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"I really like the idea of torrents being used to distribute anonymous derivative works of copyrighted media." This reminds me of fan-provided (third party) co
by rsync 11y ago
"I really like the idea of torrents being used to distribute anonymous derivative works of copyrighted media."
This reminds me of fan-provided (third party) commentary tracks.
Are those still a thing ? When I first heard of this, many years ago, I was very excited about the idea of seeing interesting films with interesting background/commentary/metadata provided by well-informed commentators.
Did that ever go anywhere ? Do people still do that ? Any golden examples of this kind of work that I should look into ?
- stordoff 11y agoGiant Bomb have been dabbling with this in their "Film & 40s" podcasts (more for entertainments sake than being well-informed though). For anyone with a GB Premium account, links are: Rocky IV - http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/film-40s-rocky-iv/1600-1151/ http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/film-40s-rocky-iv/1600-115... Hunt for Red October - http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/film-and-40s-the-hunt-for-red-october/1600-1303/ http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/film-and-40s-the-hunt-for-...
- MarkSweep 11y agoThere is RiffTrax: http://www.rifftrax.com/ http://www.rifftrax.com/
- MikeNomad 11y agoWasn't that originally MST3K?
- milkey_mouse 11y agoYes
- soylentcola 11y agoI mostly just know of the usual comedy sync-tracks like MST3K and its successors in Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic. Also, if you're at all a fan (or not) of the Harry Potter movies, there's a great alt audio track called "Wizard People, Dear Reader". For that one, you either turn off the audio in the movie (or at least turn it way down so you can still sorta hear the music) and play the alternate narration. The premise is kind of the story as told by someone who's never heard the actual narrative, but I think the humor shows that he was at least a bit familiar with it.