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  • sry the quallity the sounds...sorry...

  • the art reminds me of old game cube games

  • "No." ... Extent of emotions there

  • I like the story line a lot. If you were to remake this (or sell it to MGM) so that some real voice actors could take a crack at it I think it would be totally watchable. As it is now I'm very distracted by the lack of emotion in the voice actors performances and the low-budget animation. As a self-made project I think you've created something really spectacular. I just think it needs a few more creative minds and a million or so backing it. Best of luck and thanks so much for sharing!

  • I gather you did all the movie and the animation and all the visual things, did you also do the score and the noises of doors and footsteps and all the audio side also?

  • movies great but seems like its mising a few things like how did they get the powers how did the war start why did lucia kill those pepol

  • Ending song name? It's so awesome.

  • NICE!!! :-)

  • I expected High Templars.

  • have seen this movie a couple of time stilll love it need to buy it soon i think i will make it my Christmas gift to my self. Good work Dave. I saw you on rant media>

  • have seen this movie a couple of time stilll love it need to buy it soon i think i will make it my Christmas gift to my self. Good work Dave. I saw you on rant media>

  • This looks like an animatic, used to construct a final film. But that being said.. you have a bright future. The sequences, blocking, ideas, and story are very strong. It's very impressive work, .. you're camera moves and composition are especially strong.

    Good work. It's nice to see someone with ambition and talent just "go for it" ... keep it up.

  • Question directed to dave4096; Did this film turn out like you seen it in your imagination? Do you believe that with higher end equipment and programs that you could have made it better with more detail, more realistic looking? Are you working on anything now that might be released anytime in the future?

  • @leadpelletinass It turned out, let's say 90% the way I envisioned it, now that's getting closer to 95% these days with my latest work; I've improved my animation and timing considerably since I began working on Archon back in 2006, as well I've refined my visual style towards a more expressionist, 'concept art' look while still keeping with the toon shading style of Archon. In terms of detail, I've kept the characters simple as in Archon (with certain adjustments to the...

  • @dave4096 ...physique, catering to certain nit pick complainers...) I've streamlined my process, with a talented cast of professional voice actors who I recorded *before* animating, which means I can animate to their performance, resulting in a much better final result. I'm currently in production of "Origin - A Call to Minds" which is the 2nd film set in the "shard" mythos; I've been working on "Origin" since Jan 2011 and it's about 90% done..at 70 mins done... and it's in 3D ;)

  • Interesting new ideas

  • boringgg

  • Good job

  • NWO

  • Great plot, but the voices and faces are a bit generic. Great otherwise.

  • i no wacth

  • Truly a great movie!! Thanks for making this available =)

  • Cheesy but I like the plot!

  • very creative and lots of fresh ideas,,,great job

  • interesting.. but .. the ending wasn't too good, I didn't like how the "bad" died so fast, anyway.. good work. Have a nice day!

  • GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • GREAT JOB!!!

  • it's interesting, gut good work for making it by yourself, with limited help. I wish I had the time and tools to make a movie, something i always wanted to do.

  • It was good but it would have been better if the acting wasn't so TERRIBLE:/

  • interesting, i like it

  • the music and cinematography in this movie are absolutely spectacular. Great work man

  • Thumbs up if this video got to your emotions -_-

  • couldnt do it the voice quality sounds as if they are from many sources, like its sounds if a computer program did some, others sound as if they were a electronic voice as if they were voice overing from a long distance phone call so thank you for at least forwarning me of the poor quality. got ten minutes in and broke down and watched akira for the uber unteenth time

  • This kinda reminds me of the Batman tv show from 1999/ the way its animated. i know they r so different everyone has there point of view thought.

  • most stupid story ever

  • Unique.

    I just love it all

    Kudos to the guy who made it

  • @MrGohuskies1 - probably trance music loverz :P

  • Oh.... Now youtube support films!

  • If mr. krupicz exists and he's a dum polaque, remember, he is in a gang and a thief of the film property and of its authorship.

  • im a frog on a log

    5/10

  • im a frog on a log

  • If only it was a game

  • great work, much talent. thanks for posting + all the best.

  • this movie's actually decent when you're high

  • Seriously dude, you should go into game design or something.

  • At first I felt the voices were lacking, but as the story unfolded I found that the style of voice acting actually completes this production and gives it a stark sadness with a dark emotive edge, as for any accusations of Plagiarism from other films I feel that nowadays its virtually impossible to come up with a totally unique concept any more. This film is outstanding, and look forward to your next venture, and FYI Canadian film maker Denis Villeneuve got an Oscar nomination for ‘Incendies’

  • liked it!

  • I like the art style and graphics but the voice acting of the male and female sounded like from Microsoft sam and anna lol.

  • Subtitles please :'(

  • Impressive!

  • i like this.

  • Nice Movie. Just for me too much copies from other Films. Like Star Wars, Naruto, Avatar and many more. That do give a heart do designed and like it is to Paint, well it is much efford.

  • The voices are'n that good every thing else is just great

  • This sucks xD

  • dude,you need better sound effect, more voice and music, that shit will be awesome, believe me :D

  • wow for a solo effort this is good :D

  • wow for a solo effert this is good :D

  • Roblox?

  • Very good work for a homemade movie, dude. I even want to learn how to use After Effects to make my own films using the cities I created with Sketchup (if it's possible). But I must say, the voice acting lacks energy. With proper acting, it would be perfect.

  • im sorry i REALLY dislike the voices.... but still a great movie the graphics are okay but it can be better....

  • dude.. its a good film.. but the voice actors detract from the whole thing!

  • its like the gieco car commercial ppl were like hey wana make a movie but all in all i really like the story

  • Story seems really cool, but the voice acting is on xanax, the animation is stuck in a jar of molasses and it's lacking in sound fx/BGM to fill the void in between the sleepy dialogue.

    I like the actual character/structure design and visual FX and compositing. If it were edited better (You could edit out frames to speed the animation up considerably) I think it could be really good.

    Either way, for a one man show, it's really ambitious and obviously a labor of love. Congrats on finishing it.

  • What program did you make this with?

  • @Y0urPersonalServant 3D max and After Effects

  • i love this movie its reall good i watched with my friends and an brother they said its a really cool movie. and they love it. the voices are cool there like robotic but not at the same time its a really cool movie.. i could watch it again. and the art work was very good. great job

  • Beautiful Work. Remarkable determination in completing it by yourself. Congrats.

  • where can i find it in Spanish? im mexican!!!

  • Awesome art work.

  • starting to realize why this was free.

  • awesome I was shocked I watched it all !

  • Where are all the Protoss!

  • Wow, and to think if i hadn't accidentally gotten to the movies page i would have never found this gem. Nice job on it, but i'll admit, the character models are a little lacking

  • I like it but the monotonal properties of the voice acting sets off the whole thing

  • I like it but the monotonal properties of the voice acting sets off the whole damn thing

  • yeah i didnt watch the whole thing but I would have if the voice acting didnt seem soo robotic

  • Jesus Christ the walk cycle in some of the shots is horrid.

  • this movie is sooooo boring

  • Dear Mr. Dave, Please send this to someone in Hollywood!  I can't wait to see it on the silver screen!!!! Aloha!!!!!

  • Why are those people so mean to the solders and guards,they are just following orders and that is always the right thing to do right?

  • Great Job!!!! Can't wait to see more!

  • i dont rlly like how it looks and the voices, theyre okay, and the fighting scenes r awsome... good storyline though.

  • 1:16 i cant help but think of caillou

  • Не стоит смотреть. Потеря времени.

  • not bad at all,u have a good style of art,it was hard to figure out the story at tmes because the voice actors but your movie gets an 8 from me!!i can't wait to see your next film!!!

  • im wondering how do u get to learn to do this (animations) :)

  • nyc..

  • Maybe Colette gets corrupted and somehow turns evil? Then a sequel of the movie is made! Well, I least that's what I hope of.

  • the dialogues somehow lack emotion.

  • By the way, can I find anywhere the end/credits song?

  • Trully masterpiece. You've got a great talent.

  • hey make this video available to my country NIGERIA

    i cnt view d video!

  • Excellent job. I've dabbled with 3d animation and I know the many, many hours something like this takes.

  • واحد يجيب افلام مترجمة بليز

  • Steven Hawking joke was betterer

  • fa schifoooooooooooo

    ma tetette uno in italiano nio che cazzoooooooo

  • The voice acting, sound effects and the short arms on the people bugged me.

    The quantity of work in the props, vehicles, scenery, visual effects and just how much physical detail there is, this is very impressive.

    I can see there is a lot to this movie and that it is built to be epic, it's a just a bit difficult to watch all of it in one sitting.

  • bom seria se tivesse o recursso CC ,, LEGENDA EM PORTUGUES..

  • could have been really awesome if the voice "acting" wasnt so bloody pathetic and horrendous. do yourself a favor mate, dont give out jobs to friends out of symapthy and a misguided loyalty....the voice "actors" made this a D film.

  • The animation some what reminded me of invader zim >< LIke the buliding in stuff but not so much the people. But other wise this is an awesome film! :3

  • Animation is hard to do... i think this is a good movie. Many Thanks from CureMyMind

  • This is such an awesome story! And the animation is beyond belief! But shit the voice acting sounded like a woman in her 90s got hyped up on dope and started reading the scripts into a microphone.

    If you ever do a remake of this I'd love to do some voice acting for you, I'm not a professional but I can do a shit load of voices and they are full of character too. Crist, I'm saying even I can do better voice acting then this.

  • I love movies like this thanks for putting it up :)

  • I though the voice acting was very unique and helped me get a better feel of the story. It really helped me reflect more on certain themes. Thank You.

  • I could watch it again. The voices were good. I liked the effects.. I give it 10 thumbs up if i had that many

  • well done dave....cool stuff mate....the voices were fine...did ya enter this in any awards or film festivals?....it would/should have won the animation award.....awesome dude.let me know when u have more. C

  • @christar108 Yes, it's won 5 awards from various film festivals, including the "biggest" award in film, the Mississauga Independent Film Festival ( the award is an actual huge 16mm film reel... so it is in fact the "biggest" award you can get...)

  • I liked only 1 voice actor, good film overall, the animation , sound effects were really nice. The other voice actors... meh.. You should get some better voice actors and remake it.

  • should be picked up by a major studio and redone. I mean everything is awesome but needs post production cleaning.

  • I enjoyed this movie, voice acting yes lacks a little but very well and CLOSELY RELATED TO UPCOMING EVENTS AS IN PAST EVENTS

  • I enjoyed this movie, voice acting yes lacks a little buT very well and CLOSELY RELATED TO UPCOMING EVENTS AS IN PAST EVENTS

  • I enjoyed this movie, voice acting yes lacks a little bu very well and CLOSELY RELATED TO UPCOMING EVENTS AS IN PAST EVENTS

  • Everything in this movie was awesome except for the HORRID voice acting! There is no reason you should let something like this be bogged down by bad voiceovers. I can understand somebody who is new to voice acting, but the main girl sounds like she doesn't care! It sounds like she's reading her essay to the class.

    Please, fix it! Thanks!

  • enjoyed the movie a lot but the voices were rubbish wish was a let down really but still i'd say maybe 8 out of 10

  • legendas em portugues? LOL

  • do u have a soundtrack for this cause it got amazing music!!!

  • This is amazing for a one-man project. Great work! It reminds me of Little Big Adventure :)

    I'd suggest you "open source" the resources and try to get an online team to redo some of the shots, and perhaps call for volunteer voice actors to redo the voices.

  • Great universe, great story line and superb editing. I say you should get a grant to make the movie the way you see it, no budget limitation. I really can see this made in a live action movie too. Great directorial vision.

  • What can I say man... simply amazing!!! It even looks like you practice some meditations, keep up the good work :D

  • this shit looks like a videogame

  • Nice work man... Can't wait to see more from ya.

  • Amazing and so unique, I absolutely love this film :)

  • Well done. Deserving of applause.

  • This movie wouldve been epic if were livE Action . iTS Pretty hot though

  • Amazing video, pity though the voices are lower than the background music, makes it hard to hear.

  • amazing. did this all yourself?? that's incredible. be proud of your work i think it's amazing.

  • pretty good bro

    u make models and scenes?

    luv iet

  • This is fantastic, in every sense of the word. At first I was a little surprised by emotionless voice acting, but after watching a few more of your films I noticed it really reflects your style.

  • those symbols man...4th reich? Lucia daughter of Lucifer ?... and many more... are you aware of it...was this your purpose?...

  • I liked it. good story. Better voices would have made it much better though

  • i really loved the animation and sound affects and music. But the voices really didn't impress me at all. There's no emotion in them at all and sometimes sentences seem to have been cut and pasted together. But apart from that, the overall quality of the film means its a great watch. 9/10

  • hmm voll die scheiße

  • @peterbluppert du meinst du magst diese art von film nicht

  • they have tiny arms!

  • Amazing job!

  • hi...this is brilliant! the graphics is fine...it doen't have to be that perfect jz like avatar....this is why it's called cartoon ok....i like the artistic sense. good job

  • WOW

  • Your holding back

  • I didn't want to stop watching after I started, really interesting work you have done here. Great imagination you must have. Maye your next one the people will have longer arms, and not slouch when they walk, otherwise I wish I had your motivation and brains!

  • wanna go with some project?

  • it was by accident that i saw this..but it got me hooked even at the first 5min..good job!

  • Extraordinary... I envy your skill and patience, dave. Welcome to the future.

  • I really appreciate the voices...they go well with the animation, which is brilliant (imho)...thanks and...i hope to see more...

  • good job, but likely won't be winning any oscars, then again who am I to judge great job

  • @Spacemarine420 heh... the oscars is a bit of a exclusive club... they're not going to let an indie animator win, especially not a Canadian... I will personally buy you a beer on the day I win an oscar. :P

  • keep making creative stuff like this and youll get the oscar nod one day

  • @dave4096 Actually a French Indie film one an oscar in 2011.  Indie flicks are winning Oscars all the time.

  • @Spacemarine420 holliwood no es lo unico que existe, amplia un poco tus horizontes, hay premios al cine en otras partes del mundo y muy importantes

  • Voice acting did suck but it is a very good story line. Don't really care about face graphics and that crap.

  • good

  • it should be a wii game... looks great!

  • i cant stand the voice acting

  • I enjoyed EVERY aspect of this. I liked the voices and the sounds. The voices were flat and devoid of emotion but that may have been your intention. I felt it actually stylized the film. Humorous how this is your art work and you have 'armchairs' out there criticizing your style. How things look and sound is your prerogative as the artist. Nobody's face looks like a Picasso painting but that doesn't diminish his art. This was unique and I appreciated the originality of each of your choices.

  • Agreed. Voice acting could have been a bit better. The qualities didn't seem to match. Some were nice and others sounded bad. The storyline was super typical nazi era escape the badguys selfless acts crap. A better story line would have made this fine. I watched 10mins of this. Animations should have been EVER so slightly faster. Sound effects could have been used from other movies, shows etc. I bet this was a lot of work and I respect that. this is just constructive criticism.

  • Fantastic achievement. Its amazing what one person can do these days with a bit of forward thinking. You have real vision.

  • did u make this video by urself? ITS AMAZING

  • just wow

  • what's with all the chemtrails dude?...it's freaking me out...I like the weird computer voices, it's like in the far future people have lost emotion from speaking or something.

  • you did a wonderful job man can'\t wait to put the DVD on my shelf ^_^

    i look forward to your next piece

    i ddin;t have a problem with voice acting

    but i wish it had more emotion

    it's a little harder to work up passion to be like

    'YEAH TAKE THAT BAD GUY" without emotion in it

    constructive criticism man ^_^

    anyway as eMMM's game box would say

    NEVER GIVE UP

  • The ending fight was remarkable, just fantastic!!!!!!!!!

  • You did a nice job on this anime. However at times it's hard to follow. But nice job though.

  • that was MINT ;)

  • that was MINT ;)

  • omg! XD XD XD is that a movie?????

  • omg! XD XD XD is that a movie?????

  • the 7th floor mystery 2009... the scariest on youtube...search it to see...don't forget to read the comments

  • very interesting. good job man

  • Good job if is true that you alone do this movie.Incredible act of will power.About the negatives comentaries forget about those .These people never going to have the discipline to do

    something like that .Their job is throw farts and envy the work of others .For you, your prize is the inmortality ,your story perdure the sands of time,and when someone ask who do this movie the name David T.Kupricz appears who knows many years after you are gone.

  • Dave, great Job on the film..... an yeah the voice acting is weird ... but I think it is kind of endearing to the production after a second look.

  • is this movie kool or wat

  • weird

  • thank for video !!!

  • es especial diferente

  • The voices seem lethargic, it becomes a little annoying rather quickly. Also they appear malformed because of the short arms. It all appears to conform to a very distinct or even personal style but I can't seem to get past it's particular oddity.

  • Hi, you have Polish surname, so...  super film, bardzo mi się podobał, nastrój, muzyka, pomysł i siła jasności - dobra. Swietnie spędziłem wieczór. Pozdrawiam i czekamy na następny film, Cześć, pozdrowienia z Polski. Paweł Stanczewski

  • Great concept, but the anatomy of human arms needs to a little bit longer to be proportional and more emotion put into the voice-overs. Other than that, this is an amazing animation.

    For your next project though, I recommend using a human skeleton reference sheet to base animations on.

  • the voice acting is not so great.

  • Yeah, the iconographic Picasso image of the dove drawn in simple thin lineal stroke was no good either. He should have sketched in a bit of detail and made a better effort at it! I don't even care about this film or Picasso but you are a bunch of preconditioned dumb ass idiots aren't you!? (insert interrobang here).

  • The style of the voices, the walking, everything else that has been criticized here I am taking as a distinct style. A different style, granted possibly not the same style as the previous diet of animations the other commenting viewers have watched. It is understood we all make the mistake of trying to force the real world around us change to how we think it should be, but suggesting the same with an animated world. That sure is funny. I do agree that people ned to learn how to spell though.

  • I hate the way the people walk.

  • very good movie i liked it even tho the speech was a bit off i stil understood it.

  • Good as far as the story and setting goes but the execution is lacking.

    The flow is poor, the animation is passable and the lack of ambient sounds makes it sound dead.

    I would love to see this remade by some anime study that has the people and the budget.