"Der Untergang" clip used as real estate downfall video

This extract has been used for everything, even Autodesk grabbing everything 3D in software (Maya, XSI, Mudbox...). So, nothing too original there. Moreover, it is generally judged as especially stupid by both German speaking persons or those who actually suffered the real horror of the Nazi era.

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#16 posted by EH , November 20, 2008 5:58 PM

Someone could easily kill this meme by dubbing "The Full Monty" over Robert Carlyle's Hitler.

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#17 posted by Xeni Jardin

, November 20, 2008 6:44 PM

Needs more Yakety Sax

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#18 posted by Phikus , November 20, 2008 8:02 PM

This is way better than the one where he complains about getting too many parking tickets or gets banned from WoW. =D

Hitler meme uber alles!

P.S: Notice how nobody offered to shake his hand.

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#19 posted by Anonymous , November 20, 2008 8:18 PM

this is the single funniest thing i have seen all week.

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#20 posted by aldasin , November 20, 2008 10:37 PM

I wonder if Bruno Ganz watches these.

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#21 posted by Anonymous , November 21, 2008 1:48 AM

that was a work of unadulterated genius.

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#22 posted by Certhas , November 21, 2008 4:01 AM

Probably not, they are actually pretty difficult to watch for German native speakers as obviously we would naturally focus on what is actually being said rather then the subtitles.

So for the German speakers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjHEUSmC1GQ

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#23 posted by elNico , November 21, 2008 4:48 AM

Ok, let this one last one into the club, but then it's lockout time, no?

The thought of people who've watched this scene in about 20 different contexts, some better than others, but never the actual film is a bad one...

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#24 posted by trstn , November 21, 2008 6:34 AM

nt fnny.

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#25 posted by mps , November 21, 2008 6:56 AM

Glad I set the link. Your welcome.

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#26 posted by Cool Products , November 21, 2008 7:09 AM

Hitler's facial expression and reaction to the news that the McMansion was going to be foreclosed on was priceless. This video is awesome, does anyone know what show or movie the original video footage for this was found from?

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#27 posted by bjacques

, November 21, 2008 7:21 AM

Well done!

I blame Peak Equity. All the cheap equity was drilled out of cash-rich companies in the 1980s and 1990s. When that ran out, it was time for houses to feed the demands of a hungry and growing investment market. I never thought I'd see the world run out of equity in my lifetime.

Somewhere there is a remote spot where they're still pumping equity out of an undiscovered source. I'l lfind it and help the rag-tag defenders hold it against corporate raiders.

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#28 posted by Anonymous , November 21, 2008 8:54 AM

Equity Private (at http://equityprivate.typepad.com) did the same thing, only much more wonkily, elaborately, and for the overall financial crisis...

(Side note: it was an excellently nerdy finance blog but has really quieted down, unfortunately.)

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#29 posted by Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator

, November 21, 2008 10:04 AM

Pete, welcome to the comment threads. It's local custom to put your site URL in your profile, not your comments. We're also not big on .sig lines.

No blame. Lots of people do that, their first comment or two.

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#30 posted by humbuzz , November 21, 2008 11:09 AM

So it's been done before .. this is insanely hilarious. The pacing in fabulous.