June 6th, 2014 14 Branchland Time Lapse

[Meeko]

[sarcasm] You're all just mad he's 1) had the brilliant idea to make a movie off Chris first. 2) gonna expose you all as the terrible, terrible people who forced Chris to BURN down his house. [/sarcasm]

No but seriously with the amount of material out there, someone could unscrupulously, ala Fox News, 'assemble' a story about how Trolls have been the evil ones all along, and how Chris has been always a victim. It'd be all bullshit, of course, but it'd sell much better than the truth. I always thought that if the mainstream were to find and report on Chris, they'd do it this way just because it sells better.

Every once in a while someone will come up and say that they're putting together a documentary. Some have even made trailers. I can't remember who put the trailers together with Beirut's Elephant Gun and Born Ruffians's Barnacle Goose, but I liked them- partially because they introduced me to those bands.

In any case, there is enough here for someone to do something like that. Heck, I could see someone using him as the base for a fictional character. He would certainly be an interesting goldmine for someone who wants to do an indie movie or comic book. I think that the main reason nobody has made a documentary or video about him is probably because he's neither female or attractive. Being one or the other would get him almost instant sympathy, whereas being a while autistic adult male would not- not instant sympathy, anyway, and the filmmakers would want audiences to be sympathetic with him at least slightly because otherwise the Chandlers wouldn't want to talk to them and a documentary wouldn't really be worth much without Charb's input. I don't know that any of the other people from Chris's past (non-trolls) would really play ball either, although you might be able to persuade Chris to participate if you told him that you have film footage of some of the galpals he's never been in contact with, such as Tiffany Gowen. She'd never go for this, though.

(Edit: Originally said Patti, I keep mistaking the two names due to me associating "Peppermint Patti-type" with her and never really bothering to remember her name. Fixing.)

 

[Coldgrip]

Imagine if they unearthed 14 Branchland Court's ruins a thousand years from now and managed to unearth some Christorical artifacts like this one. I think they'd be at a loss for words.

No, their words would be them saying things like "This shouldn't exist" "What sort of loving god would allow this to be?" and "UNCLEAN!! BURN IT!!!".

 

[Marvin]

Every once in a while someone will come up and say that they're putting together a documentary. Some have even made trailers. I can't remember who put the trailers together with Beirut's Elephant Gun and Born Ruffians's Barnacle Goose, but I liked them- partially because they introduced me to those bands.

In any case, there is enough here for someone to do something like that. Heck, I could see someone using him as the base for a fictional character. He would certainly be an interesting goldmine for someone who wants to do an indie movie or comic book. I think that the main reason nobody has made a documentary or video about him is probably because he's neither female or attractive. Being one or the other would get him almost instant sympathy, whereas being a while autistic adult male would not- not instant sympathy, anyway, and the filmmakers would want audiences to be sympathetic with him at least slightly because otherwise the Chandlers wouldn't want to talk to them and a documentary wouldn't really be worth much without Charb's input. I don't know that any of the other people from Chris's past (non-trolls) would really play ball either, although you might be able to persuade Chris to participate if you told him that you have film footage of some of the galpals he's never been in contact with, such as Patti. She'd never go for this, though.

Chris doesn't lend itself well to a documentary because the story of Chris goes in all sorts of bizarre directions. Heh, plus the Chris movie has already been done.

 

[Coldgrip]

...although you might be able to persuade Chris to participate if you told him that you have film footage of some of the galpals he's never been in contact with, such as Patti. She'd never go for this, though.

Patti was his dog.

 

[deeman]

I always thought a documentary about his trolls might be interesting.

I'd watch it!

 

[Smutley]

Hey look, is that one of the Chandler Cats, still alive and haunting the grounds?

 

[The Knife]

It doesn't seem "internet trolling" would lend itself well to an art project, seeing how most of it is, well, on the internet. But what the hell do I know, I'm not an artist. The guy seems legit. Maybe he's got a vision.

 

[TaterBot]

It doesn't seem "internet trolling" would lend itself well to an art project, seeing how most of it is, well, on the internet. But what the hell do I know, I'm not an artist. The guy seems legit. Maybe he's got a vision.

It might lend itself to a movie. Lizzzie Velasquez raised over $180,000 to document her troll experiences.

...if people were filming my abandoned home and posting it on the internet, I'd be friggin' paranoid too. Chris has his own irrational delusions and all, but this is flat out creepy. Why was this even a thing?

This puzzles me, too. Is the guy making a documentary about people who are mercilessly trolled by cyber-bullies, or one demonstrating how to heartlessly troll someone? Cuz I'm thinking, it looks like the latter.

@Smutley...good job on making me play Where's Waldo? after seeing the cat lower left. I spotted 2 cats, a deer, a totem pole, a ghost, and one of QEII's crowns. All imaginary I assume. ...or is it?

 

[Henry Bemis]

Chris doesn't lend itself well to a documentary because the story of Chris goes in all sorts of bizarre directions. Heh, plus the Chris movie has already been done.

It could also be argued that Chris's story hasn't even begun yet, what with his critical lack of agency.

 

[whitepaws]

Hey look, is that one of the Chandler Cats, still alive and haunting the grounds?

I think you're right. That looks like Scampers!

 

[Gordon Gekko]

I think you're right. That looks like Scampers!

I'd have to wager one could find a good number of feral cats calling 14bc home these days.

 

[The Fair Lady]

This was playing in my head as I watched.
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[A-№1]

Oh barf.

Giving the devil his due, at 500+ views in just 20 hours this video is well on its way to being the uploader's top view count in short order. I mean it's not like anything else he's done looks any better, but at least he knows how to tap into an existing audience with this one.

 

[Artard]

Chris doesn't lend itself well to a documentary because the story of Chris goes in all sorts of bizarre directions. Heh, plus the Chris movie has already been done.

Also, the big climax would be Chris knocking on a person's door.

 

[Holdek]

Chris doesn't lend itself well to a documentary because the story of Chris goes in all sorts of bizarre directions. Heh, plus the Chris movie has already been done.

Plus this was probably partially inspired by him: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443431/

 

[Good Soothing Coffee]

There we go! Some of the words were missing, so it didn't make much sense, but I fixed it for ya...

Right then. Hyperbole aside, I lost my house to fire when I was 12 and it was in abandoned from the fall- spring while things went through with insurance and the weather improved and whatnot. Chris is still a human being so I do actually empathize with the trauma of that. I remember going back to the house in the winter while it was still vacant and seeing that some of the kids in the neighborhood had been messing around in the backyard and there was a little vandalism like rocks thrown through the glass porch door. Simple mischief, but it still felt absolutely violating to me as a kid, which is, what Chris is mentally.

It also really calls into question what kind of person wastes an entire afternoon doing a time lapse of an overgrown yard. If some want to play the film student card, there is nothing edgy, raw, evocative or innovative here... which I guess DOES make it the perfect student film (Art school graduate, I'm allowed to riff on the film majors.) It's just a waste and there's kind of a big difference between someone doing a drive-by to snap a couple of pics versus lugging all that gear out and making an event of it.

Maybe it just hits too close to home for me with the similar circumstances.

 

[Holdek]

Right then. Hyperbole aside, I lost my house to fire when I was 12 and it was in abandoned from the fall- spring while things went through with insurance and the weather improved and whatnot. Chris is still a human being so I do actually empathize with the trauma of that. I remember going back to the house in the winter while it was still vacant and seeing that some of the kids in the neighborhood had been messing around in the backyard and there was a little vandalism like rocks thrown through the glass porch door. Simple mischief, but it still felt absolutely violating to me as a kid, which is, what Chris is mentally.

It also really calls into question what kind of person wastes an entire afternoon doing a time lapse of an overgrown yard. If some want to play the film student card, there is nothing edgy, raw, evocative or innovative here... which I guess DOES make it the perfect student film (Art school graduate, I'm allowed to riff on the film majors.) It's just a waste and there's kind of a big difference between someone doing a drive-by to snap a couple of pics versus lugging all that gear out and making an event of it.

Maybe it just hits too close to home for me with the similar circumstances.

If they don't go on the actual vacant property, I don't see anything (morally) wrong with it.

 

[Good Soothing Coffee]

If they don't go on the actual vacant property, I don't see anything (morally) wrong with it.

Oh yeah, I get that there are boundaries in place about not stealing stuff from the property or causing physical or otherwise worldly harm to Chris. But I don't know, pointing a camera right at the ruins of someone's childhood home for 5 hours just to broadcast it feels like it's crossed a line for me. And I know I am being hypocritical because of all of the other "leaked" stuff from Chris that has entertained or fascinated me over the years, just for some reason this exploit just isn't sitting right with me. *shrug*

 

[OBAMATRON]

It's not funny when some talentless art fag does it.

 

[Strelok]

It's not funny when some talentless art fag does it.

Pretty much. Now if it had been like that erosion project that captured Streisand's house by mere chance, and had just been a guy taking timelapses of abandoned houses as part of a project without realizing the "significance" of 15 BLC, and OPL saw it and flipped out on the poor, unsuspecting art student, then it would be funny.