Rootclip

Poignant. Precise. Masterful.

very colorful, this film really sets the tone for the chapter!!!

This is by far one of the best submissions.

Great job guys keep up the good work

LOL!

This makes me want to become a vegetarian... or aimlessly slaughter animals, I can't decide.

I really liked this entry, but I don't really see how it continues the story. I think if you all would have varied the shots a little more, this has potential.

However this is very professional , a lot of big budget hollywood films contain many of these same elements.

agreed! production value was impressive, but the story could use work. my favorite part: the green bar at :22.i lol'd "beeep!!"

NTSC is so 20th century you need to grow up.

No, I think that this continues the story perfectly. He flipped the switch at the end of the last segment, and it turned everything into bars and tones. It's simple yet clever, and very to the point. I like it.

Did you even watch the last entry? Just cuz you're good with special effects and computers, doesn't mean you can ignore continuity. Igor should have been wearing a BLACK shirt.

Yeah! that feels good! Now I know where manbearpig was coming from :P

On the flip side the audio was very clear, and the footage was steady. Tripod, or...

you wouldn't believe how hard it was to hold that note for twenty seconds.

At least it didn't have Jim in it.

I will love everybody if this gets voted as the winner.

Hm, retro, but I like retro.

I like knowing that this WILL get a percentage of the votes.

Cute--I'll even say it's creative and humorous ('cause it is ;-) but I guess I was expecting a transition to something somewhere for the sake of furthering the story. I guess that'll be my mantra--or my hang-up--whatever ;-). Anyhow, it's a clever follow up. :-)

wow i'm actually going to vote for this. in all honesty it opens chapter 3 up to virtually limitless possibilities.

pure cinematic genius

I voted for this one because I got a good laugh. Since I can cast two votes, I figured I should show you some love (since the judges won't).

This kind of makes me sad for all the people below. Those people took time and made real entrys and are loosing to ...this . I can still see the humor though, would have found it really funny if the coler changed or it turned to a mesage interupted so you could say that was you conflict .

Dude com on. Its not one bit masterful. (see first comment)

this is hilarious. I nearly peed my pants when I saw it. Though there isn't much to it, it actually fits with the storyline. The switch destroyed Rootclip.com. I likes.

Genius

I really liked it until the end. There was this well executed tension on screen, very moody, very effective....but it ended very anti-climactic. A slight script revision and this definitely would have taken this round, hands down. Looking forward to seeing more from you guys!

Yea dude wtf is this doing in this contest let alone 3rd place.

@jakus Wah! :(

don't cry about it, its not like these guys are going to get any judge votes

yes i must agree with everyone its a wonderful story which really held my interest and it had a very climatic ending NOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Now you are just ruining the integrity of the site by making all the fake accounts.

I agree!

The idea is to bring more people to the site not the same person 100 times.

You are not fooling anyone.

Hold on a second here. Let's think about this. In order to make an account, one must have a valid e-mail address to confirm their identity. In order for one person to make as many multiple accounts as you accuse him/her of, they would have to register via a site for quite some while. I seriously doubt that whoever made this film would put that much effort into a film that was blatantly made as a joke or a statement. Don't allow obsessions with this site to get us all in a wad.

This one got my vote because I just thought it was a really creative idea of moving the story forward. I mean, what better thing to happen then to cut to bars and tones after the switch is flipped? I think the story should have ended right there.

I agree with justaviewer, thats a whole lot email addresses, so I seriously doubt that it was anything more than a couple of nerds that had nothing better to do.

Thoughts on the votes? I'd like to get a discussion going.

Oh also, it didn't effect the final outcome or anything, so it's not like there was any real harm done. But thats just my humble opinion.

The people who voted for this submission showed everyone how low IQ's can effect ones judgment...

@ Filmdreamz You mean, the people who voted for this submission showed everyone how low IQ's can AFFECT ones judgment? It should be affect, effect. Nice try at insulting my intelligence, though.

The votes because it was clever are not the problem. The cheat votes are what ruin it for everyone.

Anyone still taking these fake votes seriously should refer to the voting history. At the end there, he/she started taking words from the comments and making account names out of them. They didn't even care if we knew they were cheating.

True, it didn't make a difference because Jakus got 4 judges, but it could have. Dangman, don't make yourself look bad by defending this garbage. The video is cute and all, but cheating hurts the credibility of this very generous website. If you want money make a good video. If you want to make joke videos, do it, but don't mess with the system and make up accounts to vote for it.

uumm.. dangman87.. I find it interesting how you try and prove a point by actually correcting me on something you yourself did on the post above mine.. I suppose the jokes on you.. =0)

Here Here! Well said FungusRidden..... maybe in the future these sort of submissions will be removed and taken out of the running long before it even has a chance to taint the process.

@ JakusB -

Oops. Now that I look at it, I see what you mean. I had not checked this voting history for this particular film since the 4th and, at that point, things looked pretty innocent. Now I see what you mean about the making up names. These perpetrators of film injustice must be stopped. I'm not sure how, but I trust that you and others can find a way. I would help, but....

I'm just a viewer.

@everyone

Are we seriously whining about this video? This is obviously from a guy or team who didn't care to win. It served its purpose to get a quick laugh and to poke fun at the process. After all they did create a name centered around the video. I wouldn't equate someone with a low IQ to be clever enough to use bars and tone as a video entry, much less know what it is. I can probably bet half of the entries on this site don't even know what bars and tone actually is intended for.

Unfortunately cheating is a part of this site and there is not much you can do to curb it. You can probably go back and look at many of the others own submissions and find that there are a couple names that don't check out.

So please quit your whining and make better entries because quite honestly the winning video is nothing to write home about

I agree with moviefanatic whole-heartedly. You guys are acting like a bunch of hurt little schoolgirls. If anything, this video and all the events surrounding it are a good thing because it shows everyone that a.) this website's voting system is seriously flawed and b.) the entries for these videos really need a boost in quality. Before anyone else goes whining about how this is ruining the "integrity" of Rootclip, then I have to agree with one of the voting account names...What integrity? Low-quality videos, popularity-based judging, and a clearly flawed voting system are what ruin this sites so-called "integrity", not harmless jokes.

Ok, a couple of things. First off, it's not Die Hard 4, its Live Free or Die Hard. Second, are you honestly comparing me to a (fictional) psychopathic, mentally deranged movie villain? I must be evil because I think this is funny. Better hide your wives and daughters from me, quick! Third, this might not be a better "movie" than the other entries, but it sure isn't as annoying as they are. And fourth, you really have to work on your puns.

Seventh, you're a twat.

not to sound like a dick or anything, but perhaps the viewers/submitters of this site should be less concerned with commenting on the boards and more concerned about the quality of the videos they are submitting.

@ Dangman87: make a video.

MAKE A VIDEO.

@ wblank: suck a dick.

SUCK A DICK.

temper, temper. and i wouldn't call any of these entries "films."

why cant we all just get along and wedgie the maker of bars and tones

My uncle contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion, you arrogant prick. Just for that I will make it my mission in life to pursue you from video to video.

let's not stoop to his level. He's just trying to create commotion. I wouldn't want rootclip to start banning and censoring so the only other option is to just ignore him.

The people who are here for the right reasons see the talent in these no budget, quickly produced movies. Anyone who doesn't see that, and wants to criticize... make your judgments and move on.

@fiercedeityys

what are you talking about?

So is it possible to have assurances from rootclip that if another entry that is at the professional level as "Bars and Tone" is submitted, it will be promptly be removed as to assure contest integrity?

I was about to call foul on this when i first saw it. When HungryFungus made their spoof video, it wasn't allowed to compete because it didn't continue the story. So I almost complained about this one making it up. But then I realized that if you stretch your imagination far enough this actually could be considered a continuation of the switch flipping, albeit a lazy gimmick.

I would hope that this sort of entry was only accepted because of the specific circumstances.

Ok, all trolling and jokes aside, let me get to my overall, ultimate point. Your system is flawed and got manipulated, but in a harmless way. The ultimate outcome of things was not changed, nor would it have been, even if barsandtones had gotten all of the votes. None of the judges would have voted for it, and I seriously doubt that Rootclip would award the makers of it. The point I am trying to make here is that you are all way too serious about something as trivial as rootclip videos. I agree that rootclip is a cool idea, and if they would just fix their voting and judging system, then this would undoubtably be an awesome website. However, as things stand, the site kinda sucks. It's like America's economy, it once was great but then a idiot moved in and brought everything down. Now what this site needs is a bailout and a new leader who can bring about change.

In a nutshell, just stop taking yourselves and this website so seriously, and enjoy the occasional barsandtones and bulletin board prick.

And here I thought Dangman was through with trying to rationalize why he considers "Bars and Tone" as both "funny" and "harmless". I guess we were all mistaken..

Well, here's another rationalization that I think is worth mentioning. I could be mistaken on this, but to my knowledge, none of the people who's videos were actually beaten by barsandtones have complained. Only people who either a.) didn't enter this contest, or b.) had videos that DID place higher than barsandtones are complaining. Now where is the logic in that?

You may have thought it was worth mentioning...but unfortunately, you ARE mistaken...

Mistaken on a lot of things. If you were steamrolling people with legitimate complaints, you'd be an impressive jerk. But you're wrong about most of what you're saying.

So you're a rude fool.

Looking at Dangman's voting history... I'd like to clarify that I have nooooo idea who that is.

I'm actually the best of both worlds....a rude yet impressive fool/jerk.

No one is impressed.

I'm impressing myself, actually.

Would you happen to be impressing yourself in your parent's finished basement?

I'm certain he impresses himself every time he makes a double stack with cheese while working at Wendy's....

@ FungusRidden

What are you talking about?

nope, wasn't this dangman87. there must be someone else on here who, uh, likes what i'm doing and created other accounts. but it wasn't me; i stick to rootclip.

although this did make me look at fungusridden's site. how much do your dvds cost? i might order some.

(sigh) I suppose every village has to have an idiot ...

...as well as a gimp.

Rootclip is temporary...Dangman is forever.

Until the parents finally kick you out ...

Then I can come stay with you, right? I'll bring popcorn!

I don't think there's room in my crawl space.

You know, david, you are 38 years old, on here arguing with a bunch of teenagers and 20-somethings. Good job.

Who am I arguing with again? Like you, I'm just sharing my opinion.

I also don't hide behind stupid screennames and aliases so I can pretend to be something that I'm not and stir up trouble to make myself feel better at the expense of others. There are those here who are young, and will grow out of your obnoxious, juvenile-like behavior ... but being an elderly man at 38, my instinct tells me that you are old enough to know better. So please, deflect all your personal inadequacies and insecurities to the members of this community. Again, all villages have at least one idiot -- might as well be you.

Yeah, you're old as balls.

"(Rootclip) once was great but then a idiot moved in and brought everything down."

Dangman is a past competitor that lost. And he doesn't like one of the other competitors. So he's a masked supervillain... I wonder who burned him so bad.

Darn right I am. Oh, is this the community member formally know as "Rootclip"?

Isn't this exciting!?!?

hmm.. oh well.

so who's playing round 3?

i'll be there for certain.

and who knows? i might even submit something.

but regardless, i will definitely be there.

I think we all need a long bubblebath between rounds ...

that's really funny, i was just about to get in a bubblebath when i read this, actually. i'm using some strawberry smelling stuff, its really good. i highly recommend it.

I'll throw my two cents into this discussion. I know that people in my crew were very upset to get a lower score than Bars and Tones. Some of them don't want to participate again because they feel that this is an indication of how things are run here. I've been lurking here for months so I assure them that Rootclip is a legitimate site.

However, I was surprised that this entry was allowed. I get the humor of it, but I don't believe it follows the rules. The characters aren't continued, the story isn't advanced, there's no cliffhanger and I thought it was supposed to be 1-2 minutes long. I might be wrong about the time constraints since I know a 35 second clip won one of the chapters before.

I agree with Jester. Although I do not know everything about Bars and Tone, it's pretty clear that it should have never been allowed to be voted on. I have only the greatest respect for you guys, but this seems to have done more damage than good and really should be thrown out and corrected.

Whine, whine, whine, moan, moan, moan. Just get over it already, you bunch of sniveling crybabies. I don't think I've ever seen a bigger bunch of crying wimps in my life.

Ok, I've never posted before, but I have watched several videos and have been watching some of the comment wars, particularly this one, unfold, and I find dangman amusing in a "Hey, let's go watch the chimps fling dung at each other at the zoo!" sort of way. But honestly, you've out-lived your usefulness here.

You've already stated your opinion, if it is that (I'm more of the mind that you just made up that junk so it looked like you had a reason for being here so you didn't get banned), and no one cares. So stop trying to stir up more junk on an already almost dead submission.

And if we're guessing as to what dangman's online personality tells us about his real life personality, my guess is he's an unmotivated, unsuccessful college student whose friend or relative made a movie for the site, since I doubt he has the talent or motivation to create one himself. Since he can't, he's decided to rip others under the guise of "a good laugh" so he has an excuse to stick around.

is that "chimp" line your attempt at an insult because I'm black?

Mate, if I were trying to insult you by comparing you to an animal, I wouldn't go at in a half-aped, roundabout way.

Let's see...since you're obviously dodging my post by attempting to turn it back around on me, I'm going to assume that I'm correct on my assumption, or enough so that it bothers you, so...lazy, unmotivated...I would bet you're not exactly Arnold Schwarzenegger either. So, if I were going to insult you, my animal of choice would be Snorlax, from Pokemon. Fictional, yes, but he seems to fit your mold perfectly, plus it's both black and white, so everyone's happy! :)

By the way, my guess is that the only thing black about you are the crumbs on your face of the last box of double stuffed oreos you crammed down your throat.

Mate? I'm not your mate. Is that another one of your racist comments towards Australians? Did you actually shell out 20 bucks for an official white hood, or do you just run around with a pillow case on your head?

Nice Pokemon reference, by the way. Snorlax, from the original 150, no less. So, did you catch 'em all, or are you still working on it during the 10 years since Pokemon came out and it was cool to talk about it?

By the way, my guess is that the only thing white about you are the drops of cum on your face from the last big fat cock you crammed down your throat.

Your retorts are laughable...I'd even go so far as to say you're laughing at them yourself, because you realize how pathetic you've really gotten by trying to be the communal douchebag on this site, keyword being "trying" obviously.

You call me KKK in one post, yet call me black, or ethnic at the least, in your following post. An individual with more integrity than I would probably stop talking to you now, based off the sheer idiocy of your contradicting posts, but since I enjoy goading you, and I have a feeling I'm hitting spot on, I'll go on for a bit.

As for the Pokemon bit, mate, the only thing I remember is that there used to be a really big, fat Pokemon that slept a lot. You seem to have far more knowledge of the subject than I, so if you feel it necessary to enlighten me on what you did to keep yourself entertained between shoveling pints of Ben & Jerry's down your throat 150 lbs ago, feel free (though I'm not sure how you found the time, seeing as I bet it took you most of the day to work up the effort to turn off the movie you were watching and crawl out of bed just to reach for those pints). I'm all ears!

And what's up with the '87' at the end of your name? Surely you're not 21...God wouldn't allow an abomination like you to run free for so long.

I'm diabetic, you dick, so I actually can't eat ice cream. I'm also an atheist, so keep your god out of our conversation, please. I have to hand it to you though, you are just about as big a prick as I am. Unfortunately for you, you will not be able to run me off of this board. Why? Because you are my entertainment. I am deeply enjoying our little conversation here, and I am getting plenty of good laughs. But try as you may, you will not be able to get rid of me. So keep attacking me, I hope you do. As you seem to point out, I have nothing better to do.

Oh, and the 87 at the end of my name represents the year my parents were killed in a car crash. So some respect please, I haven't insulted your family.

Seriously, that explains everything!

So I was right about you being fat...I just didn't realize how much so. You're so morbidly obese you've given yourself an incurable illness. Way to go moron.

As for your parents dying, that explains even more. What with your uncle having AIDS and all, I'd bet your childhood was a little bit depressing. Which would feed into your morbid obesity, though I can't explain your lack of faith in God. Given your obviously horrendous background that you've laid out all over the site, you'd think faith in a higher being was the one good thing you'd have (though I doubt the feeling would be mutual). In fact, I'd even go so far as to say His existence is proven by your life. I mean, He was merciful enough to save your parents 18 years of being in the same house as you...that's pretty "dang" compassionate, in my book.

For a so-called "Christian", you sure don't act like one.

For a so-called fat-ass, you sure pretend to have a crapload of self-confidence.

Well Herald, I must say, it is time for you to go. So I think it is time to bring the conversation back to the video above. Wow, it is awesome.

Yes, I agree, we should both grow up, and watch this awesome video.

Did I mention how cool this video is yet?

Those bars are really cool. Very poetic and mesmerizing.

And those tones! Oh, those tones! Music to my ears.

Look at the way those colors flow, they are really quite beautiful.

I feel as though all of the videos in this contest tried to have too complicated of story-lines, and yet this one had a very simple, to the point story that really managed to win its audience over.

Why yes, Dangman87, I agree with you whole-heartedly.

Thank you, Dangman87. I'm glad we see things the same way.

Yes, me too. That really makes for a much more enjoyable movie-viewing experience.

It really does.

Well...there's not much to argue with here. Earlier I brought up the point of your idiocy, dangman, a topic we seem to have strayed from for some far more humorous topics, but you seem to want to bring it back full tilt. You lost at your own game...you are now officially worth nothing in this life

don't even bother copying and pasting, mate

Well...there's not much to argue with here. Earlier I brought up the point of your idiocy, Herald, a topic we seem to have strayed from for some far more humorous topics, but you seem to want to bring it back full tilt. You lost at your own game...you are now officially worth nothing in this life

don't even bother copying and pasting, mate

I really want to apologize to anyone and everyone who read my remarks over the next few days, if they stay on here (I hope they don't...no one deserves to be subjected to the trash I've spewed in the last 3 hours).

My original reason for posting was to simply back up those who felt slighted or bothered by dangman's posts. I realized when I saw Jakus' response that I had very clearly overstepped my bounds on that matter, and for that, I'm sorry.

I know I crossed a LOT of lines, and I'll understand if, when I try to log in tomorrow, I can't. I let myself get carried away (dangman, if you read this, you really were a fun individual...you just never seemed to be willing to sidestep a shot, and I was having too much fun to pay attention to the lengths we went), and it's no doubt affected at least Jakus, and anyone else who read our posts.

My original intent was to find a way to stop dangman from trolling, but I wound up sinking to his level. I guess he can't be "beat" per se, because anyone who tries winds up becoming him. So dangman, you can have your trolling title. It's not one I'm interested in. Again, sorry Rootclip.

Apology accepted.

I wasn't apologizing to you, douche bag. Stfu.

It's ok, I forgive you.

See? You're already acting like a Christian.

See? You're already acting like a hypocrite. You're still talking to me.

OK, this whole thread should be thrown out -- including this video.

You're back! I've missed you so much david! xoxo

@ davidmoon

OK, this whole thread should be thrown out -- including you!

Dangman??? Is this your pretend girlfriend speaking? Remember kiddies, silence is Dangman's Kryptonite.

im not sure what u mean davidmoon...lolz...but if ur callin dangman superman then u must b pretty cool cuz ur rite bout that! =)

dangwoman87! how nice to finally meet you!

are you kidding me...? There are two? Or is this dangman's next desperate ploy to try to run me off, since the flooding didn't work?

no silly! lolz i tink dangmans funny n i wanna b just like him! lolz!

Desperate ploy for attention. Aren't you getting enough at home?

i appreciate the support, dangwoman. To everyone else, I can assure you that we are two separate people, but it is very nice to have a friend.

We're giving your site more hits than its ever had before, so stfu and quit complaining.

why dont you just ban this douche and end all this crap judges

wow i cnt believe dat u guys are argueing about a video its a contest its not the end of the world.. in my opinion that was one of the worst videos ive eva seen.. the other ones were good... and myne and jakusBs was gewd.. but tha bars and tones was outta control and ya'll need to grow up...

ya jus get this kydd tha hell off of tha site so we can go bak to wut we gotta do

NOOOOO!!!!!!!!1!!11!!!! u cant ban dangman!! hes so awesome this site sux w/out him!

i agree whole-heartedly.

uv got my whole <3!!! XD

ps y is that guys post green????? i wanna green 1!!

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