez did them (Director of Photography). Now my question is, did they actually find someone in Australia (I presume that's where this was made from cars and license plates) that was named Miguel Sanchez or was it a take from the Simpsons where Lionel Hutz is babysitting Bart and Lisa. "Lionel Hutz is no more. Say hello to Miguel Sanchez!"

A negative meta-post? I think I might cry.

[Plasmic]

I can't believe it. I didn't think I'd ever do one of those meta-posts about the person posting the story rather than the story itself.. but this is beyond belief.

The sad fact of it all is that if I were sitting around trying to make myself sound like an ignorant person, I might say something like this:

" If video clips aren't viewable under Windows, I can't view them to consider them for posting."

I'm pretty sure that the general Slashdot population would feel okay about flaming the living daylights out of anyone who would say such a foolish thing. Quite possibly we'd merely dismiss them as a newbie.. as I think many of us were at the "Windows is kinda cool" stage, if only for a moment in our lifetime. Sure, some people would highlight the merits of Windows for a new computer user just as some would point out Linux's novel qualities. Do I think CmdrTaco is ignorant? Absolutely not. However, given this statement in an unknown context, the conclusion I'd come to is quite baffling.

Well, would anyone really expect a seasoned computer user with such a wide exposure to the many facets of a multitude of operating systems to say something such as,

" If video clips aren't viewable under Linux, I can't view them to consider them for posting."

Maybe so.. but probably not. Oh, that our fearless leader CmdrTaco had not been kidnapped in his sleep. Why couldn't he have turned cookies off on his browser so that his mother wouldn't post stories under his handle?

I am officially distraught.

what about us people with ideals?

[gnarphlager]

okay, fine, no quicktime clips because you can't see them in linux. So you could say that you are protesting apple's decision to not support your operating system of choice. That's fine, and I respect that.

However, there are those of us who dual boot (or more. Been playing with BSD lately myself), and that's fine that you don't want to share the info you hear. It's your site. But I can't watch this. Oh, I could download the Real player and watch it. I refuse to support Real Networks. You remember that thing a few months ago where RealJukebox was scanning hard drives then reporting back the motherbase? I certainly do. And that, among other reasons is why I don't have anything by Real Networks on my computer.

Yeah, they made an opt out. And they appologized. But quite frankly, it's not about our personal privacy. It's about the privacy of those who DON'T live their lives paying attention to every little byte that flows across their computer's circuits. We're GOING to find out about this and opt out. However, Joe Windows down the street isn't. So they appease the geek community, while still taking the average user for a ride. Do you appreciate that? What if it was your mother?

To me, it's not about Free Software (open source, whatver) versus proprietary. It's about infringing software versus non-infringing software. And this doesn't need to be your fight (though you preach it more often than I do), but you bitch about quicktime, I'm going to bitch about Real. We've both said our peace, and everything is okay, right? Thought so :-)

How about Platrix (Matrix meets South Park)...?

[antdude]

http://www.platrix.com/

This one kick @ss and is hilarious if you are a fan of both shows. :)

I didn't like Computer Boy either. The only part that made me laughed was the silly music during the chase.

Nice!

[linuxonceleron]

This is good, def. worth the time to dl the 10mb static Motif version of RealPlayer 7. Its kinda lame, but funny still the same. I like cr0bar's parody of the Matrix a lot better though. You can see that someone had *way* too much time on their hands, its so funny just because of how silly it is...

Re:QT in Linux

[linuxonceleron]

Most of the quicktime clips available on the 'net use the proprietary Sorensen codec which cannot be licensed outside of Apple's own QuickTime players, the actual QuickTime format is actually pretty open, just that some of the codecs aren't.

Quicktime

[bat'ka makhno]

note to story submittors: if video clips aren't viewable under Linux, I can't view them to consider them for posting, so don't bother submitting those quicktime clips

Right, and you've been playing Diablo 2 through WINE. Sad or funny, can't decide.
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