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WrdAlYnkvc27 @ Oct 2 2004, 04:51 PM wrote: I dont get the part when Al starts flying in the video. Ya kno, when the camera starts spinning and he grabs on and...like...fly...
algonacchick @ Oct 2 2004, 06:24 PM wrote: I think he's supposed to be spinning on the turnstyle. He falls off it when he's done. hehe!
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algonacchick @ Oct 2 2004, 07:24 PM wrote: You mean near the end?? It's a mouse trap! It snaps down on his fingers, so he yells. Sort of his explanation as to why Michael yelled in the Bad video.
Wow.Dr_Dad @ Oct 2 2004, 09:34 PM wrote:
Actually, it's because if you watch that part of the "Bad" video, Michael is continually staring at the camera lens and singing as the camera spins in a circle around him, just like Al does initially in the similar scene. Al of course [as usual] takes it a step further, imagining what would happen if Michael couldn't keep up with the cameraman spinning around him. So Al grabs the camera as the cameraman "spins" fast enough to lift Al up off his feet, eventually flying off screen at the end of the scene.
And yes, Patti's right -- the part near the end where Al yells occurs because inexplicably at that moment in the "Bad" video, Michael Jackson lets out a loud "HAAAWWW!!". Al figures the reason it happened is that Michael got his hand caught in a mousetrap.
Although I strongly recommend viewing ALL of the original videos being parodied regardless, this is one video where viewing the original and then viewing Al's version really brings a much MUCH deeper appreciation of Al's talent for detail in his parodies. Because of that attention to detail, "Fat" is my favorite Al video hands down. If you view these one after the other, your jaw will drop as you realize the amount of minutia Al captured from "Bad" in "Fat".
In fact, this "Bad" video started out as a 16 minute mini-movie[!!] directed by none other than legendary "Goodfellas" director Martin Scorsese! [And if you DO see this long version of "Bad", you will understand and appreciate the beginning sequence in black and white of "Fat" SO much better!! Like the "Is that what they teach you in that little sissy school of yours?" line ...] Go find "Bad" on launch.com, or buy one of the MJ compilation video releases ["Michael Jackson - Video Greatest Hits - HIStory", for instance, has the entire "Bad" video-movie]. Trust me; even if you don't like MJ, watching "Beat It" and "Bad" will deepen your admiration of "Eat It" and "Fat", especially for the under-25 crowd here. It's THAT worth it.
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That's actually my favorite part in the whole video.WrdAlYnkvc27 @ Oct 2 2004, 05:51 PM wrote: I dont get the part when Al starts flying in the video. Ya kno, when the camera starts spinning and he grabs on and...like...fly...
Never say that. Not even in jest.TheMeccaOfAlbinoPoodles @ Oct 2 2004, 10:15 PM wrote: Wow.
You're like Jim Hill.