And I think my spaceship knows which way to go

May 25, 2007 12:07 PM

Animated Space Oddity. more from artist
posted by ozomatli (23 comments total)

Not bad, but it would have liked to see Major Tom busting a circuit board.
posted by pmbuko at 12:16 PM on May 25, 2007

Way too literal. A green light labeled "engines" flashing doesn't add much to the lyric "engines on".
posted by anthill at 12:17 PM on May 25, 2007

Needs more mime.
posted by miss lynnster at 12:19 PM on May 25, 2007

I'm with you, anthill.

I also didn't like the placement of the ground control specialist's eye-nostrils. :(
posted by mediocrates at 12:25 PM on May 25, 2007

Yeah, the whole eyeball thing was a real turnoff to me. The eyes are ABOVE the nose. I mean, I liked Picasso and all, but I might not like to see his faces singing at me.

Or, maybe I would...
posted by MythMaker at 12:48 PM on May 25, 2007

enhh...kind of bland. I agree, the mouthing of the lyrics sucked. Place there were way too many long shots where barely anything happened. Okay, his spaceship is floating around the earth, I get it.
posted by ChestnutMonkey at 12:58 PM on May 25, 2007

I liked it and the style. It certainly didn't remove anything from the song.
posted by hellphish at 1:00 PM on May 25, 2007

Better animated Space Oddity.
posted by queen zixi at 1:18 PM on May 25, 2007 [3 favorites]

The 20th century is so over-used.
posted by humannaire at 1:20 PM on May 25, 2007

My mom always said if you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all. So.
posted by The Bellman at 1:53 PM on May 25, 2007

My mom is was pyschopathic. She was really nice on the outside, but she tortured my siblings and me in insidious psychological ways that we did not learn was malevolent until we became an adults.

So, good luck with that.
posted by humannaire at 2:50 PM on May 25, 2007

Also, the 20th century is like herpes.

But I hope not.
posted by humannaire at 2:51 PM on May 25, 2007

I thought it was really cool
posted by ob at 3:04 PM on May 25, 2007

I liked it. C'mon. It was a student.

But why was the control room guy talking into a spork?
posted by tkchrist at 3:42 PM on May 25, 2007

I much prefer queen zixi's link. That said, there can never be too much David Bowie on Metafilter.
posted by kimdog at 4:18 PM on May 25, 2007

I'm glad you guys are trashing it too.. because hoo boy...

The caption beneath says he did some research. Apparently his research never touched on the fact that rockets do not have flat tops, that they generally are held vertical by gantries until liftoff, or that objects in orbit follow a curved path through space. I can almost forgive the way the ship jumps from the launchpad instead of accellerating up as artistic license... almost. And what was with those crazy yellow mountains?

Good tune though.

Why yes, I have had a rough week. Why do you ask?
posted by modernerd at 4:36 PM on May 25, 2007

Trippy.
Nice work.
Talented guy.

Thanks, ozomatli.
posted by bru at 7:04 PM on May 25, 2007

Uh, modernerd... the rocket has a flat top because in the song, he is 'floating in a tin can.'
posted by KingoftheWhales at 10:21 PM on May 25, 2007

That's one of my favorite tunes of all time, but embarrassingly I didn't know it was called "space oddity" until today.
posted by BrotherCaine at 11:44 PM on May 25, 2007

Yep, too literal.

However, I do like his illustration style. He seems to be a better illustrator than animator.
posted by empath at 7:31 AM on May 26, 2007

Yeah, he could have been a little more interpretive. I really liked the lift off sequence though, and the shot after with all the control room people jumping up.
posted by Popular Ethics at 9:26 AM on May 26, 2007

Well, it was a good effort. I'm not a fan of the giant nose-head people, but hey.

For those saying it is too literal - well - the song could very well be about a bad trip on drugs and not going into space, so animation to a dude being shot into space isn't literal.

Whoa...trippy.
posted by Muddler at 9:28 AM on May 26, 2007

pretty cool J. i like the eyes. they remind me of the nickolodeon shows i watched as a kid.
posted by catseatcheese at 3:24 AM on May 29, 2007