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Machinima - Spielbergs with a Joystick

Posted by timothy on from the popping-up-everywhere-lately dept.

securitas writes "The Toronto Star's Murray Whyte writes about the growing popularity of machinima as the birth of a new type of filmmaking and artform. The article largely focuses on Red vs. Blue but also discusses Jim Munroe's My Trip To Liberty City, in which 'Munroe adopts the genteel perspective of a Canadian tourist while meandering the seamy, violent streets of the game Grand Theft Auto.' The most interesting comment comes from the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences' Paul Marino who compares machinima to garage bands."

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  1. Garage bands? I hope not by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 2, Funny

    Paul Marino who compares machinima to garage bands.

    How do you mean Paul? I didn't realize Machinima animation artists wore trashy clothes, made a lot of teeth-splintering noise, got famous for 6 months to a year, and eventually died of overdose.

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  2. Re:Its new, its shiny, it smells like a truck stop by nomadic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Machinima people don't seem to know how to write, draw, sing, dance, direct, film or much of anything else very well.

    See? They ARE like garage bands.

  3. Machinima dialogue by sssmashy · · Score: 4, Funny

    RED ONE: You know what really pisses me off about these melee battles?
    RED TWO: No, what's that?
    RED ONE: Our life expectancy is about 60 seconds.
    RED TWO: Yes, it kind of makes the dental plan seem irrelevant.
    RED ONE: (gets fragged)
    RED THREE: Hi, I'm here to replace Red Two. I'm Steve, what's your name?
    RED TWO: Does it really matter?
    RED THREE: Guess not. Incoming!
    RED TWO: (Dies)
    RED THREE: (Dies)

  4. Re:Super easy movie making? by black+mariah · · Score: 4, Funny
    what will it be like when absolutely everyone can express what they want as they want it, even without technical skills?
    It'll be just like Livejournal!
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    'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
  5. Re:Its new, its shiny, it smells like a truck stop by Grey+Ninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    This sounds an awful lot like that "rock and roll" all the young pups are talking about. Likewise, it takes little talent to perform, as all it is is a bunch of grunting and screaming and loud crashing. It will never take off I tell you, as sooner or later people will realize that these rock stars are a bunch of no talent losers who couldn't play music to save their lives.

    Sound familiar?

  6. Re:Record Function? by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Is my Xbox missing something, or is this a lovely little piece of misinformation?"

    Well I'm not an X-BOX owner, but I'm pretty sure they have a video out.

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    "Derp de derp."
  7. More like George Lucas with a Joy Stick by PetoskeyGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

    The first few episodes are awesome, but once the intial burst of creativity is gone they just keep making more episodes.

  8. Spielbergs!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does that mean they'll replace FPS weapons with walkie-talkies too?