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Old 27th August 2007, 06:10 AM   #1
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Woman thinks 'Rapture' is coming soon...TV show 'pranks' her...Makes it happen....!

This is how gullible people really are...

She has driven her friends insane with her continual talk of 'Rapture'...'The end of times'..etc..etc..

Until they got sick hearing her voice...

They enlist a 'prank' show to shut her up...

She wants 'rapture'...she's gonna get 'rapture'...

All hell breaks loose ( pun intended )

Here's the link...

http://www.milkandcookies.com/link/66125/detail/

(Site and clip SFW)

She thinks she ain't been 'taken' up by the big, invisible being that lives in the sky...

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Old 27th August 2007, 06:26 AM   #2
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That was funny, but sad at the same time too. They might have been pranking an annoying friend but they all believe they will be taken away by the invisible sky daddy.
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Old 27th August 2007, 06:40 AM   #3
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This looks fake; I think they were ALL in on it. It looks like they were faking a prank show for christian teaching purposes.
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Old 27th August 2007, 06:47 AM   #4
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First, this looks completely fake to me...she looks like a bad actor trying to act how she thinks someone would act in that situation, not like someone who is really experiencing it.

Second, I agree with Lisa...heck, I have to listen to a sermon about being a good Christian, and converting others to Jesus, before I can see the prank.

And third...I have problems with people who all share the same beliefs turning around and mocking one of their own for those beliefs. Honestly, if this had been done by a group of non-Christians, I'd have found it freakin' hilarious! But the way this is done, I don't really laugh much at all, I just squirm uncomfortably hoping that it'll get better...but it never does.
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Old 27th August 2007, 07:13 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by this charming man View Post
This looks fake; I think they were ALL in on it. It looks like they were faking a prank show for christian teaching purposes.
Originally Posted by Wolfman View Post
First, this looks completely fake to me...she looks like a bad actor trying to act how she thinks someone would act in that situation, not like someone who is really experiencing it.

Second, I agree with Lisa...heck, I have to listen to a sermon about being a good Christian, and converting others to Jesus, before I can see the prank.

And third...I have problems with people who all share the same beliefs turning around and mocking one of their own for those beliefs. Honestly, if this had been done by a group of non-Christians, I'd have found it freakin' hilarious! But the way this is done, I don't really laugh much at all, I just squirm uncomfortably hoping that it'll get better...but it never does.
2 votes for a total fake..anyone else?
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Old 27th August 2007, 07:14 AM   #6
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I'm gonna run with 50/50 as it to being 'faked'...

Some things look and 'feel' real...and i admit, some things just don't look right...

I dunno...

Oh well...

And yes it would have been even funnier if some of us had set it up...



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Old 27th August 2007, 07:18 AM   #7
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Well, we know evangelicals accept lying as a valid method of advancing their cult. So, I have little doubt that this is a fake as well.
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Old 27th August 2007, 08:20 AM   #8
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Fake. If someone was truly convinced she was "left behind" I think she would be far more devestated than that.
Bad acting.

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Old 27th August 2007, 09:00 AM   #9
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Is there anyway to make this a poll?

Do you think the video is

a) A real "prank".
b) A "fake prank" wherein all participants were "in on it" for religious education purposes.
c) On Planet X...gotchya you've been pranked!
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Old 27th August 2007, 09:04 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Minarvia View Post
Fake. If someone was truly convinced she was "left behind" I think she would be far more devestated than that.
Bad acting.
And wouldn't you... you know, go outside? Or try to call a friend? Or try to find someone you know? The video operates under the closed set theory, where the protagonist automatically forms a bond with those around her simple because they are all in the same place at the same time.
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Old 27th August 2007, 12:32 PM   #11
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Apparently during the rapture is the only time Xians will tolerate the perverted ugliness of nudity.
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Old 27th August 2007, 12:38 PM   #12
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Apparently during the rapture is the only time Xians will tolerate the perverted ugliness of nudity.
You didn't watch closely enough!
Being "rapture ready" means that you always wear an extra set of clothes underneath your daily wardrobe.
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Old 27th August 2007, 01:15 PM   #13
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Fake from top to bottom. Fake from center to circumference

. . . . . . . . . . . .
The Prank 3:16 website says "Rich Praytor is a comedian, author and motivational speaker that travels the country to entertain and inspire audiences."

If that video is real, then they should add complete wanker to the list - why would anyone who had even a tiny amount of the compassion prescribed by the Bible play a prank on someone who is too devoted to Bible stories?

p.s. I even find the name somewhat blasphemous.
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Old 27th August 2007, 02:17 PM   #14
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fake.
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Old 27th August 2007, 03:02 PM   #15
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Wow. Bad acting, bad script, ("I liked the continuity"..."Have we been Left Behind?") and a "victim" who apparently can't see a tripod-mounted camera a few feet away, or check the room before jumping to the logical conclusion that she's missed out on the rapture. I like it.
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Old 27th August 2007, 03:05 PM   #16
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does anyone think this may be satire like "Landover Baptist Church?"
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Old 27th August 2007, 05:42 PM   #17
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All your friends are dead!!!!


[let sink in]



only joking!!!!!!



that would be such a funny joke.
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Old 27th August 2007, 07:29 PM   #18
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All your friends are dead!!!!


[let sink in]



only joking!!!!!!



that would be such a funny joke.
It's much worse than that. It is: all your friends were raptured into Heaven and are with God right now but you were not taken up because you were not religious enough (even though you constantly warned them that they must accept Jesus or be "left behind").
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Old 27th August 2007, 07:35 PM   #19
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You're going to spend eternity in Hell - waistdeep in a river of lava - forever being raped by Hitler, Pol Pot and Jerry Falwell. Your mother and all your friends will be in Heaven looking down on you laughing with joy.


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Old 27th August 2007, 08:31 PM   #20
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I vote for fake as well. There was just so much makeup.
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I vote fake.

Fundy propaganda garbage.
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She got left behind for being such a crappy actress.

Fake. Lame. Bizarre.
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I vote fake too, the way she was flitting around the room.

Quickly now, we all have to get saved! You don't want to be left alone, do you?
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Fake. There are cut shots between a few cameras - at least one is hand-held which gives the 'feel' of live action. However they do the obligatory quick-focus shot which gives the 'live' feel even more. But normally you would edit that out in the final edit.

I believe at time 00:40 there is a shot taken from the hand held right in front of the girl - I think that would give it away. It's staged.

And look what the guys are doing when she comes back in - they are...straightening up or something. "Well, I'm going to hell, so I might as well clean up a little."
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Fake. There are cut shots between a few cameras - at least one is hand-held which gives the 'feel' of live action. However they do the obligatory quick-focus shot which gives the 'live' feel even more. But normally you would edit that out in the final edit.

I believe at time 00:40 there is a shot taken from the hand held right in front of the girl - I think that would give it away. It's staged.

And look what the guys are doing when she comes back in - they are...straightening up or something. "Well, I'm going to hell, so I might as well clean up a little."
couldn't the zoomy handheld be from behind a two-way mirror?

though i agree it probably is fake....
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couldn't the zoomy handheld be from behind a two-way mirror?
Forgot to mention - it changed angles and was basically right beside the table.
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I could forgive the bad acting on everyone else's part (after all, they were in on the prank and actually were acting), and I could forgive the camera stuff (because I don't know enough about cameras and film to know what's possible and what's not), but there were two dead give aways for me that it is a fake; neither will be considered conclusive, I think:

1. When she joins her friend at the table, she asks "Did you see the movie?" This is without lead in, and her friend answers with a generality. It was exactly like an very amateur script by people thinking they know what small talk is like.

2. When she got the phone call asking to talk to her alone there was no concern on her face or in her voice, but more importantly she immediately went outside to be alone rather than into the easily accessible side area by the door.

Written and staged by people with high school level skills.
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Written and staged by people with high school level skills.
That's insulting to hundreds of high school drama departments.
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That's insulting to hundreds of high school drama departments.
Hah! I was a major part of my own high school drama department, so I can say that. Just like I can laugh at rednecks since I are one.
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Fake. If someone was truly convinced she was "left behind" I think she would be far more devestated than that.
Bad acting.
That couldn't have been the Rapture... I'm still here...
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Totally faked. That girl is a LOUSY actress. Oh boy.
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Looks very fake to me, and it's a shame cause it'd be hilarious to pull that prank...

*wheels begin turning*
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The over-lit location is also a dead giveaway. Check out how bright the lights are in there. No normal person would walk in and not be tipped off that something was weird there.

And lying is ok if it brings you to Jeebus, eh?
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True, and the coffeeshop was filled just so.
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This is how gullible people really are...

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