Sunday, 29 April 2012
Charlie Bit Me!
What's better than brotherly love? That's right. Young brotherly love.
Since May 2007 a 56 second YouTube video has gone viral holding just under 450 million views to date. The adorable pair of young English brothers are well known for their in-home play behaviour. The two are seen as Harry offers his finger to Charlie and - as expected, is bitten by Charlie, after repeated yelling "Ouch Charlie", Harry then giggles as his younger brother continues unfazed by his brother's discomfort.
Their YouTube popularity has seen dozens of parodies of the original video appear throughout YouTube and other online video hosting sites.
As a result of their fame, T-shirts and limited edition calendars have been made and are available to the public - so go out and get some!
Movies in 5 seconds
Doug Walker, better known as YouTube user, That Guy With The Glasses, started off summarizing movies in approximately five seconds by using clips from the movies and sometimes overdubbing them and summarizing a movie and its sequels. Within months, numbers of users were posting their versions of "5 second movies" accrediting him at the end with a line saying "Inspired by That Guy With The Glasses".
Dating back to April 7, 2008 when videos were first posted, That Guy With The Glasses now has his own website with both his videos that he and ones inspired by him. A detailed list can be found on his website here: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/5-second-movies
One example of his work is Titanic in 5 seconds. Summarizing what was a three hour movie into all of five seconds.
However, as I mentioned previously, sometimes they are overdubbed or summarizing the movie and its sequels. The following two videos are examples of that.
Finally, a plethora of 5 second movies by other users that have been inspired can also be found on YouTube.
Dating back to April 7, 2008 when videos were first posted, That Guy With The Glasses now has his own website with both his videos that he and ones inspired by him. A detailed list can be found on his website here: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/5-second-movies
However, as I mentioned previously, sometimes they are overdubbed or summarizing the movie and its sequels. The following two videos are examples of that.
Harry Potter (All of em) in 5 seconds
The Godfather in 5 seconds
However, at times the movies get to the point of absolute ridiculousness such as this one:
Scarface in 5 Seconds
Finally, a plethora of 5 second movies by other users that have been inspired can also be found on YouTube.
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