This is just wrong.
I personally feel that this shouldn't have been up on the website. I say take it off..because many people are getting pissed off.
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can't believe that.
wow... if that wasn't the most blatant foreshadow in the freakin world...
not much else to say...
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I think that the response not to Weise's actions but to this flash are silly. Now I understand why people are saying that having seen this, somebody should have known. Be realistic: this cartoon is the same as 70% of what comes out on NG. If Weise hadn't murdered anybody, this would have been getting reviews saying how nicely animated it was or how cool the killing was. I see tons of reviews each day stating how amazingly cool or funny another identical flash to this is. So the questions are, why do we suddenly hate this violence today when we loved it so much yesterday and will we return to loving it tomorow?
(Frankly I just think that this is an attempt on the part of people to "monsterize" or "other" Jeff Weise. The truth in life is that the people who commit horrendous acts like this aren't monsters and they aren't that different. It is people like you and me who do these things. They are regular people who, for some reason, have come to accept violence and murder as acceptable solutions to their problems. There is no point in going on some witch hunt for "deviant monsters" cuz in the end we will just find ourselves.)
Not a review, more of a commentary
For those of you trying to decipher what the flash means, if anything who dont even bother to watch the news or be halfway informed should STOP. Apparently this kid had serious family issues, which is no excuse, but who knows, it could have been an underlying problem that boiled ot the surface in a tragic way.
Also, the thing about this animation vs. other violent animations is that ususally they have stick figures of figures in general fighting each other and blowing each other apart... while FIGHTING. This animation has a very grizzly, much more devious is because, well.. notice how one person is basically executed while tied up, and what appears to be gagged. the second randomly blown away, the third also, while sitting at a park bench and the last... a klan member, (apparently he didnt like the fact that people with his beliefs were looked upon as and compared to clan members) as well as a police vehichle.... There was no fight being put up, just an individual targetting ranomly at innocent people.
No one would look or try to decode this if it werent for the disguiting acts of that day, and most of us dont even bother to look at the other hundreds of submissions kept that are similar to this.
Obviously not all people who make these are that "demented"...just look at hollywood, movie after movie after movie of people being blown away and everyone pays to see it.
So i honestly hope that no backlash comes upon this website because itd be a shame for people who honestly put effort into non violent flashes or flashes in general that are no different than an animation for entertainment purposes.
what a shame
this kid was a great animator but also a sick bastardo
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