Things I treasure most...
Atari... BOC... and that underlying feeling of hazy acrylic nostalgia. I'm too tired to comment on the parallels that you deftly extrude from this presentation... I'm elated just to wrap myself in that ethereal aesthetic in which I conduct all manners of self expression... an aesthetic and tone that you managed to distill 100%.
All I can say is thank you so much. This ranks among the best reviews I've ever read, let alone received. Its source, a celebrated NG artist, only makes me that much more humbled.
When did you discover this exactly?
I mean, it's not exactly new. U2 put tons of footage of anti-aircraft artillery fire and video game violence together on huge video boards during their ZOO TV tours of the early 90s. It shouldn't really surprise anyone, either, that art mirrors life. We see sex and violence on the streets and artists are impacted and put it into film, into books, into music, into TV, into video games. Even back in the limited visual days of Atari, the games were topical and commentated on the current world state and the Cold War and so forth...
but anyway, that said, your reviews clearly show that not many people think of art and life reflecting in that manner, so I guess it was a pretty good symbolic flash to upload to NG. I enjoyed the ROYGBIV song (whee, all the colours of the rainbow) and it went well with all the sky-streaking falling missles from missle command. I don't remember Astroblast that well, but of course Space Invaders and Missle Command were classics any Atari 2600 owner HAD to have. I recently dug up my old Atari and indeed I still have them.
The best part of all was the reflections of the windows and outside world in the glass of the TV screen. Some of the extreme zooms on the glowy-firey-red bunkers in space invaders... were just beautiful. I loved the abstract art in those close pixelated zooms. I think you showed a bit too much of your own eye looking at the screen, though. We got the picture... you're watching the horrors of humankind and they're reflected in your glasses and ain't the world a beautiful ugly place and all. #;-}>
I understand the message of this isn't necessarily new. This isn't previously undiscovered terrain. But, I did feel this was a unique and creative expression of the underlying idea.
I appreciate your comments and compliments - all of them thorough. And I'm glad that my choices of music and photography came across.
Another person commented that I should have spliced some news/war footage in. I thought that would have been a bit too heavy-handed. You suggested there's too much of the eyes in here. You may be right. Certainly, there's a delicate balance, and in that area, perhaps I tipped it slightly. It's good to know going forward.
Thanks for your helpful and positive review!
Hmmm
That reminded me of a late night short film it was unusual not my sort but hey its different
It's rare to find this kind of depth here.
You put a lot of thought into this, that's why I gave you a high score.
It's an analogy I never noticed before, yet it's very true.
I would have done it differently, but I'm me, not you. I would have used some footage from the news, perhaps some AA fire at night, and compared it to the games.
This is a good piece, and anyone who complains about the video quality can buy you a new camera.
Thanks for the review and the positive remarks! I thought about splicing in actual news footage, but I was concerned it would be too obvious. Who knows, though? It could have made it better.
And, yes, anyone who has the nerve to complain about the video quality can buy me a new camera...or they can buy NG a whole lot more bandwith, as the problem is more in how much I have to compress the movie in order to get it on to the portal. Either way, people are being incredibly myopic when it comes to making a criticism like that!
hmm...
i get it but its still a shitty flash