Viral Video: SNL Parodies Dystopian YA Novels With ‘The Group Hopper’ Michael Lee, October 13, 2014October 13, 2014 The third episode of Saturday Night Live marked the return of SNL alum Bill Hader. While the episode was definitely better than the season’s first two, I’m sure everyone was waiting for Stefan to give out his latest New York hot spot suggestion. But there were some other highlights seen during that episode, one that actually involved SNL freshman Pete Davidson in a skit parodying those dystopian YA novels. Hit the jump to check it out.The sketch is called Group Hopper, and in it, Davidson plays our lead hero, who mysteriously appears on a very important day where kids are segregated into groups and forced to fight to the death under the watchful eye of a King (or Queen played by none other than Bill Hader).SNL some how managed to sneak in every YA novel adaptation of the year and sneak it in as a pitch to get you to watch Group Hopper. It would actually be hilarious if the director of The Maze Runner; the producer of Divergent; and a causal fan of The Giver,” would come up with another film “adapted from the comments section of The Hunger Games trailer.”Every single plot element seen in a dystopian YA novel is in here: made up names, groupings, destined hero to save them all, the awkward romance, you name it, they got it. But they missed a few things, namely, they didn’t set themselves up for the trilogy, and the last film which would obviously be split up into two parts. Viral Videos DivergentSaturday Night LiveThe GiverThe Group HopperThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1The Maze Runner
Star Wars Uncut Is Complete August 22, 2010For those of you not in the know, Star Wars Uncut is a project started by Vimeo developer Casey Pugh to create a collective fan made version Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Through the project’s website, Pugh got creative fans to recreate 15 second clips of classic… Read More
Viral Video Collection: Scott Pilgrim Remixes July 19, 2010July 19, 2010Over the last week, we’ve seen a few remix videos for Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. These videos, made by DJ Osymyso, were commissioned by Universal Pictures. We got to see one at the Los Angeles Film Festival, and the response was generally positive. Check out all six… Read More
Viral Video: The 100 Greatest Movie Insults Of All Time July 1, 2010Pajiba is back at it again. After other similar videos, Harry Hanrahan has edited a montage with “The 100 Greatest Movie Insults of All Time”, and the list looks good to me. Check it out after the break and let us know if they snubbed any insults. Read More