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Hitler "Downfall" parodies removed from YouTube
Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:38 am
Posted on 4/22/10 at 3:38 am
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I'm not too happy about this. I think they may be able to fall under fair use. But whatever.
I'm not too happy about this. I think they may be able to fall under fair use. But whatever.
This post was edited on 4/22/10 at 3:39 am
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Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:20 am to RollTide1987
90% of the people who've ever heard of the movie "Downfall" only know of it because of the internet meme. How stupid do you have to be to actively attempt to eradicate free advertising?
Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:37 am to baytiger
Apparently it's more than just copyright infringement to these guys. There are a bunch of groups out there who are actually offended by those videos. They think it wrong to turn Hitler into a clown. I guess they think by laughing at these videos we might forget all of the bad things he did. 
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Posted on 4/22/10 at 4:57 am to baytiger
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90% of the people who've ever heard of the movie "Downfall" only know of it because of the internet meme. How stupid do you have to be to actively attempt to eradicate free advertising?
Downfall isn't exactly "The Room", where Generation X'ers are going to go out and buy a copy of the DVD just because of that scene. The film had gotten almost all "A" reviews, so it's not as though it wasn't selling copies like the incredibly obscure Tommy Wiseau film.
In any case, I thought all of the parody videos save for two were painfully unfunny. I can't say that I'll miss any of them, save for the Dallas Cowboys and X-Box ones.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 5:03 am to Afreaux
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In any case, I thought all of the parody videos save for two were painfully unfunny.
This is what I don't get. Cue the no sense of humor comments. I was never able to finish one of the videos. Just plain not funny to me. And no, I'm not a Jew.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 5:49 am to Archie Bengal Bunker
Some were bad some were great. No different than all comedy.
Archie, I liked the Stargate Universe one.
Was it one of the most overused memes in existence? Probably, but some were funny.
Archie, I liked the Stargate Universe one.
Was it one of the most overused memes in existence? Probably, but some were funny.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 6:07 am to TigerMyth36
I might have to give it a try then. I saw the thread, but as previously mentioned, I have just never been able to sit through one of them before. I guess I just didn't find the first one I saw funny (don't even remember the subject), and since then, I have just been like, "oh look, it's that video again."
Posted on 4/22/10 at 6:11 am to Archie Bengal Bunker
All humor is subjective. I do find it funny seeing Hitler pissed at inane things.
I do agree it is overplayed about as far as something like that can be played out.
I do agree it is overplayed about as far as something like that can be played out.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:00 am to RollTide1987
that LSU one where he correctly predicts the Saints winning classic 
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:23 am to RollTide1987
Germans screw up everything.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 8:34 am to RollTide1987
Seriously, how is this remotely offensive to the Jews? It takes their tormenter and makes him look like a complete assclown, which he really is. Its not as if we are poking fun at the holocaust, just making fun of the most evil man to ever gain that much power.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:04 am to OMLandshark
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Its not as if we are poking fun at the holocaust
That's your opinion, though.
If you don't see how an Auschwitz survivor could see the parodies as trivializing a horrific period in time, I don't know what to tell you. I'm sure some Jews will say levity is a good thing, but it wouldn't surprise me if others disagree.
The studio made an historical film that wasn't intended to be comical. Whether I find the parodies funny or not, I can appreciate that the studio might not want their copyright infringed upon in such a manner. Just like Johnny Cash's family wouldn't license "Ring of Fire" to be used in a hemorrhoid commercial, or certain artists don't allow others to sample their work.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:07 am to Afreaux
I disagree, signed Sasha Baron Cohen 
Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:37 am to Afreaux
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Johnny Cash's family wouldn't license "Ring of Fire" to be used in a hemorrhoid commercial
Oh good one. I'll pitch that one next week
Posted on 4/22/10 at 9:39 am to RollTide1987
I made one and posted on YouTube - it's still there, I can view it, but there's a notation under it:
"Video blocked in some countries".
I didn't use Hitler in the title, I guess they can hunt down the video itself and block it.
"Video blocked in some countries".
I didn't use Hitler in the title, I guess they can hunt down the video itself and block it.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 10:00 am to Afreaux
Didn't a Jewish man write and direct The Producers?
Posted on 4/22/10 at 12:51 pm to Afreaux
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The studio made an historical film that wasn't intended to be comical. Whether I find the parodies funny or not, I can appreciate that the studio might not want their copyright infringed upon in such a manner. Just like Johnny Cash's family wouldn't license "Ring of Fire" to be used in a hemorrhoid commercial, or certain artists don't allow others to sample their work.
Marketing and having fun are two completely different things. No one was using the Hitler video to market anything.
And I agree, although funny at first, it is now one of the most overused memes in existence.
Posted on 4/22/10 at 1:26 pm to Afreaux
That scene from the movie wasn't even remotely related to the death camps. It was about the allied forces closing in on Berlin.
Are you saying that Jews should be offended by any portrayal of Hitler? Perhaps the Muslims are right to cry out about Muhammad on South Park?
Are you saying that Jews should be offended by any portrayal of Hitler? Perhaps the Muslims are right to cry out about Muhammad on South Park?
Posted on 4/22/10 at 1:32 pm to Muppet
Posted on 4/22/10 at 1:33 pm to RollTide1987
If they had come out and said "We're taking it down because it's overplayed as frick" I would have 
But violating the spirit of the fair use doctrine just because Constantine films said so?
But violating the spirit of the fair use doctrine just because Constantine films said so?
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