Matomic and his adorable, little brown blobs have ever been a show of cutesy quality in animated music videos and as soon as I see one of those bullet shaped men I know I am in for an enjoyable few minutes. The creator of the excellent 'Rocks and Trees' and of one of the better Zelda song parodies, has put together his best work to date.
I have always loved Green Day's 'Broken Dreams'. It invokes imagery that makes me a little sad and lonely. Which is how I like to feel sometimes. I can recall a few other animations here on NG that has used this song but none have really captures that basic essence that I feel to be essential like this flash has.
The audio is crisp and clear. While the animation is definitively not professional quality, it's well done and smoothly created. It's shorter then it could have been, the song was cut a bit short. Normally, that would be a big minus to me as when I hear a music video I generally like the whole song but a complete story arc is managed. So it's no big loss. Still, perhaps letting the music drift off onto nothingness at the finish while you are reading the end notes would have been a better idea then just cutting it off when the tale was done.
The tale, such as it is, is about one explorer from a distant planet that investigates the ruins of Earth and finds no life remains. We blew ourselves up. This has been a concern of ours ever since the first atomic bombs was put to use but the danger of this fate has steadily increased over time as nuclear power and bio weapons become more accessible and we SHOULD have daily reminders like this production because our vigilance in watching out for this fate must never falter. I needn't to tell you why. The music video does a good enough job on it's own.
I really enjoyed this... 4 points out of 5 for you. Keep it coming!
PS. Just curious, how exactly did the Cronoscope break? Did the bullet man drop it in horror? Also, what enspired the look and shape of the brown bullet men?