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The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello

psycojesterpsycojester Registered User regular
edited November 2008 in Debate and/or Discourse
For those of you who haven't seen it, The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello is an Oscar nominated Australia short film, its a steam-punk silhouette animation that tells the story of Jasper Morello, an airship navigator haunted by memories of a crewman who died because of an error on his part. Its a fucking brilliant movie and features the voice talent of the Go-Go Mobile ads guy.

The reason i bring the movie up is that Monster Distributions have uploaded the whole thing onto Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vORsKyopHyM

Watch it, enjoy it and then go and buy the DVD so they get around to making more of them.

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  • evilbobevilbob RADELAIDERegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Holy crap that was awesome.

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  • SilvioSilvio Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Agreed, a masterpiece from start to finish.

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Absolutely excellent.

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Awesome. Utterly depressing throughout. Fucking boat movies. :|

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  • jungleroomxjungleroomx It's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovels Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Wow. I didn't think I was going to enjoy that nearly as much as I did.

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  • Armored GorillaArmored Gorilla Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    THIS ... THIS is what YouTube is for.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I just reported this. And not for awesome. Because I'm a God damn retard.

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  • Bad KittyBad Kitty Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    This was fantastic. Also it seems there is a sequel of some sort.

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  • juice for jesusjuice for jesus Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Reminds me of the old Tool videos with the marionettes. This style of animation could make an amazing game.

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  • ProtoProto Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Bad Kitty wrote: »
    This was fantastic. Also it seems there is a sequel of some sort.

    There are actually four short films, this is only the first one (The First Voyage - Jasper Morello and the Lost Airship). All of them are on the DVD.

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  • jungleroomxjungleroomx It's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovels Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    juice for jesus wrote: »
    Reminds me of the old Tool videos with the marionettes. This style of animation could make an amazing game.

    I thought the same thing. I actually think a game like Metronome would be awesome like this... if Metronome wasn't vaporware...

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  • JHunzJHunz Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That was excellent! I really enjoyed the style.

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  • PasserbyePasserbye I am much older than you. in Beach CityRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Women. They can only propel themselves to the future through their ability to procreate, whereas we men have to rely only on what we create. We men of science have to stick together.

    :|

    Still not through the whole thing yet, so I'll reserve judgment.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Women. They can only propel themselves to the future through their ability to procreate, whereas we men have to rely only on what we create. We men of science have to stick together.
    :|

    Still not through the whole thing yet, so I'll reserve judgment.
    Semi spoiler:
    He crazy.

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  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Quid wrote: »
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Women. They can only propel themselves to the future through their ability to procreate, whereas we men have to rely only on what we create. We men of science have to stick together.
    :|

    Still not through the whole thing yet, so I'll reserve judgment.
    Semi spoiler:
    He crazy.

    Right, but only about certain things. He's right about the propellant capacity of women. It's all in the specs for my time machine. If only I could figure out a way to fit them in the Mr. Fusion...

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  • ProtoProto Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Women. They can only propel themselves to the future through their ability to procreate, whereas we men have to rely only on what we create. We men of science have to stick together.

    :|

    Still not through the whole thing yet, so I'll reserve judgment.

    actually:
    Women. They can propel themselves to the future through their ability to procreate, whereas we men have to rely only on what we create. We men of science have to stick together.

    plus that statement is right in line with his character.

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  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Proto wrote: »
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Women. They can only propel themselves to the future through their ability to procreate, whereas we men have to rely only on what we create. We men of science have to stick together.
    :|

    Still not through the whole thing yet, so I'll reserve judgment.

    actually:
    Women. They can propel themselves to the future through their ability to procreate, whereas we men have to rely only on what we create. We men of science have to stick together.
    plus that statement is right in line with his character.
    And the theme of the time setting. It's heavy with the Victorian styling so I'm not surprised by sexist characters in the slightest. Had he, for instance, tried to bring her with him you'd probably see the crew freaking out about a woman being on board.

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  • PasserbyePasserbye I am much older than you. in Beach CityRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Alright, I see now that the Doctor was nuts. However, the fact that Morello doesn't say anything against it is what piqued me. Still, it's set in Victorian times so I suppose I'll have to go along with it.

    All in all a good little film. I'll be sure to recommend it to my friends. Thanks for sharing. :^:

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  • skippydumptruckskippydumptruck Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Well worth the time, thanks for sharing that!

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  • CantidoCantido Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Quid wrote: »
    Proto wrote: »
    Passerbye wrote: »
    Women. They can only propel themselves to the future through their ability to procreate, whereas we men have to rely only on what we create. We men of science have to stick together.
    :|

    Still not through the whole thing yet, so I'll reserve judgment.

    actually:
    Women. They can propel themselves to the future through their ability to procreate, whereas we men have to rely only on what we create. We men of science have to stick together.
    plus that statement is right in line with his character.
    And the theme of the time setting. It's heavy with the Victorian styling so I'm not surprised by sexist characters in the slightest. Had he, for instance, tried to bring her with him you'd probably see the crew freaking out about a woman being on board.

    Werent men obsessed with having sons to propel themselves into the future?

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  • NerdgasmicNerdgasmic __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2008
    I thought the whole thing was just to foreshadow his weird maternal psychosis?

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  • tofutofu Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I like the silhouettes but the CGI is lame.

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  • psycojesterpsycojester Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Proto wrote: »
    Bad Kitty wrote: »
    This was fantastic. Also it seems there is a sequel of some sort.

    There are actually four short films, this is only the first one (The First Voyage - Jasper Morello and the Lost Airship). All of them are on the DVD.

    This isn't actually correct, the dvd contains asper Morello and the Lost Airship and Anthony Lucas other short films Holding your Breath, Slim Pickings, The Shadow lands & The Amphibian. But he has been commissioned by SBS to produce the rest of the Jasper Morello stories, nfi when those are going to be released.

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  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Honestly, I found the entire thing to be purely cliche. It looks nice though.

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  • AyulinAyulin Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    That was pretty neat. I was really confused for quite a bit, though, since I read the video description on YouTube, which seems to be describing the sequel instead.

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  • Zilla360Zilla360 21st Century. |She/Her| Trans* Woman In Aviators Firing A Bazooka. ⚛️Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I liked this, I guess I have an appreciation for the steam-punk genre even though I don't tend to actively seek it out. :)

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  • ProtoProto Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    psycojester wrote: »
    Proto wrote: »
    Bad Kitty wrote: »
    This was fantastic. Also it seems there is a sequel of some sort.

    There are actually four short films, this is only the first one (The First Voyage - Jasper Morello and the Lost Airship). All of them are on the DVD.

    This isn't actually correct, the dvd contains asper Morello and the Lost Airship and Anthony Lucas other short films Holding your Breath, Slim Pickings, The Shadow lands & The Amphibian. But he has been commissioned by SBS to produce the rest of the Jasper Morello stories, nfi when those are going to be released.

    my bad. the website was confusing on that point.

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  • AegisAegis Fear My Dance Overshot Toronto, Landed in OttawaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Wow, this was just fantastic.

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  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    This looked nice but was rather lacking in substance.

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