The Legend of Zelda: A 1980s Teen Flick

A Legend of Zelda movie is way past due. But hopefully they never make it because most vide game adaptations tend to be pretty lame. But here is an idea; maybe we can re-imagine them as 1980s style teen flicks. It would probably not be a good combination. However, that did it stop these guys from giving it a shot. Here is The Legend of Zelda the 1987 teen flick:

YouTube's Top Ten

So as of yesterday, for the first time since its creation, all of the top ten most watch YouTube videos have over 100 million views. Granted YouTube videos, aren’t precisely movies but they are part of the trash-media/cinematic culture of today. Together these ten videos (about 1 hour of material) have over 1 billion views. That is a fact that I believe to be quite impressive. So since we have not posted a YouTube pick in quite a while, I will post ten today. So without further ado here are the YouTube’s top ten as of April 18^th 2010:

Number 10: Lo Que Quieras Oir (100,431,569 views)

Yes there is a Spanish video on the list (and some in other languages) showing how the Internet and YouTube is a world phenomenon.

Number 9: Lady Gaga’s Just Dance ft. Colby O’Donis (106,943,734 views)

She is just so weird.

Number 8. Miley Cyrus’ Party in the U.S.A. (109,370,701 views)

This is the reason 12-16 year olds are such a powerful demographic; they are the world’s top consumers. They have also removed the embed by request but here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11SvDtPBhA

Number 7: Jeff Dunham – Achmed the Dead Terrorist (110,476,854 views)

I was surprised at this one. Out of all the terrorist jokes in the net I would have expected a JibJab video.

Number 6: Hahaha – Small daring boy (115,293,400 views)

Scientific research shows that babies are genetically designed to make adults want to give them attention. If this video does not prove it, I am not sure what will.

Number 5: PitBull’s I Know You Want Me (115,464,496 views)

Sexy women and a catchy tune: In my opinion Destination Calabria should have been in its place. But whom am I to complain; the people have spoken and PitBull is preferred.

Number 4: Miley Cyrus’ 7 Things (115,911,086 views)

Yep that corporate Disney drone that teaches 12 year olds how to pole dance has two videos. Just in case you did not believe me earlier when I said 12-16 are rabid ‘I wanna these, I wanna that’ crowd.

Number 3: Evolution of Dance (115,911,086 views)

If you though Napoleon Dynamite had good moves you haven’t seen nothin’. This is hard proof that we have been facing a dance crisis since the mid 90s.

Number 2: Charlie bit my finger – again! (180,222,573 views)

Yes there had to be a sequel on the list. And further proof of how cute babies can be and how exploitative their parents can get.

And…

The most watched You Tube video of all time is…

LADY GAGA’S BAD ROMANCE (183,497,434)

This is impressive. Lady Gaga has been around for about a year and she already tops veterans. I am not sure what this proves; are people that attracted to weirdness? Whatever just enjoy the music is overplayed but the people seem to demand it.

Editorial: The YouTube Generation's Effect on Film

Everybody wants to be a star, whether it be in music, movies or mastery of Guitar Hero, but until YouTube, there wasn't a place in the world for one's work to be universally praised or pushed to the ground. This new virtual playground of YouTube has many amateur filmmakers trying to get their faces known so they can be represented. It isn't as preposterous a claim as a comedian being found in a comedy club.

The majority of YouTube is stupid "comedy" and pirated things in terrible quality. However, there is a small amount of material that is very well produced and well scripted. As evidenced by our recent feature of the "YouTube Pick of the Week", there are certainly different varieties of well produced content.

Only recently have the studios taken it upon themselves to use YouTube to release certain things related to their products, but also given the users on the video site opportunities. One of the most subscribed users on YouTube, Ryan "nigahiga" Higa has been producing "How To" videos, sing alongs and rants with his friend Sean Fujioshi for over a year. Later this year, a film loosely based on their success titled Ryan and Sean's Not So Excellent Adventure is going to be given a limited release. This film will feature another YouTube star, Michael Buckley, host of the "What The Buck? Show" as the talent scout that finds them.


A group that knew that it wanted to be in the business, Derrick Comedy, has written, directed and produced their own feature called Mystery Team that has yet to get a release date. The movie is about the three main contributors of Derrick Comedy, Dominic, Donald and D.C., as a team of super-sleuths that started solving mysteries when they were seven. The problem is that they are still trying to solve mysteries in their senior year of high school. Hilarity ensues with familiar faces to fans of Derrick Comedy, including current Saturday Night Live cast member Bobby Moynihan who is featured in the video "Bro Rape" as well as a lot of the live performance that Derrick Comedy puts on in the New York City Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.

There is plenty of talent out there and those who haven't "made it" are willing to put in that extra effort to make it great. It may not be for everyone, but the struggling artist definitely has a home on YouTube. Let's just hope that Hollywood takes more notice to this rising trend of internet film making so we can see more fresh talent and ideas.

Here is a preview for Mystery Team. Enjoy!