Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Lights, Camera, Action Figures



Just Some Random guy
YouTube Channel: HERE

If I were to tell you one of the most popular users on YouTube was named ItsJustSomeRandomGuy, I guess you'd find it a little odd, nothing too extraordinary but a little odd. But what you'd find even more strange is the idea that pretty much all of his video content is him voicing over little skits between marvel and DC comic book characters using Action Figures you'd think the internet is populated by complete idiots. (Well it is but that's besides the point)

ItsJustSomeRandomGuy may act out funny little skits about Comic Book characters as he some how manages to run in some social commentary about the state of comic book movies in modern society but that isn't the only thing he does with action figures and the intellectual property of both Marvel and DC.

As First he started off making simple joke "I'm a Mac and I'm a PC" parodies using Superman and Spiderman in March of 2007.



Quickly the popularity of the videos grew and grew and JSRG had to churn out more and more clever Mac v. PC parodies but that wasn't enough.

Soon afterwards he created a Mini Series called After Hours where it showcased all the Marvel and DC characters interacting amongst each other in a fiction place called Stan's Bar discussing their movie deals and various other things. But what it evolved into was Superman having a personal crisis questioning his relevance in a World where they no longer look up to Superman because he's Perfect and unrelatable Super being... compared to more "Human" Heroes like Spiderman and Batman



Currently he is up to his 3rd little mini series called Zero Hour and it will do a number on you with its sheer complexity and scope. The idea of dimensional time travel and self awareness of their comic book universe compared to reality is just over whelming. JSRG's writing gets more complex, insightful and intelligent with each upload and I hope he somehow end up being able to publish his works in a more lucrative and more appealing medium then just acting them out with Action Figures. Hell if he was somehow able to get Marvel and DC and the other involved comics involved to agree to a DVD release that would Unworldly Awesome.

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