Death Of A Cellphone
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
What happens when you put a cellphone in a microwave? To a Luddite like myself who retains a healthy distrust and aversion to mobile communication the results are unsurprising.
Cell Phone In Microwave [YouTube] : Cynical-C
Categories: Microwave, Evil, Cell Phones, Death, Technology
Posted at 12:57 pm on May 27, 2008
12 Comments -
/me has a flashback to the movie Species.
Comment by Joe Shadows — May 27, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
I think my favorite part is right near the end, where the beast, after having risen like a monster from the pit, beats against the glass, desperately trying to escape and wreak its revenge against its creator. It’s like Frankenstein with cell phones.
Comment by CJ — May 27, 2008 @ 4:33 pm
That was the sweetest freakin scene eva!!
I was simply expecting the microwave to short out in a display of sparks and that’d be that. But instead, I watch the horrid, technological gestation of a molton being of plastic rise and evolve into a screaming, terrifying beast of nightmares. I can even smell the burnt silcon and plastic in a fit of synthesia from watching this.
Yes, I whole-heartedly agree that the best moment was the at the end when the creature screamed it’s agony of birth to the heavens.
Thank you very much for that episode!!
Comment by epheros — May 27, 2008 @ 4:55 pm
Plus, I think I have that same microwave…
Comment by epheros — May 27, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
3.5 billion cellphone subscribers in the world, each carrying a little embryo ready to erupt when the stars are right and a certain call comes.
Iä! Iä! Shub-Ericsson! The Black Goat of the Nokia Woods with a Billion Young!
Comment by Anders Sandberg — May 27, 2008 @ 5:56 pm
Other commenters beat me to it. I’ve seen worse special effects in Lovecraft-inspired movies.
Comment by Rit — May 27, 2008 @ 8:47 pm
thing is, that actually makes me scared of my own mobile phone…
Comment by Jellihejj — May 27, 2008 @ 9:10 pm
Damn foiled again….Damn you YouTube!!!!!!
Comment by Azathoth — May 27, 2008 @ 9:20 pm
epheros: I think I may have that phone.
Comment by Jilder — May 28, 2008 @ 11:14 am
@jilder
Think twice about making that call, my friend, for it may be your last…
Comment by epheros — May 28, 2008 @ 4:19 pm
You should see what happens if you put a Zune in a microwave.
Comment by eltiburo — May 30, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
that’s fake, right? somebody made that up with special fx/CGI, right? cuz otherwise that’s going to give me nightmares for weeks.
Comment by buzko — June 14, 2008 @ 10:16 am