Comments on: Dammit, Stop With The News Today Already

By: Fleen: Written by bitter, haggard wordbeasts » The Scott And Kris Show, In Web-o-Color

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:49:40 +0000

[...] Interviews, Gary, Multimedia Editor’s note: Been a busy year for Scott Kurtz, what with the Eisner, the convention travel, and the killer revamp on the PvP site. And Kris Straub’s released four books, a CD, and a new website. So how else to deal with all those demands on your time other than diving into co-producing and co-writing a new animated series for the web? Kurtz and Straub were kind enough to take the time to answer some questions about the upcoming series, how to use Flash to good effect, and Scott’s Dad. Fleen: So, an animated PvP; you guys dipped your toes into these waters about a year ago. What do you see as the advantage of working with Blind Ferret Entertainment over doing more of the Blamimations? [...]

By: Mr.Madsen

Mr.Madsen — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 06:23:24 +0000

“In the Q&A thread on his forums, Kurtz has basically said, “Yep, hypocrite, my bad!�?”

Omg, that’s the first time this has happened? Right?

Speaking of which, the whole “hypocrite”-angle was the first thing that entered my mind when I saw the announcement, and thus I tried to find some old school-terrific google material to doublecheck if my memory served me right.. but I can’t find Kurtz’ post where he flames Tim anywhere.

Can it be that he altered a post that’s in the past, ain’t that illegal or at least a sin? Will this have an effect on the space continium-thingie?

By: Mr. Myth

Mr. Myth — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:04:01 +0000

In the Q&A thread on his forums, Kurtz has basically said, “Yep, hypocrite, my bad!” So I think he isn’t completely trying to spin it as an entirely different situation.

While it would be classy to see him more publicly recognize it, I don’t think it too likely to happen - or important enough to really matter in the fate of the project itself.

I am interested to see if they can pull of the transition from comic to animation. It won’t be easy - the sample clearly shows they are still trying to get the rhythm down - but if they do pull it off, the results could be really impressive.

By: Sam Logan

Sam Logan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 07:21:32 +0000

I don’t think it is a crime against humanity or anything. I just thought it was strange.

I hope it turns out well! I liked the voice actors. Not really sold on the animation yet, but maybe it will improve in the final production. Combining Kurtz’s “flat” character designs with such smooth animated movements and perspective turns looks a bit bizarre in places… I kind of wonder if they would work better with a more abrupt animation style like, say, Fairly Oddparents or the Clerks cartoon.

By: iamnotachicken

iamnotachicken — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:53:00 +0000

I don’t see it that way, Ideahead. I remember Scott saying that he couldn’t get the syndicates to agree to the terms he needed, where he would retain certain rights. That’s different than being flat-out rejected. And he said that he would hope for a major television deal, except that it seemed to much to think about right now.

I’m not interested in finding out if he is contradicting what he said, I know he’s outspoken and seems overly critical sometimes, but that’s not really my worry. I’m just saying it’s not something I will very likely spend money on.

By: Jeff Lowrey

Jeff Lowrey — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:59:09 +0000

I’m still wondering what this all means for Blamimation.

By: ideahead

ideahead — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:13:57 +0000

Yeah, that is weirdly hypocritical in a way. I thought I remembered him dissing the animation as well? I like how he spun not getting syndicated in the fact that he says he made a choice in the matter when every syndicate turned him down. And same message here, saying he’d rather have an animation on his own and not through a corporate hollywood thing like Nicklelodean or Cartoon Network, where obviously he says he had people shop things around, but no one was buying.

Good luck with that though.

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:18:32 +0000

Addendum to clarify to Sam: while my initial reaction was the same as yours, I’ve taken issue with stuff Kurtz has done in the past, so I’m trying doubly hard to be fair. If that makes sense.

By: Nic

Nic — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 02:09:15 +0000

It’s only whore-ish when everyone else does it.

By: Sam Logan

Sam Logan — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:56:19 +0000

You’re right, Nic! It’s completely innocuous, like switching over from apple juice to orange juice. (After calling everyone in the orange industry a whore.)