Well, I don't know how old Brandon is, but his comments were uncalled for. My 2 cents are that I have seen terribly racist/sexist/disgusting things on Youtube, and I don't see exactly why this post deserves all the negative heat. That is except for Brandon's comments.
McCandless might have thought fighting and arguing on youtube is like the special olympics....even if you win your still a fucking retard. Shut the fuck up!
As the schlep posting to YouTube in question, let me say thanks, wallysniper. I'm not making any money, I just want to share some interesting happenings in my life with people. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the commentary-- negative or positive-- that my McCandless-related posts have spawned. Some people admire me, some people vilify me, but at least I'm helping to generate debate and doing some interesting things with my life, not just sitting around commenting on YouTube posts.
Also, where does the indignation come from for poeple making videos of "the magic bus?!?!" For God's sake, most of you only know about this kid because HOLLYWOOD decided to make a movie of him. And for free? I don't think so! The movie was made in order to make money. Plain and simple. Sean Penn is getting rich of from this kid's life. Just like Krackaur did before him in writing the book! But they get a free pass and some schlep that posts to Youtube for Nothin' get's villafied? Perfect
He did not arrive in the winter. It was spring. Pretty close to right now as a matter of fact. There was snow on the ground (according to the book) but it melted within the first three weeks that he was there. -Again, according to the book, which supposedly was based upon his (Chris) notes.
not a bad vid. I just saw the S Penn film. Seems tho, he didn't realy get poisened by a plant. No matter what u think of that guy though-- hero, antihero; coward for not walking out the 20miles for a feed-- the point is; the bus should be left for nature to take it's course.
You people are retarded! You say that it left a mark on your life and then you post a video on youtube.. Why don't you try to sell it too! What the fuck is up with Brandon's comment? Have some fucking respect asshole! He did die in there, ya know?
Soooo.... If something touches your life, you can't put a video about it on YouTube, is that it? Are you saying that things that touch our lives should be kept private? Pretty narrow view, dude.
There's no need to shit on a bus because you feel that people shouldn't idolize or respect something or someone. RadicaNotion, you couldn't possibly connect like mccandless has to this bus, so go act out your own life story and lemmie know when you're through, I'll come around and wipe my ass with it (sound fair? didn't fucking think so). Desacrating a monoument to a free spirit doesn't exacatly seem 'anti-establishment' seems more restrctive and petty than anything...
It took me a little while to analyze the text but I believe I understand what you are trying to say now. At first it seemed like you just wanted to start shit. But actually you are just against his recognition, right? Like you support his cause but you don't support people recognizing him for what he did.
Sorry to sound like a jerk I'm just trying to understand you and it's kind of hard when you're not face to face.
Judith Kleinfeld wrote in the Anchorage Daily News that "many Alaskans react with rage to his stupidity. You'd have to be a complete idiot, they say, to die of starvation in summer 20 miles off the Park's Highway."
First of all he arrived in the winter, and lived off the land for over 100 days. McCandless wanted to be close to the wild, and such things as maps were not part of his venture. He ran into some back luck, and faced death with a smile, after living away from society after 2 years. That is something to admire.
As the poster of this video, let me say how proud I am that it's provoked such lively, cogent, and thought-provoking responses. And to RadicalNotion, I can say only that if taking a shit is your best idea for artistic expression, go for it. And please film it and put it on YouTube so that the world can see what an addle-brained moron you are. BTW, I looked at your page and found that 1) you don't even have any videos of your own, and 2) every commentor on your page thinks you're as lame as I do.
Thanks for posting this. I think that the book and the movie are great.Chris sister said when she was interviewd by Oprah:Chris didn't care what other people think of him, he cared about what he thought of himself.Isn t this a great motive for us to think some things over?
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actually beating the shit out of the van with a stick would also be involved. trust me though, i will give the people something to remember about that bus. your name has 'nipple' in it, so don't take some high moral ground stance with me, you little turd. your 21 second video is meaningless like most videos on here. i make fun of them instead of taking time to make shitty ones like you. the one i make of trashing this bus will rock hard though!
You've never been out of your bedroom in your parents' house, let alone anywhere exciting like Alaska. Maybe you could make a diorama of the bus out of cardboard and dry spaghetti, and make a video of yourself shitting on it. And keep the camera rolling while you consume your own feces.
first off, I have visited my uncle before and Alaska is far from exciting. going out on the ATVs is pretty cool but i can only stand so much nature. two summers ago i went to new zealand and i have been to paris for a school program field trip. but i don't need to prove anything here. wait for my video! you have provoked me to kick it up a notch. maybe burn it to the ground.
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radicalnotion...i saw "into the wild" and read the book. I cannot believe how this dude basically committed suicide. destroy that bus before we get idiots pilgrimaging there to do likewise. you got my support man!!
i don't give a shit about him. i think the story of telling the establishment to fuck off always needs to be told. i support the individual and the return to nature man. wait until you see the video before you judge. just like i hate the symbols of religion and shit, just like people think breaking a cross is blasphemy. smashing the shit out of this bus won't really do anything. it will keep people like you from thinking he is some folkhero.
sorry, you are the one obsessed with fame. your quote says it all. how could you hate it when friends are successful?? it happens all the time? maybe to insecure jerks like you. the truth is, no one knows the guy's name. people know him as the guy who committed suicide in a bus. i don't wish that on myself at all.
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i am gonna vandalize that bus now that i know where it is! i go visit my uncle in alaska for fishing and stuff. stay tuned for my video. how many hits will i get...taking a shit in the mccandless death bus!!
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why, it is in a public park. i can do whatever i like. you be careful making threats. i know you might like to think you are a cowboy or some shit, but laws apply up there. anyone messes with me will get charged with assault. don't threaten me you little country bumpkin hick.
you are a little bitch, some kid who screams anarchy but when some anarchist beats the shit out of you, you call johnny law. you just dont get it and you never will.
i have access to dynamite. i would follow the people home and blow their house up with them in it. "johnny law"?? gimme a break. you aren't anarchy pal.
I doubt this is what Christopher McCandless had in mind. A freaking memorial site, tourist spot?!?!?!?! He must really be pissed. He didn't do this for fame, glory or to be remembered. He did it for himself.
why should they protect it? just because it's famous and sean penn made a movie off it? the story is fascinating but chris wasn't a hero or celebrity, and leaving the bus the way it is would probably be what he wanted. how would it be protected also? have guards standing there or have it boarded up?!
I agree with many other comments here - the bus should probably be protected - too much interest in it now. People just can't help themselves they've already written graffiti all over the insides it won't be long till some moron ties pulling the memorial plack off no doubt. Sad. The guys memory should be protected somehow he did die there.
Alex Supertramp wished he never killed the moose. His life's worst tragedy. So Sean Penn then kills another moose to dramatize this worst tragedy. The real Christopher McCandless would've been heartbroken by the gratuitous murder of this spectacular animal for a movie. Sean Penn's self-aggrandizing is exactly what McCandless was running away from! Emile Hirsch really have to starve to death to dramatize McCandless' death. RESPECT ALEX SUPERTRAMP - DO NOT SEE THIS FILM!
Some people try to shadow they're own petty lives by making humor of others misfortunes. Chris lived a hundred times the life these buffoons will have in theirs.
Who are you to decide what's cool in my life and what's not? If someone's experience left a mark on my life in some way, and visiting the place where he or she died might touch me spiritually, then there's nothing macabre about it. What's not cool is the guy who pulled the display harness out of the bus and sold it on eBay last week.
That's easy. When you decided to post this on the internet it became public domain and thus open for public comment. If a mark was left on your life then how brilliant is it to post this video with "Brandon" and his genius comments. If he truly left a mark on your life - do something positive to honor his legacy. And for God's sake, take this video down. It's disgusting.
I agree with you sir - it would be the ultimate mark of respect if this bus was left untouched,I am sure that is what Chris's sister would have wanted.
Ma'am, actually, but I'm glad you agree. I visited this old cabin over the summer, from the 1800s, and people had carved their names all over the walls, it was really sad.
It is my ambition to go and visit it,but I live in England so it is quite a journey.Really interesting to hear you have visited it,sorry to hear that people have carved their names.
I agree, idiotic tasteless and insensitive, i could not believe someone would say something like that - Brandon is obviously "not the sharpest tool in the shed".........
Bus 142 : 63°52'5.91"N 149°46'10.19"Zach.
Dejwis666 5 months ago
Just look Christopher McCandless up on Wikipedia. That'll tell you everything you need to know. Better yet, read "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer.
mattynipplepensacola 10 months ago
I'm only 13 and I don't understand what's so good about the bus?
LaurenNP36 10 months ago
Oh, boy! There's the bus!....There's the chair!! Dummies.
DarthNyelus 2 years ago
wow,you are incredibly respectful and mature
NeonF1are 3 years ago
vi que tem varios videos com este onibus, alguem sabe o porque?? tem alguma historia desse onibus???
mousepirado 3 years ago
wat r the coordinates for google earth??
brandonthefatty 3 years ago 2
Well, I don't know how old Brandon is, but his comments were uncalled for. My 2 cents are that I have seen terribly racist/sexist/disgusting things on Youtube, and I don't see exactly why this post deserves all the negative heat. That is except for Brandon's comments.
roninblax 3 years ago
McCandless might have thought fighting and arguing on youtube is like the special olympics....even if you win your still a fucking retard. Shut the fuck up!
adolfoliverpubes 3 years ago
As the schlep posting to YouTube in question, let me say thanks, wallysniper. I'm not making any money, I just want to share some interesting happenings in my life with people. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of the commentary-- negative or positive-- that my McCandless-related posts have spawned. Some people admire me, some people vilify me, but at least I'm helping to generate debate and doing some interesting things with my life, not just sitting around commenting on YouTube posts.
mattynipplepensacola 3 years ago
Also, where does the indignation come from for poeple making videos of "the magic bus?!?!" For God's sake, most of you only know about this kid because HOLLYWOOD decided to make a movie of him. And for free? I don't think so! The movie was made in order to make money. Plain and simple. Sean Penn is getting rich of from this kid's life. Just like Krackaur did before him in writing the book! But they get a free pass and some schlep that posts to Youtube for Nothin' get's villafied? Perfect
wallysniper 3 years ago
get a fucking life
cubsfan1908 3 years ago
He did not arrive in the winter. It was spring. Pretty close to right now as a matter of fact. There was snow on the ground (according to the book) but it melted within the first three weeks that he was there. -Again, according to the book, which supposedly was based upon his (Chris) notes.
wallysniper 3 years ago
not a bad vid. I just saw the S Penn film. Seems tho, he didn't realy get poisened by a plant. No matter what u think of that guy though-- hero, antihero; coward for not walking out the 20miles for a feed-- the point is; the bus should be left for nature to take it's course.
valland55 3 years ago
i love how someone got excited about the chair
bman178 3 years ago
You people are retarded! You say that it left a mark on your life and then you post a video on youtube.. Why don't you try to sell it too! What the fuck is up with Brandon's comment? Have some fucking respect asshole! He did die in there, ya know?
dangeruscreature 4 years ago
Soooo.... If something touches your life, you can't put a video about it on YouTube, is that it? Are you saying that things that touch our lives should be kept private? Pretty narrow view, dude.
mattynipplepensacola 4 years ago
There's no need to shit on a bus because you feel that people shouldn't idolize or respect something or someone. RadicaNotion, you couldn't possibly connect like mccandless has to this bus, so go act out your own life story and lemmie know when you're through, I'll come around and wipe my ass with it (sound fair? didn't fucking think so). Desacrating a monoument to a free spirit doesn't exacatly seem 'anti-establishment' seems more restrctive and petty than anything...
giggleticket 4 years ago 4
It took me a little while to analyze the text but I believe I understand what you are trying to say now. At first it seemed like you just wanted to start shit. But actually you are just against his recognition, right? Like you support his cause but you don't support people recognizing him for what he did.
Sorry to sound like a jerk I'm just trying to understand you and it's kind of hard when you're not face to face.
efbanach 4 years ago
Judith Kleinfeld wrote in the Anchorage Daily News that "many Alaskans react with rage to his stupidity. You'd have to be a complete idiot, they say, to die of starvation in summer 20 miles off the Park's Highway."
efbanach 4 years ago
First of all he arrived in the winter, and lived off the land for over 100 days. McCandless wanted to be close to the wild, and such things as maps were not part of his venture. He ran into some back luck, and faced death with a smile, after living away from society after 2 years. That is something to admire.
dmaradona10 4 years ago 3
why is everyone arguing over a dead man and a bus?!
jeeesus age christ, get a life!
people want to see it because it was in a movie
typical americans
hoytalicious 3 years ago
As the poster of this video, let me say how proud I am that it's provoked such lively, cogent, and thought-provoking responses. And to RadicalNotion, I can say only that if taking a shit is your best idea for artistic expression, go for it. And please film it and put it on YouTube so that the world can see what an addle-brained moron you are. BTW, I looked at your page and found that 1) you don't even have any videos of your own, and 2) every commentor on your page thinks you're as lame as I do.
mattynipplepensacola 4 years ago
Thanks for posting this. I think that the book and the movie are great.Chris sister said when she was interviewd by Oprah:Chris didn't care what other people think of him, he cared about what he thought of himself.Isn t this a great motive for us to think some things over?
mayhiew 4 years ago 2
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actually beating the shit out of the van with a stick would also be involved. trust me though, i will give the people something to remember about that bus. your name has 'nipple' in it, so don't take some high moral ground stance with me, you little turd. your 21 second video is meaningless like most videos on here. i make fun of them instead of taking time to make shitty ones like you. the one i make of trashing this bus will rock hard though!
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
You've never been out of your bedroom in your parents' house, let alone anywhere exciting like Alaska. Maybe you could make a diorama of the bus out of cardboard and dry spaghetti, and make a video of yourself shitting on it. And keep the camera rolling while you consume your own feces.
mattynipplepensacola 4 years ago
first off, I have visited my uncle before and Alaska is far from exciting. going out on the ATVs is pretty cool but i can only stand so much nature. two summers ago i went to new zealand and i have been to paris for a school program field trip. but i don't need to prove anything here. wait for my video! you have provoked me to kick it up a notch. maybe burn it to the ground.
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
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radicalnotion...i saw "into the wild" and read the book. I cannot believe how this dude basically committed suicide. destroy that bus before we get idiots pilgrimaging there to do likewise. you got my support man!!
Dollarbob 4 years ago
wow dude. are you fucking retarded?
that book is amazing.
kfizz22 4 years ago 2
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wow, are you going to die of starvation too?? fuck the book, and fuck you.
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
why would you want to vandalize that bus? you obviously want attention or something? i can't see any other reason to do something like that..
seems like you want the attention chris got and you felt he didn't deserve. looks like you lose, kid..
efbanach 4 years ago
i don't give a shit about him. i think the story of telling the establishment to fuck off always needs to be told. i support the individual and the return to nature man. wait until you see the video before you judge. just like i hate the symbols of religion and shit, just like people think breaking a cross is blasphemy. smashing the shit out of this bus won't really do anything. it will keep people like you from thinking he is some folkhero.
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
i never said he was "some folkhero"...
i'm just saying that it seems like you're jealous because you do not think someone who has become famous should be famous.
it's normal for people to feel that way, it happens all the time...
"We hate it when our friends become successful"
efbanach 4 years ago 2
sorry, you are the one obsessed with fame. your quote says it all. how could you hate it when friends are successful?? it happens all the time? maybe to insecure jerks like you. the truth is, no one knows the guy's name. people know him as the guy who committed suicide in a bus. i don't wish that on myself at all.
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
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people should go there and do insane shit!! make it a youtube phenomenon!!
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
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i am gonna vandalize that bus now that i know where it is! i go visit my uncle in alaska for fishing and stuff. stay tuned for my video. how many hits will i get...taking a shit in the mccandless death bus!!
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
you should have your fucking ass kicked...... We in Alaska hate fuckers like you.... your uncle must be proud of you
mcmilm 4 years ago 4
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he said he will gladly take me there and film what i want. :)
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
be careful you stupid fuck
mcmilm 4 years ago 2
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why, it is in a public park. i can do whatever i like. you be careful making threats. i know you might like to think you are a cowboy or some shit, but laws apply up there. anyone messes with me will get charged with assault. don't threaten me you little country bumpkin hick.
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
ehm, if there are laws... isnt vandalism a law? You cant just shit at a public park! dude show some respect...
larusj 4 years ago 4
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bears can shit there so can i. i can piss on the bus
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
You just are a dick!
Effe96 4 years ago 4
i hope you die
a1stooge 4 years ago 3
you are a little bitch, some kid who screams anarchy but when some anarchist beats the shit out of you, you call johnny law. you just dont get it and you never will.
a1stooge 4 years ago 3
i have access to dynamite. i would follow the people home and blow their house up with them in it. "johnny law"?? gimme a break. you aren't anarchy pal.
RadicalNotion 4 years ago
fuck you
a1stooge 4 years ago 2
I doubt this is what Christopher McCandless had in mind. A freaking memorial site, tourist spot?!?!?!?! He must really be pissed. He didn't do this for fame, glory or to be remembered. He did it for himself.
MichaelHew 4 years ago 2
why should they protect it? just because it's famous and sean penn made a movie off it? the story is fascinating but chris wasn't a hero or celebrity, and leaving the bus the way it is would probably be what he wanted. how would it be protected also? have guards standing there or have it boarded up?!
helllajennifer 4 years ago
How ironic- it's a fucking tourist spot.
sketchphonics 4 years ago 3
I agree with many other comments here - the bus should probably be protected - too much interest in it now. People just can't help themselves they've already written graffiti all over the insides it won't be long till some moron ties pulling the memorial plack off no doubt. Sad. The guys memory should be protected somehow he did die there.
japflipper31 4 years ago
What a bunch of twits.
sydco10 4 years ago
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Alex Supertramp wished he never killed the moose. His life's worst tragedy. So Sean Penn then kills another moose to dramatize this worst tragedy. The real Christopher McCandless would've been heartbroken by the gratuitous murder of this spectacular animal for a movie. Sean Penn's self-aggrandizing is exactly what McCandless was running away from! Emile Hirsch really have to starve to death to dramatize McCandless' death. RESPECT ALEX SUPERTRAMP - DO NOT SEE THIS FILM!
Oehtkralc 4 years ago
Some people try to shadow they're own petty lives by making humor of others misfortunes. Chris lived a hundred times the life these buffoons will have in theirs.
JustinTexan 4 years ago 6
what is this - some type of macabre field trip? how ironic a group of tourists would go looking to find this place.
not cool in the least.
pedro3000 4 years ago
Who are you to decide what's cool in my life and what's not? If someone's experience left a mark on my life in some way, and visiting the place where he or she died might touch me spiritually, then there's nothing macabre about it. What's not cool is the guy who pulled the display harness out of the bus and sold it on eBay last week.
mattynipplepensacola 4 years ago
That's easy. When you decided to post this on the internet it became public domain and thus open for public comment. If a mark was left on your life then how brilliant is it to post this video with "Brandon" and his genius comments. If he truly left a mark on your life - do something positive to honor his legacy. And for God's sake, take this video down. It's disgusting.
pedro3000 4 years ago
Why isn't the bus protected?? People do bullshit things...
quietlymocking 4 years ago 4
I agree with you sir - it would be the ultimate mark of respect if this bus was left untouched,I am sure that is what Chris's sister would have wanted.
jimbochippie 4 years ago
Ma'am, actually, but I'm glad you agree. I visited this old cabin over the summer, from the 1800s, and people had carved their names all over the walls, it was really sad.
quietlymocking 4 years ago
It is my ambition to go and visit it,but I live in England so it is quite a journey.Really interesting to hear you have visited it,sorry to hear that people have carved their names.
jimbochippie 4 years ago
Yeah, I'm sure Brandon feels dumb saying that..at least I hope he does. Remember...think before you speak. It really comes in handy.
goldroad7 4 years ago 2
Oh, Brandon. You kill me.
qu33qu3g 4 years ago
oh this is fantastic. I read the book over 10 years ago and I just heard sean penn is making a movie out of it. THanks for the video.
clintrock 5 years ago
Yeah, that's no suprise coming from the likes of Brandon.
mattynipplepensacola 5 years ago
See if there's any smell? The most idiotic thing anyone can say in that circumstance.
peckerwood78 5 years ago 5
I agree, idiotic tasteless and insensitive, i could not believe someone would say something like that - Brandon is obviously "not the sharpest tool in the shed".........
mappel3 4 years ago 2