I thought the comments/reactions of people to the original trailer was hilarious, and it seems like escapist is on the same boat.
Nice going with this video.
Nice going with this video.
Game Dogs: Gary Responds to Game Dogs Forum Questions
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I dunno... there was no mention of eagle semen... and yet it was still really funny - intrigued me more than the trailer which I barely remember.Grey_Focks said:
Okay, i dunno, i find this neither bad nor good, something is just lacking... Yes its kinda funny, but its also fairly ordinary, like something any forum poster would write in response. Gary (if that's the dog) has sort of an angry/cynical disposition, but he is not really angry, and not the least bit cynical. It looks as if you held yourself back, fearful not to offend anyone (despite the "son of a *****"), an honest advice would be let yourself loose and try something out of the ordinary. Yahtzee was pretty daring and cocky, and look where it got him. Everybody likes ZP.
Wish you all the best.
Wish you all the best.
I now how a huge hope for this show. I am also glad that John Ethridge (did I spell it right?) is going to have a job after Apocalypse lane.
I'm trying to be generous here but I honestly didn't find this very funny or comical (although some might have found random angry mumbling in front of a computer screen to be hilarious it didn't really do it for me).
I might just be the wrong kind of guy for this kind of thing (I'm not a business person or a game developer) but I can point out a couple of flaws in the humour that haven't been addressed in your response.
1- Why are they animals anyway?
In a previous thread you stated that they were made into animals because you were attempting to mimic an 80's/90's cartoon style, fair enough but if that was you're goal then you are doing it somewhat out of context (shifting it from being aimed at kids under 10 who love bright colours and funny animals to gearing it towards older, more mature and high brow audience) and taking a bad approach to it (most cartoons that featured humanised animals in the 90's often had a rather slapstick or surreal sense of humour rather than a satirical or sit-com based one, in the cartoons you weren't expected to stop and think about it because it was clearly fantasy while here you are going for something a bit more grounded in reality). Also, lampshading it by having them refer to each other as dogs when they are supposed to be very humanised adds credibility that you might be trying to handwave any critisism based around this as just being 'part of the joke'.
2- 'I'm the token girl'?
Having a character announce themself as being a token girl in the trailer is a shakey thing to do in something you intend to be a) funny and b) a continuing series. All I know about her going into this is that she's a girl, she's a dog and that she's aware of both facts (not much in the way of a strong character, cue references to 'the black dude dies first' in horror films, some films tried lampshading that for comical effect but this quickly became boring and predictable and as a result has disappeared).
I appologise for the wall of text and I'm sorry if I sound too negetive, I hope this acts as constructive critisism and helps improve the show at the end of the day.
I might just be the wrong kind of guy for this kind of thing (I'm not a business person or a game developer) but I can point out a couple of flaws in the humour that haven't been addressed in your response.
1- Why are they animals anyway?
In a previous thread you stated that they were made into animals because you were attempting to mimic an 80's/90's cartoon style, fair enough but if that was you're goal then you are doing it somewhat out of context (shifting it from being aimed at kids under 10 who love bright colours and funny animals to gearing it towards older, more mature and high brow audience) and taking a bad approach to it (most cartoons that featured humanised animals in the 90's often had a rather slapstick or surreal sense of humour rather than a satirical or sit-com based one, in the cartoons you weren't expected to stop and think about it because it was clearly fantasy while here you are going for something a bit more grounded in reality). Also, lampshading it by having them refer to each other as dogs when they are supposed to be very humanised adds credibility that you might be trying to handwave any critisism based around this as just being 'part of the joke'.
2- 'I'm the token girl'?
Having a character announce themself as being a token girl in the trailer is a shakey thing to do in something you intend to be a) funny and b) a continuing series. All I know about her going into this is that she's a girl, she's a dog and that she's aware of both facts (not much in the way of a strong character, cue references to 'the black dude dies first' in horror films, some films tried lampshading that for comical effect but this quickly became boring and predictable and as a result has disappeared).
I appologise for the wall of text and I'm sorry if I sound too negetive, I hope this acts as constructive critisism and helps improve the show at the end of the day.
OMG... Please tell me you're not giving stereotypical personalities to dogs and make them host a show. Pass on the drugs, kick your PR, anything, just don't do this i beg you. You could do so much, you have a creative audience that can take A LOT and you just pour this poor Sesame Street rip off slash anti drug PSA mascot bullshit "for adults". This's just so demeaning.
I agree here, UR got so shitty after going to Escapist, Rob's character got turned into some kind of mastermind D&D prodigy instead of a witty funny exploit guy without ANY transfer, Mike's just so bland, he doesn't have the brains or solutions anymore or any game plan. Couple that with lack of humor, i personaly stopped caring about it after first 5 episodes an i was with the series from the fist flash episode (the first 3 are masterpieces, i'm still laughing even tho i watched them like 50 times).syltman said:
Unforgotten Realms started great and rapidly declined (stuck with it out of a bizarre sense of loyalty, which frankly the creator took advantage of and repeatedly threw back in my face). Apocalypse Lane started rather badly but got better and better, to the point where I actually eagerly anticipate the next episodes. Added to that, the creator is actually quite amiable and can respond to criticism without throwing his toys out of the pram. So what am I saying here? Basically, give Apocalypse lane another chance and wait until this show has run a few episodes before judging it too harshly.LordHoban said:
Thats because the first few episodes of Apocalypse lane WEREN'T very good, however, if you gave it a little more time, you'd see that even Apocalypse lane turned out to be a great and halarious show.Rakkana said:
xD, anyway, this was really funny. Also, it was great because it basically summed up the effort of anyone (including myself) that tried to defend this show. *sigh* Like trying to swim up a waterfall of pouring cement- of internet hate... -_-
Just as shallow, dull and humorless as the trailer. It actually seems rather pathetic, trying to justify their terrible writing and animation not a week after the thing was released. Seems like this would work better as a webcomic, seeing as there's whiny drama and unfunny jokes abound.
TOTALLY worth canning Urealms.
TOTALLY worth canning Urealms.
This feels good. Though, maybe you should try to get a bit more... different, voices. I mean, you have that guy voicing Cuddles and the Dog, Gary (Garry?), and they'll probobly be very similiar. I dunno, it just would feel overused to me. But regardless, this will definantly be good!