Thursday, January 1, 2009

Futuristic Crane Interview

A few days ago the Crane Crusaders Crack Internet Research Team was scouring a site called YouTube for exciting videos about our hero. One titled "Stephen Crane Interview" jumped out and kicked us in the sack! Before we say anything more about it, why don't you click below and watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_xkqYDNGuw

Wow! Watching Stephen Crane in some sort of outerspace war video game was rich & exotic even for our seasoned Crane palates! We had to investigate further, so we checked out the YouTube profile of the person who posted the video, one Dustin Hensley of Ashley, Indiana.

His profile read in part, "My name is Dustin Hensley. I am currently a high school graduate, planning on some sort of college education. I plan to attend FullSail University and study to become a Film Director. My life has recently become a crazy mess, and I have begun this new blog entitled "Deeper." I am becoming more and more focused on my films and will be creating several every month in order to train myself."

We then decided to create a YouTube account so we could contact Dustin for an interview...

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Pat: Who are you and what do you do?

Dustin: I'm currently a high school grad who is trying to figure out what the purpose of my life will be, aside from pursuing my ambition of a career in film direction.

Pat: What inspired you to put Stephen Crane in a futuristic war video game?

Dustin: It was my junior year of high school, and a friend was doing a book report on The Red Badge of Courage. We had originally intended this to be much longer and more in depth, but failed miserably.

Pat: Are you on drugs of any kind?

Dustin: I have some allergy meds, and asthma meds, but I dont take them. Does caffeine count?

Pat: Which would you say is more awesome, Halo video games or the works of Stephen Crane?

Dustin: Halo 3. Hands down. Not the most spectacular story line, but the best gameplay of any on the current market. Now Halo:CE's story line: the SHIZZ.

Pat: This video is a good start, but are you willing to devote the rest of your life to spreading the word about Stephen Crane?

Dustin: I'm not positive about any more Stephen Crane films in the near future, but I suppose one day I could rearrange my priorities. For now, I'm trying to just save money and woo a very special girl.

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We of the Crane Crusaders are quite pleased that the youth of America are being taught Crane in their skools. Bringing him forward into the age of computer games is an even more spectacular thing akin to the goals of the Crane Crusaders. It also fits that given Crane's journalistic pursuit of battlefronts, he might very well have wound up in this Halo scenario.

Tip of the helmet to Dustin for creating this video, and for not ruling out the possibility that he might someday devote his life to the advancement of Stephen Crane's legacy.

Happy New Year everyone!

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