7 Feet 5 Years
I don't know which of these things is most remarkable:
1. This video
2. His younger brother
2. The fact that I am actually not that surprised, really
3. How much time I spent wondering how the proud parent was able to capture the moment on video while also simultaneously capturing the video feed from the game console, seriously, how did he do that
9 Comments:
My goodness! This is like a stage parent for DDR! The dad says "wow, that was great! But...you could've done better on the combos. You only got a 57. You were close, but...you still need to work a little harder." It's as if he's an ex-professional DDR player who lost in a humiliating defeat in the finals of the world DDR championships, and is trying to mold his son into the perfect DDR machine to finally claim the glory that slipped through his fingers.
Oh. :( I was kind of hoping you'd be able to translate a bit, but now I'm thinking I was happier not knowing. It's just like when my dad tried to take us bowling every Sunday. I bet those kids hate DDR now.
Heheh, I think Misa's comment is the best part of the whole thing... kinda sad, though. As far as having the DDR and camera feed record on the same screen at the same time, it's not that difficult - I could have done it with my 1994 Power Mac. I had a dream that I drew a comic about Andy's hair and it came to life and started eating people...
The comic cake to life, or Andy's hair?
I think it's okay, though, because the kid still looks and sounds like he likes it, even though he's practically doing a squat every time he has to hit left and right at the same time. (I couldn't make out what the kid said in the first video except for "but..." after the dad's first comment, which I assumed was his excuse for not getting an even better score.)
Oh, and your dad tried to get you to bowl a lot? my mom did that for a while...she has this not-so-secret desire to have her daughters be good at bowling, poker, and frisbee (random), because "guys should never be better than you at something like that." Go figure, I dunno.
ps--sorry for bursting the bubble. :(
But what could be more manly than throwing balls at other strangely shaped objects in an attempt to knock them all down? Men SHOULD be better at something as stupid as bowling. Poker and frisbee, I guess, are up for grabs.
And Kevin, it was the hair in the comic that came to life in the real world and started eating real people.
Oh, and I love bowling, but it's still stupid.
ps--One more reason not to worry: the dad's tone of voice was pretty nice, and you can pick that up even without a translation. It was more of the suble-stage-parent-in-the-guise-of-being-supportive-of-your-children's-hobbies type commentary, so I don't think it's traumatizing the kid too much.
I agree I don't think his tone is too harsh. It is possible hes being constructive. Whenever I am in a play, I always look to my mom for comments because I knew she will tell me exactly what wasn't its best and I can improve it. Thats just me, however. I realize I am very lucky to have supportive parents without them turning into overbearing monsters.
Then again, he's coaching his son on DDR, lines have already been crossed. Haha.
P.S. Scott's Dream needs to be a movie.
P.P.S. Part of the allure of bowling is that it is so dumb it can't help but be fun.
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