Comments on: David O’Reilly: Please Say Something

By: lindovina

lindovina — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:39:30 +0000

agreed. i, too, showed this to several “non-visual” people- people who’s only understanding of animation is Disney and Pixar. even with this limited animation understanding, they loved it. just goes to show you how universal great storytelling is.

By: lindovina

lindovina — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:37:26 +0000

i just want to say to everyone here, great conversation. and thanks to david for not only creating something great, but something that encourages people to engage and debate

By: lindovina

lindovina — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:34:43 +0000

yea, you’re right. mixtures of mayhem and lucidity will make magic (or mess). but we weren’t talking about mixing pss with inferno, the conversation was more comparative, and i was saying it’s impossible to compare the two. now, if you mixed them, that would be interesting (and probably completely sick).

anyhoot, great point though about removing the fear from madness regarding creation. pretty neat idea.

By: ocelot

ocelot — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:29:07 +0000

i showed this to several people, some of which dont even have anything to do with graphic design, and they all LOVED it and in most cases it even sparked a discussion about it. everyone had their own interpretation of the story, found their own little details they fell in love with. thats what makes this for me truely groundbreaking.
its NOT about hating on the big boys, but when you bring up the pysop bashing, i think its mostly about people kind of wishing pysop would do the stuff they used to do way back, when they were releasing awesome clips with silhouettes, npr and playing with negative space, etc.etc. these days seemingly all they release is polished good cg.. which is fine and dandy.. but which surely wont get anyone really talking or excited.

By: hoeveler

hoeveler — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:22:49 +0000

You say that like it’s a bad thing. Madness is nothing but lucidity mixed with fear and lack of logical thinking. Add logic, remove the fear, and you have something magical. Understanding THAT will lead you through some incredibly inspiring creative journeys. The likes of which inspire the creation of such unique perspectives as “Please Say Something”.

By: lindovina

lindovina — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:28:14 +0000

comparing everything to everything will lead you to madness, friend ;)

By: hoeveler

hoeveler — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:16:44 +0000

Oh… and one more thing before I take your collective kick in the ass on the way out the door… I think it is also a healthy artistic exercise to compare everything to everything.

By: hoeveler

hoeveler — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:15:23 +0000

Well, thanks for the conversation. I guess I was just surprised by the initial comment of ‘no, it’s just you’. Which I think is never a healthy attitude in a forum of artists.

Cheers, mates.

By: lindovina

lindovina — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:39:49 +0000

you may be right- people will always route for the underdog. (Not that O’Reilly’s an underdog, he’s just not a big studio).

while your point about the emperor’s new clothes is interesting and often true in some circumstances, people that typically vote on these forums are visual artists, film makers, etc, and come with an onslaught of opinions. i doubt they are influenced by the voting system- they just like shit when it’s good shit

By: lindovina

lindovina — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:34:59 +0000

thank you.

again, that’s like comparing bruce springsteen to andy warhol