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Funny or Die's Steve Jobs Movie 'iSteve' Now Available Online
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A parody is an imitation of something done for comedic effect. The question is whether or not this is actually funny. Just because someone doesn't find it funny does not mean that they don't understand what a parody is. Surely the possibility exists that an attempted parody can miss and simply not be funny.
But reading and responding to posts on MacRumors is NOT a 'waste of time'? Interesting.
That's why it was funny. Very stupid and absurd. The portrayal of Gates in this film was hilarious, and Mrs Gates having a secret crush on Jobs...
It did not paint an attractive picture of Gates, but then nothing ever does. He's the boring King nerd with no taste.
Are you kidding me? Do you people get offended by everything? People take life way too seriously. And it's also mostly Americans.
No, I want to believe that they do. I think that this style of humor simply isn't what the average MacRumors forum member considers funny.
I've personally posted and seen posts from others that I thought were clearly jokes and were almost always taken seriously, so I appreciate the level of Apple news I get from this website, but I get my daily dose of funny somewhere else.
For a film they threw together in a few days, I thought it was pretty hilarious. And whoever played Bill Gates was golden.
Maybe people should just get drunk and watch it so they don't take things so seriously.
Maybe people should just get drunk and watch it so they don't take things so seriously.
Which is more then can be said for the ashton kutcher movie. That was just bad and not even slightly funny.
Nothing at all he could have done about it....I think he would be upset they kept showing the Apple IIe when they were talking about the Apple II. Other than that, I doubt he would care much
If you have read the biography, it is best to block off that part of your brain when watching the movie.
Do "Funny or Die" videos play outside the USA?
I'm in Canada. All I get on their site is empty white boxes where the Video should be.
I can right-click on the white box and get a Flash settings, and see that I have Adobe Flash Player 11.6.602... (Just updated to 11.7.700... no change).
But no Funny or Die video has ever worked for me and it doesn't matter which browser I use (IE 10, FF 20, chrome etc...).
I'm in Canada. All I get on their site is empty white boxes where the Video should be.
I can right-click on the white box and get a Flash settings, and see that I have Adobe Flash Player 11.6.602... (Just updated to 11.7.700... no change).
But no Funny or Die video has ever worked for me and it doesn't matter which browser I use (IE 10, FF 20, chrome etc...).
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Did Bill Gates write this movie?
Justin made all that money from apple doing those iPod spots and does this to his old boss! Was not funny at all. What were they trying to do.
The bad part is that People are going to thing this is true. I see a lawsuit.
Justin made all that money from apple doing those iPod spots and does this to his old boss! Was not funny at all. What were they trying to do.
The bad part is that People are going to thing this is true. I see a lawsuit.
I'm in Canada too and it works fine for me.
Sat through the whole thing last night. Apart from the VR sex scene I didn't find it interesting or humorous. I guess it got Funny or die a lot of publicity so it's a win for them..
The closest thing I can compare this movie to is Young Einstein. Completely historically inaccurate, but they take bits of stories of his real life and embellish them and twist them around and add completely unrelated events and twist them into something that makes fun of a real historical account of events. There are some truly funny parts, and it's intentionally bad.
