Pop-Up Video

December 27, 2006 5:10 PM

BubblePLY lets you easily overlay subtitles and speech balloons over videos hosted on other sites.
posted by Partial Law (8 comments total)

The samples are mostly uninspired, but the concept has a lot of potential.
posted by Partial Law at 5:10 PM on December 27, 2006

Partial Law: "The samples are mostly uninspired, but the concept has a lot of I eat cocks!"
posted by Simon! at 5:36 PM on December 27, 2006 [1 favorite]

Nice video of a tricked-out VW drifting with unfunny comments added.
posted by wfc123 at 5:42 PM on December 27, 2006

This idea seems to resurface every six months, and every time it does, the example sites are always filled with spam and useless crap within a day or two.

Who needs this ability to see what some anonymous dweeb thinks of a site?
posted by inthe80s at 5:53 PM on December 27, 2006

Who needs this ability to see what some anonymous dweeb thinks of a site?

The subtitle thing is useful, they really kill video compression quality and are better as overlays. It would be useful for stuff like the next "bus uncle" situation. The thing is though google video already supports subtitles so I would expect them to show up in youtube eventually.
posted by bobo123 at 6:10 PM on December 27, 2006

Metafilter: See what some anonymous dweeb thinks of a site
posted by subaruwrx at 6:18 PM on December 27, 2006 [3 favorites]

I had this idea way back in high school. It was called a yearbook.
posted by hal9k at 6:32 PM on December 27, 2006

Metafilter: See what some anonymous dweeb thinks of a site
posted by subaruwrx at 8:18 PM CST on December 27

Wow. Talk about distilling something down to its essence.

This has a Zen-like beauty and symmetry to it. Damn dude, you were probably just being flippant but it turns out to be profound.
posted by Ynoxas at 10:43 AM on December 28, 2006