Staged YouTube Videos: A Curated Collection

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The discussion focuses on the phenomenon of staged YouTube videos, including the use of camera tricks, CGI, and satire to create misleading content. Participants share links to various videos, some of which have been debunked as fake, particularly those claiming to show UFOs. A notable point raised is the absurdity of certain claims, such as the notion that "real UFOs" would not perform banking turns, highlighting the skepticism surrounding these videos. The conversation also touches on the portrayal of science and technology in media, with references to Stephen Hawking's theories on time travel and the critique of sensationalist news coverage. Overall, the thread emphasizes the prevalence of staged productions and the critical lens through which viewers should approach such content.
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Dedicated to staged YouTube videos [staged productions, camera tricks, CGI, satire, misidentified videos, etc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0BifYPQQJE
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAqfOgbxHXs

When we debunked this one in S&D, I checked a UFO website to see how many people were touting it as genuine. I had to laugh when I found that they had pegged it as a fake as well. How? Everyone knows that "real UFOs" don't make banking turns! :smile:
 
From GeorginaS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0LPUI0lfVw [/QUOTE]
 
I've always liked this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EDTRMauSHSo&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EDTRMauSHSo&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>

Fun with Camera frame rates.
 
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This one has to be included in the turkey hall of fame!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TNTNt6rbWQ
 
Fox on ET and Hawking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhrYjseCwPg

Perhaps "lame" should have been included in the posting parameters. :biggrin: I love the former CIA agent who is outraged because people are sending signals to ET from their computers.

While I'm dissing Fox News, I might as well throw this one in:

..Hawking said once spaceships were built that could fly faster than the speed of light, a day on board would be equivalent to a year on Earth. That's because -- according to Einstein -- as objects accelerate through space, time slows down around them...
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/05/03/time-travel-possible-says-stephen-hawking/
 
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Fox on ET and Hawking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhrYjseCwPg

Wow...I am speechless at all the stupidity that was uttered in just 4 minutes...My favourite part is "arthouse films like Independence Day"... I am afraid to even ask what they would consider a "brainless" movie if independence day is art to them
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSSVt7Mfkk
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8NIrw2l9x8
 

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