Mr. Flare Explains: The Virgin Mary

[@ShutterAuthority]

It would be funny if someone posted that Buddha video online and it went viral.

[@TitanUranusOfficial]

Ha! I had the same thought - claim it's in the far East (China?) and it would go viral - probably end up on CNN.

[@Neoaddie]

lol some one do that

[@Neoaddie]

wait i was finding for someone but no, *iaam* the someone😂😂😂

[@wnnetwork]

@@Neoaddie and i think captain would be cool about it

[@RuckusRugs]

@wnnetwork - Can you not promote your unoriginal "Can I get _____ subs with no video?" channel in a totally unrelated videos comment section? Highly doubt Captain "would be cool about it".

[@randot0769]

Mr. Flare forgot to Match the video resolution with the Buddha

[@Gameboy-2000]

Yeah! Buddha Statue is sharper than the other objects in the Video.

[@ari3903]

yes and add reflections

[@sheeloesreallycool]

Senpai no they did add reflections

[@OddReview]

HES A LAMP GIVE HIM SOME CREDIT

[@Jasmixd]

@@OddReview Heck, not even that!

[@Jakeneutron]

Oh god I’ve seen the Buddha video everywhere lmaooo

[@zsin128]

Really?! Lol people stealing from Captain

[@Demian1]

Lmfao

[@MisterBrick42]

The Irony

[@PhIcicle]

Jake neutron????

[@joking6096]

Ah yes, Venice. That's the one with the cars, right? And the 5 way intersections?

[@stationshelter]

Yes everyone knows Venice for its famous car roads and normal taxis.

[@kevinmorrice]

yeah, venice is one of the driest countries in the world

[@Nugcon]

yep

[@peterslegers6121]

Don't forget the scenic hills(l)ides!

[@jettoscranda]

Ahaha my thoughts exactly, lol.

[@GMPranav]

I like how CD leaves the potentially controversial topics to Mr.Flare

[@Horny_Fruit_Flies]

Mr. Flare does not give a fuck

[@MRPiki-js4jg]

"AI my ass"

[@ToxNano]

Whats controversial about it?

[@literallyglados]

the issue with it is that i hate mr flare

[@literallyglados]

@Lovecraft then its not a very good idea, because i always just end up not watching videos with him in them

[@WTiiWarcraft]

Hey Captain Disillusion, I found your channel through your collab with Mark Rober & am very glad I did! I've binged all of your videos, starting from 11 years ago and made sure to LIKE every one of them. I hope that others who find you will do likewise, it's the least one can do for someone who creates such high quality content. Thanks for the great videos, All the best, Richard.

[@luketaylor2553]

Same

[@MAS45]

Huh...... Wtii

[@Spiderrtank]

Zug Zug!

[@GS1181]

Exactly same with me

[@nintendomusicchannel1317]

hey wtii i like your videos

[@AmiYamato]

Immaculate!

[@viktorashistan7207]

YO, make Back To The Future 3 or 4 or whatever part your on with Captain Dissilusion

[@jojones4685]

Immaculate conception is Mary being without original sin because of her son. The Virgin birth is different.

[@AmiYamato]

@@jojones4685 Who said anything about conception? I was talking about CD's video and vfx.

[@bdf2718]

The immaculate disillusion.

[@elephant3109]

OOOOH >

[@thejesuschrist]

Thanks for the enlightenment Mr. Flare!

[@glorytoukraine5890]

Holy 🅱️ESUS

[@kuroemon1000]

i hope mr flare reach haven safely.

[@brightgarinson3099]

You again? I heard Mohammed was the rapi..I mean wise prophet?

[@finnfletcherwhite]

If Jesus likes it, ya know it’s good... I guess that’s how it works

[@aniksamiurrahman6365]

Hei ur mother is in flood and u!! What kinda son are u Jesus?

[@baileymcmanus1816]

Just remembered mr flare is over 11 years old

[@mayonnaise1271]

they grow up so fast!

[@nerdekongen6642]

same

[@loganiushere]

Born the same year as me... ...

[@asston712]

*stops writing fanfic* he is what?

[@minino1998gameplays]

Mr flare is older than fortnite players

[@gordondavies1521]

That was depressing...I didn't know he died

[@InnocuousRemark]

Wait three days he'll be back

[@tripaloski_6971]

You fucking scared me

[@sofia.eris.bauhaus]

he didn't die. he just got the moon pregnant.

[@woowooNeedsFaith]

@spicywatermelon Died in an accident seen at 4:36.

[@phoebeseah1515]

spicywatermelon Mr. flare

[@BeorEviols]

I'm just here genuinely dumbfounded as to how people thought the "original" video was real. The world is hopeless

[@milanstevic8424]

welp someone's dumbfounded, someone else is founded dumb oh, genuinely

[@CanItAlready]

There are people who think the earth is flat. Why would they question that flat "statue" floating down the street?

[@TheLiamis]

98% of People are incredibly dumb. Like labotomized penguin dumb.

[@Kevin-me2dz]

@Ad Lockhorst I cant seem to find this theorem you proposed. Could you link any sources?

[@FiNiTe_weeb]

Some people thing that we live on a giant pizza!

[@zacharymorritt]

It looks so fake. I can't believe people believed this.

[@karlosrolero]

People on the internet did. I live on Spain, where I saw the original video on the news, and when this hit the internet news had a laugh here with it because well, we all knew it wasnt real. One TV station did a goof and reported it as real though.

[@zacharymorritt]

Novah Ikkala Sounds like that TV station has some good fact checking and high accountability lmao

[@karlosrolero]

@@zacharymorritt Well, like a lot of internet, tvs and newspapers journalists need to hahaha

[@zacharymorritt]

123Ko Sorry? I don’t understand, I just said that it looks really fake. No need to get accusatory about it.

[@Sharpless2]

@@zacharymorritt his comment was ment as a joke.... Ill let you off without a r/woosh this time.

[@shaheen9302]

*Remember: love with your heart, use your head for everything else.*

[@patricksmith1282]

A motto I try to live by. I have to admit though, I still have some trouble with doorknobs.

[@thenightjackal]

But I gotta go, kids, for a Texan 12-year-old student has just learned about citing Wikipedia's citations instead of citing the site itself, allowing him to get lazy on his research!

[@AFrogInTheStars]

Thank you. I needed to hear that. It doesn’t feel like a CD video without it.

[@variancewithin]

My head hurts from trying to nail these nails to the board

[@eac-ox2ly]

@@thenightjackal jesus christ, I actually did this shit before lmao

[@smartereveryday]

You took the time to timecode your own outtake at 4:35. Good grief.

[@frankhf3862]

I find it worse that all that work is a 5.26 video. At this moment I would accept padding the video with static to the 10 minute mark.

[@variancewithin]

He is a damn gem. a really fine gem. a damn diamond.

[@jfryk]

I don't understand how you buy into all the bible BS, Destin, but you're a great person and I love you for it.

[@maxmaidment96]

@@jfryk Maybe you should try harder to understand

[@tavobenne]

@@jfryk C'mon man.. That's not really necessary. He doesn't push his beliefs on his audience so I feel like you shouldn't push yours on him. Just seems uncalled for really.

[@Deetronic]

Pity you didn`t release your version to the public :)

[@cyberseai9305]

Impossible you only have 6 likes

[@serosero]

@@cyberseai9305 8

[@procyon6370]

71

[@sheeloesreallycool]

124

[@eyitsaperson]

126

[@himanshurana3289]

Mr.Flare: Loses body Mr.Flare: Literally replaces it with the moon

[@Versaucey]

4:24 In my opinion, it looks too realistic to be real.

[@jadenedaj]

The buddha has a higher resolution than the video. The original low res pic at least matches how bad the footage is

[@Dedlus]

That makes no sense. But i know what you mean.

[@leolizard3152]

Dedlus It’s a joke my boi

[@xmlthegreat]

It's because the motion blur and frame blending are different for the Buddha statue than the original version. If there was motion blur applied to it it would look much more realistic.

[@Dedlus]

@@leolizard3152 except it kinda isnt

[@dox_xus]

I didn't even know that buddha video was from CD... it was a good meme!

[@ConnorNolan]

WE DON'T DESERVE SUCH HIGH QUALITY CONTENT. UNWOOORRTHY

[@_yuri]

more like we have been de sensitized by bad content but captain js always good and so is lamp.

[@AverageLaur]

have u looked up his patreon

[@hydrabolt1911]

Go give him some worthiness at patreon

[@Psecter]

have you seen TheRealSullyG

[@keetonfoust]

the content is so good my computer consistently chugs on all his videos

[@unitedstatesball8866]

As a matter of fact this channel is so well-made at first I thought this is a part of a TV show. Imagine how stunned I was when I found it isn't.

[@frenzioalberto1114]

SAME he's like a new freshly-cancelled Mythbusters show

[@theredlindworm732]

so did i

[@DevanK-rg3td]

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MY A-

[@happysmash27]

KZbin is often a lot better quality than TV shows these days. Most TV is pretty mediocre and lowest common denominator.

[@Peterscraps]

I had to come back to this video because I saw an out of context tiktok video of your fake version on a meme compilation.

[@hotdog2130]

Holy shit its still on the internet in 2021??

[@triple7marc]

@@hotdog2130 This was only uploaded 3 years ago…

[@unused3801]

CD is consistently the best creator on KZbin

[@avaius]

Has been for at least 10 years!

[@ro_yo_mi]

Looks like Mr. Flare is taking over.

[@dinochetv2470]

STUPID!! HE'S NOT CD, HE'S MR FLARE, DUH.

[@tb.7350]

Ah yes, the famous streets full of cars of Venice

[@Dapstart]

I wanted to add a snarky add-on remark to this joke, but no. It’s perfect.

[@GermaphobeMusic]

RIP Mr. Flare. Gone but never forgotten.

[@emanuelerblogs8947]

Who is him?

[@PotentialVermin]

He's the man who is who the man is what the man is Mr.Flare

[@jonas1015119]

All the tracking effort just to insert a statue that looks way to wide to pass behind that car

[@JonasHopp]

To be fair, even the flat virgin looked way too big for passing behind the cars.

[@Coldmaj]

Also that effort was put in so anything could be put there, not just Buddha

[@Oglokoog]

Shoulda made it a Dalek.

[@GSNRecords]

@Honudes Gai Naw, you'd have to be a twit to think the virgin mary video looks less fake. Neither is plausible, but at least Mr. Flare put effort into his work and isn't passing it off as real, just more real than something incredibly fake.

[@APEX_FUEGO]

@3:54 "Artificial intelligence my a-" Lmao borderline kid friendly there. Love it

[@danielbudney7825]

On an actual computer monitor, the jittering of the 2-D image was so obvious that it was painful to watch that cheap a hack job. On the other hand, your Buddha was so good, it looked like someone floated a plastic model down a flooded street ... which ... wouldn't be very newsworthy. You're just too damned good! It was the final line of the video that earned my thumbs up. Well played, Flare. Well played.

[@_yuri]

you have high standards for a thumbs up uwu

[@viktorashistan7207]

This is way too good for KZbin

[@Paulthefonz]

iVictory Victor HE is too good for KZbin

[@viktorashistan7207]

@@Paulthefonz tru

[@RobotacularRoBob]

Yet the original shitty v.redd.it link (and others) gets the viral freeboot treatment when it's such a half-assed fake that almost anyone could do it.

[@songclips.korean]

So we move to twitch now ?

[@viktorashistan7207]

@@songclips.korean vimeo*

[@JulianHiggins]

The amount of incredibly artistry and work you put into these videos warms my heart. You're an absolute rock star, please never stop making videos!

[@tylerdurden783]

3:57 Thumbs up for "extrapajilated" XD

[@1970DAH]

Volai!

[@halfnwhole751]

This comment is 2 days ago but the video is posted yesterday?!?!?!

[@tylerdurden783]

@@halfnwhole751 Patreon subscribers get early access to the videos before they are made public.

[@ivansivak93]

Captain, you deserve way more respect on the internets. I don't think there're that many youtubers who would make a video with so much effort with such script and all single-handedly for your fans. But there's definitely nobody on KZbin, who would make a character origins story script about a desk lamp you took a picture of 2 years ago :D

[@PlusNeu]

@AMZG VIDS roblox Ours, China has its own intranet as also does North Korea.

[@mint1268]

Where's the cicret it's 2019

[@josh-hx5iw]

Cross Max it’s never happening, at least not soon.

[@TheJobCompany]

Plot twist, CD was actually sponsored by cicret to "anti-advertise" their product, so they get more publicity.

[@TreyCook21]

I think Victoria still has it. Eh? Victoria's Cicret? ... fine

[@thequartermaster6268]

@@TreyCook21 lololol

[@CityWhisperer]

Spoiler - they company no longer exists and the "creators" ran away with the money.

[@pesterenan]

I was blown away by the extrapojitulation of the 3d scene!

[@UselessDuckCompany]

Since the lamp is taking AC Voltage is it a reciprocating suppository? What a pain that would be!

[@OnlyNotes]

And at 60Hz to... yikes

[@thecpg980]

Well its actually a... Uh Ghost

[@marioluna3685]

3:53 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MY A...... just made my day!

[@DanielRenardAnimation]

Are you seriously telling me, there are people who looked at that Virgin Mary floatie and honestly said to themselves: _"Oh wow! This is real! This is a thing that I actually believe happened!"._ looks *FAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!!!11!!!!*

[@randomcommenter6734]

Sometimes, things that don't have context look real... Enough

[@Supermanchoo]

4:38 This clip was absolutely hilarious! Well done on another fantastic video Cap!!

[@Supermanchoo]

@Ratko Mladic Right, sorry, Well done Mr. Flare, may he rest in peace as ... the moon ?

[@amaruvision9017]

love your work man , much love to you and yours from PERU! i know u are busy, keep it up bro great work

[@stefanpwinc]

I saw this posted on facebook and recognized it as fake, but not as yours, congrats!... also how could someone look at those buildings and think that was Venice?

[@bbgun061]

There are also no cars in Venice.

[@Danny-no7jp]

@@bbgun061 What

[@berkozturk3446]

@@Danny-no7jp its an island with just pedestrian streets ("calle") and small bridges, the cars can get just in the piazzale roma area which is on the edge

[@leongkinwai9709]

@@Danny-no7jp There are _actually_ cars in Venice. They just happen to not be on the islands most of the time: San Marco is one of the Venetian islands.

[@ara849]

I dont even think he needed to debunk that one the edit is too obvious and looks completely 2 dimensional

[@MrBurnlan]

Fun fact : 8 year old me was actually trapped during the 2002 tenerife flood. Come to think of it, it wasn't that fun of a fact, I was terrfied.

[@putrid.p]

Burnlan were you tenerified?

[@MrBurnlan]

@@putrid.p I now regret not making that pun

[@Krystalmyth]

Glad 24 year old you is okee. c:

[@minecraftshieldworshiper7776]

@@MrBurnlan Yeah, too bad you can't edit comments...

[@birchofacookie]

did you live?

[@mrs_skywalker9579]

"Mom, what's the moon made of?" "...ah... I'll tell you when you're older."

[@Balancatraca]

Best channel on youtube, love you Captain ! and Flare :D

[@ImSquiggs]

I don't click on any videos faster than I click on Captain Disillusion videos.

[@hazyfeilds]

The foresight and effort in these videos are unlike anything I've ever seen. Thank you to everyone involved.

[@uosnnq3965]

I like the princess kaguya + moon + Buddha reference, you're a lamp of culture Mr Flare

[@repty_8738]

This guy is actually so underrated.

[@RovshanMamedov]

Dude! This is awesome! I binge-watching your channel and love every single video you make! You put so much work in your episodes. Channels such yours justifies existence of youtube! Keep up the good work!

[@GarrettGinner]

Hahahaha we handle floods the right way in Santa Cruz!

[@Guill0rtiz]

No

[@PoliciaCaro]

Isn't flood water contaminated with all kinds of shit?

[@tooopi.7993]

@@PoliciaCaro Literally "Shit"

[@darthvader2994]

ayy, i used to watch you all the time

[@Donatello2003]

@@PoliciaCaro Isn't ur body compiled by tons of shit?

[@sunnyglowvt]

Oh how I miss this great channel. Worth waiting for. I just wish more people were aware of what they were watching and not taking it at face value. Comment sections of top5s videos are full of believers.

[@francoisdastardly4405]

Awesome channel. Amazing edition skills !!

[@masterpedrokantor9271]

Waiiiit so Mr. Flare is responsible for the goblins that come from the moon?

[@Cereal_0]

Love the Goblin Slayer reference.

[@zcrib3]

You need to JPG that Buddha more.

[@thec-m]

I was trying to work out what was off and this is it. The Buddha model is too high quality compared to the surrounding environment.

[@saaaaaaaaaaaaaa121]

Nice princess Kaguya reference +music, I wonder how many noticed that

[@ricehair8807]

Timestamp pls.

[@averyboringusername]

@@ricehair8807 Its the section at the end 4:50 where the cherry blossoms and then the moon appears. The music is 'The procession of Celestial Beings' from Princess Kaguya.

[@zoka8397]

I think that Captain should have some show on TV

[@sicjes1]

Netflix. If we all ask for it in their requested content section, could work.

[@momoreview5555]

@@sicjes1 make it happen

[@BartekCelary]

No no no no no no no. Cap D should not taint his name with that TV thing. Let's leave it in the past where it belongs...

[@momoreview5555]

@@ayoubel-boujadi463 Funny and original. Weird flex. 420/69 IGN 3SP00KY5me Woah! ~Crash Bandicoot

[@milanstevic8424]

did you watch his presentation/performance on blender meet up? it was the best TV imo I couldn't stop watching and I wanted only because I couldn't commit atm he's brutally good

[@flapjack0708]

"I gotta take a supository of electrons once every sixtieth of a second or i'll *die* !"

[@thecpg980]

@Opecuted we get it

[@acanthita2978]

3:53 best part of the vid

[@titarch]

Love the little tribute to the Tale of the Princess Kaguya

[@ytcsabidealer8387]

4:32 I think the dude in the yellow should start a KZbin channel he seams funny Who is with me?

[@ihadnoideathatgoogleallowe6551]

Yeah

[@davebob8506]

Yeah, would make a cool side character!

[@waveshrine]

kID tHiS cHannEl is hIs!1!

[@waveshrine]

@@cyanthebruhhh naoOOooB r/wooosh!1!

[@eigilholm6979]

@Geometry Dash - Slick6969 R/WOSH

[@maxtherealone5491]

I love the Easter egg in the captions at 5:11

[@discgolfwes]

This was fantastic. RIP Mr. Flare.

[@alyx1a]

you’re still alive!!!! both of y’all

[@andres6671]

I know it's a bit late but great detail at the end with the music of Tale of princess Kaguya

[@benharris9175]

Next level when Mr Flare is aware of his own non-existence....

[@itaintmistaken8055]

Wow what a pleasant surprise wait I just got a notification for this and it came out yesterday wtf?

[@JustAnotherBuckyLover]

Unlisted video, Patreon had access early.

[@FESTV]

Man i just found you..And i must say , you are the first who made me watching without breathing :) Give us more fake ufo stuffs :) All the best

[@nichenight]

Wow you were gone for so long.

[@emanuelerblogs8947]

Actually is you go to his web page theres a countdown for the next video upload

[@ronron208]

That "Tale of Princess Kaguya" reference at the end tho.

[@next_snowflake]

This is the best KZbin channel ever! I'm binge watching the whole thing.

[@birbinabasket]

I mean, it literally looks like a cropped JPEG.

[@alexiben21]

I didn't know I was a skeptic until I discovered this channel. Please keep the episodes coming!

[@amirullahable]

WOAH J REALISED THE SONG USED IN THE ENDING WAS FROM KAGUYA NOOOOOO DONT MAKE ME CRY

[@explorer47422]

I thought it was supposed to be an obvious fake? But like in a humorous way

[@FinetalPies]

Same, but I did see some people on Facebook who seemed to believe it was real

[@sopothetocho]

El supositorio is a comedy group so yes, its supposed to be a joke.

[@LiamMoffitt]

It was meant to be a joke but got reposted by people who believed it was real

[@namelessguy199]

Captain D just want to show how easy is it to improve it, at least for a content creator

[@skepticalbadger]

@@namelessguy199 Improving upon a deliberately poor effort is redundant.

[@jakenelson1366]

I love these videos, I don't know what I'd do if you ever stopped making them.

[@jenelaina5665]

"But that's okay. Change is a part of life" Damn I love your videos.

[@lawrencesoliman1565]

I've never tapped so fast in my life.

[@WangleLine]

Ever played osu? hehe

[@jamstonjulian6947]

*fapped

[@jesser5127]

I used to watch CD's videos back when he was just starting out on youtube with a small number of videos and wasn't very well-known. Just thought I'd check in and see how he's doing and looks to be doing quite well. Good to see that you're still at it! I'm pretty sure that this guy does or has worked in a lot of major video editing places and is skilled with a variety of software.

[@clementfermn6711]

Well this proves that flaire is "immortal" or "omnipotent"

[@blipboigilgamesh7865]

I see you used The cheese of the tale of the princess of sunlight there Edit: kudos to jokerswild00 Edit: kudos to Pixie Panda Plush

[@ThEjOkErIsWiLd00]

*hear, not see, jeez.

[@fallen_cookie]

What a cool video. I sure do hope that the last clip of creating a better fake to dispose the initial one does not end up getting used out of context

[@The_Seeker_of_Truth]

Man, you should have your intern do some straight-up tutorial videos on how you do some of your effects... The 70 second explanation of how you did the buddha version could would make a great 20 minute (or whatever is needed) tutorial!

[@AndreKwan]

I've never subscribed this fast to a channel

[@nomorefortniteguy7800]

Okay, so I've never seen this channel before... But I MUST comment on the face-paint. The length and effort you must go through to apply and remove that each time is staggering. Kudos.

[@kirainfo]

Mr flare is reincarnated as a goblin

[@richtigmann1]

:o

[@GideonIon8]

This GS joke feels too obscure for this place

[@darshankumar2717]

Goblin slayer: did some one say goblins

[@a-10warthog51]

Stop

[@laytonspuzzle]

At least to me, the Buddha statue looked like it was moving through the cars, ironically making the first video seem more realistic. Seems like it could be a relatively quick fix if you just replaced the statue with something smaller, though.

[@Alisyafic]

I think he was being sarcastic.

[@nathanrayhutchison]

oh your right, a small clip through a car does look way worse than the obviously flat image/CLIPPING from the first video! *slow clap

[@dude_from_hell5590]

Let the likes be 69

[@tuttocrafting]

And this is why people coming to visit Venice ask if the hotel has a car park. 1) Venice is always "flooded". It's just a bunch of small lands islands tied together by bridges. 2) Streets are only for pedestrian, if you're lucky the largest one is a couple of meters wide ... 3) Bridges have steps. 4) People uses boats to move stuff around but to move themselves in the City they walk. 5) The only place where car are present is the Bus station near the dock.

[@datboi9492]

2:45 Flood: Am I A jOKe To YoU

[@Datty77]

Mr. Flare gets reincarnated into a Fleshlight. That would suck...or would it?

[@megugu2155]

that would definitely *suck*

[@ubaidarif4029]

today is my first day of watching your videos and for last 3 hours I'm trying to decide whether to sleep or keeps on watching ... when I scroll down to subscribe your channel I feel like WTH just 1.3M subs believe me you deserve more than 97 billions ... I'll contribute as much as possible to give you more subs keep it up nice work ....

[@antftwx]

Didn't expect to see Garrett on Cap's channel. Weird.

[@predator3299]

I actually saw this video after I saw the Buddha video and i briefly thought something time travel related happened.

[@nmgferreira]

Another great video as usual! :)

[@okthisisepic6161]

he comes back after a long break to upload a video while im at school god dammit

[@milanstevic8424]

DROP IT MAN, it ain't worth it

[@okthisisepic6161]

Pixie Panda Plush hold on did you just say later? there is no later with captain d you falter for a single minute and boom hes gone

[@Warutteri]

Noooo!!!😭 MR FLARE! COME BACK, WE NEED YOU!!!!

[@WingSun]

I love you put “The procession of celestial beings” II from princess kaguya OST at the end ^^ Very appropriate with the moon

[@reallue]

These episodes featuring the disembodied soul of Rick Flair are kinda dark

[@constellation6532]

Who else just saw the edited version in a meme comp?

[@Bobbyroberts310]

TheCLM which meme comp lol I actually made that meme without knowing captain made the edited version

[@RandomNUser]

just recently found your channel. I really like your content, keep it up CD!

[@orrenmckenzie2776]

Is the lava in a lava lamp real

[@ishandraws8884]

0:16 that girl from the meme

[@KirbzYyY]

How did you make me interested in the whole video then made me cry at the end?