Today's realistic video: GTA IV trailer in real life
While its not a down-to-the-finite-details replica of the Grand Theft Auto IV trailer, it's pretty darned spot-on. If you factor in that he made it using only clips that he could find on YouTube, it's even more amazing. When they cut to that one shot of the actor ... you'll be wondering if they used that for the actual game trailer.
It's even more impressive that he was able to make it so close to the actual thing within his YouTube confines. Does this mean the GTA IV trailer-creators used very familiar scenes in and around New York? Or is it a sign that YouTube is just that much closer to taking over the world?
We may never know.


















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this video is the PS3 version right?
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I love that effin' song. As long as the subject is real-life versions of the GTA IV trailer, I'd like to recommend the movie to which it's an homage: Godfrey Reggio's Koyaanisqatsi.
http://www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/koyaanisqatsi.php
Youtube clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgKegzFOAxA
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PirH8PADDgQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egamerevolution%2Ecom%2Fvideo%2Fyoutube%2Ephp%3Fv%3DPirH8PADDgQ
Ya'll should post the GTA4 trailer and Koyaanisqatsi trailer right under this.
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Um.. duh?
Let's see - they used the Brooklyn Bridge, the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, and Times Square. No, I don't imagine those are scenes that would be very common on YouTube...
I'm actually more curious to see how well Rockstar models the areas of the city that *aren't* so well-traveled, because those are the areas most NYC residents would actually know. (Most residents actually actively *avoid* the tourist areas.) But then, it is of course *not* actually NYC but "Liberty City", so they can take as much creative license as they want with the layout and locations. Put an airport down in lower Manhattan, have the Brooklyn Bridge go to Queens, I mean whatever.
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As a person who was born and raised in NYC, it'll be interesting to see how they do this. Especially since it's on Next Gen systems. Think Rockstar can get the NYC Public transportation system right? >:-D We have like a kajillion trains.
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i do cocaine!!!
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