BBC: The rise and rise of Hitler Downfall

[Linz]

Yep, that bloody video gets a mention...

BBC: LINKY

Hitler is angry.

Very angry indeed. Angry enough to order all but his most senior generals out of the room so he can vent his rage.

He is angry because Cristiano Ronaldo has been sold to Real Madrid. Or because the ending of Watchmen has been changed. Or that Hillary Clinton has lost the Democratic presidential nomination. Or that Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at an awards show.

It's become one of the best known "internet memes" around, a comic construct that has spread inexorably on YouTube and other platforms like a cultural version of Japanese knotweed.

In the original movie, the climax for many viewers might be the moment in the bunker when Hitler is told of the failure of General Felix Steiner to gather enough troops for an attack to ward off the Soviet advance on Berlin.

In this three-minute, 50 second scene, Hitler, played by Bruno Ganz, plunges between frothing vitriol and terrifying suppressed emotion as he confronts his top generals. The rest of the staff, standing in the corridor outside, listen rapt to the exchange.

But the parody makers have taken this clip, put it through a programme like Movie Maker or iMovie, and added their own subtitles, synced as closely as possible to the audio.

In some parodies, Hitler is being the public figure that is lampooned - Hitler becomes Hillary Clinton losing the nomination, or BBC chief Mark Thompson having to face Jeremy Paxman. But in many of the parodies, Hitler is simply reacting to events, the relegation of Sheffield Utd or Usain Bolt breaking the 100m record....

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[scouseblade]

You gotta admit as much of a painful day it was, this made me laugh (although it was sometime later!). Especially the end bit about not renewing his season ticket and telling mr warnock to go f**k himself! Much like alot of people on here at the moment with Blackwell

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Now that is an awesome film.

 

[Mousey]

Yeah that'd made me laugh too

 

[Guesty]

Yeah to be fair, it is bloody hilarious.

 

[WorkingtonBlade]

Yeah, I enjoyed it when it came out too - happy to send it to a friend who's a Wednesday fan so that he could have a good laugh as well.

The best way to take the sting out of these things is to show that you can laugh at yourself. Blades are always at their best when enjoying a bit of self-effacing humour.

Admittedly the clip has now become somewhat ubiquitous, but I still think the Sheffield United relegation one is the best.

 

[JJ Sefton]

You have to laugh. My favourite bit is Albert Speer walking up to that secretary and saying "Alright babe"