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Posted February 28, 2014
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donsanderson: Truly awesome!
Anyone know the title of the movie that was subtitled?
Downfall (German title: Der Untergang). It's a movie from 2004 about Hitler's final days.
Posted February 28, 2014
Bwahahaha.

That was great. Glad they saw it and found the humor in it too. :)
Posted February 28, 2014
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donsanderson: Truly awesome!
Anyone know the title of the movie that was subtitled?
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spindown: Downfall (German title: Der Untergang). It's a movie from 2004 about Hitler's final days.
Thank You! ;)
Posted February 28, 2014
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Pajama: Ouch! More cringe-worthy than funny :(
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Psyringe: I liked it. It's not as good as Selderij's version, but I've seen far, far worse Downfall parodies than GOG's reply. In any case, I like that they responded in style, and haven't lost their humor over this debate.
I agree. It got a laugh out of me with 'It's more a hyperbole than a simile!', because it sounds like something TET would say even in a moment of crisis :D
Posted February 28, 2014
I must say, despite not being happy about this whoe thing, GOG staff having a sense of humor and coming out with a video like that is pretty nice (for me). It's a real pity that these last changes are creating a rift between us users and staff, because having them joking around in the forums was a really good thing. But I guess that's the price of growth.
Posted February 28, 2014
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Pajama: Ouch! More cringe-worthy than funny :(
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Psyringe: I liked it. It's not as good as Selderij's version, but I've seen far, far worse Downfall parodies than GOG's reply. In any case, I like that they responded in style, and haven't lost their humor over this debate.
I've never seen any Downfall parodies before, in fact I've never even heard of them, Selderij's was the first one I've ever come across and I thought it was both very clever and very funny. GOG's on the other hand was just a pale imitation by comparison. For me, that's why it didn't really work.
Posted February 28, 2014
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nadenitza: On a side note tho, germans must find this dubs pretty lame couse they know what they are talking about, amirite? :P
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Psyringe: Usually yes, but this clip is really well done, and actually played with the original German lines. For example, when the subtitle reads "they will pay for it" (meaning "the users will pay for the games"), the Hitler character was _really_ saying "They will pay for it" (meaning "the generals will pay for betraying him by not following his orders"). It's really one of the best Downfall parodies that I've seen so far, the jokes and the timing are both great.
I envy you, I can only play the videos muted. My brain just ignores the subtitles when it understands the spoken lines. Must be damages from years of watching movies with subtitles.

I find both videos awesome and I'm glad gog answered in style. For me it means that they do care about the community, and not all is lost. As I said, I can't imagine Gabe doing something like this.
Posted February 28, 2014
I really love that response.
Posted February 28, 2014
As I responded to the original post:
Thanks a bunch, was the first thing that got in front of me when I first checked the forum today and couldn't stop laughing.

Very nicely done, loved the part where Hitler's actual lines are also "they're going to pay".
Why are you crying? You're an American.
Downloaded and saved in my GOG-vids directory - I think I'm going to be watching it with every regionally priced release ;-P
As for GOG's reply - not really funny, too much emphasis on the free compensation games, a bit of demystification of their DRM-free "mission" and, generally, more of the same talk to convince the crowds how good this all is.
I'll even make a video so it's shorter and easier to understand
I had not realised that the actual problem was that the Letter was too long and hard to understand ;-P


Big thanks to Selderij for the entertainement! :-)
Posted February 28, 2014
This video was hillarious XD I liked GOG's video as well, but it really felt like a "I make a video because it's shorter, and easier to understand" type of thing. But simply the fact that they made a similar video made me very happy :3

Btw, the exact same thing happened at my university a few years ago:
A hard exam was upcoming, and one of my classmates created a Downfall video about "sadistic teachers and crazy exams". And he shared it on facebook, where the teachers watched it as well... and not only that they were not angry, but they have also created their own Downfall video about us, "stupid students".
We have awesome teachers :D And nobody failed the exam, the guy even got A+. To quote the teacher: "A for the exam, "plus" for the Hitler-video :)"
Posted February 28, 2014
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Selderij: I hope German-speakers might appreciate the bilingual play that arises from some of the parallel lines
Indeed. I was really impressed how you managed to insert a "good news" joke like it ain't no thing.
Posted February 28, 2014
HAHAHA! Great, JUST GREAT!

Concerning response from GOG: sorry guys - Selderij wins this duel:-P

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My favorite line:
(...) Traitors! After everything we've done to sell them the same games they had 20 years ago !(...)
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Posted February 28, 2014
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mondo84: GOG has responded with a parody video of their own.
Nice attempt of GOG, but not at all quite funny though.
Posted February 28, 2014
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mondo84: GOG has responded with a parody video of their own.
Not quite as tightly-synched as Selderij's, but I absolutely loved the grammar Nazi bit. That and "whoever the heck you are." A good attempt.
Posted February 28, 2014
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toxicTom: I find both videos awesome and I'm glad gog answered in style. For me it means that they do care about the community, and not all is lost.

As I said, I can't imagine Gabe doing something like this.
Indeed!

Notice how in the first video, 'Steam' coincides with 'Stalin'. They would need another movie. :)
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