VOTD: Downfall of Universal Studios

Downfall of Universal Studios

The Pitch: Following the great backlot fire, Hitler reassesses the current situation at Universal Studios in this re-subtitled scene from Downfall.

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via: Anne Thompson

  • The same thing exists for the PS3, the Xbox, Tom Cruise, etc...

    Boring
  • T-1337
    But this is witty and true.

    Witty and true. It's hard to find these things again.
  • Tom
    I liked it better when hitler was banned from xboxx live
  • Matt M
    woah.... someone at youtube should really look at the suggestion for other videos algorithm and get that fixed. not good.
  • ahahahah!!!
  • AlexanderJ
    FUCK THIS IS GENIUS
  • The Twitter one was better
  • mike
    Funny, but better when it was about the downfall of HD DVD
  • josh
    I think the guy who made this video is an anti-semite. Or atleast it is linking this video to anti-semetic ones.
  • seanovan
    That was hilarious. What is the movie that the video source is from?
  • Windmillninja
    @seanovan

    "Downfall"

    Now go throw yourself in a well.
  • Windmillninja
    I remember the first of these I saw was from two years ago when the Cowboys lost in the playoffs. It was hilarious. The rest were not, because the gimmick was already old by then. "Look! Hitler's pissed off about something that didn't even exist! How ironic! Look how mad he is! Boy, those other guys sure look uncomfortable!"
  • Grrm
    Actually i think the first of these was a couple of years back when (English football/"soccer" team) Sheffield United got relegated from the Premier League. It was a huge hit over here. Then the splurge of copycats appeared
  • Da JoKa'
    Dat sucked!
  • Those Downfall mashes never get old.
  • Hmm... I don't get these. I guess knowing German makes the subtitles absurd. They should just remove the sound.
  • Eduardo
    Universal is the absolute worst, WORST movie studio in all of Hollywood; (you getting that anyone from Uni that is reading this).

    First, let's discuss their theme parks. Like Hitler says, they keep replacing popular attractions with crap. And not just that, they keep bringing in other competing studio properties; THE SIMPSONS RIDE (Fox); TWISTER: RIDE IT OUT (Warner Bros.); MEN IN BLACK (Columbia); TERMINATOR 2: 3-D (Artisan).

    In 2006, just weeks before Peter Jackson's KING KONG hit theaters, the Florida park closed the Kong attraction. The ride may have been based on the 1976 film, but either way, they knew that a new movie was in-the-works, and they had plenty of time to refurbish it to match Jackson's version. Even though they didn't bother to do that, closing the attraction the same time the movie hit, call me nuts, but that's just sheer stupidity.

    Closing the BACK TO THE FUTURE RIDE; what a mistake that was. And even more so bringing in THE SIMPSONS. How long is that going to last? If you're going to have a simulated flying-type of ride, wouldn't it have made more sense to create a BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ride based on the new Sci-Fi series, a property Universal owns, rather than pay Fox for licensing THE SIMPSONS? Or closing the E.T. ride to replace with THE MUMMY rollercoaster; sorry Uni, but the Brendan Fraser MUMMY franchise will never have the longevity that E.T. has.

    How about Bruce "The Shark" JAWS at the Hollywood park. You would think that after 30+ years, with all the advances in technology, they would consider refurbishing that shark. But then again, the JURASSIC PARK RIDE is only 10+ years old, and the way it's looked after, I'm surprised it's still standing.

    Now how about they way Uni treats it's catalog titles. If you seriously start to think of their library of titles, other than their Universal Monsters and the Spielberg/Amblin catalog, the studio is really lacking in a vast majority of celebrated movies. And even their popular ones, it's not like the treat them with any respect.

    BACK TO THE FUTURE as an example, the DVD's were seriously lacking, as it's well known in some circles that there are hours of material left on the floor, all because Uni didn't want to have to spend any more money on a fourth disc. Even the framing issues of BTTF Part II & III on the DVD's; Universal knew a good six months in advance about the widescreen framing problem, but they just tried to sweep in under the rug until the fans made a point of it once the discs were finally released; and that's a fact, producer Bob Gale has and will continue to confirm it.

    What about their television series on DVD; QUANTUM LEAP... Ray Charles' song Georgia is used several times in the series, but because the studio didn't want to pay for the license of the actual song, they've got some half-ass version that's not even close to the original one on aired episodes. In-fact, most of Uni's tv DVD's are poorly transferred, awful menus, and crappy packaging. After the fire, with so many of their tv series gone up in flames, do you think we'll ever see a lot of those classic tv series fully restored and re-released? I think not.

    And before I write this, I just want to clarify that this is a rumor, and only a rumor, I can't confirm this, but after the fire, there was a lot of rumbling that JURASSIC PARK was lost in the fire... 100% of it, negatives and all. Whether or not that was just the first film or the entire trilogy, if it is true, what a terrible loss.

    In conclusion, Universal Studios has been going downhill ever since MCA sold the company in early 1990's. Movie studios throughout the decades have always had their ups and downs, a clump of good films, a pile of bad ones. But Universal has been steadily declining in quality and management for quite some time now, and I fear will only get worse. It's somewhat amazing, that just right across the street from Uni sits Warner Bros., who in my opinion, has been producing some great movies over the last few years; they celebrate and takes pride and care in their film library (BLADE RUNNER; CASABLANCA anyone). Both studios are owned by giant conglomerates, and yet their attitudes and overall establishments could be more different.

    Universal, shape up or close down.

    That's my rant.
  • Woods
    This was the first of these "Hitler is mad" videos that I have seen (I now know that there are several), and as someone who worked at Universal for several month in the back lot, as well as someone who, unfortunately worked at the Jurassic Park Ride for a few months......I find this video hysterical.

    I love working at Universal and was pretty shocked by the fire, and was questioning, myself, as to what they would do with the tour. I have since seen the "detour" and the torn down buildings, and it takes A LOT away from the "Back Lot Tour". So, maybe it was because I got a few jokes more than some of the viewers but I found it to be a clever video.
  • Jon
    alternate link please?!
  • seanovan
    @ Windmillninja

    DIAF
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