Archive for the ‘General Commentary’ Category

Going Viral: A hunter shoots a bear!

This video was done for Tipp Ex of all things, and it’s more than just a video gone viral, but you’ll see it afterwards (don’t want to ruin the surprise).
Adding to the fact that it’s a great experience, the video on Youtube holds NSFW in title, which makes people wanting to see it more than [...]

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Viral Prediction: Gmail Priority Inbox

It’s been a while since a Google video for a new service, product or simply a new feature was on the top of the viral video charts.
But now with the launch of the Priority Inbox feature for Gmail, they may be back.
For one, there are millions of Gmail users who might be interested to know [...]

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Viral Hit: Future Rock Band

If you don’t know Freddie Wong (aka freddiew on Youtube) by now, you should.
He’s one of those prolific Youtube users, but his videos are different then most people’s: they always have a special effects twist to it.
This latest one has gone viral since last week and now become a viral hit, hitting more than 1 million [...]

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Going Viral: Revenge of the Cat

Earlier this week, there was a video going viral of a woman dumping a cat in a garbage bin. The internet was all enraged and a group of people even managed to get her name and she’s been questioned by the police.
You know by now that topical parodies have a great potential to go viral, [...]

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Viral Hit: How To Be Alone

This video has been on and off in the viral charts for a few weeks now.
It’s a short film by filmmaker Andrea Dorfman and poet/singer/songwriter Tanya Davis that mixes poetry, animation, and live-action shots.
It was uploaded to Youtube at the end of July and since then got 1.2 million views.
The vibe coming from it reminds [...]

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Going Viral: Indian Pole Gymnastics

This is one of those incredible videos that just amazes you.
Incredible gymnastics in a style that we’ve never seen before, showing a strength and athleticism in this guys that is unbelievable.
Plus, it somewhat follows the trend we talked about in the last post of different sports (sometimes fake ones) going viral.
It was uploaded to Youtube yesterday [...]

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Going Viral: Dumb & Dumber Trailer – Inception Style

Inception really is one of the movies of the summer, if not of the year (still on the trending topics on Twitter!) and last week we posted the Top 5 Recut Trailers.
Now a new recut trailer has been making the rounds and becoming viral since yesterday, featuring none other than Dumb and Dumber!
It’s on the [...]

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Going Viral: Blackstar Warrior

This is one of those great concepts that just work.
What if you were to “re-do” some footage from Star Wars with the Lando Calrissian character, and turn it into a trailer for a fictional Star Wars blaxploitation movie?
This is the result, one of those gems that has been going viral in the past days (particularly on [...]

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Going Viral: The Video Website (’Social Network’ Parody)

This video is a brilliant parody of the trailer for the Facebook movie, “The Social Network”, and was made by comedy group Prussian Sunsets.
(check the trailer at the end of the post if you haven’t yet seen it or don’t recall it).
It was posted 3 days ago and already has 150.000 views, having been featured [...]

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Viral Hit: The World’s Farthest Basketball Shot

We know by now that crazy skills and crazy stunts can make a video go viral.
Well these guys have been doing crazy basketball stunt shots for some time now, and they’re at it again, with what they claim to be the world’s farthest bastketball shot.
And the thing is, it’s up on Youtube since Sunday and [...]

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