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Data Graham posted:YOUR SON IS A MORON It must be one of those self-repeating, immortal frankenants. >_>
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Royal crackers tells amazing stories, but because I don't like the characters and don't care what happens to them it ultimately ends up feeling empty and unfulfilling. Never before has a show made me think "wow, I would really be enjoying this storyline if it was about someone else" so frequently.
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May 4, 2024 04:18
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I'm gonna follow this ant home...kill his whole family
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May 4, 2024 04:45
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The marathon is giving me an appreciation for all the celebrities CN shanghaied into the interviews - Steven Wright, Willie Nelson, Charlton Heston.
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May 4, 2024 05:10
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Why do sharks explode? This is because sometimes their brains and sexual organs are made out of M80s. Sometimes, a shark will explode to attract a mate, and sometimes, they'll explode just to attract giant killer bees
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May 4, 2024 07:25
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Ep 2 of the Digital Circus is out. The bit where the truck drives into a rock, glitches out and falls out of the level got a good chuckle out of me.
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May 4, 2024 12:04
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the scene/dialogue pacing in digital circus is so weird. it sounds like the actors' pre-warmup before they get to the actual script e: looks like they just couldn't resist getting to the inevitable Greedy "homage" as soon as possible Oxxidation fucked around with this message at 14:43 on May 4, 2024 |
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May 4, 2024 14:31
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Oxxidation posted:the scene/dialogue pacing in digital circus is so weird. it sounds like the actors' pre-warmup before they get to the actual script Yeah, this nails what I was trying to put my finger on. I like bits and pieces of Digital Circus so far but the pacing is just dragging the whole thing down.
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May 4, 2024 16:54
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https://archive.org/details/ren-stimpy-reboot i forgot this project was even a thing. not even really sure if it still is or not, but it seems alright. but being better than adult party cartoon is probably the easiest bar to clear edit: this is a leak that got deleted off youtube recently
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May 4, 2024 19:37
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Nikumatic posted:Yeah, this nails what I was trying to put my finger on. I like bits and pieces of Digital Circus so far but the pacing is just dragging the whole thing down.
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May 4, 2024 19:53
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Yeah, I’m admittedly waiting to see if it winds up leaning too heavily on “meta commentary” that it detracts from the modern I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream story it’s trying to tell.
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May 4, 2024 20:42
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My other criticism is that it doesn't like to build things up slowly, but rather just plays its cards prettymuch right away and unsubtly before proceeding onto the rest of the episode(s) where it tries to then go mindfucky again but with diminishing returns because it already gave us the twist at the start. The 2nd episode at least did a new spin on what it wanted to tackle in the 2nd half rather than going straight at it, and even the timing of shots gets a bit tighter in a good way closer to the end of the episode. It's improving, I think. It's not exactly where I'd like it to be, but I'm not taken aback or annoyed by its success the same way I am for other projects with far, far worse writing or visual issues.
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May 4, 2024 20:56
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Oxxidation posted:the scene/dialogue pacing in digital circus is so weird. it sounds like the actors' pre-warmup before they get to the actual script Are you talking about Ragatha and Jax here? Because I think those specifically are both intentional choices. The characters are supposed to both sound like they're acting. You can hear Ragatha's voice actor giving a more natural sounding performance in Pomni's nightmare at the beginning, and occasionally she'll "break character" like when she's talking with Kinger and convey genuine emotion, but most of the time she sounds like the host of a kids show (think Steve from blues clues) because playing that role helps her stay sane. It's the same with Jax, but the role he plays to stay sane is "rear end in a top hat" and instead of sounding like a kids show host he sounds like Raggedy Andy from "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure", which was a big inspiration for The Amazing Digital Circus and can be watched in its entirety here: https://youtu.be/AloMFCbn4IQ?si=545tmknuiTE6pyV8
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May 4, 2024 21:46
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no, it's everybody. dialogues natter on for too long, they're full of too much stammering and um-ah interjections, they step on their punchlines or don't interject them at the right time. like i said, it sounds more like pre-recording exercises or something where the actors are warming up their in-character voices, there's little of the snappiness you'd associate with a traditional script helluva and hazbin also have this problem but not to the same extent
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May 4, 2024 21:49
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Needs more hahafunnytoofman imo.
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May 4, 2024 22:03
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Pomni's shell-shocked routine is going to have to either a) go into abeyance as she finds her footing more and starts taking charge or b) goes completely bugfuck ballistic and everything explodes
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May 4, 2024 22:19
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The Episode felt, half baked? There was a great concept there, and I can see what they were aiming for. It felt like a script written and considered "good enough" without all the extra shine it needed. Maybe it was rushed thanks to the success of the show? It could have used more script work. It felt like something was missing. The Last Call fucked around with this message at 22:35 on May 4, 2024 |
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May 4, 2024 22:33
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Given the length and how relatively recent the first episode was released I’m guessing they either had this partially ready to roll when the first came out or it was insanely rushed out. There was one bit I noticed as there initially leaving with the truck where they appear to make a turn and plow through some of the crowd. Looked like it needed another pass or something.
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May 4, 2024 22:42
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I noticed that! Was waiting for it to be a bit joke about hitting and running over some of the NPC's first. It wasn't.
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Also gonna reiterate my feelings about the Groovenians-tier animation/design. We get off talking about Hazbin/Helluva and straight into this which is just ... I don't know, so plasticky and technicolor as to feel like a 90s throwback. The kind of stuff Toy Story was such a revelation as to lift us out of, in 1995 Yeah the kernel of the good idea (the "NPCs are actually sentient and that's horrific thing) is there but there's just something about the pacing and the comic timing that makes it not hit at all. We get one "twist" (Gummigoo and his gang are not evil bandits, they're trying to save his dying mum) which we're barely able to absorb because it comes at literally the exact moment we're first introduced to his character so there's no time to establish any preconceived notions to be "twisted" away from; and then moments later we get the second "twist" (NPC world) which is presented in a very sterile and opaque kind of way (not helped by the not-super-expressive character design) so we're not sure what it is we're supposed to be so dumbstruck by until he spells it out for us. It all feels like they're trying to jam the idea down the toilet with a plunger E: ^^ as to the above I lol'd at the crowd being made up of literal Poser models which is a great joke but lol^2 if they meant to replace them with actual characters but ran out of time Data Graham fucked around with this message at 22:51 on May 4, 2024 |
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