The Chad Vader saga
March 8, 2009 12:11 PM Subscribe
Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager #1
Chad Vader #2 "The Date"
Chad Vader # 3 "The Night Shift"
Chad Vader # 4 "Dog In The Store"
Chad Vader #5 "Holiday Blues"
Chad Vader #6 "New Job"
Chad Vader #7 "Trapped In The Trash"
Chad Vader #8 "Chad Fights Back"
Chad Vader #2 "The Date"
Chad Vader # 3 "The Night Shift"
Chad Vader # 4 "Dog In The Store"
Chad Vader #5 "Holiday Blues"
Chad Vader #6 "New Job"
Chad Vader #7 "Trapped In The Trash"
Chad Vader #8 "Chad Fights Back"
What about his trip to the dentist? Why is this post happening to him? Is this real life? Arrrrgh!
posted by miss lynnster at 12:44 PM on March 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by miss lynnster at 12:44 PM on March 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
There is a secret achievement in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed called 'Worst Day-Shift Manager Ever' and you get it if you kill too many (or enough, depending on how you feel about it) Storm Troopers as Darth Vader in the first chapter.
That is all.
(The voice is also one of the better James Earl Jones impersonations around.)
posted by slimepuppy at 12:48 PM on March 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
That is all.
(The voice is also one of the better James Earl Jones impersonations around.)
posted by slimepuppy at 12:48 PM on March 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
there are a lot of funny 3-year-old videos on youtube. what's your point?
We understand you have a need to rush in here and snark, but have you ever spent a bit of time thinking about the Internet's needs?
posted by regicide is good for you at 12:58 PM on March 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
We understand you have a need to rush in here and snark, but have you ever spent a bit of time thinking about the Internet's needs?
posted by regicide is good for you at 12:58 PM on March 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
Context for someone who might want more info prior to deciding whether to click. Some videos were shot at the Willy Street Coop. Cool.
posted by caddis at 12:59 PM on March 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by caddis at 12:59 PM on March 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
I really think its unfair to put a Star Wars link on Metafilter without clearly labelling it Star Wars. It's really really hard to avoid this crap on the Internet and this post is not helping.
posted by dydecker at 1:02 PM on March 8, 2009
posted by dydecker at 1:02 PM on March 8, 2009
Chad Vader has been translated into at least 5 languages, including Portuguese, Spanish, French, Chinese, Hebrew and Lingua Franca Nova.
I had no idea nerd culture is now a global phenomenon.
posted by KokuRyu at 1:04 PM on March 8, 2009
I had no idea nerd culture is now a global phenomenon.
posted by KokuRyu at 1:04 PM on March 8, 2009
MetaFilter: It's really really hard to avoid this crap on the Internet and this post is not helping.
posted by solipsophistocracy at 1:10 PM on March 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by solipsophistocracy at 1:10 PM on March 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
Delicious is that way.
posted by sneakums at 1:17 PM on March 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by sneakums at 1:17 PM on March 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
Oh come on RussHy, Chad Vader has been on Youtube for almost three years and each episode has anywhere from one to ten million views. It is *not* something that most people haven't seen before.
To mercilessly drive home my point, here are some of my favorite moments from Flight of the Conchords. You just click on them and think about what you've done.
posted by banishedimmortal at 2:49 PM on March 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
To mercilessly drive home my point, here are some of my favorite moments from Flight of the Conchords. You just click on them and think about what you've done.
posted by banishedimmortal at 2:49 PM on March 8, 2009 [3 favorites]
Oh come on RussHy, Chad Vader has been on Youtube for almost three years and each episode has anywhere from one to ten million views. It is *not* something that most people haven't seen before.
I guess I am not most people. ;)
(not everyone or perhaps even most people spend hours surfing youtube. pretty much the only youtubery I see comes from links from the likes of mefi etc. if chad wasn't here before it is fair game, especially given how big you say it is.)
posted by caddis at 2:53 PM on March 8, 2009
I guess I am not most people. ;)
(not everyone or perhaps even most people spend hours surfing youtube. pretty much the only youtubery I see comes from links from the likes of mefi etc. if chad wasn't here before it is fair game, especially given how big you say it is.)
posted by caddis at 2:53 PM on March 8, 2009
Why all the snarking? I've never heard of this before. But I haven't clicked on any of the links either because Star Wars-related stuff doesn't interested me.
posted by exhilaration at 2:58 PM on March 8, 2009
posted by exhilaration at 2:58 PM on March 8, 2009
This is not something you'd have to like star wars in order to enjoy.
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 3:25 PM on March 8, 2009
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies at 3:25 PM on March 8, 2009
This stuff gets linked all over the place. For once I'm with the naysayers - if you're going to link to a Star Wars parody at least link to a funny one.
posted by Ryvar at 3:44 PM on March 8, 2009
posted by Ryvar at 3:44 PM on March 8, 2009
Hard to avoid old Star Wars parodies? You don't know old and hard!
posted by hexatron at 4:11 PM on March 8, 2009
posted by hexatron at 4:11 PM on March 8, 2009
I had only seen Chad Goes to the Dentist, and assumed that it was one-off. I also let the internet clicky words decide what I should watch on You Tube, so I had no idea about this.
posted by cmoj at 4:15 PM on March 8, 2009
posted by cmoj at 4:15 PM on March 8, 2009
1) Make video series featuring Darth Vader (or any other other Star Wars character) set in the "real world". *
2) Easily amused fanboys eat it up.
3) ??????
4) Profit!
* Video series does not need to be well written or funny.
posted by zardoz at 4:40 PM on March 8, 2009
2) Easily amused fanboys eat it up.
3) ??????
4) Profit!
* Video series does not need to be well written or funny.
posted by zardoz at 4:40 PM on March 8, 2009
Talk about taking a one-note, not especially funny joke and beating it to death.
posted by ornate insect at 5:02 PM on March 8, 2009
posted by ornate insect at 5:02 PM on March 8, 2009
The thread shitters here are giving off more than a wiff of former star wars nerd that hasn't gotten over how bad the prequels were.
Not all of us are aware of every bit of star wars fandom as soon as it's released. This was new to me and I thought it was hilarious.
posted by empath at 5:09 PM on March 8, 2009
Not all of us are aware of every bit of star wars fandom as soon as it's released. This was new to me and I thought it was hilarious.
posted by empath at 5:09 PM on March 8, 2009
Rangeboy: "What? No mention of the Vader Sessions ?"
Okay, this was excellent.
posted by ChrisR at 5:12 PM on March 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
Okay, this was excellent.
posted by ChrisR at 5:12 PM on March 8, 2009 [1 favorite]
It is *not* something that most people haven't seen before.
Comments like that, on the other hand...
posted by Cyrano at 5:40 PM on March 8, 2009
Comments like that, on the other hand...
posted by Cyrano at 5:40 PM on March 8, 2009
I never saw these before, I think they were kind of funny. So shoot me.
posted by marxchivist at 6:28 PM on March 8, 2009
posted by marxchivist at 6:28 PM on March 8, 2009
Not everything on MeFi is brand new, and that's what makes it interesting. Sure, Chad Vader is detailed to death on Wikipedia (did you know that LucasArts were impressed by Matt Sloan's Darth Vader impression to the point that he was hired as the new voice actor for Darth Vader, and his voice appears in the games Empire at War: Forces of Corruption, Soulcalibur IV, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed?), and some of those details could have added depth to this post. Regardless, it's new to some folks, because we all don't all browse YouTube, or we missed Good Morning America (PDF) that day in 2006.
For other good extensions of the Star Wars universe, check the Official Star Wars Fan Films Awards. Hours of distractions await you.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:36 PM on March 8, 2009
For other good extensions of the Star Wars universe, check the Official Star Wars Fan Films Awards. Hours of distractions await you.
posted by filthy light thief at 6:36 PM on March 8, 2009
Surely I'm not the only OCD person who's cringing at the lightly sloppy way these episodes titles were arranged, in this post. Why ruin a perfectly good chance for symmetry by altering the spacing between Ep. 3 and 4 but not on the rest. And why is Episode #1's title formatted differently? Such a great opportunity for alignment and orderliness, missed due to apparent carelessness.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to check to make sure my wife didn't leave any unused seconds on the microwave's timer.
posted by mrbarrett.com at 8:15 PM on March 8, 2009 [4 favorites]
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to check to make sure my wife didn't leave any unused seconds on the microwave's timer.
posted by mrbarrett.com at 8:15 PM on March 8, 2009 [4 favorites]
Wow tough crowd. If this was a McDonalds mashup involving a filet 'o fish and an apple pie doused with scotch no one would complain.
posted by nola at 9:57 PM on March 8, 2009
posted by nola at 9:57 PM on March 8, 2009
What? McDonald's is bringing back the McHobo?
*grabs keys, runs out to car, burns rubber to the nearest Golden Arches*
posted by darkstar at 11:32 PM on March 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
*grabs keys, runs out to car, burns rubber to the nearest Golden Arches*
posted by darkstar at 11:32 PM on March 8, 2009 [2 favorites]
nothing beats Eddie Izzards take on the everyday Darth Vader: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htmn82rAAkk&feature=related
posted by FidelDonson at 2:19 AM on March 9, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by FidelDonson at 2:19 AM on March 9, 2009 [1 favorite]
FWIW Store Wars.
Also, thanks filthy light thief, you may have saved the thread for me, that was actually vaguely interesting.
posted by asok at 5:07 AM on March 9, 2009
Also, thanks filthy light thief, you may have saved the thread for me, that was actually vaguely interesting.
posted by asok at 5:07 AM on March 9, 2009
I don't have anywhere else but metafilter to get links to the good youtube stuff... either keep the links coming, or maybe we should start tube.metafilter.com or metatube.com.
Or someone tell me a good place that digestifies youtube content for the masses. I don't have all day to go through soccer games and anime.
posted by joecacti at 7:39 AM on March 9, 2009
Or someone tell me a good place that digestifies youtube content for the masses. I don't have all day to go through soccer games and anime.
posted by joecacti at 7:39 AM on March 9, 2009
I'd never seen this before. I thought it was funny!
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 9:36 AM on March 9, 2009
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 9:36 AM on March 9, 2009
But yeah, Eddie Izzard was lots funnier, I have to admit.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 9:43 AM on March 9, 2009
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 9:43 AM on March 9, 2009
Damn, someone beat me to the Eddie Izzard link.
I have to say, my expectations for this were low, and the funniness exceeded them. Not that it was hard to do, but yes, I was happily surprised that something I thought would suck didn't.
Totally damning with faint praise over here.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 11:43 AM on March 9, 2009
I have to say, my expectations for this were low, and the funniness exceeded them. Not that it was hard to do, but yes, I was happily surprised that something I thought would suck didn't.
Totally damning with faint praise over here.
posted by grapefruitmoon at 11:43 AM on March 9, 2009
I for one thought this was awesome.
Thanks RussHy!
posted by bitteroldman at 7:49 PM on March 9, 2009
Thanks RussHy!
posted by bitteroldman at 7:49 PM on March 9, 2009
Darth Vader in Soul Calibur IV is okay, but Yoda totally breaks the balance, just like Link broke it in SCII. Fucking cross-marketing.
posted by box at 11:11 AM on March 10, 2009
posted by box at 11:11 AM on March 10, 2009
Live Action Star Wars TV Show Now Casting: Jedis Need Not Apply
posted by homunculus at 12:58 PM on March 10, 2009
posted by homunculus at 12:58 PM on March 10, 2009
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