"Leviathan is not a flotation device"

July 4, 2012 4:47 AM

"An English project I did that people at my school really thought was funny." Max Sánchez-Kollegger (Waluiginumberone) hams it up, reviewing Scott Westerfield's Leviathan and it's sequel Behemoth on youtube.
posted by Omnomnom (7 comments total)

...and by "review" I mean "trailer". Sorry, folks.
posted by Omnomnom at 4:57 AM on July 4, 2012

OK,

Mustache: weak
Ketchup gag: weak
Lettuce gag: nice
Cat gag: I laughed
"Suzanne Collins" appearing in a scene that looks rather like it was inspired by Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill gag: I was left speechless, in a somewhat disturbed way.

I wonder what grade he got?
posted by GenjiandProust at 5:15 AM on July 4, 2012

THANK YOU!! Terrific kid! (Great reader, too!)

I laughed all the way through both. Count me as a Max S.K. fan.*

* PS needs MaxSK tag.
posted by Mike Mongo at 6:17 AM on July 4, 2012

Contrast this with the "fabulous fierceness" we recently witnessed here on the blue. Supervised vs non supervised YouTube usage. Perhaps not fair to compare the two but I know which videos make me more comfortable. Both involve intelligent young people expressing themselves to the world.
posted by pdxpogo at 7:50 AM on July 4, 2012

oh god if I had this available to me as an option in school I would've just launched into 20 min rants about A Separate Piece at the drop of a hat.
posted by The Whelk at 1:28 PM on July 4, 2012

I loved those books, but now I can see them in a whole new, disturbing light. I hope he does one for Goliath as well.
posted by dragonplayer at 6:28 PM on July 4, 2012

"Suzanne Collins" appearing in a scene that looks rather like it was inspired by Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill gag: I was left speechless, in a somewhat disturbed way.

Well, that got me to actually watch the second video. Worth it.
posted by delmoi at 8:13 PM on July 4, 2012