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Spliff · 02:05 AM

According to Aaron Simpson, from the FlashForward 2006 conference in Austin, Texas.

Details

The criteria:

• A majority of the short had to have been made using Flash

• The short had to have premiered and received most of its acclaim on the web

• It had to be linear (The interactive 'Frog in a Blender' by Joe Cartoon is out)

The Top Ten [some of these are NSFW]

10. 'Laid Off: A Day in the Life' by Odd Todd

9. 'Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me' by Bernard Derriman

8. 'Urine Trouble, Part 1' Mr. Wong by Pam Brady & Kyle McCulloch

7. 'Dragon' Strong Bad Email #58 by Mike and Matt Chapman

6. 'The End of the World' by Jason Windsor

5. 'Napster Bad!' by Bob Cesca

4. 'Prowlies at the River' by Adam Phillips

3. 'Babysitting the Idiot' The Goddamn George Liquor Program by John K

2. 'Spin Fun Knowing Ya' Happy Tree Friends by Kenn Navarro & Rhode

1. 'This Land' by Gregg & Evan Spiridellis

Even more Flash videos (People's Choice)

- - e r i k - - · Sep 25, 2006, 04:33 AM

Where's All your base are belong to us?

design219 · Sep 25, 2006, 08:28 AM

I guess I need to get out more. I've not seen any of these. Some fun stuff.

keekeeree · Sep 25, 2006, 08:50 AM

I came across Odd Todd's Laid Off a few years ago when that was pretty much my life.

PER3 · 04:54 AM

I'd have to add this one at the top of the list. It's about how Jaques Derrida got his ideas from a Korean garbagewoman in Seoul. Very sharp. Fantastic soundtrack—can anyone who knows Jazz identify it?

LOTUS_BLOSSOM

Lots of other philosophical items on the site—one about the effects of North Korea raining Hell on Seoul, Japan, and the US:

http://www.yhchang.com/OPERATION_NUKOREA.html

and another titled "Cunnilingus in North Korea", which is more or less self explanatory:

http://www.yhchang.com/CUNNILINGUS_IN_NORTH_KOREA.html

Spliff · Sep 25, 2006, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Where's All your base are belong to us?

I don't think that's an original piece of animation. Just a screen grab from a video game. Plus, the criteria requires that the piece be linear (i.e., some sort of narrative).

Spliff · Sep 25, 2006, 11:18 AM

My favourites are 'Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me' and 'Prowlies at the River'. Honourable mention goes to 'Urine Trouble' because Mr. Wong hates Elvis as much as I do.

Spliff · Sep 25, 2006, 11:37 AM

Here are some more:

Bitey of Brackenwood [another Bitey adventure]

Ninjai: The Little Ninja [check out chapters 1 and 3]

Badgers [everyone remembers this one]

Pussy Cow [this one is bizarre]

The Ultimate Showdown

Millennium · Sep 25, 2006, 11:38 AM

What about the introduction of Trogdor?

PER3 · Sep 25, 2006, 11:53 AM

Puerile garbage. The three out of thirty Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries I linked above outclass this crap in every possible way.

OK—on a lighter note is the Rammstein "Feuerfrei" flash, which also beats everything on that list:

ImageShack - Hosting :: feuerfreimovie.swf

Gossamer · Sep 25, 2006, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by PER3

Puerile garbage. The three out of thirty Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries I linked above outclass this crap in every possible way.

OK—on a lighter note is the Rammstein "Feuerfrei" flash, which also beats everything on that list:

ImageShack - Hosting :: feuerfreimovie.swf

That was awesome

I'd seen the 'end of the world' and 'this land' before and really liked them, I watched the 'george liquor' for the first time...uh...what's the point? It looked like a bad copy of Ren and Stimpy with nothing happening.

brassplayersrock² · Sep 25, 2006, 09:11 PM

heres something special i found

Weebls Stuff - Special Edition

enjoy

subego · Sep 25, 2006, 11:38 PM

Originally Posted by Spliff

I don't think that's an original piece of animation. Just a screen grab from a video game. Plus, the criteria requires that the piece be linear (i.e., some sort of narrative).

It was a whole music video with a song and everything.

As for the plot, it was somebody set up us the bomb.

- - e r i k - - · Sep 25, 2006, 11:57 PM

Originally Posted by Millennium

What about the introduction of Trogdor?

7. 'Dragon' Strong Bad Email #58 by Mike and Matt Chapman

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Ozmodiar · Sep 26, 2006, 12:29 AM

What, no Fly Guy?

GSixZero · Sep 26, 2006, 04:04 AM

AtomFilms - Star Wars Gangsta Rap FTW.

CharlesS · 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by Spliff

10. 'Laid Off: A Day in the Life' by Odd Todd

ok...

9. 'Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me' by Bernard Derriman

Someone just makes a music video for a rather childish song? How is this one of the 10 most influential flash movies?

8. 'Urine Trouble, Part 1' Mr. Wong by Pam Brady & Kyle McCulloch

Not funny... kind of racist... uh, what's so great about this?

7. 'Dragon' Strong Bad Email #58 by Mike and Matt Chapman

Okay, I'll give you this one. This gets linked to all the time, and it's pretty funny.

6. 'The End of the World' by Jason Windsor

Okay, I used to know a guy who quoted this video all the time. Granted.

5. 'Napster Bad!' by Bob Cesca

Making a point with a sledgehammer...

4. 'Prowlies at the River' by Adam Phillips

Okay, here we have a really well-drawn, well-animated... piss joke.

3. 'Babysitting the Idiot' The Goddamn George Liquor Program by John K

More toilet humor?! It would be hilarious... if I were 8 years old.

2. 'Spin Fun Knowing Ya' Happy Tree Friends by Kenn Navarro & Rhode

The pilot episode for a series that makes my skin crawl. Oh well, I guess some people like this series, so I could see it being influential.

1. 'This Land' by Gregg & Evan Spiridellis

Okay, it's pretty stupid, but it did get sufficiently famous that I once saw it mentioned on a TV news program, so I can see it on the list.

So, a question about this "influential" list - has anyone ever even heard of any of these besides Dragon, End of the World, that #2 one, and This Land?

Maybe I'm just not getting something. Most of those ten seem pretty childish to me.

PER3 · Sep 26, 2006, 05:23 PM

If these are clips that the locals find amusing, I'm just horrified to find out with whom I am sharing my bed.

Revolting, childish, pigs (apart from one or two)

If you have a brain, see my first posts if you wish to see something that doesn't belong in the toilet.

Peasants.

CharlesS · Sep 26, 2006, 05:43 PM

Hey, there's no need for personal attacks.

Flash in general isn't high art, although there are some that come closer. Granted, the only examples of that in this thread are the ones you posted (that NUKOREA one was really depressing). Most Flash is pretty stupid, and meant as mindless entertainment. It can sometimes be pretty amusing anyway. I can do without the toilet humor that made up a lot of the original list, though.

Spliff · Sep 26, 2006, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by PER3

If these are clips that the locals find amusing, I'm just horrified to find out with whom I am sharing my bed.

Revolting, childish, pigs (apart from one or two)

If you have a brain, see my first posts if you wish to see something that doesn't belong in the toilet.

Peasants.

What a pretentious wanker you are. Low-brow humour is equal to high-brow humour; neither is superior. And the greatest artists of humanity (e.g., Shakespeare) have employed low-brow humour (including penis and fart jokes).

Chuck Jones was a master of mixing high and low brow humour in cartoons. Just see "The Rabbit of Seville" and "What's Opera, Doc?"

Peasants? You're in Russia. That whole country comes from peasant stock. I'm sure you're happy that Stalin killed 20 million peasants because otherwise you'd be inundated with even more peasant humour.

ranga · Sep 26, 2006, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by GSixZero

AtomFilms - Star Wars Gangsta Rap FTW.

Seconded. I personally like the Special Edition more than the original, but I agree that the Star Wars Gangsta Rap is one of the 10 best flash animations ever made.

--ranga