The Internet is for Porn!

Posted by DeK on August 31, 2006.

Ready are you? What know you of ready?

You have heard the song before, right? It was on that flash animation, or in that lip syncing video you found on YouTube… But you must have heard it.

Well, with this (long) post, we’ll go at the source, and finally see the original performers at work. Then, with abundance of examples, we’ll examine the Internet phenomenon in all of his forms.

Where unspecified, the file format is Flash Video, hosted on “embed sites” like YouNoob, Google Video and the same.

Introduction

The question is: is the Internet really made for porn? Well, only the future will tell. Sorry, I mean: Futurama will tell. (MP4, or Flash Video here)

Chapter 1: Avenue Q

Avenue Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account.

It is a Broadway musical where almost all the characters are represented by puppets (sort of an alter ego) and almost all of the songs revolve around risque themes like porn.

Here’s a recording of Internet is for Porn performed in Broadway (MP4) during the show.

Here’s the song performed Live at the International Festival of Puppetry.

And here’s the Q-mercial. There’s actually a challenge coming up, starting September 1st 2006, for the best fan generated video. If you use your internet for more than mere porn, you should consider entering this contest!

Chapter 2: Numa Numa Wannabees

I don’t quite get the whole lip syncing, making faces into the webcam phenomenon. But here’s a brother and sister team performing the routine that you may now find familiar. Their website is here.

There’s so much more on the Tube: a guy without the chick trying too hard to be funny, a chick without a guy, and even two girls. Oh, and I talked about funny faces?

Chapter 3: Anime Music Video

An AMV is a fan made music video edited from scenes taken from an anime. The most popular is probably The Purpose of Persocoms (MP4, or Youtube here) set on the series Chobits.

But, searching on the Tube, you can find dozens and dozens of AMV. The funniest, in my opinion, is this one taken from Inuyasha.

The other stuff: Vash Loves Porn (Trigun), an Excel and BacchiGuu mash-up, a Naruto version and, for the ones who hate Japanimation, a Teen Titan themed clip.

Chapter 4: Animutation

Animutation is a style of animation invented by Neil Cicierega at age 13. This style of animation is usually characterized by random images of pop culture in sequence with usually (not in this case) foreign music. The animation style is strange, weird, random, and from a creator’s point of view it’s easy to implement.

Here’s the self claimed original Internet is for Porn (Flash) animation by Daniel Berk. featuring Gary Coleman, the Griffins, Britney Spears (or one of her clones) and other poppy idols.

Can’t find any other in this genre. Drop a line in case you know one.

Chapter 5: Science Fiction

Where we learn some valuable lessons.

First: Yoda and Obi Wan love porn. Oh yes, they do! So now we know where Yoda heard silly things like “Size matters not” and the like…

Second: The Internet is for XXX man. Finally Storm has a chance to teach class all by herself. And the lesson is about… Well, you know!

Chapter 6: Machinima

Machinima is a new form of filmmaking that uses computer games technology to shoot films in the virtual reality of a game engine.

Not my style but this World of Warcraft (Quicktime) version is pretty hilarious, I must admit. You can find the clip also here (AVI) or here.

Other versions include: the Playstation 2 tech test remix (that edits together previously made videos rather than actual in-game recordings) and the Kingdom Hearts version.