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When I played through Portal I found the turrets were easily my favorite characters in the game. Valve gave them a fantastic amount of personality and in spite of how incredibly creepy it was to hear them asking after me I almost felt bad killing them. Almost.
Now that this video shows me the daily ins and outs of a turret's life I'm starting to feel those twinges of guilt again. These guys are just like me (although with less feathers and no modular bedding); working day in and day out, trading questionably witty quips, and dealing with that mouthy jerk everyone hates. And I just rolled through and wrecked their life.
This is probably the funniest Portal parody I've seen yet. Commence painfully unfunny repetitive quoting in 3, 2, 1....
That was absolutely awful. They made them thoroughly obnoxious and unlikable. Bleh. "Come out, bitch" was the only really funny part. Just... ack. Total abortion.
For some odd reason, hearing the turrets trash-talk each other and swear lke sailors with their robotic, canned voices is so weirdly incongruous that it makes the whole thing hysterical. Especially the montage of the one turret falling to his death.
Yeah, it sounded like the work of a bunch of fratboys trying their first Halo machinima for shits and giggles. I'm astounded that it's so well-received here. Destructoid, I thought I knew you.
Who are these people who thought it wasn't funny? And what was that thing about this being like a Halo 3 frat boy? LOL. WUT? I don't understand how that connection could of have been made.
ugh...not funny at all. it annoyed me that the voices weren't the high pitched ones they were supposed to be. and most of the swearing was there just to try and fail to be funny. also, so many missed oportunities to talk about android hell
"shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit"
bluefusion@so your saying that they needed to kidnap the original voice-actor to voice the turrets?????
overal great
"are you kidding? halo 3 pwns call of duty 4. I mean come on guys" HOW IS THAT NOT LOLWORTHY??
protip: add portal theme to bad comedy and it becomes lol
It's well made, but the humor is sophomoric. You can call it high brow satire all you want, but it's just some guy typing shit and fuck into a voice synthesiser.
Considering the excellent humor in Portal itself, this seems like a slap in the face. There were a few knee jerk chuckles here and there, but it really wasn't funny in the least.
I don't know why some of you feel the need to trash it, though. So, you don't find it funny? Who cares? I mean, honestly, not everyone has the same sense of humor and finds the same things amusing. No need to get all elitist about it.
I wouldn't be trashing it if it weren't Portal. Taking something established (in this case, Portal's humor) and completely changing it (in this case, to shit and fuck) doesn't make a good fan movie.
Haha!
I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING OH GAAWGHGSHG
How about dem annoying repetitivenesses?
"Call her a bitch"
ROFL
The reason the turrets were awesome was because of their childlike voices and innocence.
So... no.
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
Balls!
I Wonder if there will be cake
are they still on that damn island? haha. genius.
Best and only Portal machinima so far!
I lost it when they started humming with each other.
They screwed up the voices. They're supposed to be cute and childlike. That's why they were my favorite part of the game.
And the companion cube shouldn't talk, for this very reason.
Ah well, the LOST part made me laugh.
See you in hell cube
Lol, so good.
@MisterMingo: Yes, welcome to the world of parody. Where comedy and entertainment are the only things that matter.
I always thought the turrents were awesome. Highlight of my day so far.
I lol'd when they started humming Still Alive. I signed when they resorted to the cake line though.
OWNED BITCHES!!
he called it! played right into his downy, quail-like hands.
That was absolutely awful. They made them thoroughly obnoxious and unlikable. Bleh. "Come out, bitch" was the only really funny part. Just... ack. Total abortion.
That was fantastic.
Amazing!
Not funny.
NEEDS MOAR
Absolutely brilliant.
War Games reference = Mother fucking win.
For some odd reason, hearing the turrets trash-talk each other and swear lke sailors with their robotic, canned voices is so weirdly incongruous that it makes the whole thing hysterical. Especially the montage of the one turret falling to his death.
"SSHHHHIIIiiiiiittttt..."
I have to agree with MisterMingo, I thought i was playing Halo 3 because they sound like 12 year old trash talkers.
Qais! That was damn awesome! One of the best parody video's I've seen in a loooooong time!
Holy fuck that was amazing.
Yeah, it sounded like the work of a bunch of fratboys trying their first Halo machinima for shits and giggles. I'm astounded that it's so well-received here. Destructoid, I thought I knew you.
Ha ha...that was funny...if you didn't think that was funny, you need to go back to funny school
"come out bitch"
I thought it was pretty good. As for the lingo, I think it was purely satire of today's internet speak. No reason to hate.
@sharpless: the internet slang was definitely overdone, but beyond that this thing is pure comedy gold.
colette set me this, so funny!
Tell her you see her, it freaks them out... great...
"Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit"
That was my favorite part.
Actually, that was genuinely funny.
Kudos :)
Come out bitch! Too hilarious.
-JD
Well, at least I thought it was funny. They could have stayed more true to the game if they had feminine voices, but whatever...it's still funny.
Like everyone else, I just fucking lost it at "SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT"
And lotsa, I think that its time that you got a new avatar.
Yeah this video really sucked
lolgasm @ this
I always knew that cube was up to no good. Now about that cake...
Tehsome.
ive barely even played portal, and this was still hilarious to me
I thought it was supposed to be female voices
fail!
Not funny, but really enjoyable.
-Do you think there will be any cake?
-Fuck you!
Oh man! That was great!
lets be honest.
just because it has something to do with portal doesnt make it AWESOME.
there were a few funny parts, but overall. eh.
That wasn't funny at all. The voices pissed me off, and it was just tasteless humor..
That was terrible.
That was awesome
I lol'd
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Who are these people who thought it wasn't funny? And what was that thing about this being like a Halo 3 frat boy? LOL. WUT? I don't understand how that connection could of have been made.
Fun level zero.
I wonder if there will be cake.
Fuck you.
I haven't played Portal yet, but that was really funny.
ugh...not funny at all. it annoyed me that the voices weren't the high pitched ones they were supposed to be. and most of the swearing was there just to try and fail to be funny. also, so many missed oportunities to talk about android hell
That was funny as hell. To the naysayers, if you think it sucks so badly, make one of your own.
...then have some cake.
I'm not sure what was more amusing-- the actual video, or the comments from dweebs who don't like the turrets' voices or dialogue content.
I guess when satire hits too close to home it gets lost on some people. The turrets sound like fratboys? LOL-- no, they sound like you.
ahaha awesome video
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT
balls!
what the shit!
best part :P
Well, if they'd been that annoying in the actual game, I wouldn't have felt bad about mercilessly abusing them the way I did.
excellent. Really funny stuff.
"shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit"
bluefusion@so your saying that they needed to kidnap the original voice-actor to voice the turrets?????
overal great
haha, that was great!
They made lulz!
That was a quality fucking laugh, thank you very much!
"are you kidding? halo 3 pwns call of duty 4. I mean come on guys" HOW IS THAT NOT LOLWORTHY??
protip: add portal theme to bad comedy and it becomes lol
Well, when they started singing the end song, that was kinda funny...
The SHIIIIIIIIIIIITTTT!!!!1 part made me lol too. Other than that, meh.
The companion cube...what a douche...
Awesome. possum
@Sharpless
It's not THAT bad. It is kind of funny.
"The only way to win is not to play."
Has anyone ever putt the turrets into one of those fields? They make some interesting noises.
ololololol
lololololol
haha good stuff. i played through the game only a couple days ago. i'm sry i missed it for so long.
Extremely well made. Definitely the best portal video I have seen yet.
Turret 1: What do I do now?
Turret 2: Call her a bitch.
Classic.
It's well made, but the humor is sophomoric. You can call it high brow satire all you want, but it's just some guy typing shit and fuck into a voice synthesiser.
Considering the excellent humor in Portal itself, this seems like a slap in the face. There were a few knee jerk chuckles here and there, but it really wasn't funny in the least.
Sorry. It ain't good.
I thought it was pretty funny.
I don't know why some of you feel the need to trash it, though. So, you don't find it funny? Who cares? I mean, honestly, not everyone has the same sense of humor and finds the same things amusing. No need to get all elitist about it.
I wouldn't be trashing it if it weren't Portal. Taking something established (in this case, Portal's humor) and completely changing it (in this case, to shit and fuck) doesn't make a good fan movie.
It was pretty good, but I certainly feel like this could have been funnier. A little more irony as opposed to silliness. More accurate voices. Y'know?
they should've used the actual voices for the part where he's trying to get her to come out. would've added to it.
something like: "Hey, use that child voice you've been working on, it'll fuck with her."
HOW DID I MISS THIS!!! Amazing... fucking cake.
Good show.
Holy crap, thats hilarious
Pretty good,
SEE YOU IN HELL CUBE!
Hahahaha, want more! Outstanding! I seriously had to keep from drawing attention to my cubicle today at work. Lol!
I loved it! I especially liked the humming 'still alive'.