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Re: YouTube Goodness

Post by Ben » June 12th, 2025, 7:41 pm

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June 11th, 2025, 3:06 pm
a very clever and fun ad for a 'stop motion' add-on for Blender.

.. worth a watch even if you're not a CG artist. :lol:
Interesting that you posted a really for real stop-mo clip next…the CG mock-up is pretty good but still *just* lacks that "tactile" feel, like the fingerprints are missing!

(And just a note for sensitive ears for an f-bomb). :)

Fun though, and a fairly convincing way of doing it. I agree that dropping to twos just doesn’t cut it and looks weird. Funny, though, that there’s so much cover-up work done in CG on stop-mo films thesedays, like wire removal and face stitching, that the two "3D" animation techniques have and are becoming ever intertwined and almost interchangeable with any other, visually finishing anyway. :)

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Re: YouTube Goodness

Post by Dacey » July 10th, 2025, 12:25 am



I keep reading from various sources that's Margot and Chris reprising their roles. I do hear Chris, but Margot? I'm not sure if that's her. She was a chain smoker, rest her soul, which did impact her voice. Maybe they re-pitched it? Or maybe every source I've read saying this is wrong.
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Re: YouTube Goodness

Post by Ben » July 10th, 2025, 4:18 am

This was debunked years ago. It’s not either of them. :)

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Re: YouTube Goodness

Post by droosan » July 19th, 2025, 8:29 pm

Bullet Time is coming soon ..



.. with a soundtrack by Danny Elfman, apparently.

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Re: YouTube Goodness

Post by gaastra » July 20th, 2025, 9:33 am

They made a spudz Mckinzi video game? That's spudz all day long in that thumb.

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Re: YouTube Goodness

Post by droosan » July 22nd, 2025, 11:41 am

AFAIK, Bullet Time is a short film about playing video games .. and is purposely meant to evoke a 1990s aesthetic mix of Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Cow & Chicken, Spike & Mike animation festivals, Rude Dog & The Dweebs .. and yes, probably even 'Spuds McKenzie', too!

Based on this trailer -- and especially that soundtrack album cover art -- I kinda feel like Bill Wray should get a credit on it .. even if he didn't work on it..! :twisted:

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Re: YouTube Goodness

Post by droosan » July 25th, 2025, 1:55 am

The complete Bullet Time short (pilot?) cartoon, which was shown at Comic-Con earlier today. (warning: quite a bit of Spümcø-style 'gross-out' visuals, and PG-13 video-game violence).



.. and whattaya know; Bill Wray DID work on it..! I'd figured he must've. :mrgreen:

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Re: YouTube Goodness

Post by Ben » July 25th, 2025, 3:06 am

Well, that just happened! ;)

Heavy shades of Family Dog in there, too, which also has the Elfman connection of course. Definitely the vibe of Burton/Bird run through the John K blender…!

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Re: YouTube Goodness

Post by droosan » July 28th, 2025, 2:18 pm

Very interesting use of AI image enhancement and image expansion to transform The Wizard of Oz into a 16K wraparound experience for the 'MSG Sphere' venue. :o

I'm definitely tempted to wander over to Las Vegas in a month or so, after it opens.


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