Hey there fanboys and fanladies!

Another week in the Operation Olivia countdown is over, and some serious contenders uploaded videos. I’ll be doing a weekly round-up of the Atom team’s favorite videos uploaded, as well as offering some constructive feedback and discussion on the ideas bouncing around the site.

As plenty of you know, Olivia dropped by the blog to offer some encouragement…

As Olivia noticed, some of the uploads were more polished, some were really raw, but I think that almost of all of them had that special spark of ingenuity, creativity, and passion that I’ve come to expect from the fan community. Here are a few favorites for this week:

The guys at Studio 8 are not only contestants in the Upload Showdown this week, but also cranked out a great pitch video. Though they didn’t go so far as to film their idea for us, they did do a great job of explaining what makes their idea special. I’m convinced that they could actually pull of their video, even without supplemental materials.

Kudos to user Nos402 for actually filming excerpts from his film. Nothing makes your intentions more clear than a rough draft. This was tight, funny, and to the point. Also, nut crunching dances are pretty funny.

And finally, The Janitor Strikes Back. Extra points for this uploader’s porn stache, and for the weird Burrito video inserts. There are few things that gross me out, and I love burritos, but something about that video didn’t sit well with me. The image of someone smearing burrito supreme all over their face has haunted me the last few days, so consider yourself warned (seriously).

As the deadline (12:00pm PT on Sept. 3rd) approaches we’re receiving more and more entries. Please, if you come across a video worthy of discussion in this blog, feel free to drop me a line in the discussion boards. I’m counting on you to help nominate the best and brightest film makers for this blog. If you think there’s a video worth highlighting or discussing, LET ME KNOW.

Now, go forth and be geeky.

Enlow Out!

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