HTC Evo vs iPhone 4
June 29, 2010 1:28 PM Subscribe
Would you rather have an iPhone over an HTC Evo, or the other way around? Animated web comic designer captures the current zeitgeist with spirit and cynicism from both sides.
Videos designed by Brian M, author of Also Coin Operated.
Videos designed by Brian M, author of Also Coin Operated.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Eh, there's been a lot of iPhone-etc stuff lately and this isn't great. -- cortex
Meh. Not that funny. Have some Deadwood pancakes, instead.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:33 PM on June 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:33 PM on June 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
Hahaha.
"Does the NASCAR app include Jimmie Johnson?" "Yes. " "F*** yes."
"It f'n prints money. " "I DON'T CARE."
I was all ready to criticize the general style of this (not a big fan of the weird, disembodied voices) but those were pretty funny.
As a side note, I just waited in line today for about 4 hours to get an iPhone 4 (got the last 32GB in the store, too!) and I love it, but having options that are actually strong competitors to the iPhone is beneficial to all. Keeps Apple on its toes and gives everyone an option for a decent smartphone, regardless of which carrier they're locked in to.
posted by DMan at 1:36 PM on June 29, 2010
"Does the NASCAR app include Jimmie Johnson?" "Yes. " "F*** yes."
"It f'n prints money. " "I DON'T CARE."
I was all ready to criticize the general style of this (not a big fan of the weird, disembodied voices) but those were pretty funny.
As a side note, I just waited in line today for about 4 hours to get an iPhone 4 (got the last 32GB in the store, too!) and I love it, but having options that are actually strong competitors to the iPhone is beneficial to all. Keeps Apple on its toes and gives everyone an option for a decent smartphone, regardless of which carrier they're locked in to.
posted by DMan at 1:36 PM on June 29, 2010
I fail to see the humor in just rattling down a list of insults that seem to come out of troll posts from engadget or gizmondo iPhone vs Android discussion threads.
posted by ts;dr at 1:41 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by ts;dr at 1:41 PM on June 29, 2010
Haters gonna hate.
posted by Threeway Handshake at 1:45 PM on June 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Threeway Handshake at 1:45 PM on June 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
iPhone over an HTC Evo...
The Apple rep sounds like Lilith Sternin from Cheers!
posted by ericb at 1:46 PM on June 29, 2010
The Apple rep sounds like Lilith Sternin from Cheers!
posted by ericb at 1:46 PM on June 29, 2010
iPhone/iPad/iPod/Apple threads have been posted with increasing frequency, and I'm curious at what point this single topic will occupy over fifty percent of the front-page content at any particular time. And whether Craig Shergold buys us all trips to Disneyland after we break the world record for Apple-related posts.
posted by ardgedee at 1:46 PM on June 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ardgedee at 1:46 PM on June 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
I'm curious at what point this single topic will occupy over fifty percent of the front-page content at any particular time.
When the other 50% is occupied by Lady Gaga FPPs.
posted by ericb at 1:53 PM on June 29, 2010
When the other 50% is occupied by Lady Gaga FPPs.
posted by ericb at 1:53 PM on June 29, 2010
who gives a shit about which fucking cell phone people prefer
posted by nathancaswell at 1:53 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by nathancaswell at 1:53 PM on June 29, 2010
MetaFilter: all iPhone/iPad/iPod/Apple and Lady Gaga every day of the year.
posted by ericb at 1:54 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by ericb at 1:54 PM on June 29, 2010
got the last 32GB in the store, too!
Cool! You got the one with the bigger G Bs!
I don't know why this is funny, it just is... "It's more cus-tom-is-a-ble..."
posted by lodurr at 1:55 PM on June 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
Cool! You got the one with the bigger G Bs!
I don't know why this is funny, it just is... "It's more cus-tom-is-a-ble..."
posted by lodurr at 1:55 PM on June 29, 2010 [1 favorite]
Does this mean I have to keep my Zombie Blackberry because neither of these phones is any fucking good?
I love the voices that Xtranormal uses, especially the female one that sounds permanently pissed. Another favourite.
posted by maudlin at 1:55 PM on June 29, 2010
I love the voices that Xtranormal uses, especially the female one that sounds permanently pissed. Another favourite.
posted by maudlin at 1:55 PM on June 29, 2010
Well written and funny, but I couldn't make it all the way through either video. Seriously dude, if you're not confident enough in your voice acting to do it yourself, the answer is not to make your computer read the lines in a barely comprehensible stilted robotic voice. It's especially daft given that the script would make a pretty good webcomic. Now where could he find someone who draws one of those...
posted by ZsigE at 1:56 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by ZsigE at 1:56 PM on June 29, 2010
Really? Is there something past the awful delivery you get doing it like this that makes it funny, cause if so, I can't make it past the awful fucking delivery you get doing it like that.
posted by opsin at 1:56 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by opsin at 1:56 PM on June 29, 2010
I saw this last night on Facebook, but the characters were different. I think it's just some "cartoon generator" where you type in the text and it uses a speech synthesizer and pre-made characters?
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:56 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:56 PM on June 29, 2010
Oh no wait it is the same characters- I saw the second video last night.
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:57 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:57 PM on June 29, 2010
I like the way each antagonist rejects each phone in favor of the other because the network sucks. "Evo? Sprint sucks!" "iPhone? ATT sucks!"
posted by lodurr at 1:57 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by lodurr at 1:57 PM on June 29, 2010
Is there something past the awful delivery...
No, I think you may just have it there. Still funny, though. Though, maybe not so much tomorrow...
posted by lodurr at 1:58 PM on June 29, 2010
No, I think you may just have it there. Still funny, though. Though, maybe not so much tomorrow...
posted by lodurr at 1:58 PM on June 29, 2010
The end of the video on Facebook advertised some website and said, "if you can type, you can make a cartoon," so I suspect that is why they "did it this way" - all they had to do was type in the words and it made the cartoon for them with pre-created characters.
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:59 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by drjimmy11 at 1:59 PM on June 29, 2010
Yeah the version I saw earlier today ended with a link to the text to "movie" software. It is xtranormal.com.
The repeated I don't cares were funny. Kinda fell apart by the end though.
posted by Babblesort at 2:01 PM on June 29, 2010
The repeated I don't cares were funny. Kinda fell apart by the end though.
posted by Babblesort at 2:01 PM on June 29, 2010
Manufactured outrage is funny, but it's a lot less funny when people actually believe this stuff.
posted by meowzilla at 2:06 PM on June 29, 2010
posted by meowzilla at 2:06 PM on June 29, 2010
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