I didn't find this one that disturbing compared to the others.
[QUOTE=Taepodong-2;46379309]I didn't find this one that disturbing compared to the others.[/QUOTE]
i found this one to be hilarious instead of disturbing
what the fuck
piece of art
HARMUNEE
malcom made me lose my shit
I love these so much. The creators know that these lessons are best taught with self-awareness and literal [I]je ne sais quoi[/I]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/J74SCJq.png[/t]
wait what
I like how there's a bit of change in format this time around, to better fit the topic of the day. The creepiness has a much lighter touch because love is a much lighter subject[sp]and cults don't reach full hostility until they're absolutely sure that you've swallowed enough of their hooks to never get away[/sp]
The novelty is wearing off.
The message in this one is a lot clearer than the others'. Obviously they've spoken out about mass cultural attitudes towards how children should express creativity and also about the existential, unanswerable horrors of time, but in this one it's really clear that this is scrutinising [sp]religion, both mainstream and cult[/sp]. I still really enjoyed it though, and the dog thing [sp]suddenly changing expression and grunting 'HARDER' caught me off-guard[/sp].
[QUOTE=InfectedPotato;46379705]The novelty is wearing off.[/QUOTE]
The novelty wore off with the first one, in my opinion. The first one was a successful bait and switch, and the entertainment value came from the viewer not expecting the twist.
How do you make a sequel to a bait and switch? The audience goes in expecting something weird. What do you do there?
You could try going for the ultra surreal and try shocking people who are already prepared to be shocked, which they did not do, or you could show restraint and not have a surreal twist at all with the fact that there is no twist being the twist.
They sorta do the latter in this one? With proper restraint, they could have gone for the sort of unintentionally surreal and creepy vibe that comes from Christian cartoons. They didn't really do that, though. It's clear that they were trying to go for something more subdued in this one but it just came off as lukewarm in the end.
It's really clear that they want to do something cool here, but I don't think any of the people involved really have the right mindset for this sort of thing. They keep trying to replicate the feeling of the first one, but what they should be doing is playing on the expectations of the viewer. The first one did that, but the second and third ones don't. It's kinda disappointing.
i dunno i think it's still entertaining because you don't know [I]how[/I] it gets weird
[QUOTE=No_0ne;46379805]i dunno i think it's still entertaining because you don't know [I]how[/I] it gets weird[/QUOTE]
And that's perfectly valid, but I think that it's cheapened by the fact that you DO know that it's gonna get weird, and they don't play off of that at all.
You go in to the first one with no expectations. You're most likely linked to it by a friend that says "OMG you gotta check this out it's SO weird" and you watch the first ten seconds and see kid's puppets, and you think "alright, this is gonna be funny. There are kids puppets here, but this is the internet, so something's gonna happen." But you don't expect what's actually coming. You go in thinking that maybe one of the puppets might start swearing by the end of it. Then you finish the video and there's an animal heart covered in glitter.
Having watched the first one, you go in to the second one expecting weird. And you get it. And it's not really that different than the first one. And the third one's not that different either.
Maybe I'm just too critical, but when I watch the sequels all I see is wasted potential. It feels like they don't understand exactly what made that first one so good. The next two are sorta good and in a vacuum they do what the first video did just as well, but they don't exist in a vacuum. You go in having seen the first one and with your expectations influenced by the first one, and they don't do anything to play with your expectations. They just do what the first one did again, just in a different way.
that song was quite lovely
I still shiver at the thought of those worms at the end of the second one ugh
I have never seen or heard of this series before, and this being the first one I've seen, I thought it was fantastic.
[QUOTE=The Calzone;46379984]And that's perfectly valid, but I think that it's cheapened by the fact that you DO know that it's gonna get weird, and they don't play off of that at all.
You go in to the first one with no expectations. You're most likely linked to it by a friend that says "OMG you gotta check this out it's SO weird" and you watch the first ten seconds and see kid's puppets, and you think "alright, this is gonna be funny. There are kids puppets here, but this is the internet, so something's gonna happen." But you don't expect what's actually coming. You go in thinking that maybe one of the puppets might start swearing by the end of it. Then you finish the video and there's an animal heart covered in glitter.
Having watched the first one, you go in to the second one expecting weird. And you get it. And it's not really that different than the first one. And the third one's not that different either.
Maybe I'm just too critical, but when I watch the sequels all I see is wasted potential. It feels like they don't understand exactly what made that first one so good. The next two are sorta good and in a vacuum they do what the first video did just as well, but they don't exist in a vacuum. You go in having seen the first one and with your expectations influenced by the first one, and they don't do anything to play with your expectations. They just do what the first one did again, just in a different way.[/QUOTE]
I think the sequels have been fine so far. They know you are expecting weird, and they haven't really been trying to make it seem like it isn't gonna get odd. They just follow the style of the characters being exposed to something that seems innocent that ends up getting corrupted near the end.
This one was definitely the weakest out of the series thus far, for sure, but I think it's a bit unfair to be basing it all off that first installment when they really aren't trying in any sense to directly copy it.
There's really just no way they're gonna capture the same surprise factor of the first, so they've been trying their best with it. It's not really prudent to expect it to be as shocking or as amazing as the first one, if you take them each as a separate implementation of the idea, they work great
Is this trying to make a statement about religion or cults? That's what I'm getting out of it.
[QUOTE=The Calzone;46379788]empty quote[/QUOTE]
You put into words exactly how I felt about this. When I watched it I was just waiting for the usual, 'shock shtick' to begin but I was actually pleasantly surprised to find that they kept the more ostentatious displays seen in previous videos to a minimum. I appreciate their attempt to effectively subvert expectations by being precisely the opposite of what a familiar viewer would expect, but like you said it was a good idea that fell flat in it's final execution.
this seemed more tame than the others
It seemed to me that a bigger idea was implied by creators for the entire series. Every episode contains all sorts of tiny bits in background, newspaper headlines, signs and such which are all out-of-place odd. It would be cool if this all was tied in together in some surreal way.
i wish i could join a cult and find love
:(
[B]HARDER.[/B]
Eh, I still think Time was the best one.
Pesky bee!
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