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[Interface | Episode 02]

The style is great as always, in particular I liked the shots with the bus under the overpass and the sun shot. I think this, along with that little bit of description of meaninglessness in episode 5, has given me an idea of what this is actually about. Mischief is a representation of radical freedom. He isn't bound by physical things and is a shapeshifter. He can take the blue guy anywhere. However, the blue guy doesn't know what to do with the radical freedom, so Mischief chooses for him, taking away the freedom. We are shown a cross (which is a symbol of Montreal, I didn't know that until I read GoodL's review), which symbolizes religion. A way to give meaning to our lives. We are shown the masses as Mischief said he's done it to so many others. At least that's my interpretation/theory. I hope we get to see what you had in mind when making this. Also, where do you get the music for these?

u-m-a-m-i responds:

Thegamingtrickster that is a great interpretation, and Mischief representing radical freedom really resonates with me. When I was coming up with some of the stuff, my goal was to demonstrate individualism vs collectivism in a fractured, nonlinear "plot". I am always trying to make sure it isn't too on the nose, and that the weirdness comes first though.

I make all the music in Logic - I am planning on releasing them all in an album once the season is done (maybe around ep 12-14, currently I'm working on 8). The individual tracks are currently a patreon reward until the album comes out. However if you're interested in similar music, you can check out hexsystem.com which is where all my other music is, and it's free to download. Cheers, J

[Brown Vengeance]

I like the animation style, and I love the humor in this too. It's so self-aware and the jokes and insane nonsensical scenarios just keep rolling out. The dialogue is great, with a mixture of absurdity and, like I said, self-awareness. It's not above putting in a couple of memes either. Personally, I found this quite funny and enjoyable.

missstic responds:

These kinds of animations take a great deal of effort, so seeing someone actually enjoying them is a bliss. Thank you soooo much.

[Interface | Episode 01]

The style and animation are great, but I just can't seem to grasp the meaning of it. The voice is kinda hard to understand. The exposition comes out of nowhere, without any buildup, no rhyme or reason to it. The sound design is great in this one as well. It's interesting how this Blue Guy seems to be entirely entranced. He doesn't react to anything and watches statice-eyed mannequins. I think there's some meaning to the repeated use of static. Obviously it's a surreal world, but maybe also a meaningless one. I get this from the loss of meaning described in episode 5.

[Interface | Episode 05]

The animation was very nice. I really like this style, and the idea is really interesting. The monologue was a bit hard to understand because of the voice. I have not seen the previous ones, though I will make sure to do so. The sound design and music are pretty cool too ,and the aesthetic is gold. I hope I won't be giving this an unfair rating because I need to see the other ones first to understand this.

u-m-a-m-i responds:

Thanks for taking the time to watch and the comments!

[hair today, gone tomorrow]

What a thoroughly enjoyable experience! The animation wasn't always that fluid, though it did have some great moments, and besides, the style really makes up for it. The voice acting was great and the humor was really charming. The story is kinda cliched, but it's executed in such a fun way that you can't fault it. I loved the bizarre, over the top stuff, like the beard's manliness and the wizard, who is by far my favorite character. He reminds me of Ice King from Adventure Time. The ons missed opportunity, though, is that we didn't see if the wizard took Mac's soul. I was assuming we'd see the wizard lying in the trash can, beaten up. That would have been a cool joke, and would have gotten rid of a plothole. Nevertheless, this is definitely a great comedy movie, and you are supremely talented, so is everyone else who worked on this. Keep it up!

[Flight Fantastic]

The variety in styles really caught me off-guard. For the most part, the animation was absolutely delightful. There wasn't much of a meaning besides "some cool flamingos with chill music", but that's really all you need sometimes. It was all really fun and energetic, and, like I said, the variety in styles was great! There was even some nice humor and weird concepts in there! The music switches were a bit jarring though. If you had to ask me what my favorite was, it would be really hard to decide, almost all of it is EXTREMELY beautiful or cool in one way or another. I really liked the "Return of the Love Jones" one. It just stuck with me. Seriously, all of you are so, so talented, and keep doing what you're doing!

[The Best Joke Ever.]

The animation was pretty nice, and it was funny. Billy's faces were pretty cool, though when he had the X for a mouth and the memey face, I feel like they didn't give off the right emotion. The ending was great, I didn't expect him to get so real on us. Keep doing what you're doing, you've got a good sense of humor!

[Skull Lord]

Oh hai ChutneyGlaze. I saw the thumbnail for this and I was gonna watch it anyway, but then I saw a blue outline around the character and realized you made it. The animation was nice as usual, and the concept was quite fun and interesting. I like how we got to see what happened after the duck thing. The joke at the end was pretty nice, too. Keep doing what you are doing, haha. If a lot of people animated things, the world would be a better place.

ChutneyGlaze responds:

Ha ha ha what a story mark!

[Bob Ross Beats the Devil Out of It 2]

Such a cool artstyle and a really weird concept. The ending is great and I ship it. Their voices are so quiet and peaceful and they both look so happy. The epic first half was really cool (and epic, of course), and you picked some really nice music, just for the movie in general. The epicness was undercut a bit by some things. The animation wasn't the most fluid I've seen, but it really went nice with the style. When Bob Ross was powering up and went all silhouette-y, he looked kinda awkward because of the weird shape of his legs. His body also seemed kinda disproportionate. Still a pretty fun weird animation though.