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Red Vs. Blue - A Halo Fan Flick

Posted by simoniker on from the gnop-evolved dept.

Universal Nerd writes "Red vs. Blue are the folks with a great sense of humor who gave us the Apple Switch spoof, Mac Gamer, a while ago. They're now releasing a new movie called The Blood Gulch Chronicles, a series of episodes created using in-game footage from Halo. Well worth a look and a laugh." The fifth and latest episode came out yesterday, and this is some of the best and funniest machinima I've seen in a long time. Update: 05/05 19:43 GMT by S : Here's a BitTorrent link, thanks to Gametab.

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  1. The War Is Over: Rejoice !! +1, Patriotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    According to the Moron-In-Command

    Cheers,
    W00t

  2. Mr. Tamborine Man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

    Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
    Vanished from my hand,
    Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
    My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
    I have no one to meet
    And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

    Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
    My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
    My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
    To be wanderin'.
    I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
    Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
    I promise to go under it.

    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

    Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
    It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
    And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
    And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
    To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
    I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
    Seein' that he's chasing.

    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

    Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
    Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
    The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
    Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
    Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
    Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
    With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
    Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
    Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
    In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

    1. Re:Mr. Tamborine Man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I've got a tambourine in my pants, want me to beat it for you?

  3. simoniker? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Come out john katz, we know it's you. So come be my latest ho!

  4. Torrents? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Could somebody post torrent files so we can distribute the load?

  5. My complaint against TeX by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    People often tell me that they use TeX (or LaTeX) because it lets them "focus on the content instead of the presentation".


    Does it? Nope. If you want something bold, or emphasized, or italic, you still need to specify that the text is bold, emphasized, or italic. Microsoft Word (or even KWrite) have nice buttons and menus that do that for you already.


    Furthermore, printing with TeX is a task that would make Rube Goldberg proud. First you edit the .tex file. Then you compile the .tex file into a .dvi file. Then you probably want to usea dvi previewer to make sure it looks right. If it doesn't, go back to step one. Then you need to convert it to postscript (and then maybe to pdf) to print it,


    That's a lot of work for a quick memo. It makes Notepad seem advanced.


    Unfortunately, TeX is based on 1950s era thought processes, where batch computing reigned supreme. Considering that my calculator has more processor power (and RAM!) than most 1950s computers, I think we should retire TeX for good.

    1. Re:My complaint against TeX by tomstdenis · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      TeX and notepad solve different problems you idiot.

      TeX is meant for TYPESETTING documents. E.g. papers, books, etc. In those situations you really want to invest the 8 seconds to get it working. BTW the usual way to edit TeX files is to have the tex file open in a text editor and a DVI previewer open as well. Most [yap for instance] will re-draw when the .dvi changes so all you have todo is run tex or latex and voila. TextPad allows shortcuts so all I do is hit CTRL+4 then ALT+TAB and I'm set.

      Notepad is meant for quickly typing out text without much care for formatting.

      Why not next tell us how Quake 3 is a really horrible CD burning suite?

      Tom

      --
      Someday, I'll have a real sig.
  6. Dear CmdrTaco, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please give the games section of slashdot the ugliest color scheme.

    Oh wait, you already did...