Score: 5
"Shows its Age"
date: January 18, 2009
I can understand why you truned to the Siblings series. This cartoon was a bit too long for its own good, and seeing all the drawing you had to do, it didn't seem worth it. This is the first HOTM I have ever seen, so I don't know how this one compared to your REAL first one, but this did not intrest me in seeing the rest.
Firstly, in this animation, the jokes were slow and badly paced. There were many funny background things going on, like the punk rock song and the bit about the re-runs, but since stuff is happening, its hard to focus on both. The story is a weird one, no real complaints, but I've never heard or seen anything like that before (except the use of Jesus as a character, don't you notice almost EVERY cartoon nowadays has him as a character?)
You certainly have done quite a job perfecting you art and animation with the Siblings series, sinde this animation was jaggy and strange. Also, things apparently happen for no reason. Why does Hotrod kill Jesus in the first place? Why does the ghost of dead-but-also-alive Jesus talk to Bobert's friend? Why does Jesus go on the air? WHY?
Oh well, guess plot doesn't really matter in a weird concept like this. HOWEVER, some of the dialogue is strange. Like when Jesus tales them all to that... one... clothing store, nothing really makes sense.
I laughed a little, but I'm wondering why you would remake this. If the origonal was over 15 minutes long like you say and had the origonal "acclaim" (and by acclaim I mean 'less that 3.00' score), why spend so much time re-drawing and animating all of it again?
Big fan of the Siblings, and I think it was a great choice to come out of this series to pursue one that has more comedic oppertunities and less drawing/animating.
Yes, very long. Got bored partway through. I know you're using audio from quite a while ago, but I would have updated it. The audio is lacking in comedic timing and actig quality. Sorry to be blunt, just constructive critisisms. Being a VERY new artist just about to submit the first of my own work, I can see how the original HOTM was impressive for a new artist. But after seeing this update, I'm glad you decided to move onto much bigger and better things.
January 19, 2009
Author's Response:
It wasn't redrawn as much as it was repaced. It's pretty slow, yes, but the original is remarkably slower. Pretty much 90% of this was done in the summer of 05, but I hadn't touched it since and it seemed a waste to not finish it when it's so close to being done. Not the best decision I ever made, but I'm not particularly caring about that. It is what it is, a piece of my personal history. I learned lessons during the making of this series that I still use to this day and there are people who still watch my stuff that like it, so it has fans... just a LOT fewer fans than Siblings.
Anyone who says my current work is too fast paced should check this out and see how SLOW it can be. I'll find a good medium someday, I'm sure, but still. Thanks for trying to watch it.
