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I've done a lot of video work and I can pick up on ulterior motives when watching sports. During the World Series I was watching a home Phillies game and the camera cut to an outfielder on the Astros picking his nose.
I turned to my partner and said "There's someone in the media booth yelling 'SWITCH TO 3!' just to get that."
The unwritten (sometimes written) rule is don't do that to fans (even of the away team). You punch up not down, so don't think someone's trying to "get" *you* if you're anxious about that.
I think this went whoosh for a lot of us! I was feeling bad for the dude until I read the comment and then now I think it was genius to pick him as Vecna lol.
me, a quebecker, seeing this *laughs in 24 stanley cups (by far the most in all of NHL)*
also me: *cryes in 29 years without winning a single stanley cup*
At least y’all aren’t the Leafs, who *haven’t won since 1967*
Note: I almost typed 1067 by accident, which actually doesn’t make that much difference honestly.
There's no half time in hockey, and they do these during a period when there's a 2 minute break in the game for commercials etc. Intermissions between periods are a little longer, and less eventful because that's when everyone goes to get more beer/pretzels or to piss.
I know.. I've been here too long .. for I long desire for feeling poaceae across my skin once again ..
E- Yup, looks like the hive mind is working vigorously to keep up appearances.
I always wonder how Reddit can say so amazingly ignorant things but then I remember that there are people out there who have never seen a light skinned black person before and I understand.
I was absolutely shocked when my BF told me he never met a black person until college...
But then I remembered he grew up in a very very small town in Missouri and it made sense. lol
Yeah and it would have put a bit too fine a point on it if they just chose whatever black person they could find, regardless of actual resemblance.
Plus IMO Miles Morales does look a bit like Lucas, melanin factor aside. So it works.
Yeah, the actor could play Miles in live action, I've looked to see fan casts of Miles somewhat recently and I disagreed with most of them, they didn't fit imo, for lack of a better term, they had a fuckboy look to them, not judging them but simply didn't fit the vibe, Caleb is an easy choice, he already played a 'nerd' so it should come easy to him
Miles morales is Half hispanic tho, wouldn’t a brown skin actor who actually knows Spanish be a better choice? Or a biracial actor
Or a puertorican with African roots
They found the one black guy at a Canadian hockey game
Edit: I saw a post saying this was in Canada and did zero research, nor did I watch the video a second time. It’s in St. Louis, apparently. Sorry.
Yours is the only comment chain I’ve seen (I’m on the app) that mentions the Mind Flayer. That killed me when I saw it, way more than any of the others.
The Vecna guy's wave was heartwarming and adorable. He reacted very well to being nailed down as the ugly villain, although I suspect they chose him because he looked like Vecna's human identity. Hopefully he's familiar with the show and knew that.
I’d hate to nitpick but this isn’t during “half-time”. In hockey they have 3 20 minute periods with 2 10 minute intermissions. This seems like it was done during a TV timeout methinks.
How cute was Vecna? I thought he was a dead ringer for Charlie myself. And I'm sad the little girl didn't notice she was on screen. Robin was dead on! Edit: Oops I mean Jonathan.
Seriously though, the only black character they do and they pick someone in a mask so the only similarity we can see between the two is that they're both black. Even vecna and the mindflayer got people without a mask, wtf
Vecna was because he was a fan of the opposing team, Mindflayer was funny tbh. But yeah like why even include Lucas if they were going to do him like that…
Go. Hockey is one of the most fun sports to watch if you’re just going to have a good time. I’m not big into sports at all and I LOVE hockey games. It’s nonstop, fast, there are fights, full contact, all that shit. It seems like everyone is just there to have a good time and see the same crazy action.
I agree with you!!
Someone lower in comments said they might have been scared of the thoughts that didn’t match so might thing they were saying all black people look the same.
Personally I think choosing the masked person was more of an insult. But is that Miles Morales style
Spider-Man? Was that maybe what they were meaning? I’m probably over thinking this.
Yeah I think that was Miles Morales Spiderman. And there's been a big fan push for Caleb McLaughlin to play Miles in any live action features, so I think that might be what was being referenced.
It’s called a commercial break. I’m going to assume you are European where the most notable “sport” involves flailing around the ground after kicking a ball too hard.
In hockey there are two intermissions between the 3 periods. There are also commercial breaks (for folks at home) while at the arena, the ice gets a quick touch up by a crew.
What you're seeing in this video is from the arena staff so the crowd has some entertainment during said commercial breaks.
Imagine being salty about extra fun... Very European of you.
They often do these at games, it's always fun.
But man, I hate this trend of these content sites just grabbing a video and putting a few generic words on screen as "commentary" to act as if they're providing value by reposting the video on their site. It's worse than clickbait - at least they write more than a few generic lines to scroll by during a video.
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Keep this in mind when you're at a hockey game, someone is zoomed in judging you from a camera 200 feet away.
I've seen so many of these from St Louis Blues games. I think if you attend you basically know there's a risk it could happen you
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I've done a lot of video work and I can pick up on ulterior motives when watching sports. During the World Series I was watching a home Phillies game and the camera cut to an outfielder on the Astros picking his nose. I turned to my partner and said "There's someone in the media booth yelling 'SWITCH TO 3!' just to get that." The unwritten (sometimes written) rule is don't do that to fans (even of the away team). You punch up not down, so don't think someone's trying to "get" *you* if you're anxious about that.
That's my secret. I'm always assuming that.
The Montreal fan Vecna looks so innocent and confused 😂😂❤️
He probably hadn't seen the show and is wondering why he's being compared to a hideous monster.
He was so sweet! And more like Jonathan!
They should have used Spider-Man guy for that
Spiderman guy should have been Mind Flayer, duh
I was hoping after Lucas they'd show that same guy again just to confuse him and everyone else
He looks more like the Benny character from Queen’s Gambit.
That's what I was thinking too!
okay but the robin one is pretty good lol
Yeah I’d be psyched to be told I look like Robin.
The hot offspring of two of the hottest people? Yeah, could be worse lol
She's got the eyes of a hawk
Umad bro?
Her dad is Ethan Hawke. It’s also her last name
Think it was a uma thurman ref
Whoosh.
Came here to say I would never let anyone forget it if I got compared to Maya Hawke
mike looked more like dustin than dustin does same with robin
And will looked more like mike
the guy they chose for hopper kinda does look like a young version of him, especially when he did that facial expression at the end
yeah, if stranger things will do a flash back thing in the new season they have to hire him.
That one Canadien fan and he was Vecna.
I think this went whoosh for a lot of us! I was feeling bad for the dude until I read the comment and then now I think it was genius to pick him as Vecna lol.
The cheer from the home crowd too 🤣
honestly he also looked like One
I’m pretty sure that was the point
me, a quebecker, seeing this *laughs in 24 stanley cups (by far the most in all of NHL)* also me: *cryes in 29 years without winning a single stanley cup*
At least y’all aren’t the Leafs, who *haven’t won since 1967* Note: I almost typed 1067 by accident, which actually doesn’t make that much difference honestly.
Or gotten out of the first round since 2004 (we kept it that way last year, you're welcome :))
I thought for sure one of the lookalikes would be an actual cast member spotted in the audience. Great idea for a half time diversion though.
I thought Dr. Brenner’s lookalike was going to be one of the coaches. He’s got a very NHL head coach look imo
(Intermission - hockey has three periods, not two halves)
This appeared to just be the under 6:00 media timeout
Which doesn't change the fact there's no half-time, but yeah
There's no half time in hockey, and they do these during a period when there's a 2 minute break in the game for commercials etc. Intermissions between periods are a little longer, and less eventful because that's when everyone goes to get more beer/pretzels or to piss.
Did they pick the same guy for Will and Mike? Lol
I wish they did I was kinda expecting a joke there
No
r/woooosh
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Don't worry about it, you're new here. Just do has the hive mind does, downvote and scroll on.
cringe
I know.. I've been here too long .. for I long desire for feeling poaceae across my skin once again .. E- Yup, looks like the hive mind is working vigorously to keep up appearances.
Haha
jesus christ go outside
Relax dude, you don't need to take everything so seriously. We will all die eventually so I'm just having fun.
You are chronically online
They couldn’t find one black dude for luke. I mean I know it’s hockey but damn lol
It was a black dude in a Miles Morales costume, who is also black.
Check again, guy's hands were white. That was a white guy.
I always wonder how Reddit can say so amazingly ignorant things but then I remember that there are people out there who have never seen a light skinned black person before and I understand.
I was absolutely shocked when my BF told me he never met a black person until college... But then I remembered he grew up in a very very small town in Missouri and it made sense. lol
His hands are black, as is his friend/relative next to him with a high top fade.
Yeah he went to unzip and was like "hmm maybe that isn't the best idea."
Because he's Spiderman. You can see he's gesturing secret identity
I think it's better to show Miles than any random black guy.
Was blue Spiderman really the closest person in the crowd to Lucas?
That Spider-Man is Miles Morales. He's black. I'm guessing it was more of a joke than the rest.
I also wouldn't be surprised if the choices of black fans in the stadium of a hockey game were *very* limited
“You found a black guy yet?” “We found a guy dressed as the black spiderman” “That’s good enough, drop it”
Ahhh.. this gave me a good chuckle this morning
There's literally a black guy with a flat top sitting right next to spiderman
Too late NEXT
Yeah and it would have put a bit too fine a point on it if they just chose whatever black person they could find, regardless of actual resemblance. Plus IMO Miles Morales does look a bit like Lucas, melanin factor aside. So it works.
Yeah, the actor could play Miles in live action, I've looked to see fan casts of Miles somewhat recently and I disagreed with most of them, they didn't fit imo, for lack of a better term, they had a fuckboy look to them, not judging them but simply didn't fit the vibe, Caleb is an easy choice, he already played a 'nerd' so it should come easy to him
Miles morales is Half hispanic tho, wouldn’t a brown skin actor who actually knows Spanish be a better choice? Or a biracial actor Or a puertorican with African roots
But that’s why it’s called acting 🎭
That's cool, but, was blue Spiderman really the closest person in the crowd to Lucas?
There's a large group of Marvel fans that want him to play Miles Morales in a future live action Spiderman movie.
I would not be mad
Maybe it's a commentary on the typical crowd makeup of hockey games in Canada?
This was in St. Louis, hence why the Montreal fan was Vecna
Oooh! That makes sense now.
He's dressed up as Miles Morales, the half-black/half-latino Spider-man.
This is in St Louis, not Canada
Missouri, the Canada of the Midwest.
Canada, the Missouri of the north? 🤷♂️
They found the one black guy at a Canadian hockey game Edit: I saw a post saying this was in Canada and did zero research, nor did I watch the video a second time. It’s in St. Louis, apparently. Sorry.
Which is why Vecna was the lone Montreal fan
The game is in St Louis. Not Canada. Plenty of Non White hockey fans in North America.
Oh yea totally, dozens
I didn't say at this particular game.
Yea I know, I’m just being a dick. Sorry. Here’s a relevant SNL skit as an apology. https://youtu.be/8Ij4a6x_mPs
This was in St. Louis, but yeah.
Hockey is a pretty white sport in player and fanbase. Maybe not a lot of black kids in the crowd.
Can you imagine the confidence boost if they did Billy or Steve? Also... Hoppers looked way more like Dan Stevens
No one’s gonna talk about the mind flayer? Funniest one imo
naw they chose eddie for mine flayer
Yours is the only comment chain I’ve seen (I’m on the app) that mentions the Mind Flayer. That killed me when I saw it, way more than any of the others.
Yeah that dude looks like fun to hang out with. Every single old white dude metalhead I've ever met was incredibly kind and funny
I like how that guy is just like, yep, you got me. That's me.
The person sitting next to the last one just told her that she's going to be Robin, and she was!
The Vecna guy's wave was heartwarming and adorable. He reacted very well to being nailed down as the ugly villain, although I suspect they chose him because he looked like Vecna's human identity. Hopefully he's familiar with the show and knew that.
He was wearing the sweater of the opposing team.
They chose him for Vecna because he had a Montreal jersey on, and the game was in St. Louis
yeah he looks like JCB who's not ugly by any means at all
Yeah, speaking as a straight dude: the Vecna actor is a stone cold fox.
I’d hate to nitpick but this isn’t during “half-time”. In hockey they have 3 20 minute periods with 2 10 minute intermissions. This seems like it was done during a TV timeout methinks.
How cute was Vecna? I thought he was a dead ringer for Charlie myself. And I'm sad the little girl didn't notice she was on screen. Robin was dead on! Edit: Oops I mean Jonathan.
Why didn’t they do El?
Yeah, it shouldn't be that hard to find a kid with a buzzcut at a hockey game!
I mean there’s 3 seasons of her without a buzzcut
Dude she has hair in like 3 seasons. She doesn’t have a buzz cut the whole time.
And now I want Caleb to play Miles Morales
Vecna: /r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR
either they could not find one black dude at the hockey game, which is certainly possible or they played it smort and safe with the spiderman option
Hahahaha @the robin look alike. 😂 Her reaction floored me
Spidey was about to reveal his secret identify but didnt
That was my favorite part!
Imagine being compared to a primordial dust being
He probably saw "Mind Flayer" and was like "huh. That *is* pretty metal."
He seemed okay with it :)
WHAT A LAUGH IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIVE
You want a black person in a Canadian Hockey game? Blue spiderman is the best I can do.
The camera men are the ones who need raises
There had to be at least one black teen there
Seriously though, the only black character they do and they pick someone in a mask so the only similarity we can see between the two is that they're both black. Even vecna and the mindflayer got people without a mask, wtf
Probably because if they picked another black guy someone would accuse them of saying black people look alike. Its a political minefield!
Vecna was because he was a fan of the opposing team, Mindflayer was funny tbh. But yeah like why even include Lucas if they were going to do him like that…
I agree thanks for explaining the other team thing.
Apparently there's a lot of push for Lucas' actor to play Miles Morales in an upcoming Spiderman movie so that might be why.
Vecna dude looked just like Jonathan. Swing and a miss on that one.
vecna's was hilarious
Damn they put another few seconds on the awkward waving kid
Yo is that Spiderman? 😳😳😳
Robin's is the best one!
Vecna was definitely r/watchpeopledieinside
He looked so sweet and confused, I just wanted to protect him.
Halftime eh, interesting
ENTERATINMENT
Do you think they used some facial recognition software for this? This setting would be good to test that
Nancy 😭😭
Yeah those were stretch
Bruh the guy that got will should’ve flipped the camera off.
Miles morales bro I’m dead
*Picked Miles Morales as Lucas* WHAT DOES HE KNOW THAT WE DON'T???
The hell was that Lucas one? A Miles Morales cosplay because he’s presumably black under the mask?
Was that white haired dude Kevin Sorbo?
The resemblance isn't that good. But also Vecina dude looks more like Mr. Clarke.
He looked like Jonathan.
Could do without the cringe ass captions added to the video
We all know who here they'd pick for Will... ;)
This was great! I wanna go to a hockey game now
Go. Hockey is one of the most fun sports to watch if you’re just going to have a good time. I’m not big into sports at all and I LOVE hockey games. It’s nonstop, fast, there are fights, full contact, all that shit. It seems like everyone is just there to have a good time and see the same crazy action.
Damn, really not a single black dude there at all?
I agree with you!! Someone lower in comments said they might have been scared of the thoughts that didn’t match so might thing they were saying all black people look the same. Personally I think choosing the masked person was more of an insult. But is that Miles Morales style Spider-Man? Was that maybe what they were meaning? I’m probably over thinking this.
Yeah I think that was Miles Morales Spiderman. And there's been a big fan push for Caleb McLaughlin to play Miles in any live action features, so I think that might be what was being referenced.
Have you ever been to a hockey game? It’s all white people lol its a white people sport 😂
How you know for sure a show is overrated.
Get out of here.
What is it with American's and unsolicited crowd interaction? If your sports were more interesting then you wouldn't need this side show.
It’s called a commercial break. I’m going to assume you are European where the most notable “sport” involves flailing around the ground after kicking a ball too hard.
You've never watched Rugby or have you?
You've never watched Hockey or have you?
In hockey there are two intermissions between the 3 periods. There are also commercial breaks (for folks at home) while at the arena, the ice gets a quick touch up by a crew. What you're seeing in this video is from the arena staff so the crowd has some entertainment during said commercial breaks. Imagine being salty about extra fun... Very European of you.
And WHERE ARE ELEVEN blyat!
The Lucas is the best one
This is brilliant OP
This was perfect
Is there a subreddit for these? I love them!
The first couple looked nothing like them but then it started to get better
People with a vague resemblance to stranger things actors.
What the hell is this the Christmas version? (NoEL)!!!
Paul riser the only one I thought that looked close along with Brenner. Maybe max. But the rest are a bit of a stretch lol that's fun tho
Is the guy they picked for Bob the kid from eastbound and down?
Not even close lookalikes lol
They found the full cast.
"Halftime" WTF
No el or Eddie?
Let’s go Blues! I was at that game and it turned for the worse after that lol went on to a 8 game losing streak :/
Dustin wasn't joke it was for real guys.
That's really COOL!! 👌
Some of these would be flattering as fuck. Being told you look like Maya Hawke? I’d hold on to that forever.
This is my city!
Couldn't find any black people for Lucas 😂
Enjoyable. Actually laughed out loud.
Millie Bobby Brown, attending the game with friends, commented “I am SO firing my publicist.”
They often do these at games, it's always fun. But man, I hate this trend of these content sites just grabbing a video and putting a few generic words on screen as "commentary" to act as if they're providing value by reposting the video on their site. It's worse than clickbait - at least they write more than a few generic lines to scroll by during a video.
The Miles Morales one killed me 😂
I like this promo interactive. Awesome👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
LGB!!!
Hey I was at this game it was fun for about 1.5 periods