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{{quote|''Watching this video, you will wonder, briefly, if Chris Dane Owens "means it". This is an ungenerous thought--dismiss it. You may also wonder why "Shine On Me" is modelled on early ABC and Spandau Ballet and padded out with an unnecessary layer of loud guitars. Irrelevant. What you need to know is that Mr. Owens will live forever--until the dragons rule the earth again (or the first time, whatever)--and that you are going to watch this video more times than you can imagine. You may dream of this video, but the dream won't be as good because it won't be this video.''|~'''The New Yorker'''}}
And by "fantasy cliches", we mean all the evil sirens, dragons, [[Stuff Blowing Up|explosions]], assorted swashbuckling, stallions, fair maidens, floating fair maidens, glowing books, ghosts, goths, an electric guitar, sculpted body armour, sculpted body armor nipples, pirate ships, exploding pirate ships, a Legolas lookalike, a Dr. Doom lookalike, witches, hot witches in catsuits, spinning crystals, [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons|dragons]], Stonehenge, [[Chroma Key|awful bluescreen effects]] and an [[
Was [[Cracked.com]]'s #1 for the "6 Worst Professional Music Video" (of course Swaim ends up saying "Who am I kidding, this video is fucking amazing" at the end) and won ''The New Yorker'''s "Video Of The Year" award.
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** ''My character is part of the witches kingdom, which is the second kingdom. I'm actually part of their army and an enforcer, a general, if you will. I meet that young lady Arra who is secretly being trained by the angels and they hand her a book. That book is the book of golden symbols which can only be understood by the spirit, by the living soul. She's being trained secretly to be the queen of this realm, to overthrow the forces of darkness. My character actually meets her and falls in love with her and decides to leave the dark side, so he has an epiphany.''
* [[Artifacts of Doom]]
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* [[Badass Cape]]
* [[California Doubling]]: Los Angeles doubles for [[The Lord of the Rings|Middle Earth]].
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* [[Nipple-and-Dimed]]: About a minute in. Whoops.
* [[Ominous Fog]]
* [[Pirate
* [[Pointy Ears]]
* [[Porn Stache]]
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