Pandora's Box or The Perils of Google Video

I'm a bit late coming into this world of Google Video. When my friend GM sent me a link to this video at 5:23pm, little did I realize that I would be opening a whole new Pandora's Box by clicking onto it. Here's the video by Back Dormitory Boys, a couple of university students in China, that The Economist saw fit to devote print space to in its 6 April edition.



And just as I had gotten out of my procrastinating mood! Now, I've spent a little over an hour being entertained by rather silly video productions as well as interesting ones such as a landing at the now-defunct Kai Tak International Airport. To this day, it remains my most memorable approach and descent into an airport.



Anyway, I just find this all quite an amazing phenomenon. First of all, that people actually spend a good amount of their time to produce these videos and then people like me actually spend quite a bit of our time being entertained. Media companies need to take note.

Editor's Note added 19 November 2006: Of course, google.com just completed its acquisition of youtube.com, so expect a lot more exciting things in store in the online video space!