Some dude named Captain Chirac added a laugh track to Vader and Luke's confrontation in Empire Strikes Back, and it is fucking my shit up. It's so, so weird -- the laughs make the whole scene incredibly unsettling to me, especially when Luke gets his hand cut off and the crowd goes wild. It's like you're watching the movie with genial psychopaths or something. Anyways, thanks to Dan M. for the tip.
Tags: Fan Videos, Star Wars
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Robin said:
Holy laughtrack batman!
xu replied to Medisoft:
There is a video of the Shining with laugh tracks.
pug fugly said:
It's like watching some old British comedy on PBS.
rickicker said:
gee rob, it's not enough that you have to ruin fridays for us forever with FFF, now you HAD to post something to completely ruin my most-cherished bitter-sweet moment of when i was but a wee lil' nerd.
to be fair, tho, i guess i should really blame Captain Chirac for that. thanks a lot! jerk!
Jeremy said:
Boooo. Fail, Fail, FAIL.
Karma replied to Jeremy:
Don't be so hard on yourself. I'm sure your next comment will be constructive or at least, intelligent.
Dirty Diego said:
I got to 1:45 and turned it off. Yes, this vid sucked that bad!!
Kellyanne replied to Dirty Diego:
That's around where I stopped watching the video too. It wasn't funny. It was just stupid.
Karma replied to Kellyanne:
Your sense of humor cards has been hereby revoked. Please turn over your cards to the proper authorities immediately.
However, don't worry. It doesn't matter, anyway. You clearly have no use for it.
Oblio211 said:
It had potential but wow that was horrible!!
Bazooka Joe said:
This is freaking brilliant. It's a perfect example of something that's SO "high concept" that it achieves an artistic critical mass (measured in kilograms of cojones).
Lord Alvarez said:
This person put in way too many laughs.
Using them at the correct moments would have made this way funnier.
Dirty Diego replied to Lord Alvarez:
I agree. The only funny part was when Luke's hand went flying. The laugh track was great for that part.
Mike said:
That was brilliant. The people who have been complaining have no sense of humor. (It was removed by a Sith Lord on Cloud City years ago and was replaced by a robotic sense of humor. Unfortunately, it seems to be malfunctioning. *cue laugh track*)
Matt said:
It also makes the acting seem very robotic.
SpiderHyphenMan said:
Now do Schindler's List!
I'm going to Hell, aren't I?
nick replied to SpiderHyphenMan:
Yes, you are. But making that video would be one heck of a way to be remembered on earth.
MattK said:
I wonder if someone is gonna do a Phantom Menace 'laugh track,' but showcasing Jar Jar and other lame comic relief moments with nothing but chirping crickets?
Hmmm... said:
Adding the laugh track freed me to laugh at it myself, so +1.
Rocco said:
As great of a concept that was, the creator really should have considered, "Less means more.."
demoncat said:
the laugh track makes the scene like Vader and Luke are doing a comedy routine . that plus the voices laughing sound like they think Luke is so funny to be fighting Vader. and want Vader to win.
Ted said:
Yeah a little too much spoiled it, especially when it ran over the dialogue. A better mix with the actual dialogue would be a brilliant video
Streeaker said:
Holy crap weird.
Ken said:
Yes, there was a little too much laughter but this is something that I feel George Lucas should look into doing for future SW installments.
giskards_revenge said:
Lame.
Karma replied to giskards_revenge:
Don't get this video confused with your commenting and reasoning ability, please. Thank you.
derp herp. replied to giskards_revenge:
>Captain Chirac
>giskards_revenge
i see what you did thur
Captain Chirac replied to derp herp.:
Holy shit. Now this is epic.
HeroPower said:
I LOL'd.
Mad Mutt said:
While I'm always FOR good sendups of any of my favorite films, TV shows or novels, it just didn't work for me. I not only didn't LOL, I actually SMHITA'd (Shook My Head In Total Apathy). THEN, I LOL'd at my own warped humor. As our old furry friend, ALF, used to say, "I kill me!"
JL said:
Ya know, to be honest, this just pissed me off. And I am by no means an "uber Star Wars fan."
I stopped watching after 1:00... it's just disrespectful and dumb. And it ruins my Empire Strikes Back watching experience for no good reason at all. Makes me wanna bitch-slap the person responsible for this edit.
Sevenvoicess said:
This is so awkward!
tim pun said:
Mark Hamill is really funny
IisAwesomecakes said:
I love Star Wars, and I thought this was just hilarious! It kinda reminded me of those fantasy scenes from That 70's show.
5 stars from me.
J-dub said:
"especially when Luke gets his hand cut off"
Couldn't just add "spoil alert" ?!
el7cosmos said:
Hahaha...Lol
:D
69 VW Bus said:
Let's just say that it changes the dynamic somewhat. Once you've seen it (heard it) it cannot be unseen (unheard).
