Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Top 5 Youtube Evil League of Evil Applications

OK, so I definitely haven't watched all of the Evil League of Evil applications on youtube - I've really only dipped my toe in. There are hundreds of videos, so this list is really a top 5 of the ones I've personally watched. I have left out our entry (Baby Hurricane), which would have taken out my top spot for obvious reasons :-) Number 5: Grayscale http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGTPCgpZMYI A simple setup, and not the only entry from this user, I put grayscale here for two reasons. Firstly I enjoyed the deadpan performance, and secondly the list in the song made me giggle. When I looked back over all the entries I'd watched, this one stood out as having both a memorable schtick, and a fun song. Number 4: The Destroyer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWsX3cxD5uE Who doesn't love evil cats? This video uses a similar approach to ours - film a cute family member and record suitable voiceover. I particularly enjoyed the quality of the voice (acting and recording), and the sidekick Fat Cat. Number 3: The Pint Size Pirate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ9HJomyiqQ Cute kid pirate raids the community for booty? Mayor kidnapped and forced to work as cabin boy? This was awesome. Lovely to see what appeared to be a whole family getting involved in an entry, and a very charismatic character. Number 2: The Evil Robot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDCDCgTOjrg Loved this costume - a brilliant look, awesome evil eyebrow attachments, and very well timed execution of gags in the cutaway shots. The Evil Robot would make a great member of the ELE. Number 1: Baby Hurricane Oh, wait, I said I wouldn't include our entry. Sorry. Real Number 1: Pocket Paradox http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnk_LGdn_7Q A very charismatic lead actor, some amusing gags with a banana, and a brilliant ending made this an early and enduring favourite. I think it was one of the first few entries I watched, and I was highly impressed. Those are my current 5 favourite youtube entries for the ELE. There are a lot of entries I haven't seen, and some of my all-time favourites are on vimeo so not listed here (The Embezzler obviously, plus Vagabond, Tur-mohel etc). But these early gems are ones I have a lot of time for. Well done and good luck to the creators
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4 comments:

debbie said...

Hmm, I would have put Lady Laday http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjksltCHHnw and The Sock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyEpjyQcqXc on my top 5 Youtube ELE applications.

Matt said...

Yeah, those are both awesome and top-5-worthy too :-)

Anonymous said...

Thought you might like to have a watch of our app... 'The Diabetic Duo and Hawaiian Music Man' :)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R47UlwAC-LQ


Henry :)

Matt said...

That's am awesome entry! Definitely worthy of a top 5 spot. Good luck for the DVD :-)