Happy Independence Day!!



Now I'm off to the store.. gonna mix Sunny-D, with vodka and grape drink. Call it the Gheto Bomb. >D

Ignore any Star Trek name in this sci-fi and pretend that it's its own movie. That way, it might be this year's "Independence day" instead of a huge, computer animated and digitally enhanced middle finger to Gene Roddenberry.

Can't decide if I'll wax rhapsodic with a bottle of scotch and a twelve pack of beer, or amble down to the local watering hole with the hopes of seeing some friendly faces (and avoiding the unfriendly ones).

People around here blow up about as many fireworks on New Years Eve as they do on Independence Day.

They like shooting their guns, too. Yee-haw.

woah, wicked looking thing. At first glance, it looks like the alien from the movie independence day.

I'm gonna promote this very soon.. it's awesome!
From the youtube desciption:
FILMS:

00:00 Little shop of horrors
00:14 The Thing
00:16 Jurassic Park/ Poltergeist/ King Kong (1933)/ The return of the Jedi/ Aliens (Cameron)
00:17 Alien (Scott)
00:19 Jaws
00:20 King Kong (1933)
00:22 Ghostbusters
00:24 Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
00:26 The Fellowship of the Ring
00:27 Anaconda
00:28 An American werewolf in London
00:29 Clash of the Titans
00:31 Beowulf
00:32 Ghostbusters
00:34 Dragonslayer
00:36 Predator
00:38 Alien (Scott)
00:40 Dune
00:42 Gremlins
00:44 The Fellowship of the Ring
00:46 Pan's Labyrinth
00:47 Clash of the Titans
00:49 Aliens (Cameron)
00:51 Beetlejuice
00:53 King Kong (1933)
00:55 Jurassic Park
00:56 Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
00:59 Jurassic Park
00:59-01:00 Critters
01:01 Dragonslayer
01:03 Willow
01:05 Them!
01:07 Starship Troopers
01:08 Men in Black
01:09 Arachnophobia
01:10 Jaws
01:11 Tremors
01:12 The Empire strikes back
01:13 Beowulf
01:14 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
01:15 The Return of the Jedi
01:16 Dragonslayer
01:18 Gremlins
01:20 The Host
01:21 Ghostbusters
01:22 Bram Stoker's Dracula
01:23 Gremlins 2
01:24 King Kong (2005)
01:25 Tremors
01:26 Aliens (Cameron)
01:27 The Empire strikes back
01:27 Clash of the Titans
01:28 Hellboy
01:29 Lake Placid
01:30 The Fellowship of the Ring
01:31 An American werewolf in London
01:32 Alien (Scott)
01:33 From Dusk till Dawn
01:34 Krull
01:35 Jason and the Argonauts
01:36 Little Shop of Horrors
01:37 The Army of Darkness
01:38 The Fellowship of the Ring
01:39 Time Machine
01:40 The Attack of the Clones
01:41 Howard the Duck
01:43 End of days
01:44 Aliens (Cameron)
01:45 The Attack of the Clones
01:46 Jurassic Park
01:47 Clash of the Titans
01:48 The Relic
01:49 Pitch Black
01:49 Resident Evil
01:50 The Princess Bride
01:51 Beetlejuice
01:52 Jurassic Park
01:52 Ghostbusters
01:53 Evolution
01:54 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
01:55 Gremlins 2
01:55 Ewok adventure
01:56 Ghostbusters
01:57 Anaconda
01:58 Creature from the Black Lagoon
01:58 Starship Troopers
01:59 The Return of the King
02:00 The Fellowship of the Ring
02:01 The Blob (1988)
02:02 King Kong (2005)
02:03 Deep rising
02:04 Mimic
02:05 Little Shop of Horrors
02:06 Mars Attacks!
02:07 King Kong (2005)
02:08 Cloverfield
02:09 20000 leagues under the sea (1954)
02:10 Aliens (Cameron)
02:11 Beetlejuice
02:11 Anaconda
02:12 Bram Stoker's Dracula
02:12 Doom
02:13 Independence Day
02:14 Jeepers Creepers 2
02:14 Lake Placid
02:15 Clash of the Titans
02:15 An American werewolf in London
02:16 Cat people
02:17 Evil Dead 2
02:17 The Thing
02:18 The Fly (1986)
02:19 The Blob (1988)
02:20 The Thing
02:21 Legend
02:22 The Twilight Zone
02:23 Aliens (Cameron)
02:24 The Twilight Zone
02:24 Evil Dead II
02:25 The Descent
02:26 Poltergeist
02:27 Aliens (Cameron)
02:28 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
02:29 Beowulf
02:29 Jaws
02:30 The Return of the King
02:30 Deep Rising
02:31 The Faculty
02:32 The Host
02:33 Anaconda
02:36 Evolution
02:38 Cloverfield
02:40 Godzilla
02:41 The Two Towers
02:42 Cloverfield
02:43 Beowulf
02:45 King Kong (1933)
02:46 Howard the Duck
02:48 The Host
02:49 Jaws
02:51 The Return of the Jedi
02:53 Jurassic Park
02:55 Men in Black
02:56 Willow
02:58 King Kong (2005)
02:59 Deep Rising
03:01 Anaconda
03:02 Little Shop of Horros
03:05 Cloverfield

Did you read the rest of my comment concerning the rest of the media and not just the sift? There is literally ONE female protagonist in the top 40 movies, just like there are NO black protagonists, unless you count Will Smith in Independence Day. In other words, women are very obviously still a "minority". I'm not basing my argument on just the videos, but the videos are a reflection of the greater problem. I'm pointing out that the only videos that made it into the top 15 are there partly because of the way the women in them LOOK. I'm sorry, but if you really cannot see that feminism should be alive and well, you ARE being naive. It's only partially your fault, though. Women still get paid lower wages for the same jobs as men do. This slips past the safeguards and laws because employers just change the title of the job. Rape is a crime of control, not passion, and it comes as a result of a society that tells men that they have to be stronger than and controlling of women in order to be masculine. We also make men believe that the worst thing that they can be is "feminine". If a man does something that we call "feminine," he is a wimp, gay, a sissy. He "throws like a girl", "screams like a girl", "walks like a girl," etc. I'm not going to get too much into it, but there you have it.

I understand that you personally don't feel that way about women, but just because you don't doesn't mean that you don't unconciously perpetuate stereotypes. If you have ever whistled at a woman, for example, that is objectification.

Of course LESS of it exists, of course it is decreasing, but that doesn't mean that we chould stop trying to do something about it and become apathetic and complacent.

Fox is trying to keep Obama out of the whitehouse because he is a Democrat and they're Republicans. I don't know where that comment was coming from.

Why is pornography more popular among men than women? I don't believe that men are any more sexual that women. I don't believe that men are inherently more agressive or violent. I believe that the stereotypes we perpetuate make men into what they are and are the cause of spousal abuse and a million other crimes that are still far more prevalent among men than among women.

If that video was an artistic dance celebrating the beauty of the male body, say, if he had a jewel hanging off the end of his penis, would you still think it was art? Would you have upvoted? Don't try to say it isn't erotic. That's a load of crap.

I'm really am glad that you know that women have brains, though. You seem like a cool guy, but you also don't want to accept the fact that women are still opressed by sterotypes and objectification.

In reply to this comment by Shepppard:
I'm sorry, you're argument is a little skewed if all that you're basing it on are videos. However, I'm not saying you don't have a point. Your argument seems to be based on the fact that the sift has more videos of men then it does women.
I know that's not the point you're trying to get across though, so I'll leave it at that.

My point is simply that less objectification exists in the modern day society. I acknowledge that it's still there for individuals, and unfortunately always will be. There's people who still think we should own slaves for gods sake.

Who knows, Maybe i'm just being naive because my own personal views of what things should be and it's causing me to not see things for what they truly are.

I can though, with confidence say that though it may not be fully abolished, people hiring because of pre-concieved notions (I.e. we'll take the white person because they'll have a better education then the Indian) is at least decreasing.

Maybe it's also because of the difference in nationalities. I'm assuming you're American, and if you are I'm not trying to be condescending at all, and if you're also Canadian, I may be horribly wrong about this.

Canada actually has a commercial going right now encouraging the hiring of immigrants. If you're from the states, I don't know what the situation of race or gender equality is there. The fact that you're on the verge of a Black president, but sources are still trying to keep him out of the white house (fox) should be a hint to me that racial equality still doesn't exist in some peoples eyes, I suppose.

No matter what people may say to me however, call me blind, ignorant, naive, I will still truly believe that at least society on the whole, if not soon sometime soon, will one day accept equality for all. If not, then what's truly the reason for any form of diversity.

Concerning the video, again, maybe it's just me, but I'm not actually sitting here thinking it's erotic (For the record, yes, I'm straight), but more a form of expression. Again, to me a woman isn't just a tool for physical pleasure, they have have the same things I do, humour, brains, expression, and the freedoms to use all of them.

True, at one point women were forced into dancing like that by men, or forced to do it to survive, but it's now her choice. She has that brain, and she's able to use it for herself to make her own choices.

You're very ignorant if you think that everyone has the same rights and opportunities. And degrading attitudes about women still exist today. The stereotypes that label men as rational, strong, decisive, and protective and women as emotional (irrational), submissive, weak, and nurturing are still very much alive. Just look at the top sifts of all time:
1. A very talented MAN playing the ukelele
2. Two talented BOYS' well-made lightsaber video
3. Autistic BOY being awesome at a b-ball game
4. Talented MALE robot dancer
5. Prairie Dog, generally accepted as MALE. Thus: Drama KING
6. Very clever rant about Pachebel. Again, a talented and clever MAN.
7. FINALLY, an intelligent WOMAN with integrity. But, wait! She's also very beautiful. Do you think this would be the #7 sift if she hadn't been so gorgeous? I don't think so. Listen to some of the comments:
"Plus, uhmm - she's like a hot Christiane Amanpour. But I like her integrity too."
"She's 40% Kylie Minogue and 60% Naomi Watts."
"...Plus, shes hot."
"Is there anything better than a hot, articulate, angry blonde ... I don't think so."
"Lara Logan is hot. Not only is she drop dead pretty, she is smart, she has an acerbic tongue and she tells the truth. Lately, she has been wearing tight tops with a push-up bra that really make her tits looks great. More Iraq stories, please............"
"shes hot and reaaaaaaly intelligent..."
"I want this woman to have my children."
"Lara Logan, will you marry me?"

I give major props to the guys of videosift for focusing FAR more on her integrity, intelligence, and how articulate she is. They really were very good about that. But I really, really think that a lot of those votes had everything to do with the COMBINATION of brains and looks. If this had been an ugly woman, it would not have received NEARLY as many votes, I'd bet you anything. Moving on.

8. Awesome commercial. The wind is a tall MAN doing funny things. Love this sift.
9. Drug spiders. MALE spiders (Mr. Crack Spider, etc.), Male narrator.
10. Quantum Physics narrated and explained by a MALE scientist.
11. Clever prank, talented FEMALES. (Yay!) All old/overweight women are the ones being tricked, all beautiful and young females are the tricksters. Some sample comments:
"...also, they were hot."
"Those twins could prank me in the bathroom anytime."
"Twin hot German chicks in a bathroom is guaranteed to make #1."

Again, the majority of the comments had nothing to do with the way the girls looked, but on the prank itself. Cool. Movin on.

12. Jon Stewart (MAN) being funny and clever and awesome.
13. A pretty GIRL with a great bod doing something pretty cool. Comments:

"She can spin on my escalator any day she likes."
"This is cool and I think it's pure science. For example, it would be interesting also to rub her down in various oils and see how it affects the results. Or underwear versus no underwear for example. What would happen?"
"She's a hottie."
"oh and this is *nature too because humans are part of nature.
and *sexuality because those tight jeans make her look sexy to me."
"I predict a chubby girl stuck between the glass railings of a shopping mall escalator near you."
"Indeed, perhaps she will leave a trail of freshly erected posts behind her as she spins her way from town to town."
"I suspect she already left a trail of freshly erected posts, both at the original venue and among some of the male sift viewers judging by the comments."
"Videosift seems to have an immense fondness for rotating women."
"You males are all full of bull putty. If this was a 15 year old pimply faced fella doing this it have about 20 votes and an eia tag immediately."

14. Dolphins blowing bubbles
15. Cool music video. MALE band, MALE hands.

Most people see the world through the eyes of a man and they don't even know it. Men look, women are looked upon.

Top Box-Office Movies of all time: (I'm going to point out the gender of JUST the main character (protagonist).

Titanic (1997)- As far as I can tell, not having seen the movie, the MALE/FEMALE share the main character spot.
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - Male
Shrek 2 (2004) - Male
E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)- Male
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - Male
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - Male/Female?
Spider-Man (2002) - Male
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)- Male
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)- Male
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Male
The Passion of the Christ (2004)- Male
Jurassic Park (1993) - Male
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)- Male
Finding Nemo (2003) - Male
Spider-Man 3 (2007) - Male
Forrest Gump (1994) - Male
The Lion King (1994) - Male
Shrek the Third (2007) - Male
Transformers (2007) - Male
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) - Male
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Male
Iron Man (2008) - Male
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) - Male
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - Male
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Male
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - Male
Independence Day (1996) - Male
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Male
The Sixth Sense (1999) - Male
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - Male
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) Male/Female
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Male
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) - Male
Home Alone (1990) - Male
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) - Male
Meet the Fockers (2004) - Male
Shrek (2001) - Male
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) - Male
The Incredibles (2004) - Male
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) - Male

I could keep going, but I think you get the picture.

In reply to this comment by Shepppard:
Alright, this is a video of someone doing what they love.
I don't understand the controversy. Just because I watched this doesn't make me think of a woman as an object. I see her dancing, and I see her doing something she loves to do. I'm not sitting here thinking "I'd hit that so hard she'd walk funny for a week" I'm actually sitting here enjoying it because it's a dance.

People need to seriously reconsider what they want to pick fights with. Society on the whole has come to terms of equality. Black, White, Yellow, Purple, brown, male or female, everybody has equal rights and opportunities.
No race is better then the other, and same goes for the Sexes.

People don't treat women as brainless objects anymore. You can vote, you can drive, you can work, the only thing you can't do is pee standing up. People have accepted that women are NOT objects anymore, and therefore can actually watch something like this and appreciate it as art.

Because we (at least not all of us), don't have our head in the gutter anymore and can accept it.

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*promote for Independence Day.

"I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the Rock and I'll be back like Independence Day with Jesus, June 6, like the movie, big mother ship and all. I'll be back."

- Aileen Wuornos' last words before her execution.

Usual frigid bitchiness from president Roslin. I liked her better in Independence Day (she died).

OMG *quality Independence day parody.

that was... like... Independence Day! with a better script!

In my small-ish country patriotism isn't that casual either. Maybe people aren't more patriotic in fear of being thought to be a neo-Nazi. They are the only people who are seen wearing the flag. A flag of Sweden is acceptable, but that's just sarcasm.

Even now as the 90'th independence day is on the 6'th this month, the only patriotic thing I've seen is a chocolate bar. Well that and some movies about the wars.
Strange when there are still some veterans alive who defended our independence in 1944.

Maybe people don't want to angry the Russians. Maybe political apathy is to blame? Who knows?
I think people should pay more respect to the veterans and show a little patriotism once in a while.

If I remember correctly that came out before he did Independence Day...so it's early 90's..maybe '92?

Competitive eating falls into the category of high stakes ACTION of heart problems...perfect for Ball-Flexin' because isn't seeing who can eat the much the goal of our great nation! And slam another dog down for this Independence Day!

In reply to your comment:
“yer right, belongs in the balls category...

In reply to your comment:
“Takes a lot of balls to challenge a Kodiak in ANYTIHNG!””