Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Astromech vs. Mouse Droid



What if your favorite Looney Tunes cartoons happened in the Star Wars universe? Or more specifically, what if Wile E. Coyote and the roadrunner were droids on a ship of the Empire? AFK calls this short a "cartoon," even though it's quite realistically animated by artificial intelligence, namely Unreal Engine. But the music, the sound effects, the action, the camera angles, and the familiar elements from the roadrunner cartoons are all there. An Astromech resembling a mechanical Darth Vader is bedeviled by a quick-moving Mouse Droid. What can he do but order a miniature death star from ACME? Keep your eye out for the printed signs everywhere that make up for the lack of dialogue. One that is rendered in binary actually says "Help!" As entertaining as this cartoon is, it's only 4:30; the rest is an ad. (via Geeks Are Sexy)



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