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Giant Tope · 02/24/2013, 09:26 pm

The story itself is very solid and very well structured, but frankly the thing that gets me excited is how the medium of stopmotion is pushed beyond anything anyone has ever attempted prior resulting in some absolutely astounding stuff.

A bit spoilery, but this shit is seriously beyond amazing.

*GuruGuru214* · 02/24/2013, 10:49 pm

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Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

It's a technically impressive Laika feature with designs by Graham Annable, the perfection of Laika's rapid prototyping animation process, which essentially cuts down on the worst aspects of their previous efforts(Coraline had pacing/plotting issues, while ParaNorman is tightly scripted without any wasted elements). It's a very touching story about being alone and different. It has a smart script with an excellent and dark twist and is in every sense the best animated feature film of the year.

Well, that's more like it. I'm actually a bit curious now.

Secret Fawful · 02/24/2013, 10:53 pm

It's getting scary that my worldview is getting really close to Tony Soprano's.

If the ending is just a cut to black, like the ending to the Sopranos...we lose everything we've ever had in an instant. Our friends. Our families. Our love. Our possessions. Our knowledge. Our memories. Our beliefs.

"So after all is said and done, after all the complainin' and the cryin' and all the fuckin' bullshit... is this all there is?"

I'm looking over at the peaceful, beautiful, sleeping form of the woman I love right now....Ray Charles "I Can't Stop Loving You" is playing on the TV. And all I can think about is how much I love her. How I get to spend each day loving her more and more and more each day, and she'll feel the same way about me, only to have our love for each other rewarded in the end by being ripped from each other for the rest of time. Oh god, I'm going to fucking puke.

I didn't fucking ask to be fucking born. Fuck you, life! Fuck you, world! Fuck you, humanity! This is what I get for my trouble. And you have to do this to her too?

[takes a chair into another room and proceeds to kick the shit out of it until my foot is screaming]

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! [throws chair across the room]

And that's all I can do about it^

Rather Dashing · 02/25/2013, 04:02 am

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Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

Well, that's more like it. I'm actually a bit curious now.

Did you see/what was your opinion on Coralline? Depending on how you liked or didn't like it and why, it'd be easier to figure out if you'd like it.

*Vainamoinen* · 02/25/2013, 04:17 am

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Originally Posted by Alcoremortis

I know. He's just going to get one every year until he becomes the first man with a special Oscar rack.

Too late. Jack Nicholson's already got one.

But I do cheer for Austria.

Oh, and no Oscar for Peter Jackson's last atrocious attempt at "directing", for which the word "LOL" was actually invented. Thanks Academy.

coolsome · 02/25/2013, 04:39 am

Can we have class outside!?

Chyron8472 · 02/25/2013, 05:36 am

I don't really pay attention to the Academy Awards. So many movies get awards for their "art" or "originality" when such things speak nothing to whether or not a movie is actually good and especially whether or not it warrants spending 9 bucks per person just to get in the door.

coolsome · 02/25/2013, 05:59 am

Has anyone played Metal Gear Rising? Is it worth buying?

DAISHI · 02/25/2013, 06:19 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

It's getting scary that my worldview is getting really close to Tony Soprano's.

If the ending is just a cut to black, like the ending to the Sopranos...we lose everything we've ever had in an instant. Our friends. Our families. Our love. Our possessions. Our knowledge. Our memories. Our beliefs.

"So after all is said and done, after all the complainin' and the cryin' and all the fuckin' bullshit... is this all there is?"

I'm looking over at the peaceful, beautiful, sleeping form of the woman I love right now....Ray Charles "I Can't Stop Loving You" is playing on the TV. And all I can think about is how much I love her. How I get to spend each day loving her more and more and more each day, and she'll feel the same way about me, only to have our love for each other rewarded in the end by being ripped from each other for the rest of time. Oh god, I'm going to fucking puke.

I didn't fucking ask to be fucking born. Fuck you, life! Fuck you, world! Fuck you, humanity! This is what I get for my trouble. And you have to do this to her too?

[takes a chair into another room and proceeds to kick the shit out of it until my foot is screaming]

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! [throws chair across the room]

And that's all I can do about it^

Enjoy the moments rather than thinking about their end.

Johro · 02/25/2013, 07:14 am

As someone with clinical depression, I've had to deal with the same thoughts since I was 8. It's not something you can just answer to yourself about, it takes time, but what it all comes down to, is a choice. Yes, that's how I believe the end is for us as well. Don't expect a grand religious rant from me. The choice we have to make is in how we're going to deal with it. Are you done or are you going to do something with the life you have?

It took years to come to a realisation that I want to make something of it and just as long to actually believe in it. This is what we have and it could all end tomorrow, so what are you going to do? Wallow and feel sorry for yourself, or try to leave your mark, make the world a better place, or more realistically, just make life better for those you're going to leave behind. Enjoy it, Appreciate it, Endure it.

If I'm wrong about our fate, fan-fucking-tastic, if I'm right, I'm prepared to fight it out til the bitter end. That's the choice I've made. I'm going to live my life, I'm going to do my best and I'm not going quietly.

"Through nature's inflexible grace, I'm learning to live"

Alcoremortis · 02/25/2013, 07:55 am

Fawful, I think the same a lot of the time as well (but with the absence of the girlfriend bit). I just put my hands over my ears and shout "Lalalalalalalalalalala!" until I can think about other things. Yeah, it's not a perfect system, but it seems to work well enough.

Rather Dashing · 02/25/2013, 11:02 am

Here is some concept art for the Academy Award Winners for Best Animated Feature in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

StrongBrush1 · 02/25/2013, 01:31 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

Here is some concept art for the Academy Award Winners for Best Animated Feature in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Oh, please let the 2016 concept become a Grim Fandango movie, oh please oh please oh please...

Giant Tope · 02/25/2013, 02:40 pm

Apartment app approved! Woo!

Secret Fawful · 02/25/2013, 03:01 pm

@Daishi:

Enjoy. Enjoy what. A bunch of moments and memories that are dead before they're out of the gate.

No, I'm not the one I'm concerned about right now. It's my family and the people I love that I'm horrified for. They're trapped, just like me. And either I go first, or I watch them drop one by one like flies, sent to the most horrifying zone imaginable. This earth is a beautiful place, and maybe God's responsible, or who knows. But this body is a hell. So you know what I'm going to do with MY time.

I'm going to make the people I care about, their last few moments, because that's what life is, one last moment after another, as happy and as peaceful and full of love as I possibly can.

That's all I really have to offer, unless I find meaning somewhere. I'm going to give them all the love that I have, and then I'm going to watch them disappear. Life is about struggling only to be rewarded with the most horrifying things you beg in tears to be spared from.

Every time my girl is afraid, my heart just melts. There's nothing I can do for her. I can't save her. So why do I even have love? Sure, it's chemicals, but it's not ALL chemicals. I dunno. I know I love her, and I want things for her I can't make.

DAISHI · 02/25/2013, 03:39 pm

Uh are you dying any time soon? Like in the next year?

Secret Fawful · 02/25/2013, 03:47 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by DAISHI

Uh are you dying any time soon? Like in the next year?

I don't know. Do any of us? Maybe I will die next year. Maybe I'll die tomorrow. I have a problem that crops up every few months....well, it's happened twice. It comes out of nowhere. I become weak, then ill, then I have to lie down. Eventually, my body completely shuts off and restarts, and my senses come back one at a time, followed by the worst panic attack and feeling of my brains about to explode you could imagine. I've come pretty close to seeing that white light both times, and I don't know if it'll happen again or when. It's times like those that make me realize:

One second you're here, then bam. You don't even see it coming, and your world is ripped away from you. It could happen anytime, anywhere. So yes, I treat every day like my last.

DAISHI · 02/25/2013, 03:49 pm

Yah well my friend actually is going to die this year. Don't torture yourself so much. She doesn't, she enjoys her life. She's not pondering its deep philosophical truths and meanings. over thinking life just leads to less enjoying it. She's enjoying her life.

Chyron8472 · 02/25/2013, 03:54 pm

I don't fear death.

I only fear pain and dismemberment.

Secret Fawful · 02/25/2013, 03:56 pm

My mother's only friend is dying within the week. Just found this out tonight. We can't see her in time. My mom doesn't know what to say to her. Friends for 22 years, those two, and she's all my mom has for a true friend. My mother is going to feel so alone soon.

Her friend is happy, and at peace. She doesn't want anyone to grieve.

I thought about that all day. But that's not me. I've always been afraid. When I was a baby I would go into fits of tears if someone laughed. As a child, I had crippling phobias of the dark and hallways and nightly recurring nightmares. As a teenager I was a nervous wreck in high school trying to get everyone to like me while dealing with extreme shyness and agoraphobia and panic disorder, and I failed with almost everyone. And now as a young adult I'm scared to go to sleep because I'm pondering the meaning of life. I have never been able to enjoy life. I make jokes, and make fun of others to cope. That's how I get enjoyment. Not great.

This isn't a switch, you overpaid quack.

This is WHO I AM. I can't deal with this on my own. I need professional help. Which is really funny since I consider that a load of bullshit. Shrinks are people too; they're afraid and they deal with the same things I do and lack the same answers I do. Yet they're the professionals who can help me. Funny. That's funny.

02/24/2013, 09:26 pm	#36261
Giant Tope bashful little whaleshark Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Portland Posts: 2,171	The story itself is very solid and very well structured, but frankly the thing that gets me excited is how the medium of stopmotion is pushed beyond anything anyone has ever attempted prior resulting in some absolutely astounding stuff. A bit spoilery, but this shit is seriously beyond amazing. __________________ I am a dinosaur. BUT! i am hiding.

02/24/2013, 10:53 pm	#36263
Secret Fawful Fearless Oathbreaker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Stuck In This Pose Sexiness: Off The Charts! Posts: 5,117	It's getting scary that my worldview is getting really close to Tony Soprano's. If the ending is just a cut to black, like the ending to the Sopranos...we lose everything we've ever had in an instant. Our friends. Our families. Our love. Our possessions. Our knowledge. Our memories. Our beliefs. "So after all is said and done, after all the complainin' and the cryin' and all the fuckin' bullshit... is this all there is?" I'm looking over at the peaceful, beautiful, sleeping form of the woman I love right now....Ray Charles "I Can't Stop Loving You" is playing on the TV. And all I can think about is how much I love her. How I get to spend each day loving her more and more and more each day, and she'll feel the same way about me, only to have our love for each other rewarded in the end by being ripped from each other for the rest of time. Oh god, I'm going to fucking puke. I didn't fucking ask to be fucking born. Fuck you, life! Fuck you, world! Fuck you, humanity! This is what I get for my trouble. And you have to do this to her too? [takes a chair into another room and proceeds to kick the shit out of it until my foot is screaming] Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! [throws chair across the room] And that's all I can do about it^ __________________ You're the greatest. The greatest! - GuruGuru214 You'll go far in this life, Fawful. - That Guy In The Wheelchair Fawful, you sir, are made of win. - mgrant I love the Fawful! - Davies You're like a bad comedian. - monkey_05_06 ** you. - Giant Tope Why do you have to be such an hole? - Avistew You're a miserable little weasel who derives pleasure from being a *. - AllenB Grow up. - Mike Haley Now Playing: ~~Space Quest 0: Replicated~~ - ~~Space Quest I EGA: The Sarien Encounter~~ - Space Quest I VGA: The Sarien Encounter** - Space Quest II EGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest II VGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon - Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers - Space Quest V: The Next Mutation - Space Quest VI: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier - Space Quest: The Lost Chapter Last edited by Secret Fawful; 02/24/2013 at 11:01 pm.

02/25/2013, 04:39 am	#36266
coolsome Sam D Coolsome Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Posts: 5,933	Can we have class outside!? __________________

02/25/2013, 05:59 am	#36268
coolsome Sam D Coolsome Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Posts: 5,933	Has anyone played Metal Gear Rising? Is it worth buying? __________________

02/25/2013, 07:55 am	#36271
Alcoremortis Lonely Ruffian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ankh-Morpork PD Status: Killjoy Extraordinaire Actual Posts: Lots! Posts: 4,214	Fawful, I think the same a lot of the time as well (but with the absence of the girlfriend bit). I just put my hands over my ears and shout "Lalalalalalalalalalala!" until I can think about other things. Yeah, it's not a perfect system, but it seems to work well enough. __________________ ETERNAL QUEEN OF HALLOWEEN STATUS CONFERRED. ~ Comrade Pants How can we be sure that Alcoremortis isn't just Comrade Pants trollplaying as a girl? ~ GuruGuru214 You're a shiny bright star; floating amongst a million slimy slugs in a sea of sludge. You transcend the pre-conceived and supposed limits of the human race, to emerge from the pit of pitiful maggots as a beautiful, majestic butterfly. ~ Davies The suspence of what's gonna come after death is killing me! ~ Jon NA Are you a secret Plaster Princess or something? ~ Secret Fawful

02/25/2013, 07:14 am	#36270
Johro Person Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Icy Wasteland of Canada Posts: 1,727	As someone with clinical depression, I've had to deal with the same thoughts since I was 8. It's not something you can just answer to yourself about, it takes time, but what it all comes down to, is a choice. Yes, that's how I believe the end is for us as well. Don't expect a grand religious rant from me. The choice we have to make is in how we're going to deal with it. Are you done or are you going to do something with the life you have? It took years to come to a realisation that I want to make something of it and just as long to actually believe in it. This is what we have and it could all end tomorrow, so what are you going to do? Wallow and feel sorry for yourself, or try to leave your mark, make the world a better place, or more realistically, just make life better for those you're going to leave behind. Enjoy it, Appreciate it, Endure it. If I'm wrong about our fate, fan-fucking-tastic, if I'm right, I'm prepared to fight it out til the bitter end. That's the choice I've made. I'm going to live my life, I'm going to do my best and I'm not going quietly. "Through nature's inflexible grace, I'm learning to live"

02/25/2013, 02:40 pm	#36274
Giant Tope bashful little whaleshark Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Portland Posts: 2,171	Apartment app approved! Woo! __________________ I am a dinosaur. BUT! i am hiding.

02/25/2013, 03:01 pm	#36275
Secret Fawful Fearless Oathbreaker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Stuck In This Pose Sexiness: Off The Charts! Posts: 5,117	@Daishi: Enjoy. Enjoy what. A bunch of moments and memories that are dead before they're out of the gate. No, I'm not the one I'm concerned about right now. It's my family and the people I love that I'm horrified for. They're trapped, just like me. And either I go first, or I watch them drop one by one like flies, sent to the most horrifying zone imaginable. This earth is a beautiful place, and maybe God's responsible, or who knows. But this body is a hell. So you know what I'm going to do with MY time. I'm going to make the people I care about, their last few moments, because that's what life is, one last moment after another, as happy and as peaceful and full of love as I possibly can. That's all I really have to offer, unless I find meaning somewhere. I'm going to give them all the love that I have, and then I'm going to watch them disappear. Life is about struggling only to be rewarded with the most horrifying things you beg in tears to be spared from. Every time my girl is afraid, my heart just melts. There's nothing I can do for her. I can't save her. So why do I even have love? Sure, it's chemicals, but it's not ALL chemicals. I dunno. I know I love her, and I want things for her I can't make. __________________ You're the greatest. The greatest! - GuruGuru214 You'll go far in this life, Fawful. - That Guy In The Wheelchair Fawful, you sir, are made of win. - mgrant I love the Fawful! - Davies You're like a bad comedian. - monkey_05_06 ** you. - Giant Tope Why do you have to be such an hole? - Avistew You're a miserable little weasel who derives pleasure from being a *. - AllenB Grow up. - Mike Haley Now Playing: ~~Space Quest 0: Replicated~~ - ~~Space Quest I EGA: The Sarien Encounter~~ - Space Quest I VGA: The Sarien Encounter** - Space Quest II EGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest II VGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon - Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers - Space Quest V: The Next Mutation - Space Quest VI: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier - Space Quest: The Lost Chapter

02/25/2013, 03:39 pm	#36276
DAISHI TELLTALE STEALTH NINJA Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,988	Uh are you dying any time soon? Like in the next year? __________________ "Hah! It's like we don't even have feelings. Now pardon me while I recline in my huge executive chair and guffaw, cigar in-hand. " "ill just go with what Winslow always when something that funny about a location in monkey island is said"

02/25/2013, 03:49 pm	#36278
DAISHI TELLTALE STEALTH NINJA Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,988	Yah well my friend actually is going to die this year. Don't torture yourself so much. She doesn't, she enjoys her life. She's not pondering its deep philosophical truths and meanings. over thinking life just leads to less enjoying it. She's enjoying her life. __________________ "Hah! It's like we don't even have feelings. Now pardon me while I recline in my huge executive chair and guffaw, cigar in-hand. " "ill just go with what Winslow always when something that funny about a location in monkey island is said"

02/25/2013, 03:56 pm	#36280
Secret Fawful Fearless Oathbreaker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Stuck In This Pose Sexiness: Off The Charts! Posts: 5,117	My mother's only friend is dying within the week. Just found this out tonight. We can't see her in time. My mom doesn't know what to say to her. Friends for 22 years, those two, and she's all my mom has for a true friend. My mother is going to feel so alone soon. Her friend is happy, and at peace. She doesn't want anyone to grieve. I thought about that all day. But that's not me. I've always been afraid. When I was a baby I would go into fits of tears if someone laughed. As a child, I had crippling phobias of the dark and hallways and nightly recurring nightmares. As a teenager I was a nervous wreck in high school trying to get everyone to like me while dealing with extreme shyness and agoraphobia and panic disorder, and I failed with almost everyone. And now as a young adult I'm scared to go to sleep because I'm pondering the meaning of life. I have never been able to enjoy life. I make jokes, and make fun of others to cope. That's how I get enjoyment. Not great. This isn't a switch, you overpaid quack. This is WHO I AM. I can't deal with this on my own. I need professional help. Which is really funny since I consider that a load of bullshit. Shrinks are people too; they're afraid and they deal with the same things I do and lack the same answers I do. Yet they're the professionals who can help me. Funny. That's funny. __________________ You're the greatest. The greatest! - GuruGuru214 You'll go far in this life, Fawful. - That Guy In The Wheelchair Fawful, you sir, are made of win. - mgrant I love the Fawful! - Davies You're like a bad comedian. - monkey_05_06 ** you. - Giant Tope Why do you have to be such an hole? - Avistew You're a miserable little weasel who derives pleasure from being a *. - AllenB Grow up. - Mike Haley Now Playing: ~~Space Quest 0: Replicated~~ - ~~Space Quest I EGA: The Sarien Encounter~~ - Space Quest I VGA: The Sarien Encounter** - Space Quest II EGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest II VGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon - Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers - Space Quest V: The Next Mutation - Space Quest VI: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier - Space Quest: The Lost Chapter Last edited by Secret Fawful; 02/25/2013 at 04:02 pm.

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