Review - Still Preoccupied with 1985 - suberunker

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Review - Still Preoccupied with 1985 - suberunker

Postby McDirty » Thu May 26, 2011 12:53 am

Review Master Thread

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I was hoping that these threads could come back again. I really enjoyed them and I think a lot editors here in the community voice very good opinions about these vids. Especially godix when he was around. I guess we can start out with a not too old, but not too new music video.

I remember watching this video when I was a junior in high school and still it makes me laugh. Afterwards, I would rock out in the car blasting 1985 to the max, pissing off all the old ppl in the quiet peaceful town we lived in. The video concept is neat, the music is cool, and the anime is something we all love. Not only that, but a lot of the ideas used in the video are also pretty clever. Every time I watch all four choruses , I break up laughing just because the references are put together very well. I would say this video is a great Tribute to anime type of AMV, similar to DokiDoki's Right Now. I really like videos that follow that formula of being clever yet be simple at the same time. Anyways, thanks suberunker for making one of the greatest AMVs of all time. :up:

What do you guys think? What is it about this vid that differentiates it from other vids that try to do the same? Or maybe you disagree, what are some criticisms about this vid?
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Re: Review - Still Preoccupied with 1985 - suberunker

Postby CrackTheSky » Thu May 26, 2011 6:42 pm

Nice, bringin' back the reviews. I'll probably dig something up soon.

I generally don't like comedy videos that are overly visual with the jokes (I'm more of a conceptual comedy guy - a la Something Wicked This Way Comes), but I've always found this video amusing, and it made me laugh the first several times I watched it, years ago. I think what hooked me the most was the editing - even if you take away all the comedic context, this video just flows. I think I've subconsciously tried to emulate many of the editing tricks seen in this video in my own work over the years.

On top of all that, it's just a really fun visual video. The effects work makes the video a joy to watch, even if it's not always perfect. And the anime and .org in-jokes give the video a layer of depth not found in most comedy videos - it's fun to watch again and again until you've found all the little subtleties and picked them apart. Kind of like an Easter egg hunt in AMV form.

Gotta love the classics.
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Re: Review - Still Preoccupied with 1985 - suberunker

Postby Vlad G Pohnert » Fri May 27, 2011 12:39 am

One of my all time favorate videos... #1 on my list

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Re: Review - Still Preoccupied with 1985 - suberunker

Postby Adv1sor » Sat May 28, 2011 5:17 pm

Has made the Adv1sor list of the Ten Best AMVs of All Time! and is always a contender whenever we do the show.
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Re: Review - Still Preoccupied with 1985 - suberunker

Postby Beowulf » Mon May 30, 2011 3:36 pm

I still can't make it through this video. I remember maybe 7 years ago getting halfway through it, turning it off, and wanting to rant about it.

Bad music. Gimmick concept. Passable editing.
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Re: Review - Still Preoccupied with 1985 - suberunker

Postby Fall_Child42 » Mon May 30, 2011 3:45 pm

Hey, what can you say?

People love gimmicks.
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Re: Review - Still Preoccupied with 1985 - suberunker

Postby Castor Troy » Mon May 30, 2011 6:15 pm

I like this video, but Kevin released Wizard of Ozaka in the same year and I think that blew this video away.
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