Charlie Chaplin Takes the Blue Pill
Okay… this is The Matrix as if it was filmed in 1905 and starred Charlie Chaplin. It’s not actually Charlie Chaplin nor is it a real Chaplin movie re-edited to look like The Matrix (it actually took me longer than I’d care to admit to figure that out), but a 7-minute Russian skit which is very, very well-done, except for whoever translated and edited the English subtitles, which suck out loud. Why was this made? I don’t have the faintest clue, frankly, but it’s seriously impressive even if its existence just kind of baffles me. If anyone knows any more about this thing, please let me know in the comments. (Via io9)
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.