You all remember 'Seinfeld' as the show about nothing. The series, starring Jerry Seinfeld as a thinly-veiled version of himself, centered on a group of often neurotic friends living in New York City.
But, one YouTube genius recut scenes from the long-running comedy and turned it into a movie called 'George,' which follows a man named George Costanza -- played of course by Jason Alexander -- struggling to deal with his fiancee Susan's death and finding redemption through the eyes of a child.
Now, for fans of 'Seinfeld,' you know that Susan's death by envelope licking was played for laughs. And George's experience with the Big Brother program wasn't exactly heartwarming -- which makes this trailer all the more awesome.
The video's creator, known on YouTube as lorocker -- real name D'Arcy -- talked to PopEater about the work. "As a huge 'Seinfeld' fan with all the seasons on DVD, a little bit of familiarity with Adobe Premiere and some time off school, I thought I could spend a bit of time entertaining my friends -- and to my surprise, the YouTube community -- creating something that makes people laugh and pays tribute to an amazing show that unfortunately has been off the air for 12 years." Watch It
D'Arcy hopes to make another 'Seinfeld'-based trailer. "I'm thinking I'll make something with a crime-action feel to it. My main goal is to incorporate more Kramer because I had a hard time finding room for him in 'George.'"
This isn't the first time 'Seinfeld' has received this treatment. It has been rewritten as a horror film, as well. Watch
Other movies have been shaped to completely change their plot lines, too. In one YouTube video, 'The Shining' becomes a film about a boy looking for a father figure -- instead of Stephen King's original horror story about a man who goes crazy and tries to kill his family. In fact, D'Arcy was inspired by this particular re-imagining. "To effectively portray a horrifying character like Jack Torrance as a decent man takes very careful editing and a patient eye for picking out scenes to make it believable. I wanted to take on a similar challenge to portray George, who is also a horrifying character in his own way, as someone you feel sorry for and admire while watching." Watch
And the romantic comedy 'Sleepless in Seattle' turns into a 'Fatal Attraction' like thriller. Watch
The essence of creativity is to make something new from nothing or something old. Congrats to the creator. This stuff doesn't pretend to be great art but it is fun art and funny too.
I'm sorry, I don't get it. This guy spent a lot of time doing 'clips' of Seinfeld, showing only George as the 'main' character....so, big deal. I didn't watch the others as my interest waned with this one.
you hit the nail on the head. stringing together some clips of george: NOT that creative, especially considering the lack of entertainment value. yeah, I didn't watch any of the others if that first clip was any indication of how entertaining the others were going to be.
Agreed. I could see it being entertaining and interesting if there were mere scenes taken out of context and strung together they made a story that wasn't in Seinfeld at all, but this is mostly from a few episodes that were all from the same storyline, with a few throwaway scenes thrown in. There were enough episodes that something truly original and interesting could have been made. This thing is just an afternoon on an Apple wasting time.
Sorry, but this is just not funny. George had lots of hysterical bits..."shrinkage" "model hands" and "master of his domain" among them....but this whole Susan thing is not...what was this guy thinking??
This bozo can't be much of a Seinfeld fan, he put in clips that didn't even pertain to George. Elaine giving the eulogy at the 'ficticious' Susan's funeral. Not the Susan that George was engaged to and died licking cheap envelopes. You might want to watch the show before putting together some clips about it.
Lets see you watched it and took the time to write an inane post. Who has too much time on his hands? Besides the clip is funny but you have to have a sense of humor.
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OMG I LOVE it! This is so creative. Lots of fun.
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The essence of creativity is to make something new from nothing or something old. Congrats to the creator. This stuff doesn't pretend to be great art but it is fun art and funny too.
Death is rarely funny. But I guess this is Seinfeld
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I'm sorry, I don't get it. This guy spent a lot of time doing 'clips' of Seinfeld, showing only George as the 'main' character....so, big deal. I didn't watch the others as my interest waned with this one.
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I felt the exact same way....like big deal. If the rest is this booooring-well I'm outta here
you hit the nail on the head. stringing together some clips of george: NOT that creative, especially considering the lack of entertainment value. yeah, I didn't watch any of the others if that first clip was any indication of how entertaining the others were going to be.
Agreed. I could see it being entertaining and interesting if there were mere scenes taken out of context and strung together they made a story that wasn't in Seinfeld at all, but this is mostly from a few episodes that were all from the same storyline, with a few throwaway scenes thrown in. There were enough episodes that something truly original and interesting could have been made. This thing is just an afternoon on an Apple wasting time.
Sorry, but this is just not funny. George had lots of hysterical bits..."shrinkage" "model hands" and "master of his domain" among them....but this whole Susan thing is not...what was this guy thinking??
This bozo can't be much of a Seinfeld fan, he put in clips that didn't even pertain to George. Elaine giving the eulogy at the 'ficticious' Susan's funeral. Not the Susan that George was engaged to and died licking cheap envelopes. You might want to watch the show before putting together some clips about it.
ENOUGH OF SEINFELD ALREADY....THE MAN HAS ZILLIONS OFF THE STUPIDITY OF THOSE DROOLING MORONS WHO CONTINUE TO TRUMPET HIS DUBIOUS LEGACY....
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sooo jealous
Whoever did these "films" has TOO much time on his/her hands. They're useless crap.
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Too much time, kind of like those who watch them and then take time to write a reply. Talk about your useless crap.
Wow I'm really surprised that NO ONE HERE likes this. Guess you all are extremely hard to please.
I enjoyed it. I thought it was well done. And I think you guys really should lighten up and stop being so damn hostile.
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I really didn't watch the show on a regular basis (Bits and pieces......here and there)I really enjoyed the George trailer though.
Lets see you watched it and took the time to write an inane post. Who has too much time on his hands? Besides the clip is funny but you have to have a sense of humor.
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It's plain and simple.......Although I loved Jerry, Elaine, and Kramer, George Castanza WAS that show. I tuned in mainly to see him. Great stuff!
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The National Lampoon (Seinfeld) edit about Michael Richards' infamous rant was ROTFLOL side-slapping funny.
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This isn't funny; it's weird. I'm still a diehard Seinfeld fan, but this is just...strange.
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You hate mongers hate everything.
You even hate to laugh.
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