Real Life Lemmings A video
by John Hargrave 128,123 71 08/30/2010 04:58 PM 17762 views
Recently, we at ZUG got together a few dozen of our closest friends to re-enact this loving tribute to one of the best videogames of all time, Lemmings. Some of you will remember its original incarnation on the great Commodore Amiga computer; others will remember the ports to Game Boy, Sega Genesis, and mobile phones; still others will have no idea what we're doing here, because you were too busy playing Sonic.
We shot this video on a beautiful summer day in Boston, with dozens of people stopping us to ask why we were dressed up like Vegas showgirl graduates. A few people got the reference and shouted, "LEMMINGS!" which some of us found insulting, because we're quite capable of thinking for ourselves.
Going through the ultra-ritzy Copley Place mall was a bit of a gamble, as it was here that we were kicked out while filming our Michael Jackson prank. The mall cops radioed each other, their walkie-talkie trigger fingers at the ready. They guarded the Lemmings as we passed through the mall, lest any of us should begin building a bridge, or spontaneously exploding.
For that, of course, we waited until we got outside. (Oh, no!)
Thanks to Ravos for the idea, Jay Stevens for his expert direction, and Al Natanagara for the cinematography. And thanks to our Lemmings, especially Bill, Brad, Dasypygal, Dianada, Dinesh, Ditdah, Jeeni, Kchiki, Mailman, Manhole, Shell, SHP, Spicey, Straw, and Underwhere.
I think the guy who prevents everyone from falling in the fountain deserves special recognition, because the stunt would have been ruined if there had only been a couple of Lemmings left dry to shoot the rest of the video.
Shouldn't Dasypygal and Manhole be added to the list of Lemmings as well? I couldn't see anyone's face because of the green wigs, but I copped a feel of everyone during the shoot and I'm pretty sure I recognized them.
Great stuff. You have my permission to feature this on the home page, even though you cut our standing in the middle of the street blocking traffic scene.
I'm so glad that turned out well. Good job everyone!
The filming of this video really had me climbing up the floor wall. It was very hot under the robe and wig. The end result is totally worth the chafed crotch, though.
My 12-year-old says that she never would have worn "that stuff and looked that stupid in public." But, it looks "kinda" cool now, and since John set it up, that makes it even more cool. She also says that John Hargrave is SO famous and that she wants to meet him. When I told her that he was the Lemming who fell in the water, she immediately made me replay it so she could stare at him more closely. Then, she went back to her bedroom to look at her copy of the Mischief Maker's Manual that John signed for her.
That was awesome, lemmings definitely took up a large part of my child hood, along with commander (oh yeah, i rocked that commodore 64), keep up the awesome work guys!
Analog, you may be right, but I'm glad we did it that way. By stopping and bobbing in place, I was able to take advantage of Mailman. ...no particular reason.
she immediately made me replay it so she could stare at him more closely. Then, she went back to her bedroom to look at her copy of the Mischief Maker's Manual that John signed for her.
You better hope that she doesn't plan on entering Mung's contest.
What I remember most about doing that was accidentally smashing my boobs into the backs of several people with all of the starting and stopping we were doing. My apologies if you were among the boob-bombed.
I had such a great time participating and by the end of filming my panties were soaked. Mostly from sweat; but I may or may not have been boob-bombed by Shelle.
What I remember most about doing that was accidentally smashing my boobs into the backs of several people with all of the starting and stopping we were doing. My apologies if you were among the boob-bombed
All I got from Shell was an awkward handshake and a bathroom reading joke as she was leaving. Zug20 I am not leaving until I participate in everything. Pranks, dinners, showers. I'm there.
All I got from Shell was an awkward handshake and a bathroom reading joke as she was leaving
1. I did not find it awkward. 2. You walked away from our table so fast that I had the urge to sniff my armpits to see if I smelled bad or something. If you wanted more, you should have sat at the table I was sitting at. 3. That was not a joke. I wanted to know if that book had been in the bathroom with you so I could take the appropriate biohazard precautions. 4. Butthead.
1. I was the awkward one.
2. I was the last one there walking into a large group of people I didn't know, and I figured with Mailman at that table, the hot bald guy role was filled
3. Technically it was in the bathroom. My downstairs "bathroom" has a toilet and sink on one end of a large storage area. The washer and dryer are in there too. I also store my books and kitchen table inserts there.
4. Butthead?. - If I drew a line down the middle of my head it would look like a butt.
You know, I was just thinking about it. We're all going to die in 2012 anyway, so why don't we just get it over with and start planning ZUG17? Screw being legal. Let's go out with awkward sex, hookers and blow!
HAHA, that was pretty brilliant. Wish I had been there. The video could be improved with more shots of individual Livers' face-time though. Do I also see Oliver, Dinish and Demo in there, or am I just fantasizing again?
Spicey is the first bearded fellow at that mark, and it looks like dinesh is the one right behind him. The video quality, I think, makes it appear that he has more facial hair than he really does.
The two times I see my face in that video, I can tell that I am clamping the green strands in my lips to prevent the wig from falling off as it did in our very first take. I have no idea how the rest of you kept yours on with the amount of head-bobbing we had to do.
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