Alex Zuckerman - The New Animated Film You Should Never See If You Value Your Eyes! - Page 3

Bob The Mercenary · 04-26-2009, 10:16 AM

I don't think you guys are giving this man the credit he deserves. I mean, you'll all be sorry when this thing he made is nominated for an Oscar.

[Edit] Or this thing. Just in case no one visited his homepage. Which I suspect no one did.

Wow, this is devolving into a "look at this, it's so bad" kind of thing. The man's a genius!

Mike McC · 04-26-2009, 11:45 AM

I love how the webpage, looking straight out of 1999 (with pageview counter and everything, oh how cute), is actually built on 1999 technology. The domain actually redirects to a Geocities page. http://www.geocities.com/matt_miller555/alexhome.html

Also endearing is how the background repeats on my 1680 screen resolution.

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Ryong, Ryong... you could have done so much better with that YouTube comment. So much more.

CelesJessa · 04-26-2009, 12:40 PM

Hahahahaha. I don't know what you guys are talking about. This stuff is awesome.

Even if it was unintentionally "so bad it's funny", I cracked up. I had to immortalize some of the moments in gif form.

Totally serious and not totally negative comment: To be fair, it totally looks like some cheesy awesome stuff that I would have done when I was little. (god knows I made some abominations of animation with any sort of animation-maker program I could get my grubby hands on) so I feel kind of bad making fun of it. I mean, it's a start and to be completely serious, I'd rather see kids/people spending their time making seriously goofy if not horrible animations and cartoons rather than just sitting around and doing nothing. Despite the quality, it's still quite fun and something you can look at later and laugh, asking "what the hell was I thinking".

The biggest problem I see is just treating it like it's 100% serious business.

Bob The Mercenary · 04-26-2009, 01:10 PM

CJ, thank you.

Meister · 04-26-2009, 01:26 PM

I'm mostly just bothered by the "YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS" attitude and the use of (randomly chosen, far as I can tell) message boards as advertising platforms. Of course it's great if people sit down and actually create something, but, y'know, a bit of perspective. There are things you can confidently put online and go "hey, I made this, and I think it's pretty good" and there are things you can look at and say "well, that didn't quite work out" and either put away or show to people asking for advice.

EDIT: there's not much room on this scale for "advertise as the greatest thing since 'The Ultimate Showdown' and expect nothing but praise", I'm afraid

EDIT2: I'm actually hovering somewhere around the outer edges of the closing button but I keep thinking, nope, guy brought this on himself, plus he can always show up and comment on criticism. Still let's not treat this as too much of a free-for-all bash the watermelon contest.

CelesJessa · 04-26-2009, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob the Mercenary

CJ, thank you.

Ha, awesome. Do you want me to try and make an animated one you can use for the avatar? (was the file size too big?)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meister

I'm mostly just bothered by the "YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS" attitude and the use of (randomly chosen, far as I can tell) message boards as advertising platforms. Of course it's great if people sit down and actually create something, but, y'know, a bit of perspective. There are things you can confidently put online and go "hey, I made this, and I think it's pretty good" and there are things you can look at and say "well, that didn't quite work out" and either put away or show to people asking for advice.

Yeah, I agree, hence the whole "taking it way to seriously" deal. Although I'm not sure how old the creator(s) of Alex Zuckerman are, if they're pretty young I can totally understand finishing an animation like that (probably took a bit of work to make it 10 minutes) and be like "dude, this is awesome". I mean, I remember making total crap when I was little and parading it around like it was amazing and then later on in life I was like "oh my god, I thought this was good?"

So I guess I'm going under the assumption the they're kind of young. It just totally reminded me of all of the awful crap I made when I was little. :whee:

After seeing the edit: But yeah, the "expect nothing but praise" is very irritating.

***Fenris*** · 04-26-2009, 01:38 PM

The voice actors sound too old for me to take this as a child's project.

CelesJessa · 04-26-2009, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FenrisWolf

The voice actors sound too old for me to take this as a child's project.

Hmm that is true. I wasn't paying attention to that as I couldn't make it through very far and was laughing too much to actually hear the voices. Touche!

EDIT: Dangit guys I'm trying to be nice-ish. You're making it hard. XD

phil_ · 04-26-2009, 01:46 PM

I also saw some "so bad it's hilarious" in this, but it's no Tokyo Crystal Mew. Maybe if it were shorter it would be better.

Man, why'd she have to take down Tokyo Crystal Mew? Those were awesome.

Bob The Mercenary · 04-26-2009, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by CelesJessa

Ha, awesome. Do you want me to try and make an animated one you can use for the avatar? (was the file size too big?)

I wouldn't have a conniption leaving it as it is, because really, it's just as demented looking. But, if you could somehow chop off one or two kilobytes I wouldn't be opposed.

04-26-2009, 10:16 AM	#21
Bob The Mercenary Bob Dole Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bob Dole Posts: 5,606	I don't think you guys are giving this man the credit he deserves. I mean, you'll all be sorry when this thing he made is nominated for an Oscar. [Edit] Or this thing. Just in case no one visited his homepage. Which I suspect no one did. Wow, this is devolving into a "look at this, it's so bad" kind of thing. The man's a genius! __________________ Bob Dole Last edited by Bob The Mercenary; 04-26-2009 at 10:25 AM.

04-26-2009, 11:45 AM	#22
Mike McC Time is something else. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Wherever I am needed, I will be there. Posts: 5,065	I love how the webpage, looking straight out of 1999 (with pageview counter and everything, oh how cute), is actually built on 1999 technology. The domain actually redirects to a Geocities page. http://www.geocities.com/matt_miller555/alexhome.html Also endearing is how the background repeats on my 1680 screen resolution. SPECIAL ADDED BONUS MATERIAL! Ryong, Ryong... you could have done so much better with that YouTube comment. So much more. __________________ WHERE MIKEY IS IN 2022! tumblrs - http://werewolf.zone twitters - @itmightbemikey Last edited by Mike McC; 04-26-2009 at 12:02 PM.

04-26-2009, 12:40 PM	#23
CelesJessa DA-DA-DA-DAA DAA DAA DA DA-DAAAAAA! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Zanzibar Land Posts: 6,531	Hahahahaha. I don't know what you guys are talking about. This stuff is awesome. Even if it was unintentionally "so bad it's funny", I cracked up. I had to immortalize some of the moments in gif form. Totally serious and not totally negative comment: To be fair, it totally looks like some cheesy awesome stuff that I would have done when I was little. (god knows I made some abominations of animation with any sort of animation-maker program I could get my grubby hands on) so I feel kind of bad making fun of it. I mean, it's a start and to be completely serious, I'd rather see kids/people spending their time making seriously goofy if not horrible animations and cartoons rather than just sitting around and doing nothing. Despite the quality, it's still quite fun and something you can look at later and laugh, asking "what the hell was I thinking". The biggest problem I see is just treating it like it's 100% serious business. __________________ Last edited by CelesJessa; 04-26-2009 at 12:50 PM.

04-26-2009, 01:10 PM	#24
Bob The Mercenary Bob Dole Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bob Dole Posts: 5,606	CJ, thank you. __________________ Bob Dole

04-26-2009, 01:26 PM	#25
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	I'm mostly just bothered by the "YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS" attitude and the use of (randomly chosen, far as I can tell) message boards as advertising platforms. Of course it's great if people sit down and actually create something, but, y'know, a bit of perspective. There are things you can confidently put online and go "hey, I made this, and I think it's pretty good" and there are things you can look at and say "well, that didn't quite work out" and either put away or show to people asking for advice. EDIT: there's not much room on this scale for "advertise as the greatest thing since 'The Ultimate Showdown' and expect nothing but praise", I'm afraid EDIT2: I'm actually hovering somewhere around the outer edges of the closing button but I keep thinking, nope, guy brought this on himself, plus he can always show up and comment on criticism. Still let's not treat this as too much of a free-for-all bash the watermelon contest. Last edited by Meister; 04-26-2009 at 01:36 PM.

04-26-2009, 01:38 PM	#27
*Fenris* Administrator Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Coast Posts: 6,806	The voice actors sound too old for me to take this as a child's project. __________________ "FENRIS IS AN ASSHOLE" - shiney

04-26-2009, 01:46 PM	#29
phil_ Just sleeping Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: At home, probably in bed. Posts: 6,482	I also saw some "so bad it's hilarious" in this, but it's no Tokyo Crystal Mew. Maybe if it were shorter it would be better. Man, why'd she have to take down Tokyo Crystal Mew? Those were awesome. __________________ Be T-Rexcellent to each other, tako.