Comments for "Earth, Wind, and TK-241 : The Dancing Tokyo Stormtrooper" Video at VideoSift.com

By karaidl

karaidl (http://www.videosift.com/member/karaidl) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:20:09 -0700

Change the title and it'll do a lot better.

By Hex

Hex (http://www.videosift.com/member/Hex) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:02:39 -0700

damn I was going to post this

By AnimalsForCrackers

AnimalsForCrackers (http://www.videosift.com/member/AnimalsForCrackers) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:34:02 -0700

Any suggestions/guidelines you'd like to throw my way, Karaidl? Title too obscure, long, etc? I just post whatever I find to be neat (I'm normally indifferent to how my posts do, being more interested in voting/commenting, if other people also find them to be neat then all the better) and titles/tags for me are just an afterthought. Just please don't eat me afterwards!

By Woland

Woland (http://www.videosift.com/member/Woland) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 01:46:05 -0700

I thought the title and video were brilliant!

By bigbikeman

bigbikeman (http://www.videosift.com/member/bigbikeman) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:24:05 -0700

Totally brilliant. Best were the many people trying so hard to ignore the guy.

By rembar

rembar (http://www.videosift.com/member/rembar) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 08:35:57 -0700

"TK-241, what are you doing grooving away from your post?"

By statueofmike

statueofmike (http://www.videosift.com/member/statueofmike) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:38:35 -0700

I thought it was 'TK-421.'

By xxovercastxx

xxovercastxx (http://www.videosift.com/member/xxovercastxx) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:05:03 -0700

thank you. this has undone the psychological damage of the stormtrooper hooker video.

By Spoon_Gouge

Spoon_Gouge (http://www.videosift.com/member/Spoon_Gouge) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 09:28:28 -0700

^LOL

By HistNerd

HistNerd (http://www.videosift.com/member/HistNerd) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 12:35:09 -0700

StatueofMike is right, it is TK-421.

By gorgonheap

gorgonheap (http://www.videosift.com/member/gorgonheap) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 15:25:47 -0700

Well now I know what I'm doing Friday nights...

By Pring4

Pring4 (http://www.videosift.com/member/Pring4) — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:30:12 -0700

I'd love to see this without any audio how the other pedestrians saw. Just the stormtrooper dancing to ambient street noise without a beat.

By karaidl

karaidl (http://www.videosift.com/member/karaidl) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:58:14 -0700

Meh, nevermind. Looks like I was wrong - it did just fine.

By AnimalsForCrackers

AnimalsForCrackers (http://www.videosift.com/member/AnimalsForCrackers) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:44:29 -0700

Feeling quite jubilant seeing one of my videos on the Top 15. I think I'm hooked. I named him TK-241 just to mix it up. In fact each Stormtrooper has a different ID # so this guy is like TK-421's cousin or something. Yeah, that's it. There's a backstory to it and everything. He's also wanted on 12 different systems for use of excessive funk.

By AnimalsForCrackers

AnimalsForCrackers (http://www.videosift.com/member/AnimalsForCrackers) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 05:00:07 -0700

Shhh! It was clever use of reverse psychology, karaidl, in helping to aid my sift. Yep. Thanks

By statueofmike

statueofmike (http://www.videosift.com/member/statueofmike) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:58:34 -0700

Yeah TK-421's cousin. Classic Star Wars backward storytelling. You're joining a longishly short list of historic writers, AnimalsForCrackers.

By videosiftbannedme

videosiftbannedme (http://www.videosift.com/member/videosiftbannedme) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:59:01 -0700

"TK-421, why aren't you at your post?"
"I'm out grooving, sir!"

By swampgirl

swampgirl (http://swampgirl.videosift.com) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:03:17 -0700

This guy would be fun to see in a tour series. Go to N.Y. next Groovy Stormtrooper!

By pro

pro (http://www.videosift.com/member/pro) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:00:44 -0700

Thx AnimalsForCrackers. I absolutely love this video. Obviously the video is funny, quirky, viral even but it also captures something fascinating about the new Japanese culture. Not too long ago Japan had an incredibly xenophobic approach to foreign cultures. And here we have the new Japan in its complete and unapologetic embrace of so many alien cultures while somehow preserving its own unique identity. Gotta love their indomitable spirit.