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Madness? Genius? Stupiditous?

Rhaomi
26-10-2006, 19:29
Pretty sure that last one's not a word, but oh, well.

Anyways, I was browsing YouTube when I came across this intriguing video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qCSahatkbk). It's pretty trippy, so much so that you shouldn't watch it if you have epilepsy. I'm not kidding.

It piqued my curiosity, so I went to its website (www.wearethestrange.com) and read up on it. Apparently the video is a trailer for an upcoming indie movie called "We Are The Strange". The website describes it as "Monsters, Inc. meets The Nightmare Before Christmas inside of a retro Japanese video game." To me it looks like a Tim Burton movie on crack.

What's amazing is the fact that all 80-odd minutes of the film was made by one guy (he calls himself "m dot strange") in his basement, using stop-motion animation with some 3D greenscreen stuff. He dubs the new style "st8nime" (stray-knee-may), a mixture of stop-motion, 8-bit music, and anime. I don't know how he pulled it off, but it looks like the production values are fantastic, all things considered. There's some crazy, crazy stuff in there.

So, what do you think of it?
Turquoise Days
26-10-2006, 19:33
Weird. But cool!
Allers
26-10-2006, 20:01
nice,
we are the one,
thanks Rhaomi i will take a site look
Hydesland
26-10-2006, 20:06
....

erm... yeah
SHAOLIN9
26-10-2006, 20:07
*has epilepsy, wants to click but doesn't cos of Rhaomi's warning*:(
Rhaomi
26-10-2006, 20:09
*has epilepsy, wants to click but doesn't cos of Rhaomi's warning*:(
Aw... well that sucks. Take a gander at the poster (http://www.wearethestrange.com/) to get an idea of the art style, if that makes you feel better.

EDIT: There's a still image gallery (http://www.wearethestrange.com/gallery.html), too.
[NS]St Jello Biafra
26-10-2006, 20:12
*has epilepsy, wants to click but doesn't cos of Rhaomi's warning*:(

Honestly, I don't think you're missing much.
SHAOLIN9
26-10-2006, 20:14
Aw... well that sucks. Take a gander at the poster (http://www.wearethestrange.com/) to get an idea of the art style, if that makes you feel better.

EDIT: There's a still image gallery (http://www.wearethestrange.com/gallery.html), too.

It looks cool! thanx:fluffle:

*tempted to click vidlink*
Rhaomi
26-10-2006, 20:17
It looks cool! thanx:fluffle:
No prob.

*tempted to click vidlink*
It's your call... although be warned: the video is full of rapid-fire, flickering, psychedelic imagery, especially towards the end. Proceed with caution...
SHAOLIN9
26-10-2006, 20:19
OK so I gave into temptation, there's a few flashy iffy bits, but in a tiny box is ok as I can look away easily.

It looks bizarre yet kinda cool, I like it!

*takes pills + votes seizure*:D
SHAOLIN9
26-10-2006, 21:04
Bump
German Nightmare
26-10-2006, 21:38
Gah! :eek:

My dreams sometimes look like that. :(

I'm not sure I'd like to watch that and let my mind process it while I sleep... ;):p

But I somehow liked what I saw in a strange way and I definitely loved the soundtrack on that clip!!!