This one seems to be quote unquote controversial. Sometimes I wish there was an option of "no rating, only review".
Will this submission open the floods for live shorts? People seem to forget numa numa dance, which popularized NG a lot back in the day, or the Oney/Stamper slumber party, which is an NG classic. So it's not really a new thing, and so far, every time someone submits youtube-tier shit, it's blammed to death.
In many ways it seems not necessarily WHAT is uploaded, but by WHOM.
Had the same vid been uploaded by some unknown person (and I'v seen superior
live-action shorts on NG) it would be 100% deleted (I know, because I witnessed it happen a LOT).
Indeed, it's a good question about the future of NG. I guess that it's okay for live-shorts to be submitted on NG. I mean, if they are bad, users will vote 0. And if they're good, they will vote 5.
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Now, onto the movie itself.
The visuals are great, and I was tempted to give 5 based on visuals alone, but the movie itself is very boring, had to fast-forward a lot. There isn't much happening. No wacky adventures, no comedy, not much plot, just slice-of-life on apocalyptic desert. The pacing guys, the pacing is the key. The whole movie could be easily shortened to 5 minutes, and it would still be boring. There is a potential for a franchise, though. Introduce some cyborgs, mutants, and have them go adventure time.
I give it high rating out of fear for harassment by fanboys.