Melancholy animation
April 21, 2001 1:12 PM Subscribe
Nope, not purple. But did it need color? Anyway, friends don't let friends use Realplayer.
posted by john at 2:28 PM on April 21, 2001
posted by john at 2:28 PM on April 21, 2001
That blew me away the first time I saw it on Exposure. Folks, if you're not watching that (it's a short film anthology series on Sci-Fi), get thyself cable and watch it. It's the most interesting outlet for interesting short films since MTV's Liquid Television.
posted by kindall at 2:39 PM on April 21, 2001
posted by kindall at 2:39 PM on April 21, 2001
But Kindall, is it . . . interesting?
Yes, that was truly worth the time it took to watch. Great stuff, thanks for the link.
posted by Outlawyr at 2:51 PM on April 21, 2001
Yes, that was truly worth the time it took to watch. Great stuff, thanks for the link.
posted by Outlawyr at 2:51 PM on April 21, 2001
Whoa, I think that would be difficult to watch in IMAX, due to the way he filled the entire frame in almost every shot. Next time you're at an IMAX theater, notice the way people are framed when they are filmed. With the exception of those cutscenes in "Fantasia 2000" (which looked awful), almost every time, you'll notice that they only take up a small portion of the frame area, and the rest is just background. When you fill that entire screen with someone's face, it becomes difficult to make out facial expressions -- it's just too uncomfortably big.
posted by Potsy at 4:07 PM on April 21, 2001
posted by Potsy at 4:07 PM on April 21, 2001
I wondered about that myself, Potsy -- the Fine Arts Cinema in Berkeley showed a 35mm version of it, and I couldn't imagine what it looked like in IMAX.
posted by snarkout at 5:31 PM on April 21, 2001
posted by snarkout at 5:31 PM on April 21, 2001
that's a really powerful short. I want a pair of those goggles.
friends don't let friends use Realplayer
john, why sacrifice the possibility of liking something based on the medium it's on?
posted by register at 5:47 PM on April 21, 2001
friends don't let friends use Realplayer
john, why sacrifice the possibility of liking something based on the medium it's on?
posted by register at 5:47 PM on April 21, 2001
Can't even watch the low-bandwidth version -- not only is it a series of stills with music, but it kept buffering on me.
The next time Covad tells me it will take $800 to wire my apartment for DSL, I'm paying it. I tell ya.
posted by dhartung at 6:38 PM on April 21, 2001
The next time Covad tells me it will take $800 to wire my apartment for DSL, I'm paying it. I tell ya.
posted by dhartung at 6:38 PM on April 21, 2001
Maybe even better: All Is Full of Love, which was new to me, although it has apparently been around for a couple of years. I'm not sure if this is the "official" video for the Bjork song. It's amazing.
Also, I recommend the On2 player as well. Much better video that RP.
posted by jpoulos at 6:39 PM on April 21, 2001
Also, I recommend the On2 player as well. Much better video that RP.
posted by jpoulos at 6:39 PM on April 21, 2001
Fantastic link, very incredible piece. I'm going to have TiVo grab the show for me.
jpoulos: That is indeed the video for "All is Full of Love".
posted by hijinx at 7:19 PM on April 21, 2001
jpoulos: That is indeed the video for "All is Full of Love".
posted by hijinx at 7:19 PM on April 21, 2001
As buggy (and overpriced) as TiVo seems to be, it's shows like this (along with Cartoon Network's Space Ghost Coast-To-Coast and Late Night Black & White) that make me want to rush out and buy it.
posted by jpoulos at 7:50 PM on April 21, 2001
posted by jpoulos at 7:50 PM on April 21, 2001
This is a great short, but came out like last year. Why the link now? What's up with that... Zebs.
posted by zebra_monkey at 8:10 PM on April 21, 2001
posted by zebra_monkey at 8:10 PM on April 21, 2001
Why the link now?
It came out on MeFi like this year. We'll be sure to check the expiration date next time.
posted by joshua at 8:33 PM on April 21, 2001
It came out on MeFi like this year. We'll be sure to check the expiration date next time.
posted by joshua at 8:33 PM on April 21, 2001
"Much better video tha[n] RP"
Off topic note :
RealPlayer definitely has some drawbacks. However, any codec can be crappy and any codec can be high quality. If you use enough bandwidth, any codec (quicktime, mpeg, wmp, real) can look wonderful.
posted by jragon at 8:46 PM on April 21, 2001
Off topic note :
RealPlayer definitely has some drawbacks. However, any codec can be crappy and any codec can be high quality. If you use enough bandwidth, any codec (quicktime, mpeg, wmp, real) can look wonderful.
posted by jragon at 8:46 PM on April 21, 2001
I saw it on Exposure last year, but didn't want to discourage the Salamander. I mean, maybe I'd heard of this one, but if he thought this was cool, maybe he'll post some other cool links I haven't seen yet.
BTW, last week Exposure ran a short called "Bobby Loves Mangoes" that was pretty good.
posted by kindall at 8:56 PM on April 21, 2001
BTW, last week Exposure ran a short called "Bobby Loves Mangoes" that was pretty good.
posted by kindall at 8:56 PM on April 21, 2001
Björk's All Is Full Of Love video can be found on the DVD single too.
posted by riffola at 10:13 PM on April 21, 2001
posted by riffola at 10:13 PM on April 21, 2001
er I meant the video linked above is her official video release for that song.
posted by riffola at 10:15 PM on April 21, 2001
posted by riffola at 10:15 PM on April 21, 2001
This is a great short, but came out like last year.
Step off, I saw it two years ago (at least-- possibly longer, since it apparently originates from 1998) and it's still freaking cool. I don't mind seeing nifty old stuff crop up again on MeFi-- awesome things like this deserve a second, third, and fourth look.
Hey, that makes me wonder: has anyone put up the original Spirit of Christmas (South Park) short here yet?
posted by Zettai at 11:09 PM on April 21, 2001
Step off, I saw it two years ago (at least-- possibly longer, since it apparently originates from 1998) and it's still freaking cool. I don't mind seeing nifty old stuff crop up again on MeFi-- awesome things like this deserve a second, third, and fourth look.
Hey, that makes me wonder: has anyone put up the original Spirit of Christmas (South Park) short here yet?
posted by Zettai at 11:09 PM on April 21, 2001
It strikes me as odd that people exert so much energy trying to knock links posted by other Metafilter users. Who cares if you saw this site last year, or if that link was posted here nine months ago? Why does every thread have to degenerate into a pissing contest?
Enough already. Your dick is bigger. You have nothing left to prove. Can the rest of us who haven't already seen everything carry on a decent conversation now?
posted by Danelope at 11:22 PM on April 21, 2001
Enough already. Your dick is bigger. You have nothing left to prove. Can the rest of us who haven't already seen everything carry on a decent conversation now?
posted by Danelope at 11:22 PM on April 21, 2001
It strikes me as odd that people exert so much energy trying to knock links posted by other Metafilter users.
It's called community self-mediation and, so far, it works pretty well on Metafilter.
posted by Mo Nickels at 5:08 AM on April 22, 2001
It's called community self-mediation and, so far, it works pretty well on Metafilter.
posted by Mo Nickels at 5:08 AM on April 22, 2001
It strikes me as odd that people exert so much energy trying to knock links posted by other Metafilter users.
Does it also strike you as odd that you are exerting so much energy trying to knock comments posted by other Metafilter users?
why sacrifice the possibility of liking something based on the medium it's on?
Realplayer is not a medium. It's a product. The medium is video, and Realplayer does a horrible job of making that simple for users. If your TV stabbed you in the chest every time you turned it on, how often would you watch TV?
posted by daveadams at 10:45 AM on April 22, 2001
Does it also strike you as odd that you are exerting so much energy trying to knock comments posted by other Metafilter users?
why sacrifice the possibility of liking something based on the medium it's on?
Realplayer is not a medium. It's a product. The medium is video, and Realplayer does a horrible job of making that simple for users. If your TV stabbed you in the chest every time you turned it on, how often would you watch TV?
posted by daveadams at 10:45 AM on April 22, 2001
Kudos Dave,
Realplayer has done too many wrong things far too often to warrent space on my HD.
posted by john at 2:35 PM on April 22, 2001
Realplayer has done too many wrong things far too often to warrent space on my HD.
posted by john at 2:35 PM on April 22, 2001
Realplayer is not a medium. It's a product.
good point, but replace "medium" with "product" and the question still applies. I don't like installing realplayer, as it sneaks into every orifice of my hard drive, but I would rather see a short like this via realplayer than not at all.
posted by register at 4:01 PM on April 22, 2001
good point, but replace "medium" with "product" and the question still applies. I don't like installing realplayer, as it sneaks into every orifice of my hard drive, but I would rather see a short like this via realplayer than not at all.
posted by register at 4:01 PM on April 22, 2001
I don't want to start a flame war, so I'll bow out. Although the reference to my schvantz was apropos.
posted by zebra_monkey at 11:36 PM on April 22, 2001
posted by zebra_monkey at 11:36 PM on April 22, 2001
I've found RealPlayer to be fairly reliable if I remove all vestiges of it from my hard disk before installing each update. If I don't do that, some of the pieces apparently get mismatched and it crashes a lot. Other than that it's pretty solid, as far as I can tell.
posted by kindall at 5:04 AM on April 23, 2001
posted by kindall at 5:04 AM on April 23, 2001
Here's a kinda-OT help question: has anyone had trouble with Realplayer on Win2000, specifically when listening to NPR clips? I generally have no trouble with Realplayer, except occasionally with Amazon clips and ALWAYS with NPR clips. They'll play for about 10 seconds up to maybe a minute then they drop out, complaining about lack of connection to the server. I've reconfigured the preferred transport protocol in every possible way in the Realplayer options, but no luck. I've been unable to find any reference to this problem online, and NPR never responded to my emails. Any ideas? Feel free to email me privately. ;)
posted by daveadams at 9:29 AM on April 23, 2001
posted by daveadams at 9:29 AM on April 23, 2001
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posted by joshua at 1:53 PM on April 21, 2001