Grey Surfers (1)

I’ve been collecting amusing and witty short films from YouTube.com to show on Film Mondays at this blog and as you have seen from the last few weeks, many are made by young guys who seem to have a lot of time on their hands.

The tide is turning and it looks like older guys - retired gents - are now making their presence known in cyberspace with their own short films. They are less whizzy technically - they are filmed using a basic webcam in one long shot - but the content has greater depth and humanity. The content is just these old men talking about their lives and has the feel of a slice of life or confessional, which perhaps they might never share if you were sitting in front of them face to face. But in the apparent solitude given by a webcam, they have opened up to millions.

This video “First Try” has had millions of viewers and also prompted a range of responses. Some malicious responses from juvenile nerdy types who don’t seem to like the fact that an oldie has posted on YouTube. And others defending him and cheering him on.

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I say, “Rock on, dude!”

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