A good video on the seriousness of life. Of course it all comes into perspective when you realize that one side is based upon symbolism and tradition passed down for thousands of years and the other is based upon some high dude working for hallmark that brainstormed for a few minutes. None the less, entertaining animation, I was waiting for it to go horribly wrong in regards to religion bashing but it never really got to bad. In addition to the perspective mentioned earlier, the video is based upon focus groups which are for some reason determining which optional holiday will be included on the calendar for that year. I tried the passover meal once and it actually wasn't that bad until the horseradish, luckily one small dip of it on celery was enough.
Reviews for "The Focus Group"
not bad. not sure what all the traditions were you went through with the religious side, but i enjoyed it.
coming form a family of germans, we enjoy horseradish, lol.
@talkingtrousers
Let me preface this with, I am not religious at all, and try to look at both sides of religion.
I agree with you in some respects. The Easter Bunny is just stupid. It does not come from any religion, some make the argument that it is based on pagan beliefs. That argument is false, pagans do celebrate fertility around Easter because it is spring, however, there isn't a bunny handing out sweets anywhere in their history.
As for the Christen take on Easter, I believe that this video makes some good points. The Old Testament was pretty messed up. God was much more vicious and bloodthirsty compared to the benevolent God of the New Testament. This video does a good job of pointing out some of the failings of a book made thousands of years ago, yet there are and always will be steadfast believers who will follow it to the grave. That is their choice and I believe we must respect that. That doesn't mean that we can't poke fun at it, like this video does, it just means that we can't be abusive towards those who speak their beliefs or minds (I am looking at you FluffyDemon), at least not in good moral standing.
As for the video, as I said above, it touches on some good points, although it uses a strawman argument to prove it's point. I would prefer a slightly more balanced presentation. The voice acting was ok, that stuff doesn't bother me as much as it does some people. The jokes were good and I had a nice laugh. i see room for improvement, but you are still doing quite well for yourself.
Thank you for making an accurate portrayal of the suckiness of Passover. "Here you go children, everyone gets jelly beans, marshmallows, and chocolate! Except for David. His parents said he can't have anything with high fructose corn syrup. Sucks to be you, David."
The art was great, but the sound quality was awful.
Wow, times have changed. I guess I should be greatful.
Pretty decent flash.