Humour Can be Funny.

Here's a few funny things for you:

First up, a couple of drawings by a fellow named Angus Mcleod cleverly illustrating how both world wars played out.


World War 1: (Links to his DeviantART page.)


World War 2: (Links, again, to his DeviantART page.)


I can't wait to see his take on the Cold War...

And finally, it's been all over the net, but I just have to put it here: Milwaukee filmmaker Mike Stoklasa's brilliant dissection of 'The Phantom Menace'. It's in seven parts onYoutube, each 10 minutes (about), and it's one of the funniest things I've seen so far on Youtube. The funniest thing, of course, being that woman tickling that kitten.

Even funnier, of course, are the butthurt comments from Star Wars fans on the Youtube comment page. Ever notice how fanboys love to squeal in pain before the blow hits? They don't try to defend the movie directly, naturally. They wind up whining because 'serial killers aren't funny, you know!' and such. (Stoklasa frames the video essay through the mind of a deranged creep who keeps hookers chained up in his filthy basement.)




I don't have anything to add to Stoklasa's essay, except to bring up the old chestnut about story construction where we ask three questions about a scene to determine its effectiveness:

-Who wants what from whom?
-What happens if they don't get what they're after?
-Why do they have to get it NOW?

(If you subject 'The Phantom Menace' to this line of inquiry, your answers will be very disappointing. Like, 'They had to bring Jar-Jar into the film, somehow.' or 'Lucas wanted to show off the special effects in the pod racing scene'-type disappointing. Go on, try it! It's a lot of
fun!)