No doubt about it – YouTube has revolutionized a revolutionary medium like the internet. What was once a medium for basement-dwelling morons has, thanks to YouTube, evolved into a place for talking-head, basement-dwelling morons.

Now YouTube wants to change movies.

Look, I’m all for it. I actually think that I’d prefer a Chris Crocker film to any of the regurgitated shit currently being spewed by Hollywood. And folks, that’s not an easy thing for me to type.

But a contest? Among current YouTube users?

That’s right … YouTube is sponsoring a contest to find the most talented video poster, and then rewarding that person with a Fox Searchlight deal and $5000. Which basically means that Pearl from The Landlord will win.

The contest will be judged by Jason Reitman, who directed Thank You For Smoking and the upcoming Juno. Check out the rules at Project Direct.

Here’s the thing that makes me laugh: Rule #1 is that the film must feature a character who faces a situation above his maturity level. Frankly, that describes most people on YouTube as they face shitting in a toilet in the morning. The YouTube community is littered with talking-head douche bags more concerned with viewership than actual quality. They have imagined in their pea-like brains that simply being able to appear on the internet makes them some sort of star. These are the ones who secretly envy people like Chris Crocker and Tay Fucking Zonday because these retards made a public splash by humiliating themselves for under ten minutes at a time.

I can only imagine the film that comes from this idiotic contest.