As promised (though much later than I intended), we are going to host an epic, nearly-four-hour-long liveblog to tackle Team Starkid’s A Very Potter Sequel musical. This is in celebration of the final Harry Potter movie being released next week, and because I have put this off too long. Grab your potato babies, your best singing voice, and join the Starkid party!
FINALLY I GET TO DO THIS.
Let’s try to break the comment record of Mark Watches AVPM, shall we?
We’re going to use the same format as last time. There will be a 2-3 gap in between when we start the next part of each video to accommodate people with slower Internet connections who have to load a YouTube video. There will also be a 15 minute intermission between Acts I & II for bathroom breaks and reloading your bowl of potato babies, the official Mark Does Stuff snack of the gods. Use the schedule below to time when to start each section, or to join in later if you can’t make it when it start.
This liveblog will begin on July 10, 2011 at 9:00am PDT. This is going to be very long and I have ~things to do~ in the afternoon, so I don’t want it to run super late. Please consult a world clock to determine what time this will be for you.
All right, let’s get on to the schedule! All times are PDT below.
ACT I
9:00am: Part 1
9:09am: Part 2
9:21am: Part 3
9:30am: Part 4
9:38am: Part 5
9:48am: Part 6
9:57am: Part 7
10:04am: Part 8
10:13am: Part 9
10:25am: Part 10
10:32am: Part 11
10:39am: Part 12
10:47am: Part 13
11:00am: Part 14
11:11am: Part 15
11:20am: Part 16
INTERMISSION – 15 MINUTES
ACT II
11:41am: Part 1
11:52am: Part 2
12:00pm: Part 3
12:08pm: Part 4
12:17pm: Part 5
12:24pm: Part 6
12:35pm: Part 7
12:44pm: Part 8
12:52pm: Part 9
1:02pm: Part 10
1:11pm: Part 11
1:18pm: Part 12
1:25pm: Part 13
1:37pm: Part 14
Whew!!! See you all on Sunday!!
SQUEE!!!
…are potato bABIES THE SAME AS TATER TOTS?
I'm sorry, when I hear 'potato babies' all I can think is "How are you doing? BECAUSE I'M A POTATO."
-clap. clap. clap.-
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing. So we have that.
I could quote that game all night.
(Don't make lemonade.)
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Yes. Yes they are. That link shows how "Potato Babies" became in use.
YES YES YES.
FYI, I checked all of the videos and you have AVPM Act 1 Part 2 in the place of AVPS Act 1 Part 2. Here's the right link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBSZKgeSNmw
It might also be helpful to have the playlist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OepW-AG-Ris&li…
Switched it out!
This is gonna be Totally Awesome! I will have to listen to all the songs again in preparation so I can belt my heart out while watching.
(Also, curious Mark, are you going to watch Starship at some point?)
I was just plotting a way to lure him into my hotel room at LeakyCon and make him watch Starship.IMEANWHUT
Please? ~puppy dog eyes~
Yay, it's 2 pm here so I'll be able to make it!
And I'll watch the whole AVPS for the first time since I saw it at Infinitus, so EXCITE! 😀
Have to work 🙁 Somehow I got confused and thought this was going to be on Sunday, but I still get to liveblog Sozin's Comet, and I can't wait to read the review!
But isn't it going to be on Sunday? That's when July 10th is.
Uh, this IS going to be on Sunday. Or do I have the date wrong?
GODDANGIT. Mark, why do you always have to plan epic LiveBlogs when I have to work???? Have fun everyone!
The perfect beginning for my personal geek week.
Almost all of the times are off because the wrong time was used for the start of Act I, Part 3. Part 2 is 10:16 long, so it's impossible to watch it all between the listed times of 9:09 and 9:18. If I have the time stamps correct, Part 3 should start at 9:21, then Part 4 at 9:30, and then Part 5 at 9:38, etc.
Which means that the entire schedule is wrong by a few minutes at least. Unless we skip the break between Part 5 and Part 6 (which would mean starting Part 6 at 9:46, rather than 9:48) and then have only about a minute break between between Part 6 and Part 7 (which would put the start of Part 7 at the listed time of 9:54). I'm pretty sure that would put everything after that point back on the times listed above (assuming that all the rest of the times are correct, which I'm pretty sure they are.
Correct me if I'm wrong on any of my math, here, but…
I'm pretty sure almost all of the times are off because the wrong time was used for the start of Act I, Part 3. Part 2 is 10:16 long, so it's impossible to watch it all between the listed times of 9:09 and 9:18. If I have the time stamps correct, Part 3 should start at 9:21, then Part 4 at 9:30, and then Part 5 at 9:38, etc.
Which means that the entire schedule (except for the first two start-times) is wrong by a few minutes at least. Unless we skip the break between Part 5 and Part 6 (which would mean starting Part 6 at 9:46, rather than 9:48) and then have only about a minute break between between Part 6 and Part 7 (which would put the start of Part 7 at the listed time of 9:54). I'm pretty sure that would put everything after that point back on the times listed above (assuming that all the rest of the times are correct, which I'm pretty sure they are), but it would mean that people with slower connections might be behind for a little while.
*Putting my nerdy glasses on* (Because I just took out my contacts.) In case the skipping/shortening breaks thing isn't feasible, I made a revised version of the schedule for the liveblog. (Because I'm caffeinated and bored and wanted to finally use Google Docs.)
Again, someone correct me if my math's off; I included both duration times and rounded-off end times to make it easier. It should be set to "public" so it can be viewed and edited by anyone, even without an account. The total time elapsed is only about thirty seconds longer than it was in my original calculation, so I'm thinking it should all be correct.
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Isn't part 2 6:35?
Part 2 of A Very Potter Musical lasts 6:35, Part 2 of A Very Potter Sequel lasts 10:16. As Nutty noted above, Mark linked to the wrong musical for that one section; he must have also used the time from the mistaken link to create the schedule.
Thanks for this! Goddamn YouTube just put the wrong one for the suggested next video when I was making this. Which is weird, because all the rest were perfectly correct?
I just corrected the schedule.
Damn, I'll be out of town! I'm just gonna have to schlep my laptop with me, then, because I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS FOR WAY TOO LONG TO MISS OUT.
Mark Watches AVPS Liveblog with world times listed. It'll make your personal scheduling easier.
I am so excited!
Ooooh. Is this 4pm UK time, or do I have that ridiculously wrong?
I make it 5pm GMT…
The Part 2 link goes to Part 2 of AVPM, just so you know! That's how the times got messed up, as Mauve_Avenger pointed out above.
This is the link to AVPS Act 1, Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBSZKgeSNmw&fe…
Whoops, I didn't see Nutty's comment saying the same thing. Sorry!
Looking forward to this!!!!!….Five minuets to go by my counts 😀
So I'm pretty sure that's 5pm GMT?
Augh, I usually sleep Sunday afternoons because I work from 5:30am – 1:00pm on Sunday mornings!
Well, I guess I'll get a couple hours of sleep before this starts at least! I would not miss this for the world.
Just noticed that it's July 10th.. Got all excited then and everything. 🙁
In celebration of the final Harry Potter film.
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I am so going to be an emotional wreck for at least the next week
I had tears in my eyes for those speeches.
"I love you" – Rupert
Oh my :'(
"What you've done for ginger people — it's just — I cannot put that into words!"
Dear Rupert ILU PLS MARRY ME. 😐
I didn't realize how emotional I was going to be over DH Part 2 coming out, but the closer it gets, the harder it hits me. This is it. After this, it's OVER.
Sadness forever. 🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁
Over the past half a year or so, Markdoesstuff has been slowly helping me to properly re-access my emotions with regards to entertainment. It helps that we've been going through my favourite television shows ever, as well as influencing me to check out books I wouldn't have considered otherwise. The book thief was the first time I'd cried at a book in around ten years, but even then it didn't last more than a few seconds. I teared up again at The tale of Iroh and Sozin's comet (the reunion), proper tears, but again it was rather brief. I watched this video today, these fantastic, end-of-an-era speeches, and I cried like a baby. Thankyou hallowsnothorcruxes for uploading. Thankyou community for being so welcoming. But most of all, thankyou Mark for being so generally wonderfull and entertaining! Maybe I'll make an account now, eh? 🙂 I think it's been long enough.
Some pictures of Darren and Joe at the premiere:
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Still can't imagine how it feels for him to have been there, and with fans who had avpm/avps posters around. What a weird feeling.
AUGH MY LIFE WOULD'VE SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED IF DARREN GOT TO MEET DANIEL AND THERE WERE PICS. SO CLOOOOSE.
There’s actually a interview or clip where Ralph Fiennes walks right behind him at the premiere 🙂
UH! The cameras were on him so much, I wanted SOMEONE to mention the connection and be like, "Hey we should ask HP people if they've seen this crazy popular crazy-americanized musical spin off staring this dude right here." BUT NO. SO SAD.
The announcer peeps were just awful. Luna Lovejoy? REALLY NOW. It's a good thing that guy didn't seem to be broadcast at the premiere itself, because bitch would've been slapped.
I thought it was hilarious how they kept being like, "look how good we are at asking your questions, oh fans from the interwebs, we've asked so many of your questions" and I'm pretty sure they only pulled out, like, two. SO MANY. And really, they could have used it, they were stuck on the same old questions over and over.
The speeches though! Just sobbing.
LOLS, RAMBLING TANGENT. I'm so good at them.
Joe looks so different. Is it because he doesn't have makeup on?
SOBBING RN
yeej finally. i started to worry i missed the live blog of AVPS as i never heard about it anymore
THIS WILL BE BEAUTIFUL!! I have my redvines ready! 😉
AHHH WHY ARE MY PARENTS IN TOWN THIS WEEKEND?
Also, can we start a separate post somewhere to plan a Comic-Con meet up? I know I'd love to meet y'all who are going, but it's going to be NUTS and I think some plan would be good so we don't all run around playing Marco Polo and trying to find each other,
4am on Monday morning? Sorry Mark, as much as I love you this just wasn't meant to be.
Maybe I'll join you for Starship eh? eh?
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omg yes Starship, you must watch this too, Mark! IT'S FANTASTIC.
Totally. AWESOME.
NOOOOO, I'll be at work! 🙁
Hope you guys have a great time though!
Oh, come on!!!
2AM? Are you kidding me?
Sorry, can't do that because I'm doing it the next night when I'm going to be seeing the Deathly Hallows at midnight. And I've been waiting for the movie longer, so that takes priority.
Plus, I kinda have school the next day. DDDDDDx
I'm sorry if I sound like a total n00b here but I am pretty much technologically backwards (ALSO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME I CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS OMG I AM SO EXCITE) but where are we watching it? I mean… like… are our comments coming on here? or is there a separate URL we go to? or do we have super-powered walkie talkies or something? PLZ HALP MEH
You watch it on youtube and can come here to comment while watching.
Ah, thank you 😀
Aw man, I have to work Sunday morning. 🙁 You're going to post a ~formal review of this like you did with AVPM, right? (pretty please with sugar on top)
Oh my god I will be here as I missed the first liveblog. Cannot wait!!!
Totally not working tomorrow and no one can make me! I already told me mom that "No I will not do yard work on Sunday it's AVPS day and if you don't let me have it, then you can't go see DH pt2 with me at the midnight showing Friday!" to which she replied, "Okay." because it's tradition for us to see the movie at Midnight and she's not gonna screw it up. She's a great mom!
tl;dr I'll be here!
Damn it, I miss the ATLA Finale liveblog and now I miss this one. 🙁 My life!
Hope you guys enjoy the totally awesome thing that is AVPS!
My first liveblog!!!!!!!! Also my first time watching the sequel!!! Excite. >o<
You're in for a treat then. It's even better than the first IMO.
Omg, it's today! Only 3 hours left to wait!
This will be my first liveblog EVER! *happy-dance* and also, as with Katie, my first time seeing AVPS = an unbelievable experience!
Too bad I don't have any tater tots. I haven't ever eaten them, never even heard of them before Mark's HP (or was it Twilight) reviews.
I couldn't bring myself to eat my dear pet potatoes' babies! 😀
Some places call tater tots "hash browns" even though they're not because hash browns are made from sliced potatoes and tater tots are shredded potatoes molded into tiny cylinders and fried, then frozen to be reheated at home. Cafeterias are big on them.
Never heard of those either. Well, that's what I get for not living in the US, I think.
My first liveblog too! Except I will be late, due to pilates class. Catch you guys at part 2 or 3!
I'm gonna have to miss some of it but I'll be there for the first hour, and hopefully the last hour or so too.
I AM VERY EXCITED, I LOVE AVPS EVEN MORE THAN AVPM!
I can't participate 100% because I'm at work (on a sunday, ugh!) but I'll probably pop my headphones in and listen to the musical and pop over every once in a while to see what's happenin' in the comment party. Yayyy!!
ONE HOUR TO GO!
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For those of you liveblogging here for the first time I'd recommend using Last Activity in the Sort by section at the top of the comments. It sorts comments by the latest one backwards so you don't have to worry about refreshing the whole page and having to go through the pages to find new comments.
Oh, thanks for the tip! (8 10 minutes to go!
Yay, this will be my first ever Mark Watches Liveblog! *EXCITE*
I can’t stay for the whole party, (have to work) but I’ll be watching with you for as long as I can!
OMG FIVE MINUTESS!!!
This will be my first liveblog so yay!
My first too! So excited!
Do the comments auto refresh or do you have to keep refreshing & sorting them?
Last Activity button at the top of the comments!
Seems like you'll have to keep refreshing, but maybe each time you comment the new comments come up too? I'm new to this particular system too.
it should refresh the latest comments anytime you click "last activity" at the top of the comment section
You can click last activity to refresh the comments
OIC, it refreshes just the comments if you click last activity, so you don't have to actually refresh the page. thanks 8D
i should really be doing work right now…
So I got four hours of sleep tonight but I don't care! Headphones in, video loaded: IT'S ON.
BOOYAH
oh snap
3 minutes to go till my first live blog!. Got all my snacks ready, I now refuse to move for four hours.
Just got done whitening my teeth with two minutes to spare. My teeth will probably be sore soon but who cares? I will sing my heart out.
Hi Mark! 😀 I'm so glad you're watching this! <3 I promise the sequel is just as awesome as it sounds. :DD
btw I used to comment on alot of your book reviews, not sure you remember me. Anyways glad to join the liveblog~! 😀
MARK MARK MARK I AM HERE I AM READY MARK YAYYYYY
I know! So excited! 😀
BUT I HAVE NO POTATO BABIE DAMMIT CANADA 🙁
Ready … steady …
One minute!
It's starting!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It begins!!!
I'm so glad Cedric got a bigger role this time around. He's such a great singer I was disappointed he was killed off too early last time.
I love Tyler!
Go go go
YES, just finished my rehearsal.
Oh, opening scene! Sinister! *glee*
YES YES YES, LETS GO!
damn those WIZARD COPS
the first time I watched this I had no idea that Lucius and Cedric were played by the same person
Wizard cops!
damn those wizard cops!
Damn those wizard cops!
Oh, Lucius, always dance for me.
Wizard Cops need a reality show.
death eaters death eaters whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Will "The Aurors" do?
(It's a joke, but still awesome. And it inspired a Spanish-speaking RP XD)
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Last HP film is coming out but "It's not over yet!"
We should probably sing the song at the cinemas!
wizard cops? hahaha
FLAWLESS SONG.
Lucius please be fab forever!
DEATH EATER JAZZ HANDS. YESSSSS.
EEEEEEEVILLL PLANS! WE ARE MAKING EEEEEVILLLL PLANS!
I LOVE LUCIUS SO MUCH. I mean, he's just so entertaining. I liked the actor as Cedric, too.
And Yaxley. Dude, Yaxley 😀
'Grumpy Old Wizards' I love it.
The sets are a lot better than the first one.
Oh my god the Death Eaters. EVIL PLANS!
Oh, Lucius <3
There is literally NO WAY to move forward from this point!
O HAI, ENTIRE CAST.
There is literally no where to go forward from here!
MARK IT'S TIME TRAVEL ARE YOU PSYCHED
But…time turners can only go back 24 hours at most.
Pffft, logic
hahahahahaha this is AWESOME.
This is totally awesome!
OH DEATH EATERS YOU ARE ALL WONDERFUL
Siriusly, why did no one think of this plan in the books?
Wouldn't have been easier to off Harry when he was a baby? Why choose the time he starts learning magic?
For the same reason they don't do it in the books, they have no idea where he is.
"Do you follow me?" "…no."
HE'D BE ALIVE, WHAT DON'T YOU GET?
"…..Ahhhhh!"
Confession Time: I have never seen AVPS. It's shameful.
me neither, this is my first I'm hella stoked.
Me neither, but I love this already! 😀
First time for me as well.
You are all in for a treat then.
do you follow me? no
I want dance lessons of Lucius Malfoy. Evil has never been so well choreographed
EVIL PLANS!
is this a shampoo commercial omg
Because he's worth it
man death eaters are dumb
When they start stroking Lucius.
OH MY GOD
Time travel! o/
"He'd be alive, what don't you get?" is one of my favourite lines in this musical, aesthetically.
Oh nooo I'm in a crowded place and don't have my headphones! 🙁 And I just haven't seen it quite enough times to remember every line (like I can for AVPM). But I hope you enjoy it Mark – I am actually in love with Lucious…I mean Lucius Malfoy!
Yay for malicious laughter.
And yay for rediculus time travel effects!
Every single Death Eater taking the chance to grope Lucius, there.
…Can't blame them!
Gotta love the classic villains here. XD
People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff.
+1
This is such a step up in quality from AVPM. I love it. (Even though I've seen it at least 3 times already.)
Awww, thematically bringing us back to the first Potter Musical.
Harry!