gklitz
As always this is so much more than merely a video debunking. It’s a great piece of comedy, an insightful analysis of technology and even great commentary on the historical development both back when the video was made but also the now current state of the environment around social media creators. Absolutely amazing.
myself248
Captain D produces some of the most impressive technical content out there, wrapped in subtle and not-so-subtle zingers, and breathtakingly illustrated. Decomposing a frame into its brightness channel, rotating it, and collapsing the columns to make a waveform graph? Mind completely blown.

The debunk videos are his major stock in trade, but I personally love (and discovered him through) the explainers about frame rate and shutter speed, color spaces, interlacing, and other details of the video art.

And of course, his mindbogglingly detailed exploration of Flight of the Navigator -- if you've seen the film, make some time tonight and watch it.

PetitPrince
Also of interest for HN crowd: he's a enthusiast Blender user, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qSTcxt2t74&t=770s&pp=ygUYd2...
bombcar
Captain D puts more effort into his throw-away gags than many personalities put into their whole video.

Always worth the watch.

laserDinosaur
One thing I didn't understand about the original video - why didn't they just CG in the bins instead? Why go to all the effort of CG'ing out the ball, changing the trajectory etc? It seems like it would have been easier to have him make 3 random kicks then add some bins in where they landed. But, maybe there's something obvious I'm missing.
motbus3
Captain Disillusion is a must-watch. Also his assistant Adam is quite a useful guy.
lucb1e
How did you all discover Captain Disillusion?

For me, someone on Mastodon linked it maybe a year ago. I've watched at least half the videos back and became a Patreon for a while. I can't believe I never heard anyone talk about the channel before or since -- until this HN post. I've shared it with some friends but nobody knew it. People here seem to be familiar, though, so I am curious how you discovered this gem of a creator

davidpfarrell
/complete side note, but it came to me after watching this specific video the other day.

When seeing the ads for the new Crow on Reddit (showing up a lot in my feed), with the tagline: "Keep The Promise, Break Everything Else"

In my mind I hear this variation on the CD quote:

"Love With Your Heart: Use Violence For Everything Else"

The_Colonel
What caught my eye was that in 2011 they couldn't shoot it in 6K stabilized and crop for motion afterwards. But there were already 4K cameras at the time, and with zooming they should be able to capture at least the critical time window of Beckham kicking the ball / landing stabilized for easier post-processing.

But the nature of motion glitches found suggests they did actually post-process on a shaky video. They could do a better job, but then the trick worked for more than 10 years, and thus fulfilled its purpose more than enough.

schlauerfox
The crossover with Beakman's World in all but name was amazing.
gosub100
One thing this man brings to our attention as software developers is that at least in this department, software has reached a level of complexity that it takes a lifetime of study to master it as a user.

I know it's not the only subspecialty that has such an in depth consideration to UX but it's worth mentioning.

VikingCoder
If you want to learn how to make better fake videos, you might want to start with "You Suck at Photoshop"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_X5uR7VC4M

xz18r
This channel is amazing. If anyone has any recommendations for more stuff like it, do share!
Detrytus
Similar thing with Nike commercial starring Ronaldinho bouncing the ball from the crossbar: https://youtu.be/qRWnDBN5MgQ?si=mdEYS9X9FwkwOkmj&t=90

To his credit, preparing for the shooting Ronaldinho allegedly managed to do that twice in a row for real.

brap
I don’t need to debunk it, the acting and script are terrible.

https://youtu.be/2lvRv2mnYLU

Refusing23
I truly love his content. its always top notch entertainment
m3kw9
This is great debugging
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daymanstep
Wasn't this posted 3 days ago?
38
he really doesn't need the make up - just makes him seem like a joke. otherwise great content
gamblor956
Beckham is known for his precision in kicking. It's his whole thing.

Beckham actually did hit the trash cans in practice kicks; this happened on a public beach and there were plenty of fans hanging around watching it happen.

That being said, it would have required an alteration of the laws of physics to land a soccer ball in the trash can as the diameter of the opening of most beach trash cans of that style in the LA area is smaller than the diameter of a soccer ball. (There are several styles of trash cans on LA area beaches. Several of them have capped/shielded openings; some of their are just uncapped basic cylinders, and others are cylinders with lids and narrow openings. The purpose of the caps/narrow openings is to limit the ability of wildlife like seagulls from getting at the trash. Generally, the uncapped basic trash cans are limited to more popular beaches where the trash cans will be emptied daily.)