Hulk vs, was pretty good, specifically Hulk vs Wolverine which was awesome and has a great version of Deadpool in it. I thought the Hulk vs. Thor segment was just ok.
I rather thought that Iron Man: Extremis wasn’t bad for a motion comic.
What is a “motion comic,” for the uninitiated? Is that a style of animation or the series name?
jason
2704
They take the art from a comic book, cut it into several layers and do other stuff so they can make the art move, and then add voices for the dialog/narration.
I’m imagining something like a Ken Burns documentary, where we’re slowly panning across pictures of superheroes while voice-overs speak their lines. Violin music in the background.
Oh, God. That does sound horrible. Why would anyone think that is a good idea?
Yeah. They do different warping effects to get the illusion of movement without creating new artwork. It’s frequently slightly nauseating, and never looks good.
The only other use of the tech I know of is the (mildly NSFW) Motion Gravure series, where the do the same thing to still images of Japanese bikini models. It’s…weird.
jason
2708
Dark Horse is doing motion comics for the Geek & Sundry YouTube Channel (Felicia Day’s channel). Go here to see an example of motion comics.
Geez, I get a real Clutch Cargo/Space Angel vibe from that. Note to you youngsters, that is not a good thing.
Editer
2710
On the Clutch Cargo thing, I vaguely remember a horrible animated show from when I was a kid that had static animation and real human lips… Something on a submarine with a gray palette.
Even as a 5-year-old with such low standards that I thought Lost in Space was great SF, it horrified me and I hated it.
There was some show I watched in the 70s maybe early 80s that was essentially motion comics. They were mostly using B level heroes though I forget if it was Marvel or DC, or some other company from the time. I feel like the show itself was actually probably from early than that too, but was just rerun. I need to hunt down what it was now. Hmm, it might have bee The Marvel Superheroes from 66 but even that looks more animated than what I remember.
I’ve really enjoyed the couple motion comics I’ve “watched” (mostly I’m just listening and the screen is vaguely in my field of attention), but I can see finding them really annoying when they’re not marked as such.
Now that I think of it, the first instance of motion comics was probably some Flash animations made by Stan Lee Media in the early internet days, like “The Accuser”, a comic about a crippled defense attorney with a magic wheelchair that turns into an Iron Man suit.
Apparently they also invented the word “webisode” to promote those. They were pretty bad, though.
The Stan Lee Media story is pretty amazing, actually. It reminds me of professional wrestling.
gnmarsh
2714
We just watched one called scorched (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286947/) that was pretty good. About three bank employees that decide to rob the same bank the same weekend. Don’t look for anything deep from it, but worth watching.
almost a hundred live concerts and album/band documentaries were added.
http://www2.netflix.com/NewWatchInstantlyRSS (not sure if that will worki
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A Technicolor Dream
A Tribute to Edith Piaf: Live at Montreux
Alice Cooper: Live at Montreux 2005
Alicia Keys: Diary of Alicia
America: Live in Central Park
Asia: Fantasia: Live in Tokyo
Bee Gee’s: In Our Own Time
Bob Marley & the Wailers: Catch a Fire
Canned Heat: Live at Montreux 1973
Classic Albums : Black Sabbath: Paranoid
Classic Albums : Def Leppard: Hysteria
Classic Albums : Primal Scream: Screamadelica
Classic Albums: Cream: Disraeli Gears
Classic Albums: Deep Purple: Machine Head
Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
Classic Albums: Iron Maiden: Number of the Beast
Classic Albums: Lou Reed: Transformer
Classic Albums: Meat Loaf: Bat Out of Hell
Classic Albums: Metallica: The Black Album
Classic Albums: Phil Collins: Face Value
Classic Albums: Rush: 2112 & Moving Pictures
Classic Albums: Steely Dan: Aja
David Byrne: Ride, Rise, Roar
Deep Purple: They All Came Down
Diana Krall: Live In Rio
Dresden Dolls: Live at the Roundhouse London
Earth, Wind & Fire in Concert
Elton John: Someone Like Me
Festival!
Fly Jefferson Airplane
Foreigner: Alive & Rockin’
Funk Brothers: Live in Orlando
Gary Moore & Friends: A Tribute to Phil Lynott
Ghost Blues: The Story of Rory Gallagher
Ginger Baker in Africa
Happy Mondays: Call the Cops
Harvard Park
Ike & Tina Turner: Live in '71
Isaac Hayes: Live at Montreux 2005
Jackson Browne: Going Home
Jamiroquai: Live at Montreux 2003
Jay-Z: Reasonable Doubt
Jeff Healey Band: Live at Montreux 1999
Jethro Tull: Live at Montreux 2003
Johnny Hallyday: Live at Montreux 1988
Keane: Curate a Night for War Child
Korn: Live at Montreux 2004
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Sweet Home Alabama
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Live at Montreux 1974-1984
Marianne Faithfull: Dreaming My Dreams
Marvin Gaye: Behind the Legend
Mink Deville: Live at Montreux 1982
Motorhead: Ace of Spades
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Nirvana: Nevermind
Pat Metheny: The Way Up: Live
Paul Simon: Graceland
Paul Simon: Live from Philadelphia
Puddle of Mudd: Striking That Familiar Chord
Queen: Rock Montreal & Live Aid
Ray Charles: Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival
Rory Gallagher: Live at Montreux
Sebastian Bach: Forever Wild
Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks
Simply Red: Stars
Strat Pack: Live in Concert
Stuff: Live at Montreux 1976
Supershow
Talk Talk: Live at Montreux 1986
Ted Nugent: Full Bluntal Nugity: Live
Ted Nugent: Sweden Rocks
The Beatles: From Liverpool to San Francisco
The Charlie Daniels Band: Volunteer Jam
The Crusaders: Live at Montreux 2003
The Doors: No One Here Gets Out Alive
The Doors: Soundstage Performances
The Groundhogs: Live at the Astoria
The Legends of Rock ‘n’ Roll
The Life & Music of Ronnie Lane: The Passing Show
The Up in Smoke Tour
The War Zone
Tina Turner: One Last Time
Tina Turner: Rio '88
Tori Amos: Live at Montreux 1991 & 1992
Toto: 25th Anniversary: Live in Amsterdam
Wu-Tang Clan: Live at Montreux 2007
Yes: Live at Montreux 2003
ZZ Top: Live from Texas
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Classic Albums: The Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
Classic Albums: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes
Deep Purple: In Concert with The London Symphony Orchestra
Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On: The Life & Death of Marvin Gaye
Mike and the Mechanics & Paul Carrack: Live at Shepherds Bush London
Neil Diamond: The Thank You Australia Concert: Live 1976
Out of Ireland: The Hit Songs and Artists of Irish Music
Sinead O’Connor: Goodnight, Thank You, You’ve Been a Lovely Audience
The Isley Brothers: Summer Breeze: Greatest Hits Live
OMG, Korn Live at Montreux!!1
Wasn’t that supposed to be a serious festival at one point?
Houngan
2717
Watched the two Hulk films last night, both were pretty good but not great. Planet Hulk is more “Hulk as a hero” where Hulk Vs. showed the “Hulk as unstoppable force of anger”, which I prefer.
Question: What’s the deal with goat-Thor?
VSys114
2718
I watched the Disraeli Gears documentary–recommended. Clapton is God.
