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GeekNights 061107 - Trigun
Tonight on GeekNights, we review Trigun. In the news, ths US mid-term elections are over as Democrats take over Congress, and Best Buy is now selling Japanese import DS games.
Scott's Thing - Extreme Train Surfing
Rym's Thing - One Got Fat
Comments
Definitely the most disturbing thing I've seen this week...
Was the shot of his grave necessary? That was so extremely corny that up until then I almost believed it. I almost fell for the cheesy Enya and Knockin' on Heaven's Door theme music. If you were an extreme German guy and you were doing an extreme video of yourself being extreme in Germany, what would make the best soundtrack? Not Enya. I'd use Helloween, Gamma Ray or even the Scorpions. I'd show myself kicking ass to ass kicking music. Even if you dismiss personal taste in music, don't you think if this is a video done postmortem by his friends that they would use German music?
Someone please google this guy and show me I am wrong. Find out his real name or any other details of his life. Until I see that I say it's all BS made up to appeal to the 20 something extreme sports crowd on YouTube. Wake up! Where is your skepticism people? Think about this!
Donuts anyone?
Trainrider ties in so neatly with the "Shameless Self Promotion" topic that it almost should have been a TotD for that show. Okay but back on topic. So on one hand, if he's alive, who really gives a crap. What he's done is awesome and he gets mad credit for it. Understood. But that's just the thing. If he's alive he's the most awesome dumbass on the planet. He has done this awesome thing but by concealing his identity he gets no acclaim, no internet fame, no notoriety, no accomplishment tied directly to him or his reputation. He goes uncredited. There is the self satisfaction he might get from knowing he's got all this attention, but is it not the point of the pursuit of awesome to have said awesomeness directly attributed to one's self?
I say there is no point in being awesome just for the sake of being awesome. Going uncredited is like being awesome in a dark room full of people, then leaving, and after you're gone you have a friend shout "There was someone being awesome in here!" Sure people will know about it and be aware of it because your friend told them, but what good does that do you? You're outside now.
If he's dead then why not reveal his name? Why keep the grave covered? I understand the dramatic emotional impact his death gives the story. In a sense he becomes every guy who ever had leukemia in Germany and that's a fantastic anonymous legacy. But on the other hand something like this could be depressing to leukemia patients who look up to this guy but don't have the motivation to accomplish anything this wild and crazy.
In the end I'll chalk this one up to me being jerked around by the internets again. Trainrider does raise some interesting points about the measure of a person's accomplishments in life and what it means to be awesome. What exactly would be a great thing to do with your remaining time? Are your accomplishments any less awesome if you didn't die of leukemia a year later? I think for dramatic effect I'll append "and then they died of leukemia a year later" to my thoughts the next time I watch a Bionic Commando speed run or people in an assembly line making Wiis on YouTube or whatever.
If the trainrider is dead, he's dead. If he is indeed faking his death, he might be doing it to avoid getting caught. I doubt that trainsurfing is legal. If he were caught, I'm sure he would face a stiff penalty. By saying he is dead in the video he might prevent authorities who see the video from starting an investigation. It's awesome all around.
(Yes, London accent, there's no such thing as a "British" accent)
The show is really good so far, even though I am still in the silly episodes.