Halloween is soon. Best time of the year, I think. Why? The world is bathed in cool shit based completely around death and the supernatural. All passing itself off as cute and harmless. It is so morbidly contradictory.
And unlike christmas you dont have to spend a fortune on family members you cant stand being around any more.
If this year's Thanksgiving reaches the status of last year's though, it may soon replace All Hollow's Eve in my heart. Even now, I can taste that delicious popeye's turkey my cousins sent in the mail. Just thinking about it fills my mouth with warm viscous fluid.
what was this post about again?
oh cartoons.
so anyway, for halloween here is a short film (not really a cartoon tbh but it does use alot of cgi) called Harvey.
Its about a man with a very unique problem.
I am warning you now, THIS FILM IS NOT WORK SAFE. And even if you are home, if you have a weak stomach, stay away.
Its rather.......stomach churning.
Harvey:
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I shall continue the spooky stuffs with this music video for Daft Punk. No cartoon animation in this, but unique puppetry. Daft Punk did have some glorious animated music videos made for them quite a few years ago.
Who doesn't love a skinless robot baby?
Technologic:
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Now after watching those, you probably feel uneasy.
So lets lighten the mood with something hilarious.
FOOL'S GOLD
starring Frazzlebean Huckleberry
I think this was animated in flash. Mainly because the studio behind it primarily use flash. I may be wrong though.
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Now.
The next thing is a student film.
And I honestly could probably fill hundreds of posts with student films. Cause there hundreds of them. From all over the world.
And like 94% of them are little masterpieces of brilliance. Maybe the next one of these posts will be all student films. I'll probably need Mrat's help to do that.
Aaaannnyyyywhooooooooo
Here is one I particularly love
Icarus and the Tree Herder
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The band MAN MAN put out a new e-album recently. And as usual I found out several months late. Figures.
Here is their odd animated music video from their new album, Rabbit Habbits
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Moyashimon: Tales of Agriculture is a kooky manga about a young man in college who realizes he can see pathogens and other microscopic single-celled creatures. And wouldnt you know it, they are cute and adorable and have odd little adventures.
The Manga is getting an english translation as we speak. The anime, who knows.
There's quite a bit of it on Youtube. Fiendishly cute. And one of those things I wish I had thought of first.
This is the intro for the anime. And as you can see its insanely good cgi on live action backrounds.
ARGH SO CUTE. I WANT TO HUG THE LITTLE WHITE BOUNCY ONES
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After the horrific disaster that was the American Godzilla (starring matthew broderick who has been in more bad movies than anyone and yet is still a marketable actor), TOHO (the studio who have always made godzilla amongst other things), started making Godzilla films again.
But they stayed away from cgi for the most part. Except for Godzilla final wars, which had the age-old "guy in monster costume" routine, mixed with insane matrix-esque special effects.
This scene is a dream sequence from the movie Its Always Sunset on Third Street. It contains an insanely fucking awesome fully cgi Godzilla thrashing the hell out of a town. I'd love to see a whole movie done this way.
Closest we've come is Cloverfield. And.....maybe The Host.
anyway
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This next thing is another video by Chad Vangaalen.
I posted his Molten Light music video in my last Great Cartoons post. Dont remember?
I'LL FIND YOU AND I'LL KILL YOU
Yeah. That one that freaked everyone out.
This one is far more tame and has less crazy undead mutant green zombie women.
Flower Gardens
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And no halloween is complete without THESE
a bit of Richard D James
COME TO DADDY
i love chris cunningham's stuff so much
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a bit more of Aphex Twin
RUBBER JOHNNY
when my brother first linked me to this I thought it was real. I was frightened out of my mind. And then....then the techno started. Still creepy though. Some AMAZING special effects. Cunningham again.
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Tim Burton's film Vincent
good old stop motion
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Transdermal
by Adam Phillips
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Thats all. Have a happy halloween and remember to put as many razor blades into your candy as you can stuff. G'night!
AtomicBottle
I'll leave as much razor blades in the candy as I can, also syringes!
ZekeySpaceyLizard
mmmm delicious syringes