@dystopianfuturetoday, awww, you liked Yeardley. Shucks.

That's a great list, Sarzy, You actually have me super excited about seeing Buried and Frozen. I love those kind of movies. I was hoping Phonebooth would've been better when it came out.

BEST
1. Tooth Fairy
2. Universal Soldiers 3
3. Percy Jackson & the Olympians the Lightning Thief
4. Clash of the Titans
5. Furry Vengence
6. Sex and the City 2
7. Marmaduke
8. Jonah Hex
9. Step Up 3D
10. Citizen Kane

I'm not sure why I've never thought about it before, especially because I enjoy both genres for the same exact reason; rap and punk rock are parallels. evolving at the same time, with the same underlying message. often intimidating, foul mouth, anti-authoritarian messages from frustrated, disenfranchised youth. evolving under ground and the marketable parts of course creeping up for mass consumption, some becoming undeniably influential to culture at large (the clash, the ramones, NWA, public enemy, etc) and some delving into a complete absurdity and bullshit. and both still alive and well, both in their trumped up, for popular culture forms and in their raw forms on the street, drinking malt liquor, dressing outrageously and screaming "fuck the police".

how incredibly fucking beautiful!

I'm not saying that this vid has the kind of graphics that would entice me to pay full price at the box office, nor am I throwing down high-fives for sup-par work or uncool people. I'm sure 110 days of rendering time could have helped to give it the kind of polish that could be up to today's standards, and yours.

I enjoyed this piece because I appreciated the story told by this animation. Better graphics wouldn't hurt, but it was good enough to carry that story.

There are countless examples off great storytelling and enjoyable animations that don't rely on billion polygon counts or dynamic lighting. Whether that's Don Hertzfeldt or Dottie Goes to School or Groundbreaking Music Videos.

Nevertheless, you are absolutely entitled to your opinion, and welcome to focus on what you like in videos and animations. I just wanted to share where I was coming from too.

Also, good for you for getting your name out there and getting work in your field. I know a lot of creative-types and I know it ain't the easiest line of work to get into.

peace
~N
>> ^kir_mokum:

i'm a jr. comp artist. it's a day job, not a passion, so i've had no need or interest in doing a pro bono project of any kind. the last film i did comp work on was the new karate kid (i did some roto for clash of the titans, but that doesn't really count). i'm currently working on eureka, which is a silly show, but lots of fun to work on.
comping all CG shots is usually easier as you (generally) don't have to roto, pull green screens, camera tracking, regraining, etc.
this is a whole other league, but it was done by one person and effectively no budget:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHD8Xf5Rnvo

Let me be the mediator between you two. The prime directive was indeed from the vulcans. But dismissing the outcry of a race can be simply heartless. Letting the person die in the fire just because you dont know them is just a grotesque out of sight and mind excuse. handing out to those in need the means help is always a good thing. but you have to remember it still has consequences. the replicator idea for instance. Who is to say that they will just replicate food? they can replicate weapons just as easily in theory. and it can certainly cause a culture clash if they are like the native american type species.

The problem is not about if the prime directive is unfair, SFdebris pointed out it turned unquestionable, dogmatic. there is no negotiation anylonger when it really needs ore of a middle ground between helpiging and ignoring.

i'm a jr. comp artist. it's a day job, not a passion, so i've had no need or interest in doing a pro bono project of any kind. the last film i did comp work on was the new karate kid (i did some roto for clash of the titans, but that doesn't really count). i'm currently working on eureka, which is a silly show, but lots of fun to work on.

comping all CG shots is usually easier as you (generally) don't have to roto, pull green screens, camera tracking, regraining, etc.

this is a whole other league, but it was done by one person and effectively no budget:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHD8Xf5Rnvo

On two prior sifts, I've posted my Tony James story so I won't do it again. But I too was a big fan of SSS and Gen X and Billy Idol and Sex Pistols and The Clash and PiL and B.A.D.
Carbon/Silicone? ...eh, not so much: the music doesn't really grab me...but never mind.

Italian music producer and composer Giorgio Moroder, who stole the Oscar away from John Williams in 1979 for the score to Midnight Express, produced SSS's debut record Flaunt It in 1986 and it's one of the best-sounding bad records of all time. He also won two more Oscars: one for the title song to Flashdance and once again a couple years later for the song Take My Breath Away from the homo-erotic movie Top Gun.

Moroder, who was a synthesizer pioneer in the 70s, was the man responsible for the SSS sound, although Tony James would surely disagree.

>> ^budzos:

I enjoy a good UFC match and the surrounding drama, but does anyone else wish they'd go back to the days of UFC I through III where it was a lot more like Street Fighter II?

Style clash is certainly intriguing to think about, but rarely seems to play out as a good fight.

It is nice when you see someone come in with a unique feature, talent or approach to fighting: Lyoto Machida & Anderson Silva (as GK says), Genki Sudo, Megumi Fujii, Cung Le, Karo Parisyan... These fighters all do (or did) things that made them stand apart whether they were successful or not.

I enjoy a good UFC match and the surrounding drama, but does anyone else wish they'd go back to the days of UFC I through III where it was a lot more like Street Fighter II? It used to be a crazy clash of styles and personalities... now everyone does "MMA style striking plus grappling" and the main difference between fighters is their specific mix of striking (do they also kick?) and grappling (are they former wrestlers or life-long jiu-jitsu practicioners?).

I've always thought of sports as a substitute for combat... all those guys in the NHL, NBA, NFL would have been renowned warriors if they were born vikings, celts, moors, vassals, etc. at certain times throughout history. They do sports because they're extraordinarily good with their bodies... biomechanical geniuses. Fortunately their placement in time allows them to use these skills to their own betterment without mortal risk. Because sports are only analagous to combat. So I can appreciate the point of putting the words "sport" in sarcasm-quotes when talking about a sport that is about beating the shit out of another person. Once the sport becomes actual combat, the metaphor is so direct (if all sports are a metaphor for combat) that instead of a "sport" they should just call it "professional combat". Of course, this is just semantic wankery. It's a sport.

i know we've clashed over bi-polar disorder before enoch, but i liked this one - especially the inclusion of erotomania. oh, and the great music.

Everything works here (yes, even Britney) except Shania Twain and the bit of Blondie where the keys clash.

Otherwise, very awesome!

Oh, and fix "The Doctor" to "Doctor Who" in your description. Sorry, I'm currently downloading an older episode at the moment, so I got Doctor on my mind right now!

Strong desire to see this sift and see where people clash.

It's because you loved Clash of the Titans, right?
>> ^sepatown:

he's very good at what he does.
i do get a strange urge to punch him though.

That's an extremely morbid use of the catsanddogs tag -- I like it!

In reply to this comment by Throbbin:
*canada *nature *eco *catsanddogs

Yeah, try making a sled from the ribcage of a cat. Dogs 1, Cats 0.

Also, most Inuit did not see the British as Gods. Instead, white folks were (and still are) referred to as 'kablunaaks' - Kabluqs = eyebrows (because they found the white folks had big, bushy eyebrows), and Naak = Stomach (because they had big stomachs). Inuit on Baffin island were amazed at the technology the Europeans brought with them, but Inuit on eastern Baffin island had also heard stories from Greenland Inuit who had clashed with and run-out-of-town the Vikings sometime before, and were well aware of the existence and mortality of Europeans.

I'm not sure but there are a lot of good melodic parts in there, then it clashes with some awful sounding crap.

Maybe I don't know enough about this kind of music.

*canada *nature *eco *catsanddogs

Yeah, try making a sled from the ribcage of a cat. Dogs 1, Cats 0.

Also, most Inuit did not see the British as Gods. Instead, white folks were (and still are) referred to as 'kablunaaks' - Kabluqs = eyebrows (because they found the white folks had big, bushy eyebrows), and Naak = Stomach (because they had big stomachs). Inuit on Baffin island were amazed at the technology the Europeans brought with them, but Inuit on eastern Baffin island had also heard stories from Greenland Inuit who had clashed with and run-out-of-town the Vikings sometime before, and were well aware of the existence and mortality of Europeans.