Comments on: Scattered Trees' Sad Stormtroopers video http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 05:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Leto Atreides http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041920 Leto Atreides Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041920 Don't forget, breathing and walking provide the pumping action. Don’t forget, breathing and walking provide the pumping action.

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041665 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041665 Man, late Empire-period stormtroopers have enough trouble with blasters, doors and ledges. You do <i>not</i> want to put lightsabers in the hands of those guys. Also, if your drummer is going to wear a Boba Fett outfit, at least get him to wear the helmet. A good drummer should have a taciturn Charlie Watts-like presence anyway. Man, late Empire-period stormtroopers have enough trouble with blasters, doors and ledges. You do not want to put lightsabers in the hands of those guys.

Also, if your drummer is going to wear a Boba Fett outfit, at least get him to wear the helmet. A good drummer should have a taciturn Charlie Watts-like presence anyway.

]]> By: tedrock http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041688 tedrock Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041688 Just how do stormtroopers go to the bathroom in those suits? I would assume some of that armor would need to be removed... Just how do stormtroopers go to the bathroom in those suits? I would assume some of that armor would need to be removed…

]]> By: diegan1 http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041695 diegan1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041695 i think 2 of the guys in the band are african-american...? what a strange comment by you. beautiful song. i think 2 of the guys in the band are african-american…? what a strange comment by you. beautiful song.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1043503 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1043503 Hey, I used to work with two of them! Kind of cool to see them pop up on BB. Hey, I used to work with two of them! Kind of cool to see them pop up on BB.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041714 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041714 I liked more the first 2 minutes of the songs but look too much inspired by The Pixies (where is my mind) and the homage goes to them. I liked more the first 2 minutes of the songs but look too much inspired by The Pixies (where is my mind) and the homage goes to them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041974 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041974 I really like how the actress resembles Karen Allen. Some unintentional cross pollenation going on. I really like how the actress resembles Karen Allen. Some unintentional cross pollenation going on.

]]> By: BDiamond http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041498 BDiamond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041498 So, this is bootgaze emo? I can't keep up with what the kiddies are listening to these days. So, this is bootgaze emo? I can’t keep up with what the kiddies are listening to these days.

]]> By: spejic http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1042016 spejic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042016 Sadness is deep and meaningful. Sadness is deep and meaningful.

]]> By: chimusicguy http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041526 chimusicguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041526 Interesting concept. Nice homage. Sticking to canon: fail. If any old stormtrooper could get their hands on a lightsaber, why wouldn't the entire corps carry them? And wtf is up with the beaming out at the end? Also, music is trite. Interesting concept. Nice homage. Sticking to canon: fail. If any old stormtrooper could get their hands on a lightsaber, why wouldn’t the entire corps carry them? And wtf is up with the beaming out at the end?

Also, music is trite.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041536 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041536 <blockquote>If any old stormtrooper could get their hands on a lightsaber, why wouldn't the entire corps carry them?</blockquote> I always assumed it was for the same reason that most soldiers don't carry swords; for most people in most combat situations, a gun is a much more effective weapon. A lightsaber is only especially deadly in the hands of someone trained in the Jedi arts. (Unless you count accidental self-inflicted wounds, I imagine.)

If any old stormtrooper could get their hands on a lightsaber, why wouldn’t the entire corps carry them?

I always assumed it was for the same reason that most soldiers don’t carry swords; for most people in most combat situations, a gun is a much more effective weapon. A lightsaber is only especially deadly in the hands of someone trained in the Jedi arts. (Unless you count accidental self-inflicted wounds, I imagine.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041543 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041543 Great song guys, SXSW is gonna love it. I dig the video Jason, can't beat the Star War's tribute. Although, I think the Jedi's escape could have been more punch, see: Liam Neeson, and less choke, see: Vader. You really can't beat a good throat punch. Great song guys, SXSW is gonna love it. I dig the video Jason, can’t beat the Star War’s tribute. Although, I think the Jedi’s escape could have been more punch, see: Liam Neeson, and less choke, see: Vader. You really can’t beat a good throat punch.

]]> By: skeptacally http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041547 skeptacally Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041547 too. many. cymbals. too. many. cymbals.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041561 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041561 nice image, but the riff and tone of the song reminds me too much to Nuno (Bettencourt, ex-guitarrist from Extreme, the band mostly known by its hit 'More than words')'s'I wonder'. nice image, but the riff and tone of the song reminds me too much to Nuno (Bettencourt, ex-guitarrist from Extreme, the band mostly known by its hit ‘More than words’)'s’I wonder’.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041869 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041869 <blockquote>Reclaimed water circulates to catchpockets from which you draw it through this tube in the clip at your neck. Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads.</blockquote>

Reclaimed water circulates to catchpockets from which you draw it through this tube in the clip at your neck. Urine and feces are processed in the thigh pads.

]]> By: rossmcd http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1042156 rossmcd Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1042156 i love it! i love it!

]]> By: magneticwheels http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/scattered-trees-sad.html#comment-1041662 magneticwheels Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1041662 more sad white guys. what is wrong with us? why does african music always sound so much more joyful than ours? c'mon boys! no more dullmopery! more sad white guys. what is wrong with us? why does african music always sound so much more joyful than ours? c’mon boys! no more dullmopery!

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