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• Member: Beowulf
• Studio: Hype-Odermic Studios
• Title: Hail To The Thief
• Premiered: 2003-09-05
• Categories:
  • Action
  • Serious
• Song:
  • Radiohead 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm)
• Anime:
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (Death & Rebirth)
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion (End of Evangelion)
• Participation:
  • Anime Weekend Atlanta 9 (Expo), Anime Weekend Atlanta 9 (Expo) (2003-09-26)
  • Anime USA 5, Anime USA 5 (2003-11-21)
• Comments: (please see bottom for notes on video)
  
  My 10th video! And finally.. an action video!
  
  This video is by far my most ambitious, from a technical viewpoint and from an editing viewpoint as well. At the time of its creation, I realized that I had been making slow, easy, concept based, minimalist editing videos for almost 6 months and I was absolutely sick of it. I wanted something I could edit. I wanted something I could absolutely go apeshit with. I wanted to see what I could do.
  
  Enter the song. Radiohead is one of my favorite bands period, and their new album "Hail To The Thief" is one of the best piece of music I've ever heard. The opening track, 2 + 2 = 5, describes (for all intents and purposes) the end of the world. What better visuals than Evangelion? While there isn't necessarily strait forward lyrical synch (except in some places where I pick and choose), the overall message of the song fits Eva perfectly. The mood seems like it was written for the show and I really tried to capitalize on that aspect. The song is describing the end of the world, and Eva is showing it. The reason the world is ending (and who is responsible) isn't really important :P.
  
  For those of you interested in this sort of thing, I locked myself in my room for about 3 weeks and worked on this video roughly 4-6 hours a day. It was complete ecstasy to edit, and I think it shows in the final outcome :P. I've never had so much fun editing in my life. Everything fell into place. The outcome came out better than I could have ever hoped for, and for that I'm truly grateful to my muse who was yelling my ear the entire time. All in all I'd say this is my best video yet. I'm extremely proud of it and I hope you enjoy!
  
  P.S. It is absolutely essential to watch this video at a very powerful volume with headphones on. The song is very intricate and personal. To watch it at a low volume or with standard speakers would make you lose out on way to much. Plus I encoded the audio at extra high quality just so you could enjoy it :P. Also please watch the video at fullscreen with all your room lights turned off. It is an infinitely better experience.
  
  Note: Please read the lyrics before you watch the video. That way you won't sit there and think to yourself "WTF is this guy whining about?" while watching :P.
  
  Note: Yes the video file size is huge for only about 3:20 worth of song. 73 megs is absolutely the lowest I could get it. You can't have a video based on visuals in anything but high quality :P
  
  The lyrics:
  
  Are you such
  A dreamer
  To put the world to rights
  
  I'll stay home
  Forever
  Where 2 and 2
  Always makes 5
  
  I lay
  Down the tracks
  Sandbag and hide
  
  January
  Has April showers
  And 2 and 2
  Always makes 5
  
  Its the devils way now
  There is now way out
  You can scream and
  You can shout
  
  It is too late now...
  
  BECAUSE
  
  You have not been paying attention
  paying attention
  paying attention
  paying attention
  
  You have not been paying attention
  paying attention
  paying attention
  paying attention
  
  You have not be-en paying attention
  paying attention
  paying attention
  paying attention
  
  You have not been paying attention
  paying attention
  paying attention
  paying attention!
  
  I try to sing along but the music's all wrong
  Cuz I'm not!
  Cuz I'm not!
  
  I swat em like flies
  But like flies the bugs keep comin back aah!
  But I'm not
  
  ALL HAIL TO THE THIEF
  ALL HAIL TO THE THIEF
  But I'm not!
  But I'm not!
  But I'm not!
  But I'm not!
  
  Don't question my authority or put me in a box
  Cuz I'm not!
  Cuz I'm not!
  
  Oh go and tell the king that the sky is falling in when its not!
  When its not!
  When its not!
  Maybe not!
  MAYBE NOT