Yeah so, since I don’t have a lot of new things to show of my own, (explanation further in the post) I’ll talk about other peoples stuff.
Firstly…
The Venture Bros. is back on the air!
WOO HOO!
Rejoice people!
I SAID REJOICE!
“ahem”
So, the show is two episodes into their two part season (ala’ south park) and so far… they have not failed to deliver the smart, witty, dark, and intriguing stories that many, MANY a fan have come to love.
Oh, and the arts good too.
Naw, I’m just joking the animation is getting better an better with each new season. I think I have voiced my concern with this as, if the animation gets too good, then production costs will go up, and if they go too far up the show will get axed.
It seems to be the way things go in the industry… sad.
But, I could go on for days about how this could be solved without the need for runaway production, aka outsourcing…
but I won’t.
(stop clapping, you.)
I’m too happy for all that angry animator crud today… lookit that, I used the word crud!
Not even crap!… CRUD!
Okay, I’ll stop.
I don’ want to create any spoilers because I know there are a lot of people both in the U.S. and globally who are not able to see these new episodes right now, and that sucks monkey chunks.
I will say this… they gave Brock his blue eyes back!
This may not seem like a lot, but as an animator, a detail like that is something that changes a character for you.
So… okay I had a conversation with one of my teachers the other day about the legality of online content, that shouldn’t be online.
I was saying that for me personally I would take it as a complement, to which he responded in a snarky tone, “that’s a very bohemian way to think.” and then he proceeded to go on about peoples families and homes and blah blah blah… I can’t remember it all.
But because he’s a bit of a conversation hog, I didn’t really get to make my point. And my point is this we live in a world in which information is constantly at the ready, the click of a finger.
To me that is both scary and wonderful.
I frequently come in contact with communities that acquire information (shows, books, sometimes music) that isn’t readily available to the rest of the world.
And that sucks.
The fact that this information isn’t available to the world.
Someone else is deciding that there is no market for this or this here in the states, someone else has taken it upon themselves to decide they are in charge of what information and entertainment I would actually like.
All of this based on things like nielsen ratings, and market research done in small rooms where people watch you behind one way glass.
Creepy.
This is actually reason number ONE, why I don’t own a television set OR a radio.
I want to choose what I like, what is good, and what is entertaining for me.
And with the internet… I can!
Now the collective mentality is that the internet is some untamed wild west with no sheriffs or laws.
Each of us is our own sheriff or rather moral fiber is, and each of us is the law.
Rules are as simple as if you like, enjoy, love, or are truly a fan of this (work) then support the creator(s) and purchase a legal copy of (whatever it is) after watching or reading or what ever it is that you did or do.
And you know what?… people honour this communal law.
I go to conventions and I see them purchasing the works and merchandise affiliated with the things they love. And this is awesome to me.
Because it’s about LOVE.
The most complex part of human nature.
I mean sure, you always will get the rouge bandit or group of pirates who by no means will give back from which they take or support the creators so that they can continue bringing us all the things we love… but they are of course leechers… and they get little respect out in the inerwebs.
I take, but I also give back…an no I don’t just mean within the community. I give back to the creators… and no, not because I care that they have a family, or they have to pay rent. People who aren’t creative do that stuff!
No, I give back because I too am a creator and I know how it feels when you put your heart and soul into something for other people, whether it be friends, family, your online community, or the global range of strangers.
As to why I would encourage people to take my work an distribute it throughout an online community?…
Well, duh!
They just took my work and distributed it through an online community!
This is lie free publicity people!
People who have never heard of your work, will suddenly become aware of it.
People will have access to you the creator that previously didn’t exist.
And this… is a good thing.
For me, when they come to the hub from which all my work comes from, they will encounter a REASON to purchase that book or that DVD, or that what ever.
You have to have a reason for them to want the work from the creator.
LOVE.
You give love, you get love.
That’s why I have watched episodes of the venture bros. online for free, and hell I even downloaded the entire season 3 as it premiere on my computer. (I’m brilliant like that), but I knew when that DVD came out I was going to buy the heck out of it!
And I did!
And I’m happy to know that Jackson feels about the same way.
This is a progressive mind at work, a creator who gives love and gets love. A creator who knows both his audience and the online world.
This is not bohemian mentality, this not a war we’re at, if this was, then everyone who is apposed to this sort of thing has already lost.
You don’t fight this sort of thing, you embrace it, from that embracing, you will gain a greater understanding of the thing.
And with this greater understanding, you will find ways to earn your money if that is all you care about.
But it will show, and the people will call you out.
And they can, and will destroy you.
It happens all the time.
Online community are the new pulse of this world. When they get together and hate… it’s like an open wound in a piranha tank.
Feeding time!
If you love that which you create… it will also show.
The people will love, they will care, and they will honour you and your work.
Anyone who is a part of one of these communities (or more than one) will tell you there IS integrity.
Don’t give into the belief that it’s all piracy on the high tech seas, THAT is the spin created by someone who is both afraid of change, and who cares about nothing more than profit.
My point was that this isn’t about playing robin hood and dogging out the proverbial “man” (even though the animation industry is run by many non artistic, suits… sigh)
this is about being progressive and moving forward with the future.
No one’s being “taken for a ride” unless you stepped into that car as a passenger instead of a driver.
I just thought that up… you like?
Bottom line… there is integrity in the interwebs.
OKAY.
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