Chapter 6 - "The Unexpected Encounter"
Appearances can be deceiving. This time, the world is counting on it.
Credits
- Ryan Brown - Adam Cross
- KC Jones - AJ Pinkerton
- April O'Neal - ???
- Barry Singer - Nathan Morse
- Big Voice - Casey Dwyer
- Music by - Kevin MacLeod
- Sound by - Peter Srinivasan
- Directed by - AJ Pinkerton
Scoring
Weighted Community Vote
Weighted Judges' Vote
Total Score
11.6%
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0.0%
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11.6%
Comments
What? Amazing! I love it.
HOLY CRAP!! That was so much fun!! HAHA!
ow ow ow eeee ow! lol.
did the robot fall in bottomless pit of some kind?
We exaggerated the fall a teensy bit.
Glad to see the reception has, for the moment, been favorable! :>
Ow ow ow eee ow! :-) The Shaft inspired music is great. Worst looking April ever! You guys just left the bombs there for kids to play with?
Yes. A pit without a bottom... which of course was the place they were fighting originally... a hole opened up there off screen while shooting. That was the last time we saw the actor...
HAHAHA, I <3 you guys. This is gonna be a great show down.
I watched it as bunch of times! awesome! It might be because you mentioned me by name, though. My narcissism might just garner you a vote :P
How much longer JakusB? Can you top this silliness?
Haha, no, I'm afraid mine isn't very silly. I'm using every last second I can, so it prolly wont be up until tomorrow morning.
A clash of the titans, then! But only two???
Jakus, what have you done with our competitors? ;_;
The funny thing is that I actually do hate fish :<
w00t! >:3
Hehehe, just be glad I didn't get to you too...
Nah, I imagine they're hiding in the shadows somewhere. I can't imagine jbradbury giving us such a difficult location and then not having anything to follow it up with.
oh my
@ SomethingsAwry: Actually , that's not too funny at all.
IF THIS DOES NOT WIN..........I WILL DO NOTHING!
No really though, I don't know who can top that.
Is that guy wearing scrubs? What the hell?
If this wins, i'm not sure people will get any of the rootclip inside jokes, and it'll just look retarded.
@ lobsterdouche: there are two rootclip inside jokes, and not understanding them doesn't really detract anything from the story, so ehhhhh. People won't even notice them. I'm not really sure why you've chosen us to relentlessly hound every time we make and entry, but lol alright
@ Praxis: ?_?
lol, nothin' against you guys, just being the devil's advocate.
HEY. It's too early to get snippy, kids. :<
Hopefully, those jokes work fine, with or without a knowing audience. If we placed them right, they should all fall in relatively unnoticed, since they mesh with the activity taking place. But we'll keep a tally under advisement.
Love it! But, they only have two minutes ... This is a three minute film.
Ahh, but david, your thinking west coast time. Ryan was originally from the midwest and he screwed up when he looked at the clock. They really had an hour and two minutes... duh.
Wow. That was so funny! HAHA, so funny how the wind is blowing Aprils skirt! HAHA
I think this a very solid entry. The use of special effects is a nice touch. I'm just glad you didn't make two average guys try to defuse bombs in two minutes. The only way that works is through super heroes.
This was a good step up from the musical.
@Anton- I cringed everytime that skirt almost blew up, knowing that it was a guy, made it a little disturbing.
Leave it to the wily David Moon to point out continuity problems in our runtime! >:{
We actually meant to include the line, "LET'S SLOW DOWN TIME!" and even show a timer in the corner for the rest of the clip. But then we forgot to. ;_;
But since superheroes function at 2x normal speed anyway, this video has been slowed down to 3 minutes so their antics can be properly witnessed by human eyes. :P
@davidmoon, that's the magic of "movie time!" If you notice in the other videos, they're all 3 minutes long too, but none of them have any bombs going off 2 minutes into the video.
I'm so happy this wasn't a musical.
Good entry but it looks like stiff competition.
@all whiners- movies are real time. Time elapses differently and like natejones said they are "super heroes"
This gives Meteor Man a run for its money!
Super Infra Man is our hero
I couldn't stop smiling.
Is it just me, or is our frame rate sort of... wonky? :<
We've been exporting out of iMovie's CD preset (I think we're supposed to be using Web, but CD looks so much nicer...) Last time we tried exporting in Quicktime, and it positively MANGLED the file. ;_; Almost beyond recognition. Thoughts?
The other 3 are pretty well shot and professional, however, this one takes my vote. The makers really thought creatively here, and it may be all silly but it is still really good work.
Good Job and Good Luck!
Haha, I love this. :D Reminds me so much of that little cartoon "Adventure Time" (which I have actually heard has been picked up for a series by Cartoon Network, awesome) which I loved a lot as well. :)
This blows ass! ;)
Constructive feedback - ur doing it wrong.
This was just awful...
What the heck....? If only I could vote a negative number...
Seriously guys, why don't you offer some actual feedback instead of just trolling. We know you didn't vote for us, that says enough.
:<
The element of parody and absurdist comedy might not be familiar to everyone viewing...
Thanks for voting. Not for us. DIRTBAG.
Both of them have never voted before up until this point, and both are casting their votes for joshkut. I wish I had such classy friends.
well if it's any consolation I have no idea who they are.
We told a lot of people to vote for us. I'm definitely not a fan of that form of criticism because it almost always makes the video they support look worse.
Don't let them get you down, they'll always be a few radical voters out there.
@SomethingsAwry How about you have some substantiated reason before making such a dirtbag comment.
Ouch. Just observing trends joshutk, just trends. Past history has shown that new voters with quick tongues of praise or anger with little reason given behind why this movie is "awesome" or "awful" usually have some sort of relationship with the movie that they're rooting for, such as being friends with a member of the cast.
Who knows, maybe they're just getting into this community and have yet to learn how to offer constructive criticism.
Sorry joshutk, if I was in the same situation as you, I would probably have a word with the people I'm asking to support my movie not to make such harsh, "unsubstantiated" comments.
There really was no offense meant in the comment, but like I said, I was just observing a trend. One tends to get annoyed when his movie is ridiculed and put down without reason...
HEY. DIRTBAGS. LET'S BE FRIENDS.
Special thanks to KRN for introducing the term-of-the-site. I support a new monitoring system that shows how many Rootclip members are online at a time, and then renaming them "Dirtbags." "There are 9 registered dirtbags online, and 3 visiting scumballs."
In the future, fans and crew (you know who you are), let's keep hostilities out of it. --EVERYONE-- is allowed to feel how they want about a movie, whether they can provide a reason for it or not. And that's not an invite, btw, to go roasting the other clips without reason. T_T
@Nate & @Josh, no hard feelings. It's half a game, and half a showcase. Everybody gets really excited and involved, sometimes beyond the norm. Nice to see you're bringing new traffic into the site! :>
That's true - sorry if that sounded a little hostile, but I totally don't know who those people are. Those votes are a bit fishy though... I can agree with you on that.
No hard feelings, dirtbag!
Hey, DIRTBAGS! Is it time to actually send the shirt into production?
Dirtbag Shirt
Your Mom in a Dirtbag Shirt
Oh, and for those of you are confused on the origin of the Dirtbag - see here Good Luck - Chapter 3 - Underworld by killerrobotninja
Now keep it clean - and I mean this in the kindest way possible - dirtbags!
Taken out of context, I think this movie would be , but it just doesn't fit. With the exception of your previous chapter 3 winning entry, the rest of the story is of a serious, adventure-thriller nature. It just doesn't fit, and certainly not for the finale. It's like putting barbeque sauce on a good steak. Tasteful entry but not appropriate for this series.
oops, sorry, i meant to say "I think this movie would be 'a contender' "
Maybe the shirts should say "I'm a dirtbag." And dirtbag just refers to a rootclip user. and a submitter is a super dirtbag. lol, I REALLY want to wear a shirt that says "I'm a dirtbag"
I "get" absurdist comedy and I "get" parody. My problem with this entry is that it just isn't funny, the acting is terrible and it's poorly paced/edited - it takes too long to get to the joke when it should move faster, lingering too long on (for instance) unfunny split screen business while short-changing bits of dialogue that could be expanded into being legitimately funny if allowed time (the last line, for instance, comes across as a lazy non sequitur when it could've been a decent joke because of too tight editing). It's all trying too hard to be wacky and it just doesn't work.
Your short is probably hilarious if you know the people involved but I don't know you. :)
To each their own
you guys may be taking flack for it, but at least you did something out there and original, as opposed to the 3 others, which are cliched and predictable
No way, haters. This one is so much fun! I like all the entries this round. They're all great in their own ways. Unfortunately, voting for all 4 makes my vote worthless, so I need to make a decision... tough call :(
This was a VERY funny genre piece! I guessed you guys would do something humorous and you definitely had me laughing because of the zany spoofiness (if that's a word ;-) of it all. Granted--this entry was something some folks might not appreciate (maybe you just need to be in the right mood for it) but I thought it was pretty hysterical (of course I'm also a Dr. Horrible fan...). The only issues I had (and they're really picky little things, so totally take them with a "grain of salt") were costuming and the lack of a final bomb blast. Those black stockings would have been less revealing if you'd gotten leggings (like lycra or spandex stuff instead). Although seeing a guy in control-top pantyhose WAS funny... :-) And I did wish you had an explosive effect in the lake at the end, I just thought that would be a nice look with the words "The End" in the blast.
Too bad the breeze nearly revealed waaay more of April's secret identity than intended ;-)...
Very funny guys--very creative, too. This competition has been better than I expected. Guess I'll be popping back in to Rootclip pretty often...
All this back and forth with just business is so nerve-racking! But totally deserved. There are some great entries here.
This was a very risky project to do. It could EASILY have flopped, due to A) continuity with the other styles in Ch. 1-5 (excluding the musical ;) and B) The awkwardness of watching it, having to cringe every 10 seconds. It is nice, however, to see that more than just FungusRidden and co. are twisted and insane.
The bomb: unfortunate. We really wanted to pull that off, but it just never happened. Originally, he was throwing the bomb into a huge bay with boats and such, and then a HUGE explosion would've taken them all out, but sadly... oh well...
APRIL HAS A SECRET IDENTITY TOO??????!!!!!! HOW DIDN'T I CATCH THAT?
YOU KNOW WHAT AS A SUPER HERO I DO BELIEVE I CAN USE MY DISCRETION IN CHOOSING BETWEEN TIGHTS AND CONTROL TOP PANYTHOSE
I liked it :>
hehe, fish.
...what's the difference between tights and pantyhose? :< I was hoping those came from a dude still...
IC, thanks for pointing out instances. It's FAR more helpful than offering that it blows ass. In fact, I wasn't even initially sure if you were SERIOUS, due to the wink following it. :O
And besides, I agree that some of it was not what I had hoped, particularly in the bomb defusing scene and esPECIALLY in not getting a good bomb blast in the end title. :< We were going to drop animated fish from the sky. ;_;
I also agree that continuity with the rest of the story thus far is broken. When I began here, keeping in proper style was very important to me, and I even went after others (I think KRN even!) about it. Here I am, several months later, a "veteran" and replicating exactly the "faults" I had found in other entries that dared stretch the story out. I'm not passing judgement on your claims, because I do think it makes for a much rounder Rootclip to keep every chapter smooth with the others. BUT, I've also come to find that half the fun of the site and its videos are that so many directions can be taken, and energize the story into wild and crazy places. In order to fully explore that "anything can happen!" uniqueness, it takes some creative oddballs to mix it up and keep things lively. I'm happy to help explore that, even if this chapter isn't the right time.
And, in our final defense, I refused early on to make an ending unless it made people laugh and smile, after a fairly dark piece all the way through. I was secretly a rebel the whole time, I guess. :<
Funny and disappointing.
;_;
Without the support of the mighty David Moon god, all hope was lost. Slowly and steadily, the mortals sank into despair and, ultimately, their own ruin.
I promise that we'll go back to something dark next round. :< Just when it becomes inappropriate.
David Moon God is friend to all fish.
Things just got sacrilegious up in here. If you were a god, david moon... I have a feeling you'd be one fierce deity.
no, that'd be me ;)
Wow, something's awry with all these posts. I'm gonna get to the root of this! :<
PS: That was all intentional. I verbally tailored this1.
Good entry FungusRidden. I can really see your soul shine in this one. If you win the money make sure you buy your parents dinner. NOBODY likes a hungry mother.
I lol'd
just goes to show that equipment doesn't make the video. well done on a nonbudget with (mostly) consumer electronics.
Actually... purely consumer electronics :) It was the software that was pro...
Thanks for voting and dropping various Rootclip puns in our comments, everybody! I never expected such a tough round... But this is STILL the entry I wanted to make, so I guess we made it at an opportunity cost. Of maybe $2000. I never claimed I was good at business. ;_;
But congrats to the other entries on a fine job, and especially The Final Chapter and Just Business. We'll see you again in Dr. Frank. >:3
@fungusridden- doubt it...
natejones!! we need you, son!
:<
Hey dude, I'm sorry we couldn't find a way to fit your name into our puns, but that's no reason to quit the site, okay???
This video was like fart at a funeral. Still funny ... yet not quite the right time or the place.