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Hi, my name is Simon, aka Bluesy Guy.
Before the results of the contest come in,
I'd like to talk a little bit about the video
some supplementary materials, some stuff I worked on,
and answering some questions that you might have about it.
Right now I'm vacationing in glorious Lake Tahoe
This beautiful resort a few years ago is the place where
Congressman Sonny Bono had a particular skiing accident.
And you should know who Sonny Bono is
not because he married Cher
but because as a congressman,
he cosponsored a bill that extended the term of copyright
to life of the author plus seventy years.
But what do I know? I live in California.
If I moved here, I could stop paying state income tax
and blow all my retirement savings in the casinos.
But enough about that. On to the video.
It's been a while since all the WTH 2014 entries have been displayed.
My video is near the top of the list,
and I've gotten two different reactions after showing it to people.
Number one, you know about the show and liked the video
By the way, watch Cody Thomas' review of Kirby Super Star.
It's a better entry than mine.
Number two, you don't know about the show
and were totally lost during the video.
While you're at it, check out Emer's channel.
It's got better videos than mine.
I made a big mistake when writing the video.
I didn't know my audience, which I should have assumed
knew little to nothing about the review material.
Also I think they prefer informative videos over ones trying to entertain,
and I didn't strike the right balance between the two approaches.
Here's a better version of what I attempted to say in the video.
The Powerpuff Girls is a show about superpowered little girls
fighting crime and the forces of evil.
One of the recurring adversaries is the simian mad scientist Mojo Jojo.
Usually he has some grand scheme in mind.
He fights the girls, and they beat him up.
This episode is great because the girls thwart his plan
just because they're acting like kids, not like heroes.
At the end, Mojo Jojo is the hero because people think he's a good neighbor.
I like the second part of the episode because it ends with an enjoyable pop song.
Also the villain, voiced by Tom Kenny,
thanks the girls in song and dance and gets pummeled for no good reason.
See, that wasn't so hard.
To make it easier for everyone to criticize,
I'm going to point out a bunch of flaws I found in my own video.
As they say across the Atlantic,
ready, steady, go.
Video begins with ten seconds of a black screen.
My Little Pony fake out
Venn diagram references the ending song without context
Scavenger hunt answer before the game is introduced
Bad impression of Powerpuff Girls announcer
Also, SD content too small for the HD video
Bad impression of Mojo Jojo
Scavenger hunt spoils Batman episode "Almost Got 'Im"
Exposition instead of review
Freakazoid clip makes Asa forget about the rules of his own contest
Also, clip doesn't show clearly that Lobe is the villain
More exposition instead of review
Rainbow doesn't sound like Spongebob
Also, G4 TV
Bad impression of Lobe, that Freakazoid villain I showed earlier
Said "villain" twice here - needed to doublecheck script
It's Pikachu!
Still more exposition
The CD with this song is out of print.
Also, who buys CDs these days?
Used "sadistic" when the better term is "unnecessarily violent."
Credits were stretched out just to hear the whole song
Bad impression of Killer Croc
Well there you have it.
To put it simply, the video does not compare to most of the competition.
However, it was a great experience that taught me about editing videos
and getting feedback from friends, family, and the rest of the internet.
I hope you stick around for the next video I make
It should be better, and no matter what
you can tell me what you think about it in the comment section below
or otherwise.
Thanks for watching. This is Simon
telling you to watch where you're going and ski and ride safely.
I'm going to enjoy the rest of my vacation.
Cowabunga!
One final note.
It looks like only one other person added captions, and only I used the CC Attribution License
I may have put too much effort into areas nobody would pay attention to.
Oh well. Enjoy a preview of what's to come.
There's one more thing I want to do to close off it so
can we do one more take?
Okay.
3, 2, 1
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