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[video=youtube;G0yC2ldpBFI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0yC2ldpBFI&feature=relmfu[/video]
I don't get it.
[QUOTE=NickFury666;31929876]I don't get it.[/QUOTE] Here [img]http://i53.tinypic.com/301hhn4.png[/img] Also I love this guy's animations.
I took it as Germany resenting all the world re-building they had to do, so they finally lashed out.
[QUOTE=NickFury666;31929876]I don't get it.[/QUOTE] It's a commentary on WWI veterans - sometimes referred to as "The Lost Generation". The idea is introduced in the first 10 seconds when parts of Europe are being blown up and torn apart. The wounded soldier falls into this building where a lady is sewing some cloth, and she had just looked at the framed image of a soldier (which is likely the same man who fell in). The woman rushes to the fallen soldier and stitches up his wounds with some of the thread she has. Night turns to day, all his wounds are stitched up, but we still see a frown on his face. The injuries he has sustained in war are not just physical wounds. He reaches for his gun, in order to serve his country another time, but is instead pulled away by the woman. She swings the door open and it is no longer a battlefield, but a village with many people rejoicing and cheering, probably in honor of this veteran who had served his country and was sent home after the war was over. At 0:55, you'll see another injured man with bandages on his head. He, however, is smiling and holding flowers for his wife. She rushes to his arms and they hug, both smiling. As our veteran is leaving the building, we can see the lady with an absolutely massive smile. She represents society. At that time everything was great for society, the war was over and a lot of soldiers had returned home to their families. For a second you can see something like black feathers pop out of one of his wounds. They quickly disappear back into the wound, our veteran is surprised by this. I'll discuss that bit later. The veteran is then taken to his home, which appears to be completely destroyed. There's a man cheering to the right, reminding us that the general population is still very happy. The lady stitches back together the home and looks for her scissors. The veteran comes into the shot with her scissors and tries to cut the string himself, but finds it difficult to do so because of his wounds. In this way he feels useless back home - not able to do most of the things he was able to before the war. The lady takes the scissors from the veteran and cuts the string herself, gives the veteran his scissors back and a kiss on the cheek - she's telling him that everything's alright, despite his inability to do the things he used to be able to do. I'm not sure if I'm reading this correctly because of the small smile on the veterans face, but you can see that the small thing that poked out of his wound earlier is now the wing of a bird, and it's pretty bulky. Those are the emotional wounds he has taken from being through war. The healing of the physical wounds won't heal the emotional ones, those break out after a while. Our veteran is dragged along while society is stitched back together (in the form of the cogs that are sewn fixed at this point in the video). The veteran is upset - almost angry about having to cut the end of the string that's sewing society back together, but he does it anyways. Here we see his other arm turn into a bird's wing, more of his emotional wounds are showing. Society stares at the rope for a second, not able to understand the veteran's emotions in that situation, or why he stormed out of the shot. As the shot pans to the right, we see men rejoicing about the production of large loaves of bread - contrasting the smaller portions of food provided to soldiers in war and at the same time showing the luxury of the time after WWI - the "Roaring Twenties" We see society skip right past the veteran, he tries to keep up for a bit but is unable. He now understands his emotional wounds and no longer wants to hide them. He cuts the stitches himself and becomes some hunched back bird-like creature. The woman moves on to sew together a bridge, people on both sides rejoice and run to the center of the bridge. The veteran walks past it, we can only see his feet in this shot, and cuts the bridge. He doesn't want things to advance. He's essentially become a grumpy old man who doesn't like to see others be happy. The emotional wounds have hurt him in a way others can't understand or see, and he can't stand others rejoicing when they haven't felt his pain. We see him cut the last remaining stitches off his face, the last of the emotional troubles have finally set in. The woman tries to sew together battlefields with some nice looking cloth and turn it into several agricultural fields. We then see her trying to sew together new borders for the countries that were in the war. Before she completes this task, the emotionally wounded veteran cuts the string before it's done tying together the borders. It starts to unravel but society holds on to it for a little while. Eventually the unhealed emotional wounds between these European countries - represented as a much larger form of the veteran in bird form, sweeps in, casting a shadow over Europe. With the scissors, The thin veil of cloth over Europe is cut up. Nothing was ever really resolved, only covered. And with very little effort that cover is removed, and society - the woman - is enveloped in the darkness of another war in Europe, World War II.
three small points?
That was so fucking deep... it honestly makes me veiw WW1 in a different way... simply amazing!
[QUOTE=Gabe Newell;31945468]three small points?[/QUOTE] ". . ." I'm guessing they're hinting at what robmaister said. How things were continued but unspoken or unheard.
[QUOTE=robmaister12;31930576]It's a commentary on WWI veterans - sometimes referred to as "The Lost Generation". The idea is introduced in the first 10 seconds when parts of Europe are being blown up and torn apart. The wounded soldier falls into this building where a lady is sewing some cloth, and she had just looked at the framed image of a soldier (which is likely the same man who fell in). The woman rushes to the fallen soldier and stitches up his wounds with some of the thread she has. Night turns to day, all his wounds are stitched up, but we still see a frown on his face. The injuries he has sustained in war are not just physical wounds. He reaches for his gun, in order to serve his country another time, but is instead pulled away by the woman. She swings the door open and it is no longer a battlefield, but a village with many people rejoicing and cheering, probably in honor of this veteran who had served his country and was sent home after the war was over. At 0:55, you'll see another injured man with bandages on his head. He, however, is smiling and holding flowers for his wife. She rushes to his arms and they hug, both smiling. As our veteran is leaving the building, we can see the lady with an absolutely massive smile. She represents society. At that time everything was great for society, the war was over and a lot of soldiers had returned home to their families. For a second you can see something like black feathers pop out of one of his wounds. They quickly disappear back into the wound, our veteran is surprised by this. I'll discuss that bit later. The veteran is then taken to his home, which appears to be completely destroyed. There's a man cheering to the right, reminding us that the general population is still very happy. The lady stitches back together the home and looks for her scissors. The veteran comes into the shot with her scissors and tries to cut the string himself, but finds it difficult to do so because of his wounds. In this way he feels useless back home - not able to do most of the things he was able to before the war. The lady takes the scissors from the veteran and cuts the string herself, gives the veteran his scissors back and a kiss on the cheek - she's telling him that everything's alright, despite his inability to do the things he used to be able to do. I'm not sure if I'm reading this correctly because of the small smile on the veterans face, but you can see that the small thing that poked out of his wound earlier is now the wing of a bird, and it's pretty bulky. Those are the emotional wounds he has taken from being through war. The healing of the physical wounds won't heal the emotional ones, those break out after a while. Our veteran is dragged along while society is stitched back together (in the form of the cogs that are sewn fixed at this point in the video). The veteran is upset - almost angry about having to cut the end of the string that's sewing society back together, but he does it anyways. Here we see his other arm turn into a bird's wing, more of his emotional wounds are showing. Society stares at the rope for a second, not able to understand the veteran's emotions in that situation, or why he stormed out of the shot. As the shot pans to the right, we see men rejoicing about the production of large loaves of bread - contrasting the smaller portions of food provided to soldiers in war and at the same time showing the luxury of the time after WWI - the "Roaring Twenties" We see society skip right past the veteran, he tries to keep up for a bit but is unable. He now understands his emotional wounds and no longer wants to hide them. He cuts the stitches himself and becomes some hunched back bird-like creature. The woman moves on to sew together a bridge, people on both sides rejoice and run to the center of the bridge. The veteran walks past it, we can only see his feet in this shot, and cuts the bridge. He doesn't want things to advance. He's essentially become a grumpy old man who doesn't like to see others be happy. The emotional wounds have hurt him in a way others can't understand or see, and he can't stand others rejoicing when they haven't felt his pain. We see him cut the last remaining stitches off his face, the last of the emotional troubles have finally set in. The woman tries to sew together battlefields with some nice looking cloth and turn it into several agricultural fields. We then see her trying to sew together new borders for the countries that were in the war. Before she completes this task, the emotionally wounded veteran cuts the string before it's done tying together the borders. It starts to unravel but society holds on to it for a little while. Eventually the unhealed emotional wounds between these European countries - represented as a much larger form of the veteran in bird form, sweeps in, casting a shadow over Europe. With the scissors, The thin veil of cloth over Europe is cut up. Nothing was ever really resolved, only covered. And with very little effort that cover is removed, and society - the woman - is enveloped in the darkness of another war in Europe, World War II.[/QUOTE]Wow, I would never have gotten all that from it.
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