41.2M views · May 28, 2015 · 31:03 · 1 HN recommender · 6 mentions · discussed 2015–2022
Kung Fury is a 30-minute crowd-funded 80s action comedy about a kung fu cop who travels back in time to kill Hitler, packed with retro tropes.
Why Hacker News points people here: Cited as a parody that crams in 80s movie tropes and as an example of the VHS aesthetic.
“They fit an impressive amount of 80's movie tropes into 30 minutes.”HN comment, 2018
“They fit an impressive amount of 80's movie tropes into 30 minutes.”
Parody packing many 80s movie tropes into 30 minutes
Fits right into Kung Fury [1] - a parody/homage of 80's movies that includes time travel and Hackerman... And a dinosaur, vikings and nazis and David Hasselhoff. It's as bad as it sounds, but in a good way. They fit an impressive amount of 80's movie tropes into 30 minutes. this video
> Of course you can download it from Youtube using something like youtube-dl, but it's not as straightforward. You can get the 1080p version with "youtube-dl --write-sub this video . Yes, you want the subs for the funny music descriptions.
I used this method: youtube-dl -f 248+251 this video You get VP9+Opus combination which takes less space.
“Kung Fury is probably a good example of that style”
Example of a badly-tracked VHS aesthetic
>"Indeed - this is especially true of synthwave/vaporwave and other genres that are themselves nostalgic for the days of synth-heavy music sold on cassette." Yeah, I wouldn't mind a TRONICBOX cassette: link >"Just as some games put fake film grain on screen, some synthwave videos add a "badly tracked VHS" effect." Kung Fury is probably a good example of that style: this video
“AGI enthusiasts sometimes remind me of this”
True. I used “consciousness” haphazardly. Not super related, but AGI enthusiasts sometimes remind me of this: this video
I agree, and I think that's a big part of why so many people got excited for the Cybertruck, as an attack on aesthetic blandness. 80s-era movie and TV vehicles were a helluva lot of fun too: A-Team van, Ninja Turtles party wagon, K.I.T.T., Magnum P.I.'s Ferrari 308. And since you mentioned the Countach: this video
