“This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.” This Hitler rant about Hitler parodies being taken off of YouTube will soon be gone.

I sort of assume that everybody has seen at least one parody of Hitler in the bunker ranting from The Downfall. If you haven’t seen The Downfall, itself, I recommend it; it is totally engrossing and very creepy. If you haven’t seen a parody, as it is explained on Ranker.com

usually the video clip starts with someone informing him of something
horrible, Hitler brushes it off as a solvable problem. Full of fear, his
commanders tell him that his solution is not possible. He tells
everyone who isn’t important to leave and then goes on a huge tirade
about something. Of course, this meme has always been in German, so
people replace the subtitles in the original German film to make Hitler
rant about pretty much anything. Examples include everything from Disney
buying Marvel, to random movie reviews, to the lack of new features in a
new tech product. 

Now the producers of The Downfall are using copyright protection to have these parodies removed. Too bad.

4 thoughts on ““This tape will self-destruct in five seconds.” This Hitler rant about Hitler parodies being taken off of YouTube will soon be gone.

  1. Steve,
    Another great post. My college german fails me but I’m laughing.
    In a switch, as I watch this scene (again, I saw the film) I wonder why someone didn’t just pull out a gun and shoot the bastard?
    Guten Nacht,
    Laura

  2. Thanks, Laura. I think that’s what makes Inglorious Basterds so much fun, in the end, they just shot the bastards.

  3. I think that the whole area of copyright infringement is pretty fascinating. If Micky Mouse isn’t public property – and I am not sure it should be – why is Mobey Dick public property?

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