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Hancock Youtube

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Chuck S. White

The video sharing service Youtube is known for a great many things. One of the scourges that they deal with of course is that of movies and TV shows illegally uploaded onto their web site. But, in a twist, a recent movie showed the other side of you tube and actually incorporated videos from it into the movie. So which movie used You Tube? Hancock of course.

Fans will recall that Hancock tells the story of a homeless man (played by Will Smith) with no name who happens to have super powers. The man goes around trying to save people and do the right thing, but typically causing more trouble than he should. He is constantly destroying things in downtown Los Angeles as he tries to help people and many people think he is a public menace who should not be allowed within the city limits.

The way he gets a name is that a boy stops our hero and asks for an autograph. The man looks at the boy and is confused so he says, “you know, sign your John Hancock.” The man signs the name John Hancock and from then on is known as Hancock, but not in a good way.

That all changes when Hancock saves a PR executive played by Jason Bateman. The man is grateful to Hancock for saving his life and also sees an opportunity. He brings Hancock home with him and tries to explain why there is a problem in the way he conducts his superhero activities.

And that’s where You Tube and Hancock cross. Hancock is shown several videos from Youtube. In one, he’s in tattered clothes which had just been burned in a fire he’d gone and put out. He pushes in front of a group of kids and grabs some ice cream, much to consternation of the children who were waiting in line. Then, we see Hancock rescue a giant beached whale by tossing the whale back into the water. One small problem: Hancock manages to toss the whale directly onto a sailing boat in the middle of the ocean.

To the best of my knowledge, You Tube did not pay a product sponsorship fee for having their product mentioned during the movie, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they try to play a more active role in the next Hancock movie, scheduled to come out in 2012. I can see it now: Youtube premiers Hancock 2 trailer. Hey, it could happen.

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