A nostalgic new trend sees the internet destroy your fave films with Linkin Park

June 2024 · 3 minute read

Cast your mind back to the glory days of cinema. The year of our lord and savior, 2007. The world was yet to suffer from the global financial crisis, the Marvel Cinematic Universe didn’t even exist, and most importantly: Linkin Park and Transformers were massive.

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A strange new trend has seen film buffs with far too much time on their hands edit Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done” into climactic endings of famous movies. Why? Only god knows. But it is spectacular content, as people get nostalgic and dive deep into the heyday of Windows Movie Maker.

It’s hard to pin down exactly who or what started this trend, but like many great memes, it’s given people a chance to polish off their editing skills that were probably obtained during a pandemic.

Starting it off, we have the Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney Plus series ending, which saw Kenobi finally meet a young Luke Skywalker. Yeah, the original is good, but why didn’t Disney include Linkin Park? Blood on the hands of Disney.

Obi-Wan Kenobi but it came out in 2007 pic.twitter.com/ZmKvcywTkG

— Matheus Silva (@HeroesFanProd) August 24, 2022

A slightly anachronistic edit is up next, with a sinisterly good Batman Begins edit sure to give you a good chuckle. Looks like we’ve got a real Joker over here, huh? I’ll see myself out.

Batman Begins but it came out in 2007. There I did one 😂 pic.twitter.com/5wRCii46Ck

— Matheus Silva (@HeroesFanProd) August 24, 2022

One of the greatest films in cinema history, The Godfather has so much going for it. In fact, it’s possibly better than Transformers: but don’t quote us on that. More Linkin Park would be required for it to be 100 percent better, though.

The Godfather but it came out in 2007 pic.twitter.com/ZQpBnPVwBQ

— Jack Aling (@AlingMedia) August 23, 2022

Guardians of the Galaxy’s duology has been praised for its clever usage of licensed music to help set the tone, mood, and setting for the characters. A child of the 80s, Star Lord has plenty of classics. The film ends with “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, but now he’s visited Earth we’re expecting some Linkin Park in Volume 3.

Guardians of the Galaxy but it came out in 2007 pic.twitter.com/0QeaQwkutW

— Matheus Silva (@HeroesFanProd) August 24, 2022

Silent films have one clear and obvious flaw that seems to be ignored by so-called critics: they’re silent. How am I supposed to stimulate all my senses without some music? Now it’s fixed.

Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat but if it came out in 2007 pic.twitter.com/ccFvX1DnFW

— Jackson McMuRRRay (@jepperpack) August 23, 2022

Most importantly, A New Hope got a Linkin Park edit. Happy 2007 to all those who celebrate.

'Star Wars: A New Hope' but it came out in 2007 pic.twitter.com/85rjCkZ9Np

— Ringer-Verse (@RingerVerse) August 23, 2022

Unfortunately, Transformers has utterly abandoned Linkin Park in the years since 2007. If there’s one change that could be made to make all those sequels bearable, it’s absolutely putting “What I’ve Done” in them.

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