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Reviews for "Clockwork Gentleman"
Astounding!
This is what a short and yet good story I would tell to aspiring scientists. "Praise your creation, because through it you will achieve greatness. Make no mistakes and do not use it for evil deeds thou, as you shall at worst PERISH, and it will be gone with you." Also pretty amazing that the robot would probably never be created if the man didn't need a body to live in. If taht was to be made a movie, I'd have the professor develop a "son-father" relationship. This piece kind of reminds me of the game Siberia part 2 (you should play it even if you're bad at those, its worth it if you liked this).
Must say that I'm not an animator or artist anywhere near this magnitude of talent, but let me tell that this is brilliant, the robot textures and details in his schematics show that not only the author knows which parts to choose and how to connect them, it also shows his at least more than basic understanding of machinery (much like Miyamoto knew a motorcycle before he decided to draw one). Ligthening effect were pleasing, simple enought and put where it should be. The only drawback I find about this is the resolution of the rendered animation. I do hope there is a copy a that with much sharper view, as much as I hope for future additions in the genre from the artist.
Perfect sound effects too, all synchronised, nothing bland or repeatable to any degree. I'd say the next step in this direction would be to *gasp* get in movie dialogs. But I hope this will not deter the artist from his main object of talent, the animation :).
Also, stampunk. Cherrio! (rises a small wine glass)
Pardon my typos.
I'm not sure what to say. This was quality work, I can see the time and attention to detail that went into this. It's not much but it's those little things that get me. I didn't feel like I was eager to have the video finish, and I felt a great explanation of the story, which is something that with out audio, is something rare to find. I really enjoyed this submission and will more than likely come back to it in the future.
Marcomatic responds:
Too kind King Demonia!
It could be considered an allegory to child abuse; the long awaited wish, that was kept secret is at last kind of fulfilled but leaves both shattered forever.
The rendering may probably appear outdated to some, but given the great scenery, character design, story development and fitting music this just can't be considered a sound reason for not voting 5 stars.
That is excellent! Emotion in the animated faces and all that. I don't like the idea that a man brilliant enough to build an artificially intelligent being can not grasp the concept of the impossibility of two souls inhabiting the same body. Stupid genius? A sick twist.