#chimptopia

Yeah that tracks, I mean look at it. And look at the guy on the far left

Some indie animation fans: Wow, an awesome looking short film! Let’s like it!

Most of indie animation fans: A BAD TRAILER THAT MAKES FUN OF GAMEOVERSE MY FAVORITE GLITCH SHOW! LETS MAKE FUN OF IT!

This is why most indie pilots on Kickstarter go unnoticed if they aren’t being platformed by big animation fans. It is because of crap like this (and people who thinks Indie means Glitch and Spindlehorse). I know that My Girlfriend Enid got more likes, but still doesn’t excuse what indie animation

In case you are missing context, Chimptopia’s trailer had them making fun of Gameoverse’s Kadooble. Very poorly. I am not above parodying indie shows (since people always do that mainstream shows), but this is such a bad parody. But, here what i have to say.

But whatever you do, don’t harass the creators of Chimptopia. Especially death threats. Give the criticism about the teaser, why it is bad, what doesn’t work, and how it can change. Threatening them doesn’t help things. So, here is my criticism.

You are wasting an interesting premise of a sitcom show in the indie sphere by poorly parodying an popular pilot. You could have an ‘You thought it was one of those shows. But you are wrong’ like in Unfortunate Events. But you didn’t. Instead you do a ‘Scary Movie’ thing where you think parodying a character as stupid and having them get beat up because references = funny. Also, there are other things wrong. The main characters looks boring and are unfunny jerks. The humor is bad. You tried to attempt a 1940s style animation but it only apply in the background. And you don’t give a reason why people should support this other than, “Hey, we are not like those other shows! We have means spiritness!”

Yeah, this sucks. I hope they change the teaser to something more reflective of the show and make more tolerable. But, I’m not not holding my breath.