Red Mosquito

That video was god awful, yuck! Thank goodness the album is stellar (and this song is at least ok to pretty good), otherwise that would just be embarrassing.

Ms Harmless wrote:

Juvenal wrote:Ah sorry guys, this is cringe. Looks gorgeous, but cringe.

how does a video "look gorgeous" and also be cringe

Do you know the director Zack Snyder

ok time to finally watch this video

ugh fuck this means i have to listen to the song

maybe another time

always likes the songs from the start but not keen on the video ok i guess but do like the song

Ms Harmless wrote:

LikeLukin wrote:What am I not getting about the animation in this? It is so choppy and distorted, I don't see how anyone can enjoy this. I guess it is for artistic effect of some sort, but sheesh

it seems like some kind of watercolour / coloured pencil phone filter; it looks a little cheaper than I'd like but also kinda appropriate for all that

Reminds me of that film Being Vincent, about Vincent Van Gogh. Every frame was hand painted over several years. Had a similar look and feel.

LikeLukin wrote:What am I not getting about the animation in this? It is so choppy and distorted, I don't see how anyone can enjoy this. I guess it is for artistic effect of some sort, but sheesh

for me, it's not the animation style itself i don't like... i think it's fine, and kinda interesting. maybe a little too muddy. it's really animated, but at the same time a little too realistic. maybe should have been a bit more hand drawn (instead of photoshop filtered).

aside from that, it just feels out of scope in terms of the art direction of the album. it's the same gripe i have for the SBWM video. neither video fits within the visual vision of the rest of the album. both seem to kind of cheapen the message. such beautiful photography. a beautiful album package. then suddenly: video + PBS color pastel filter.

guitar_davey wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

LikeLukin wrote:What am I not getting about the animation in this? It is so choppy and distorted, I don't see how anyone can enjoy this. I guess it is for artistic effect of some sort, but sheesh

it seems like some kind of watercolour / coloured pencil phone filter; it looks a little cheaper than I'd like but also kinda appropriate for all that

Reminds me of that film Being Vincent, about Vincent Van Gogh. Every frame was hand painted over several years. Had a similar look and feel.

this was my initial reaction also.

theplatypus wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Juvenal wrote:Ah sorry guys, this is cringe. Looks gorgeous, but cringe.

how does a video "look gorgeous" and also be cringe

Do you know the director Zack Snyder

I actually don't by name, but I will have a look now that you've said this

video is ouch

i tell you what, take out greta thunberg and the self-references at the end and it’s not too bad a video.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

The video and the song are at about the same quality. Seems fair.

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for me, it's not the animation style itself i don't like... i think it's fine, and kinda interesting. maybe a little too muddy. it's really animated, but at the same time a little too realistic. maybe should have been a bit more hand drawn (instead of photoshop filtered).[/quote]

It reminded me of the hyper realistic animation used in the Polar Express. I don't think that worked and I don't think the animation in this video works either.

Habitman wrote:

for me, it's not the animation style itself i don't like... i think it's fine, and kinda interesting. maybe a little too muddy. it's really animated, but at the same time a little too realistic. maybe should have been a bit more hand drawn (instead of photoshop filtered).[/quote]

It reminded me of the hyper realistic animation used in the Polar Express. I don't think that worked and I don't think the animation in this video works either.[/quote]


Generally speaking someone has to hit 500 on their post count before they learn to use the quote function properly.

You’re getting there. I’m rooting for you.

Bammer wrote:

Habitman wrote:

for me, it's not the animation style itself i don't like... i think it's fine, and kinda interesting. maybe a little too muddy. it's really animated, but at the same time a little too realistic. maybe should have been a bit more hand drawn (instead of photoshop filtered).

It reminded me of the hyper realistic animation used in the Polar Express. I don't think that worked and I don't think the animation in this video works either.[/quote]


Generally speaking someone has to hit 500 on their post count before they learn to use the quote function properly.

You’re getting there. I’m rooting for you.[/quote]

just rewatched cause when I watched last night I was drunk and I thought no way the card animation could be as bad as I remember it...but....yeah it was. classic NES games look better than this.

they're clearly OK with the animation looking a bit retro / filtered

that's clearly sad