ELA Learns Why You Should Never Trust a Cube
Posted at 3:58 PM Aug 21, 2008
I have no idea what this is, what's it's for, why it was made, but I can't stop watching. Let me try to summarize: So there's a girl named ELA, who uses the She-Ra transforming animation to get a weird outfit which is 20% pink CG and 80% just her in her underwear. She flies to the moon (or a moon, I'm not sure) where she kills many, many Space Invaders with little eyebrows, and you get a really good look at her butt. And then she calls a giant yellow eagle, and rides it for at least a full minute until she meets...the Cube, and things really get fucked-up. It might be a parody of old-school cartoons and Tron and those batshit fantasy/sci-fi movies of the '70s,, but if so, then, why spend so damn long riding the eagle? The weirdness plays out just like some drug-addled movie, which I guess makes it more of a homage, although I will admit the Wendy Carlos-esque music is a nice touch. Look, I can't explain it any better than that. Just watch it.
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Wait! What the fuck!?!? That just hurt my brain.
Seriously, that was the most nonsensical thing I think I've ever seen. But it was hypnotic. I couldn't stop watching it. I don't know what it was, but it was just so strange I had to see what was going to happen next.
I love that she actually bit one of the Space Invaders, and that there just happened to be a POW block for her to punch. Also, the giant cube hiding behind a bush when playing hide and seek was hilarious.
The single best part though was the ending narration:
"Our hero, now driven by the dark forces of Habra the Merciless. Killing his own offspring. She loved him, but she couldn't make him understand. She found herself lost and killed by a world, from a time and place when Pixels ruled the Earth!"
Wow, just...wow. You really don't get any better than that.
Posted 08/21/2008 at 01:29:52 PMo.O
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@9:05 - *headexplodesmiley*
Posted 08/21/2008 at 01:42:27 PMMoral of the story: don't let your Companion Cube impregnate you, no matter how much fun he is when playing hide and seek.
Posted 08/21/2008 at 02:06:46 PMCubes kick ass.
Posted 08/21/2008 at 02:36:13 PMThe narrator's voice is awesome. The music sounded like something out of an Ator movie, and the eagle scene reminded me of Heavy Metal.
And seriously, she probably would have died trying to pass that cube baby anyways. I mean, jesus, think of what the corners would do to her.
Posted 08/21/2008 at 02:52:41 PMOh, and did anyone else watch enough of the credits to notice that apparently the giant hawk/eagle thing's name is RAUL, in all caps?
Posted 08/21/2008 at 03:01:48 PMSaw this over at Cartoon Brew on Tuesday. I could see this as a movie or a series.
Posted 08/21/2008 at 03:59:18 PMHuh. That was...huh.
My first thought is that it was some kind of Adult Swim pilot...it seems like the right blend of kitsch and gateway drug-addled surrealism.
But the production values feel a bit too high, and it actually seemed to take itself a little seriously.
Maybe it's a tech demo, or a fiendish memetic weapon broadcast by the Tripod Masters. (Hail the Tripod)
Posted 08/21/2008 at 04:17:32 PMOh my the truth is more bizarre: It seems for real. Sort of. Not sure why the copyright date in the beginning is 1982 - maybe because that's the birth year of the director...
Posted 08/21/2008 at 04:53:27 PMSo did she dump her boyfriend for a cube?
Harsh.
Posted 08/21/2008 at 06:10:13 PM