Hey, this was great. I just watched the full 2 hour 2008-campaign version a week or so ago with a friend who already seemed to like what little he knew of Ron Paul, but I think this convinced him, and was a good way to learn more.
I watched the re-cut soon after that, and I thought you guys did a great job on that. I may be commenting on a previous version... I'm about to watch the latest, so I apologize if my comments don't reflect the latest version. I have only a few.
1.) I wasn't big on was the kid that was like "spread the message!" because when I see kids say suff like that I feel it's not very genuine as kids just go along with whatever. I mean it's cool to teach kids and to see them interested, but to have them as advocates to me seems like they're being taken advantage of. It's easy for people to discount a message when they see something like that.
2.) I wish the ending would've transitioned to the current campaign. It's not easy to recognize at the end that he is running again this time. So while I like that it ends with the message that the idea and the revolution live on, and it is optimistic, it didn't leave people with a way to get involved or continue the revolution through the current campaign. It might've been nice to see his 2012 announcement, and maybe part of the straw poll speech where he talks about striving for virtue, and that the brushfires are spreading or whatever.
3.) I really liked the old intro of them handing out the constitutions at the Packers game. It was a nice way to bring people in without getting too political right off the bat. The new intro might be seen a little more as a slam against everyone else right off the bat. No big deal though.
3a.) Minor... but in the 'television' intro, I don't really care for Gravel and Kucinich being in there. Neither were part of the same rhetoric last time, and Kucinich and Paul work together quite a bit for the Constitution.
Anyway, I really like the recut. It took a lot of the 'nerdy' parts out, stayed just as (or more) interesting as the long version, and conveyed the same message. I like all of the new footage as well.
It would be cool if the HD version was included as a PC-only mp4 on the disc, although that might take too much space. Maybe provided via bittorrent, donations, or for purchase on the site. I watched the HD Youtube version (THANK YOU for putting that up on Youtube!), and it looked great!
Deborah K: Chris, Corey, excellent work! And I'm glad you took out my "I got drunk" comment.
HAHA. No way! Me and my friend laughed a lot at that. I loved it! Please don't take offense with that, by the way. I thought it was a great moment because I think it conveyed the overall feeling of most people involved at that point, and I thought it helped connect people who weren't involved last time to that feeling. Everyone feels like that sometime, so I think it was something everyone could relate to.
- Darin