Comments on: Cartoons unashamed of coming from a computer

Cartoons unashamed of coming from a computer

mediareport — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:59:06 -0800

Somewhere deep inside a fractal.... Bizarre, nonlogical, glitchy cartoons that are "not ashamed of coming out of a computer." Satire? Or serious attempt to point animators away from "cushioned, balletic movements" and traditional stories, and towards "an aesthetic which adopts the native idiosyncrasies and flaws of the software in which it was born"? (Note: the 'PLEASE DO NOT WATCH THESE CARTOONS IF YOU SUFFER FROM PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY' applies mainly to the flashing intros, forward through the first 25 seconds in each cartoon and there's other stuff.) [via]

By: mediareport

mediareport — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:00:58 -0800

The dance club scene in the third one [mov] had me laughing out loud, for what that's worth. So did the Memory Bird near the end of the 2nd one.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:08:09 -0800

What sort of chemicals is one supposed to be on to enjoy these?

By: mediareport

mediareport — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:09:40 -0800

Silicon, I'm guessing. :)

By: Burhanistan

Burhanistan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:21:40 -0800

What sort of chemicals is one supposed to be on to enjoy these? posted by b1tr0t It seems to be the result of inhaling industrial solvents of some sort. I used my 500th post for that?

By: Foosnark

Foosnark — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:50:48 -0800

"11/02/2007" ? This was... kinda cool, actually. But the club scene makes me want to go play Rez. Which now looks much more coherent by comparison :)

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:29:45 -0800

My cat just fainted. Advise?

By: Jimbob

Jimbob — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:34:37 -0800

"11/02/2007" ? You've never seen how we write dates in the rest of the world, Foosnark?

By: tighttrousers

tighttrousers — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:36:22 -0800

Administer 50cc of PaperRad followed by an enema of MilkyElephant and call me in the morning.

By: wendell

wendell — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 22:39:06 -0800

Mmmkay... No big whoop, but today I got into the Joost Beta and the first thing I watched was a Bullwinkle cartoon, so maybe I'm jaded. And am I the only person for whom this thing that flashed by in the opening to Ep.2 reminded me of the geography of Mainframe City on "Reboot"? Probably.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:03:01 -0800

tighttrousers--- I did what you said. Then I caught him making a bong out of an old tuna can and wearing a very small beret. He is in The Bad House now, but I hear him humming "Terrapin Station." Thoughts?

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:33:55 -0800

I got that stupid greenscreen quictime bug with the looping audio again, only this time I couldn't tell it from the actual video. This is like the video equivalent of nighttime college radio.

By: sotonohito

sotonohito — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:31:19 -0800

I only hope its satire, because if they're serious, yeessshhh....

By: dansdata

dansdata — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:42:10 -0800

Now we know how long it would take to make a cartoon in Videoscape on your Amiga 500, if you started in 1989.

By: Rhomboid

Rhomboid — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:25:57 -0800

This is your Amiga... This is your Amiga on drugs. Any questions?

By: vronsky

vronsky — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:08:12 -0800

"get your money for nothing, and your chicks for free..."

By: Chinese Jet Pilot

Chinese Jet Pilot — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:11:43 -0800

I find these brilliant, but hard to watch. Animation made on computers is stuck in a "special effects" rut, and an obsession with realism has overshadowed the fine art possibilities of experimental animation made with any medium. It's a challenge to recognize the beauty of cut-ins, aliased edges, and 8-bit color, but it's there.

By: slogger

slogger — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:40:45 -0800

I love the third one. "We are going to the night club, or else you are gay." "Yes. Or else you are gay." Classic. I was going to make some kind of joke like "techno or German? Too hard to tell." But then I read the .rtf and saw it was signed "Berlin, January 2007." Nuff said.

By: empath

empath — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:30:08 -0800

that is amazing.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:46:31 -0800

Holy crap, these are awesome. I can't understand a thing they're saying, but apparently it's english... "would you like a glass?" - "yes I *%)#*(JSDKJJJsomething"

By: vronsky

vronsky — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:49:04 -0800

I love these. Love 'em mediareport. Great post.

By: BlackLeotardFront

BlackLeotardFront — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:19:41 -0800

By the way, if you're looking for more computer animated fractal nonsense, there's always Grau, Gestalt, Flam3.com and Spotworks. The first three are serious, the last has a DJ soundtrack so .... at your own risk.

By: namagomi

namagomi — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:49:03 -0800

nothing could have prepared me for the insane joy of watching ep3 of RGB XYZ. Thank you!