Behind the Scenes: • Behind The Scenes: Dic... Original audio is from Charlie Chaplins famous speech from his film "The Great Dictator" Song is Window by The Album Leaf
Hi shwiggan. You don't know me and I don't really know you. 4 years you posted this video and it changed my life. I became obsessed with Chaplin, and I ended up memorizing this speech and performing it in my eight grade theatre class. The performance went strikingly well, and my theatre teacher ended up calling my principal and vice principal down to hear me do it again. It was a defining moment for me, and gave me much needed confidence, and essentially pulled me out of a severe depression. 4 years later, my performing arts career has exploded, and given me so many wonderful people and experiences in my life. I am attending a college for musical theatre, and I am going to struggle and make a life as an actor. When I think back on what started it all, it was this video, watching it as some punk middle schooler way too late at night. So thank you for shaping my life, and giving me confidence and purpose.
I remembered someone here wrote the most brilliant comment; "Charlie Chaplin made the world laugh with his silence. Then when he spoke, he made the world speechless."
After 7 years, I came back to this video. Things have changed a lot, yet this still has the same power it had then, this video should be preserved, not just for historical value, but for the message it implies.
I listen to this speech everyday. When I am angry, sad, happy or joyful it doesn't matter it brings me to act and motivate myself to continue living for a better tomorrow.
This is one of the greatest speeches of all time, and for good reason. But a detail that some miss is just HOW gutsy it was at the time. Hitler was still coming to power. Not only did Chaplin mock the dictator all throughout the movie, but the style of speaking in this monologue is lifted from Hitler's own speech patterns. He would start out quiet and conversational, then slowly escalate into shouting. But whereas Hitler spewed hatred and violence, Chaplin laughed in his face by speaking about love and peace. He beat the dictator at his own game.
I like deliver this speech daily. I'm a huge fan of Chaplin and will often draw, act, or even dress up like the Tramp. He is a huge inspiration to me and this speech is even more dear to me, not only because it was given to me by the man who inspired my future career, but because it rings what everyone wants and what everyone feels. I, too, aim to help make that change, because I grew up always being told 'be the change you wish to see.' I want to be as Chaplin as much as I can and I hope to start my own comedy troupe someday in hopes to reach peoples hearts with humor. All Chaplin did was cheer up people and he shook the world with laughter and tears. I've also always been inspired by Team Fortress 2 and seeing these two wonderful things clash makes my heart sing. Thanks, Shwiggan
the audio is from a film known as the dictator by charlie chaplin. the video is well done but it is a service to a more pristine original work from long ago
I just watched the great dictator for the first time. Somehow, I was reminded of when I saw this video almost a decade ago when I was younger. Had to find it again and I'm glad it was easy to search for. Excellent choice of accompanying music.
The only thing I hate about this speech is that pretty much every one will listen to it and think "this is so inspirational, amazing" but then carry on living their mediocre lives and feeding the system that promotes it. My challenge to everyone is actually examine the speech and think about what it really means and then ask yourself if you are working towards a world as depicted by Chaplin. Don't just blindly follow what this speech says just because Charlie Chaplin said it, follow it if you believe in it. only then will we all have a chance for a world of Reason, Understanding and love.
someday i want to have enough money to put this speech on during a big event like the super bowl or the world cup or something just get it out there to more people
Long live Shwiggan for introducing me to this great speech so many years ago, thank you. It's sad as I get older I realise these words are more relevant to the modern day way of life, the world that we live in is a hurtful and cruel place but so long as there are those who hold onto such beliefs, I feel that there is hope for us. Re-edit as of 2022 and still this world has me fearful for our future. Be kind to one another. Small gestures of kindness and love can make such a great impact on someone's life, more than you know.
"I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.... The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people. To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. ..... Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty! In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure. Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will! Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!" That is all
Let me remind you that Medic is a psychotic killer like the rest of the merc not only that but it seems he's the most literally insane and crazy person in the field, but if he was just a regular doctor he would definitely fit.
It's ironic though, that Charlie Chaplin was a socialist, yet the speech he's giving above is one of the most anti-socialism speeches I've ever heard. Well, I guess that's how he's a good actor lol.
nopotato This speech isnt anti-socialistic. You're mistaking socialism for the systems implemented by people who call themselves socialist but are actually fascists.
"Even now, my voice is reaching millions throughout the world", and it has yet to die out, not unlike the fire that did dwell within his soul. Damn, I wish he were still around...
I find it amazing that one of the most incredible monologues I’ve ever heard was in a comedy written and directed in the 1940s by a man famous for his work in silent films. It was as if he was just saving all the words he could have said in his career for this single, four-minute speech. What’s more interesting is the fact that this was almost a plea to the people of Germany to awaken to the truths of a country under the rule of a dictator.
I love this video and this speech, it may be idealistic, and irrational, but it is beyond a doubt, one of the most compelling and honestly lovely calls to action i've ever heard
I love this video. The way you took a bunch of clips from weird and wacky videos you've made over the years, and culminated them into one moving piece of art. It makes me feel as if life isn't so short. That things don't move away into the dust so quickly. Art's influence eventually ages, and it becomes irrelevant. But my experience, my emotions tied to this will never falter.
To not only schwiggan, but to all of my precious tf2 brothers out there, I am but another player; one who joins in, picks a class, plays for a while, then leaves to either join a game, or return to reality. You may have seen me online, you might haven't. Either way, I want to say thank you. Thank you to all of you brothers who played the games with me when the times have been tough. All of us grow (or have grown) into men day by day, waking up to put an effort into making the day, then log on to Steam for another half an hour, or even several hours, all together playing what we love most. Without your effort, or continued effort, in making this game so god-damn spectacular, who knows what life I could've chose; What life could I have lived in without your support. I've been playing a pretty trash PC pyro since "Meet the Pyro" came out, along with the "Meet the Pyro" update that came along with it. Make fun of me all you wan't, because yes, I have the tendency to W+M1 at times, but who hasn't? C'mon. I remember the days when the puff-and-sting pyro was at it's all time prime. Before the big Axtinguisher nerf, before the degreaser nerfs, when you could puff and sting enemies to death with a swift slide of the mouse wheel. I even remember when the pyro didn't have an airblast mechanic. I've been a long time player of not only Orange Box TF2, but almost 10 years of PC TF2. My road through this game had it's tough times, it's rough moments, to probably some of the best and most heartwarming moments of my life. I can't even count how many games I've played, or even how many servers I've been on, but that doesn't matter. What matters is you guys, the ones I could even call family. Every laugh, ragequit, keyboard slam, or tear I gave to this game was worth it, to live a life I could never experience again. Seeing this video after almost 9 years since its release, I am in tears. Bawling my eyes like a baby over how beautiful this game, and its entire community, is, while being frustrated because of how worn down this game has been over the years of neglect by Valve. So for anyone who has put any effort into playing this game, whether you used to play or are still playing, thank you. Thank you for letting me relive something I can never get back. These tears are for you all.
I choose to believe that chaplan, if alive today, would see this audio and perhaps video as his intended portrayal of the speech. Even though the technology or pacing was not available back then.
His words holds a great amount of truth about humanity. It is rather sad to see people dislike a video, but there will always be people that will hate. It's sad, but we as individuals need to change if we want to stop the hate.
I listen to this speech to relax myself, it reminds me of how that there is still hope for us. I listen to it when I write, and when I wait on the bus. This was made almost 80 years ago, and all of still applies... And it will always apply, so long as we wait to change.
+Duncan N But the question still remains... why do we fight? I trust you have learned: to fight out of fear or anger is to fight a war that never ends. Face your fears. Calm your hatreds. Find peace within yourself, so that you may share it with the world around you. These are the greatest treasures in life. Surely they... are worth fighting for.
+MurasakiTsukimaru Nothing is worth to fight for with violence. If you have to fight with hatred and fear using as a weapon that mean you are never gonna find your true happiness inside yourself.
+jonigod24 1) That was a quote from a game asking "Why do we fight?" 2) Anyone who declares that nothing is worth fighting for with violence has never HAD to fight for something. Remember all those who fought and died so YOU can insist violence is wrong.
>Let us do away with national borders Aaaaand that where you lost me fam. If you have to go somewhere illegally without complying with the law I'm already suspicious of you.
+Commander Data Maybe it's just how I interpreted that part of the speech, but I'm pretty sure that statement was meant to say that we should unite together as one group of people with a common goal instead of dividing ourselves into separate peoples/countries/nations/etc. with entirely different goals. I'm pretty sure it wasn't talking about going somewhere illegally without complying with any laws. But again, that's probably just how I interpreted that part of the speech.
Words that no man can again say with the same conviction and heart. How can any dislike this? He was one of my favorite comedians but now he sits next to Einstein on the list of great minds. A mind that gave us these words that should never be listened to but fallowed to the deepest and truest form. Please tell me there are others that feel the same?
"The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood, for the unity of us all."
A speech that travels through time and space itself to give a message ages so old, yet the message never fades away into the abyss of the chaos of the world.
Every generation wants to believe things can be better and it could. Somehow we have ended up back here again and this speech is incredibly relevant today.
Sometimes i just search up this video and watch it again and again... and it makes me happy. Anything happens that speech give me hope and power to being man.
I made it a priority to listen to this speech everyday( and watch the video), though it is kinda animated, the scenes in it emphasize the reason and target of the speech, which makes it even more beautiful and inspiring. My favorite line of the speech is "You don't hate, only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural." Because of it, I can't see the word hate the same again.
I will not use hate, but reason, why are there people who would dislike this video? It teaches us all a lesson and is very deep and emotional, i don't understand why someone wouldn't like it
I honestly cannot think of a word or sentence POWERFUL enough to express my feelings for this. but I'm crying right now so I guess that all i really can do. but they are tears of joy. Tears of awakening!
Hi shwiggan.
You don't know me and I don't really know you. 4 years you posted this video and it changed my life. I became obsessed with Chaplin, and I ended up memorizing this speech and performing it in my eight grade theatre class. The performance went strikingly well, and my theatre teacher ended up calling my principal and vice principal down to hear me do it again. It was a defining moment for me, and gave me much needed confidence, and essentially pulled me out of a severe depression. 4 years later, my performing arts career has exploded, and given me so many wonderful people and experiences in my life. I am attending a college for musical theatre, and I am going to struggle and make a life as an actor. When I think back on what started it all, it was this video, watching it as some punk middle schooler way too late at night. So thank you for shaping my life, and giving me confidence and purpose.
That's so beautiful... :,) Best of luck to you! I believe in you.
One of the best way too late at night you could have 😂
I'm very proud
It's been 3 years. How've you been, if you're still on this platform?
My one hope is this is a true inspiration and not mere fabricated placebo meant to fool. If so the message has been missed and that truly is a loss.
I remembered someone here wrote the most brilliant comment;
"Charlie Chaplin made the world laugh with his silence.
Then when he spoke, he made the world speechless."
After 7 years, I came back to this video. Things have changed a lot, yet this still has the same power it had then, this video should be preserved, not just for historical value, but for the message it implies.
funny how one of the worlds greatest speeches was delivered by a comedian
And one who was mainly known for his roles in silent movies at that.
Rishan who never spoke
Comedy is a very powerful way of getting messages across.
Old guard here, grew up with this stuff. Still wistfully waiting.
This video has only gotten more powerful as I've grown older.
The fact tf2 characters and SFM was enough to be the same content the audio originally was meant for, but slightly better.
I don't think I've ever been able to watch this without shedding some tears, and getting goosebumps repeatedly.
Not expecting this from a stereotypical TF2 player brony.
***** *This video*
Screw Google Plus I Didn't Want This Name yeh o k
*****
I didn't realize there was a stereotypical TF2 brony
awesomesauce980 >always plays with scout
>is part of the scout army
>favourite pony is rainbow dash
>uses mlp mods
more people need to hear this speech these days, played in schools.. etc. i never wouldve heard it otherwise
oh you're here too
A decade has passed. Love you shwiggan
I listen to this speech everyday. When I am angry, sad, happy or joyful it doesn't matter it brings me to act and motivate myself to continue living for a better tomorrow.
bless you
That's exactly what i'm doing right now.
Amen to you brotha
You and both friend. Here's to a better and a happy life ahead of you. *hugs*
This is one of the greatest speeches of all time, and for good reason. But a detail that some miss is just HOW gutsy it was at the time. Hitler was still coming to power. Not only did Chaplin mock the dictator all throughout the movie, but the style of speaking in this monologue is lifted from Hitler's own speech patterns. He would start out quiet and conversational, then slowly escalate into shouting. But whereas Hitler spewed hatred and violence, Chaplin laughed in his face by speaking about love and peace. He beat the dictator at his own game.
8 years later I’m still sobbing over this, in 2020 this speech means so much, perhaps more then ever before
I come from 2022, and I bear bad news, friend.
Yea we still in the trenches my man
The words in this speech hit very close to home now a days...
Let us unite
I can't believe there are 225 dictators out there who watched this.
One of them died
GreyPaladin The Mask Man who is that 1 guy :o
+GreyPaladin The Mask Man now there is 5 more
shit... now there's 244...
Literally just made my day realizing you watched his videos. Stay safe out there!
This by far is the best speech I have ever heard in my entire life. It brought a tear to my eye
Thank Mr Chaplin.
I like deliver this speech daily. I'm a huge fan of Chaplin and will often draw, act, or even dress up like the Tramp. He is a huge inspiration to me and this speech is even more dear to me, not only because it was given to me by the man who inspired my future career, but because it rings what everyone wants and what everyone feels.
I, too, aim to help make that change, because I grew up always being told 'be the change you wish to see.'
I want to be as Chaplin as much as I can and I hope to start my own comedy troupe someday in hopes to reach peoples hearts with humor. All Chaplin did was cheer up people and he shook the world with laughter and tears.
I've also always been inspired by Team Fortress 2 and seeing these two wonderful things clash makes my heart sing.
Thanks, Shwiggan
"So as long as men die, Liberty will never perish".......that...gives me a good feeling of freedom
Same
This should go down in UA-cam history as one of the most touching videos ever made. I am serious. It should.
the audio is from a film known as the dictator by charlie chaplin. the video is well done but it is a service to a more pristine original work from long ago
I just watched the great dictator for the first time. Somehow, I was reminded of when I saw this video almost a decade ago when I was younger. Had to find it again and I'm glad it was easy to search for. Excellent choice of accompanying music.
The only thing I hate about this speech is that pretty much every one will listen to it and think "this is so inspirational, amazing" but then carry on living their mediocre lives and feeding the system that promotes it. My challenge to everyone is actually examine the speech and think about what it really means and then ask yourself if you are working towards a world as depicted by Chaplin. Don't just blindly follow what this speech says just because Charlie Chaplin said it, follow it if you believe in it. only then will we all have a chance for a world of Reason, Understanding and love.
***** lol didn't think I would see that pic on youtube. And yes I agree highly with what you said.
Then I guess I have Isolated myself from everyone for too long
+Zedi gan I agree completely... and I will try my best to LIVE by the words of this speech.
you are completely right and I am guilty of this myself
Same. I'm ashamed.
someday i want to have enough money to put this speech on during a big event like the super bowl or the world cup or something
just get it out there to more people
sparkie1j I would help you with that. A fucked up world...
After over 10 years this still hits me hard
It's been over 75 years since "The Great Dictator" premiered, and its final speech is still as relevant today as it was back then...
Long live Shwiggan for introducing me to this great speech so many years ago, thank you. It's sad as I get older I realise these words are more relevant to the modern day way of life, the world that we live in is a hurtful and cruel place but so long as there are those who hold onto such beliefs, I feel that there is hope for us. Re-edit as of 2022 and still this world has me fearful for our future. Be kind to one another. Small gestures of kindness and love can make such a great impact on someone's life, more than you know.
10/10 i used this for my school project and got a A+
"as" or "for"
The WIld Sten doubt
nice ;-;
It has been a while since I heard that speech.
Damn, I forgot it was so powerful.
This is really good to hear and watch in such a terrible time right now...
K
This was made before the Trump presidency, so I don't think it's about that.
oh god, were you one of those people that cried when Trump was elected?
Dear poorly aged 2016 comment, you have absolutely NO IDEA what a "terrible time" really is...
bloody hell, of course there's always those two who have to bring trump into something
You know there's power in a video when it pulls tears from your big tough ROTC brother
the sorrow in which this video brings me is more than anything.
"I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business. I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each other’s happiness - not by each other’s misery. We don’t want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost....
The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. .....
Soldiers! don’t give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don’t give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don’t hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don’t fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!
In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: “the Kingdom of God is within man” - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.
Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfil that promise. They never will!
Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfil that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men’s happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!"
That is all
This speech never gets old. You did a fantastic job recreating it in SFM
I like how you made him Medic, as a symbol for him trying to cure the world...
Let me remind you that Medic is a psychotic killer like the rest of the merc not only that but it seems he's the most literally insane and crazy person in the field, but if he was just a regular doctor he would definitely fit.
It's ironic though, that Charlie Chaplin was a socialist, yet the speech he's giving above is one of the most anti-socialism speeches I've ever heard.
Well, I guess that's how he's a good actor lol.
nopotato
I don't see how this is anti socialist, its anti- any form of government that has a figurehead I feel
Doc Pesado um... yes... that is what anti-socialist is, socialism is all about big tyrannical government.
nopotato This speech isnt anti-socialistic. You're mistaking socialism for the systems implemented by people who call themselves socialist but are actually fascists.
Even after all these years, this vid still makes me feel the feels
I always come back to watch this. Feels good.
"Even now, my voice is reaching millions throughout the world", and it has yet to die out, not unlike the fire that did dwell within his soul. Damn, I wish he were still around...
He was known for being silent. But when he did speak, he made one of the greatest speeches of all time.
How Shwiggan and Gzero predicted Mann Vs. Machine.
But srsly, I love their work when they were in their prime. ;_;
why is this on a mic spam playlist? It's beautiful.
Watching this during the quarantine, still think this is one of best gems on youtube and still believe people can learn from this speech
I find it amazing that one of the most incredible monologues I’ve ever heard was in a comedy written and directed in the 1940s by a man famous for his work in silent films. It was as if he was just saving all the words he could have said in his career for this single, four-minute speech. What’s more interesting is the fact that this was almost a plea to the people of Germany to awaken to the truths of a country under the rule of a dictator.
This needs more views.
I love this video and this speech, it may be idealistic, and irrational, but it is beyond a doubt, one of the most compelling and honestly lovely calls to action i've ever heard
It's incredible how the tf2 version is 10 times more effective on bringing me to tears than the original.
I've watched this many times, and it still just blows me away. The best dub of the Charlie Chaplin speech I've seen so far.
Why is this so beautiful? *sniff,sniff*
Because Charlie Chaplin is very good at acting.
CanadianEgg doesnt speak the whole time. Gives the most amazing speech ever heard at the very end.
*nod*
It's beautiful because every letter is true to the vary core.
"Wonder why this is in my Favorites playlist..."
rewatch
"oh ; ;"
This speech still brings tears to my eyes, all these years later.
I love this video. The way you took a bunch of clips from weird and wacky videos you've made over the years, and culminated them into one moving piece of art. It makes me feel as if life isn't so short. That things don't move away into the dust so quickly.
Art's influence eventually ages, and it becomes irrelevant. But my experience, my emotions tied to this will never falter.
I'm still amazed at how it manages to be touching by showing completely nonsensical and random clips.
I think it's the music he added in that helps generate the feels.
how can you dislike something so beautiful? dude you made something amazing here i thank you for creating it
it's been 6 years and I still never get tired of this video
god, we need to send this to N. Korea
Why would anyone click the dislike button?
The unloved and the unnatural who hate.
The machine men.
ronny jon with machine minds and machine hearts
people who missed like
yep
Still nothing can top that speech
12 years later this is still one of the best videos ever created
This is beautiful
Ten years later and another Dictator has started a war.
To not only schwiggan, but to all of my precious tf2 brothers out there,
I am but another player; one who joins in, picks a class, plays for a while, then leaves to either join a game, or return to reality. You may have seen me online, you might haven't. Either way, I want to say thank you. Thank you to all of you brothers who played the games with me when the times have been tough. All of us grow (or have grown) into men day by day, waking up to put an effort into making the day, then log on to Steam for another half an hour, or even several hours, all together playing what we love most. Without your effort, or continued effort, in making this game so god-damn spectacular, who knows what life I could've chose; What life could I have lived in without your support.
I've been playing a pretty trash PC pyro since "Meet the Pyro" came out, along with the "Meet the Pyro" update that came along with it. Make fun of me all you wan't, because yes, I have the tendency to W+M1 at times, but who hasn't? C'mon. I remember the days when the puff-and-sting pyro was at it's all time prime. Before the big Axtinguisher nerf, before the degreaser nerfs, when you could puff and sting enemies to death with a swift slide of the mouse wheel. I even remember when the pyro didn't have an airblast mechanic. I've been a long time player of not only Orange Box TF2, but almost 10 years of PC TF2.
My road through this game had it's tough times, it's rough moments, to probably some of the best and most heartwarming moments of my life. I can't even count how many games I've played, or even how many servers I've been on, but that doesn't matter. What matters is you guys, the ones I could even call family. Every laugh, ragequit, keyboard slam, or tear I gave to this game was worth it, to live a life I could never experience again. Seeing this video after almost 9 years since its release, I am in tears. Bawling my eyes like a baby over how beautiful this game, and its entire community, is, while being frustrated because of how worn down this game has been over the years of neglect by Valve. So for anyone who has put any effort into playing this game, whether you used to play or are still playing, thank you. Thank you for letting me relive something I can never get back. These tears are for you all.
I choose to believe that chaplan, if alive today, would see this audio and perhaps video as his intended portrayal of the speech. Even though the technology or pacing was not available back then.
Mann up ladies
Shout out to my fellow socialist Charlie Chaplin! You're one of the greats
His words holds a great amount of truth about humanity. It is rather sad to see people dislike a video, but there will always be people that will hate. It's sad, but we as individuals need to change if we want to stop the hate.
Getting the goosebumps again. The best thing you really did here, Shwiggan, is the music you added. It goes along so very well.
A weirder take on a great speech. Watch it.
What is the background sound? its so dreamy . . . if anyone could let me know i will be hugely appreciative
I listen to this speech to relax myself, it reminds me of how that there is still hope for us. I listen to it when I write, and when I wait on the bus.
This was made almost 80 years ago, and all of still applies... And it will always apply, so long as we wait to change.
Even though I have this speech memorized, it still makes me cry.
watching this video is one of the few times I wonder why we fight
Duncan N Why do we fight? As he said Greed has poisoned Men souls... Greedy idiots just want Land and money
+Charles Ford also humans are territorial, i think.
+Duncan N
But the question still remains... why do we fight? I trust you have learned: to fight out of fear or anger is to fight a war that never ends. Face your fears. Calm your hatreds. Find peace within yourself, so that you may share it with the world around you. These are the greatest treasures in life. Surely they... are worth fighting for.
+MurasakiTsukimaru Nothing is worth to fight for with violence. If you have to fight with hatred and fear using as a weapon that mean you are never gonna find your true happiness inside yourself.
+jonigod24 1) That was a quote from a game asking "Why do we fight?" 2) Anyone who declares that nothing is worth fighting for with violence has never HAD to fight for something. Remember all those who fought and died so YOU can insist violence is wrong.
>Let us do away with national borders
Aaaaand that where you lost me fam. If you have to go somewhere illegally without complying with the law I'm already suspicious of you.
+Commander Data
Maybe it's just how I interpreted that part of the speech, but I'm pretty sure that statement was meant to say that we should unite together as one group of people with a common goal instead of dividing ourselves into separate peoples/countries/nations/etc. with entirely different goals. I'm pretty sure it wasn't talking about going somewhere illegally without complying with any laws.
But again, that's probably just how I interpreted that part of the speech.
+Ganryu That's exactly what he meant.
I always get chills, and shed a gentle tear of hope. This is the most beautiful thing I think I will ever hear.
Words that no man can again say with the same conviction and heart. How can any dislike this? He was one of my favorite comedians but now he sits next to Einstein on the list of great minds. A mind that gave us these words that should never be listened to but fallowed to the deepest and truest form. Please tell me there are others that feel the same?
This is outtake from meet the medic.
1:00 Boxtrot. How???
Dear God
He came from the future
+Luke Hull IKR!!!!!!!!!!
+Bryden Snider The great mind of this man is greater than the people that made the box trot or just the guy that made the box trot copied him
i wonder if he thought his words would still be so heard by so many. crazy when you stop and think about it.
Damn ... Five years later and this is more relevant than ever. Still gives me chills ...
You should have called this video. The second Opinion.
Yeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!! B)
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"The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men; cries out for universal brotherhood, for the unity of us all."
All my life I never thought I'd leave a UA-cam video wiser and smarter but it has happened thank you shwigan
buttefeial
Even years later, still the most feels ridden SFM vid I've ever seen.
A speech that travels through time and space itself to give a message ages so old, yet the message never fades away into the abyss of the chaos of the world.
Who would have thought an sfm video would bring me to tears.
(And I'm being completely honest. No exaggerating here, I actually cried)
GO CHARLIE!!!!
I watch this everyday just to make sure theres still some hope in humanity.
My favorite movie of all time, hands down. I've seen it so many times that I've got the speech committed to memory.
I come back and watch this video so much. Literally my favorite video on youtube
Every generation wants to believe things can be better and it could. Somehow we have ended up back here again and this speech is incredibly relevant today.
Never cried to a movie, never cried to a game. But I cry when I hear this. Saddening and inspirational.
This speech is now my homepage. I intend to never change it and to use it as a constant reminder of what I believe in until the day I die.
i always get a little teary eyed when i hear this....its the most beautiful speech i have ever heard in my entire life
Sometimes i just search up this video and watch it again and again... and it makes me happy. Anything happens that speech give me hope and power to being man.
I made it a priority to listen to this speech everyday( and watch the video), though it is kinda animated, the scenes in it emphasize the reason and target of the speech, which makes it even more beautiful and inspiring. My favorite line of the speech is "You don't hate, only the unloved hate, the unloved and the unnatural." Because of it, I can't see the word hate the same again.
Had to watch the Chaplin speech at school, and my brother recently introduced me to TF2. All I can say is "Well done, in every sense of the word."
a tear of half joy and half sorrow to the floor.
I will not use hate, but reason, why are there people who would dislike this video? It teaches us all a lesson and is very deep and emotional, i don't understand why someone wouldn't like it
I honestly cannot think of a word or sentence POWERFUL enough to express my feelings for this. but I'm crying right now so I guess that all i really can do. but they are tears of joy. Tears of awakening!
I can't believe this hasnt broken a million
That was one of the most beautiful things I have seen on youtube. Thank you for this.
This speech was from a time when humanity was a word of hope rather than greed
still watching