The price of deception

September 27, 2004 4:22 PM

The price of deception (Flash) and the price of this animation
posted by nims (12 comments total)

/obvious retort
The price of freedom.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 5:14 PM on September 27, 2004

those deceivers are going to end up in a warm place.
posted by dopamine at 5:19 PM on September 27, 2004

Who's free yet?
posted by FormlessOne at 5:28 PM on September 27, 2004

Killing 10,000 innocent Iraqi civilians (over 3 times the amount killed in 9/11) is called terrorism, it is not called securing their freedom.
posted by banished at 5:38 PM on September 27, 2004

nothing gets me in the mood for some truth like reznor instrumentals
posted by Satapher at 7:04 PM on September 27, 2004

don't want to sound all pissy about an attempt to point out the downside of iraq and all, but fergodssakes if the guy had tried purposefully to obscure the faces and make it impossible to read a single name he couldn't have done it better. flashing a name up for a fraction of a second: ok. flashing the name up and then having it grow + alpha fade, effectively obscuring the next three names, which each also alpha fade + grow.... well, it was basically one grayish blended mess. i think a static page with 1000 named images would have made a much more powerful, visceral point. when you can't see the names, or the faces, well, you end up taking the same view as the administration that sent them there: complete detachment and little empathy, because you don't see any individuals in this bit of flash. so instead of a powerful point, it becomes just one person's failed attempt to exploit your feelings while proving how clever a flash animator he is. if i didn't already know who i was planning on voting for, this really wouldn't have made me change my mind.
posted by caution live frogs at 7:14 PM on September 27, 2004

Interesting how some of the surnames I saw flash by were: Bush, Blair, Norquist, and Coulter.
posted by fungible at 7:35 PM on September 27, 2004

so instead of a powerful point, it becomes just one person's failed attempt to exploit your feelings while proving how clever a flash animator he is.

I was wondering when that 400-lb gorilla would be acknowledged.

I'll bet in a few years when he's out of high school, the Flash artiste in question might reevaluate what could have been an interesting presentation. For example, why the NIN? Did someone else already use a Dust Brothers track for their political statement? Ach, spoke too soon.
posted by dhoyt at 7:47 PM on September 27, 2004

I couldn't watch all of it...it's too many names, and too fast, and that's the point. very good.
posted by amberglow at 7:48 PM on September 27, 2004

Time magazine did it better in the Vietnam War era by simply publishing a weeks worth of casualties in yearbook style.
posted by sexymofo at 8:36 PM on September 27, 2004

Who's free yet?

Why, all those brave soldiers, and all those godless heroic Iraqis -- freed from this mortal coil, off to a better, happier place where they meet up with long-gone family members and their old pets and it's ever-so bright and happy with nice music playing and this wonderful white man named Jesus comes and pats them on the head and says, "Yea unto thee, I deliver you from all your pain, here's a popsicle."
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 9:01 PM on September 27, 2004

While the animation is a point well made, it the guy actually knew how to use flash he could have done that in an hour tops with a short bit script and a batch image converter.

A senseless waste of lives depicted by a senseless waste of time.
posted by cell at 1:18 AM on September 28, 2004