KUNG FURY Official Movie [HD] on HackerTube: recommended by 1 Hacker News commenter across 1 month, 2015–2022.
comedy · evergreen
Kung Fury is a 30-minute crowd-funded 80s action comedy about a kung fu cop who travels back in time to kill Hitler, packed with retro tropes.
Cited as a parody that crams in 80s movie tropes and as an example of the VHS aesthetic.
“They fit an impressive amount of 80's movie tropes into 30 minutes.”
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Fits right into Kung Fury [1] - a parody/homage of 80's movies that includes time travel and Hackerman... And a dinosaur, vikings and nazis and David Hasselhoff. It's as bad as it sounds, but in a good way. They fit an impressive amount of 80's movie tropes into 30 minutes. ▶ this video
in “Xerox Alto zero-day: cracking disk password protection on a 45 year old system” · View on HN
>"Indeed - this is especially true of synthwave/vaporwave and other genres that are themselves nostalgic for the days of synth-heavy music sold on cassette." Yeah, I wouldn't mind a TRONICBOX cassette: [link] >"Just as some games put fake film grain on screen, some synthwave videos add a "badly tracked VHS" effect." Kung Fury is probably a good example of that style: ▶ this video
in “Music's weird cassette-tape revival is paying off” · View on HN
> Of course you can download it from Youtube using something like youtube-dl, but it's not as straightforward. You can get the 1080p version with "youtube-dl --write-sub ▶ this video . Yes, you want the subs for the funny music descriptions.
in “Kung Fury – a comedy funded through Kickstarter [video]” · View on HN
I used this method: youtube-dl -f 248+251 ▶ this video You get VP9+Opus combination which takes less space.
in “Kung Fury – a comedy funded through Kickstarter [video]” · View on HN
I agree, and I think that's a big part of why so many people got excited for the Cybertruck, as an attack on aesthetic blandness. 80s-era movie and TV vehicles were a helluva lot of fun too: A-Team van, Ninja Turtles party wagon, K.I.T.T., Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari 308. And since you mentioned the Countach: ▶ this video
in “Head-On Crash: 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. 1959 Bel Air (2009)” · View on HN
True. I used “consciousness” haphazardly. Not super related, but AGI enthusiasts sometimes remind me of this: ▶ this video
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