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The Problems with collabs.

Posted by FightingSeraph - April 30th, 2009


I'm getting burned out with collabs. While I do like the Idea; it's the execution that I have a problem with. Here are the problems that I see with collabs in general.

1. Too much like Robot Chicken (as in linear and derivitive).
I am talking about the comedy collabs here (e.g. Blamformers, Nin10Doh!, MG Collab, etc.). While the animation in these are decent to excellent; there are only a few enjoyable shorts offset by mostly boring/annoying ones (see number 2). Why make something that obviously copies off of Seth Green's sketch comedy show while they can do it like Queers of War? At least it was non-linear.

2. Style over substance.
What do I mean by this? As in animation quality over content quality that results in something that looks overproduced. Look, I understand the effort that goes into this part, but no one cares about animation quality if the jokes/stories/etc. are dog shit. I'm getting sick of such animation quality getting wasted on bad content.

3. Too many art styles which result in style clash.
Even though I loved All Fads Die; what worked for it doesn't work for others. Truth be told, many of these art styles I like, but for a big story, these result in a inconsistent look that looks like a demo reel than an actual cartoon. Electric Blue, on the other hand, had a consistent style from all of its artists. Thus, It is an example of how collabs should be done.

4. The voice acting
Voice acting in collabs is usually more misses than hits. The deliveries on this part are either flat, overdone, or just plain annoying. I hate being harsh due to this, but at least it shows some form of honesty.

5. The Ammount of artists involved.
I'm getting sick of collabs that have ten or more people working on them. As I said before, this usually results in having a few good parts offset by a lot of mediocre to bad ones. This is why I prefer Queers of War and Banned Slim Jim Ad over the Official ________ Collabs any day.

This rant may sound derisive, but I'm trying to be honest here.


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