...not in the story itself, but in the stylistic approach. Some of the animation is absolutely gorgeous--treatment of lights both in the scenes and "creatures of" throughout is spectacular--some of the rotoscoped scenes are excellent as well, so I am absolutely boggled by the decision to use what amounts to doodle level human characters that look and behave as cutout animation rather than something much stylistically fluid. It is abundantly obvious that they had the technology and skill to do better, yet they didn't. I am forced to wonder why.
That aside the story itself is rather interesting, but the acting is deadpan flat. It reminds me of a disinterested grade school teacher reading the same story to a different classroom for fifth time that day. There is literally no emotion coming through. Jokes are told without a thought to a punchline, serious scenes are acted with the same flat response as action scenes. It's just voiced by people that seem to not care one way or the other about conveying any emotion. Again I have to assume that was a stylistic choice, and again I am forced to wonder why.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't dislike it. It comes off a lot like a 70s hippies flash back that was heavily influenced by Lightyears(and it is), and in a way that's somewhat enjoyable, but it could have been improved in so many areas, and it wasn't, and again I wonder why.
That aside the story itself is rather interesting, but the acting is deadpan flat. It reminds me of a disinterested grade school teacher reading the same story to a different classroom for fifth time that day. There is literally no emotion coming through. Jokes are told without a thought to a punchline, serious scenes are acted with the same flat response as action scenes. It's just voiced by people that seem to not care one way or the other about conveying any emotion. Again I have to assume that was a stylistic choice, and again I am forced to wonder why.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't dislike it. It comes off a lot like a 70s hippies flash back that was heavily influenced by Lightyears(and it is), and in a way that's somewhat enjoyable, but it could have been improved in so many areas, and it wasn't, and again I wonder why.