Comments on: Palindromic video http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 06:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-470019 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-470019 Gah! The eating noises are just too much! I had to turn it off after a few seconds. Gah! The eating noises are just too much! I had to turn it off after a few seconds.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-470788 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-470788 Here's another "palindrome" movie. http://daveuhler.com/?q=node/93 Rather than just being bunch of visual tricks... it attempts to tell a story. Unlike the video above it takes into account that people talking in reverse directions can't understand each other... but inevitably effect each others progress in time. Underneath the clip is a link to see it backwards if you wish. Please leave a comment. Here’s another “palindrome” movie.

http://daveuhler.com/?q=node/93

Rather than just being bunch of visual tricks… it attempts to tell a story. Unlike the video above it takes into account that people talking in reverse directions can’t understand each other… but inevitably effect each others progress in time. Underneath the clip is a link to see it backwards if you wish. Please leave a comment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-470022 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-470022 Dimitri Martin would get such a boner over this. Dimitri Martin would get such a boner over this.

]]> By: Kobie http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-470031 Kobie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-470031 Great video - I especially love how at the beginning the backwards guy agrees by saying something sounding like 'Yes', but at the end we hear it forwards & find out he was actually saying 'See'. Really really clever. Great video – I especially love how at the beginning the backwards guy agrees by saying something sounding like ‘Yes’, but at the end we hear it forwards & find out he was actually saying ‘See’. Really really clever.

]]> By: A New Challenger http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469776 A New Challenger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469776 Sugar Water broke my brain when I saw it a couple years ago, too. Also of note, Douglas Hofstadter's <a href="http://www.evl.uic.edu/swami/crabcanon">Crab Canon</a>, as well as <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUHQ2ybTejU">Bach's version</a> which it refers to. Sugar Water broke my brain when I saw it a couple years ago, too.

Also of note, Douglas Hofstadter’s Crab Canon, as well as Bach’s version which it refers to.

]]> By: codeman38 http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469527 codeman38 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469527 Is anyone else reminded of the "Backwards" episode of <i>Red Dwarf</i>? Is anyone else reminded of the “Backwards” episode of Red Dwarf?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469788 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469788 You're wrong, Argelesplage. Frauenfelder's headline does not call this video/audio a palindrome but describes it as "palindromic." Your pedantry aside, a transcript of the audio would read the same backwards and forward and would itself qualify as a palindrome. You’re wrong, Argelesplage.

Frauenfelder’s headline does not call this video/audio a palindrome but describes it as “palindromic.”

Your pedantry aside, a transcript of the audio would read the same backwards and forward and would itself qualify as a palindrome.

]]> By: dagfooyo http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469536 dagfooyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469536 Michel Gondry did something similar a few years ago - one of my favorite music vids of all time: http://www.mtv.com/videos/cibo-matto/46392/sugar-water.jhtml Michel Gondry did something similar a few years ago – one of my favorite music vids of all time:

http://www.mtv.com/videos/cibo-matto/46392/sugar-water.jhtml

]]> By: joncro http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469537 joncro Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469537 Or this amazing Cibo Matto http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1j5eh_cibo-matto-sugar-water-pv_music ? Or this amazing Cibo Matto

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1j5eh_cibo-matto-sugar-water-pv_music

?

]]> By: joncro http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469543 joncro Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469543 doh! beaten to it by seconds.............. but the MTV canot be sen outside the USA so the rest of us can view it on Daily Motion doh!
beaten to it by seconds…………..

but the MTV canot be sen outside the USA so the rest of us can view it on Daily Motion

]]> By: dagfooyo http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469547 dagfooyo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469547 Great minds think alike, eh Joncro? Or twisted minds perhaps. FWIW I can view the MTV and am in Italy. But the dailymotion loads faster... Also, Red Dwarf rocks, and that is one of the classic episodes. Great minds think alike, eh Joncro? Or twisted minds perhaps. FWIW I can view the MTV and am in Italy. But the dailymotion loads faster…

Also, Red Dwarf rocks, and that is one of the classic episodes.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-470326 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-470326 this was pretty cool after playing Braid, i had to resist the urge to hit the shift key and reverse everything also i think that the Red Dwarf writers were the first to elaborate on the idea of a traumatic reverse-toilet experience, but i might be wrong also, i have the tshirt he/they is/are wearing, and that pleases me for some strange reason this was pretty cool

after playing Braid, i had to resist the urge to hit the shift key and reverse everything

also i think that the Red Dwarf writers were the first to elaborate on the idea of a traumatic reverse-toilet experience, but i might be wrong

also, i have the tshirt he/they is/are wearing, and that pleases me for some strange reason

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469821 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469821 Was it a rat I saw? Was it a rat I saw?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469566 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469566 If that's the national headdress of Palindromistan, I know where I'm taking my next vacation. If that’s the national headdress of Palindromistan, I know where I’m taking my next vacation.

]]> By: alisong76 http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469567 alisong76 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469567 Gave it a go, but I can't handle eating noises. Gave it a go, but I can’t handle eating noises.

]]> By: Darren Garrison http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469859 Darren Garrison Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469859 Weird Al did it better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg Weird Al did it better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg

]]> By: hackedbychinese http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-470381 hackedbychinese Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-470381 i only got as far as noticing i have that same shirt (urban outfitters). but then SMACK SMACK CHEW GURGLE SLURP *VOMIT* video closed. so gross. i only got as far as noticing i have that same shirt (urban outfitters).

but then SMACK SMACK CHEW GURGLE SLURP *VOMIT* video closed.

so gross.

]]> By: sophos7 http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469623 sophos7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469623 With #7... yeah. I work with a guy who eats his lunch like that every day... He hasn't caught on that I close my office door every day when he takes lunch... With #7… yeah. I work with a guy who eats his lunch like that every day… He hasn’t caught on that I close my office door every day when he takes lunch…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-472442 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-472442 John Callaghan says: You are to be congratulated. By me. Very cleverly scripted and executed! John Callaghan says:
You are to be congratulated. By me. Very cleverly scripted and executed!

]]> By: Sork http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-470664 Sork Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-470664 Top Secret, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVmIhd1gwpk">Swedish bookstore scene</a> is still funny <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac9ovqxXN4o">"in reverse"</a>. Top Secret, Swedish bookstore scene is still funny “in reverse”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-472463 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-472463 John Callaghan again. It occurred to me that one of my videos might appeal to those who've enjoyed yours: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNJe7Hk5RQ All the best with your future projects! John Callaghan again. It occurred to me that one of my videos might appeal to those who’ve enjoyed yours:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNJe7Hk5RQ

All the best with your future projects!

]]> By: palindrome http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469912 palindrome Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469912 I approve. I approve.

]]> By: Beta_Bates http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469668 Beta_Bates Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469668 With #7 and #8... Eating noises drive me up the wall. Glad to see I'm not alone in this. With #7 and #8… Eating noises drive me up the wall. Glad to see I’m not alone in this.

]]> By: argelesplage http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469670 argelesplage Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469670 A palindrome reads backwards the same way it reads forward, i.e. "Yo, Banana Boy", or "a dog, a panic in a pagoda". Playing audio backwards is a different thing. Maybe it even has a name. Call this clip what you will, but palindromic it ain't.. Yes, Red Dwarf rocks, big time... A palindrome reads backwards the same way it reads forward, i.e. “Yo, Banana Boy”, or “a dog, a panic in a pagoda”.

Playing audio backwards is a different thing. Maybe it even has a name. Call this clip what you will, but palindromic it ain’t..

Yes, Red Dwarf rocks, big time…

]]> By: KyleTexas http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469934 KyleTexas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469934 That's not a Palindrome movie. *THIS* is a palindrome movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbkNxYaULBw That’s not a Palindrome movie. *THIS* is a palindrome movie:

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

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469940 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469940 thinkin' of the man from another place and laura palmer... thinkin’ of the man from another place and laura palmer…

]]> By: Snig http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469721 Snig Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469721 This is great, but many people do not know that the written out lyrics of the entire song catalogue for the band "They Might Be Giants" is one long palindrome. It's not obvious as they are not halfway through, and it'll be a few years before they start the second half of their songs, which will be considered less accessible and clever and kind of odd and garbled sounding compared to the first half of their songs. This is great, but many people do not know that the written out lyrics of the entire song catalogue for the band “They Might Be Giants” is one long palindrome. It’s not obvious as they are not halfway through, and it’ll be a few years before they start the second half of their songs, which will be considered less accessible and clever and kind of odd and garbled sounding compared to the first half of their songs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469735 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469735 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXZMZ-XvvzI">Napoleon XIV</a> Napoleon XIV

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469738 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469738 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L47GQG12WHg">VIX noelopaN</a> VIX noelopaN

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2009/04/20/palindromic-video.html#comment-469755 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-469755 that cibo matto video has broken my brain. that cibo matto video has broken my brain.

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