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Post by Terryfic on Aug 15, 2007 23:33:17 GMT -5
www.youtube.com/watch?v=675WOm82PjUDescriptionI can't do this anymore. I'm sorry. Music: "Exceptional" by Jared Scharff & The Royals ----------------------------------------------------------- I point to my signature.
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Post by Alissa Brooke on Aug 16, 2007 0:35:56 GMT -5
Holy Shit. I cried.
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Post by ApotheosisAZ on Aug 16, 2007 0:55:39 GMT -5
I almost did, and that's saying a lot. The normal phorum shirtless Jonas sqealfest has been subdued by Jackson's performance in this video. The C's have a real talent in this man. I also thought this was well written, and the visits to Bree's home and the swimming hole were great. |
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Post by milowent on Aug 16, 2007 3:22:34 GMT -5
best vid of season 2 thus far. the swimming hole, like wow. and bree's house. so simple to do, yet so powerful. random youtube comments of note: zappared (3 hours ago) (he was first) Good riddance, bring on the babes! In all seriousness, decent work. culwin (3 hours ago) This reminds me of when DaxFlame quit YouTube  DinDOJ (3 hours ago) he's at least a good actor, compared to some of the other people on this show. i haven't even been following the LG15 for about a month, and that still kinda made me tear up. BuriedErect (1 hour ago) I think once Kate goes missing, Tariq will ask for help. ;D |
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Post by hyemew on Aug 16, 2007 3:40:04 GMT -5
Well well, another reach out to the old fans. I'm intrigued by it and glad they're trying.
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Post by curiousgeorge on Aug 16, 2007 4:38:05 GMT -5
Yeah that was pretty darn good. Jackson, like Yousef, has really developed stronger acting skillz in his tenure with the show. Very well done by all involved. Once again we see how powerful the personal narrative of a vlog can be done in the right hands. Not necessarily the drunken (?) ranting at the end, but the illusion that he was shooting those locations from a very personal POV.
I think our "auteur" put a lot of his own emotion into this one. I will not go down the road of looking for any message in this one ...Interestingly enough though, the title is the content of many a post from fans who have left the show in frustration over these months.
I agree, best offering of S2. Bravo Mesh.
ETA:
More helicopters. Here we go again, no surprise I guess.
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Post by milowent on Aug 16, 2007 7:31:55 GMT -5
Interestingly enough though, the title is the content of many a post from fans who have left the show in frustration over these months. that was the 1st thing i thought when i saw the title. i thought that was below alissa's avatar (but its the variation: "I QUIT!") |
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Post by suze900 on Aug 16, 2007 8:25:18 GMT -5
Yeah, good work from Jackson. Pretty much erases the bad taste that yesterday's HoO offering left.  ETA: I thought he was going to drown himself in the swimming hole. |
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Post by elixir on Aug 16, 2007 8:50:01 GMT -5
It was okay, but I'm not full of praise for it. If Cassie had have been there and dropped another bag from that cliff that would have hit Jonas right in the face - then hell yes! It would have ruled!  Seriously though, it was pretty good. I would have liked it if they stopped the video before Jonas started talking at the laptop. I found his acting a bit comical during this part and I couldn't help but think Of Daxflame. Even his hair, lol. The whole, "I'm done" title... ehh I'm done with seeing videos on YouTube with these kinds of titles. All the self referential material is getting a bit over done in my opinion. I loved the old episodes, but what I wish for them to take and learn from these is not to make B-Grade copies, but rather look at what was so fascinating about them (not including the meta stuff) and run with that. |
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Post by firenze11 on Aug 16, 2007 10:20:49 GMT -5
This is the first time I've really been compelled to comment on any of these videos since, hmm, November, I think.
I'll nit-pick first. I felt awkward watching Jonas talking to his computer, but I didn't mind the "I'm done, I need to let you go" bit. Also, I'm really tired of the helicopters. I just feel like I've seen them 3 billion times already. I know the Order is supposed to be out there all the time, but when I see the helicopters I think the characters are stepping into paranoid territory.
Anyway, I loved everything else. The new owners at Bree's house. The visit to the swimming hole (Swimming is my favorite vid. ) The music. The quietness and then a show of more emotion. After Daniel's last vid and now this, I can maybe look past what I dislike in the HoO and LaRezisto vids.
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Post by marlasinger on Aug 16, 2007 11:17:58 GMT -5
<3 I"m going to miss loving lg15. Good video, but Jackson doesn't give me long term hope.
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Post by flautapantera on Aug 16, 2007 11:32:48 GMT -5
It was okay, but I'm not full of praise for it. If Cassie had have been there and dropped another bag from that cliff that would have hit Jonas right in the face - then hell yes! It would have ruled! Ha! Oh, the good ol' days... Honestly though, I thought this video was exceptional (considering the offerings thus far...). The narrative, solemn music was paired wonderfully with beautiful, meaningful cinematography. Kudos! |
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Post by Terryfic on Aug 16, 2007 11:44:09 GMT -5
I really liked the video up until the end. As others have noted, the music, the visuals, the swimming hole, Bree's house... all brilliant. Jonas at the end came off as a little weak to me. Jackson is better at getting mad then sad, he can wield a gun like a madman, but his crying had no affect on me. Perhaps because based on everything leading up to it in the video plus the video's description I was expect a suicide bid and not just some tearful "this sucks" or it could just be that Jai's performance yesterday has set a new standard of what I expect from the breenirvise.
It would have been totally inappropriate and ruined the mood of the video, but a big Cassie's head style splash would have been hilarious.
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Post by matsie on Aug 16, 2007 12:17:30 GMT -5
...I guess I'm the only one who found it more shmaltzy than poignant.
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Post by hyemew on Aug 16, 2007 12:32:19 GMT -5
I do agree with Terryfic. I liked the silent sadness of most of the video which was kind of broken by the sad-angry rantings at the end. Also the one thing which rubbed me the wrong way was--- THOSE DAMN HELICOPTERS. I'm so sick of seeing them. While they might have some sort of significance in the Breeniverse, nothing is going to happen just because they saw a helicopter. For all we know it's the News6 traffic spotter, it's not ALWAYS the Order monitoring you from space. The helicopters do nothing for me, I'm long sick of them.
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