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Lobster - A silent movie

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Nice

So this was nice I like the style of this and you really made something cool here I think some subtitles are in order for this so it was cool I like your style of the animation on this it was something different anyways make more like this

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Maybe ad some subtitles

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Uh, what? Shouldn't there have been subtitles? Or at least a caption screen? I don't really know what that's called. I guess the music's nice. His hat was a hot dog.

I guess the artwork's good. It's still really bad. I like the lines. You used that style a lot. It's too dull.

No kidding

So silent that there's no text at all.

its ok

but i have more fun watching paint dry. scarecrow, ur a nerd

Flash meets Impressionism

In this flash, we see two gentlemen having light conversation while preparing to eat a large blood red lobster. The gentlemen on the left, appears a bit androgynous, and has only exposed bones where arms should be, rendering him incapable of eating a complicated meal such as lobster. This juxtaposition implies futility, or perhaps symbolizes unattainable, unrealistic goals. The gentleman on the right, much younger is missing the top of his head, exposing a large, plump frankfurt/hotdog thing. The young man appears in flannel and seems to have bad teeth. Occaisonally, we zoom in on his hotdog/brain to see it pulsate gray to red. Does this suggest the young man is thinking about hotdogs even though a lobster is in front of him? Is it a phallic symbol? Watching the flash long enough left me with the impression that the pair may even be homosexual companions.

Because the flash is silent, we are left providing our own words and sound with our imaginations, which the author easily provokes with these unusual images.

So, we have homoeroticism and unattainability. Is this flash a protest against a ban on gay marriage? If nothing else, it may the first of its kind of a new style of art: The Moving Painting. I hope to see more of this type of work.

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Mar 14, 2003
10:05 AM EST