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Welcome back to Video Roulette. Will it be an epic fail or the video of the century?

Normally, I'm able to post more than once a week here on Video Roulette; however, this last week I was spending some quality time with my good friend The Cinema Chick. She and I along with three others went to the Twilight Saga Marathon that ended with the movie Breaking Dawn Part 2.

I will not go into detail the things that happened there on this blog, that is all up to her and frankly it would take more than one blog to hold all of the ranting and tid-bits I would have to say about it. Yet, I do feel compelled enough to make a post simply on my thoughts on the marathon on my other blog "Creative Karma's Notepad" which will be coming after Thanksgiving so keep an eye out for it on twitter.

But moving on to the reason why I'm really here.

Now with the elections over we can go back to our TVs not in fear for our lives do to overexposure from political ads. Yet, with the holidays right around the corner, there are sure to be an influx of commercials selling toys for Christmas...despite the fact we still haven't had Thanksgiving. *shifty eyes* Oh well.

So, in that idea, I decided to randomly type "commercial" into YouTube's search engine and see what interesting commercial I could come across. Granted, in the past I have frequented YouTube and watched many a nut ball commercial from the U.S., China, Japan, the U.K. and so on. Many of them epic-ly hilarious. So with this I had no doubt on what I was to find.

What I didn't expect, honestly, was this:

While I more than expected a commercial for a game of some kind or a console, what I didn't expect was for it to be funny enough for a repeat watch as well as looking for a better quality video for viewing on my site.

Honestly, I see banned commercial and who doesn't honestly think that there will be something "dirty" or "wrong" with the commercial? So maybe banned was too harsh a word for the title of this video. Maybe rejected? Please people, English is a hard language I know but at least pick up a thesaurus. Heck, there are free ones on the internet.

But I digress.

Needless to say, I loved this commercial. It was unexpected, funny, and just plain random. It's like the commercialism version of a flash mob. Who doesn't love a good flash mob?

As soon as it got going, I was laughing and enjoying myself. And, oddly enough, I wanted an Xbox 360 despite the fact I still own three different consoles and have no more room for a new one let alone the money. I recommend to give this one a watch as I search for more just like it. Therefore, this video will certainly get my epic rating of "Hallelujah Chorus". *strikes up the choir*

*ahem*

Give it a look, a second look, a third look. Share it with your mom, dad, sister and even the kitchen sink if you swing that way. I think everyone can enjoy it without to much explanation.

And there you have it. Until the holidays are over and I'm out of my food coma this will be my only video this week. But keep on the look out. Eventually I will rise again and another video will be pulled out of obscurity and into the limelight for good or ill.

Until such time, this is Creative Karma here at Video Roulette. Have a great Thanksgiving, if you celebrate this holiday, if not, then I strongly urge you if only for the amusement to get your loved ones together, grab some treats, and head out to watch people of all ages beat each other over for the best deals on Black Friday. Peace out.

Lion Face

*WARNING*
THE VIDEO SHOWN BELOW HAS MANY ADULT THEMES SUCH AS SEX, DRUGS, AND MURDER.

'Elo once again for the next Video Roulette. Will we survive the trip down the rabbit hole or will we wake up in a padded cell in a "hug yourself" jacket?

This time around I'm breaking two of my own rules. Yes, I know. Shame on me; however, in doing so I came across the weirdest video I've seen yet. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

The first broken rule was that instead of one word for YouTube, it was two. Specifically, "Lion Face". I figure eventually I'll be doing two words just to add variety and give more room for random weirdness.

Secondly, I didn't pick the very first video that YouTube had on the list. I'll tell you why. The first two videos were about lion face painting. All in all, boring as hell. I was about to come up with a new word then the third video caught my eye.

Ladies and gentlemen I give you CH@NG3 - LION FACE (ANIMAL PORN MUSIC VIDEO)

After watching this video in its entirety, I was so worried about the mental state of the person/people who were a part of making this video that I had to look in the comments and see just what was going on.

Apparently, this is a legitimate band and their fans are extremely proud of this video and support the band one hundred percent.

If you like/love this group, then by all means go right ahead but this is certainly not my cup of tea. I was more apt to be horrified at the music and visuals displayed before me. This I felt so largely that I could barely keep track of the lyrics while the video rendered me deaf and dumb. I swear I missed half the lyrics for this very reason.

Therefore, I will have to give this my WTF?! rating. I'm sure the band is doing very well and love their music very passionately, as evident by their fan base, but I'm just worried and feel the urge to go watch my little pony or something to have a clean image in my brain. I should state that I mean the ORIGINAL my little pony and not the new cartoon series.

Anyway, there you have it. I would like to add that recently I've come up with a new bit of blogging I'd like to try out here at Video Roulette. I ask for any random video. If you love it, hate it, or whatever you feel about it, send me a link. Don't tell me what it is if you can help it. I know that sometimes the name of the video is in the link and that can't be helped.

But as to the nature of random videos, aka Video Roulette, I find that this type of reviewing would work just as well.

Until next time. I'm Creative Karma here at Video Roulette in dire need of a case of brain bleach.

Top 8 Videos that Almost Made the Cut

Welcome back to another round of Video Roulette. Will I discover the next viral video or will all the brain bleach in the world not erase the horror that I find?

I hope everyone had a great (and safe) Halloween. Now, I mentioned last time that I would be coming up with a list of those videos that almost made my list but didn't quite make it for one reason or another.

After some back tracking, I came up with the Top 8 Videos That Almost Made the Cut. Top 8 because 5 is too few and 10 is too many.

Let's get to watchin'

Number 8
Pumpkin Pumpkin - Halloween Song

As with the rest of the list, all of these videos will be from my search for Halloween videos. It seems when I looked for random words that I had a bit more luck oddly enough.

In any case, while this video nearly ranked up with the Munch Munch song, It fit into too many categories that my own rating system just couldn't cover. True, the video was "Halloween themed" but it seemed to be just one of those videos dumbed down to keep the little kiddies amused while mommy and daddy had some quiet time. Sorta like the Barney tapes that plagued my childhood. It wasn't annoying enough to scare me and it wasn't odd ball enough to make me curse in horror.

Number 7
Extremely Scary Haunted House

Now, this video made a huge mistake. Large enough to land the number 7 spot on my list. While I don't mind the homemade movie genre, I do mind when someone tries too hard. While watching this video, I couldn't help but think: "they watched The Blair Witch Project too many times". I get that they wanted to create some kind of story that people could relate to and scare people at the same time. However, I was more scared at their lack of being a little more original. True there's not much originality left but it's better to try than to just take the easy road.

Number 6
Preserving Corpses

While the former videos managed to be underwhelming and off balance, this video was just...boring. I'm sure someone out there is interested in seeing how to preserve a corpse. To which I would gladly avoid you at all costs. Sure, this MIGHT be useful for someone who wants to go into this field or has a morbid curiosity. Yet, when it comes right down to it, I'm not one of those people. Not to sound shallow, but I at least need a small amount of entertainment value. My idea of fun isn't learning how to preserve corpses. This would have fit into a category of extreme boredom but that didn't exist on my list...not yet anyway.

Number 5
Spectral - Black Viking Power

Just at the halfway point it a video that nearly had my attention. I'm a fan of music being a recent convert to Halestorm and Eyes Set to Kill as all ready being a fan of bands like Nightwish, Adema, and Evanescence. I didn't mind putting a music video or a video with just pictures and music on the site. While the music is good,  it just didn't move me enough to give it a rating. I was bouncing back and forth. It wasn't a waste of my time but I didn't know if it was time well spent either. Maybe if I listened to more of their music then it would have moved me but this blog is about first impressions and I wasn't just sure about where this one stood.

Number 4
Blood

When this video came up, I remembered a friend of mine talking about a little kid freaking out about blood and chuckling about how the kid was saying the word blood. So, I knew I had to watch it myself. This kid was so cute in his seriousness of the situation that it gives a great chuckle. I'm not sure how other little kids would react in this situation but this kid's parents knew and decided to film it. While this is higher on the list, it still didn't really hit the level of time well spent. It was really funny and totally adorable I didn't even see this video till I was looking up videos for Halloween even though I had known about it for a few months. Entertaining but not enough to search it out.

Number 3
Spirit - Here I Am

Don't shoot me, but I haven't seen this movie. *Ducks* The movie never seemed like something I'd like to watch. Then again, I was in high school at the time I believe so this kind of movie was below my age group...despite the fact we were so easily amused by boy bands...*ahem*. The song itself came across as the typical Disney animated movie song about the person inside and all that jazz. The visuals were pretty and worked well with the lyrics. Though that's a common sense move considering how much money Disney probably put into the making of the movie. However, once in a while I like to go back and revisit some old classics. Even though I haven't seen this movie, part of me would think on this video and give it another look...maybe.

Number 2
Pendulum 'Witchcraft'

Here is the perfect example of a music video that could have made the list. The music was great, the visuals were awesome, and the vocals worked in harmony. The only thing that kept this from making the list during my Halloween countdown was that I honestly couldn't decide where to place it. I kept bouncing between saying it was time well spent but a part of me could foresee looking for more of their videos which would put it closer to the category of hallelujah chorus; however, I wasn't entirely sure it was pure gold that I would go after with full force to watch. Part of me almost decided to create the temporary category between the two but I couldn't settle on a title. It's a great video and a good find just needed to figure out where it belonged.

And the number 1 video that almost made the cut...
Big Bang - Monster M/V

I have only recently started watching what would be considered JPop; although, this seems to be more like JRock or KRock, I believe they are Korean. At first, I was ready to say WTF and be done with it. It confused me with it's movie like opening that made me wonder why it started that way; however, once I got into the rest of the video where the music began and the guys began to sing, I saw that this video was a gem of a find. I didn't understand the majority of the words they were saying but that didn't matter. Most of the images managed to get across the meaning without the use of speaking the same language. By the end of the video, I was left with the sense I had seen something worth seeing; but, was it good enough for the chorus of angels? That's where I grew uncertain. Sure, it's got interest, intrigue, and costumes worthy of any Adam Lambert video but did I want to look for more? The answer was honestly: I don't know. Maybe this video will make it out of the "almost" list and make a true showing in the future. For now, it hit my number one spot for the video that almost made the cut.

So there you have it, my Top 8 Videos that Almost Made the Cut. As I keep searching for videos, I will come across more and more videos and one day my next list will emerge. By the time I hit my 21th review we will revisit the list and see what almost made the cut.

If you have a video that you think can make the cut feel free to leave me a message down below or hit me up on Twitter as Creative_Karma.

That's all from this reviewer.

This is Creative Karma here at Video Roulette saying to keep up the video making. You'll never know if it'll be your video I review next.