Tweedman would dig this: A Mega Man 2 machinist has responded to last year's Vancouver airport security shitstorm. You may vaguely recall the incident: A Polish immigrant and airport authorities had a failure to communicate which resulted in good old fashioned problem solving ... they all ganged up and killed him. Its good to see that Canada is more like New Jersey every day! Film director Mike Greenway had this to say about his coup-de-grace:
Megaman helps a lost and confused Polish immigrant at Vancouver International Airport; RCMP-style. The video was really more of a statement on police Taser use than anything. The video that I made is a tongue-in-cheek parody about the incompetence of everyone involved, not police brutality.
Way to back-peddle there, Greenway. Your hilarious video isn't called Police Tasers R Bad: It's called Airport Police, Vancouver and he effectively makes fun of how piss-poor they handled the violent immigrant who (to be fair) didn't calmly scour the area for energy tanks to ensure his survival. My only regret is that the circular bacon pigs didn't toss a burning police dog at his face so Mike could use Woodman's guardian puppies. Those were uber clever, Capcom!
People are reacting horribly to this video like Jesus on a dog anus. A sergeant from RCMP stated that "This video was clearly in poor taste" and he's absolutely right ... but tazing a guy to death? Now that's classy! The actual video footage is below the fold if you'd like to treat yourself to another reality video demonstration why all humans can be stupid, dangerous animals. Or watch Mega Man taze him. Bro.
Want to get involved? You know what to do: March directly into Starbucks and pick up a flaky girl with your powerful feelings on the matter and ultimately raise children that move to Canada and become airport security people that don't taze others to their death (or) pause your demanding career and meticulous diet to write to various politicians around the world, preferably to the Polish Ambassador's office who had the only sober reaction in the pack "The public was disturbed by the event. This is how the subculture reacted to it."
Lady, if you only knew what Garry's Mod can do.
Do you think video games as political cartoons is a strange choice of canvas? In most cases even I might agree. Nevertheless, this video was functional and effective: Tens of thousands of people have already watched it and many unaware of the incident are now taking notice.
For more evidence on why video games are art information here are a few sources of how incredibly offended everyone is that this video exists. What's your take?
Your failure to make a video about it using Princess Peach disgusts me. How do you look in the mirror and still live?
Good satire should be in poor taste. It gets people talking about the issues they should be talking about. It's much better than pretending it didn't happen because it's not a fun thing to think about.
To be perfectly fair, tazers didn't kill this man. Tazers really rarely kill anyone. He was apparently hand-cuffed face-down, and the combination of being tazed, being in an extremely anxious and agitated state, and being on his stomach with his hands behind him caused respiratory arrest. Unfortunately, whoever happened to keep the guy face down is responsible for his death. The same thing happened a few years ago in Ottawa, and there was a huge inquiry.
But what would happen if you would tazer an extremely anxious and agitated yoot?
Bah, people hating on New Jersey. Get some perspective, assholes.
Come live here, it's much worse.
The only respounse I can possibly think for, for this inncident is: "Freakin idiots". (Not the guy who made the mega-man video, the guys who tazard and killed the polish guy).
The RCMP really suck.They're lucky it's Canada so they rarely have a chance a fuck up like this.
It's too bad, because as awesome as they sound, I don't think tazers are worth the trouble.
Lightsabers, however...
Agreed, haha I have a "Don't taze me bro" t-shirt.
Well Done Cap'n DTOID. It's interesting to see gaming actively integrated into realms of news and satire, and used as a method of satire. It raises questions of how performing the actions in videogames themselves can create more guilt/sympathy reaction. This is what videogames excel at, interactive choices and consequences.
So what power did Megaman get from him?
It doesn't seem to me that the guy is making fun of the incident. I can imagine this being a political cartoon condemning the actions of the Vancouver police.
Cataract, New Jersey isn't as bad as how it looks to you.
So a guy dies and we all laugh and parody. Internet, fun when it's not happening to you!
Internet happens to all of us.
God bless my home, the garden state. (that's NJ for you folks that may not know)
Don't glaze me bro!
@WiiSucks: Funny stuff.
@008 is off to an excellent start it seems. This did happen in 2008, right?
@WiiSucks: Funny stuff.
2008 is off to an excellent start it seems. This did happen in 2008, right?
I've searched now some time for the video and AM SHOCKED HOW THE POLICE REACTED.
They "killed" the man - but that probably isn't news today?
Assholes. I hope the guy becomes a zombie and eats their brains out.
The boss health bar is totally out of place.
That's really all I could garner from this.
@ Eschatos
Then we'd have to resurrect zombie Hitler to take care of the zombie Pole and then we'd all be fucked.
Context is always the most important thing.
If you look at it as some jagoff kid making fun of a horrible situation, its a horrible thing
If you look at it, as Neiro put, as a machinima made as a political cartoon, its got a completely different meaning to it, and its not so horrible.
The awkward thing about it is the use of Mega Man. It works for gamers because we get the scenario and figure the situation he's going for. Non-gamers that don't have any level of reverence or reference for the man in blue, completely can't find a way to appreciate it.
But you know what? It hit its audience. Every game site talked about it, and now MANY more people are aware of the actual incident, and are considering the issue.
Regardless of intent and perception as a "piece", job well done. HUGE SUCCESS.
Fucking idiots.
It looks like that cop bashed that dude in the head with his stick, towards the end when the camera was sideways. That shits not cool man.
How many Polacks does it take to get killed by lunatic policemen? Just one, man, just one.
Не используйте ту вещь, брата!
Lol. Cool.