Strange Planet - Official Trailer : nathanwpyle

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I really love this web comic. I'm very unsure how it will translate to anything beyond its current scope, which is essentially translation of individual "moments" into literal language. The shtick doesn't have a chance to get old when it's never a situation longer than like 6 panels. But I'm curious enough to be mildly interested.

And by all means, good for Nathan Pyle for cashing in on this. That's awesome.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep, agreed with all that.

It's definitely weird hearing the blue guys' lines coming from modern over-enthusiastic voice actors. In my mind I guess I always imagined them talking like Coneheads or robotic munchkins of some sort.

I thought the point was to laugh at the world from an Asperger's-y perspective pushed out to absurdity, because when you step back for a second our human habits and rituals really are goddamn bizarre. So hearing those observations not in some calculated alien monotone but rather fully dynamic cartoon pitches feels somehow jarring to me. Maybe I'll get over it though.

But yeah. Congrats to Nathan for sure. Tiny trash! 🎉

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Well, I think Dan Harmon being involved means it probably has at least a little bit of that absurdity still.

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Seconded. This comic is a real gem. I'm glad to see it's author do well from it, but I'm uncertain I would consume a Rick and Morty-style episodic instalment of moving pictures of it.

On that note, I'm not even certain the playfully literal language style of the comic can be sustained for 20-30 minutes straight, without getting old. I hope it can - in a similar vain it worked for the movie Home (though I've never read the Smekday book to know if that was invented by DreamWorks for the movie, or came over from the page)

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago

I love the comic strip and am looking forward to this.

But apple tv? That sucks. For them, mostly, I'm just gunna have to pirate it.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don’t want to sound like a corporate shill, but Apple TV is not a bad offering as streaming services go. $7/month and plenty of good shows, including Ted Lasso (one of my favorite shows of all time), Mythic Quest (made by most of the Always Sunny team), Shrinking (starring Harrison Ford and Jason Segal), Schmigadoon (musical-spoof that’s really fun), and more.

My biggest complaint with it is that there isn’t an Android phone/tablet app, but you can watch it in-browser on Android devices. Otherwise it’s available everywhere (including Android TVs). You don’t need any Apple devices to use the streaming service.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The browser version seems deliberately bad. They didn't even have a search bar until this year. The shows are good, but the non apple interface is pretty awful.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I mean the fact that it is a streaming service offered by apple is enough of a reason for most people to steer clear

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't like the company in general, so I don't want to support them. You aren't a corporate shill for not sharing that opinion, but I really don't want to support them unless I think it is unreasonable to avoid doing so.

While it is "available" on non-apple devices, I've heard almost exclusively negative things about how it runs on the devices I do most of my watching.

Apple tv content is some of the easiest to illegally access content around. Almost no work and $0 is better than $7.

I don't subscribe to anything I don't already know for certain I'll like anyways, I have trouble trusting reviews and other peoples opinions on media. I'll watch on a friends account or something first, or not at all. Streaming services that don't have a free with ads tier are not something I really approve of, it feels like buying a mystery.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The browser version on windows doesn't even play in high resolutions (looks almost like DVDs). I'm not sure what resolution it plays in, but I started pirating apple TV stuff again, even though I am subscribed to Apple TV. Probably gonna cancel it at some point.

The version on android TV plays in 4k and looks really good, but I mostly watch on a windows PC...

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fair enough! Pirate Ted Lasso if you haven’t yet, it’s amazing!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

No Chromecast support, that's my issue.

It they added that I'd be subscribed but without it I'm out.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, I can understand that. I never got onto the Chromecast train. I got a free one with my YouTube RED subscription that came with a free Stadia controller, but I never really use it. Between my “smart” TV, game console, and HDMI-to-laptop I’m generally covered.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I saw the artist at SDCC this year, so glad they are becoming so popular.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What if we take the premise of solar opposites and ... make it child friendly?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hate Earth. It's a horrible home. People are stupid. They make some comic about aliens taking everything literally and turn it into an animated show. Who would ever watch that bollocks?

EDIT: No Solar Opposites fans here?

EDIT 2: Oh, there they are!

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

These are not the calm and soothing voices that I read those comics in my head with.

Looks cute though.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I trust Dan Harmon to do something interesting at the least, but man, this really doesn't match up with the spirit of the original strips, at least in my view. Maybe this is what the creator saw all along.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The language is not verbose enough. That’s the whole point. And the voices don’t match the vibe of the comics.

Hopefully it turns out to be alright. Edit: on second viewing it’s not so bad. It’s kind of cute. But I’m cautious. Tiny trash 🎉

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And the voices don’t match the vibe of the comics

This one’s a bit tricky since many people would have different interpretations of it.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It seems like we all were angling toward a more serene, robotic or alien voice. Something more neutral.

I found that interesting from reading the comments so far.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I would expect it to be more monotone, less emotion in the voices.

I'm not really feeling it in the trailer sadly enough

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

meh, has that "quirky animated comedy" vibe. Doesn't match the aesthetic of the comic much. feels like just another generic animation that they had in the pipeline and they've just slapped some branding of a known comic ontop.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

From a viewer's perspective yes, it doesn't seem very interesting to me. But seeing a cartoon artist make money is exciting!

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah can't hate the hustle, just wish it was something a bit more 'authentic'

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

these are not the character voices that are in my head

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

More high pitched and mainly lacking of emotion? Because that is what I hear.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

yes, like your stereotypical "take me to your leader" Martian voice.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I don't know if I will like this show, but I am happy if the comic creator got a bunch of money from it being made.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I really hate the voices. In my head the weekend always have that nasaly cartoon voice

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Trailer looks fun and funny. I would watch it.

Strange Planet by Nathan W. Pyle