Take on Me: literal video version

Man, anybody else hate the ad that pops up in this video? I tried to close it right away but the close button is so tiny I accidentally clicked it and it took me forever to figure out how to get the video playing again.

I hate this new ad model video sharing sites are trying to implement. Most annoying thing ever. Guarantees I'll never buy anything from their ads.

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#15 posted by Takuan , October 10, 2008 2:35 PM

heee! and I always thought the final scene wall thrashing was a straight rip from Altered States.

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#16 posted by Raygungirl , October 10, 2008 2:41 PM

Takukan - Me too!

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#17 posted by Takuan , October 10, 2008 3:02 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpW1O8iOTqE

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#18 posted by KurtMac

, October 10, 2008 3:03 PM

"show this guy then cut back to these two"

That is exactly the point where I lost it and commenced ROFLMFAO. Yes, I believe we have a new meme. Time to get in on the ground floor, folks!

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#19 posted by oscar , October 10, 2008 3:09 PM

I'm not sure why you're calling this an "animated remake" - it's the same video it's always been. Oh, and I loved "pipe wrench fight"

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#20 posted by Talia , October 10, 2008 3:22 PM

This is probably my favorite music video of all time, with our without the additional narration. :)

This was very well done, enjoyed it immensely.

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#21 posted by avraamov , October 10, 2008 3:45 PM

'This guy's gonna get an ass-full of pipe wrench'!

i think morten harket might be tarvu's tom cruise. i feel the planets aligning.

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#22 posted by KurtMac

, October 10, 2008 3:55 PM

Well played, person who already registered PipeWrenchFight.com exactly two days ago on October 8th, 2008. Well played.

Though, you do lose 5 points for registering with GoDaddy.

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#23 posted by HairySammoth , October 10, 2008 4:00 PM

We have just watched the moon landing video of our generation.

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#24 posted by Takuan , October 10, 2008 4:07 PM

next?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEzh10_xoqw

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#25 posted by jpixl , October 10, 2008 4:20 PM

I'm crying. That was fantastic. The overdubbed dialog during the chase was perfect.

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#26 posted by kirakira , October 10, 2008 4:52 PM

Ah, yesssss. Truly one for the Wonderful Things Directory.

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#27 posted by reeko paleemo , October 10, 2008 5:41 PM

Family Guy version: http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/1601388/family_guy_take_on_me.swf

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#28 posted by NoahApples , October 10, 2008 5:58 PM

My friend showed me this two days ago, and I maintain that it is the best thing I have ever seen on youtube.

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#29 posted by trimeta , October 10, 2008 7:41 PM

After seeing how well this worked, I really, really want to see a whole series of music videos made literal. Seriously, someone needs to redo Never Gonna Give You Up in this fashion. Like, right now.

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#30 posted by Anonymous , October 10, 2008 7:59 PM

As has been noted, this is NOT any sort of a "remake", but simply changed lyrics set to the original video.

As per the submitter, the song is "Take on Me", not "Take Me On" and the band is "a-ha", not "Aha".

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#31 posted by Takuan , October 10, 2008 9:42 PM

old timey MTV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOlYKNIiooQ

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#32 posted by bcsizemo , October 11, 2008 12:03 AM

OMG! This is so EPIC WIN!

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#33 posted by Anonymous , October 11, 2008 5:19 AM

I hate to burst everyone's bubble, but the "handsome guy" never had his own pipe-wrench. We see the wrench being held by the antagonist as he approaches our sweaty hero, pov-style.

Hence it was not a "pipe-wrench fight" as much as a "pipe-wrench smackdown" or "Norwegian pipe-wrench Rodney King beating."

Aside from that detail, that video was all kinds of awesome, and a fitting tribute to a classic music video.

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#34 posted by ornith , October 11, 2008 8:30 AM

I LOL'd for real at "Band montage!".

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#35 posted by iveexa , October 11, 2008 2:44 PM

Obligatory extra a-ha video: "Cry Wolf" (with an early motion-capture technique [Bigfoot / Zapruder footage, anyone?] )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jroHtqrz88Y

(0:56 and elsewhere)

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#36 posted by giantnegro , October 11, 2008 5:37 PM

"Is this your house?"

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#37 posted by cstatman

, October 11, 2008 8:24 PM

ZOMG, cannot breath, hilarious

as much fun as the 're-translated' hindi pop videos on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtJRNyPK-lc
thriller!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLpROhIg9eA
nipple song

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#38 posted by crispernaki , October 11, 2008 10:59 PM

@30 Anonymous

Opps, I think we've touched a nerve. I don't want to speak for Mark, but I'm sure he meant no disrespect to the a-ha. Interesting thing I learned on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-ha was the band and song's original name.

Anyway, I think it could have used more cowbell.

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#39 posted by mindpimp , October 12, 2008 2:57 AM

Oh man, that was so much better than the original lyrics.

On a similar vein, there is benny lava:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA1NoOOoaNw

and subtitles for the hard of hearing, by the hard of hearing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ZnPE3G_YY

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#40 posted by Takuan , October 12, 2008 7:54 AM

heh! "my loony bun is fine benny lava"! This proves all pop song lyrics everywhere are equally moronic since a real translation probably makes as much sense.

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#41 posted by Mojave , October 13, 2008 7:28 AM

Sooooo, anyone know whatever happened to the chick from this video? Love those "where-are-they-now" stories...

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#42 posted by trr , October 13, 2008 12:15 PM

Ordinarily, I would hate that an ad popped up in the middle of a very funny and entertaining video, but I read the book The Soloist, and it was very compelling, and I have to see that movie, so I'm glad to know of it.

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#43 posted by trr , October 13, 2008 1:06 PM

I wonder if that video would be any good sped up with Yakety Sax played over it.

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#44 posted by Anonymous , November 1, 2008 8:43 AM

"The Sun Always Shines on TV" shows what happens next for the handsome man: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1pb1IZcaiQ&feature=related