https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDj7gvc_dsA
There's really not much I can say. You have to see it, to believe it.
Damit damit damit, I started watching a bunch of those...
They aren't great but they are entertaining.
The Docs is one of my favs so far but here are some other great ones
Gandalf vs Dumbledore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIMoQHpvFQQ&feature=channel&list=UL
Einstein vs Stephen Hawking (love the auto tune on Hawking)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn7-fVtT16k&feature=channel&list=UL
Awesome! The Romney-vs-Obama one was good, and the Gates-vs-Jobs was really good, too!
Quote from: Thorin on October 30, 2012, 01:19:56 AM
Awesome! The Romney-vs-Obama one was good, and the Gates-vs-Jobs was really good, too!
I skipped that one but Lincoln owns it!
Lincoln was boss, I did quite like the Hawking one as well
The latest rap battle has a guest start playing Newton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yis7GzlXNM
Do you know how much better that would have been if they had managed to actually get the other two people to play themselves? So epic.
I have to say, for most of it newton was winning, but when they brought in the third guy, it made it much harder for me to choose. He kicked it up a notch.
(me was trying hard not to spoil anything :o)
Quote from: Tom on June 16, 2014, 11:31:32 PM
Do you know how much better that would have been if they had managed to actually get the other two people to play themselves? So epic.
I have to say, for most of it newton was winning, but when they brought in the third guy, it made it much harder for me to choose. He kicked it up a notch.
(me was trying hard not to spoil anything :o)
I don't think they got the likeness right on Bill... and the backup guys part was too short.. Newton all the way on that one.
Quote from: Lazybones on June 17, 2014, 12:53:31 AM
Quote from: Tom on June 16, 2014, 11:31:32 PM
Do you know how much better that would have been if they had managed to actually get the other two people to play themselves? So epic.
I have to say, for most of it newton was winning, but when they brought in the third guy, it made it much harder for me to choose. He kicked it up a notch.
(me was trying hard not to spoil anything :o)
I don't think they got the likeness right on Bill... and the backup guys part was too short.. Newton all the way on that one.
Yeah, bill wasn't really all that close. Neither was the backup guy, but he was closer, and he could actually sing. :D
Quote from: Tom on June 16, 2014, 11:31:32 PM
I have to say, for most of it newton was winning, but when they brought in the third guy, it made it much harder for me to choose. He kicked it up a notch.
(me was trying hard not to spoil anything :o)
I actually think NdGT would NOT approve of this one, considering what he has to say about ... well, considering what/who he was talking about when he became the infamous "badass over here" meme.
Quote from: Darren Dirt on June 17, 2014, 11:07:10 AM
Quote from: Tom on June 16, 2014, 11:31:32 PM
I have to say, for most of it newton was winning, but when they brought in the third guy, it made it much harder for me to choose. He kicked it up a notch.
(me was trying hard not to spoil anything :o)
I actually think NdGT would NOT approve of this one, considering what he has to say about ... well, considering what/who he was talking about when he became the infamous "badass over here" meme.
I don't follow...
Quote from: Tom on June 17, 2014, 08:17:25 PM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on June 17, 2014, 11:07:10 AM
Quote from: Tom on June 16, 2014, 11:31:32 PM
I have to say, for most of it newton was winning, but when they brought in the third guy, it made it much harder for me to choose. He kicked it up a notch.
(me was trying hard not to spoil anything :o)
I actually think NdGT would NOT approve of this one, considering what he has to say about ... well, considering what/who he was talking about when he became the infamous "badass over here" meme.
I don't follow...
The source of The Meme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=danYFxGnFxQ#t=1m31s
"Neil deGrasse Tyson:
My Man, Sir Isaac Newton"
Izza term of
respect, yo.
Why would he not be in favour of the rap battle? It's funny, and he has a sense of humour, a rather good one :P
Quote from: Tom on June 18, 2014, 12:23:26 PM
Why would he not be in favour of the rap battle? It's funny, and he has a sense of humour, a rather good one :P
Okay fine I guess I was too presumptuous in my presumptions about trivial trivialities.
As pennance I offer you my humblest [trollface/rageface] matrix morph/merge @ 3rd down, 13th across:
(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/250/630/49a.jpg)
(found via http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rage-comics/photos )
wat
This is like watching the blind leading the blind. ..
Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 18, 2014, 03:44:22 PM
This is like watching the blind leading the blind. ..
(https://i.imgflip.com/9o9yn.jpg)
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!!
Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 19, 2014, 07:33:37 AM
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra!!
Yeah about 5 years ago I pretty much accepted that is where we are at already, or close enough to it.
Kids spend more time on Wikipedia memorizing every trivial detail about a popular TV series than they ever would considering doing for an academic subject... I'm the strange one that I kinda get sucked in doing both. And long-term remembering neither :P
PS/FunFact: when you have some commentary to say about society, almost always there's an XKCD about it (http://xkcd.com/902/).
Stuff like that waxes and wanes and eventually loses meaning and gets relegated to the meme dump.
Kids spending time learning minutae related to their interests is nothing new, I remember thinking one day that I knew more video game move inputs than there are elements on the Periodic Table, you could name a character and I would know their moves even sometimes the name of the move and in some cases two different versions of their moves.
What's the atomic weight of Boron? I dunno, but if Ryu did it I would.
So yeah, speaking of meme rot a lot of people don't usually understand that almost every rage comic / reaction face is traced from an actual person, so what's lost on Tom is the contextual connection between Neil deGrasse Tyson, the rage comic and the content of the epic rap battle...
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/198/010/tysonreaction.gif
Oh, I had forgotten about that big meme image entirely :D haha. nor did I really look at it. It just looked like just another random image post.
I still think he'd have fun with that rap-battle. but I'm no NdgT expert. (but don't take my word for it *cough*)
Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 18, 2014, 03:44:22 PM
This is like watching the blind leading the blind. ..
Lesson learned: use simple words put together into clear, concise sentences to share what you're thinking, and people are more likely to understand.
I thought it would be obvious what was being said once the video was watched.
Quote from: Thorin on June 19, 2014, 09:42:32 AM
Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 18, 2014, 03:44:22 PM
This is like watching the blind leading the blind. ..
Lesson learned: use simple words put together into clear, concise sentences to share what you're thinking, and people are more likely to understand.
Sometimes you can enhance the humor of linked content with an in-joke but it relies on common understanding.
But like any in-joke some people will get annoyed by being made to feel dumb
Who was annoyed?
Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 19, 2014, 08:31:58 AM
a lot of people don't usually understand that almost every rage comic / reaction face is traced from an actual person, so what's lost on Tom is the contextual connection between Neil deGrasse Tyson, the rage comic and the content of the epic rap battle...
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/198/010/tysonreaction.gif
THANK you!
In other words, although the "Neil" in the video was quite awesome (and --arguably -- "WON") it was also a stark contrast to the respect/admiration that the Real Neil has for Newton ... as evidenced by the infamous video clip from whence the "rage comic" face comes from ... as explained so succintly above by Mr. A.
I don't think respect and admiration precludes a sense of humour though.
Not sure if I follow you Tom
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Quote from: Mr. Analog on June 19, 2014, 10:51:00 AM
Not sure if I follow you Tom
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Geez, even *I* think I get what Tom is saying. And I agree with him -- I was being presumptuous that NdGT would be unhappy with the impression that un-informed audience members would get from the Rap Battle (i.e. that he would be "against" Newton, the very opposite of reality) ... but since the tone of ERBs is sarcastic and exaggerated silliness, I'm pretty sure he would laugh it off.
ps: On a related note to my above "troll/rage face MATRIX" check out this funformative (i.e. fun + informative) "matrix" http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/field-guide-fanboys/
I was under the impression that people here were saying that Mr Tyson would not be in favour of the rap battle. I however think he has a sense of humor and might even get a kick out of it.