Christian Bale, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the internet

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Mr. Bale

Every now and then something happens to remind me of the power of the Internet and why I love it. The latest came in early February this year when the celebrity gossip website TMZ published a recording of Christian Bale throwing a bit of a strop on the set of his new movie, Terminator Salvation. Within hours the recording had hit YouTube and clocked up millions of views, with people from all over the world listening to it and blogging about it.

The recording quickly became an internet meme and computer geeks the world over flocked to their laptops to create their own versions and remixes.

RevoLucian’s Techno Remix was one of the first: (NSFW)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=PL&hl=pl&v=YTihsJQHt48]

YouTube user ‘TheMaeShi’ went as far as creating their own song: (NSFW)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oFjz6JfACk]

While my personal favourite played out a re-enactment on the streets of Hollywood: (NSFW)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq-ojRAlWJU]

It even got the family guy treatment (NSFW – again!)

Peter tells his friends about his run-in with Christian Bale

Eventually it hit mainstream news channels around the world. The BBC had to apologise for accidentally broadcasting the un-censored version, and even Christian Bale’s mother had her say. Bale was forced to make a public apology for something that he probably never thought would be listened to by millions of people.

Thanks to the internet I got to spend a few hours laughing at an overpaid Hollywood prima donna making an idiot of himself, and you can’t say fairer than that!

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neoco

I love this blog post. Totally captures the magic of the internet and mass media. How many times has someone famous said something only to wish they could take it back as it propagates across the web, spiralling out of control. The spoof viral is hilarious.
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I guess I am one of the few that never understood the big deal over the “Bale thing”. I guess because my father was a career soldier in the military (rest in peace), and I grew up hearing this type of lanquage everyday. Not that I speak this way, but others do. Sometimes other words just won’t do, and you have to get your point across.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, but I find it strange to find enjoyment out of someone else’s misery. But like you said, that’s the wonderful web. It’s fun to persecute others….as long as it’s not us.

Neoco