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Broken Saints Finale Available

Posted by simoniker on from the new-and-decaying-directions dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The hour-and-a-half finale to the killer animated Web comic Broken Saints is finally available. I just finished watching it, and I can't believe that only three guys made the damn thing. The story is intense, the music kicks, and the art's cool if you dig anime. Nice effects, really cool style, and even some nice Linux hacking scenes." We've covered this award-winning Flash-animated series previously.

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  1. stuff like this by Transient0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    makes me incredibly happy as an artist. We are slowly but surely moving away from the paradigm of a handful of millionaire artists with corporate backing to a new world where every other person is an artist. The community is once again entertaining itself in the tradition of the tribal storyteller, only now the community is global.

    gives you a warm feeling inside if you can get past the pervading cynicism of the times for a moment.

    --
    lysergically yours
  2. As a person non-interested in comics and anime... by garcia · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I found the animation (while small in size) to be rather boring and slow-paced. I suppose that was the point.

    The animation was VERY well done and the sound-effects and graphics were actually pretty amazing.

    The story-line was slow and didn't hold my attention.

    While I appreciate the artistry it wouldn't be good for the mainstream unless the pace was quickened.

    Just my worthless .02

  3. Looked lame, but I'll try it by mao+che+minh · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I watch the trailer and some of the first spisode. It looked awkward and messy to me (animation and artwork). I wasn't sold on the average storyline either. But, considering the fact that it won a Sundance award, I'll give it a shot (I can only assume that it gets better).

    The whole "treatment of Iraq" based character is ignorant though. I bet the creators are punk rock slackers - you know the kind, they attend the riots but never know what they're fighting for, they ramble on all day about imaginery politics and "fighting the man" (which is usually their rich white dad), they are always in a "band", etc.