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- (man 1, Australian accent) You guys played
the new Mortal Kombat? - (man 2) Yeah, bro!
- (man 3) It's [bleep] [bleep]. - What is this?
- Did they say "Mortal Kombat"? - (man 3) How is it not [bleep]?
The [bleep] fatalities are bull[bleep].
- Okay, this guy-- this guy needs to be smacked.
- Their accents. I don't care what they're talking about.
It's already adorable.
- (man 3) You reckon? - (man 2) I [bleep] reckon.
- (man 1) Show me fatalities. Come on.
- Is this gonna be, like, Mortal Kombat in real life?
(pan smacks) (Megan gasps)
- (man 1) Ohhh, daaamn!
Damn! - Yeah-ha!
(man 3 yelling)
(crash) - Oh damn. This is [bleep].
- Oh my.
- They're going crazy.
(man 3 screaming)
- Dude, they have the things!
- (laughs) My god.
(man 3: shrill screaming)
- Oh my god, noooo. No.
(skull crumpling) - Ooh.
- It's gonna be really gross.
(man 2 yells victoriously)
- (laughing) Oh, what?
- Oh my god!
(men laughing) - (man 2) Heads up, mate!
- This shouldn't be funny. He just ripped his head off.
(skull whacks) - Oh. Oh.
Okay. - (announcer) Finish him!
- Oh my god. - Why is there a circular saw there?
(in video: screaming)
- Oh, oh! I can't. Stop. No.
(saw whirring)
(man 1: agonized screaming) - Ugh!
- The [bleep]? No, stop!
(loud cracking and squelching) (man 2 yells)
- That is so disgusting.
- (boy) Oy, Mum. Can you take me to school?
(man 2 yells, whack!) - No, not the kid.
(boy grunts)
- (chuckling)
- Yes. (heart beating)
No school today.
(man 2: stifled groan)
- (woman) That was for my son, you bastard.
- My god.
- What a badass.
- Mom goals.
- (announcer) G-MILF wins.
- (woman) Yeah! - (snickers) "G-MILF."
(woman screaming) - Scorpion?
- Why is this video still even going on?
(woman screaming in agony)
- Ew!
(jawbone cracking)
- Oh my... how did they do this?
- Oh, her tongue. - That's her tongue.
- (laughs) - Oh.
- (announcer) Scorpion wins. Fatality.
(silence)
- (chortles) What?
- That was, like, amazing, but I shouldn't say amazing,
'cause it was very gruesome, but it was amazing.
- Usually you'd see that stuff in big movie production artists
or whatever, and these guys look like they're just at home
doing this stuff, which is great.
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- (Finebros) So was this video fun to watch?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- VERY fun to watch.
- It was gross, but it was cool.
- I like it 'cause there wasn't a whole lot of VFX.
It was all prosthetics.
- They're, like, Australian,
so the accents just had to be from there.
- (Finebros) So this video is called
"Real Life Mortal Kombat Fatalities"
and has over 8 million views in about a month.
- That's a lot.
- (Finebros) Why would something so over-the-top violent
be so popular? - Because we don't get to be that violent.
- The gaming community world thing is so huge.
- It's a classic video game.
The video game has been around for generations.
- The more in-depth you go with trying to shock people,
I feel like the more you will shock them.
- If it was just the first two people
and it would've ended right after that,
then I would've been like,
"Wow, it's just another fighting video."
But then he goes after the guy who's watching,
and then he goes after the kid.
And then the mom comes up
and just shoves her middle finger through his body.
And then Black Scorpion comes up.
And it's like, where are these people coming from? Jeez!
- (Finebros) Are you someone that shares videos?
- No, I don't have a YouTube account.
- Depends.
- Sometimes.
- But it's usually the weird videos.
- I am very-- by just all day hitting that Share button
or hitting that Retweet button all day.
- Yeah, but I'll share, like,
ThatcherJoe and Caspar and Ricky Dillon.
I don't share stuff like that.
- (Finebros) And what is the purpose of sharing a video?
Why do you do it?
- So other people can enjoy the stuff that I'm enjoying.
- If I find something that I think is so funny,
I'm like, "I have to show this to my friends
so they think that I'm cool."
- Everyone has kinda like that hipster mentality
of like, "Oh, I found it first."
- Being able to say, "I saw it first, you know?
It came from me. I'm the original."
- "Oh, I showed you that video. It was me.
I got you started. Don't forget, bitch."
- I like to make people laugh
even if it's not necessarily my original content or footage.
But also, you're ending up supporting these people,
because you're spreading the word to them.
- (Finebros) Well, it's amazing now that,
when you think about that, every time you're sharing a video,
you are part of a big collective of people doing the same thing.
So you are part of the reason why videos become popular.
- Whoa.
This has blown my mind, guys.
- I'm part of something! - I helped you.
- It's pretty cool to be a part of something like that.
- It just shows how appreciative
the actual content makers have to be towards their viewers.
- In the original system
where people are just programming television
and putting what they want to put out there on the channels.
It's a couple high-up rich guys who just say,
"Hmm, yeah, I want this to be on at this time
and this on at this time." And, you know, you're really--
the people aren't actually getting what they want to see.
They're getting what a couple other guys want to see.
- In the case of YouTube, it starts out as if it's cancelled.
Everything starts out, like, with nobody.
And then if you do it good enough
and you make it entertaining enough,
people are the producers now,
because they start spreading the word on their social media.
- I think it's really cool,
and I feel like it definitely connects the whole world together.
But it also scares me sometimes,
because I feel like it's taking away mystery out of things.
When I go to the beach, it's not as--
It's not that it's not as beautiful.
But it's like, I know what's on the other side now,
you know what I mean? We've been to the other part of the world.
I don't know how to explain it.
- (Finebros) So back to this video.
It comes from a rising YouTube channel
created by twin brothers in Australia.
- (both) Twins! - Go, twins.
- I think that's really, really cool.
- That's amazing, because YouTube gives
an opportunity to everybody, not just--
you know, you don't have to be famous
or you have to come from a certain connection, you know?
It gives everybody an opportunity to do and show what they want.
- (Finebros) Something interesting about these guys is that,
when they were kids, they would make crazy stunt videos
that you'd assume adults thought were crazy.
And it actually reminds us of ourselves,
because when we were young,
we made some really raunchy videos that horrified people.
- (chuckling) I did too.
- Please tell me you have those saved somewhere. Is that next?
- (Finebros) Here we are now and these brothers too--
they've turned that into doing all of this
and starting to become successful.
Do you ever feel that young people get dismissed sometimes
for their interests and talents,
when it's not something "normal" that they're into?
- Yeah, definitely,
because people are just scared of what they don't know.
- You have no idea where anything can lead.
And you have to allow children and young people
to use their imagination.
- I get that a parent could be concerned
for their child's safety.
If a parent says no and they shut the kid down
and then the kid has no perseverance to keep going
in pursuing this thing that they're interested in,
then you never know where it's gonna go.
- If your kid's going around punching people in the face
making videos, I mean, obviously you're probably
not gonna want them to be punching people in the face.
But there's a certain level of, like,
if your child is having fun and doing something
and they're not affecting other people by doing it,
then go for it.
- Everyone thought I was really weird,
because I had different-colored hair and all these piercings.
And even now, I have tattoos.
When I used to be into metal music and that stuff,
adults thought that was really angry
and like, "Your child shouldn't be listening to that stuff."
- Kids are gonna be weird.
But when they find something
that they really are passionate about,
I think parents should totally foster that.
We had a piano that had the lid open.
My parents were watching TV
and I'm just like, "Bling, bling, bling!"
But they're like, "That's great, Adam! That's great!"
And now look at me today.
I'm a musician. I can play a lot of instruments.
And it's like, they fostered this.
Imagine if they shut that down? What would I be doing?
- (Finebros) So finally, do you think this channel
has the potential to become
one of the big action effects channels on YouTube?
- Oh, definitely.
- This is their platform
where they're gonna step off and start their career.
- I found it hilarious.
And I think that if they keep up the comedy
while still having quality special effects and the action to it,
that they'll just start getting better and better and better.
- You can relate to these people.
I can't relate to a big celebrity, you know?
But someone who has a small little group of friends
doing their own thing and making their own videos,
I think that's really relatable.
- It's already up there with freddiew and Corridor Digital.
It's wonderful. I have high hopes for these guys.
- Thanks for watching another episode of Teens React.
- In the comments, let us know what video
we should react to next.
- Goodbye.
- (announcer) Finish him! (neck cracks)
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